tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016441085244928382024-03-12T14:10:57.546-04:00And a Pinch of ZestLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-83463026414243298862023-10-06T13:45:00.004-04:002023-10-06T13:57:56.138-04:00When Wounded Self-Esteem Meets Introspection<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiue2i2tFQAvHEi3XKxAjG5FVginr-kVl6FG1iKLj6ZUHiUkLaaVgJlDjg6HSwYghNYGsEMi97923QUAp0LU_WnLYJS80pfj0LSMkxh0B3WjSF5rqr_2j5pstIibHbPtfWAobgyAuUBm_sJSTo-g70Nj3T_ah5tWbsI1EdjuNsbi64rV988W_jXpMiL7Ko/s4928/DSC_2615.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiue2i2tFQAvHEi3XKxAjG5FVginr-kVl6FG1iKLj6ZUHiUkLaaVgJlDjg6HSwYghNYGsEMi97923QUAp0LU_WnLYJS80pfj0LSMkxh0B3WjSF5rqr_2j5pstIibHbPtfWAobgyAuUBm_sJSTo-g70Nj3T_ah5tWbsI1EdjuNsbi64rV988W_jXpMiL7Ko/w640-h424/DSC_2615.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Last week a buyer left a 1-star review on my Etsy shop, stating multiple things that they found wrong with the item purchased. As a seller it was obviously jarring to be met with such (public!) criticism, especially since the buyer didn't reach out to me privately first to share their dissatisfaction or even request a return.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Long story short, the buyed admitted via private messaging that they were mistaken (i.e. thought they thought they had bought a handmade doll dress when the listing stated it was a size 4 dress made in the Philippines) and said they had decided to keep the dress...but my shop was still left with an unfair 1-star review, which in turn brought down my Etsy-implemented review rating for the month, which in turn doesn't give my listings priority during searches.</p><p style="text-align: center;">In the grand scheme of things I know it isn't that significant, but as someone who puts time and effort into a tiny small business, it really hurt. It kind of felt like someone came into my house and knocked over a bunch of furniture, and then simply walked out after realizing they were in the wrong home.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6BfG5WU2M5li-7l1aFZY8NyNHdHc_iDsdwR11jmXpWtiyExuGJPw-I2G2lWc1I287XqCQQoVuLrmhLp1S3vKtJ66v2dQFXfK4Fr8LOcbqSF20-T6JpEuxpfivryZa68tii8Fkc_nn1iWxedIyQ0tKU5YIiYBAwTZhpto49FD-buRK6tm-msoRxMX520/s4928/DSC_2606.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6BfG5WU2M5li-7l1aFZY8NyNHdHc_iDsdwR11jmXpWtiyExuGJPw-I2G2lWc1I287XqCQQoVuLrmhLp1S3vKtJ66v2dQFXfK4Fr8LOcbqSF20-T6JpEuxpfivryZa68tii8Fkc_nn1iWxedIyQ0tKU5YIiYBAwTZhpto49FD-buRK6tm-msoRxMX520/w640-h424/DSC_2606.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Fast forward to today one of my girls mentioned at breakfast two unfriendly things that two different friends said their moms said about our family. I am a member of the non-thick skin club and am super sensitive to boot, and was furtively wiping away tears as I finished getting my girls out the door for school. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Tim was very diplomatic and stated that something probably had gotten lost in translation. And one of the things really was ridiculous- "she said our family doesn't watch *anything*" (which, funnily enough, a while ago a kid close to our family stated to my girls "my mom says you guys watch too much t.v."- really, REALLY brings to light that you cannot please everybody!). After typing the first silly comment out I probably come off like a big baby. But what truly stung was the fact that people (that we've invited into our home) were judging us and saying things in front of their kids. (Okay, adding disclaimer of *maybe judging* because I really don't know the full story behind the child-relayed comments.)</p><p style="text-align: center;">But honestly, instances like the above make me want to shut down socially, turn absolutely inward, and become a hermit. Goodbye interaction. People can't say hurtful things if you're invisible, except judgement over anti-social behavior, I guess. </p><p style="text-align: center;">But.</p><p style="text-align: center;">There's also that tiny, niggling reminder that I need to be mindful of how I react as a dissatisfied customer, AND it makes me extra grateful for every kind review someone leaves me. Also, I need to be cognizant of things I say about others and how information might be construed, especially when my kids are in ear-shot. After-all, unfavorable comments seem to be passed along on the playground with more vim and vigor than compliments. I don't have much else to offer, except that I'm trying (albeit feebly) to keep in mind the unfair treatment and untrue insults Jesus endured on a much, much larger scale.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-3879652639868053702023-06-09T12:45:00.002-04:002023-06-09T12:45:54.331-04:00Georgia<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last June we drove down to Georgia for my brother-in-law's Change of Command and Retirement Ceremonies from the Coast Guard. It was a quick, quick trip! It started on semi-rocky footing as we realized on the drive down that we forgot our pack n' play for Leo. I scoured our Airbnb listing hoping I had missed that there was a crib or something but no dice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_TJ_ID0WX19AqDenWNTs4srI9nu10wYzvKsl6oABGSCcVh8mTsuSecBlcCpvo6cUZIDszpiiibJ5qOnlJ_ncNC6Rp49NayY9J3zzfzGNoiaMJ2g8tuFEeZE08NTZ2L6D750hoiecmbvsgiz9LB7U1M35IwLnG43HimaVRTcz_1d1q2NGN6opzSTd/s4928/DSC_0921.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_TJ_ID0WX19AqDenWNTs4srI9nu10wYzvKsl6oABGSCcVh8mTsuSecBlcCpvo6cUZIDszpiiibJ5qOnlJ_ncNC6Rp49NayY9J3zzfzGNoiaMJ2g8tuFEeZE08NTZ2L6D750hoiecmbvsgiz9LB7U1M35IwLnG43HimaVRTcz_1d1q2NGN6opzSTd/w640-h424/DSC_0921.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thankfully my sister & brother-in-law graciously bailed us out and lent us theirs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our first full day down we met up at a local park for lunch with my sister, nieces, and nephews (that Georgia heat is no joke!) and then headed back to their house so the kids could swim in their local pool. Later that night we had a minor miracle with the dinner situation. One thing I'm good at is rambling on when relating a story, so I'll sum this up as briefly as possible:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- good amount of family in town from both sides</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- naturally everyone was gravitating towards dinner plans together</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- all the restaurants contacted in advance declared they could not accomodate our party</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- our "let's just show up and let the chips fall where they may" plan fell through</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">- on a whim my BIL called a place down the street that said "come on over"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And we did! The young hostess did not bat one eyelash regarding the number of our party or the many little ones. The staff put us all in a back room with plenty of space and let us know we could use the adjoining fenced-in patio for the kids to run around. The food was really good, too, and everyone was served in record time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTDwOpKey4407V0OYoWh7ykmiJCy4giUCz1SA6g8sHO0R1xkORGZ1LQ4ovXLyGZHZTj_-fhInQzwm_BtP570vrGwa1rxt2XnRgCBpJqI6mlymIpdzwWKcCuu2kc2yelSgpSuJijgUs1XcThuDc0H7WFjU2rXKEtyWzlq1RysWcjXanNAPQn1pU1T8/s3264/20220607_183939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTDwOpKey4407V0OYoWh7ykmiJCy4giUCz1SA6g8sHO0R1xkORGZ1LQ4ovXLyGZHZTj_-fhInQzwm_BtP570vrGwa1rxt2XnRgCBpJqI6mlymIpdzwWKcCuu2kc2yelSgpSuJijgUs1XcThuDc0H7WFjU2rXKEtyWzlq1RysWcjXanNAPQn1pU1T8/w480-h640/20220607_183939.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg009aUqC-K_INIAC_ctjt75xUQAGQsnKXvUxaxruhGgsGkJWU4BIix3uutSQkRxai9N9L2HUP2WkYl0fCv8cbOEipD2nyXHZyEhuNOc97aq5fvskzaIXfqH8I75tXgjtiom6UzT5mYRHl3fwB-lHnL-5UdirIY3cWChlcllE0VCERHadWUQJerr7Zb/s3264/20220607_193024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg009aUqC-K_INIAC_ctjt75xUQAGQsnKXvUxaxruhGgsGkJWU4BIix3uutSQkRxai9N9L2HUP2WkYl0fCv8cbOEipD2nyXHZyEhuNOc97aq5fvskzaIXfqH8I75tXgjtiom6UzT5mYRHl3fwB-lHnL-5UdirIY3cWChlcllE0VCERHadWUQJerr7Zb/w640-h480/20220607_193024.