"A" Adventure

Any guesses as to who has experienced four different time zones today?

Yep, that would be my family and me :) 

We left our Midwestern home on a 6 a.m. flight and are now officially on vacation. . .

In Alaska!  

Now if we can just adjust to this whole time change thing (and the consequential fact that we've been up for twenty-ish hours) we should be flying high! 

moving right along

Goodbye January

goodbye birthday season

goodbye grandparents' move

goodbye sitting in hat, coat, gloves, and scarf

hello schedules

hello tea and fingerless gloves

hello books 

hello tooth fairy visit to Youngest Sister

hello babysitting

hello Nelson-Atkins exhibit

hello dance and leg warmers

hello puppies 

hello Asher getting comfy on the chair

hello February 

family matters

my sisters and I helped my PopPop make dressing today
it's delicious
the cornbread, onion, celery, chicken broth, and sage combination

PopPop started making it
when Nana no longer could
and he's now passing it on to us

food is important
as is learning to bake
but this recipe is made because family matters

mother | daughter

my mom knows

Paris black tea is best on Monday mornings,

living room furniture is meant to be rearranged,

bookshelves are the best furniture pieces,

Amazon books should not come bent,

breakfast is a good time for philosophizing,

school schedules are supposed to be tweaked, 

TJ Maxx is an unpredictably great store,

soaking in epsom salts is the best care for sore muscles, 

and talking to Jesus is the best care for you soul. 

I hope she also knows I like being her daughter.

saying hello to autumn

September seemed to slip away and now October is following suit, trying to disappear around the bend. Autumn has definitely arrived, along with long pants, sweaters, grandparents transitioning to an assisted living facility, school in full swing, and news of our dance program's ballet next summer (to be continued. . . :). Here's a peek at the things capturing the attention of my camera (or rather, phone- having fun welcoming them to this bigger screen, despite the lapses in quality). . . 

Hope you are having a lovely autumn!

What happens?

When your PopPop has MS

and takes a tumble

through the hospital 

and into a rehab center? 

When your Gramma has Dementia

and will stay with you 

for 2-4 weeks 

while he recovers? 

When it's week four of school 

and you have 

six-month-old puppies 

in ninety-degree heat? 

Walk the pups around the block 

Wonder why the leaves are already changing colors

Make tea, trying all three chai kinds in the drawer

Read on the patio swing in the shade, tea in hand and pups at play

Visit PopPop

Write 

Breathe thanks that solving the equation isn't up to you.