The Great Outdoors

Our spring has jumpstarted summer a little earlier than anticipated. Of course, they're reporting record breaking temps, which could mean no campfires in the high country and drought in the valley's below, but regardless, it still remains so beautiful in our little nook of the PACNW. We have been on two official camping trips this spring: Mora and Kalaloch, both along the rugged, wild coast. The coast is my favorite place to just be....to relax, to detox, to live, to meditate. We were fortunate to share our Memorial Day excursion with our very close friends, Nikki and Steve, and of course, adorable Olivia and Madelynne. Having friends like them in life is really pretty remarkable. I am so blessed by their friendship and love. They are the best!

Here are highlights from our trip(s) to the beautiful Pacific Coast.

Rialoto Beach

Running at the campground-Mora

Toys

"Coffee" and her tablet

Sailaway Sailors washed up along shore

Coast Guard en route to do their routine sunset cruise-La Push

10 Years and counting

Our balcony view-Kalaloch

Tidepools

Beach fire

Plaing in the sand

Burnt dinner--eh, we improvised. :)

View of our camp at Kalaloch

Nikki and I

Clam Shell Stonehenge

Crash (Lensbaby fun)

Just "Resting my eyes"

Please, do not feed the animals

Left out

The boys fort

The Phillips Little Family.

Helping out

The Hoh River

Jelly

Make shift shade

Miss Noelle

King of the Driftwood

The sign needs to be updated, we decided.

Getting some sun

Watching whales with mom

Watching our neighbors playing on the beach

Go!

Enjoying warm coffee and watching the ocean

Comments

For the future's not ours to see...

There is so much going on in our world today that is negative. I get irritated with watching the news and seeing such drama the media portrays. I never really paid that much attention to it until I had Madelynne and then everything changed about my perception of the world. It is scary, out there, when all you want to do is shelter and protect your little one. Maybe I am coming to the terms with growing older and realizing that life on this great planet is limited and to make the most of it. Being a SAH mom has really caused me to think and reflect on so many different things. It hasn’t always been sweet, happy thoughts, either. I know a few weeks ago I was really concerned for the end of the world and for my daughter and future generations that have to endure such drastic changes that will continue to occur over time. I find myself getting caught up with questions about my faith and my journey as a Christian and feeling lost and not knowing who to turn to or talk to about such conflict

Just B

In teaching poetry and preparing my kiddos this week for their poetry presentations, we watched a few spoken word poets via pre-selected versions on YouTube. One video that stood out the most was from the 2012 TED talks from spoken word poet, Sarah Kay. The poem is a perfect depiction of having a child and advice that a mother wants to carry on to her daughter...If you have an opportunity, I'd check it out on YouTube and just watch the "If I should have a daughter" or the title of the poem is "B". Sifting through the poem, I extracted a few of my favorite quotes and a few recent pictures of Madelynne to accompany them. Enjoy. "...Because there’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away" (Sarah Kay, TED Talks, 2012). “...Remember, your Mama is a worrier, and your Papa is a warrior, and you are the girl with small hands and big eyes who never stops asking f

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