We spent the day at the beach Monday. We planned for lots of rain, this is the Oregon Beach. We got the boys boots and Zarek a raincoat. There was actually only a little rain in the morning, when we went to ride the carousel and when we came out it was dry!
Day 3 – My Idea of a Perfect Date
photo by blmurch You can tell that I’m an old married lady because my idea of a perfect date is a date where my husband makes all the plans and I don’t have to make any decisions. I would love to be brought flowers and make the date a surprise because that is always the best. But then [...]
5 Tips for Your Stay-cation
As you may have noticed it’s been quiet around here and that is because my husband had last week off and we decided to have a stay-cation. We thought we might go somewhere, but things didn’t work out well with my work and planning so we stayed home and did day trips. The following vlog [...]
Reflection Questions for 2009
1. What was the single best thing that happened this past year? I had a new baby boy and who can describe the joys of a new child in your life. It is amazing, he is amazing. 2. What was the single most challenging thing that happened? We had a family crisis this year and [...]
My Place & Yours: Google Calendar
This may be cheating for My Place & Yours, because yes this technically is not a photo but a screen shot. But my secret weapon is my Google Calendar. I love my Google Calendar. No matter what system I try I always end up back at my Google Calendar. Now the above image may look [...]

Egg Pigs
There are so many things I should be doing right now, but no I am busy making egg pigs. I saw them here and had to make them for Zane’s lunch!!! So this is going to be a boring post because one of the things I should be doing is working on a super interesting [...]
Just Say No
“Why am I the only one who says no to our child in this house?” That was the last question I had for my hubby as we hung up this evening (he calls every break from work). TJ was worried when I told him how Zane ate his whole dinner including the blueberries this evening. [...]
The Cows and Sheep
TJ has been going on walks every morning and Zane goes with him in his stroller. This morning they went down a path we had just found yesterday. The path went past a field that we were sure had been sold to a developer like most property in our area. But this morning there were [...]





