the daily hogan

For those of you just catching up, 'the daily hogan' was an email that I sent out to friends and family updating them with our little daily life moments. I have been neglecting my updates of late and need to get back in the habit. I wanted to start a blog instead, to be able to easily invite you to read about our shenanigans and share your comments and insights. I am now officially caught up with inputting the past daily hogans so everything will be in one place. I will still go back and add some more photos too, as this format makes it WAY easier to post photos then what I had to go through with the email. Happy reading!

the blank page

The first page is always the hardest. Words float and spin until they land awkwardly. Lonely letters shuffle over to the wall and fiddle nervously, hoping more letters will arrive soon to distract the finicky reader. Later the narrative has momentum, the party is in full swing- someone could easily spill their adverb or dangle a modifier and shrug it off with carefree laughter. Oh, to be one of many sentences rather than the fifth.

So yes, a blog begins. The Hogan clan is headed off to a new life and we thought we should try to share it with you as much as we can.

Enjoy!

quit jumping, Cael

ready for rain

sugar coma

b's b-day

The party is in full swing when Isabel wakes from her nap.  She is still a little dazed when she is presented with her kitchen cake.  Nothing a little sugar can't cure though.

the birthday cake

Judd and I have started our cake tradition for the kids; Judd bakes something fabulously tasty to eat, and I create something fantastically delightful to see.  We chatter on like a couple of school girls for weeks leading up to each birthday about what shape the next one will take.  This year for Isabel's birthday Judd whipped up a dense chocolate cake with raspberry cream cheese frosting, and I turned it into a kitchen, complete with fridge, stove and sink.  We learned about fondant (countertop) and how NOT to let it touch something moist.  But on the whole we were quite pleased!

port townsend

portland

cousins