Author Archives: doug

It’s 6:00 a.m., the air is crisp, the sky is clear and we are very excited to be heading off to Brush Creek this morning. We found a great deal on cowboy shirts yesterday…wait until you all see pictures of … Continue reading →

Good morning to all. The temperature is supposed to drop a bit today…90’s yesterday…70’s today.  I am keeping my fingers crossed to have nice weather forL.O.L.’s party on Saturday and of course nice weather on Sunday for our oldest son’s … Continue reading →

Today is the first official day of summer vacation….the kiddos don’t quiet get the fact that we still need to read, write and practice math. For our summer makeover plan we are implementing the “Daily Five”. 1. 30-60 minutes of … Continue reading →

Good morning…our youngest climbed into bed with us at midnight and proceeded to squirm, kick and flop around until 5:50a.m. when he exclaimed,”Mom, I am starving”. At that point I got up and put our little man in front of … Continue reading →

Good morning…it rained in the late afternoon yesterday and through the night with more to come today. The good news is everything is lush and growing well without much attention. We had a brief thunder storm accompanied by a few … Continue reading →

I feel like we are back in Seattle this morning. The rain is a steady, misty rain, and there is wonderful, welcome humidity in the air. The temperature is 38 degrees and the vegetables are still covered. So far the … Continue reading →

It’s a lovely spring morning here in Colorado. Our malamute is calling (howling) for his pack…that would be, the kids, the Mister and myself. I love to hear him…however at 6:00 a.m. I am not sure the neighbors are too … Continue reading →

Good morning…the sun is peeking over the horizon….the sky is colored in pastels and our neighborhood woodpecker is working away on the telephone pole across the street. Thank you to all of you for the wonderful birthday wishes.  I have … Continue reading →

The boys both headed of to soccer….of course they had to check out the cold and the wind before they would put on four layers of clothing.  It is very cold and with the wind chill the temperature feels like … Continue reading →

This week is “Random acts of kindness” week. While the boys were at school yesterday I went to the nursery and picked up a few plants for the boys to plant.  The boys quietly went into Grandma’s pasture planted two … Continue reading →