boyz in the hood

Hide your daughters ;)

good hair

As promised, more of the family photo session. I love that Martin took some of Matt and I, the one with the blanket is my favorite from the entire day. Although we joked that it was a little transient inspired, just need a trash can fire and we're good! It is so awkward to have your photo taken alone yet I don't want to be lost behind the camera lens either. Most importantly, my hair looked nice that day. Priorities. More coming of the boys, don't know why I am dragging it out but I am.

Sometimes you don't get what you pay for

 Sometimes your friend meets you on a chilly day to take your family pictures for free. Thanks Martin! Getting all six of us coordinated is the ultimate circus and you did it with style. (More to share later, I am being the laziest blogger ever.)

the haps

Life lately; This fall was rich with reunions. We met up with family and friends we had missed while in Seattle. That cute blonde with Matt? That's Julie, she was the reason he graduated high school. Always lending him her notes or filling in him on the days he missed, I think it was like 54 days or something ridiculous.

 Also, it appears we have been reuniting with a lot of food. The Boise Fry Company along with friends and family giving us their eggs and potatoes and grapes for juicing. Hooray for the Idaho harvest! And the donuts! My fantastic friend Ruth brought them over in the midst of a homeschool disaster and saved the day. 

One last thing, I am reuniting with getting dressed. I joke that the reason I homeschool is that I don't have to put on pants. Yoga pants forever! But I found that maxi skirt pictured (twice!) and it may be the perfect solution.

After some very social months, this introvert has been doing a bit of hibernating. I have painted the living room and bathroom, it makes the hermittude kind of functional. Painting away and catching up on The Vampire Diaries and The Originals while the boys obsess over Minecraft and Matt watches the NFL. Tis the season for technology!

 I am already missing fall. Winter hit hard for me this year. I have been super anxious. Working through all that and listening to the lyrics,"oh for grace to trust Him more," on repeat. It is pretty fitting then that the view from our front porch is the cross.