Archive for the ‘The Great Outdoors’ Category

three years old!

Posted on July 30th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

Happy birthday to our sweet little Cash.  He had a day chock-full of good things–sleeping in, opening presents (art supplies and a marble run!), a Spider-Man birthday cake and root beer floats at the park, a pinata he so tried hard to break (“I’m doing good, right?!!”), an afternoon in the creek, and–sshh, don’t tell […]



summahtime

Posted on July 22nd, 2015 by mountain girl  |  1 Comment »

Here are a few pics of our meanderings from the past week or so. 🙂 It’s been cool-ish up where we live, but so much warmer just down the mountain in Boulder. We spent an afternoon at the park and creek. Roasting marshmallows at home (on my birthday). A watercolor by Cash. He’s loving art […]



on my birthday

Posted on July 13th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

In the kitchen I found a Papyrus birthday card from David, signed by all the kids. The fish and coral are embroidered on muslin and studded with seed beads. He always finds amazing cards for me! We spent the early part of the day at our sweet, wild church on Lookout Mountain.  Paul Wilbur was […]



hiking in the mountains

Posted on June 30th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

We went hiking yesterday–David, his brother Rich, and I–before the kids woke up.  Grandma, Grandpa, and Caleb stayed to watch them, so we scampered out of there happy and free. Woo-hoo! It took us about an hour to reach the top.  There was a little meadow about halfway up where we stopped to call home […]



almost summer

Posted on June 20th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  6 Comments »

These almost-summer days are full to bursting.  The weather has changed, and suddenly we’re soaking up these amazing days from sunup (4 am) to sundown (after 9 pm).  Yesterday in Boulder it was 100 degrees, and back home in the mountains, an unbelievable 80 degrees.  In these last few days before David comes home, we’re… […]