I'm Back.

Yep, I took that! Sweet little lion cubs in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania this summer.

I've taken quite a break from this blog of mine, but now I'm feeling ready to start sharing again. I'm so happy about all the reasons I've been away - safari in Africa, roadtrip from California back to Oregon after the safari, Camp Shutter Sisters in October, and then the general business of growing a family throughout all of it. Along the way, I picked up a few souveniers - lots of really special new friends, an Instagram habit (I'm jenny_sugarsnap if you'd like to look for me), and a couple thousand pictures. Oh, and I'm taking a leap and trying out Lightroom to process my pictures, but things are going a little slowly in that department. It's a bit intimidating, but I'll get the hang of it one of these days. Probably.

In a few days we are headed to Sunriver for some much-needed rest (and hopefully some snow!) over Christmas weekend, and then it looks like we may just jump back in the car and run for the sun - Disneyland style (shhh...that part is a secret for the kiddos!).

I made this following little video for the safari reunion party we went to in October. Our group came together to see each other's pictures, and it was a great impetus for me to actually  do something with mine! All pictures were taken by me (except those of me, which were taken by my camera). The song is Paradise by Coldplay, and the first time I heard it, I knew it was perfect for this. Please enjoy! More from me soon...

Winter Break 2010

Hello! I know you haven't heard from me since last year (wink, wink), but I've been um...busy! Actually, I've really been wanting to post the pictures I took during our Christmas trip to Sunriver, but I had just one problem - procrastinationitis. Seriously. I thought this might disappear with the midnight start of our new year, but no, the first day of the year was spent looking at other people's blogs for hours, ignoring my own. Sigh... I am me, same as always - a little overwhelmed by the love of it all. It seems I took about 100 pictures just of the sledding! Don't even get me started on the snowball fights, the presents, and all the rest of that jazz. What I'm saying is, if you're here to see 1,000 pictures of our Christmas (Mom, I know you're nodding your head), don't fret if it's whittled down to 20 10. At a time. Over the course of a few posts. It's a school night, you know!

My beautiful boy, ready to go! Let's get there already!

Making and eating lots of lefse (a Norwegian tortilla of sorts) is a huge Christmas tradition with my husband's family. I stick with the peanut butter balls. What? 

My sister-in-law, Lucy. Head Lefse Maker.

happy happy joy joy

 

 

See, are we having fun now, or what?!