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Mother’s Day 2014

On May 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment · In family, holidays, spring season

Ah, Mother’s Day. It was such a nice day all around.

Michael and the girls (OK, the effort was pretty much all Michael’s) did a few things that made the day a little more special than usual. First, Michael got up at the crack of dawn (literally) and went to Wegmans to get muffins and […]

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Meet Virginia

On April 30, 2014 · 6 Comments · In family, roadtrip to virginia, travel, vacation

We took a quick trip down to visit my dad in Virginia last weekend. It was much too short, particularly when you consider the 8.5-hour drives to and from… with two kids.

Truth be told, the girls did great. But we drove down on Friday and came back on Monday, which gave us only two […]

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Easter Weekend

On April 23, 2014 · 3 Comments · In family, holidays, spring season

You know how sometimes, you have such a great weekend that you actually come into work on Monday SMILING? Feeling refreshed and happy? It’s like the high from the weekend hasn’t worn off yet. I think it’s kind of rare, because I know that a lot of times, the Monday morning workday blues actually begin […]

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The Magic of Christmas

On December 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In family, holidays, nora, vivienne

We made it.

The whirlwind of activity, shopping, wrapping, baking, cooking, crafting that led up to Christmas. We got through it. We had a pretty great Christmas, and now it’s over. I always feel a little sad, but also a little relieved.

Nora, on the other hand, is having a hard time coming to grips […]

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Christmas Mail

On December 12, 2013 · 4 Comments · In family, holidays, nora, photography, product reviews, vivienne

Every year since Michael and I moved in together in 2005, we’ve sent out photo Christmas cards to family and friends. I think. And every year, our list gets longer and longer.

Back in the day, the card consisted of a nice photo of the two of us that we had snapped sometime during the […]

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