Silas' 8th Birthday Interview!

We Love YOU Silas!

Silas' Secret to Dancing!

Happy Birthday Cami!

I love this beautiful and most relaxed face post nursing exams!!!! You are a fierce force for good
and we all love you big time and forever. xoxoxooxox Happy Happy Birthday and Happy Pinning Day!

Finley! Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to YOU from US! We LOVE YOU!

 P.S.     WE HAD SO MUCH FUN GETTING YOUR PRESENT!

ACTUALLY, WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN WITH YOU FINLEY!!

We are the luckiest Mothers!

mothers day 2014

Emmett goes to Joshua Tree! 7th grade!

Nana is Healing Up!

After breaking her upper tibial plateau in Febuary and almost 10 weeks on crutches Nana is almost recovered and just starting to put weight back on her foot. What an ordeal. And never has anyone been less of a complainer, followed doctors orders better and really actually did ALL the physical therapy faithfully. And, in a house full of people who never stop, nana still helped out the best she could and  was friendly despite the extreme frustration of being completely stuck in that damn chair. Really, a graceful recovery by a good woman. xo We love you nana.

Emmett wrote a song tonight.

Spring 2014

mac visiting me at the studio after work at Rebecca's

amy in her garden

radish sprouts

teens still want to easter egg hunt!

silas beating me at chess

at cafe madeleine's before papa picked them up for spring break vacation

animal farm

mabel in the canyon

happy spring me

planter season

eggy dying with kids and ry

chives and lemon verbena are back

this wheel will be mine and full of  martha longnecker good juju

mornings aren't always easy

love this boy

easter goings on

emmett walks me to the studio, makes my day

dancing with silas before amy's bday party

 A beautiful spring! Lots of love and dancing and laughing and flowers!
xoxo

Dancing with Silas

Happy 13th Birthday Emmett !

                                We love this kid!

lounging on his birthday morning...he's not going to school...a case of the sniffles and the birthdays ;)

the traditional measurement picture...he has really grown!!

having favorite birthday breakfast surely to be followed by hours of magic card organizing and league of legends!

Em, you were such a sweet baby, hilarious and earnest toddler, thoughtful and funny kid, interested and interesting tween and I can't wait to see what the next years bring. xoxoxox Have a great day!

Isabel, Mac, Aida and Indi

Friends since toddlerhood.... I love seeing these girls all together at Mac's 16th birthday. xo

and the rest of the gang !!!!!

Sixteen Candles for Mac!!!

We Love Our Kind, Strong, Wicked Smart, Independent Girl.
  HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAC.  

awwwwww! look how she has grown! (actually only 1/4" by the ruler but by our measure, leaps and bounds!)



 

when they come to visit: cami and finley, january 2014

Such a good time! Here are a few of my favorite pictures...I really didn't take very many. (also check out more from camicraigfinley blog!) and more here) We really did so much everyday, played so many games...went everywhere together. Without the pictures I will have to remember Mac and Cami driving down the road with Mac behind the wheel....the marriage house in Old Town where I married myself to myself ;)....running around the neighborhood with cami like awesome crazy jogging witches....listening to the kids voices as they talk with each other ~that's always my favorite....
the beach, the movies, cooking, talking....so much.

We really love it when they are here and there is a Cami and Finley shaped space when they go that follows us around for a bit. xoxoxoxoxo
So here are the pics in no particular order.....beginning with .....
Silas' first introduction to the movie GREASE! (he said he didn't like it, but i think he actually did kinda, there was just a lot of kissing ;)

GREASE! 

black eyed peas for new  years!

a tree elf

and silly me when i am with you :)

cami, i love you

our portal items and other witchery decoration

LUCAS!

magic morning comics by the fire

serious business

a little decorating

come on, this is what it is all about!!

and this too!

and this!

this girl.....this great great spirit....

two hams

i love this picture because i can feel it

they left us this picture on the computer for us to see after they got on the plane . it made us feel better. xoxox