tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29016728333734381952024-03-05T16:07:39.292-08:00Miles, Papa and MeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger285125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-41028488915587604242013-09-28T04:06:00.001-07:002013-09-28T04:11:01.419-07:00Morning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have a pretty awesome routine down in the morning: </div>
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Papa leaves for work.</div>
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Miles and I sleep in. </div>
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Kid eats a banana every morning with eggs, cereal or oatmeal. </div>
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I make my rounds throughout the house to draw the blinds, straighten out the couch, pick up toys.</div>
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Miles watches cartoonies.</div>
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Mom catches up on computer stuff then joins baby on the couch.<br />
By this point Miles has tried on a billion hats, made a mess of his breakfast, thrown his books around and turned on the record player while watching t.v.<br />
And I wouldn't have it any other way.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-78836895569339045052013-09-26T21:13:00.002-07:002013-09-26T21:13:49.456-07:00Feeling festive<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well, I'm pretty sure this is everyone's favorite time of year. Am I right!? Holidays and sweaters and all things pumpkin! It's been some time since working on any crafts for my home, so I whipped up this wreath to greet the first days of fall and I LOVE it! I've never made one before and to be honest I always thought wreaths were a little "old lady-ish" but seriously, I'm a changed woman! I can't wait to make one for winter too. I didn't want to go too crazy with Halloween decoration but I love our spider garland and Miles had fun putting the bats on the windows. Holiday's are so much better with kiddos! I can't wait to celebrate Halloween with him this year. Last year he was just on the verge of walking and even though he had the coolest <a href="http://milespapaandme.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-strongmans-first-halloween.html">strong man</a> outfit, he was still just too little to enjoy the holiday fun but this year is going to be so much better with my big boy!</div>
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Well, hi friends! I can't believe it's been over a month since logging on here. I mean, I can believe it because <a href="http://doindoindoin.com/">Cristin</a> and I have been working hard the last two months to launch Camp Wolf. Which by the way, WE DID!! Please go take a look at what we've been busy with at <a href="http://www.camp-wolf.com/">Www.Camp-Wolf.com</a>! The last few weeks I'm trying to find a "balance between being a good mama to Miles and finding time to work on the shop. It's freaking hard, I tell ya! But I did find a terrific nanny to watch my little pal a few hours a week so I can have some time to sew by myself that isn't at one am! I'm actually really excited about that! Cristin and I have so many exciting plans for Camp Wolf during the holidays and we can't wait to share what we've been working on! By the way, Cristin is AMAZING! I am so thankful to have her as my right hand lady through all of this. Plus, look at her cutie pie boys in our baseball tee and bow tie!! </div>
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Camp Wolf is pretty much consuming my brain these days and as it should be because we are set to launch in a matter of WEEKS! Cristin and I have been working our buns off to make this happen. It's pretty surreal that a tiny dream is now becoming a really exciting reality! Besides CW business, I have been day dreaming of Autumn, cool weather, layers of clothes and fun holidays. Is that crazy to be wishing for these things when we have that weather pretty much 9 months out of the year here in Portland!? With thoughts of fall comes the reality that my little pal's second birthday is in four months and I know that time is going to FLY by. Lately, we've been working on Miles' room, making it geared more towards him and less about my office/storage space. We recently got a big boy bed for him and even though we still plan on co-sleeping, we wanted to introduce him to naps on it to eventually make the transition easier. I'm so excited about painting his walls and adding new art and shelves! I'll be posting a DIY tutorial of felt pennants I made for his walls soon. I haven't been working on too many crafts lately so having to re-due his room is an excellent excuse to surf Pinterest for fun, affordable room ideas. </div>
