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Fall-ing for Flowers

October 16, 2011 at 12:50 pm
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Potted some fall flowers over vacay this week. Mums, snapdragons, and pansies. Let’s see how they do!

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Fall-ing for the cabin…

October 13, 2011 at 6:38 pm
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Brian and I were fortunate enough to take our good friends, the Davis family, to my family’s cabin a couple weekends ago. I’d never been up their this late in the year, and you can smell fall in the mountain air. We took a walk to the stream, and Tami and I fought our way…

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A Pile of Kittens

March 31, 2011 at 9:00 pm
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The wait is finally over! My cat gave birth to, get ready for it, 9 kittens early Wednesday morning! Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “nine lives”. Enjoy these pictures of their first couple days on earth! Tuesday evening: Wednesday afternoon:

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Cutest. Wedding. Ever.

March 12, 2011 at 8:57 am
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Brian and I set out for Indio, CA last weekend to witness the marriage of our good friend, Kelsey, and our newest good friend, Andy. Unfortunately, Brian came down with a horrible fever and chest cold, and had to spend the happy day in our hotel room. In the end it was all worth it,…

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Winter Walk

January 25, 2011 at 7:04 pm
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We’ve been blessed with some gorgeous sunny days this past week. I was able to persuade my husband to take a walk, and snapped some pics. Enjoy!

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It’s a Marshmallow World…

December 19, 2010 at 5:23 pm
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Paper snowflakes. I’ve grown to know the theory of this extravaganza, but could never master the practice. I’ve constatnly folded paper, made cuts, unfolded paper and sighed at my unsatisfactory results, with an indoor paper snowfall to clean up off the floor. Who knew, on the internet, you can find directions for ANYTHING. I’m a…

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I love snow.

November 8, 2010 at 9:00 pm
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We all know what snow is. That natural phenomenon where tiny flecks of ice fall from the sky and coat everything in a lovely white blanket of glittery crunchiness. Well, being a girl from the Central Valley, this was something I often heard of, and got to see every few years. So, it wasn’t an every year…

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