Backyard Fashion Photo Shoot

Spring Walk

We took the dog for a walk along a somewhat forgotten and neglected trail that runs parallel to Delton Avenue up to the high school. We were...

Domino Runs

A little fun with some domino run things I found at Goodwill this week. Items were set up by Natalie and Jamie on books in the family room. ...

Youtube Channel Plans

In an attempt to continue supporting a few interests as school projects, I asked Lauren and Natalie to make notes about some plans they were...

Backyard Gymnastics

Natalie was working on some more videos for her YouTube channel ( HERE ) with Lauren as her photographer. These are some stills.

Signs of Spring

Gloria went outside with the good camera to capture these beautiful signs of spring in our yard. I added a few more with my phone camera...

Baby Chicks

We placed our chick order about 10 days ago and got to pick up the three little peepers today. We got them from Egg Plan Urban Farm Supply i...

Lauren and Natalie

More sister photos - I think this set was Lauren's idea.

GTCYS Spring Festival Concert

Lauren’s last concert with Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies for the season, again at Orchestra Hall Grandma Sharon and Grandpa Dennis...

Warm Day Cold Water

This is NOT the first time in Lake Minnetonka this season. But it is the first time we went with the intention of “swimming” since the tempe...

Legacy Gym Parent Night

The gym had a special parent showcase night where the kids could show off what they had been learning. It seemed to be geared toward younger...

May Day

We received this sweet little basket of flowers on our door for May Day - probably from the neighbor girls.

Spring Photos

We needed these pictures for the Imagination Fair catalog and I thought they were nice enough to keep forever on the blog And these p...

Natalie Jamie and Lauren on the Swing

There was a lot of interest in outside photos this Spring! Here are some more -

The Golden Hour

During the winter, we were taking Natalie and Jamie to Williston to swim on Wednesday nights during Mills Church Youth Group but now that th...

MN Sea Life Museum

It was homeschool week again at Mall of America. It doesn’t seem like an entire year has passed already but here we are again. We enjoyed ou...

Excelsior Beach

We went to Excelsior to collect a few things we wanted for the fairy garden project, mostly sand, lake rocks and pea gravel. It was an espec...

Doggie Photo Op

Gloria took these photos of Roxy, who was kind enough to hold still to pose as she was in the back yard acting as overseer on the chicken co...

Our Outdoor Classroom

It’s that time of the year for outdoor projects! We are spending more time out on the patio for school (including lunch) and also doing some...

Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

Today we took a guided tour of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden in Minneapolis. We learned how to identify different trees by their bark ...

Afton State Park

Katie and I took an overnight trip to a camper cabin Afton State Park. We were both refreshed by the clean air, lack of city noise, tons of ...

Concussion Recovery

Natalie has the dubious honor of being the first kid in the family to get a concussion. She had a hard fall going up the indoor slides at Wi...

Wayzata Field Trip

We headed over to Wayzata for free ice cream day at Ben and Jerry’s. We ended up going through the line three times, in between hanging out ...

Aveda Makeover

A slightly more glamorous version of me, after a hair/makeup/photo session for Juliana at Aveda so she could get in all her required hours t...

Spring in Minnesota

Oh Spring, you make me laugh.