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeTp-uWpy7byfn-8-QB5qfQNwOnHVb9D94lDoBR5aNhi_HrXP3jyFCq27eSmOLFGH9t-Qzu_ZKwM2lsziM98fgOF9yuwU7VEjusgze17WNfP80vZ_3je4qtH4De_7aBa4OhBGgtF_rl-3iKcf7en1oKg-9QpHGEES2s9NgySRz_Fv9m4efZAnV6NO/s3264/20220607_200412.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXeTp-uWpy7byfn-8-QB5qfQNwOnHVb9D94lDoBR5aNhi_HrXP3jyFCq27eSmOLFGH9t-Qzu_ZKwM2lsziM98fgOF9yuwU7VEjusgze17WNfP80vZ_3je4qtH4De_7aBa4OhBGgtF_rl-3iKcf7en1oKg-9QpHGEES2s9NgySRz_Fv9m4efZAnV6NO/w480-h640/20220607_200412.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPinoZ-a3jPGHEKf8Tcb-N0NxR8EOjcvHdSkA2bKKNeTW81hfIaQD7kF9q826-S2fdacwaXCG_QGoL_HYblm1SXNFxUDb3crrz0D7yHqBZTRnM6RF7gol8ey-PiGOjsHIlCSU9Kxod8EWeiPgn2O-f7-aOeDPT-DNVn37X6sM1TpuZFUS58YycBpB/s3264/20220607_200424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPinoZ-a3jPGHEKf8Tcb-N0NxR8EOjcvHdSkA2bKKNeTW81hfIaQD7kF9q826-S2fdacwaXCG_QGoL_HYblm1SXNFxUDb3crrz0D7yHqBZTRnM6RF7gol8ey-PiGOjsHIlCSU9Kxod8EWeiPgn2O-f7-aOeDPT-DNVn37X6sM1TpuZFUS58YycBpB/w480-h640/20220607_200424.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next day was the double ceremony at the military base. It was really special to witness and I was so glad we were able to be there for it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8Yxakxa8uLmSol_xCF-T4wrH_Y8ptfkFuhTqtLjp4VSc2fnbyiLf_Xtkoa5TYLrF07gnQXLPpTHTj654re9BvQWYopeXSxVEk1TNWEc6GHPDe6JZEqrW7ma8MrQGMkhH_Ief8aUI07QOLJD90Ba6RI6D3GK0biykTwTl3wU0jtsELhKR90aMfNJ4/s4928/DSC_0934.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="4928" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8Yxakxa8uLmSol_xCF-T4wrH_Y8ptfkFuhTqtLjp4VSc2fnbyiLf_Xtkoa5TYLrF07gnQXLPpTHTj654re9BvQWYopeXSxVEk1TNWEc6GHPDe6JZEqrW7ma8MrQGMkhH_Ief8aUI07QOLJD90Ba6RI6D3GK0biykTwTl3wU0jtsELhKR90aMfNJ4/w640-h424/DSC_0934.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJar8hbzlryLy0ETiErCp2_6ZRuQQlnWWLgim4injQhbBxsWOVo82XOkbh7Eej5yJtJ8gzzhfXISvg3F0wYJ4voFxBF4TEv8FEt-Jo66xEKk_SyHCXCgP5wBArhyLOLWLjSbj4mCRqMOfu-GZCYzdiUFbWiz863MlX9BPT0G7YalTEG_KLcCXudxfn/s4928/DSC_0942.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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She was a bit of a reluctant photographee afterwards but pepped up when we went to our favorite Italian place with my parents to celebrate.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAjHAVjZ66yhdvM2gBxKExeSdw7XqXfpIKqqp7AAmBqJwYse09OCpShULOPl3bPuk1HNFDPMaFWiAhZufx1slyiyAtRoFj01FlXXbkYKQ02SbGeThOsjjapZDscRmt3lJurKyFiZP0RngU-hs9GnnTuA2fmFXc8Ws9lhPZL9ipJXPIhitnHjoh2yV/s3984/DSC_0775.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2639" data-original-width="3984" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJAjHAVjZ66yhdvM2gBxKExeSdw7XqXfpIKqqp7AAmBqJwYse09OCpShULOPl3bPuk1HNFDPMaFWiAhZufx1slyiyAtRoFj01FlXXbkYKQ02SbGeThOsjjapZDscRmt3lJurKyFiZP0RngU-hs9GnnTuA2fmFXc8Ws9lhPZL9ipJXPIhitnHjoh2yV/w640-h424/DSC_0775.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9OXLoq5QhNrhyXa7fu2zqklFxirTQF_jat63jegHsRzqAXaOsSB4b5QG8fdzvHlTtZvRykKxetlCmiINCcCJcWwdI_sKDwQgtlb8fOEUh-t8COSx99YcX_7QAmD9Kk4aGSE-sDWgXV-kQcBCU_ttgTlNZwT5G1QyBHmVS6zs5MYUamFgPki-0wL0a/s3644/DSC_0772.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;">Evie and Audrey both signed up for CYO Volleyball for the first time. It was a brief season but fun to try something new and I think Audrey is eager to sign up again this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgsuzFyfdaQzV7ldAZ7Lop2o33EsYppmf34dDVpdeCohlsWyRtfP1W9T4FfL8qUTsZ4KxFQ90IC-hJRiobB-SyGrhHlnb6wowX5kyfejMTQnUqgMq2oYmW6xh3FWH8_NpNuy9kAK0BtlLP538GAeRE4Y0URQi0s43sJmTZD_WBaLIBosJLm5CGuXY/s4032/20220428_190744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgsuzFyfdaQzV7ldAZ7Lop2o33EsYppmf34dDVpdeCohlsWyRtfP1W9T4FfL8qUTsZ4KxFQ90IC-hJRiobB-SyGrhHlnb6wowX5kyfejMTQnUqgMq2oYmW6xh3FWH8_NpNuy9kAK0BtlLP538GAeRE4Y0URQi0s43sJmTZD_WBaLIBosJLm5CGuXY/w480-h640/20220428_190744.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93l-mmaltf_SnXboZYvWDaNZ1jTkY7ixFlJIeQkf_d8uh0o6iwEEReNijd8Y342Q0M6aqSwc7vuL-W44sWafkvolrRUvIv3m6RZV7eAUxlvQywiRP5tDWmlRDUYi5CwblnHvOhwzeEzxfObJQBu6T6mOAh7aHN6pp2HEAZupAGwtZGoQ_zm67uB4p/s4032/20220402_133912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj93l-mmaltf_SnXboZYvWDaNZ1jTkY7ixFlJIeQkf_d8uh0o6iwEEReNijd8Y342Q0M6aqSwc7vuL-W44sWafkvolrRUvIv3m6RZV7eAUxlvQywiRP5tDWmlRDUYi5CwblnHvOhwzeEzxfObJQBu6T6mOAh7aHN6pp2HEAZupAGwtZGoQ_zm67uB4p/w640-h480/20220402_133912.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..................</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04FQf0HtMSKH8wTRnA-BI3whgfekR5pD3CSBF0Pn9LhM9FuDq7FlXxTe9-cmk7ahmNJxl0outvx4SDBgnACdIB_eMEu8Uz5J-SWuia08Y0O5QBALVEKj9-YGnUAIno3A5aBcjYkOjGTC758tVTJt0pEoPzgHrdDReJjgJwJjqLsLJjIktkaWR5GuU/s4032/20220605_145152.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04FQf0HtMSKH8wTRnA-BI3whgfekR5pD3CSBF0Pn9LhM9FuDq7FlXxTe9-cmk7ahmNJxl0outvx4SDBgnACdIB_eMEu8Uz5J-SWuia08Y0O5QBALVEKj9-YGnUAIno3A5aBcjYkOjGTC758tVTJt0pEoPzgHrdDReJjgJwJjqLsLJjIktkaWR5GuU/w640-h480/20220605_145152.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In early June the girls all participated in the recital for their Irish Dance school. It was so much fun to watch and we were so proud of them! It was a long day with long periods of waiting. We celebrated with ice cream afterwards, and the very next day left bright and early for a quick trip to Georgia!</div><br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-59465735133212252812022-10-18T21:24:00.002-04:002022-10-18T21:24:25.610-04:00Easter Days<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Attempting to play catch up- only half a year behind!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhR5MJnKBjMpwIskjKAW0F_OMzUyEOOnXoPe2Zzq4tlaw6W7AFON7PTlKmkEVg0T5UAAQ_dEmE304T0xU8Y8ECvZW_FCfu2nx6e5JW-_aKb2-PFKqIJFt3ByAknmOMT-1WPSVNNtZDn_SFKTeQuX-2a0M_X5tV5IkDQBINzH-ZABV2omSChkIH3H8D/s3264/20220415_101824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhR5MJnKBjMpwIskjKAW0F_OMzUyEOOnXoPe2Zzq4tlaw6W7AFON7PTlKmkEVg0T5UAAQ_dEmE304T0xU8Y8ECvZW_FCfu2nx6e5JW-_aKb2-PFKqIJFt3ByAknmOMT-1WPSVNNtZDn_SFKTeQuX-2a0M_X5tV5IkDQBINzH-ZABV2omSChkIH3H8D/w480-h640/20220415_101824.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On Good Friday we made our Franciscan Monastery traditional visit.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5CkDuFqEgHdl0G2kKKLqFxBoNczGn-ORIOexL009bnZnmfjVXoDhTa_3_npDuypuwhaOP_nV7DpIIAD74LVbPzZP1KlZNBiLMMFC5HCTn2h_FnN6nqfs75iw3i56gpSfMXo7XRV-E0UaPqNUNOaIwouDxW0bOahjYt-DPu9eH98u-L6WtH2Msi7M/s3264/20220415_110116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5CkDuFqEgHdl0G2kKKLqFxBoNczGn-ORIOexL009bnZnmfjVXoDhTa_3_npDuypuwhaOP_nV7DpIIAD74LVbPzZP1KlZNBiLMMFC5HCTn2h_FnN6nqfs75iw3i56gpSfMXo7XRV-E0UaPqNUNOaIwouDxW0bOahjYt-DPu9eH98u-L6WtH2Msi7M/w480-h640/20220415_110116.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's always a bit of a gamble in regards to the weather and state of the gardens but this year it was perfect! Warm, sunny, and so many things in bloom. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCNuraiF1NeTKlT-wcUOx1CpHKLdNlt0G91q6Pp1syRY1iXYw8ltb0vORvSMnyL4ezTPV815STC5deyrIoqvU7Dp2pVqKDilrKqs3FhRJM-0QL9o_vMIs8RwmXNVP5LhpClFeA-NFp0u_9UMQI8XAJ3R88311tECS9YIxiFrHJi0ZrjA30QrFmq32/s3264/20220415_110822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieCNuraiF1NeTKlT-wcUOx1CpHKLdNlt0G91q6Pp1syRY1iXYw8ltb0vORvSMnyL4ezTPV815STC5deyrIoqvU7Dp2pVqKDilrKqs3FhRJM-0QL9o_vMIs8RwmXNVP5LhpClFeA-NFp0u_9UMQI8XAJ3R88311tECS9YIxiFrHJi0ZrjA30QrFmq32/w480-h640/20220415_110822.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZBF90TDdlt1xq408FMRoE9mNeMZbT87JpRI4fun6wOdcEBe1tdHXGwOUP1ycPlAbOnl1jbYIntQS5mSnDDJizdqkojMV7pmUzGKWoS0mdxaagdBtSfSX776BiHiWdUyNem1x6Dm7eIp1YR9Jhm1wSNITO18Nca_czVrpk7AKydHXopB7zhWbqAo1/s4032/20220415_110235%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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One of our parish priests came over, which was such a nice addition! It's bittersweet to look back on because a few months later he was transferred to another parish. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Audrey was the one who actually piped up with the invitation one Sunday after mass (Tim and I both thinking Father surely had other plans so why bother asking!)