Dinner for Eight – Poland Style Todd and I belong to a group with three other couples called Dinner for Eight. Each couple fixes dinner once per year, and it works out that we meet about quar...Read More
Harley’s softball team had a double-header in Heppner last weekend which was great because that is where her dad’s family is from, and that is also where my oldest daughter, Emma, and her ...Read More
Until five years ago, Harley had lived her entire life in and around Irrigon, and then the girls and I moved here to start a new life and finish my Bachelor’s Degree. Harley grew up playing so...Read More
I am feeling particularly nostalgic today. I can only hope that when my daughters are my age they have such amazing memories from their childhood. There is a place near the beach that is my new home...Read More
Today is Crindalyn’s birthday. We are exactly six months apart in age. She is an amazing mother, a genuine friend, a hard worker, and a beautiful soul – inside and out. How do you quan...Read More
There is a place near the beach that is my new home, a small apartment in one of many buildings in the village. Each building has four apartments, and they are built on stilts so they don’t flood du...Read More
If I were not open minded, I would not have participated in a Live Action Role Playing Game this weekend, and I would never have learned how much fun it is! I will write more detail about it later, bu...Read More
That, even as self conscious as I tend to be, I am really looking forward to my adventure as a wood elf! AmyNature Girl. Mom. Wife. Friend. Photographer. Sewer. Crafter. Artist. To borrow a phrase ...Read More
She is a surrogate mom and grandma, funny, blunt, ornery, loving, honest, kind, compassionate, and most of all she is my friend. The girls and I have missed her dearly, and we are so excited to have...Read More
Reagan convinced our neighbor, Scott, to let her raise 4-H pigs with his son, Zach. We went to pick up their pigs for the Union County Stock Show pigs today. Reagan picked out a blue-butt barrow (...Read More
You can never get a serious (meaning “normal”) picture of the two of us without first getting several goofy ones! We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find so...Read More