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Thanksgiving

This year was big for me since it was my first time hosting Thanksgiving at our house and cooking a turkey by myself. It seems surprising, oldest child, house made for hosting…but we usually head out to our parents. This year was different. Our families were a little more spread out so we did it […]

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When kids mess with phones…

You never know what sorts of things might happen to your phone. Here’s what happened to mine…           

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Mila Marie Strayer

I must not leave out the newest addition to our family via my sister. Little Mila was born on October 23, 2011 and the little stinker didn’t even wait for me to get there. I think my sister called at around 3:15am telling me they were headed to the hospital. Trouble is my mom and […]

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Halloween

Halloween is really just an introduction to two solid months of a candy free-for-all. The loot from Halloween carries the kids through to Thanksgiving which is a nice segue into the Christmas season. After about December 15th it’s all down hill, sugar wise.   Several years ago, the kids wanted fancy costumes, translation-expensive. I spent […]

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No more apologies

Every time it’s been awhile since I’ve written I feel the need to start with a big apology, as if all of the 5 followers of this blog are really broken up over my lack of updating. So I won’t do it anymore…it’s getting old. My plan is to update the last three months in […]