- my point being don't hesitate to ask your parish priest over for dinner, and you never know how long they'll be assigned to your parish!</div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-42903124729099816712022-09-22T21:05:00.001-04:002022-09-22T21:05:13.844-04:00That Moment When...<p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6DOYLy5ti_6owDTNVvBn3pfNNqDY3hYgmR3ssSZSNrNLp3OvvQ4pRDnUGM7aNNLLOMSPyTpU5NaHUAVeCrx59M7ErRxhXQdAvi7jsKPkmkBJl59DKdRRWnonkS3TxYY1CrmyRk4I4PDwUjuO6ZJcdlY2taXIG6jznXz2VS4o8KVRFE3gco1mpvxN/s4088/DSC_0932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2708" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG6DOYLy5ti_6owDTNVvBn3pfNNqDY3hYgmR3ssSZSNrNLp3OvvQ4pRDnUGM7aNNLLOMSPyTpU5NaHUAVeCrx59M7ErRxhXQdAvi7jsKPkmkBJl59DKdRRWnonkS3TxYY1CrmyRk4I4PDwUjuO6ZJcdlY2taXIG6jznXz2VS4o8KVRFE3gco1mpvxN/w640-h424/DSC_0932.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(after considering all clothing options for what to wear to the Coast Guard ceremony for my brother-in-law's retirement- trying to figure out something that will work for the heat, occasion, and to nurse the baby in-)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...you realize you match the helicopters.🙃</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBl9RUEyPAR96VmWk7rMawCZpBqdWBK_BmiN2YK2qBGGlejJceOPUFk5cw3N_oiubhzRfruwrcosnedlpubieVEIaHKGVDL68bCcUL0BQprw8BdYi5hyip0YA0qSKByDnnboIRPtTCgm-Lx4I2hduIyMV-27TChM5MpsZ8h3Q82YRgcnWQGaNIOQOR/s4088/DSC_0976%20(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2708" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBl9RUEyPAR96VmWk7rMawCZpBqdWBK_BmiN2YK2qBGGlejJceOPUFk5cw3N_oiubhzRfruwrcosnedlpubieVEIaHKGVDL68bCcUL0BQprw8BdYi5hyip0YA0qSKByDnnboIRPtTCgm-Lx4I2hduIyMV-27TChM5MpsZ8h3Q82YRgcnWQGaNIOQOR/w640-h424/DSC_0976%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">C'est la vie.🤷</div><p></p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-60608920976276659372022-04-19T21:53:00.001-04:002022-04-19T22:29:03.155-04:00October Through March Digest<p style="text-align: center;"> Whew- life right now feels like one of those social media "games" where it reads "You can only pick three" above a list of several favorite things like coffee, wine, chocolate, naps, etc. Except this is the real deal and it's pick one: dishes, laundry, or meals. On repeat. All the non-urgent and hobby-ish things just keep getting relegated to the back burner of life ad infinitum, or so it seems!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I appreciate how the ol' blog helps me recall things we did from year to year, so here we go to recap from where I left off in the fall!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3cj0PEYasaPTCdPbLHPIBHVM-WP2HJGDGJex9ygaKqN7CF0i8rWZzjEOtobE9i6GevUiBL8wG2qJJpUNNmfw1kgwEJu34_iQRmSBjJIB6VG1duOia7qNU_czNSFGOXIISzYBiwjrUWJ-RujC3lw2RWwb1KY3vp44q23UZtAV2Iw9FZSWBnWqIu-a/s4088/DSC_0140.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3cj0PEYasaPTCdPbLHPIBHVM-WP2HJGDGJex9ygaKqN7CF0i8rWZzjEOtobE9i6GevUiBL8wG2qJJpUNNmfw1kgwEJu34_iQRmSBjJIB6VG1duOia7qNU_czNSFGOXIISzYBiwjrUWJ-RujC3lw2RWwb1KY3vp44q23UZtAV2Iw9FZSWBnWqIu-a/w640-h424/DSC_0140.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4YSaJNfjU-yO9-wjoYF7YndJjwdb4zYd7y11F55ZOf9jsmycr_3N0o3WlsO3TJ50y9423XfNt7zs4o7DCg73JPmn0nwttwjZ-QP-LuBkzz9hBROwOBwuLtF1Wkp-Qs5rPSHXZQfa_Drg3JsDCtZttFT47r2WGAaWZDxGCOJoTP5u3jg0XfcYQ5ml/s3264/20211024_120623.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4YSaJNfjU-yO9-wjoYF7YndJjwdb4zYd7y11F55ZOf9jsmycr_3N0o3WlsO3TJ50y9423XfNt7zs4o7DCg73JPmn0nwttwjZ-QP-LuBkzz9hBROwOBwuLtF1Wkp-Qs5rPSHXZQfa_Drg3JsDCtZttFT47r2WGAaWZDxGCOJoTP5u3jg0XfcYQ5ml/w640-h480/20211024_120623.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't get any pictures of the girls in their All Saints' Day costumes except for Cora with her class (she's in the middle- St. Rose of Lima). Evie was St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Audrey was St. Lucy, and Heidi was St. Adelaide. Their school did a big procession of all the kids outside while the parents lined up and gave out candy- blessedly I had taken my pregnancy glucose test before the candy barrage that is mid-fall.😅</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8DbWx2UQUg7WqaFkgtafDAgmbkb7YnBhsUiBSyuu0M4RCfoOm82vOB5JXFEATum_HfEImqtHJlJcqqb6yR38Wo1x59OPUhya9EKEM8kw-evU0fD9GQOTIRAhki-17ToDv6soIOsi5DtbwJoUh1-hdXrhTvpe3X7nB1TkW96h2M9SGOSeoLHzy2Z7/s3264/20211028_130034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy8DbWx2UQUg7WqaFkgtafDAgmbkb7YnBhsUiBSyuu0M4RCfoOm82vOB5JXFEATum_HfEImqtHJlJcqqb6yR38Wo1x59OPUhya9EKEM8kw-evU0fD9GQOTIRAhki-17ToDv6soIOsi5DtbwJoUh1-hdXrhTvpe3X7nB1TkW96h2M9SGOSeoLHzy2Z7/w640-h480/20211028_130034.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For Halloween Cora was St. Michael the Archangel, Heidi was a baker, Audrey was Athena, and Evie was Paisley Paver from Wild Kratts. We trick-or-treated in my parent's neighborhood again and ended up with quite a large crew of friends in the trailer. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVOSYvfWP4y6ZZh0TEt16-ESyMxLPjwqWSfd47ViStgvQos4N5Gbqj4JtVXJ9tSe8w1W61IDbp43Nz4qRwHliqZI7RlUdm7YmdF5EXTxUGsGlqXByhPy3ng2bubhhmJKuRj6FPMYKAx94CQKYnGqdcXbm-aMR4VRGKqhEmTgxBWGzje-l6p--hQXiU/w480-h640/20211105_120537.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was sick in the beginning of December just after Thanksgiving- the sliver of a silver lining about that was that I was left with plenty of time to decorate the house for Christmas. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQaHePIFYAykvip1WVtBm7h8hoUCERIhZ4zBV2dShQpOpM7iCcKi-1HLXhw17DHlNlUbMXOmEZIoDNLYVZrgg5olS5QbNLrYNa7JFGg8gXwjS89Vwc118gBee6Z9qWpO6EqeRLXODDx5jfxYL0W6jJGqetCEN3xKWD7MsJG3A-aA-njBgNW9vXDgiA/s4088/DSC_0269%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Afterwards we hosted some of my family for Christmas Eve hors d'oeuvres and Christmas cheer. Our neighborhood put out Farolitas on all the streets again- always so much fun to see.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGNUzTZgDjw3eBpXne9WpzxpBONIZnrGmssJY7A3I-SwuF1TCjND837Dyo01Ujwh_-JLTB4uCd2J-pxRClS36gAbopA14dYPJ3PYjpYtkbw6d9ENhnuGJCifoxMTXafo-aIFokWsas8MHNQMfwmQMtXGMoAvGrF8QzO_XYPTa9SekNwseE7b0r98O/s3723/DSC_0363.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3723" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGNUzTZgDjw3eBpXne9WpzxpBONIZnrGmssJY7A3I-SwuF1TCjND837Dyo01Ujwh_-JLTB4uCd2J-pxRClS36gAbopA14dYPJ3PYjpYtkbw6d9ENhnuGJCifoxMTXafo-aIFokWsas8MHNQMfwmQMtXGMoAvGrF8QzO_XYPTa9SekNwseE7b0r98O/w640-h440/DSC_0363.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TambkfbcSmp2y194iZTtrMuAIOdBLskZxhwxc84ptvs2UdRc0ARkIXRqZn-A38C6AstQjvIEHldZCuyjBdlI7LuKWQOv7KUdctsPg2G35Uz_8V_tSWBOJkoiCHPvc8gwRWMXdYCWn1GmbhexxzmPm-HTqARQoeA0giMjwPbPhkNSN_7D3kwulzxU/s4032/23477.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TambkfbcSmp2y194iZTtrMuAIOdBLskZxhwxc84ptvs2UdRc0ARkIXRqZn-A38C6AstQjvIEHldZCuyjBdlI7LuKWQOv7KUdctsPg2G35Uz_8V_tSWBOJkoiCHPvc8gwRWMXdYCWn1GmbhexxzmPm-HTqARQoeA0giMjwPbPhkNSN_7D3kwulzxU/w480-h640/23477.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4MfSbxotKOCr-KChx-szJJxZBjeQH1pTtCDRpeYyTQMoUVHoAIen08QyjX2sNDYxXoUAQagHIlBArlvaRS_vqZU1jjL3dV1zRis5Kb26JwDLXtwQHENFpVkGGVOZX8F8DH-N19c78iG1kh1PAbiJ7ARJglHU17E1tRay7t1jAWhH6sQfYq7LKHv-/s4088/DSC_0368.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4MfSbxotKOCr-KChx-szJJxZBjeQH1pTtCDRpeYyTQMoUVHoAIen08QyjX2sNDYxXoUAQagHIlBArlvaRS_vqZU1jjL3dV1zRis5Kb26JwDLXtwQHENFpVkGGVOZX8F8DH-N19c78iG1kh1PAbiJ7ARJglHU17E1tRay7t1jAWhH6sQfYq7LKHv-/w640-h424/DSC_0368.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmx_JCsrNDoh9LLkSlAfNvzqgZW5E_r_qlNI8Ia3l00B00MEBtrD3yGSRqfi229fGibrluj0Rn8l5FwNR8aRPYWuP3RS7weOrwqLYDpBW1QFnWvG8-pgctg1D1P2NXK6K_MU_4qqm64VUniIAOQZvWZggTOAknRxqs5r_bHeEokd9Az36b_Z2nTzdK/s4088/DSC_0372.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmx_JCsrNDoh9LLkSlAfNvzqgZW5E_r_qlNI8Ia3l00B00MEBtrD3yGSRqfi229fGibrluj0Rn8l5FwNR8aRPYWuP3RS7weOrwqLYDpBW1QFnWvG8-pgctg1D1P2NXK6K_MU_4qqm64VUniIAOQZvWZggTOAknRxqs5r_bHeEokd9Az36b_Z2nTzdK/w640-h424/DSC_0372.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Christmas morning we opened presents and enjoyed a low-key day before going to my brother's house for dinner. 