Tulip Festing...

(Photo by Solomon)

                                        This is what I get when I ask Sollie to take a picture with me.

Photo by Ben

We took a trip out to the Tulip Festival in Woodburn,Oregon. It was our first time going, but since I am a sucker for road trips and taking pictures I couldn't believe we haven't gone before. I told Ben, "Can you believe we haven't been here before? This seems like the kind of thing I would make us do every year." I have avoided it in the past because of stories from other families that it was one giant mud pit. Well to be honest, we do go the the Dahlia Festival in Canby almost every year..kinda the same thing. The one thing that kind of irritated me from a photographers perspective was that they let people walk in between the rows so it was impossible to get a photo of just the flowers without crowds of people walking through. But I love watching people so it was fun. I don't think I have ever seen so many different cultures of people all in one place, there were people .....and tulips of every color and shape so much diversity so many different languages!
I am glad we waited for a dry weekend, it was crowded, but no mud!
I think we will just have to go back again next year. I might have to make this for Nalah to wear to it.  Like I need an excuse to knit that.

This Moment: Best Friends

I am breaking the no words rule this time, but joining in for This Moment with Soulemama to share a special moment that I want to cherish and remember from my week.

   I can honestly say that right now, they are best friends. It is the sweetest thing in the world to me.
The age gap was 7 years between my first two children and they have had their moments of friendship, but they mostly just irritate each other and argue all the time. The gap between Sollie and Nalah is a little smaller. He adores her and says he wants to marry her and tells her how beautiful and wonderful she is all the time. So stinking sweet. He has so much patience for her, even when she toddles over and sticks her hand in his plate of food, he just giggles "oh ,Nalah". He is a pretty peaceful little man and he has taught me to be more patient with her as well. I only wish he could teach her to sleep like he did, man, he was a fantastic sleeper( he still is) and....well...Nalah never sleeps.......EVER.

Some new things at Humbleluna

 Please stop by HumbeLuna and take a look I have some new little skirts for spring and I will be adding new sizes and fabrics every week so check back in often. I love custom work so if you have a size or color you would like I would be happy to work with you, just send me a message via my shop. I am also working on some new baby legwarmers or "cankle sweaters" as my husband likes to call them.I will be adding more very soon. They pair up great with a little skirt for a fun spring outfit.

Happy Spring!

Another Spring Weekend in Portland...

We have been walking around a lot lately. Through the neighborhood on into other less familiar neighborhoods. That is one really fun thing about the city of Portland, each neighborhood is like a smaller town of it's own. I don't own a home, so I like to walk around and look at houses and yards and get ideas for the future, for the someday when hopefully we can have a home of our own, where we can sink roots and feel grounded. 

We have several really hard years financially with several lay offs and lack of work, I wonder if we will ever catch up enough to make a comfortable living here, yet I don't want to have to start over again either. Here is to hoping for good things in the future and for a rainbow after the storm.

We were able to do a little hiking this weekend. Too little for my taste, anyone need a hiking buddy out there?

We also got out to the park. The kids have been kind of sick the past few weeks and it was nice to see them get their energy back. Funny how as parents we get annoyed with our kids when they are hyper and bouncing off the walls,but as soon as they are ill an are lacking in energy we want nothing more than for them to be able to run around like wild animals again.

 

And we did some urban fishing too...

 

Happy Earth Day!

Love and appreciate the Earth today and everyday.

This moment...A bunny visit

                   A moment from our week to cherish and remember. Inspired by Soulemama.

My sweet guy...

I was happy to spend some time alone with my little guy this weekend. The weather cooperated long enough for us to do a little hiking and exploring. 

I miss our early rock hunting days at the river when Solomon was a wee babe on my back.

I hope he will always find the time to hike with his mama.