On Nathan’s birthday he woke up determined to have a blue cake at Happy Hollow Park with friends. We decided to do our family celebration of pancakes and presents in the morning, and save the friend portion for Saturday. We gave him a truck and he got books from Grandma Jackson. He and Emily helped me…
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Moments
The first snowfall of the year! We all ran outside to catch snowflakes on our tongue. Laura has started adventuring outside of the house by herself, but with crawling as the only option she gets a bit stuck (thank goodness). Love these two together! Sisters, getting ready to head off to “school”. “Bye mom!” A…
October Creations
Nathan turned the house into a desk and spent a lot of time there. The kids decided to make a well to get water out of. This was a multi-day project and they had so many big ideas about how to make it work. Laura watched from the inside. The Madsen Bike box took up…
11 Months Old
Dear Laura, At eleven months you are learning so many new things quickly and it is a joy to watch you. You discovered how to climb up the stairs and play in the toilet in the same day! After weeks and weeks of playing at the bottom of the first step, it is a very…
Jackson Family Clean Week
When everyone’s thoughts were turning toward the new school year, I realized we needed to spend some time getting our house in order before I could think about learning. Mid-August after the summer festivities slowed down, the kids and I had a rousing visionary discussion about the first ever (but absolutely not last) Jackson Clean…
Grandma and Grandpa Moose’s Birthday Visit
My parents came and visited the weekend of my birthday for our annual family birthday celebration. They arrived early afternoon and we opened presents together. It is fun that three of us have October birthdays and we can do it as a family party. We face-timed with Aunt Christine who had to stay behind for…
Exploration Acres 2018
We have loved going to Exploration Acres every year since 2013 when Emily was two weeks old. We’ve gone with many different groups of friends and family since then. This year the kids and I went with a large group of friends from church (thanks Julie for the group pictures!) The first experience was riding…
The Emergency Surgery that Wasn’t
A few weeks ago I noticed a lump on Nathan. After keeping an eye on it for awhile, I asked Andrew what his thoughts were. We kept waiting. I’m pretty solidly in the mindset that the body will take care of itself. We had been out of town the week before, Andrew in Utah for…
Emily’s 5th Birthday
A few weeks ago we started trying to help Emily hone in on what she wanted to do for her birthday this year. After many grand plans circulated, she decided she wanted to go to Happy Hollow Park with her friends and have a pink cake. On Friday the kids and I worked together making…
Peace Not as the World Giveth, Give I Unto You
I’m starting to realize that life with little children close together might be a little different than I thought. Louder. More energetic. Absolutely messier. Loads of triage with unexpected plot twists. That all comes because of the things that makes my heart sing. Playing together. Building vehicles, gates, and structures with everything that isn’t anchored…