responsibility

every day is earth day

~unknown

the present

"practicing presence"

endeavoring to let go of an excessive and unhealthy preoccupation with the past and future,

and embrace the place where life happens.

the present.

happy spring!

the past few weeks have been busy

and full of memory making!

thought i would share just a few photos.

i just returned from coronado island

where i spent 3 amazing days playing, eating, relaxing

laughing, soaking in the sun, smelling the air, feeling the sand

and listening to ocean waves....and i shared it with my blogging friend joni. our

friend annette was to have joined us also, but her dad passed away days before. we missed her and keep her in our thoughts and prayers.

home again

toes in the sand

joni

(more photos later of coronado)


the following photos are of various stages of our Easter celebration and jessamyn's birthday celebration held together.
we played an egg drop game where the adults had a raw egg and had to pad it with various materials and then drop it.....it proved to be quite entertaining and my dad even joined in!!!

dad getting ready to drop his and cory's egg

the group using their choice of materials for padding the eggs

cory and grandpa deciding how to keep theirs from cracking

the grandbabies had an egg hunt....eggs filled with all kinds of goodies

milo's first year to hunt eggs

the patio ready for our celebrations....letters read "happy 29 birthday jessamyn"

batman coloring eggs!

jessamyn and josh's egg drop (they were the winners)

little milo having a spashing good time

another batman coloring eggs!

and little clay got in on the action too....sort of!

it has been a busy few weeks....but full of blessed days!

happy 29th!!

today is jessamyn's happy birth day!

jessamyn: wonderful mommy, peace loving, seeking soul, passionate, wonderful writer, sensitive, deep thinking, caring protector of the environment....
we love you and are so thankful you are our daughter, sister, and friend!

have a wonderful day and year!

Blessed

Hope
Renewing
Joy
Have a love filled Easter
enjoying family
friends
and all aspects of celebration
this day brings.

living

busy days....

relatives in from oregon...

wonderful days in tubac, az

for golf, shopping, eating and relaxing

and home again.

we came home through the desert and again, i am in awe of how green it is after all of our rain. i don't ever remember seeing it like this.

so yesterday, we decided to go for a ride and explore....the sights were so rewarding, but even more...the smells were amazing! that is something that you miss in the car... quite a smorgasbord and some were ones i couldn't quite identify.......which made me aware of how much we go about our day without noticing or having knowledge of what is even around us.....

more lessons to learn!

laughter is great medicine

cory wanted to take brody and wyatt to the Renaissance festival today

and i thought it would be great fun to go along......and was it ever!

just something about the day.....i haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

this gentleman was reminding us to "rock and roll"

brody discovered these and they thought it was great fun

twig ~ one of the many wood nymphs there

lovelies for your hair



strawberry italian ices

those renaissance folk can be a bit boisterous!

the jousting competition

wyatt riding a llama

very proud of their swords and sword arm paintings

brody and mama riding a camel

it's not just the people who run the faire that dress up ~ so many join the fun!

colorful solutions for the sunshine!

their sword arm paintings

the two batmen trying to figure out what they wanted to have painted on them

just a great atmosphere of laughter with lots of jovial, fun loving folk around!

thanks corky and brody and wyatt

i loved it!