Family Life & Kids


An Interview with Our Family ~ And Walking Through Fear

An Interview with Our Family ~ And Walking Through Fear

Our family was recently interviewed (sounds so grand when it's really only questions sent via e-mail and response sent back via e-mail) by Francis Tapon. Damien did a review last month of Francis' book Hike Your Own Hike. Tapon's interview of our family can be found on his site WanderLearn ...

A Room For Living

A Room For Living

As we prepare to move (only 10 more days!) I've been writing a series about the renovations we've done on our house over the years. This is the fourth post in the series. Here are the rest: The Door that Damien Built ~ A Change in our Housing Priorities The ...

Spring Week-ending

Spring Week-ending

A weekend for saying goodbye to familiar places. Our favorite Japanese restaurant, where Brienne has been eating since she was five days old - her first outing. Ok, she didn't eat the food there when she was five days old but she did nurse! A little stop at the toy ...

A Spring Bouquet

A Spring Bouquet

Part random family life, part linky post, part moving update. Like a bouquet of colorful spring flowers. Mamaspeak It's Mothers Day this weekend (like you didn't notice) and we don't have any plans except to give me a bit of time off from this move. We're not big gift people ...

House Renovations Tour ~ The Bedrooms

House Renovations Tour ~ The Bedrooms

What we loved when we bought this house was the original wood, all the bedrooms walls needed was some TLC to give the rooms the look and feel we wanted.

Improvements to Our "Water Closet"

Improvements to Our "Water Closet"

We didn't buy our house because of its bathroom but there are certain features about it we like.

23 days ~ I Whine. I Move On.

23 days ~ I Whine. I Move On.

I'm feeling maxed out mentally with this move. I'm tired of attending to details upon details. Tired of lists and organization. Tired of trips to Goodwill nearly every week. Tired of creative plans on hold, school on hold. Tired of compromising certain values. Tired of the sorting, decluttering, packing. Tired ...