Outdoors

This photo of Wesley was picked by the National Wildlife Federation for an online article on their “Your Big Backyard” website.  It illustrates their “The Nose Knows” article about taking your kids on a “scent hunt”. It wasn’t a contest or anything, they just saw the photo on Flickr and asked if they could use it. […]

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Joshua on March 23rd, 2011

On Tuesday I took the morning off and chaperoned Wesley’s class on their field trip on a Washington State Ferry from Edmonds to Kingston and back.  Amber was supposed to come, too, but she was sick and so it was just Wesley, Jillian and I.  The class met up at the park at the ferry […]

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Amber on February 22nd, 2011

Right now it is snowing.  As soon as Jillian saw it, she asked me “can I go and catch snow on my tongue?”  How could I say no to that… She was starting to get cold and Wesley wanted to join in on the fun. Then they were both running and catching the snow. It […]

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Joshua on January 30th, 2011

One of my favorite parts about being back in the Northwest, aside from being close to family, the mountains, the green, and pretty much everything, is the beach. In Austin we were a good 3 hours away from a real beach. Here I’d say we are less than 10 minutes.  Today we went to the […]

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