These 40 Days

 Greetings! Happy Fat Tuesday!  We are living that up in every sense of the phrase, it’s going to be a chocolate party today!   Grant’s Birthday is Valentine’s Day, but since it falls during Lent this year, we are “feasting” today. We have an informal party planned with the Candy Shoppe theme, (mom was just [...]

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A Mary Christmas

This past week we celebrated the feast of St. Nicholas.   The kids awoke to see a few goodies in their shoes in the morning:  new books!   As we read each story, I was surprised that one in particular, seemed to be directed less at the kids, and more towards busy mamas in the [...]

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Great Escapes

Grant was on to something today when he climbed up a tree for some quiet reading time. Don’t we all wish we could do that (and not have our sanity questioned)!       It was that perfect combination of sunshine, with a little Fall chill in the air.   I so wished I could [...]

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