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Today we woke up to snow! Which was great, because it was my first day off for winter break and we were all healthy with zero plans… a wonderful start to the vacation. We had also made paper snowflakes on Sunday and had watched flurries all weekend. The kids were so excited! I posted thisContinue reading “Snow Day”

We hosted a birthday breakfast for Jim’s dad last weekend. The kids were super excited to see their cousin Travis again. They both want to hold him and cuddle him and basically smother him while he’s here. But he’s also growing up and able to do some things… like lay on his tummy and lookContinue reading “Birthday Breakfast”

…well, you know the rest. Okay, so I wasn’t going to decorate until December 1st, but then I took a look at the weekend’s schedule and decided I’d better go for it. Haley spent ten minutes playing with garland and then proclaimed she was “all done with Christmas.” But JT helped out and was aContinue reading “It’s beginning to look a lot like…”

Lots of people have been posting things they’re thankful for every day on Facebook. It’s nice, but… I try to be thankful every day, for the not-so-great things too, and I just don’t need to tell everyone about it. (I feel this way about lots of holidays: Veteran’s Day? Thank one in person, don’t postContinue reading “Thanksgiving”

The weather feels, well, a little Novemberish.We have moved our activities to mostly inside, and we miss the outdoors. But we’ve found some ways to stay busy. For instance, JT is becoming an actual help in the kitchen. He is suddenly proficient in things that really do save me time, instead of causing more workContinue reading “Novemberish”

I’m not sure what happened, but I missed posting some October pictures from my dad’s birthday. We came, we ate, we celebrated!

Jim has a new schedule at work, and for the first time in four years he was off and home on a Saturday. It was very exciting. We went to workout as a family (first time in 11 months) and came home to watch football. Our friends the Bonnells came over for the big Alabama-LSUContinue reading “Saturday Football”

Jim let me pick which show to see, as the certificate for our date this month only read “Theater,” and date TBD. There were several options but I had been thinking about seeing Wicked. Then our friends Christian and Elisa suggested we go see it together, so it became a double date. We went toContinue reading “Date Night Series #12: Theater”

We started Halloween festivities with a party at a friend’s house Sunday night. The kids went in costume and got goodie bags, and we had a great time. (I guess it actually started the week before, when my supervisor at work sent home goodie bags… but it didn’t feel official yet.) Then on Tuesday JTContinue reading “Halloween”

Well, it happened: JT’s first ever field trip. We went to Thomasson Farm in Enumclaw and had a blessing of good weather even though the forecast called for rain showers. First everyone took a hay ride and got to pick out a pumpkin to take home.  Then the fun continued with all sorts of adventuresContinue reading “Field Trip #1”