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She and I went out to Five Guys for her birthday lunch, and later that evening we enjoyed the cake Tim and the girls whipped up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvwDRFLTSSP-3372xNAFjd2IaGCpg8gr9F19H0u-ZR0BxeeLjwuFUkPzXuXlEux5OjNHYbMdlhWns9VQQbQ4qLAs5V6xkB3TeZMe_HUSgHtD5wfmhoBcVUvIu0e76W1VRFq8rNepeLm7DgL-wvRoQTOhhToQ58rGxPu12UIAeM6kH7m3n1ThKzuvm/s4088/DSC_0402.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvwDRFLTSSP-3372xNAFjd2IaGCpg8gr9F19H0u-ZR0BxeeLjwuFUkPzXuXlEux5OjNHYbMdlhWns9VQQbQ4qLAs5V6xkB3TeZMe_HUSgHtD5wfmhoBcVUvIu0e76W1VRFq8rNepeLm7DgL-wvRoQTOhhToQ58rGxPu12UIAeM6kH7m3n1ThKzuvm/w640-h424/DSC_0402.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1A_koPcPJ98YqLfrGQBkKrE4OrZUF5b0RsBGEd8Vtn7tfTTW-r1SjL4hocpj0_N4spO4i-j17QLS8bkKnP32aoXt80LSm_SmgTh4irmEyIrFruVRIUaPRZZDAx1qOe4jn-UZpnhx5tfvyrW_1UTocEzcvmXth8LRasg3w9LotjfAbSJEkNJmqG8z/s4088/DSC_0409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS1A_koPcPJ98YqLfrGQBkKrE4OrZUF5b0RsBGEd8Vtn7tfTTW-r1SjL4hocpj0_N4spO4i-j17QLS8bkKnP32aoXt80LSm_SmgTh4irmEyIrFruVRIUaPRZZDAx1qOe4jn-UZpnhx5tfvyrW_1UTocEzcvmXth8LRasg3w9LotjfAbSJEkNJmqG8z/w640-h424/DSC_0409.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRL2Ro8GOPiMjFwLagHv2rBN0LGIvwCOHJO6d5sCs2HtBx5bnalMZHM_Is4YaW3RYBfsw-BVlkLC1cn7d7HUa4vFhpSsfYaCQWfv4Eyq-5-Kfc_iu9auTIHlS5f9bj7ZX5X77JnZIQtL9TFtO9FlnXPxS3Diq195r5doqgy-Uh7YewCc3TdLcRDz6_/s4088/DSC_0412%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRL2Ro8GOPiMjFwLagHv2rBN0LGIvwCOHJO6d5sCs2HtBx5bnalMZHM_Is4YaW3RYBfsw-BVlkLC1cn7d7HUa4vFhpSsfYaCQWfv4Eyq-5-Kfc_iu9auTIHlS5f9bj7ZX5X77JnZIQtL9TFtO9FlnXPxS3Diq195r5doqgy-Uh7YewCc3TdLcRDz6_/w640-h424/DSC_0412%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJS4OnQfRdcZI5qRgx1_j5RMoSEuewymGQ1Je7kYx51E1U7QU_H4Vw9hiTxdbGPpC-cYKcAVY5UvZs8yYNiODuM8D8VFXlUwznYek1rT6OFf6EuZdaeU16p4fphSiP58AojhJksHiLCt3gY1Dzg0aa7V_UEAcK7So-fRJUHMDl_PE9Th2qWQ8BSIFW/s4088/DSC_0413.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJS4OnQfRdcZI5qRgx1_j5RMoSEuewymGQ1Je7kYx51E1U7QU_H4Vw9hiTxdbGPpC-cYKcAVY5UvZs8yYNiODuM8D8VFXlUwznYek1rT6OFf6EuZdaeU16p4fphSiP58AojhJksHiLCt3gY1Dzg0aa7V_UEAcK7So-fRJUHMDl_PE9Th2qWQ8BSIFW/w640-h424/DSC_0413.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">She is getting so grown up and is such a good big sister and helper around the house!</p><p style="text-align: center;">..............</p><p style="text-align: center;">January got off to an onerous start with a snow and ice storm a few days in which resulted in 48 hours of no power due to a fallen tree limb down the street. It was a mess all over the area and a team that drove up from North Carolina ended up restoring our power. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Postpartum survival mode is an awful companion to life with no electricity, water, or central heat (we at least have a wood stove in our family room). 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Cora might be our earliest to date at 5.5 years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVnK8qbpVIPE3Gs9VBxMqJysw3faRhzjQwH4AylJiZtk8PptkVK7jt8nXxd6pFslFjFEsrSjiY4pt4Jy2C0U36UgkieIWMf63O2BL2GMc6bbc2o0sSngh2La_SbA5DU0QJHBcQcfAn5xDaVcCdJc_PBlOnq5g3hkXFOvMeZI6Ck7UX8lMXafE2veC/s3264/20220107_134225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVnK8qbpVIPE3Gs9VBxMqJysw3faRhzjQwH4AylJiZtk8PptkVK7jt8nXxd6pFslFjFEsrSjiY4pt4Jy2C0U36UgkieIWMf63O2BL2GMc6bbc2o0sSngh2La_SbA5DU0QJHBcQcfAn5xDaVcCdJc_PBlOnq5g3hkXFOvMeZI6Ck7UX8lMXafE2veC/w480-h640/20220107_134225.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18dN8LEOh2P4lHa0H38GPTfrjOw0pb6XpouSLG7_Sl6pUnlyTpaFICfH-axaDSoZuZ_w828tprqL0NWzst16pWdBlJUQHlWsUD-ru7LqHx_tMnrxMAk-nAl7ggqZghhj4BCtC6dFmizE3dyJzG0pKpwpdSwpb83M-y03dNHZhftNZy24D4NE-X8OK/s3264/20220304_145738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18dN8LEOh2P4lHa0H38GPTfrjOw0pb6XpouSLG7_Sl6pUnlyTpaFICfH-axaDSoZuZ_w828tprqL0NWzst16pWdBlJUQHlWsUD-ru7LqHx_tMnrxMAk-nAl7ggqZghhj4BCtC6dFmizE3dyJzG0pKpwpdSwpb83M-y03dNHZhftNZy24D4NE-X8OK/w480-h640/20220304_145738.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I took this picture of Cora just after she lost her tooth (the new one had mostly grown in already😁) and had her hair cut. Well, a couple of weeks later there was quite an incident with scissors which necessitated another trip to the hairdresser's...to be filed under childhood rites of passage, I suppose.</p><p style="text-align: center;">..............</p><p style="text-align: center;">Also in January Leo was baptized. Tim had family come into town for his special day, so my parents kindly let us hold the reception at their house for space purposes. I made <a href="https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/simple-chocolate-birthday-cake-whipped-chocolate-buttercream-video/">this cake </a>but left the cocoa out of the icing- a bit involved but tasted really good!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNInJle8z3H7zFp4L82nyIOCjImeyd3bs-IaYjnb1VOgj8p3usrACP_ac9aDOq3dDo5U6TVZcFq65oadDpQxoaNfMiR6NZJRTiC3mkgMRlOrHRZ3dbhaeIG3Kzad3CMKXjoxNdAgwl278qpK20z98ITARBVw0yZHmEr7OFa4JYTbG_2otAmLseUdiT/s4088/DSC_0523%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNInJle8z3H7zFp4L82nyIOCjImeyd3bs-IaYjnb1VOgj8p3usrACP_ac9aDOq3dDo5U6TVZcFq65oadDpQxoaNfMiR6NZJRTiC3mkgMRlOrHRZ3dbhaeIG3Kzad3CMKXjoxNdAgwl278qpK20z98ITARBVw0yZHmEr7OFa4JYTbG_2otAmLseUdiT/w640-h424/DSC_0523%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It happened to be super warm and sunny that day, so my sister invited us over for a cookout for dinner and for dessert we had carrot cake which I made per his request. I wish I could've come up with some sort of fanfare for such a landmark birthday but a cake was about all I could muster.:)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigrnwzK6AmGRLEEaLropoDc4CNBy12QZL8jh9uJ4J12WmI7ZFvTjp1-wYMdNTPIuLjrSwXMiu-y1PCcMn8Agv8Yj6Ep3-y_nONQ36Xp5tpVTGlZkYciDKNts4DxERImQkGIPYtct7L16HW9h_rPmlarRNcHzMekhZAFHlrRa5sITOEzgVZoBsgQYt/s4088/DSC_0584.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiigrnwzK6AmGRLEEaLropoDc4CNBy12QZL8jh9uJ4J12WmI7ZFvTjp1-wYMdNTPIuLjrSwXMiu-y1PCcMn8Agv8Yj6Ep3-y_nONQ36Xp5tpVTGlZkYciDKNts4DxERImQkGIPYtct7L16HW9h_rPmlarRNcHzMekhZAFHlrRa5sITOEzgVZoBsgQYt/w640-h424/DSC_0584.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnF_GHQfSx3PZjYDDtvL2oT4tJpJmwjnPokxTUHpAKbGlb_2PsRTibivmHo626ILOLzBkwMep0ciovas079sSL_j40gDqOXDEKJ3HAtmlOeuvL9GB7lBUWZbQAskBaaGP2S05Hg-DjCSnA085XclmN30QV22BdK2p3khLvygceNG5-1OmlVmHI20f/s3264/20220221_184508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMnF_GHQfSx3PZjYDDtvL2oT4tJpJmwjnPokxTUHpAKbGlb_2PsRTibivmHo626ILOLzBkwMep0ciovas079sSL_j40gDqOXDEKJ3HAtmlOeuvL9GB7lBUWZbQAskBaaGP2S05Hg-DjCSnA085XclmN30QV22BdK2p3khLvygceNG5-1OmlVmHI20f/w480-h640/20220221_184508.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">He is a good man and we sure love him!</p><p style="text-align: center;">.............</p><p style="text-align: center;">The girls were going to dance in our local St. Patrick's Day parade with their Irish Dance school but on the morning of the parade we got a good amount of snow and sleet, so the whole thing was canceled. It was so disappointing! The girls at least were able to dance with some other students in their school's Sts. Patrick & Joseph pageant, where they also sang with their classes, an event Leo and I enjoyed attending. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoclubZ24PfD8KTzHowZOE1h_3iv4AFaFig1MqSQzHNcWGUXjZ5gsw-vXdzsestVI0EEZQjCELW9QJcUNIZNeIPK69SywGwAdABEqfhHByJnpiNZpbWwdW-kmOAR7eNaqBnaFIajO46TnBCa9mmY8ZqixfwRdE2vGdSkcK8fMg6XTZMPNFVvO4tZsU/s3264/20220317_130648.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoclubZ24PfD8KTzHowZOE1h_3iv4AFaFig1MqSQzHNcWGUXjZ5gsw-vXdzsestVI0EEZQjCELW9QJcUNIZNeIPK69SywGwAdABEqfhHByJnpiNZpbWwdW-kmOAR7eNaqBnaFIajO46TnBCa9mmY8ZqixfwRdE2vGdSkcK8fMg6XTZMPNFVvO4tZsU/w480-h640/20220317_130648.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Random tidbits:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One night I was getting Leo ready for bed and his face and fists gave me a laugh as the pose made him look like a little boxer:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCirEy12PZq17YVwD9SMqXC9gpMF_2qFJPLJNM9GA6n33nwyr7W6GPFcosah4hGMlEg83qgKPu4snk4rHqkyglMgzuy_wMPmE812Gds2sWj7OZGwUZKtZgbN34fo0026OyeJoW9x13yC7rpA7wuhLKeMLbenVqwjlwiFmJKwpe9S1-2RVUWGS6MQdC/s3264/20220128_191654.