Last week Jamie and I went apple picking while the boys were in school. It was our last outing for quite some time that was just the two of us. Looking at the pictures I had taken that day (for the first time just a few minutes ago since I’m currently all disorganized) I can’t [...]

We have the neatest caterpillar on a lilac leaf in our front yard. We noticed it about 2 weeks ago, the top picture is from Sept 4th and the other ones are from the 17th. Its crazy how its grown and it seems to be using the leaf like a chrysalis (there is a little [...]

The boys have been finding little snails around the pool and apparently slime doesn’t bother them in the least! I think the snails are cute myself but I don’t really want to let them slide all over me! We see lots of neat bugs too, here is a tiny grasshoper that seemed to enjoy climbing [...]

We have been very lucky that our robins came back and our 2nd batch of chicks were born on Father’s Day. I haven’t even blogged about it until today and only took pictures once! We enjoy them every time we are in the dining room though and they are unfortunately starting to look close to [...]

I’m starting to come to terms with Jamie not being a baby anymore (it helps that I have another little girl on the way to look forward to babyness again). I figure once she hits 2 in less than a month I might get a bit teary eyed though.  She is not quite at the [...]

None of the 3 kids can swim on their own yet but we’re hoping the boys will learn this summer, in the week we’ve been swimming this summer they are getting good at swimming with a ring around them.Jamie can’t get enough pool time. She likes us to hold her in the water and likes [...]

A few years ago I decided to make our backyard be a little more nature friendly. We don’t use any chemicals, we’ve put up bird houses, and I created a branch pile in an out of the way spot for critters to call home. I have also kept a pile of scrapwood by our back [...]