seek, sail, Soar.

It’s been a few months since I have written. It’s been a season of … being busy in the ordinary sense. The kids have been busy! Arabella is gone a lot… friends, mentorship, break out. She was hardly home this summer!

So much has happened since July! The kids have started school!

Ara started 5th and Elijah started 2nd! We let them help pick their curriculum this year and they are also enjoying their online classes. We’ve already been on quite a few field trips… gardens, historical sites, air museums, pumpkin patches, apple farms, and tech museums. Busy with kid stuff! Arabella was invited to take a flight simulator class at the Museum of Flight. She really enjoyed flying the plane and being a co-pilot for the day.

We also ventured to Vintage Tek, The Oregon Train Interpretive Center, Halloween Town, Oregon Heritage Farms, Hoffman Farm, and several pumpkin patches. We watched the northern lights dance across the sky and visited Shari’s on it’s last day before closing its doors in the Pacific Northwest.

The kids enjoyed visiting different Halloween displays, carving their own pumpkins, and spending a lot of time with friends.

And then we watched the leaves change… Fall is quickly coming to an end

What’s next?

Birthdays and Holidays and the Great Unknown!

Well summer is half over now. We haven’t done as much as we had anticipated. But we have squeezed in a few things like trips to Tillamook, fireworks, and drives through the Gorge. We made our annual trip to the lavender farm where I was able to get my honey! I haven’t taken many photos lately. I guess life is going by so quickly that I forget to snap pics. The kids are doing their summer reading programs, pen pal letters, and playing with friends non-stop.

Life is busy… I feel like I’m getting old! Supplement’s are piling up on the counter, there always seems to be a checkup for someone, and I spend a lot more time weeding these days. A year and a half until I turn 40! J and I have our anniversary coming up next month, we are hoping to do some light traveling, and possibly get some stuff around the house! Adulting… we have already replaced the windows and roof. Then this month we had the shower replaced, are building new steps out back and are trying to improve the yard (even with my black thumb). So far I haven’t killed the onions, pumpkins, tomatoes, or succulents. It’s the little things haha! I know this is extremally exciting as far as updates go.

Lij turned 7! He is obsessed with ghost buster… mostly just the Ecto-1. He really likes the new movies but he really loves the car. Really he still loves all things car… hot wheels, monster trucks, Diggers, etc. It’s hard to believe he’s about to finish up 1st grade and move onto 2nd. He has grown so much this year. He’s a master at math and has really flourished in reading. Some of his favorite books are Dragon Masters, Jack Jones, and Goosebumps. He even loves reading to his smallest brother. It’s adorable. He has so much energy and loves being active. He loves Sushi (House Rolls) and Kit Kats. He says he doesn’t really have a favorite color. He’s a thinker and a planner. When he sets out to do something he does it. He’s incredibly logical and can be unbelievably caring. He remembers everything, always. . . except when its about cleaning up a mess lol. I love him to pieces.