Most of my Halloween pictures ended up looking like this … All that means though, is that my little tree had a fabulous time running from house to house collecting candy and working up a nice little sweat (we had to go with shorts cause it was way too hot). Love this picture my friend, Lindsay, photo shopped. Ha, ha! But, I love my little tree and my tree hugger even more!

... of the day, I joined the students in a high ropes course way up in the trees. I haven't done one of these since college! I spent half the time hugging the platform tree before I slowly made my way onto the next course. Should a 30 year old mom of 2 really be walking on a balance beam stretched between 2 trees 30 feet in the air? What was I thinking? I am definitely not posting the extremely ...

I invoke my bragging rights as an aunt to bring you a silly story about my nephews: Riley (age 5) and Ryan (age 3 1/2) are riding in the car when a logging truck pulls alongside the van. Not an uncommon occurrence when you live in beautiful NW Oregon.* Ryan thinks this truck is pretty cool. Since Riley has started preschool and is very smart, he explains to Ryan all about how the loggers go up ...

Yes..I know it is one teeny tiny photo..but it is really cute. I HAD to use it :-) I dug out some of my OLD Fancy Pants felt & put it to good use. Just a wee bit lovin' the wood grain patterns lately too! **** We are going to be giving away a prize from Scrapbook Star over at Mission Create, come and visit, take on one of the challenges issued in November and have a chance to WIN! **** I ...

I miss the good tap water in Ames, Iowa. It's interested how few of the plastic water bottles are not recycled. And its ironic that some people (not including those who use do not have access to a municpal water supply) think that bottled water is safer than their tap, but some bottled water is tap water anyways. Thanks for sharing Tammy, I'll get off my soapbox now.

... was funny. Chloe was RUNNING down the hill... seriously, she couldn't stop... she just kept running. My little tree hugger. Cambelle and Emma running through the trees. I have to be ... !" Ok, after 30-45 minutes, we found it... the perfect tree. I was getting confused and after a while they all looked the same to me. So this is the winner of the Botbyl Family Christmas Tree! Cambelle ...