Daddy Days

Mark and I attended a relationship survival class for emergency responders a few weeks ago. They talked about how people in high stress/potentially dangerous jobs have a tendency to disconnect when they come home because they have forgotten how to function in a normal/safe environment. In order to avoid that kind of cycle we were counseled to make sure we carve out time to do fun things as a family, things that we could look forward to each month. We have been enjoying our "daddy days" as the girls call them. This week we took a ride down to the ranch to catch tadpoles and play.

We shooed this big guy off the road (just a gopher snake). He was hissing like crazy at me!

Daddy took us to frozen yogurt at the new yogurt place in town. Nice set up! And they even had sorbet for me!

I think Elise was experiencing a partial brain freeze in this picture :)

I brought some lupine home from the beautiful field where we last played with our Scout. I'm hoping I got enough root to transplant or at least get the seeds to grow in our yard.

Working on a painting project while sister was sleeping.