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We are a Seattle based family of 6 that are striving to live as simply and as happily as possible.
↟ 2 love birds and our 4 boys
↟ MOTHERHOOD | OUTDOOR ADVENTURE | GARDEN | STYLE | LIFE
📍Seattle
Friendly reminder - Luke 12:25-26 “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?”
This weekend has been a dream! Yes to rest, yes to sleeping on a bed that you didn’t have to make (squished in with your favorite people) and eating a meal that you didn’t have to cook. Family vacations give us to much life! As a busy working mom I’m guilty of being so fatigued at the end of the day that they get the dregs of me. I’m going to be working in vacations into the budget as a form of family self care now 😌. P.s. @emmasedition thank you for your Denver, CO travel recommendations!! We loved #redrockspark #denvercolorado
When your man’s love language is acts of service. LOVE him sooooo much 💛💛💛💛 what’s your love language?
Summer ☀️ is finally here in WA and it’s so beautiful!! Our new favorite summer activity is going swimming in our local lakes! What’s your favorite summer activity? #mtrainiernationalpark #mowichlake
Fostering friendships as an adult takes a lot more intention and effort! Here are 7 ways to nurture new friendships 💜 Friends in your city 🌆 1. Invite them to your home for dinner. 2. Plan fun activities or outings together. 3. Share updates and photos to stay in the loop. 4. Remember and celebrate their special occasions. 5. Send quick texts to check in and say hi. 6. Surprise them with little gifts or handwritten notes. 7. Cheer them on and support their goals and interests. Long Distance friendships ✈️ 1. Schedule regular video chats to catch up and share experiences. 2. Send quick texts or emails to check in and say hi. 3. Share photos and updates about your life to keep them in the loop. 4. Make the effort to ✈️ see each other in person. 5. Remember and celebrate birthdays and special occasions. 6. Send little gifts or handwritten notes to stay connected. 7. Cheer each other on and support their goals and interests. #619retreat #seabrookwa
When all else fails…just dump a bunch of seeds in the garden 🪴 girl! Something’s gonna grow! #polyculture is the agricultural practice of growing multiple crop species in the same space…this is much better that having rows of the same crop. Today I planted; Beets Lettuce Kale Beans Peas Flowers Onion Carrot Cucumber Celery Radish Basil Leek Cilantro Lemon balm Arugula
Between the stress of school opening uncertainty, a whole pandemic, financial strain, being quarantined together for almost a year, working with kids at home etc. -- there is enough to rock your marriage boat. We try to make some time to take our eyes off of the present difficulties of 2020 and think about where we'd like to live in the future, what we hope to accomplish for our kids, future businesses we'd like to start and places we'd like to visit. and I quit my full time job during the pandemic (because it was entirely too much with 4 kids at home) and started working part time in addition to blogging. To continue to feed the dreamer in me we always think about things that we can save up for and to feed the planner in him we try to give every dollar a purpose--budgeting spending for me...because you're girl has to spend!
When visiting we recommend staying close to the west entrance! The Midway Geyser basin is where you'd find the beautiful rainbow colored Grand Prismatic Basin. It's close to Grand Teton National Park -- you literally drive from one park straight into another. It's close to Grand Teton National Park -- you literally drive from one park straight into another.
So far we've visited 5 National Parks and Grand Teton is my personal favorite!!! The best way to see everything at Grand Teton is to drive the 42 mile scenic drive. Close to Moran Junction is also the Cunningham Cabin Historic Site. This little cabin has a small creek and the kids loved playing in the creek and observing the historic carpentry of the cabin.
If you spoke out of prejudice, grabbed your purse when a black man walked by or passive aggressively did not invite your child's black friend to their birthday party admit to them that that action was wrong. We attend a predominantly black church and one of my best friends consistently came with her white family before relocating. Attend a church with a minority pastor, invite a black family over for a barbecue, or attend a ballgame of your child's friend of another ethnicity. I have friends that are white that point out racism and speak up for me and my family.