Last week Sam and Chanda celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary and so the girls hung out with us while they celebrated so we had a little celebration of our own. Alec and Hayven were kind enough to have us all … Continue reading
Category Archives: My life
Dr. Melissa
This post has been a long time coming… My best friend form college (Melissa Skaugset) is in her 4th year of med school and is on rotation at Children’s hospital is Seattle. She has been living with us this month … Continue reading
Back from Baltimore!
I just returned from Jodie Otte’s Studio Lighting Naturally workshop. It was amazing! Jodie is one of my photography idols, I have followed her work for years so it was a real treat for me to actually get to meet her … Continue reading
Camping fun!
Taken last weekend at South Whidby island state park. Simon’s first ferry ride. I don’t think he even noticed that he was on a boat! Little Evie (pictured above) gave of all a good scare when she went missing for … Continue reading
Life is a daring adventure or nothing…
to keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.” – Helen Keller Brent M. Sweet My heart goes out to the Sweet family who is grieving the loss of their … Continue reading
Update – The Second Swimmer
Brent Sweet (Left), 21 years old, from New Mexico. He is a student at the University of Montana. Son of Martin and Tina Sweet of Vienna Austria, the youngest of three. Mr. and Mrs. Sweet contacted me this morning and … Continue reading
Good Samaritan Rescues Drowning Man
Tonight I took Simon back down to the ocean (Shilshole bay/ Golden Gardens) in hopes of getting some decent six month photos of him. The lighting wasn’t great as it was very overcast so I was just walking the beach … Continue reading
My Vegan Lunch Box
No, I’m not a vegan (not even close) but I am a big fan of the Vegan Lunchbox blog by Jennifer McCann. Jennifer, makes these extremely elaborate vegan lunches for her son and then blogs about them. Right now she … Continue reading
6 months later…
I received so many positive comments and emails the last time I posted the photo of Myles playing guitar for Simon that I thought I should show Simon still enjoying it 6 months later. No, we don’t do it every … Continue reading
It’s too HOT!
I don’t mind the rain, I am comfortable wearing a sweater, in fact I actually enjoy coolish weather because it means you can really enjoy a hearty stew or chili. I love snuggling up under my down comforter. This morning … Continue reading
Third Cousins
This is Autumn, she and Simon are third cousins. Autumn was almost 2 months old at the time these were taken. I don’t even know any of my second cousins let alone a third cousin so I think that it … Continue reading
A not so plesent ending to a very nice vacation : (
First let me say that sweet Simon is OK but he had a very negative learning experience about the force or gravity and heat transfer via conduction. Tuesday evening we had dinner with Myles cousin Brad and his wife Ashley. … Continue reading