finally. thanksgiving is over. and it’s socially acceptable to listen to christmas music. and put up decorations. i may or may not have already starting the former. the latter we attended to yesterday and today… rather than hit up any black friday (thursday?) sales, we rolled the mile-ish into downtown (ha!) lewisville to our favorite […]
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patterson farms IV
yesterday, we made our annual-ish trip to patterson farms for some fall time fun. and i took exactly one jillion pictures to document it. last year, the eating situation was disastrous. we waited in line for like an hour for some terrible hot dogs and hamburgers. so, we decided to eat on the way this […]
a feeble attempt to cover the last few weeks.
when i went to post the back to school post, i realized it’s been quite a long time since my last post. then, i started a miscellaneous post and realized that i hadn’t posted pics of the coop or discussed the tragic details of the lucy-chicken incident. so, those events aside, i am now posting […]
meeting myrtle beach.
if you are my facebook friend, then you are no doubt aware that we’ve been at the beach for the last week. just in case you’re not, i’ll be posting some pics and stories here. 🙂 on sunday, we woke up. loaded up. and hit the road for myrtle beach. the ride seemed incredibly long. […]
tanglewood play day.
on saturday, we decided to get out and do something outdoors. as a family. wanting to avoid any memorial day crowds, or spend a lot of (any) money, we decided to stay rather low key. so, we headed over to tanglewood park. first, we went to the bigger playground, since we had just been to […]
summer so far.
we’ve had a number of popsicles. we made a sidewalk chalk town. complete with target. played with/in the sand and water table. we went to a concert in the park followed by ice cream at alex’s. (with my kid’s favorite person in the universe, nadia)…. derek built a swing set for the lid kids, so […]
nine.
nine years ago today, this happened. it was unseasonably cold. and rainy. but, made for great pictures. (my brother jake, when he was the cutest kid on earth.) ps. that’s the moses cone manor house on the blue ridge parkway, if you’re thinking it looks familiar. 🙂
florida. part 1. st. pete.
sheesh. i had really hoped to post some stuff sooner. get ready for a barrage of blogging from me. first up: two fridays ago, we loaded up and headed to swampy florida. for christmas this past year, derek’s parents gave both of their kids (and respective grandchildren) some free accommodations in orlando, and some cash […]
pre-thanksgiving family R&R
just got back from spending a week in banner elk, nc. it was lazy. and restful. and fun. here are the pics on picasa. click on any of them to go see all 89 pictures. blue ridge village
a design wall for the quilt dungeon.
a long long long time ago, i bought a big pack of fabric (amy butler, soul blossom, fat quarters – if you’re interested). i began to slowly work on a king size quilt for our bed. it’s sort of a background project. something to work on mindlessly when i have just a few minutes or […]