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My sweet friend Jamie was visiting from Phoenix a few weeks ago and took a few photos of us for the "about me" page for Camp Wolf's website. I love how they turned out and it's great to have updated photos of my little pal and me.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-26428621351384896322013-08-04T22:53:00.001-07:002013-08-04T22:53:38.608-07:00Pendleton chairs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while since I've done any DIY's around the house. Been pretty wrapped up with Camp Wolf lately but with a broken car and Steve on a camping trip, I decided to tackle two house projects. I've been eying this gorgeous red Pendleton fabric every time I go to the Pendleton Mill and finally found the perfect thing to use it on, my dining room chairs! This was my first ever attempt at reupholstering so the underside is definitely not as clean as I wanted it to be but they turned out SO awesome, They honestly make me so happy every time I glance over at them! </div>
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Happy <u>first</u> anniversary to my sweet, sweet husband!</div>
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It's hard to believe that this time last summer we were getting married.</div>
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Thank you for the most precious year of my entire life. </div>
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I love you, I love you, I love you!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-82197199227319256032013-07-27T04:34:00.001-07:002013-07-27T04:35:24.368-07:00More mushy stuff!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My friend and amazing photographer, <a href="http://www.margaretjacobsen.com/">Margaret Jacobsen</a>, sent me a few photos from last weeks photo shoot for Camp Wolf. They look SO cool and I can't wait to see the rest!! Also, see that rad "Stay Local" shirt on Farrin? Well, I have <a href="http://www.prefresh.com/">Prefresh</a> to thank MAJOR for giving all of my models really awesome tees for the shoot. It's pretty incredible how generous and supportive people are when you really need help. I am blown away by everyone who has been there for me during this time. Starting a business is tough shit! I mean, there are days where I am extremely overwhelmed to be doing this alone (not anymore thanks to my new right hand lady, Cristin!) and then I remember that there are people and businesses out there who believe in what I'm doing and are willing to associate their name with my line. These are all strong woman who offer advice, products and friendship and have all been in my very position at one point. I'm also so thankful to have an incredible friend and graphic designer, <a href="http://yelley.net/">Danielle Rauto</a>, bringing all of my ideas to life and is willing to trade products and take payments for her services. So amazing right!? Nicole from <a href="http://www.lilliesandleon.com/">Lillies and Leon</a> has been another huge supporter of us right from the start. She's written really kind reviews about Camp Wolf and is always offering to help spread the word. A huge thank you to Cristin for joining along on the ride and being as excited about Camp Wolf as I am! I can't forget to include my friends and family who have donated time and money, free sewing lessons (Yay, Val!) and countless hours to watch Miles (Thanks Meagan!!). My mom and sister have been by my side every step of the way and when I have a hard day and feel super discouraged, they are there to tell me everything's ok, which is all you really need to hear sometimes. And my sweet, hard working husband makes it possible for me to be with Miles all day and start a business from home. But lastly, my biggest source of inspiration every single hour of the day is my sweet pal, Miles. He's the reason for ALL of this, my mini muse. </div>
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This didn't mean to start off as a rambling thank you list but I'm glad it did because life has become really exciting and overwhelming lately and sometimes I forget to thank those who make it all possible. </div>
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A few weeks ago I started following a mama blogger, <a href="http://doindoindoin.com/">Cristin</a>, on Instagram and saw that she had made really incredible embroidered portraits of her kiddos. I messaged her asking if she would be interested in making a custom one of Miles and a week later she sent me this AMAZING embroidered hoop of my boy along with other darling things she makes. I still can't get over how thoughtful she was to make all of this for me considering that we had just "met" but I knew there was something really special in her designs and I wanted to encourage her to make more...</div>
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<b>Well, I want to introduce you to my new Accessories Designer for Camp Wolf!!!</b></div>
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After a couple days of thinking about the options and the opportunities of having a partner join me at Camp Wolf, I decided to message her thanking her for my lovely package she sent AND asking her if she'd be interested in designing for my line. She was thrilled and I was excited that she was thrilled and after a few emails back and forth and a Skype date later, we worked out a really excellent plan to expand and perfect Camp Wolf as a team. She has such a fun and chic approach to design and I'm so thankful to have her on Camp Wolf's team. </div>
