We have officially been in our new house for 28 days! It has been a bit of a whirlwind but we are grateful for all of the tender mercies that have helped us get to this point. Wondering what happened…you can learn about our choosing change here. Our new house is in Tillamook – yes….THAT Tillamook – the home of …
When You Need to Make a Beautiful Oops
When I was teaching elementary art, I discovered the book “Beautiful Oops” by Barney Saltzberg. I knew I wanted to use it in my teaching because I had so many students think they needed to be perfect….and wouldn’t allow themselves grace when mistakes happened. I remember a particular student who, during each class, would inevitably end up trying to wad …
Covid Creativity
Well, when you are quarantined with your family you find ways to entertain yourself. For us, that meant creating. We love to create things and now we’re sharing them with you! One day I got to thinking about all the things that are happening in our world right now. I also started to wonder how we could document all the …
About Choosing Change…
There’s a pandemic you say? Oh…well, why not move 6,209 miles away from our current home? When there is change and unrest in the world might as well add to it by making BIG changes! You’re welcome and you’re welcome.So, we are moving back to the mainland! What? It’s true. We will be moving to Oregon as soon as possible …
Top 10 of 2019
Life has a funny way of getting in the way. Life also has a way of becoming routine. The reality is – life is life. 2019 has proved to be full of many wonderful and ordinary experiences.
One Year in Paradise – A Reflection
I know…it has been 3 months since our last post. It may sound trite, but life really DID get busy over the past 3 months. I’ll attempt to play “catch up” to get you up to date on our current “goings on” and also provide my “One Year in Paradise – A Reflection” as well. The boys had a lot …