Treehouse

We are now in our new home. We left the city and moved down south. Our first night here something so strange happened: it was quiet. So quiet we could just hear the humming crickets and rustling trees. Not like Capitol Hill with the city lights and the noises of people passin' and talking late into the night. The cars whizzing by, ambulances blaring. The Capitol building is lit the entire night. It's never truly dark there. But here it is dark, really dark! It's just different. 

And it's also quite peaceful. Restful. Relaxing. It's 5:16pm on Friday. It's early September and is turning from summer to fall out there. I sneak upstairs to begin dinner and just sit and listen, so still. The trees are blowin' loudly. Nothing else. Not even a lawn mower. Out ever single window in our house is mountains and trees. Birds and sky. It reminds me of the woods and ever since I lived in Flagstaff, I've always felt I belong in the woods. 

Wheeler Farm is the best place in the world and we've only just discovered it.

This place is AWESOME! It's a functioning farm, over 75 acres of just gardens, animals, grass, streams and lakes, and cool machines and stuff for the kids to play on. AND it's all FREE! you can pay a couple dollars to milk a cow, ride a hay ride etc, but that's it! It's so fun, beautiful, relaxing to be there. My kids run away and I could care less because we're just on a giant farm. Not only are we outside, but they've seen tons of new baby animals, watched pigs be washed and fed, they've fed chickens, helped gather and count chicken eggs, and there are always really nice people and friends there to play with. But it has never been very crowded so far either.  Can't wait to go back with Collin. We'll plan to be there every couple weeks or more during the summer.



Harriet having a gorgeous Dorothea Lange moment

Get out

For how good I usually am at getting outside I've sucked at it lately! Man, it's cold and the kids take forever to wrangle and dress and I'm less than motivated. BUT after reading this 

http://cupofjo.com/2015/11/outside-with-kids-winter/

I'm re-inspired to get outside every single day for at least a bit. And really we should just hang out and expire because this was our view this evening as we ate dinner outside on our front steps.