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…will there be a perfect family picture of us.

Oh, well.  They at least accurately reflect the life we lead.
P.S.  This must be a record number of posts for me in a day.

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At the suggestion of my sister Caroline, yesterday the kids and I made chocolate-dipped pretzels.  I just happened to have the necessary supplies on hand, and after a long day inside we needed a boredom buster.

I melted the chocolate,  Jack did the dipping and Luke, Sam and Maria applied the nonpareils.
I wonder… what does the [...]

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Each year at Thanksgiving the women in Dan’s family exchange small Christmas gifts – just to get the season started.  These are just fun, little, inexpensive things we each manage to find.  This year I gave everyone a pair of Christmas-y earrings.  Some were little jingle bells, some were little Christmas bulbs.  I always like [...]

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My good friend Troy called me last night.  I was a little surprised to hear from her.  The baby isn’t due to be born until December 22nd, and Kyle is home on his mid-tour break from Afghanistan.  No way should she be taking time away from her family right now to talk to me!
Anyway, she [...]

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…loves company, right?  So guess what?  You, my dear friends, get to go to my flickr page (click the link on the left) and wade through ALL the photos and see if you can find one – just one – that isn’t too embarrassing to put on a Christmas card.  Pick one or give me [...]

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I found this link through The Best Babysitter In The World’s blog.  It’s too good not to pass on.   Check it out!

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When posting Christmas decorating pics, I forgot this one.  This is our front window.  I made it using my sister Margaret’s design, and tissue paper.

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On Saturday morning, we all went out in the snow and cold to the Marmion Abbey to cut down our own Christmas tree.  Despite the bitter cold and wind, we had a blast!  Thanks, Grandma, for letting the kids open their Christmas gifts early.  Those new snow boots made all the difference!

Yesterday morning I put [...]

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Here we go, people.  It’s time to beat the children into submission, hog tie them, bribe them… whatever it takes to get a Christmas card picture.
Here’s our first attempt.  (Notice how the situation deteriorates, despite the fact that these were all taken within a 30 second period.)  There will be more to come, trust me.

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The rules-
1. Go to your pictures file.
2. Go to the 4th file.
3. Go to the 4th picture.
4. Post it and tell the story.

These are my Little Boys, Sam and Luke, on Christmas Eve last year.  I have no idea what’s in that Amazon box, and it probably wasn’t for them, but Sam sure looks excited [...]

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