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Cristin runs the sweet blog <a href="http://doindoindoin.com/">Doin, Doin, Doin</a> and lives in Richmond Virginia with her husband and two adorable boys, Henry and Jack. She recently became a stay-at-home mama and besides from working on Camp Wolf, she is starting her own online store where she will be selling felt and leather bows, stuffed characters (like the awesome one she sent me!) and custom embroideries. Needless to say, we are going to be very busy mama's but at least we have each other to lean on for advice and support. Have I mentioned how excited I am!? </div>
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Miles has been such a good boy while I've been working on Camp Wolf. I try to always set aside time during my day to focus on him to go to the park, get ice cream or play in our backyard. He really loves helping me out too. It's so awesome to watch him grow into this amazing kiddo. He loves watering the front porch plans and he's pretty damn good at it too! He even helps feed the kitties which is just so cute. But with all of that said, I've also been letting certain things slide like watching Curious George alllll morning while I get to my emails or tear up the house so I can finish sewing a jacket. Nursing has been a doozy too. I wanted to stop breastfeeding after we got home from our trip but with all the excitement and craziness of starting a business, nursing was something that we could stay consistent with and stopping just sort of fell on the side lines. I've definitely cut him back a lot and I'm okay with waiting a bit longer to stop. He's still a little hellion with throwing and the tendency of not listening but man, he sure has a sweet heart. We got real lucky with Miles. He has a real love and understanding for animals, adores entertaining people, gives the BEST hugs and kisses and is genuinely such a happy soul. This boy has my heart. And even though our life has become more busy he is still by my side as my anchor, loving me each second of the day and you can't beat that. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-333177565136140782013-07-22T01:39:00.002-07:002013-07-22T01:39:48.519-07:00Camp Wolf news!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stamps and buttons!! </div>
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I've been feeling a little burnt out from thrift stores since our trip a few weeks ago. How is this even possible? I don't know but I'm pretty sure this was the second time thrifting in the past three weeks I've been home. That's just crazy! We went to tons of thrift stores on the road and one of my main focuses was to make it a buying trip for my mall space. When we returned home I was pretty damn broke (hah!) and since my mall space is now full there's been no need to hit the thrifts as often as I normally go. But anyways, on Sunday I went thrifting by myself (absolutely heavenly!) and picked up all this from one Goodwill. I love finding baskets to stash Miles' toys in and you can't go wrong with too much denim or owls. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-1567454896205120152013-07-16T02:20:00.001-07:002013-07-16T02:21:55.064-07:00On the road- day seven, eight and nineDay 7. Today was family reunion day, so we tried to keep our stops
to a minimum. Drove through Indiana, stopped somewhere in Ohio to let
the kids run around a massive field. And then, Cincinnati! 10 miles
before our final stop, my mom began with the hyperventilating. She was
so excited and nervous to meet her sister, she could barely sit still in
her seat. And then we were there. Hugging and screaming, introductions
amidst the tears. A new aunt and uncle. 4 cousins and their 7 kids
combined. It could have been very awkward, but it just felt like coming
home. The rest of the night was spent looking through pictures and
telling stories. Looking forward to just staying put for a few days and
being with our wonderful new family.<br />
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Day 8. Cora and I left everyone behind to
swim, and went out sightseeing and thrifting. Oh Ohio! With your
quaint neighbor hoods and your Amazing! thrift shops! We drove around
Glendale, looking at all the sweet homes, built mostly in 1850's. Cora
scored carts full of boots in the local stores, while I didn't do too badly
myself. Back to the family for dinner and more gettin' to know ya's.<br />
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9. More thifting, more family time. Our kids loved swimming in the
indoor pool and they were so delighted to discover fireflies! Running
in their acre of a backyard, pushing each other on swings hanging from
tree limbs. Julia and Jocelyn were the perfect hosts, sharing their
toys and putting on fashion shows with my Lily's clothes. Chad, Katie,
and Eric. Madison and Miley. All were the perfect playmates. And our
cousin Lexie, 16, was the perfect baby whisperer, soothing Miles when no
one else could. <br />
The similarity's amongst the family's are
outstanding. My mother named us all "C" names, while her sister named
