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Less Ordinary Designs Giveaway!

GIVEAWAY OVER!
You know that I love Sara’s Less Ordinary Designs personalized cards…and I know that many of you love them too, as I’ve gotten some in the mail over the last year!
Sara’s graciously offered to partner up with me again so that I can give one of YOU a free Christmas card design (or birth [...]

Deleted Scenes from “The Empire Strikes Back”

What? You didn’t know that there were deleted scenes floating around?
 
Many thanks to my husband for thinking of this idea!

Trick or Treat! The 2009 Edition.

What a fun night! Halloween* has become one of the nights of the year I most look forward to with our kids…it’s just such a fun evening for all of us, and we get to enjoy it with neighbors and my family, too.
The night started off like this:
But it got much, much better.
We had [...]

Pumpkins

One of the first posts I ever wrote on my blog was about how pumpkin carving started mysteriously falling under my responsibility. In my house growing up, my dad took care of this, so I assumed that Matt would be the one pulling guts out of pumpkins, but noooo. The last three years [...]

Boys’ Christmas Ideas

My friend Suzanne recently blogged about having a hard time coming up with some ideas for her boys for Christmas. I feel like my older boys have given me a pretty good list to start with this year (family: if you want actual suggestions, please email me. I’ve already bought some of the [...]

Halloween Fun

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Birthday Recap

Yesterday, I turned 22 32. Time flies when you’re having fun, right?
We had a great 4th of July evening with the Swinigans…click over to her blog for some cute pictures! Jack Henry very reluctantly got his picture taken with our family, but when the Swinigans sat down to get their picture taken, he [...]

Happy 4th of July!

It’s rainy, but that’s ok…it hasn’t rained for weeks. And rumor has it that it should be dry by fireworks time tonight, so that would be perfect!
The big boys are spending the morning watching a classic for the first time: “Wizard of Oz.” I’ll likely be up in the middle of the night [...]

Home Sweet Home

I had a very nostalgic-feeling weekend while in Effingham for Easter.
It’s funny; I feel now that I have two hometowns. We’ve been in STL long enough for it to feel like my home – it’s my boys’ home, and it’s where Matt and I have been since we’ve been married. I love when [...]

Easter Weekend Recap

The weekend was busy and fun, as usual when the family gathers in Effingham for a holiday! There are lots of pictures to share, so I’ll let them do most of the talking, otherwise I’ll never finish this post.
Zach, Michon and Will made their first trip to Effingham as a family on Saturday and [...]