I know I’ve been a little MIA on the blog lately! I’ve had a couple of nice quiet “down” weeks, so it’s been nice to get caught up with some stuff here on the home front, amongst finishing up client’s galleries, working on album designs, and submitting print orders in the evenings. We’ve also gotten a lot of “projects” done lately too, which feels good! During last week’s torrential rain storms, we realized we had a nice little leak in our roof, which had given way to a bunch of water dripping through our insulation, under our flooring in our family room, making the corner of our carpet wet. Fortunately, we were lucky and the damage wasn’t extensive, and we have a good friend that specializes in home repairs like this, so the roof got patched, walls cleaned and dried out, and carpet as well. Now, I am staring at a big white area on the one painted wall in our family room that needs to be re-painted… hmmm… my days are now consumed with mentally trying to picture the “right” color to paint, which actually is a good thing, since this will give me the push I need to do the painting job I have been wanting to do for awhile.

I’ve also been on a sewing kick… pillows for our master bed {painting that room soon too}, a little purse for Grace, and will be working soon on a few little Easter items for their Easter baskets {I will try and remember to post pics when they are complete!}. I have found that sewing gives me a bit of fresh creative energy and I love working on something and finishing it to completion. Ahh… the sweet satisfaction of something handmade!

Besides all of that, we’ve been sprinkling in some Spring cleaning and organizing and working outside to get our yard back in order for upcoming sunny days… mowing, weeding, planting a few brightly colored flowers! As Jeff and I were working out in the yard the other day together, he said, “This is just what I need… to be outside, in the dirt. It does well for my soul.” I couldn’t agree more. Bring on the sun!

We did get a break in the rain this past Saturday, so Jeff and I loaded up the kids and met our dear friends out at the lovely cherry blossoms on the University of Washington’s campus! I had been there last year with a family for their family session, so I thought it would be fun to cart along my camera to take some pics of our families together! Joel is also a photographer, so he snapped a few of us together, so I am excited to see those, when he is finished with them. But, for now… here is what I captured of our morning together!