Toby's Early Christmas

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We got Toby a dog bed today for Christmas.  He and Blake used to have their own couch, which they slept on every night.  But when we put our house on the market back in April, we got rid of the couch.  It wasn’t exactly show-worthy.  And ever since then, the boys have had to [...]

 

25 Weeks

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I hit 25 weeks today – wahoo!  This pregnancy is really flying by.  I made my “24 weeks” sign a few days ago, in hopes of taking a picture.  But then 25 weeks snuck up on me.  Oh well.  Here is my 24 week photo taken tonight, at 25 weeks.  Close enough I ordered his [...]

 

I Am Thankful

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How was everyone’s Thanksgiving?  Good I hope!  Mine wasn’t exactly as planned. I originally drafted a long post complaining about how nothing went right over Thanksgiving.  But after reading it, I felt like I was rambling so I will shorten it up for you.  Basically, we had to cancel our original plans (having Thanksgiving dinner [...]

 

 

Love the Lake

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We had such a great time at Smith Mountain Lake this weekend!  Now that we are home, I feel like I have a little more time to blog about it. So the drive there on Thursday was quite an adventure.  You wind through the mountain, part of it on an unmarked road, to get to [...]

 

Boating

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We’ve all had a great time riding on the boat while we are here!  The dogs even got to partake, which is something they rarely get to do, so that makes me very happy   And Brody had his first boat ride.  I have a feeling that Smith Mountain Lake will be a new vacation [...]

 

Smith Mountain Lake

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Today is my birthday and what better way to celebrate than with good friends at Smith Mountain Lake!  We rented a house up here for the weekend.  It’s been a lot of fun so far and the kids are having a blast together.  Here are some pictures from our first day!

 

Couponing Pays Off!

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I just got the coolest coupon find ever!  So I was going through the paper last Sunday, clipping coupons, when I found one for Wolf Camera.  It was for a FREE 12-page photo book.  The ad said to just bring in 20-30 pictures with the coupon, and they would put together a free photo book [...]

 

Supernanny, Where Are You?

“Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.” –C. Everette Koop   Parenting is hard.  It is rewarding, challenging, exhausting, yet provides a sense of accomplishment and purpose in life.  I always believed I was destined to be a Mom.  But I had no idea how hard it [...]