Jake, Elayna and I were lucky enough to be able to sneak away to Phoenix for a long weekend. It was heavenly. While I hear they get some bad weather in the summer, it’s hard to believe it this time of year. It basically felt like June in Portland while we were there and we…

Elayna sat down to paint the other day and immediately did this painting. She was in a very happy mood when she did it, but I have to admit, she’s been teething like crazy this past week or so. I wonder if this was how she felt on the inside with teething? When I hung…

Elayna and I busted out some paints and cleared out the dining area the other day. It’s always fun to just let her call the shots and see what she does. She made very little mess actually (I guess I shouldn’t be that surprised since she seriously hates being dirty) and she was very focused…

Well, we got a teeny tiny glimpse of snow out here. By the time E and I got ready and went out to play it was turning slushy with some rain. Maybe we will have another chance to check it out, but just in case, we looked around at our snow covered outdoors for a…

Here are a couple more from the pictures I took for E’s Valentine’s Day cards. It was hard to choose one for the card. She was being so sweet and goofy that day.