her children all "A" names. My grandmother and her siblings were all
"J" names just as Julia and Jocelyn are "J's" and Madison and Miley are
"M's". Lot's of family resemblances, including redheads! My Ella, whom I
couldn't find any family resemblance to, is the spitting image of
Madison. Chad and Angel have our red hair. Aunt Marie has the same
profile as my mom and grandma and all of us kids were shocked at how
much our mother's looked alike in some photos.<br />
Marie and Mom have
quirky things in common, like stuffing the glove compartment with straws
for just in case moments, and being an hour late for everything. They
drive the same car and have the same affinity to clutter just like Cora
and I do, a trait handed down from our great-grandfather. We stayed up
late each night, and slept past ten each morning. Of course the
3 hour time difference had something to do with that too. We really felt at home though. This was family and we bonded so strong. Pretty amazing how life has it's way of unfolding itself in the most mysterious of ways. <br />
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Day 6. Chicago. We had been planning this day for months. My Mom grew up here so she was looking forward to showing her children the wonders of the city. We were going to go to museums and eat delicious food. Well, best laid plans, right? Here's how the long anticipated day played out.<br />
We woke up to a broken lap top. Seeing as it was my mom's new one, she was none too pleased. We put a hold on out day's plans, and went to get it looked at. Broken with a capital B, which also stands for bummer, busted, and big trouble. For many reasons, we needed to stay connected on this trip, so mom got a sweet Samsung tablet. So much better than a lap top, in my opinion. After a quick lunch, we set off in search of fine works of art. What we ended up searching for was a parking spot. Because we have a cargo carrier on the roof of my SUV, we aren't able to park in a covered lot. I know this because we've tried. It didn't turn out well. After a considerable time driving around, we decided it would be best to head back and just take cab. By now the kids were amped up so we took them to the Field Museum. I've been to several natural history museums and this one is the best by far. The taxidermy was absolutely amazing and the Native American and Egypt exhibits were quite impressive. For having such a rough start to our day, this definitely made up for it... well, until we were planning on leaving. We all stood outside, with about 10 other people, waiting at the cab stand. And we waited, and waited. And waited. Babies were exhausted, crying, screaming and rolling on the ground. Mother was beyond pissed, sitting stoic on the steps of the magnificent Field Museum. Cora and I, walking around wringing our hands, cursing the great city of Chicago. In other words, a hot fucking mess. After several failed attempts contacting the cab companies, we decided it would be best to walk down to Michigan Ave and try our luck there. An hour and a half after we left the museum, we were riding in a cab through rush hour traffic. Clearly our driver had driven for NASCAR. He was weaving through half an inch of traffic, oblivious to the screams emitting from the back seat. The big girls were laughing like it was some Disneyland ride while us mothers gripped the babies with white knuckles, our eyes wide and teary from not blinking. Death Cabbie finally pulled up to the retirement home we were staying at and we all flew out like witches on broom sticks.</div>
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You may have noticed I mentioned a retirement home. My wonderful Great Aunt Jeanie lives there and offered to put us up in the guest suites. So for two nights we stayed in an old folk home. Only this was like no old folks home I'd ever seen before. It was a high rise beside a lake with views to kill for. Amenities such as a library, a bank, a hair salon, a dining hall and a dessert lounge. Posh.</div>
We were supposed to meet Aunt Jeanie for dinner in the dining hall at 6 sharp, but you can guess we didn't make it. At 6:45, Auntie met at the door, dolled up and ready to eat. We just wanted to fall into bed. But we didn't. And boy, we we glad we didn't. Dinner was delicious, the company was wonderful and best of all, the perks of dinning in a retirement home is that Allen cuts your meat into bite size pieces. Dessert and coffee in the lounge. After dessert she too the two toddlers on rides on her walker all around her building, multiple time. The kids were in heaven, laughing their asses off as was my Aunt Jeanie. By this point we were all beyond exhausted so we made our was up to floor 27, called it a night and slept like babies.<br />
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Photos of my moms grandfather Clarke Crandall (Aunt Jeanies father) performing card tricks.<br />
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4. We trudged through the rest of Kansas and into Missouri. Missouri
was delightful with its green fields and diverse roadkill. Deer, turkey,
and the occasional armadillo. Our destination for the day was St.
