Welcome to The Sleeping Willow

Here you will find pieces of my life and every day happenings. I am a mother of two beautiful girls and an incredibly cute bonus son. I am a wife to my best friend. I am a seamstress, a knitter, a home decorator, a baker, and a follower of Jesus Christ. A day doesn't pass here on the farm that I do not thank God for the beauty in these Oregon hills. I am a lover to painted sunsets, frothy lattes, clothing design, photography, preserving childhood, flea market finds, glowing sunrises, the ocean & sandy feet, crisp morning air, tall wheat fields, thrift shopping, and the smell of wood heat in the winter. I collect quilts and antique farm finds for my country home and I love to can jams and fruit butters. I am incredibly blessed to be able to stay home with my children each and every day and create items for newborn and child photographers in the middle of our daily chaos. You can visit my shop here :) Thank you for visiting!

What the age 9 looks like…

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We don’t do huge birthday parties, or lots of presents for birthdays, but we have chose to pick a day and let it be completely about them. From what they want to eat for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, to picking out their birthday cake (either store bought or homemade), to where they want to go for the day, and who they want to spend it with. Elisha wanted to spend a day at Nana’s orchard, swimming in the little pool and running in the sprinklers with his sisters. So we did just that. He also chose for me to make him cheesecake (Chocolate mint topped with homemade peppermint patties- his favorite). He concluded it was the best day ever.