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My Spring Break Top 10

Monday, April 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment

The Best of Spring Break, and a sneak peek at what we did while I was away from the computer: We enjoyed Spring Break by……. 10. Watching lots of movies, or better yet, watching the kids play Dance, Dance Revolution! 9. Playing with cousins 8. Decorating Easter Eggs 7. Sleeping in ZZZZZzzzzz…….. 6. Eating Easter [...]

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The Traditional Santa Hat Picture

Saturday, December 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Every Christmas Season, I dress all of the kids in Santa hats and take their picture. Some years the pictures turn out better than others. But despite the picture quality, I love seeing the progression. 2008 2007 (gotta love the enthusiasm!) 20062005(the picture that started the tradition-look how little they are!) And a few random [...]

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KitKat’s birthday (my baby’s 12!)

Saturday, December 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The last few days have been somewhat of a blur. I thought I’d go back and share a few pictures from her day. I made sure that CandyMan caught at least one picture of me with my big girl. KitKat picked out her birthday present on eBay, so it wasn’t a surprise, but she was [...]

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Team work

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment

One of my favorite Christmas memories as a kid and now that I have my own children is making caramel. Each year it gets a little easier for me as the kids get a little more capable and helpful. I was shocked at how much AJ was able to wrap! The other kids are pros [...]

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Decorating Eggs 2008

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My favorite picture from tonight. Look at those eyes! Not only did we decorate Easter eggs tonight, but I got to try out my brand new, just came in the mail this afternoon, lens! I LOVE the feel of it (even Dale commented on it!) and I am pretty happy with my first-try results. St [...]

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What’s for dinner?

Friday, November 23, 2007 By Leave a Comment

Tradition….. Yesterday, I mentioned to PB that I was thinking of making a different apple pie. My friend, Karen, gave me an apple pie recipe that I tried out in October and loved. I figured that I’d made my old recipe for every holiday meal for the last 21 years (boy does that make me [...]

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Picking Pumpkins in 94 Degrees??

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 By Leave a Comment

We made it to the pumpkin patch yesterday. Our annual trip to the pumpkin patch is one of my favorite times to take pictures (and probably my favorite pictures to scrapbook). Candyman and I love to look back at our yearly trips and compare the clothes we were wearing…Some years we’ve got short sleeves, and [...]

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