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When you break tradition and the world still turns out rosy (Farmer Brown’s tree farm, Arlington, WA)
December 7, 2014Every year we go to a tree farm called Christmas Creek in North Bend where my guys insist the North Pole is, and it’s become a lovely tradition of getting our tree, seeing Santa, riding on a tractor-pulled hay cart and eating cookies from George’s Bakery in front of a fire. Except this year, we were […]
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Some super easy ways to give back while you shop in Seattle this weekend
December 5, 2014I volunteer for an organization that does a giving tree to help out our community and the wishes I’ve read so far have been so simple and beautiful that I can’t help but think how wanting the lists and lists of my family’s desires seem in comparison and it’s made me reflect a little more […]
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Wildlights 2014 (Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle WA)
December 3, 2014Wildlights at Woodland Park Zoo might be a newer light show in Seattle-it’s only on its third year-but we’ve been going since it started and it has become one of our family’s favorite Seattle holiday traditions. The other night when we visited, the sky was bright and clear and there was still a dusting of […]
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Uniquely Seattle Gifts that might help with your Holiday shopping
November 23, 2014I am a big fan of locally made and anywhere or anytime I can toot my “I love Seattle” horn, I will. So here are some things that I have my eye on for holiday gifts: We have chocolates of all sorts here in Seattle and my favorites are Frans’ and Theos. Both give fabulous […]
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The awesomest park in the world is 3 hours away from Seattle (Terra Nova Rural Park, Richmond, BC)
November 21, 2014Hopefully this got your attention if you like visiting parks with kids because this one is totally worth it. We’ve been to many parks around the world and we sometimes travel just to see playgrounds like this one in Copenhagen that I saw on pinterest, or this one in Japan in a monkey forest and […]
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We almost have a roof over our heads (cabin building in the woods)
November 19, 2014The snow is threatening to fall and we’re oh so close to getting the roof on before we get tons and tons of it in Snoqualmie Pass. But we’re not quite there yet. And that’s the nail-biting exciting part of building in a place with a short building season. On our last site visit, I […]
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When you need to post-birthday shop on a Monday
November 17, 2014When you get a certain amount of birthdays under your belt, you begin to realize how thankful you are for having just made it to that day again another year. And today I’m truly grateful for the wonderful people in my life and for health and happiness too. And I’m thankful for cake. All the […]
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Events that didn’t feel like commercials but made me feel better about products
November 13, 2014Last month my family drove up to Snoqualmie Pass and we joked that with all our shiny cars parked in the parking lot it totally looked like a car commercial and it’s a little eye-opening to think about how much of our lives really ARE a commercial, from the things we see on instagram or […]
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When Monday’s shopping starts to spill out into the rest of the week and beyond
November 11, 2014It’s impossible to hide from shopping in November even though some days like today the weather is so gorgeous you have to get away from the computer and dust off the sunglasses and head outdoors. My email has been bombarded by every company I subscribe to with some kind of Friends and Family sale and […]
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If you still have Halloween Candy in your house…
November 6, 2014Oh Halloween you kill me. Every year. And every year the guys get more effective at acquiring candy so the cycle just seems to get stronger and stronger. Eat candy. Mourn eating Halloween candy. Eat more candy. Eat more candy……until one of us gets the willpower to do something about it. Thankfully that someone is […]
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Finding Fall at Gold Creek Pond (A great hike for kids near Snoqualmie Pass)
November 5, 2014Everywhere in Seattle the leaves are putting on the best show they can and I’m trying to snap as many pictures of my kids as possible because it is just too beautiful to stop and one day they probably won’t want me taking so many pictures any more. I’ve also decided that because of this […]
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Toilet shopping that gives back and a way to leave a mark at Pike Place market in Seattle on a Monday
November 3, 2014Happy Shopping Monday friends! I hope you all had a wonderful candy-filled weekend. I almost kept the kids at home today to prevent myself from being left ALL ALONE WITH ALL THE CANDY, but there is work to be done and I guess this is a great test for me to see if I can […]
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The Fremont Troll and where we eat nearby (Fremont, Seattle)
October 29, 2014The other day we were heading out for a simple dinner (we often eat at Tutta Bella with the kids and if we get there before 6pm it’s happy hour and dinner is even more awesome) when we decided to take a little detour up Troll street to say hello to our favorite Seattle neighborhood […]
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Rare Waffles in Seattle (Mae James Coffee, Southpark)
October 28, 2014I know good waffles and you can’t get them just anywhere. They’re often perfected over the years from old family recipes that have been uniquely tweaked for the iron they’re being made on and only a few people can make them just right. We’re lucky in our family to have had years of delicious Christmas […]
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The best thing I acquired while shopping before a Monday
October 20, 2014Oh, I am shopping today, don’t you worry. I do need some dresses for all the winter festivities coming up and I’m totally in love with this Tadashi Shoji one at Nordstrom and I found some cute ones at Ann Taylor too (I tried a code ebates50 for ebates shoppers and it worked for 50% […]
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When one door closes, another one opens with chocolate on top (on visiting Hotcakes in Seattle)
October 17, 2014I’ve been dreaming about eating at the Fat Hen for a while now. It is really close to a shop where we often go for macarons and other treats (Honore Bakery if you’re curious. It has amazing desserts and some of Seattle’s tastiest macarons and it’s one reason why I used to schedule my kids’ […]
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Sorry to be corny but there’s something a-maze-ing at The Farm at Swan’s Trail (near Seattle, Wa)
October 16, 2014Last year we went to the Farm at Swan’s trail because I saw it in my instagram feed and it looked like the most idyllic place ever to pick apples. And then this year a friend and her family wanted us to go because she knew they had the most amazing corn maze. Now things […]
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Because a yellow crayon went through the dryer and I have to buy new clothes on a Monday
October 6, 2014Oh Monday. You roll around so quickly after a weekend full of spectacular sun and lovely adventures. When have we ever worn shorts in OCTOBER in Seattle? My bestie came for a visit and we had fun exploring Seattle and eating yummy food these past few days. We sipped coffee and matcha lattes at the […]
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A super dark tunnel and a cabin building update
October 1, 2014Living with boys is not as horrible as I might have imagined if you told me as a high schooler this is how my life would turn out. It’s actually mostly lovely and I’m getting used to being outdoors more and embracing all that is frogs, dirt and bugs. But sometimes I do feel like […]
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Getting away from it all with our family on the Olympic Peninsula (Kalaloch Lodge, Washington)
September 26, 2014Every September, the whirlwind of real life catches us up to us after dreamy, long summer days playing at the beach. We get trapped in a spiral of school and sports, lessons and work and I start to feel spectacularly stuck. And this year with the cabin-building project and the kids starting kindergarten, we have […]
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