A few more photos from my latest blog post (swipe

A few more photos from my latest blog post (swipe left to see!) 💕 We recently introduced M and B to the first season of Dora the Explorer and they are obsessed! And so our desert hike felt like a big success since we remembered a “map” and chanted Cactus, Trail, Mountain Top as we climbed to the top! ⛰ We maybe spotted Boots somewhere behind a bush, too! 😜 Sorry if the theme some is now stuck in your head😎

Today I blogged lots of photos and words and it fe

Today I blogged lots of photos and words and it felt really really good. The link is where it’s always been if you’d like to check it out. 💛

🍑my sweet little peach! M usually sneaks a bite

🍑my sweet little peach! M usually sneaks a bite out of each peach she picks, but this bowl miraculously made it all the way into the kitchen and into a pie! 🥧 Proud of her determination and strength to carry it all by herself. 💪🏻 #summer #peaches #stronglikeagirl

Hey look! It’s a photo of the two of us with no

Hey look! It’s a photo of the two of us with no tiny children on our laps or sticky fingers grabbing our faces. #what?! I love those sticky little fingers to fruit-snackville and back, but it felt really really good to get away for a few hours on Saturday without them.⁣
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The thing is, Saturday was all over the place. Josh and I had a big disagreement earlier in the afternoon which turned into an intense argument within minutes about all the other things because that’s a pattern we’re still working to break over here, even thirteen years into our marriage. ⁣
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We both cried. We hugged. We did our best to really listen to one another and then, discuss ways we could both implement change and like, not hash out this same argument again next month. ⁣
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And then, something I’ve looked forward to for literally months— we got away for a couple hours just us. We drove through a neighborhood admiring and discussing things like fences because this is our life right now and who knew this sort of topic would be something we’d cover in depth this summer. And we took this photo together, and I felt so genuinely loved and in-love in this moment, despite feeling such frustration and hurt a few hours earlier. ⁣
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I share this because marriage encompasses so many emotions and sometimes as we scroll through the happy smiling photos, where our online friends and family truly are so very happy, it’s a good reminder that an Instagram square and caption can’t possibly capture all of it. I know we’re all going a little bit bananas these days in different ways but I hope you know that showing up for yourself and your people and doing your best each day is good enough. That disagreeing with your spouse and getting mad is OK. Feeling overwhelmed and sad and then happy and excited all in the same day can happen sometimes. That we’re all a lot more than the little squares and captions. ⁣
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But also, a drive without sticky little fingers grabbing our faces and throwing my hat and tugging at my neckline is also uh-mazing. Love ya lots, Josh Davis. No one I like arguing with and also analyzing fences with more than you.💛

Life lately, according to my camera roll. 📸 Sum

Life lately, according to my camera roll. 📸 Summer edition. (Swipe!)

This happened last month, too! 🐰Meet Snowcone a

This happened last month, too! 🐰Meet Snowcone and Oatmeal! #hollandlop #bunnies

My handsome mister Samson turned eight at the end

My handsome mister Samson turned eight at the end of May and chose to be baptized, something that takes place in our church at the age of eight or older, which is when we believe someone begins to be accountable for choosing right from wrong. Because of the pandemic, Samson was baptized in June by his Papa in our pool (instead of at a church building, the more usual or common place to do it), with Eleanor and me acting as the two official witnesses, and our Bishop and family participating via Zoom. It was a really special morning. I’m so proud of him! He is such a light (just look at that last pic!) and we love him to pieces. 🤍

It was the only home we walked through. ⁣ ⁣ Th

It was the only home we walked through. ⁣
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That probably goes against any advice you give any potential first-time home-owners — put in an offer on the first and only home you walk through?? And in an area and state you don’t even really know?!⁣
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But, it felt surprisingly right. ⁣
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We wandered through the fruit trees at the back of the lot. The older kids were off in the distance chasing a lizard over a wood pile. “I GOT HIM!”, Samson shouted victoriously. The real estate agent pointed in various directions listing off trees like peach, orange, lemon, lime, fig, grapefruit, pear and plum. Josh hoisted Madalena up onto his shoulders so she could reach a peach and I held Beatrice on my hip. I caught his eye and we shared a smile. The sort of smile that can feel like a heartfelt and serious conversation in and of itself, when over a decade of marriage has left you well-versed in reading a look, a glance, a smile, without the articulation of words. He knew I felt it, and I knew he felt it. This sense of peace, of clarity, of home. In a season where everything is on its head, it felt surprisingly right. ⁣
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And so, here we are. With boxes of grapefruit from a few of our new trees and googling things like, “what does ‘choke’ mean when starting a lawn mower”. Without all the answers and with a lot of moments of “wait..., what!?”. With a summer season that is brutally hot (like seriously, it’s. so. hot.) yet has felt like a long winter in many ways. But with great faith as we trust His guidance— that this is where we’re supposed to be right now, for now— and willingly embracing the small bursts of knowledge we’ve been given as Josh and I lead our family together. ⁣
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Also, doorbell ditching anyone and everyone we know (or don’t know!) in Arizona with boxes of fruit!🍊 A new chapter begins! I’m scared and I’m nervous and I’m probably already unintentionally killing my fruit trees (I mean, I couldn’t even keep my three freaking potted cactus plants alive last year), but I’m opening my arms and ready to embrace her. Open to your citrus recipe suggestions, too. And if you know anything about starting a lawnmower that requires a choke... heaven help me, I’m listening.

We drove out to the river nearby and found a seclu

We drove out to the river nearby and found a secluded spot to splash and play! Conrad made a “seaweed ball” (swipe for pics) and we spotted wild horses on the drive home.🌵

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a cherry blossom family portrait.

March 30th 2010

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clarice / April 1st 2010 @ 5:43 pm

That is a GORGEOUS photo!
Michely Medeiros. / April 2nd 2010 @ 2:27 pm

timeless!!! beautiful :)
Seyma / April 2nd 2010 @ 3:26 pm

are you freaking kidding me???? this is SUPER DUPER CUTE!!!!!!!!!!

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~KS / April 2nd 2010 @ 8:29 pm

Oh my!!! This is beautiful! What a gorgeous memory to have captured forever…
B / April 4th 2010 @ 8:21 pm

BEAUTIFUL!
tinypaperheart / April 4th 2010 @ 9:35 pm

this took my breath away.

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I'm Naomi (but sometimes known as Taza) and this is where I share bits and pieces of life's adventures - celebrating motherhood, family, travel, good food and the simple joy's. After years of raising our 5 littles in New York City, we are currently embracing a new chapter among our citrus trees and chickens in Arizona! READ MORE!

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