Blog?

I'm having a strong aversion to extended amounts of time on the computer these days. And blogging tends to take said "extended amounts of time". Hence, the lapse. Caleb said this is how it starts. The giving up on the blog thing. You just don't feel like doing it for a long time, and eventually you are done. So, maybe I am done. Apparently not tonight, since here I am typing away. And I plan to post a few pictures too. But as I sit here Jonas is pulling at my arm and wanting my help. (Halfway through that sentence I got up to help him for a few moments. Sometimes it's a few hours - and this is my point - blogging is not very practical for me right now.) But Caleb - the blog abandoner- is back to it. He has a rad new site where he is doing book reviews. And Charis wants to keep hers up, so I think I'll be content with those 2 Hagen blogs for now. 

But I can't NOT blog about my incredible visit with one of my favorite people, Kari Roller. The week was perfect. A much needed time of adventure, good talks and nature loving. We also got to hang out with some old and loved friends from Valencia. 

And how do I not show you the picture of the grapefruit we picked that was the size of my head?

Also, Charis turned 7 (she'll be posting pictures soon), and we made homemade chocolate

and celebrated earth day. What else?...Caleb shaved his beard, homeschooling is NOT illegal, Charis and I are enjoying a mother daughter book club, and we are loving our new unschooling friends the Canhams, and still doing gymnastics. 

We've spent a lot of time painting recently (in pajamas, of course). And it's been SO beautiful outside, that I just can't make the time to sit in front of a screen for hours. Im attempting my first vegetable garden. Oh, and big news - we got a new couch. Only a big deal because I have loved my lime green couch, and it feels like abandoning a member of the family. So, we put it in the play room, and put the new couch in the living room. 

Fallbrook is beautiful and allergy invoking (for Caleb).  Im glad we'll be here until November, and after that...who knows? Well, I suppose God knows, and that is where I put my trust.