I got a Sony Alpha DSLR for my birthday last year, and quite frankly the thing scares the pants off me. I LOVE the pictures it takes, but trying to figure out how to use the thing has been a down right PITA. I haven’t figured out much except it takes great pictures on Manual, […]

We have been enjoying fruit smoothies a lot lately. The kids love to make them and they are such a healthy treat I’ve been indulging them quite a bit. The key is to have at least one of your fruit items frozen. We use frozen blueberries or strawberries. Really all making a fruit smoothie entails […]

We have an active garden… and we also have 2 active fishermen in the house. Last summer dh dumped the left over night crawlers (worms) from a fishing expedition in one of our planters and Kyle is forever going over there ready to see his “worm farm”…. Well after reading this article on doing our […]

It’s been a slow conversion for me. I had a tough battle… I was a working mom and most of Kyle’s first foods were doughy and starchy and processed… but he had a fabulous care provider so I can’t complain about the food selection. And I’ll admit… I was so overwhelmed with baby and home […]

Amy has outgrown all her Jammies and since I have flannel coming out of my ears I have decided to make her some new Jammies rather than buying them. So today I made pair number one and almost finished pair number two.
I LOVE this fabric. It was one of those prints that caught my […]

I used to get beautiful posts with pictures showing, and it would only “excerpt” when I chose that option. HA! I apparently have broken my blog and lack the skills to fix it… if you have them let me know! Now they are all posting as excerpts. I am SO not a computer person.
Well I […]

We were off for a 4th of July week to camp at Diamond Lake in Oregon’s Cascade mountains. Pat did a lot of fishing there as a boy and he’s been itching to get back there and go trout fishing. The lake has had a tough few years as it’s been inundated with Tui Chub […]

I don’t brag on my Husband much. He’s such a wonderful father, partner, and just all around person. As I was packing tonight I asked him what kind of directions he needed me to write down. He said “well at this point I think I can pretty much figure it all out!” Our children are […]

Apparently a fun blogging game is to “Tag” fellow bloggers and make them reveal things about themselves. My good customer Michelle has tagged me and asked me to reveal my workroom!
Well I’ll admit it, when it comes to my Studio I’m a slob. My mom comes to visit every so often and I’m forced to […]

I will be off on a Mom’s getaway this weekend, I’m so excited. Two years ago I discovered a wonderful outfit called Croptime. They organize weekend long scrapbook retreats in different cities around the Pacific Northwest. This is the third year I’ve done one and boy do I need it. I’m sorry to say that […]