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A trip to the fair and a weekend away make for a great Labor Day weekend.

  • 3 Sep, 2012
Lily's first Tilt A Whirl Ride

Labor day weekend this year started with me taking Friday off and heading to the Minnesota State Fair with the family. The fair is always a good time. I’m a big fan and wish I could see it all and do it all. We had plenty of eats from pork chop on a stick to mini donuts. A […]

Here comes the holidays, ready or not.

  • 20 Dec, 2011
Lily with Santa & Mrs Claus

I’m not exactly sure where all my time goes. Last I knew it was Halloween and now Christmas is just days away. I have so many movies to watch and things I want to do, but I’m about out of time. Thankfully I have all my Christmas shopping done. I did most of it online […]

Jose Cuervo Christmas Cookies

  • 17 Dec, 2011

1 cup of water 1 tsp baking soda 1 cup of sugar 1 tsp salt 1 cup of brown sugar 4 large eggs 1 cup nuts 2 cups of dried fruit 1 bottle Jose Cuervo Tequila Sample the Cuervo to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Cuervo again, to be sure it is […]

Lily’s Christmas Performance

  • 17 Dec, 2011

Lily’s daycare had a Christmas party for the families last week. We all got together, ate some food and then the kids performed Christmas songs for us. It was fun seeing how much Lily likes daycare. She was running all around, wasn’t the least bit shy and just enjoyed herself the whole evening. Plus she […]

Happy Halloween

  • 31 Oct, 2011
Cleaning Out Pumpkins

We’re all having more fun for Halloween this year as Lily is 2. She has a better understating of what’s going on and has been practicing her Happy Halloween and Trick or Treat. This year she’ll be going as a pink cat. It’s a warmer costume which is nice but also has quite the big belly. Trying […]

Halloween Arts & Crafts

  • 18 Oct, 2011
Halloween Arts & Crafts

Lily loves her arts and crafts. From crayons to paints she loves to put purple and pink on pretty much everything. Because of this we’ve started doing more with her and now are creating something new all the time. For Halloween we created spiders and pumpkins out of paper plates, painted mini pumpkins, colored ghosts, […]