California Bred | Colorado Led
We don't always do group costumes, but when we do...expect a picture overload. Last year we went as the ensemble cast of a classic, Princess Bride, complete with an R.O.U.S. I went as Valerie, Miracle Max's "not a witch" wife. Unfortunately, the other half of my costume, (ahem Max) had to "work late" and therefor [...]
Since it's officially "sweata weatha" here in CO (said in my best Amy Poehler/Maya Rudolph impresh), we've kinda been using our fireplace nonstop. And since we live in the forest with ample firewood, Johnny and the kids picked up a log splitter today: queue 4 straight hours of chopping and hauling fun! I snagged this [...]
Meet Pumpkin! We surprised ourselves and the kids last night with our first family pet. After we moved to our new property which just under 3 acres, we decided we would most likely get a dog or two. Then some chickens, maybe a couple goats. The last animal we would ever consider? A cat. We [...]
We found a huge box of books in the garage that hadn't gotten unpacked yet, so it's basically like Christmas over here. Speaking of Christmas, "Rambo" over there is getting the BESt gift in 101 days... I love how even the boys are so sucked into Angelina Ballerina...it must be Johnny's riveting voices.
Cleaning and organizing the garage meant finally unpacking the last few boxes and recreating a 5.5 year old photo.
Tonight we celebrated Crosby! I couldn't think of a better way to ring in his first year than this: thirty of our closest friends and family, trampolining, cupcake smashing, salamander catching, zip-lining in front of a gorgeous sunset back drop. I still can't believe we live here! Costco pizza for the win. This was the [...]
Last week I went back to blonde. We were in the car and I tossed my tresses it into a high ponytail and Dixie goes, “Wow, mom. You look like a palomino.” I’m SO pleased that my city girl is really starting to embrace country living, meanwhile she did just compare me to a horse. [...]
When your school mascot is Thor, you know it's gonna be a good year! This girl was so excited about school, until we started walking towards her teacher. Change is hard, little girl, but you got this! The school we choiced into had a full 3rd grade roster, so we enrolled Hudson in our zoned [...]
Hudson recently asked to be baptized and publicly declare his decision to follow Christ! I’m SO glad both sets of grandparents could be apart of such a special moment! And it wasn't just Hudson, my sweet nephew Levi also made the plunge! (See what I did there?) Hudson, your joy speaks louder than you do...and [...]
For the first time in our 11 years of parenting, I think we may need to babyproof! Little Cros-baby is a lotta bit more adventurous than his four bigger siblings. Unrelated: a few months back, Dixie asked what was going to happen to him when he grows up because "Crosby is a baby name."
Phoebe Gillespie 