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Rock Poser

I snapped this photo the other night while driving back home from my parent’s house and it turned out much more beautiful than I had thought it would. The large bump is Mount Erie and the smaller one to the right is Sugarloaf and my parent’s house is practically at the base of the two mini mountains. Since I’ve returned from our road trip, and I fell in love with Montana, I’ve appreciated the drive through Skagit Valley much, much more.

I’ve also unearthed an old photo of Maggie (can it really be called unearthed if the photo is only a few months old?) sitting on one of the rocks in my mom’s garden a few months ago. I had Mags sit again on the same rock and both the garden and Maggie have grown so much!!  Goes to show that still a few months really does make a difference!

Happy weekend to you!!

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Sydney on Vacation and Chubby Babies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sydney is on vacation from HBHQ for the week and visiting Camp Janet and we sure do miss her around here. Maggie keeps trying to drop bits of food from her high chair and looks around waiting for Sydney to come charging out with her tongue out. The two are the very best of friends, but I’m sure it is nice for Syd to get a break from Maggie’s powerful pinches and kisses Last I heard, she was basking in the sun on the front stoop letting Sparky do his own version of relaxing, which really means digging in the field next to my parent’s house.

Last week while we were up in A-Town both Erin and Suzanna brought their kids out to my parent’s place to play for a few hours and it was so much fun. Suzanna’s son, Daxten, has the most edible legs right now and he was right at home rolling on the grass and munching on some treats. I could seriously take a bite out of him right now…

Erin and her family have FINALLY moved back to WA and it has been so much fun to get to know her little guys beyond the quick visits that we’ve become accustomed to over the years. Gavin is roughly Maggie’s age and has the exact opposite hair-do of Maggie, which is pretty funny.

The MagSTAR is up from her nap and so this is the….end!

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If You’ve Got the Sun and If You’ve Got the Rain….

Without a doubt Maggie and I were the luckiest of girls this week to get to spend time with all our friends and family scattered around Skagit Valley. It is so easy and enjoyable to be in Anacortes during the summer months and my parent’s house never fails to feel like a little pocket of perfectness tucked into Fidalgo Island. I only wish that everybody was so lucky to have a place to return to and feel such a strong connection to.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I spend time looking at all the work that my parents have done to turn their home into the gorgeousness that it is, I can’t help but wonder if their talents skipped a generation (me) and will hopefully crop up in Maggie. Maggie’s love of plants and flowers is already so blatantly obvious, with her insisting on smelling every single flower she sees and digging in the dirt without hesitation. The girl also has no qualms getting in the mix of things, helping out in every way.

My childhood is partially sprinkled with memories of eatting vegetables from my mom’s garden, but now that I’m on the other side of the fence as an adult, I have a deeper appreciation for all the work that must have gone into making sure those seeds got planted and nurtured. Seeing Maggie and my mom wander the garden, filling colanders with freshness, washing the dirt off and taking bites off and on, was incredible to see. Maggie was fascinated by the process and I have no doubt that she’ll be a great ‘helper’ for future harvests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve got Ella Fitzgerald’s Summertime stuck in my head.

Summertime and the livin’ is easy….

Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high….