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⛺️ @ Willow, 🪵 splitting, ☀️, family time.

 When you spend 90% of the weekend outside your children ask to go to bed at 7:25, and you promptly fall into bed not much later. 

Twas a good weekend.

  • Spent Thursday sleeping (mostly) out under the stars, 
  • Had many fires, 
  • Ate scorched wieners, 
  • split logs, 
  • made leaf piles, 
  • played catch, 
  • carved sticks
  • Garage clean out
  • Back deck happy hour
  • Fancy Saturday dinner at home
  • doing all the things a fall day calls us to. These are the days. 

We decided last minute to go camping on Thursday night, and what a dream it was! “Hiding in the woods” as Sigge called it, was great— until 2:30am when it got too cold and uncomfortable for the kids and we came home to sleep. We returned to the campsite at 8am with fresh coffee in tow and a resolve to finish out our camping trip despite the 39* weather :) I was proud of the kids. We explored the lake, found the playground, packed up camp and then went home. A successful 2023 Willow River camping trip! 













We did some chores at home and then hit the road for big C where we enjoyed THE most beautiful fall day there ever could be with the best people. I wish October was 120 days longer than it is. Splitting wood, making leaf piles and moms deep dish pizza 🍕 ❤️






Saturday was spent at soccer, a pumpkin decorating party, my pacing the hot cider hustle and a candle lit family dinner. 



Sunday was very chill. And although the kids have school off today as well, I’m not sure we’ll be doing a whole lot 😂. You can only pack so much in before you need a break. 

I’m feeling the fleeting moments now more than ever, Lucy doesn’t sit on my lap as long as she used to, Olle would rather watch football all Sunday than go outside and play, I can’t use reverse psychology on Sigge as much as I used to be able to. The good things? The good things are that they can all play Wii bowling and cheer each other on. They appreciate the time we spend together and will help unpack the car after camping. They still want bedtime snuggles, songs and prayers. 

Weekends like this make me reflect on the happy stuff. And there’s a lot of happy stuff. xo. edc.

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