Crowned in snow

Crowned in snow

Jace took this photo out the living room window. The mountain emerges from the clouds adorned in snow. I am still here, plodding through this first trimester.  Spending my entire day sitting in a chair and nibbling tiny bits of Granny Smith apples.  I can see the disastrous kitchen from where I am sitting and […]

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Happy & sad

  iPhone photo: taken the other evening of Sabra reading to the younger kids I will start with the sad because I like to end with happy.  I had this notion that once I got through Christopher’s memorial service last week that I would simply move on. Easier said than done.  I keep going back […]

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The weekend

Saturday was a sad day. The day of Christopher’s memorial service. A day for weeping and wailing and wearing Carhartts. Sunday was better.  We brought the kids to town for lunch and then Anna and Mutti came to visit.  We all gathered around fresh crab and melted butter in the kitchen. Later we had pumkin […]

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Christopher

I wish I wasn’t writing this post. I was walking around in the fabric store yesterday when I got a simple text from my mom. Did you hear about Chris V? My heart dropped. I looked at the corner of my phone screen and saw that I had missed a text from my 17 year […]

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9 weeks

9 weeks pregnant today and I still have not puked. Not even once. I am shocked and amazed and happy.  It is true that I am on Zofran full time and spend my days trying not to puke, but I am trying really hard not to complain because it could be so much worse. 10-12 […]

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Moira Gown

Hazel Jean wearing the 2t Moira Gown in white. Sweet baby loves to dress up and get her picture taken, but she was getting sleepy. After she fell asleep I laid her on the old wingback chair and took some more.  getting very sleepy… and she’s out… sweet baby feet I love the cotton Moira […]

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Autumn

Autumn is here and it feels more like summer.  Sunny and 80 degrees. We are still spending time at Woolly Swamp and grilling supper.  I feel better with this baby  than any other pregnancy. I am on zofran 24/7, tired and slow, but it is all so bearable. Maybe ten is the magic number?  Maybe […]

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Spencer Cole

Our Spencer Cole is 14 already.  A sweet, sensitive, goofy and sometimes annoying kid. He will sit beside me while I am visiting and chant in monotone “mama, mama, mama” until I want to laugh and backhand him at the same time.  He comes up with the weirdest nicknames (takes after my dad on this […]

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Stella Swimsuit

New to the Cobblestone Collection: Stella Ruffle Swimsuit Available in 4 colors Purchase online

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Levi & Violet

Levi and Violet heading out to feed the chickens on Sunday.  Violet wore her eden’s bouquet Sabra Gown to church.  She wears it often for play and church. We ignore the label and throw it in the washer and dryer.  Cleans beautifully. Save $180 on the Sabra Gown for 3 days only! PURCHASE HERE

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