Category: Daily Life
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30 Days of Thankful: Week 2
What an incredibly busy week! Here’s a peak at Week 2 of my hybrid album as I’m following along with Cathy Zielske’s 30 Days of Thankful: And some of my favorite details: In case you missed it, here’s WEEK 1.
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30 Days of Thankful: Week 1
Last year, I started intentionally documenting this season of gratitude by participating in Cathy Zielske’s 30 Days of Thankful. You can find a glimpse of my 2012 album HERE. Life seems to be moving at 1,000 mph lately, so this tradition is especially meaningful for me right now. Here’s a look at the first batch:…
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In the Workshop: Halloween Scrapbooking
As I mentioned in this post, I created 2 scrapbooks to savor the season and preserve some of our first Halloween memories with Olivia. I just love how these turned out! I followed Kathy Orta’s instructions from her Interactive Mini-Scrapbooks guide to transform a mixture of photos, papers, and embellishments into a treasured keepsake. I…
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A Message from Cinderella…
Happy Halloween! Our photographer posted the perfect caption to accompany the bottom photo: “Pretty sure she is thinking, Don’t make me turn you into a frog!”
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Fall and Halloween Traditions
Lately, we’ve been: …watching the leaves turn. …visiting the pumpkin patch. …helping Olivia stand and pull herself up on various pieces of furniture. …singing (lots of singing). …practicing different learning concepts like “on/off, open/close, up/down, etc…” with our very active 10 month old. …picking out the perfect Halloween costume for our girl. Our darling little…
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Happy Birthday J!
Happy Birthday, dear James! What an incredible year- we’ve definitely done our fair share of growing (literally by two feet), laughing, traveling, compromising, and generally trying to figure it all out. To my partner in crime, cheers to 31!
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Reaching…
It’s the end of September and this lovely clematis plant is still blooming. It survived a grueling pruning in July and rewinding of its delicate stems. Currently, one of its purple blossom gracefully swoops out underneath the mailbox and waits patiently for its daily dose of afternoon sun. As I was pulling into the driveway…
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Lately… Summer 2013
Row 1: In late July, James’ parents visited and we tackled cleaning up our yard. We weeded like crazy! (I don’t think our yard has had any attention since Olivia’s early arrival.) The garden bed along the side of the house was completely overgrown. Due to the unseasonably cool summer temps, Olivia was able to…