Simplifying

Oriens first time on skis, at Copper Mountain
"I can do it all by myself!"

Jody and I out snowboarding at Copper Mountain

Cedar skiing at Copper Mountain, heading up the magic carpet

Truthy staying warm!! In vail

The boys with Mimi and Grandpa Rick eating sushi in Silverthorne

Simplifying is our statement for 2009. After leaving a Christmas, traveling up to the county with my family and returning in time to enjoy some cheesecake in 2008 ringing in the new year 2009! It seems only right to have some resolutions for 2009..start with a clean slate per say. And that is exactly what we have done. We are slowly but surely releasing ourselves from that feeling of having too much, wanting more, and learning what it looks like to do with less. To choose to do without, and enjoy the freedom that comes from not being owned by debt. Freeing ourselves from unhappiness associated with wants that can't be full filled. Instead we are filling ourselves with family, games, outside entertainment and friends of course!!

There are some many ideas funneling through our brains on where and what we want to do with our family. We still dream of traveling in a 5th wheel, having land (we own) with others, a garden, animals, living in the 5th wheel in both our travels and times of staying on the land. You could call it an intentional community. So 2009 starts with so many new beginnings. We have also decided to begin new segments of our homeschooling journey. We are beginning to follow another home schools moms blog leading us to new ideas and ways of entertaining the kids many questions and ideas while we are outside. check it out here have also began another session on rock climbing, dance, and forest school....and yes still visiting The Enchanted Circle school a couple mornings a week.

All in all I feel blessed to be entering this new year with my family. I am excited to watch all of out ideas unfold and become realities one step at a time. I look forward to keeping you all, my blog family, involved in our newest cycle of life.

To a year of simplifying and growing

2009