se7en

I just can’t believe how it happened, but suddenly our littlest gal turned nine… Happy Brilliant Birthday Hood 7 To the gal with the ready smile… And always keen for some fun… And running everywhere… First to swim… Brilliant at treasure hunting… And more fun… And hiking of course… And a little more running… And […]

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Last week I began our year of Getting Things Done Series, and oh my, we are going to need a year. I did get something done almost every day this past week, including deleting thousands of photographs. Tell me I am not the only person who has seasons when they delete so many photographs… and […]

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We wanted to wish all our readers a wonderful New Year. Just taking a pause and looking back at 2016 and wishing you all the best for 2017… Thank you for following along on our journey and thank you all for taking the time to stop by and leave comments and enrich our lives so […]

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Just wanted to stop by and say Merry Christmas to all our readers… hope you are enjoying the holiday season. We really try and keep our Christmas time simple, it is in the heart of summer and our summer break from school. Everyone is hot and roaming from shady spot to shady spot… it really […]

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I am all about “starting small” and “slow and steady” and “if it’s not broken don’t fix it”… but it is November folks, and time to totally get my act together. I had goals for this year, lots of them. Unwritten of course, I can hear the planners in you actually shuddering, but in my […]

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Did I mention that it was birthday season over here… And Hood #6 turned twelve today… and baked us a fantastic cake to celebrate, because that is what celebrity chef’s do, of course… Do the boy who is always outdoors… Looking cool… And learning new stuff… To the boy who has no fear of onions… […]

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I know ’tis the season and the birthdays are rolling on over here… I can’t even believe it myself, but our little Hood #8 turned se7en yesterday… unbelievable but true. It seems like last week since his last birthday, but here it is again… To the guy that has walked so many miles… And only […]

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