Four Part Harmony

Hi everyone!

Yes I know, it certainly has been awhile.
I suppose I could ramble out a handful of excuses, explanations, apologies. But truth be told I just sort of lost the ambition to keep writing up posts for a while there. I try to keep my extracurricular pursuits within the scope of my (limited) free time and (very limited) creative energy. For a long time, the blog was an enjoyable way to reflect on and distill my own thoughts, and it was therapeutic. When it started feeling like a job I figured it was time to take a break.

But, after a nice break and a number of requests (both subtle and otherwise), I feel like it might be the right time to start back up again. I won’t try and pick up where I left off…you can always check our photo page on Flickr and see all of our photos there.

We are busy with all kinds of stuff, primarily making the Oregonian transition from summer into winter via fall. Anna has started kindergarten and is really very much enjoying it.
She says she doesn’t like weekends anymore, and Monday is her favorite day of the week.
I expect she’ll grow out of it eventually.

Milo is also busy with all sorts of creative pursuits. He mostly loves playing music, drawing, painting, building stuff, and playing with his sister. He and Nicki do all sorts of fun stuff during the week, I couldn’t even begin to describe it all. He is still very much of a singular focus with regards to guitars, and we’re up to 4 guitars, 2 banjos, a ukulele, and 3 mandolins in regular rotation. We have taken to doing family sing-alongs at night before bed which have been a source of much entertainment.

Well, in the interest of restraint, I’ll sign off for now…stay tuned for (hopefully) more updates soon.
Hope you all are enjoying these last weeks of fall.