Louis. My grandfather's sister lives there and at 80 years old, she was
as funny and sweet as ever. Her home was beautiful, filled with
antiques from her mother. As I looked around at her collections, I was
surprised to see many things similar to the antiques I grew up with.
Staffashire dogs, cinnibar dishes, toby mugs. Turns out, my mom had
subconsciously filled her home with things she had grown up with. As I
said, antiques. And you already know we are travelling with toddlers.
Sooo, my sister and I got a room, at the Best Western of course, and my
mom and the oldest girls stayed with Aunt Georgeann. Here's how our
evening went: Room service, yay! Cheesecake with strawberry sauce, yay!
Clumsy kids, sauce in the air! Baby boy crying, strawberry ooze
streaming down his face and all over the surrounding furniture and
people, ie my pjs. I slept in a towel, on strawberry scented sheets.<br />
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My great Aunt Georgeann and mom<br />
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Day
5. The road to Illinois was broken by a gigantic pink elephant looming
into the horizon. You better believe we stopped for that! It was an
antique store with funky vintage attractions living on the lawn. A huge
green space ship, a handsome 70ft shirtless man enjoying an ice cream.
And an actual ice cream shop in the shape of an ice cream cone. We next drove to Springfield to visit where Abe Lincoln lived. The city itself was not impressive so we figured we'd forgo seeing Abe's home and just head straight to Chicago but we knew if we didn't stop we would have regretted it later. This was something important for my mom to see so we're glad we made it happen. The kids ran around, the moms looked at the beautiful historical buildings of our past president and we got a few fun souvenirs along the way. <br />
Next stop was Chicago, land of 1000 joggers. Seriously. The fog was so
thick the tops of buildings apperied to be floating. And yet, people
were out jogging. And playing volleyball. On a Monday evening! In the
blinding fog! Now that says something about the perseverance of this
town. Not so much about our own. We were once again tired and hungry.
Through most of the trip the babies have been well entertained, trading
off their aggravations, one baby crying at a time. And the big girls
in the back have behaved like saints. Watching movies, reading or
listening to music, playing peekaboo when the little kiddos get
restless. But we had all hit our limit tonight. A quick scan of the GPS
told us that there was a pub nearby and I called ahead to make sure they
were kid friendly, cause man we had kids with some pent up energy.
The pub was called Bridget McNeill's and Chef Patrick was a big Irish
fellow who took a natural liking to Miles, a fellow redhead. The kids
played with blocks, while the adults nursed their beers. When dinner
came, we feasted on gourmet mac and cheese, bbq pulled pork sliders, and
Margarita pizza. Food was suburb, costumer service
was amazing, best of all kids got to be themselves and nobody
complained. Chef would come around and play with the kids, stopping
once to sit and chat. This was the perfect ending to a long day.<br />
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So, this photo doesn't even do what we saw justice! The streets were PACKED with joggers but it give you an idea of how thick the fog was.<br />
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Sleepy walk back to Aunt Jeanies after stuffing out faces with beer and food from the pub.</div>
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On the road according to my sister Clair...</div>
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Day 1. Got out by 8
am, 6 was our projected time of departure-this will be par for the trip
Our destination: Zion, Utah. Majestic canyons, brilliant colors. We
strapped on our tennies for hiking, lathered up the sunscreen, threw the
kids in the stroller and hiked.... To the tour bus. It was hot and my
mom forgot her anti-depressants, those we fondly call her psych meds.