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCirEy12PZq17YVwD9SMqXC9gpMF_2qFJPLJNM9GA6n33nwyr7W6GPFcosah4hGMlEg83qgKPu4snk4rHqkyglMgzuy_wMPmE812Gds2sWj7OZGwUZKtZgbN34fo0026OyeJoW9x13yC7rpA7wuhLKeMLbenVqwjlwiFmJKwpe9S1-2RVUWGS6MQdC/w480-h640/20220128_191654.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Heidi was reading to him one afternoon while he was on his mat and I observed her continually making a point to show him the pictures on each page.❤</span> </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgmgOmxfEk8VPMElorLGBWF57nJBBzjE1dF3gpBanTEluA1Ox7SHi2bbByxFziR4Xs7GGKiutIwTzGNxmUanP2VPQMmcGbVLxlO9SlBafG43VfmYU9Cma20OhRBw0_W_XMAOhkb4X8DkQ3_qYOtbreHbkNvY-Im9-hz9OHdhno6FxUav04S8JaQ53/s3264/20220312_175306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgmgOmxfEk8VPMElorLGBWF57nJBBzjE1dF3gpBanTEluA1Ox7SHi2bbByxFziR4Xs7GGKiutIwTzGNxmUanP2VPQMmcGbVLxlO9SlBafG43VfmYU9Cma20OhRBw0_W_XMAOhkb4X8DkQ3_qYOtbreHbkNvY-Im9-hz9OHdhno6FxUav04S8JaQ53/w640-h480/20220312_175306.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">That's all for now!</p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-33527527762506848402022-03-02T14:21:00.002-05:002023-06-09T12:59:02.420-04:00Welcome to Leo Jude!<p style="text-align: center;"> [Let me start by saying that I am announcement-averse and that unless you've seen me irl the last several months you didn't miss any pregnancy news on the blog or social media.:) ]</p><p style="text-align: center;">We welcomed sweet Leo on December 18th and there was a lot about his birth that was unique! First boy, first of our babies to arrive early (one day before his due date), and first to weigh under 8 pounds. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Anyway! Let's get down to his birth story.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEoA5X_LJ7EVsurY33OigAjVppusCDhew-d_9Vu4F9VKkurRlT5wRvHuCSTW-idhKLrStibOaA_PyFtERrPqq1RKuC5nAm7Dzchlnk3IGyTiVwEPBCPaAEGi3jP2Cqq9o49FXXS2bErKClAsm3000ixAJPrZd5fC7rzj8J36EU1yGesqDCgnNoBX10=s3264" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgEoA5X_LJ7EVsurY33OigAjVppusCDhew-d_9Vu4F9VKkurRlT5wRvHuCSTW-idhKLrStibOaA_PyFtERrPqq1RKuC5nAm7Dzchlnk3IGyTiVwEPBCPaAEGi3jP2Cqq9o49FXXS2bErKClAsm3000ixAJPrZd5fC7rzj8J36EU1yGesqDCgnNoBX10=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguMwcCEWxXlNBbhy1NXna40MyWChX2wWiUUbITRPOHacwFfnG_2RvtJriLLJtQC1JvwpyhlXX_57-CyxkIpHfMKMkTVLw4KTVpkSxSoBSl58I0tJvCdtpwvWHynhmg9iaKulq_QSq1ErH4_fS30QzENNx0xMDCrspXYgfF0w94Zm9gnS3pPPjT02Au=s3264" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEguMwcCEWxXlNBbhy1NXna40MyWChX2wWiUUbITRPOHacwFfnG_2RvtJriLLJtQC1JvwpyhlXX_57-CyxkIpHfMKMkTVLw4KTVpkSxSoBSl58I0tJvCdtpwvWHynhmg9iaKulq_QSq1ErH4_fS30QzENNx0xMDCrspXYgfF0w94Zm9gnS3pPPjT02Au=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bun-in-the-oven Thanksgiving Day shot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Each of our girls arrived after their due dates, so I had it in my mind that this baby would also arrive late, preferably after Christmas- my due date was the 19th. I really wanted to not be in the hospital for Christmas *and* was set on hosting Christmas Eve at our house, which we've done the past couple of years. (And for the record there is a distinct difference between being overly pregnant and hosting people at your home because you <i>want </i>to and being overly pregnant and hosting at your home when you <b>did not</b>, in fact, choose to do so. But I digress...) </p><p style="text-align: center;">At my most recent ob appointment (Wednesday) the midwife checked me and said I was 3cm dilated, which surprised me a bit because I had never been that progressed at any appointment with the other pregnancies. At any rate the following days I kept on with life and did the things. That Saturday (December 18th) I had a hard time sleeping and woke up at about 3am. I realized I was also having contractions, so I went downstairs and started timing them on an app. They were painful and lasted about 45 seconds to a minute, but were spaced about 10-15 minutes apart. Around 5:30 they fizzled out and I headed back up to bed for a couple of hours while Tim made his weekly much anticipated chocolate chip pancakes & bacon for the girls. That day I stayed around the house, as I was feeling tired and achy. We made it a point to decorate our tree which we had picked out two days before, and that afternoon I finally remembered to take a sentimental albeit cheesy bump photo à la Pinterest pin find of several years ago:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhu5teA3rW6ob4QwGSaavrNXWa6tryJ08o8GlsuExJ17jd7rN0HGiJ52HhOs0S9f6PXkIAOVSGNTYMrfK4vGo9ut7bO1Tb3X-Qo6BmcqtwIV5B2sciMRPoifHijYlYye8LJ7ZJuI_SPAGzoNX7FQY87V-czPW_k-UDAy4tR1YYbz3o4mOCKYuSaC3R=s3468" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3468" data-original-width="2408" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhu5teA3rW6ob4QwGSaavrNXWa6tryJ08o8GlsuExJ17jd7rN0HGiJ52HhOs0S9f6PXkIAOVSGNTYMrfK4vGo9ut7bO1Tb3X-Qo6BmcqtwIV5B2sciMRPoifHijYlYye8LJ7ZJuI_SPAGzoNX7FQY87V-czPW_k-UDAy4tR1YYbz3o4mOCKYuSaC3R=w444-h640" width="444" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Around 4:30pm the contractions returned. I was not too keen that they had started again because according to my agenda it was too soon, *and* the next day was my birthday, which I was looking forward to celebrating!</p><p style="text-align: center;"> I started prepping dinner, which Tim took over when he noticed I was timing contractions again. He encouraged me to call my sister to come over. I was hesitant at first because the hospital we were delivering at this time was at least 35 minutes away and I wasn't sure if this was "it". On the other hand the hospital was at least 35 minutes away and I didn't want to wait too long if this <b>was</b> it...so I placed the call to ask my sister if she could come over and then went upstairs to lie down and call the ob office. And in the interest of multitasking- paint my nails. </p><p style="text-align: center;">After a weird exchange with the office contact person (they seemed confused as to why I (woman in labor) was trying to contact the OB/Gyn on-call (pls tell Dr. baby is coming.)), I got in touch with the doctor on-call who was very matter of fact, which I appreciated! He asked me several questions and then told me it was up to me if I wanted to head to the hospital now or wait. He also said it was highly likely I would be heading there that night. I decided to wait it out for a little and he let me know he would notify the hospital that I might be coming and that I wouldn't have to call back if/when I did go in. </p><p style="text-align: center;">When my sister got to our house she came up to talk to me- I was apologetic about interrupting her evening and a bit emotional about the baby coming already (I was sure at this point due to bloody show). She assured me she didn't mind and that there would still be several days to recover before Christmas and it was all okay- sisters are good like that. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Not long after her arrival I finished packing my hospital bag and Tim and I scooted out the door. Once we were on the road the contractions increased to two to two and a half minutes apart. Suddenly I regretted waiting to head to the hospital as I forgot to factor in the reality that red lights and other (slow!) vehicles exist and they do not to yield to cars bearing women in labor.</p><p style="text-align: center;">As we made our way to the hospital I was grappling with surreal realization that this baby was coming. It's intimidating to know the arrival of a new family member is imminent and not know one thing about them! (We hadn't found out the gender.) On my discharge paperwork there was a Bible verse listed which describes everything so well:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>"When a woman is about to give birth, she is sad because her hour of suffering has come: but when the baby is born, she forgets her suffering, because she is happy that a baby has been born into the world." </i><b>John 16:21</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">When we arrived at the hospital (around 7pm) Tim was able to leave the car at the front entrance while he wheeled me up to L&D (huge perk of weekend + off-hours hospital run!). We waited several minutes before being taken back and then the nurse stated she would take me to triage, "Unless you think you're in labor?" </p><p style="text-align: center;">-Yes!