Even though we’ve been berry picking several times this summer (it’s only the beginning of July) & I’ve made LOTS of freezer jam in addition to other edible things,  it still feels inadequate. I want to go berry picking once a week. Brady’s become an expert berry picker! The part of me that wants to […]

Even though we’ve been berry picking several times this summer (it’s only the beginning of July) & I’ve made LOTS of freezer jam in addition to other edible things,  it still feels inadequate. I want to go berry picking once a week. Brady’s become an expert berry picker! The part of me that wants to […]

Imagine a huge field of never ending rows of brightly colored tulips – like rows and rows of a crayon box. Then, multiply that by 100. That gets you kinda close to how many beautiful tulips we got to see perfectly placed in a field bordered by Mt. Hood on the left and a cute dutch wooden […]

Imagine a huge field of never ending rows of brightly colored tulips – like rows and rows of a crayon box. Then, multiply that by 100. That gets you kinda close to how many beautiful tulips we got to see perfectly placed in a field bordered by Mt. Hood on the left and a cute dutch wooden […]

This was the first year we got to cut down our own Christmas tree! Brian is ALL ABOUT the real tree. I grew up with a fake tree (we had a cat) so, it’s been lovely having real Christmas trees since being married.  We drove to a lovely Christmas tree farm, Sunny Day Tree Farm, located a […]

This was the first year we got to cut down our own Christmas tree! Brian is ALL ABOUT the real tree. I grew up with a fake tree (we had a cat) so, it’s been lovely having real Christmas trees since being married.  We drove to a lovely Christmas tree farm, Sunny Day Tree Farm, located a […]

Earlier in October, we made a family trip out to The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island (about 45 min North of us). Brady and I first went out to a farm on Sauvie Island earlier this summer for our first berry picking experience. It’s a cool Island just North Downtown Portland. The island is full […]

Earlier in October, we made a family trip out to The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island (about 45 min North of us). Brady and I first went out to a farm on Sauvie Island earlier this summer for our first berry picking experience. It’s a cool Island just North Downtown Portland. The island is full […]

We seem to find ourselves at Baggenstos Farm about 10 minutes down the road from us in Sherwood, Oregon quite often.  We’ve picked (nearly) our body weight in blueberries, and other produce this summer. Here’s some photos of my little guy when we took my mom there for a quick visit to pick some tomatoes […]

We seem to find ourselves at Baggenstos Farm about 10 minutes down the road from us in Sherwood, Oregon quite often.  We’ve picked (nearly) our body weight in blueberries, and other produce this summer. Here’s some photos of my little guy when we took my mom there for a quick visit to pick some tomatoes […]

Our new favorite thing to do is pick berries (or peaches) at local farms and orchards! We do this approx once a week now.  We’ve been to Smith Berry Barn a couple times and these photos are from our first visit with some friends at the beginning of July.  We loaded up on delicious black […]

Our new favorite thing to do is pick berries (or peaches) at local farms and orchards! We do this approx once a week now.  We’ve been to Smith Berry Barn a couple times and these photos are from our first visit with some friends at the beginning of July.  We loaded up on delicious black […]

Our first month living in Portland has been pretty awesome, I must say.  Yes, maybe we brought the Texas heat drought with us (sorry), but the breaks of cooler weather are a nice treat! We’ve been exploring during every free moment. We’ve been to more playgrounds in 4 weeks than we visited in Dallas in […]

Our first month living in Portland has been pretty awesome, I must say.  Yes, maybe we brought the Texas heat drought with us (sorry), but the breaks of cooler weather are a nice treat! We’ve been exploring during every free moment. We’ve been to more playgrounds in 4 weeks than we visited in Dallas in […]