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TGIF

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you thought i was exagerating…didn’t you?
thank goodness for thursday night tv on dvr.
it made all that folding not seem so bad.
and i also made cupcakes and a birthday cake.

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annie turns three on saturday.
she got to bring treats to pre-school.
she’s licking her lips.

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i was smiling at my name on my latte today…i liked it.
i don’t know why.
this morning i got my haircut.
i LOVE to have my hair done.
it’s quiet…they wash your hair…it smells so good…and i feel pretty when i leave.

do you like the new blog look?
i think i am finished with the major changes.
it was frustrating and fun to work with all the changes.
i learned alot.

melissa is having a party over in her blog along with The Blissful.
if i invite all of you she makes me her BFF.
so go on over and check it out.
it’s a party celebrating with christmas decor…already.
her blog is all things decorating…i spend lots of time there.
and the blissful is an amazing store in ohio.
she wants you to leave a comment…like a good party guest should.
you can tell her i sent you.
AND i just clicked over to make sure i have the details right
and i saw that i’m a winner….wow.
i’m excited about that.
be sure to join the party.
it really is getting me in the mood for christmas.

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Blanca - I feel your pain we are a family of five sometimes seven if you count two college students one living with me and the other stopping by on the weekends they do their on laundry thankfully and every one seems to change twice a day.
My youngest got to take cupcakes on Friday too.
By the way I have tagged you on my blog.
Have a great day.
Blanca

the feathered nest - Now that’s a lotta laundry LOL! Annie is a cutie and I’d be licking my lips too at the thought of eating those nummy cupcakes!
Manuela

traci - wow – that is a huge amount of laundry. your little one is so cute. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! love the new look of your blog. it’s not hard to change it, just a little time consuming. hope you had a great weekend!

Carrie - I was clicking around and found your bolg. I am getting in the Christmas mood too with the idea of decorating…just not spending mood yet! and I LOVE to get my hair done too. I love love love someone washing my hair. It is so relaxing! Maybe I should get a sink put in 🙂 con my hubby into it 🙂

melissa @ the inspired room - PS. I forgot to mention I love your new banner! I wish I was talented enough to tweak my blog, but alas, I am not!
xo

melissa @ the inspired room - I am laughing at the laundry piles. Looks like my house, although usually at my house by the time I get them all folded someone has torn through the pile and it is in a clump again!
Congrats on winning my handmade craft. You poor thing! 🙂
And for sure, you are most definitely my BFF!
xo,
Melissa

traci - I LOVE your new blog look BIG TIME!!!! I thought my laundry load was bad..lol..we have 3 kids so I guess you just cant compare huh? Cupcakes look so good and am headed over to that new site….just what I need, one more site to look at tee hee

Lauren - 1) I LOVE your new blog look!
2) Talby’s short haircut is adorable!
3) I’m going to run right over to The Blissful right now and tell them that you sent me!
Have a great weekend!!!

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birthday wishes

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there is nothing more i would like to do today
than be with Jenny
laughing and having a yummy dinner
and more laughing.
instead i will fold 10 loads of laundry…
not quite the same.
i hope you had a great day Jen!
love you so much.
happy birthday.

traci - your new banner is awesome!! digital or real? love it!

traci - Love your new header!!! Arent sister THE BEST?

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a very happy halloween

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this is the sweetest pumpkin.
annie made it at preschool.
so creative and out-of-the-box.
they even got to use little hammers to pound the things in.

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sean was “the grim reaper” (in his imagination)

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talby wore the tiger that grandma made for lauren years back.

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scott was TONY HAWK…a pro skateboarder.

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annie wanted to be a bat.
she was sure of it.
so i made her some wings and sewed ears to a stocking cap we had.
hearing her little voice say happy halloween….too cute.

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seasonal driveway art by sean
we each had a gravestone.
we were all “ded”

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ms. kristin and eliza with annie at preschool…
and amy my neighbor.
both of these ladies always have very good costumes.

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amy’s sick pumpkin…
also very original and out-of-the-box.

amy - okay… sean’s creepin’ me out a little bit… but the bat was way too cute!
your new header is perfect. you had fun making that, didn’t you? 🙂

kristin - wow, that’s the first full frontal picture i have seen of my get up. wow.
and i looooooooooove your new blog format…nice.

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carving

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i cleaned out 6 pumpkins this afternoon.
lauren wants some credit too…
she did cut three open and clean half of her own.
then the phone rang and she was gone. 🙂
after dinner they each made their own design.
annie wanted a scary face with mad eye “bwows”.

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scott had the most original idea
but needed a grown up’s brain to figure out how to do it.

i thought sean’s looked a little like him…with the teeth.
he did it all completely on his own.

i still have mine but haven’t had time to carve it yet.
i am going to go with the big cursive D scraped in…not carved.

kristin - looooooooooooooooooove annie’s expression…man.
the glow of 5 pumpkins is amazing.

The feathered nest - His pumpkin does look like him! They all came out so good! I always though carving pumpkins was hard so we used to just paint them. Your kids are cuties!
Manuela

jean conklin - I read somewhere about the statement you had heard of “when a woman comes out after aloneness with God…Look out!” I do so believe that. I went on my Walk to Emmaus about 5 years ago. 3 days of being with HIM. It changed my entire life. I can’t begin to list all the ways I am changed. I strongly recommend you taking the Walk. You will love it and spend the rest of your life wanting it again. Many blessings to you,
bj
Oh,and pls. stop by my new blog. I’d love that!

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homecoming

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baby london is home.
3 lb. 14 oz. and already home.
9 days old.
i finally held her.
precious.
just absolutely perfect.
i made craig feel her head…to feel the tinyness.
oh it’s going to be much with this new sweet baby so close by.

traci - so precious. i would be holding her every minute. congrats to the family!!!
hey, i “tagged” you on my blog. have a great day!

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she sells sea shells

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we got sean laughing pretty hard at his new voice.
with no front teeth he can’t say his S’s.
it’s the cutest thing.

FYI…i am working on the blog design…stay with me.

traci - what a cutie!! things are changin’ on your blog, can’t wait to see the finished product.

traci - what a cuuuuute picture!! Between your gorgeous family and your awesome camera you just CANT take a bad picture..lol
Im checking out cameras right now, about ready to buy one and I love the pictures you take. What kind do you have and what did you pay?

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very random happy photos

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treats from aunt sherri in the mail…
teeny tiny pumpkin bottles of bubbles.

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fully stocked bathroom…
we were completely out.

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sock monkeys at the antique store

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lovely photo taken by scott

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four magazines in the mail in one day

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mini pumpkins on the mantel in the sunshine

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dirty scale…

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annie pushing 3 babies in 2 strollers clipped together.

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and seriously…what is happier than a huge box of crayons on your floor?

Sarah-Jayne Barnes - i LOVE the draws that you have full of toilet paper. lush!

melissa @ the inspired room - those are happy things for sure!

kristin - mmmmmmmmmmmm…yummy eye candy.

traci - love all the photos but LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Scotts picture!!! He may have a photography future!! That picture should be on your wall somewhere!!!

alison - you have great flea markets and such, we have…nothing.

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