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{Santa Monica, CA ~ the pier}

On Sunday, we headed back to the pier. We let the kids pick what they wanted to do and they chose to go back ~ that has to be a good sign, right?! Brian and sweet baby J chose the Ferris Wheel. She was so nervous. It was so sweet watching her cuddle up to Brian as the...

{Santa Monica, CA}

Friday after work, we packed up and headed for cooler weather. 117 degrees – Phoenix 74 degrees – Santa Monica It's not brain surgery… We woke up early (well, the kids woke up early and we were stuck shared a room so there we were…)...

It’s my quiet place…

Prints by Inside a Black Apple. Vintage O’Henry books. Vintage radio from free-cycle. Sweet photograph of Brian with his grandfather and their cousins in Lexington, Oklahoma. Pictures of all Brian’s grandparents. Pictures of my grandparents.   Piano...

Gracie Moore…

Julia, Brian’s Mom and I wandered up to Walgreen’s one Saturday… The most beautiful car I’ve ever seen was in the parking lot. An original 1931 Ford…perfect condition with Lime Green pinstripe. The owner, Mike, had named her Gracie Moore....

Tonight I was Triumphant…

Each year on the last day of school, I have the kids empty their backpack into a plastic storage container. I put the storage container in the garage. I don’t worry about organizing it…   Fast forward a few months… This morning, I printed off...