Well, hello there! {end of the school year}

Hello there! Long time no see! To show you just how long it has been I am sharing photos from back in June. 🙈 We took the kids to Knoebels Amusement Park for our end of the school year celebration. It might become a new family tradition for us. We all had such a good time - just look at all those happy faces in the pictures!

As we entered the park they stamped Baby F's hand with the word Little. There was just something so unbearably poignant about that word being placed on his tiny hand. He was such a big boy riding all the rides at the park. He had no fear (he never has). He longed to be older and taller to ride the roller coasters with his siblings but all I could think was, "Please slow down! We are going to miss these little years."

Well, hello there! {end of the school year}

Here and there (and some knitting inbetween)

Our last few weeks in photos.

Belated birthday bouncy house fun for the boys

Ash Wednesday (I missed getting a photo of K. She was already in her co-op class)

The sun is coming back!

L was here

A new favorite park

I took my girls to their first concert. What an incredible experience it was! My first concert was New Kids On The Block - I am so glad their first concert was with a band that uplifts and feeds the soul.


Lastly, The gifts I knit for L for his 8th birthday. I don't think I shared them here.
A rhino at his request (rav notes here) and a megalodon shark tooth fairy pillow (rav notes here).


I hope to be back in this space this or next week with a spring book list.

Here and there (and some knitting inbetween)

Our Pumpkin Tradition

We are always drawn to the animals wherever we may go.

Such a serious boy!


It's that time of year again and I am so happy that this year we were able to do it! As you know we were in a bit of a rough patch while living in Oregon so we ended up not being able to do our yearly pumpkin patch fun and photo. 😞 This has been our yearly tradition ever since I learned how to knit (while pregnant with C) - most important to me is the group shot of all my children in mama made pumpkin hats. So thankful to be out of that barely surviving situation in Oregon to thriving here in Pennsylvania.

*Apparently I need to knit my three oldest new pumpkin hats for next year. These are all knit in the adult size but they are much too short now. Looks like I have a new project to work on but not until after the Christmas rush!

Our Pumpkin Tradition