She was charming, the kids were fussy, the bus was cramped and hot. Once
we got the kids out and let them play in the grass we were able to take
in the sights around us. Zion is amazing, the colors are breathtaking.
They are just better seen in cooler weather, with fewer children. </div>
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Day
2. Colorado. Went thrifting and garage saling in Grand Junction. Score
of the day: $5 quilts and a pair of bitchin' retro cat eye glasses.
Arrived in Boulder towards dusk, hungry and tired. We found our
salvation at a pub on Pearl St, called Old Chicago. Kids were able to
play, we were able to get a great meal and tasty beer, which I probably
should not have drank, cause I'm a cheap date. We headed back to the
Best Western, which if you haven't stayed there, you probably should.
Beautiful little hotel, comfy beds and free yummy breakfast. On a side
note, mom got her psycho meds in Grand Junction. We were all relieved. </div>
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Day
3. From Boulder, we headed on to Denver. We took a side stop in
Glennwood Springs. One of those towns with a sweet old downtown and a
million dollar resort in the mountains. Denver was too big a city for us
to stop, so we drove around the downtown area and were wowed by the
buildings, both old and new. Back to the open roads, headed to Kansas,
when what did we spot? A Goodwill outlet! The kind with the bins that
you wade through. Unlike my sister, I had never been to one before. All
though I wished I had gloves, the experience on a whole was worth it.
Now, this next sentence is important, listen up. My mom found a fur
coat. At a Goodwill. In a bin. In Denver. Enough said. (She is asking me
to clarify, it is a FULL LENGTH fur coat.) So now this brings us to
Kansas. Sweet Kansas, you are an odd state. We stopped in the first
town we came to in hopes of finding a restaurant, or a hotel, or
civilization in general. It was late and we did not succeed. What we did
find, however, was an 80 ft easel with Van Gogh Sunflowers painting.
No, you read that right. 80 feet of wonder standing in a field
illuminated by spotlights. Our country is great indeed! Despite our
fatigue, we pressed on to the next town, Colby. There we feasted on
Sonic burgers and rested our weary heads.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-6054791284787486802013-07-13T02:19:00.002-07:002013-07-13T02:50:48.597-07:00So here we go again- road trippin' Well, you may be wondering why I'm going to be reposing the first few days of our road trip we went on in June and the reason is because all of the blogging we were planning on doing didn't exactly pan out. For starters my mom's new laptop broke days into our trip, damn. Secondly, the new tablet she got to replace her laptop didn't upload photos to my blog, great. And lastly, do you know how hard it is to find time to write while traveling with four kids and sight see at the same time? Hard! So here I am, three weeks later updating you on our crazy adventure!<br />
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Road trip. The words evoke images of open roads, mixed tapes, and
bottles on the floor boards. Road trip... with 4 kids. Those words
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purpose of this journey is actually 54 years in the making. My mother
was 6 when her mother gave a little girl up for adoption. My mom still
remembers the excitement of being a big sister and the confusion she
felt when her mother came home empty handed and empty bellied. That was
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our beautiful America, we are seeing sights we've never seen before, on
our way to visit family we've never met before.<br />
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Just a wee mom and her papa.<br />
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My mother in 1957, Phoenix Arizona<br />
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My mom and her grandfather, "Senator" Clarke Crandall. He was a famous magician and one hell of an eccentric man. He was associated with the mob in Chicago, had six monkeys, wore kooky outfits at a time when men only wore suits, played the banjo and adored my mother. </div>
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So here I am, asking for your help to make Camp Wolf possible. Please and thanks a million times!</div>
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Lucas and his beautiful mama Nicole from <a href="http://www.lilliesandleon.com/2013/07/leon-wears_8.html">Lillies & Leon</a> have featured Camp Wolf on her blog today. I am so over the moon with excitement on the lovely write up she did paired with these awesome photos of her handsome little pal. I LOVE the way she styles his jacket with his all black ensemble! Thank you so much again, Nicole for the sweet, supportive post! Be sure to check out <a href="http://www.lilliesandleon.com/">Lillies & Leon</a> for more dreamy photos of her family.</div>
