Worth A Thousand Words

Where we've been...

...for two straight weeks now.
We take swim lessons seriously around here. And while Sophia is a little fish (getting her out of the water is the challenge), Oliver feels about like this when it comes to swimming:
Oh well, maybe next year he'll grow gills like his sister.

A View I Always Love

I know, I know. You think these are the same pictures from the last beach post, but no. They're of the same place, true, but they're fresh. I just never seem to get tired of taking pictures of this magnificent place. What can I say?

Ready to Travel

Check out Pebble's traveling scarf, handmade by Sophia, of course.
Is she ready to go to Lopez Island or what?

The Truth About Blogging

The New York Times says that 95% of blogs are abandoned.

I sorta figured this was the case - especially for anyone who blogs for the general public. I mean, just imagine the likelihood of all those thousands (millions?) of blogs being read. And even though I blog (obviously), I'm pretty in touch with the size of my audience (Hi mom!), and it's somehow a relief. I like keeping this journal (of sorts) for friends and family (and to prove to my kids later how great their childhood was - very important), but does anyone really need to read about everyone else's life? Isn't that a little overwhelming? It just made me think that maybe the rest of the world is a little more like me than I sometimes think. A little curious about other people's lives, but more involved in (and maybe a bit overwhelmed by) their own.