Lemonade stand yesterday with good friends and some new friends.  Fun was had by all and they earned enough money to go see Mr. Popper’s Penguins tonight!  I love summer. Share List

My idea of a perfect vacation involves staying right on a lake.  Add to that extended family, a beautiful house, and access to a boat and various toys to ride while being pulled by a boat, and well, that is just icing on the cake.…

I scheduled an entire family vacation around getting to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show in Sisters, OR.  It made sense, every other year we go up to this beautiful lake house in Washington to spend a week with my brother’s family.  My dad comes too,…

We finally made it to the beach yesterday.  The kids have been out of school for a month, but the weather as taken the “June Gloom” mantra a little too seriously.  Yesterday is sunny and hot here, which makes it tolerably warm at the beach.…

Nothing says the beginning of summer around here more than going blueberry picking.  We got a late start on it this year and unfortunately things were a little picked over.  Underwood has added raspberries this year- a happy surprise.  Boy 1 said that he had…

Hi, I’m Kristin- a mom of three great kids, wife of one wonderful husband, and longtime lover of blogs.  I’m a bit of a slacker when it comes to documenting the memories of these fleeting years of child-rearing.  I probably don’t take enough photos and…