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<br /> Being away from this papa for a whole month was not good for any of us. For starters, the husband was miserable working his ass off 10 hours a day, six days a week and coming home to a quiet home with no real meal to eat and no crazy kiddo to fill his arms with after work. No fun. In fact, it really sucked bad for him. Me being gone last month really screwed with our finances and everything fell behind like things usually do when there's no one home to look after those things. So on top of working too much, no wife or son to be with and absolutely no money for four weeks really left him feeling like shit. My husband isn't a very emotionally romantic sort of fella but to hear him say how much he was missing us was sort of a blessing in disguise. You know how absence makes the heart grow fonder? Well, in our case it really did. We weren't having any problems or anything but like most relationships, some space will do you all good. I came back really damn excited to be home. I really, really missed my house and my cats and most of all my sweetheart. I feel like I needed some space from Portland and my home to really appreciate what a badass life we have (broke or not!). I feel like I'm less on the computer and my phone when Steve gets home and more outside hanging with my guys. Don't you sometimes feel like you maybe spend too much time on blogs, pinterest, instagram, netflix or is that just me!? I've recently tried to keep my blogging and computer time for when the fellas fall asleep so I can have uninterrupted hang time with them in the evening and it's been so awesome! Dinners outside, lots of hammock time, beers with papa and Miles on the skateboard starring at bees on our wildflowers is way better then the computer any day. I guess what this post is about is just taking the time to step away from the routine with your family to really appreciate what you have and actually make a change for the better. </div>
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Still working on Camp Wolf bow ties but I'm absolutely loving how they look with charms which will later be available without them as well. I've been working with my <u>amazing </u>graphic designer, <a href="http://www.yelley.net/">Danielle Rauto</a>, to finish my logo and branding for my line and I am so EXCITED with what she has designed for Camp Wolf! She has been my right hand babe since day one of wanting anything designed for me or my family. Danielle made our family illustrations from when I was pregnant to when Miles turned one and even made my first blog layout right here on Miles, Papa and Me! It's pretty incredible when you can fully trust someone with your vision and they take it way above and beyond what you could even imagine. </div>
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Thrifting through our country was amazing and one hell of an opportunity to buy for my mall space. Mostly everything I bought was to resell but some finds I just had to keep for myself like the two handmade Native American kachina dolls from a trading post in New Mexico (or maybe it was Arizona?) and the sweet leather vests and moccasins for my little pal. We ended up shipping the majority of my stuff back to my home and by the end of my four week trip I had accumulated over 50 pairs of shoes and boots to sell, not to mention accessories! In other words, we did real good! Ohio was hands down the best thrifting I've done in a long time. Incredible prices with unbelievable items. Albuquerque, New Mexico was a great score too! </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-79098216390490603842013-07-04T11:20:00.002-07:002013-07-04T11:20:49.240-07:00Happy Fourth of July!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Drink beer and bbq, cheers with friends and family, fireworks and sparklers, American flags and red, white and blue, country music and sunny weather! Sounds about right!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2901672833373438195.post-51476472815433923062013-06-23T13:41:00.001-07:002013-06-23T13:41:29.052-07:00Happy (late) half birthday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;">My little pal turned a half a year older last week while on our road trip. I still can't believe that he's already a year and a half! I'm pretty sure that time sped up after his first birthday because he's grown like crazy in the past six months. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Miles Waylon Wolf loves to laugh, dance and EAT! He tinkers with everything and is always making a mess. He is night owl and a late riser and especially loves to nap. He is a mischief maker and a bulldozer of a boy! </span></div>
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A very happy day to all of the wonderful dad's in your life! I am the luckiest gal to have such a hard working, amazing man be the papa of our boy.</div>
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