Back from the Dead?

It's been a year and a half since my last post... Curious if anyone is out there?! We loved using this way of keeping in touch of our family, as a scrapbook, and as a journal, for years. I like to think it helped me keep up on some Grammar rules, as well? Ha!

Since my last post life has continued to be a roller coaster of ups and downs. There are truly no words (and no way) to update or summarize what our world has been like since Summer of 2019. I just wanted to blurb out here and possibly re-start...

I have been working on a website with my awesome pal, to support my nutrition practice. That led me here, she felt it would be helpful to have a blog. I guess I could have linked clients back to my family blog instead of creating a new one, but I like boundaries!

Ok Chris and kids just ran down to the field to race cars around in the dirt. The kids have been running a muck in the afternoons, playing decently well, as school has been cancelled the last 3 days due to power outages.

I'm going to start dinner then head down to the field to put the adorable farm critters to bed. I guess a few posts will include updating our blog on our farm family additions!

Around here

Life has been moving right along despite me trying to hold onto every moment. 

I call this seat and exact spot on our property my retired spot. Every so often I will sit there and just be. Watch the hens walk by, talking to each other, and just take in the slow time and just sit. 

We have 14 chickens and are getting 6-13 eggs per day of varying sizes and colors.

 Chickens are surprisingly photogenic! This is Cracky.

I oops forgot to prune the rose bush... but it is thriving! 

The herb bed is crawling with oregano, chives, lavender, cilantro, parsley, fennel, thyme. All that is missing is basil, and we are patiently waiting it to sprout...

We have a creepy mummified opossum in our barn.

The garden is just starting to take off, but the herb bed and berry bed have been producing well for weeks. 

A Summary of Summer

And now I am going to attempt to summarize our summer in a series of photos, that I will seriously want to include more but will slightly hold back.

Field kisses to kick off the summer~

 Riding in the sand truck for the first time... weeeeeeee!

 Moonrocks desert so gorgeous in spring!

 Papa actually rode with Chris! A first!

 Owen rode without training wheels!

 My loves!

 Giants game with my sissies!

 And pops!

 And husbands!

 All of us!

 Swimming at Nana and Papas at least once a week.

 Up to mamas whenever we could make it!

Nana and Papa's pool

 Ouchie bonk on a rock

 Papa's artichokes

 PIGTAILS for the first time!

 Owen's swim lessons always meant tea time for the ladies.

 Summer kick off with my besties at Boeger

 And our offspring

 Dance recital for these doll faces

They were quite ridiculously adorable!

 Early garden

 Sweet Buster

 Pipi Valley camping= Snow in June!

 T-ball was all about fun and smiles and slides!

 Back to Pipi for the mother of all bonfires

 River dips with friends

 Just for fun!!!!

 Garden growing

 Magic in Anaheim for Britton's 40th anniversary

 Also our 12th wedding anniversary

 FUN

 Kids hated it we loved it!

 The whole fam!

 Guys being goofy

 Owen was so brave and rode a crazy ride!

 We got competitive and tried showing off

 And fell

 Ha

 Pool time

 Married 40 years!

 Girlfriends!

 Britton pool snuggles

 Grandma time!

 Zoey time at a wedding where my role was photog

Gorgeous yard at Britton's

 Papa's artichokes

 Owen's Bud celebrated 5 years cancer free!!! Sparkling cider and thumbs up at the water park!

 Dinner in the garden

 LOVE this girl of mine

 Picking blueberries with the aubins and grovers

 BFF

 Sissies!

 Regal Yoga man

 Aubin pool with the grovers

 Boeger with Papa

 Boeger with the ladies

 Special night with Bowens

 Always gotta stop at boa vista

 Lovely grandma

 Beautiful walk means photo shoot

 Owen rode a bull on 4th of July but was afraid of the fireworks so we went home. Good thing because they didn't start until 1030PM!

 Kenzi is adorable!

 We finally paid ourselves from our business and went to dinner and a massage. This was what we looked like at the end. HA!

 Celebrating Caleb's birthday!!!

 Erik in town and at the Aubin pool

 Cousin time!

 Uncle time!

 Driving a boat on a fish hunt!

 Trying to hike

The very first time I let them do this!!!!

 Ara at 630am in a grocery store parking lot looking good in her jammies!

 Monterey adventures

 Family together breaking bread, er... tacos

 Sweet Rumi.

 Ara can ride a pedal bike without training wheels, skipped right over them!

 Ara and Zo River day

 Evie and Ara enjoying tea

 And laughs in bed ha!

 Helping mama cut flowers

 Wine tasting with some lovely ladies and Chris's delicious sandwich.

 Grew some watermelons bigger (ok as big as) my previous pregnant bellies!

 Hanging at one of our fave local spots

 Watching grandma catch chickens is fun!

 Loving feeding Kenzi food

 fabulous river day

 boeger night

 laughing with my love

 On our way to JAMES in SF

 Don't ask

 My besties

 The crew and Clark photo bombing

 Home

 Off 88

 Summer. Fly on head and watermelon seed on cheek.

 Cousin time!

 Veggie babies!

 Bryce!!!

 Celebration dinner at farm table!

 Swimming with pro Zoey

 Leins in town

 Cousins

 Gal group photo

 The crew at the Bowen's

 We talked about doing this all summer and FINALLY put a sprinkler on the trampoline. Harder than it sounds! SO FUN!!!

 Papa over for our routine early dinner and hang.

 Waterfall dip on my bday

 Mikuni bday dinner

 Spa and hang with wynt for bday, really dragged out the funnnnnnn :)

 Camping at Hope Valley

 Visiting sweet gram at rehab.

 Cheers to school being back in session!

 These two played in the bush for almost 3 hours!

 The Britton garden really exploded with tomatoes this year!

 Hope you had a wonderful summer. I have loved every minute of ours, but also I am loving writing right now with the windows open and the crisp cool fallish air.