One of the highlights from our trip to Florida was getting a big group together to go stand up paddle boarding! Sam and I got into paddle boarding this last summer. We found it to be a great and easy way to get the kids out on the water. It can be as intense or laid back as you want …

  We can check Florida off our travel list! In early December we made the trip to Fort Myers, Florida. After shuttle buses, 4 flights, 3 hour time difference, rental car, first time flying with two kids and one delayed flight we made it to Florida and back! Considering everything the trip went smoothly! We could go into a lot …

We have been lucky enough to see the salmon spawning several times this month! We have seen them in many streams throughout Kitsap. It’s very useful to show our kids the cycle of life in nature around them and in such a dramatic fashion. With so many visits this year to watch the spawning we were able to catch the …

It is hard to believe it is already November! October is always such a fun month. With pumpkin patch visits, awesome weather, all the beautiful colors and my personal favorite, Halloween! We also get to celebrate Aspen’s birthday in October which makes it even more fun!   We got around to carving our gigantic pumpkins! It definitely was no easy …

We have been taking full advantage of every fall day we are able to spend outside! The colors have been spectacular and it has been a blast collecting leaves and looking at all the different colors with Odin and Aspen. The outdoors provides so much opportunity for learning. This mama had to brush up on the life cycle of leaves …