</p><p style="text-align: center;">While they started to admit me Tim ran down to move the car. Not long after the nurse checked me and said I was 6cm- better than nothing but I had kinda thought I might be further along, and it left Tim and I wondering if this baby would arrive in time to have his/her own birthday or share one with me and my nephew!</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm a bit fuzzy on the rest of the timeline/ details..sometime thereafter Tim asked me what I wanted for a boy name. We had already settled on a name for a girl but just had no definitive "front-runners" for a male appellation. Drained at the thought of picking a first name and then wading through the myriad options for middle names (you know, like the unique family, saint, or significant names you wouldn't consider for a first but definitely would use for a middle) I told Tim I would defer to him. He came back with, "How about Leo Jude?" and I readily agreed. </p><p style="text-align: center;">My doctor came in at some point to see how I was doing and then around 8:30 the anesthesiologist provided a lovely epidural. A short time later my nurse let me know she could see my bag of waters...not quite something you hear everyday! Tim and I had a little window of down time together and then I felt a gush- He notified the staff my water broke (first time on their own for me), everyone came back in the room and we were told it was go time. I pushed a couple of times, someone mentioned the baby had a head of hair (another surreal moment, as they could see his head but we still didn't know boy or girl!), I pushed a few more times and then Tim declared, "It's a boy!". Sweet Leo Jude was born at 9:22pm, 7lbs 13oz, 21 1/2 inches. I was honestly shocked that we had a son! We were discharged Monday afternoon and not a moment to soon as the girls weren't able to visit the hospital; they were finally able to meet him when they arrived home from school that day.</p><p style="text-align: center;">We all love him so much and his four big sisters are quite proud.:)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP0wgCVuF3MuFvsZy_iM64dfXd20IeKlubCwVxz7MwSK0tjtSqBxqb61vVnvd5R7xdBjsZPTyeRF_5YmbNJ6hZOdQWOfMlJH52mp_EsdcsY3i4TwiSOtJcOjEKz1GMaMVUN90kS6w4g_Pf7_4r9UWoCsNNc_m36Kw68mPJCN7hM0R1-zy_HLQwL2UN=s4088" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="4088" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP0wgCVuF3MuFvsZy_iM64dfXd20IeKlubCwVxz7MwSK0tjtSqBxqb61vVnvd5R7xdBjsZPTyeRF_5YmbNJ6hZOdQWOfMlJH52mp_EsdcsY3i4TwiSOtJcOjEKz1GMaMVUN90kS6w4g_Pf7_4r9UWoCsNNc_m36Kw68mPJCN7hM0R1-zy_HLQwL2UN=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I have some jokes for us to do!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4BHHx94Tr_4it9Q8keb_N_qvWbCQmORfbAR5MZL-C6RdlkPrV_UFsWMRE5u_aX5gdFIbJ0E6tgOquQ4IFN94d6TY0p6N_3pBOnJO2qKgmGpJDIHiOcC2bTCgM3izSNurBChfDihOXpI/s2048/20210628_081911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs4BHHx94Tr_4it9Q8keb_N_qvWbCQmORfbAR5MZL-C6RdlkPrV_UFsWMRE5u_aX5gdFIbJ0E6tgOquQ4IFN94d6TY0p6N_3pBOnJO2qKgmGpJDIHiOcC2bTCgM3izSNurBChfDihOXpI/w640-h480/20210628_081911.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <i>Humming "Sixteen Going on Seventeen"- </i><b>Cora:</b> Mom, what is that number song called again?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Cora</b> while flexing: I have little muscles and if bad guys come, I would be like "wham!" in the face of them!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Cora talking about before she was born:</i> I couldn't come because God was still making me. He was making my dresses and clothes..."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ82Wz2WRIN_iTwkCfTECbIcQU3RGWIrM3yNJhWGQErbo9RxNXBaSurC2O_FNDcfbk9JdbI5863Hw4RL598nO8pNB2mubgbMhMcT36x0VeR0-7FH35Es9AM10n1wgTwaoyzhDRloqs3nw/s2048/20210729_115901.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ82Wz2WRIN_iTwkCfTECbIcQU3RGWIrM3yNJhWGQErbo9RxNXBaSurC2O_FNDcfbk9JdbI5863Hw4RL598nO8pNB2mubgbMhMcT36x0VeR0-7FH35Es9AM10n1wgTwaoyzhDRloqs3nw/w640-h480/20210729_115901.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-91586775138931818242021-10-31T14:53:00.005-04:002021-11-12T13:30:17.857-05:00Life Lately {Autumn}<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm quite proud of how our little garden fared this year! We grew some California poppies, zinnias, cosmos, dahlias, and Tim and the girls planted sunflowers along our fence line. For edible goods we had lettuce, black winter mustard greens (which I left from last year and it amazingly survived the winter, along with the parsley plant!), some bell peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, a few herbs, and one lone tomato plant that limped along. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm kind of an unfortunate gardener-personality combination of "I'm just going to do this and see what happens", plus no mental energy to actually read up on things properly, so I consider ANY growth or produce a success! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do think our garden bed isn't deep enough for the tomato plants, so next year I'm going to try them in big pots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLgPKJijvlTon9STG2O-stEldR6SG2nGto81MFllqtrOKhs4RO426pn_ZQiFwFJjoTDTqc8oZsiFV9_XtQcRQmlEPPDak-n72CC1Sx1dRKuSifmJQsIeOpj2gCQYSTzXgrdy7kXHJUIg/s2048/DSC_0646.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was a hot day and they were out for a good few hours, so we rewarded their efforts with lunch at a local restaurant afterwards.:) I was so proud of them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRm0rFxb7Ml1-lttOksVLGN4Wmj_WigRTp1wxWTCMyQbBA3Dz8NYQhIZFyG57OcKXXIktwIdfVFt1qn6JE6R5T9568bUckfj9-9SxLYAhLiCbahCVKGsDhgNhhpuO2d4KcA60xTbbP6I/s2048/20210918_122435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRm0rFxb7Ml1-lttOksVLGN4Wmj_WigRTp1wxWTCMyQbBA3Dz8NYQhIZFyG57OcKXXIktwIdfVFt1qn6JE6R5T9568bUckfj9-9SxLYAhLiCbahCVKGsDhgNhhpuO2d4KcA60xTbbP6I/w480-h640/20210918_122435.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Heidi turned 7 at the end of September! We celebrated the day before with a family brunch and made bacon, eggs, <a href="https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/ham-and-cheese-croissant-bake/">this ham and cheese croissant bake,</a> two kinds of scones, had apple cider donuts from Aldi, spiral apple slices, and my sister made a gf coffee cake. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We love our seven girl!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year the girls started at a new school. Last spring Tim and I talked about the criteria for what we needed this school year to look like. We prayed a lot about it and voiced our views in letters, phone calls, and petitions. As a mom it was a difficult several months for me. There were lots of tears and sleepless nights on my end, and I really struggled with feelings of hopelessness at times. The school we had been at for several years finally came out with the information of what the school year would look like the day before we left for the beach, and Tim and I felt at peace that the writing was on the wall for us to un-enroll the girls. We had no concrete backup plan; Tim called a few schools on a whim to ask about the what their plans were and if they had room. Then, while we were on vacation, we got a call that a school we had heard was full months ago could fit all the girls and it fit what we were looking for, so here we are! It was a God-sent crazy whirl-wind of events, and I would never have expected this outcome even a a few months ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryqJ6LfdyljrrqfUVOt4BTqGA-Lmm_rqHZsNlx-t4kFiDe20HNIU5BpyEIecIT1KIrnolgqXHBlJriyzYrCylylFd3ZlDbPEmfvRLJk7ksAT3dZiJoLqN8s2rm7nx3B0HvVfK-TbLPkE/s2048/DSC_0949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjryqJ6LfdyljrrqfUVOt4BTqGA-Lmm_rqHZsNlx-t4kFiDe20HNIU5BpyEIecIT1KIrnolgqXHBlJriyzYrCylylFd3ZlDbPEmfvRLJk7ksAT3dZiJoLqN8s2rm7nx3B0HvVfK-TbLPkE/w640-h424/DSC_0949.