Category Archives: family

Fa-la-la-la-la… cough cough… la-la-la-la…

We’ve got plenty of holiday spirit around our house, with a side of a stomach bug. Over the weekend I went to tax training (I volunteer to do taxes for low-income families each year and this year I had to learn … Continue reading

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Day Trip to Whidbey Island

This past week marks four years since Tim and I tied the knot. I vacillate between disbelief that our wedding was an entire four years ago, and feeling like so much has happened in our marriage thus far that I … Continue reading

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Pumpkin patching (again)

A person can never go to too many pumpkin patches, that’s my October motto. Pumpkin patches are simply a gold mine for toddlers. An absolute gold mine. We’ve been to three so far this year, and all three have had … Continue reading

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Moving on up (2 miles north)

On Tuesday the packers came. On Wednesday the movers came. And today we woke up in our new (to us!) house. We had been at our last rental for 11 months and made a fairly quick decision to leave… for … Continue reading

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One last summer weekend.

I’m no longer in autumn denial – it is officially here and I’m ready to take out my sweaters and rain jacket. But, I was able to spend one final weekend basking in summer. During the last full weekend of September, Tim … Continue reading

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