sticks branches and twigs

 january and february is all about promise

Mac is a Hipster

what's not to love about this room.

i love these people.

Happy Birthday 15th Birthday Mac!!!

we love 15 year old you!!!

birthday measuring...she grew 3/4 of an inch this past year ( but almost 4 inches between 12 and 13!)
 she said, "i think the growing is over. good-bye height chart."

before school birthday coffee treats

xoxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxooxoxoxoo

i so could have been mr. noodle

family adventures!

you bring me peace and, with it, joy!

merry making

idyllwild is just amazingly beautiful

blankets of snow

 O WORLD, I cannot hold thee close enough!

Thy winds, thy wide grey skies!
Thy mists that roll and rise!
Thy woods, this autumn day, that ache and sag
And all but cry with colour! That gaunt crag
To crush! To lift the lean of that black bluff!
World, World, I cannot get thee close enough!

Long have I known a glory in it all,
But never knew I this;
Here such a passion is
As stretcheth me apart. Lord, I do fear
Thou’st made the world too beautiful this year.
My soul is all but out of me,—let fall

No burning leaf; prithee, let no bird call.

stellars jays know that when the sky looks like snow...a storm is coming

natures popsicles

...and hello new addition to the family, Merlin the ShapeShifter

thank you friends, for everything

2013 resolution: speak well and practice kind magic! ;)

Christmas Moments

this year our christmas tree is decidedly fluffy and skirted. we love it.

a sleepover game night, battle of the gods

a quiet moment making christmas presents

the lovely chloe and dapper emmett

silas at his christmas show with his good friends rocco and nathan

nana and mac spend a morning wrapping

good bye to our old faithful and slightly smelly minivan SilverLining.

...after a fortuitous rainy carpool morning fender bender and some decent insurance money, we say goodbye to the SilverLining and also thanks for years (10!) of service. We will seriously miss this car. It has seem many  a car picnic, gone on countless family road trips and outings and has been privy to every kind of conversation, joke, giggling fest and rock out moment.  Bittersweet.

Silas' last game of his first season ever!

Rocco, Silas and Grant...great team mates! Silas loved it so much I think he's going to do it again next season too. I really enjoyed watching him practice.