valentine flowers

Aren't they beautiful?

Happy Love Day

Well, this week has been quite eventful as we got things ready for Delaney's class and some other loved ones.
It felt great to be doing some nice things for people as it reminded me so much of Mom. She was always going out of her way to do something special.
We had fun putting together these bags for her classmates.
Thankfully I thought to grab the camera this morning and got a few photos.
Tonight Delaney was in a sharing mood and actually gave her brother a lollipop. He was thrilled. :)
I had too many presents for them at Christmas and so I saved a few and gave them to them today.
Hope you had a great day with lots of chocolate!

dreaming of warm summer days

Don't get me wrong, in general I like the snow for playing outside and also for sitting inside watching it fall. :)
But today I am dreaming of warmth and sunshine after being out in that cold winter wind.
Some flip-flops and
a good book at the Sandbanks,







a little bit of Mediterranean sun,






or a bit of African heat


sounds really good right now.

Thanks for letting me dream a little.



(Sandbanks, May 07,
Malta, June 07
Tunisia, June 07)

snow fun

We have gotten so much snow and the piles around our house from the snowplow are huge! Davin kept getting stuck in the deep parts. Too bad it wasn't packy enough to make a snowman.
We wanted to use Auntie Kim's snowman kit!
I love the blue of Dav's coat against the white snow.

delaney in the snow

I love this camera! But it almost got snowed!

random everyday

... trying to take more photos of everyday stuff.... trying to get the camera out more often.... recording the little things that make up the everyday.

hand made

I saw a great scrapbook layout recently - she had a photo of her child's artwork with her hand in the photo, and the title was "handmade". I thought it was a great alternative to keeping EVERYTHING and so I took some photos of the kids Christmas stuff that is still hanging around. I really like this idea! I love that you can see their little hands.

Happy Birthday Uncle B!

We were happy to see Bryan and Jen (and Grandpa too!) for a little birthday celebration. The kids were so excited to spend some time with them and they even read bedtime stories. :)