Holidays
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Camera Dump
I finally downloaded some pictures from my real camera to my computer tonight. First time in an entire month. I used to dump my pictures every night, but that was getting to be…
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When Marriage Lifts You Up
I am struggling a little bit this holiday season. It started at Thanksgiving and I just can’t seem to shake it. A large part of the reason is missing my dad. I keep…
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We Came. We Ate. We Conquered.
Thanksgiving has come and gone, friends, and what a holiday it was! We met some of Chris’s family in Gainesville on Thanksgiving day and ate until we couldn’t ate no more. This is…
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And It Only Took 9 Years of Marriage…
When Chris and I were first married, one of the biggest challenges we faced was figuring out how to split holidays between our two families. After about three years of just leaving it…
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Fighting the Sadness
We had a jumpin’ weekend here in the MC household. My mom came down Friday night and stayed with the kids while Chris and I got gussied up and had a nice date…
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Christmas Card-ing Like a Boss
A few weeks ago, I ordered stationary for my kids from Minted. I raved about it here. I was so impressed with the quality of my order that I decided to order my…
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The Saddest Day of the Year
On Wednesday afternoon, I got a call at school from our daycare. Michael had a 101 fever. This was sad enough in and of itself. But the REALLY sad part was that because…
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A Halloween First
Halloween has never really been our thing. It’s fun and we love the candy, but dressing up and pumpkin carving and staying up past nine o’clock? Eh… For the past few years, we’ve…
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Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
Our goal for this weekend was to not be sad. I think we pretty much nailed it. My sister, John Michael, and Baby Tut Tut came down for the weekend to celebrate Tut…
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The End of the Line
This is my last week home with the kids before they head back to daycare next week and I start my official week of preplanning at school. I have mixed feelings about this.…