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.............</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A few weeks ago we attended the funeral for my dad's cousin Jane who passed away unexpectedly. She got married later in life but was blessed with a daughter; it was so heartbreaking to see her husband and daughter at the funeral!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was special, though, to be able to meet her siblings who were the children of my paternal Grandpa's brother. They all grew up in Minnesota so we never knew them and Jane was the only one who moved out to the DC area. Our family's last name isn't common at all, so it was pretty great to hear the name mentioned several times and feel, "hey, there's more of us!".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfe1Fdw8qz3IO-3TTjtdYMgCzLMEqP4PEtITm74tGzfxGWurMxsfd17dq9VyXxtduFUrbPUyv7wwE8o21yvmSsUr0IAGSxeIrHv_-dyClzMJ8gLCZJsI0_hozT_wi6eNx25u6edUBm3A/s2048/20211002_175055.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfe1Fdw8qz3IO-3TTjtdYMgCzLMEqP4PEtITm74tGzfxGWurMxsfd17dq9VyXxtduFUrbPUyv7wwE8o21yvmSsUr0IAGSxeIrHv_-dyClzMJ8gLCZJsI0_hozT_wi6eNx25u6edUBm3A/w640-h480/20211002_175055.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">..........</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls had the day after Columbus Day off so we made the trek out to one of our favorite places, along with my sister and niece. It was a fun fall day. Orchard apples are just so good! And I made it a point to buy a decent amount of apple cider donuts- they're seasonal, after all.;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3ic86deEJ7HW78XcT7iw-vbuYZVSYqbyyzyJ1PHjH06bZ-ONTIq9rS2GEoBrUsHu_8IzFDR7e1IkjqcHQIzcOSz-8U2cBRVAbcKnl98SNjstEFCnJgPYZ94Nn1nNd4qQLmsTHjfGR2U/s2048/DSC_1650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3ic86deEJ7HW78XcT7iw-vbuYZVSYqbyyzyJ1PHjH06bZ-ONTIq9rS2GEoBrUsHu_8IzFDR7e1IkjqcHQIzcOSz-8U2cBRVAbcKnl98SNjstEFCnJgPYZ94Nn1nNd4qQLmsTHjfGR2U/w640-h424/DSC_1650.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RiygJPs47Lx8Xh1ZCf8_Y_xMBn6A-VKdAlv0IFZPHotfT8U3QOqX67hWflcfvLVRxybzE-Ics6IeXFJUzQ-P_ytamt_4hGmA9Ni-Ap4BNn4MsUmZN9yDQdGsYm1-muaPHO6cHSANJ3o/s2048/DSC_1651.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-74020336404114133712021-10-07T20:11:00.002-04:002021-11-12T13:31:21.716-05:00Beach 2021<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We took a vacation to the beach in August- one week just our family on Topsail Island and the following week with my family at Holden Beach also in NC. Tim and I kept the first beach week a surprise from the girls and told them the night before we left- it helped that they all attended a girls' day camp (really cute, headed up by two high school seniors) so I was able to stealth pack and shop the hours they were away each day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We drove down on a Saturday and it was probably one of the most arduous drives to the beach we've ever had! Traffic was heavy most of the way on 95 and to top it off it we drove through a torrential downpour for hours. Thankfully we arrived without incident!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our rental was a little duplex near the Sound and a few minutes walk to the nearest beach access. The next day we went to mass at the local parish- Tim happened to have been in the seminary with the visiting military chaplain- small world! Father was able to meet up with us at the beach later that afternoon and then came over to our place for pizza. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshBZTFibefkbEQE2CfKCZL7yxcfYTmR2hCL9K_cHQkTaYOCPoBLUircWVOAnFSXhyuHT-djkWtSwYVEvNYSydTwXrFPs05JnHvBEQtXbs7fQVCwH12ZSktFdKs8DstydicpdP9Mr3jhs/s2048/DSC_0734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshBZTFibefkbEQE2CfKCZL7yxcfYTmR2hCL9K_cHQkTaYOCPoBLUircWVOAnFSXhyuHT-djkWtSwYVEvNYSydTwXrFPs05JnHvBEQtXbs7fQVCwH12ZSktFdKs8DstydicpdP9Mr3jhs/w640-h424/DSC_0734.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That Monday was Evie's 10th birthday. Lucky kid to have another birthday at the beach! The day before she had picked out a cereal to have that morning (chocolate Lucky Charms- sugar rush!), then she opened her presents. We got her some books, her own beach towel, a basket bag also for the beach/ pool, a little retro kitchen timer, <a href="https://www.hand2mind.com/item/candy-creations-science-lab-kit">this Candy Creations STEM kit </a>(the price has definitely gone up since!), and some crafting/ sewing supplies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_3EVp07yG_oTkgH-hb97cUPI_pj88s3zNAslbRazFsvJEwJ-zjUxYfS6jX9EDOocEqkmXtj8l1ut8KX2HVLpACoGcUHk7oDUAplD-HKgBKxOrJYcv8XfDtY5cHfbEVdWAtSEbRnfgpk/s2048/BeFunky-collage+%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="2048" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD_3EVp07yG_oTkgH-hb97cUPI_pj88s3zNAslbRazFsvJEwJ-zjUxYfS6jX9EDOocEqkmXtj8l1ut8KX2HVLpACoGcUHk7oDUAplD-HKgBKxOrJYcv8XfDtY5cHfbEVdWAtSEbRnfgpk/w640-h420/BeFunky-collage+%25285%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I had heard about it from a friend a few years ago and had been wanting to visit. It was finally time! It was about a 50 minute drive, and once you arrive you buy tickets for a ferry that takes you to the island (about a 15 minute ride).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKP-2mrln6ng0ZjbawBpLd-Obm769XBMEgzSxrXzkzF0PXsqb5wFvuBIFc8ZaLf4UNrgLEY7AreNdecHqv-q49HIPVBoCJkI1aIMb3C6v6GTAVN2IzgWFs1NCfx-JQd__zNFDhyphenhyphen6_yh2s/s2048/DSC_0789.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKP-2mrln6ng0ZjbawBpLd-Obm769XBMEgzSxrXzkzF0PXsqb5wFvuBIFc8ZaLf4UNrgLEY7AreNdecHqv-q49HIPVBoCJkI1aIMb3C6v6GTAVN2IzgWFs1NCfx-JQd__zNFDhyphenhyphen6_yh2s/w640-h424/DSC_0789.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3y8TCxI43U9U2sldQr2jrMhCj0a_pTjgIa9WX9vpPGr3G-Fv9GQpHY-y2jbqlw7KIN4NJr0cyp_94Luy6Gmlymi5nCY1j0NL-rpJDcaiI0nhHWSRZtojE3P-6-6N38V7KBNM3ZJe5YM/s2048/DSC_0791.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3y8TCxI43U9U2sldQr2jrMhCj0a_pTjgIa9WX9vpPGr3G-Fv9GQpHY-y2jbqlw7KIN4NJr0cyp_94Luy6Gmlymi5nCY1j0NL-rpJDcaiI0nhHWSRZtojE3P-6-6N38V7KBNM3ZJe5YM/w640-h424/DSC_0791.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7QafnuTJ0vLkaZuXconUu_jeKzR419jfD9vu7TLvuSEHOup0Yxfo2-tUK9VxgVEo6biDftmPDnYGlR-GMKoxflySikrI2DzLgpOVZii0b2iNDlK9OVyIIbyKRG232FkPBj8gViZ0GRI/s2048/DSC_0793.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7QafnuTJ0vLkaZuXconUu_jeKzR419jfD9vu7TLvuSEHOup0Yxfo2-tUK9VxgVEo6biDftmPDnYGlR-GMKoxflySikrI2DzLgpOVZii0b2iNDlK9OVyIIbyKRG232FkPBj8gViZ0GRI/w640-h424/DSC_0793.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once we disembarked we had a bit of a trek to make it to the side with the beach. I really felt for the girls because it was hot and the air was stagnant!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaumXmOzb1QmhJNHIxRgtJInKHoAVfk_IJBuWfsto8QGZHhWymDD0QAXILCbDBovw54lv5s7nHMB3zfT6dDf7YHh3X37ktJV6jsw1_B9PsRW_iC8B6OmBmpXvnF_OEdiu5L8AN_qn6pY/s2048/DSC_0794.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCaumXmOzb1QmhJNHIxRgtJInKHoAVfk_IJBuWfsto8QGZHhWymDD0QAXILCbDBovw54lv5s7nHMB3zfT6dDf7YHh3X37ktJV6jsw1_B9PsRW_iC8B6OmBmpXvnF_OEdiu5L8AN_qn6pY/w640-h424/DSC_0794.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1tL4SSaN1ATgTyhDR95ZoATAPlJwPsZKRNba1Y4ozmM7X0WhXDBkeZHStJcdIowzHZSn5BDPadCSNwgSondGLsupNfeVt09WqCvVUGy7tA0U4VQGm7hi8-eZ2XzyN-vNjDt8Vu6gK0U/s2048/DSC_0795.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1tL4SSaN1ATgTyhDR95ZoATAPlJwPsZKRNba1Y4ozmM7X0WhXDBkeZHStJcdIowzHZSn5BDPadCSNwgSondGLsupNfeVt09WqCvVUGy7tA0U4VQGm7hi8-eZ2XzyN-vNjDt8Vu6gK0U/w640-h424/DSC_0795.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are bathroom facilities there and a sometimes open concession stand. People are also allowed to camp overnight. One thing we'd heard was that there were supposedly lots of great sea treasures- conch shells, sand dollars, etc. We did find some sand dollars halves, but I was kind of bummed not to find anything else; I know tides/ weather/ timing all play a role in that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQKmMYh8JtRzq2tLVCzEMPjp7siSLavW5emjE5PXjG6GE6ZLPFyUI_kzlDd0zmb0ZbhunX8e0XlKYvAs3y3Y2jivtdwq0A0EYERImMjgrsZTKw0SsdBHIKy6dX7j1-ZYbDHsxBpFfRdc/s2048/20210810_100447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQKmMYh8JtRzq2tLVCzEMPjp7siSLavW5emjE5PXjG6GE6ZLPFyUI_kzlDd0zmb0ZbhunX8e0XlKYvAs3y3Y2jivtdwq0A0EYERImMjgrsZTKw0SsdBHIKy6dX7j1-ZYbDHsxBpFfRdc/w480-h640/20210810_100447.