family time

Each night we walk after dinner, as a family. Sometimes these walks include bug hunting, scavenger hunting for collectibles, and sometimes they're just walks where we simply enjoy the weather without even hardly talking. We've been enjoying the beautiful San Diego type weather we've had lately, and have become spoiled to it. Jesse doesn't want to stroll in his stroller at all - he walks right along with us, 1/2 mile to 1 mile each evening chasing Ezra. Both boys just laugh the entire time and have fun playing 'catch me if you can'. Childrens' laughter is contagious, often we'll see people out in their yards and they'll hear the kids coming and laughing and they can't help but stop and smile - of course Jesse has to say 'hey, what u doin?' to each person he meets. It really does almost feel like time stands still for kids, and it makes us grown ups stop and realize that the hustle and bustle of the day isn't really what matters most, it's not that dinner was served on time, or even that you got that last errand ran just in time - it's precious moments of simplicity with each other that makes our day worthwhile.

Sometimes we carry our camera along on our walks, it's not everyday that the sky is so beautiful. Jonathon took these photos of the clouds and the the sunlight last night on our walk. It was nice to just breath in the sunshine... I wish it was 80 degrees every day!!

The top photo was taken facing sunlight, so turning it into a black and white made it so pretty to me!

Yep - they're just clouds. It doesn't take much to entertain my brain - the sky was flawless.