  egad, I just realized I left a pretty sparse and boring article up on my blog before leaving. If I'm going to stop blogging all of a sudden for a few days, I should at least leave interesting articles! We've been on vacation in Taos, and while I did find time and connections to blog, I did it on urlLink the other blog .
Here's a summary of our trip: the drive was great, kids were great, getting here was fantastic. Then we found out our house was broken into back home and that sucked, but we got someone to come secure it (no broken windows, fortunately! ) and called the insurance and police from here. Everyone was cool with waiting until next week for the details. Now we're in Santa Fe visiting family. We had a great hike through the Bandelier National Monument this morning. I'm further inspired toward my mission to spread the word about sustainable parenting after noticing the brilliant functional design of the dwellings, which must have made communal childraising a cynch.
Sunburned and deliriously happy, we mark today with two anniversaries: John's and my first date nine years ago, and my bloggerversary one year ago. With both, I can't believe it's been so short a time. Memory makes me feel like it's always been the way it is right now. If there's a time to be stuck in, this is it. This trip has been just the prescription I needed to help me remember why I fell in love with my life in the first place.
We're such a joyful, adventurous little family. We bump around in our little VW Golf, getting honks for our weird bumper stickers, I'm sure we're an odd sight ourselves! Our motto's always been "Happy on a Rock. " Any rock, anywhere, we can find happiness. And we do. Happy Day Everyone! 
