Texas

Taking a walk @centraltexasoliveranch with my littles. It’s hot during the day but manageable still, and the last few nights have been pleasant. Trying to make the most of outside time before Texas becomes too unbearable. Also, there’s something magical about walking down a seemingly unending orchard row. As if the everything in the world…

4 sisters and their pup  

2 of 2 In the name of inspiring true action outside of social media, I’m going to briefly list the things we have done or regularly do to help move our society toward racial justice. I’m not posting this because I think we’re special or even doing a quarter of what we should, but because…

Below is a post that I shared on my Facebook page earlier in the week and wanted to share here as well. 1 of 2 because of comment length limits. — I haven’t said much mostly because I’m not sure what to say and because, more than once in the past couple of days, I…

Summer office makes me happy. #remotework #quarantinelife #quarantine #momboss

6 months and we’ve officially lost her neck. I swear, Vivienne has the best smile. She smiles at me once and my hormones go crazy. She’s such a sweet little baby.  

When you have a #homebirthbaby you get to decide what to do with the placenta. I’m totally grossed out by the encapsulation/consumption movement, so we double bagged Addie’s and stuck it in our freezer in Colorado. It was still there when we moved to Texas 6 months later, so Chris put it in a cooler…

Our three year old ♥️ she requested a strawberry cake “with drips” (because she loves watching cake videos on Instagram and gets excited when they do frosting drips). It was a new challenge for me and I stayed up crazy late Friday night to make it, but I think that is one of the best…

This weekend was Addie’s birthday and since we couldn’t have a party, we decided to go on a spontaneous “camping” trip out at Chris’ dad’s ranch. That meant I woke up this morning snuggled in a tent between all four of my girls. I spent much of the day enjoying the sun and reading while…

Addie modeling her fabulous walk attire, which, obviously, must be accessorized with a football. Becaus who wouldn’t want to walk around the neighborhood in a tutu playing catch!? I think the rest of us are really missing out because we have all kinds of hangups about what clothing is appropriate for what activites. Probably I’d…

May Day basket delivery surprise for Pop Pop.  

Our dancing raisins science experiment. Have you ever tried putting raisins in sparkling water? It’s pretty fascinating. I’ve been supplementing the school’s work with projects and activities of our own because the work they are getting from school is too easy and doesn’t take up enough time in their week to keep them occupied. So…