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We surprised Clay with a painting of the Milkbarn! My friend Cristen Miller is an amazing artist  that we both knew in our SF days before we were married. (she also did my children's portraits which I adore and cherish) (she also told me I am her number one collector! woo hoo! I beat out the owner of Ameritrade, haha) It is exquisite. She captured little details only we would notice...the wire from the smokestack, our patron bunny statue, little weeds and bare limbs that have died on some of the cottonwoods :) I also commissioned her to paint this portrait of the valley. It took my breath away each day. Really. This was one of my favorite views coming down the 93 on my way home. I took a photo in June which is my favorite month there. The light, the sky, the green pastures and clouds in the afternoon. Dreamy. I worried this would make everyone sad to see. I wondered if it was too soon?  But not so!  We look back fondly on that time in our life. It sha

It's officially summer! Chester was still in school so I took Audrey to the Malibu Pier :) she is pretty cute to  explore with :) she liked this cool shop on the pier with some motor cross inspired swimsuits I took pics of the shop since one of my daydreams is to get a hold of that army navy surplus store in Montara and turn it into a little shop for weekenders...it is just a half a block from our land. could it happen? The kids took off on trek for just 2 days up near Tehachapi.  I worried since we had such an amazing trek experience in Wyoming out  on the Mormon Trail.  But  it was a fantastic trek for my kids and they loved it.  I heard they had both took the opportunity to bear their testimonies :) Something to be said for short and sweet treks. Clay peeled the pool cover off for the summer ! For family home evening we made a happy poster of all the things we'd like to do this summer...so far we have