Friday, May 27, 2016

The sweetest days.

"After all,"Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens, but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string."
-Anne of Green Gables
 





































Wednesday, April 20, 2016

We made it. Spring is here.

...and all of Seattle shouts a collective, "hallelujah!"together.
 
It happens just about every year for me now, so I don't know why it should come as a surprise at this point. It hits either February or March. 
The dark, wet days. Missing the sunshine. Longing for a fresh start.
I made it through February pretty good this year and actually thought- hey! It didn't happen this year!
But then March came, and the seasonal down days reared their head.
The funk.
The questioning.
The traffic.
 
BUT THEN!
Like magic, all of a sudden it is spring...and just like all the flowers beginning to bloom, I start to feel alive again.
New beginnings.
Color.
Sun.
Plans.
 
I love every seasonal shift throughout the year, but this one I think is my most favorite because of the promise of something more on its way. The newness of it all.
To begin again.
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Spring break this year was such a wonderful combination of time at home, slowing the pace, and a quick get away to the mountains to recharge.
 





It was first T-ball practices...

It was story time with Grammie...

 
It was hours at the park...




It was welcoming a new Fairy Land to our family...


 
It was first popsicles of the season...  

 
It was exploring a little western town...








And a cabin in the woods that stole our hearts...





 

















 
Welcome Spring. We're so happy you are back.