Holidays
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Gratitude in 2024
During Thanksgiving dinner, as we ate a fantastic meal and shared what we were thankful for, Nora reminded me of the Thankful Trees that we used to make. Thankful Trees Thankful Trees were part of the 30 Days of Thanks practice I had before life got busy with entrepreneurship and four kids. Every day, starting…
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July Celebrations
July brings one of our favorite holidays. I’m a real sucker for red, white, and blue, summer sun and simple celebrations of unity and promise, so I get super excited when the 4th of July roles around. Just like last year, we joined Nora’s school in the Fourth of July parade, only this year she…
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Thanksgiving Part 2
We’re nearly at the end of December, so it seems like I ought to take the time to share photos from the second half of our trip to Austin, visiting with Chris’ mom, step-dad, siblings and extended family. When we first arrived, we had a little time warp forward to this month: Chris’s brother and…
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Summer Solstice Throwback
Since it is “Throwback Thursday,” I thought now would be as good a time as any to backtrack and share pictures from the summer solstice party at our farm. Between a lazy morning in the backyard with the girls and that evening’s potluck, music, and fire dancing, that was most certainly one of the best days…
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Fourth of July Weekend
We were in new territory again this year for the Fourth, discovering how our new town celebrates. The girls and I got up and rushed out the door in time to make it to a parade through old town. We watch the first few floats go by, then joined up with Nora’s elementary school and…
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Mother’s Day
📍 ColoradoThere’s been a lot of perfection lately. Monday we had fun discovering a new park after an awesomely killer stroller strides class. There was gorgeous summer weather, friends, and a fossil-filled wall perfect for climbing. Even our little bee was able to climb off the ground. I was at once amazed and terrified by her…
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Film Friday: New Years Eve
in Film Friday📍 WyomingWe had a blast New Years Eve with our friends and I decided to make a movie! This is actually the first year that we did anything to celebrate New Years since, probably, college. Chris usually works until 11:30 or so on New Years Eve and gets home just in time to watch the ball…
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30 Days of Thanks: Diwali
📍 WyomingYesterday was Diwali and, as is our tradition, we celebrated with a big party filled with friends, food, and candle light. I was too tired last night to manage two blog posts, but hopefully I can do two today and then I will be all caught up on 30 Days of Thanks. Yesterday, day 3,…
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Halloween Wyoming Style
I can’t resist taking a moment to post a photo of my two girls today. Nora was a scarecrow and Zara was a crow for Halloween. Nora decided long ago that she wanted to be a scarecrow, which was just fine by me — super cute and also super easy to make: she already had…
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I Give Up — A.K.A The Photo Dump Post
I give up. I have finally accepted the fact that real, actual blogging is just not going to happen anytime soon — but what should I expect? I’m moving for the second time in six months, with a preschooler, a baby, and a husband who works 70+ hours per week. This life is not exactly…
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Playing Catch Up
I know, I know…that last blog post was a total cop-out. I kind of love Wednesdays because it lets me post something even when I don’t have time to type — which was especially lovely last week because I was able to play photo dump catch-up and this week when I had a bunch of…
