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Tag Archives: Holidays
Simple Sunday – Mojitos, Pie & Friends
Yesterday we hosted our second annual Summer Pie Day, one of the many made-up, food centric, family holidays that we celebrate. The adults enjoyed refreshing mojitos using this recipe although modified to include mint instead of basil. The kids set … Continue reading
Posted in Food Glorious Food, Simple Sunday
Tagged Children, Family, Food, Friends, Holidays, Lemonade, Life, Mojito, Outdoors, Pie
17 Comments
Simple Sunday – The Little Things Are Not All That Little
Family, friends, holidays, love, smiles, being together. We have been celebrating the little things that are not all that little. I hope you are too.
Posted in Simple Sunday
Tagged Being together, Children, Christmas, Family, Friends, Holidays, Home, Love, Photography, Smiles, The little things in life
6 Comments
A Little Less Blogging. A Little More Yule Logging
In an effort to save my sanity spend more time with my family this holiday season as well as bake massive amounts of goodies, co-host a cocktail Christmas party, do whatever a room mom is required to do this time … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging/Writing
Tagged Blogging/Writing, Children, Christmas, December, Family, Holidays, Kids, Life, Polar Express
17 Comments
Thanksgiving and Grief
Thanksgiving 2011. While we did not know it at the time that would be the last time Cody and Carter would ever see their Grandpa. It would be the last time Husband would ever see his father-in-law, the man he … Continue reading
Posted in My WordPress Therapy Couch
Tagged Alzheimer's, Children, Death, Family, Grief, Holidays, Home, Life, Thanksgiving
33 Comments
Simple Sunday – Where All Good Jack-o’-Lanterns Go To Rot
One of the many not much talked about benefits of living on a patch of land in the woods is the ability to set free the Jack-o’-Lanterns at the end of the Halloween hubabulub – a catch and release program … Continue reading
Posted in Simple Sunday
Tagged catch and release, halloween, Holidays, Humor, Jack O'Lantern, Nature, pumpkin, Random
16 Comments
Racecar Raven
A poem, by Cody (age 6) Racecar Raven on the roof He appears with a poof His feathers, dark as night guide him on his flight During the springtime we had a large black bird visit our backyard feeders. The … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
Tagged Children, Family, halloween, Holidays, Kids, Life, poetry, Ravens
12 Comments
Simple Sunday – Pumpkin Patches Through the Years
The last three years we have gone to the same pumpkin patch and have forced asked the kids to stand by the How Tall This Fall? sign so we could take their picture. Cody is on the left and Carter … Continue reading
Posted in Simple Sunday
Tagged Children, fall, Family, halloween, Holidays, Humor, Kids, Photography, Pumpkin Patches
25 Comments