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">One thing that was so sad was that many restaurants were short staffed, some so much so that wait times were really long or all the food was prepared to go. So many businesses are desperate to hire!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZKogIrmAsgkdAXrBdf6pHnGnjFfQ6IjNGqCjNjD0pPmpFHPbA6BOFyAFkowQPTYGr_YMREkhaJXznD_SRxCyfiyDxcsczf60QR7WKttbFEwRBFFmG9Q8bPqlFDJAEwv2UzP4NOFNKLE/s2048/DSC_0808.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZKogIrmAsgkdAXrBdf6pHnGnjFfQ6IjNGqCjNjD0pPmpFHPbA6BOFyAFkowQPTYGr_YMREkhaJXznD_SRxCyfiyDxcsczf60QR7WKttbFEwRBFFmG9Q8bPqlFDJAEwv2UzP4NOFNKLE/w640-h424/DSC_0808.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TVZSTOx-PXIaIbt8_YGzYSxUabhAdMDNzwnDq6LJziQX4upKJgsUvMEsKZp__goIwOOqWqsBFxI4-LyEnoD8FQfPOx_ijyvGpIwSuOSLdpfOBE73BphgApuWwsLsgS34iLt0csqwWcw/s2048/DSC_0810.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TVZSTOx-PXIaIbt8_YGzYSxUabhAdMDNzwnDq6LJziQX4upKJgsUvMEsKZp__goIwOOqWqsBFxI4-LyEnoD8FQfPOx_ijyvGpIwSuOSLdpfOBE73BphgApuWwsLsgS34iLt0csqwWcw/w640-h424/DSC_0810.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiyR2HqFleNawV8SmpsVhgnNo5pq9bOSxtu5ATsZlEIfyN3o0NB5qRKc4EvHGuQSmqXEVMiw7m57hcUsN-XNeTV5T0fiXcIvCMCl0GFlHYzXi91xikjLSCQWUvQJSWuK1hKKcCb7Y-2I/s2048/DSC_0812.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqiyR2HqFleNawV8SmpsVhgnNo5pq9bOSxtu5ATsZlEIfyN3o0NB5qRKc4EvHGuQSmqXEVMiw7m57hcUsN-XNeTV5T0fiXcIvCMCl0GFlHYzXi91xikjLSCQWUvQJSWuK1hKKcCb7Y-2I/w424-h640/DSC_0812.JPG" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfVOqFeNBjBq2GzS7G7lSXdBYBawmBlV6taIE_TYwUQRDdahe-xFzxA7zpbaj6LdjLh0_w29cio1eJNi4yooCh7o4cKWpRHH0VOWjl2PpwXkeq5X6S3WuPnzIbBAH6kmo54TT-ecHVNw/s2048/20210812_100641.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwfVOqFeNBjBq2GzS7G7lSXdBYBawmBlV6taIE_TYwUQRDdahe-xFzxA7zpbaj6LdjLh0_w29cio1eJNi4yooCh7o4cKWpRHH0VOWjl2PpwXkeq5X6S3WuPnzIbBAH6kmo54TT-ecHVNw/w640-h480/20210812_100641.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKeEo34-ikjnufjG2zjyfsY16Qknu3_w43PypTNvaLIJkQ9DfRytLr0sk-sad4efbeAtYIafCJMcc6YuFPWFUv8lzXaVr2ZHt8dGTwM_aHeHWx8cSh0hSdxpiT1f3Opizr2IiypTKGGc/s2048/20210812_095535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKeEo34-ikjnufjG2zjyfsY16Qknu3_w43PypTNvaLIJkQ9DfRytLr0sk-sad4efbeAtYIafCJMcc6YuFPWFUv8lzXaVr2ZHt8dGTwM_aHeHWx8cSh0hSdxpiT1f3Opizr2IiypTKGGc/w640-h480/20210812_095535.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorDUFh4WENU6CyuPxUWDoG1xhKl1y3Dy_rWB-gGxXU-qlDHtcvPh3HcVRF2r7fKvmVuGGK128eHJgvxBk8Tc1yimcYUo3o0Z277B9wS2zk2JNcbtMrRC18NSDxML9RsRIds69j5bhGwk/s2048/DSC_0814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorDUFh4WENU6CyuPxUWDoG1xhKl1y3Dy_rWB-gGxXU-qlDHtcvPh3HcVRF2r7fKvmVuGGK128eHJgvxBk8Tc1yimcYUo3o0Z277B9wS2zk2JNcbtMrRC18NSDxML9RsRIds69j5bhGwk/w640-h424/DSC_0814.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That Saturday we checked out of our rental, got a bite to eat at a diner on the North Pier, and then headed to the local Fantastic Sams for haircuts (we knew we would have to eat up time before checking into the rental with my family at three and four of us needed cuts- win, win!). After that we moseyed on down to Holden Beach and stopped at some used bookstores on the way. One of the ones in Wilmington was SO good and had a great selection in the kids' section. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFF4Mdny_vqPo4LtVqlV4r6TmQabs1vQxBDlI6I58E82q1gLN_S4joTBMkwr9u7BrYcXpCwUHwJ_y3Fh8zVx3ApFZrCj-dJ6ybL2hIVPvyza4yqnjpDh155Ef5kurLsYnH_dtvyS0nPOM/s2048/20210814_132752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFF4Mdny_vqPo4LtVqlV4r6TmQabs1vQxBDlI6I58E82q1gLN_S4joTBMkwr9u7BrYcXpCwUHwJ_y3Fh8zVx3ApFZrCj-dJ6ybL2hIVPvyza4yqnjpDh155Ef5kurLsYnH_dtvyS0nPOM/w480-h640/20210814_132752.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Unfortunately just days before this beach week my dad had some health issues flair up that necessitated a scheduled MRI being moved up, so he and my mom decided to stay home. It was so disappointing for all of us but in the end it was a wise decision, as he was able to get the rest he needed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROn00_AMnxrhx5cq4pzpsWXH2oPCmtirRkK1IpxlrMTgiao2tCHBVWEEG1lM6pvAlWj-_806ypDfj3drf78tdF5HKn8Vk4U4MgsdOxLUAwCE5eXlFiXj31XY0VqsArhv3pIKpelgFUYI/s2048/DSC_0940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROn00_AMnxrhx5cq4pzpsWXH2oPCmtirRkK1IpxlrMTgiao2tCHBVWEEG1lM6pvAlWj-_806ypDfj3drf78tdF5HKn8Vk4U4MgsdOxLUAwCE5eXlFiXj31XY0VqsArhv3pIKpelgFUYI/w640-h424/DSC_0940.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohRr0MI23mUXmbEiZEX2VC_kZM3aoVu0LWuVm6Nx4Yjcz2bl48KYtm0YPAupsRu4ZSFS8Q9o2rAsdOxvvc6miEF-qcR20ZtVhpQSucKcvdQfuQpWYshORx9_pzHaM5DlXg2VKMBCIIyI/s2048/DSC_0931.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohRr0MI23mUXmbEiZEX2VC_kZM3aoVu0LWuVm6Nx4Yjcz2bl48KYtm0YPAupsRu4ZSFS8Q9o2rAsdOxvvc6miEF-qcR20ZtVhpQSucKcvdQfuQpWYshORx9_pzHaM5DlXg2VKMBCIIyI/w640-h424/DSC_0931.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg7LR-l0FzAJ53_A0YQyVZSgbnqzCQbB4spYJPgcYNv7XevEiGhz0BQEmFfP6_BshDbyxka6vALzCRvSyofdWja6dVYgvU4429bvEE8iynmvMQ6oZeym1ElGcBviZZaOlt50G1SxrRwM/s2048/DSC_0892+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg7LR-l0FzAJ53_A0YQyVZSgbnqzCQbB4spYJPgcYNv7XevEiGhz0BQEmFfP6_BshDbyxka6vALzCRvSyofdWja6dVYgvU4429bvEE8iynmvMQ6oZeym1ElGcBviZZaOlt50G1SxrRwM/w640-h424/DSC_0892+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The girls were so excited to spend time with lots of cousins. We had the same rental house as last year but with new owners. A little toy area was added since last year which was a BIG hit with all of the kids (and subsequently spread out over most of the downstairs😆).</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc78AxoY4RUaIDbdEuRutsOFat3hpVo71ozwXLrmkBoNKIiNqFVOkMPrKobqy-WF8ddKfO6oBqCMMSyvoba4X4LoHw11AUzycIOGJzD-36BNEj6t2T3bd45nIQzLf-g4byeQ7Y1FLaEnw/s2048/DSC_0888.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc78AxoY4RUaIDbdEuRutsOFat3hpVo71ozwXLrmkBoNKIiNqFVOkMPrKobqy-WF8ddKfO6oBqCMMSyvoba4X4LoHw11AUzycIOGJzD-36BNEj6t2T3bd45nIQzLf-g4byeQ7Y1FLaEnw/w640-h424/DSC_0888.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the days it rained most of the day and you could see a water spout in the distance!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6O557TJVUzQuxu7W57GAzm6pzXxjRolfMxSaqS7go9gh_ptOV6bVATmrd7UKn13DdZymzghkadV_CNbJe7hn-yzQFitxDzMsqXhDx8DvystVSCyuhUfmbse5AsyVBv76v8lU_P_RyNw/s2048/DSC_0883+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK6O557TJVUzQuxu7W57GAzm6pzXxjRolfMxSaqS7go9gh_ptOV6bVATmrd7UKn13DdZymzghkadV_CNbJe7hn-yzQFitxDzMsqXhDx8DvystVSCyuhUfmbse5AsyVBv76v8lU_P_RyNw/w640-h424/DSC_0883+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAnCn5UU5GaIcc9tkOWRubCw-NbdD6tjWIG3DCWJAHdLOU2hMw5laD6swF0sTMYkX1MjjQyCuXAxhhJi5tO3wLBrVFJDLKvKz9lREN0dauGga13GhHU2xX7gmsQL7rnwzJyXtTdY4T4c/s2048/DSC_0871.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAnCn5UU5GaIcc9tkOWRubCw-NbdD6tjWIG3DCWJAHdLOU2hMw5laD6swF0sTMYkX1MjjQyCuXAxhhJi5tO3wLBrVFJDLKvKz9lREN0dauGga13GhHU2xX7gmsQL7rnwzJyXtTdY4T4c/w640-h424/DSC_0871.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1N3MjMCQo3WRLck-qBhlf9ojqVloUviL0KqUv6szFHAyH9qmW7dHEx8ezaqal7eB0Cz-XLAdKvs_Qvakfc6D32UvBp9aXLa2vdzkHNXtz9G83cKC6V_txDIAX3o6x10kTTLz0VMJRW4/s2048/DSC_0867.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1N3MjMCQo3WRLck-qBhlf9ojqVloUviL0KqUv6szFHAyH9qmW7dHEx8ezaqal7eB0Cz-XLAdKvs_Qvakfc6D32UvBp9aXLa2vdzkHNXtz9G83cKC6V_txDIAX3o6x10kTTLz0VMJRW4/w640-h424/DSC_0867.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My oldest nephew did a lot of fishing and caught an abundance of fish- even some small sharks.👀 Two different times he cooked fish that he caught. I was able to sample a bite of one of them and it was delicious!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihe21zbCkPJ02ZnpoMRJw8l-DL4S9pkV4u1ygJz8zlj_6i-7oSwmTAp4q7j9EUNQm9QdRs7mDy_pH4V_uaBEyskeQMQIbEGwB5zbGeCdDBxntVjQ_K78JCqbYCzD_3GAPUPOr5Wplp07c/s2048/DSC_0863.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihe21zbCkPJ02ZnpoMRJw8l-DL4S9pkV4u1ygJz8zlj_6i-7oSwmTAp4q7j9EUNQm9QdRs7mDy_pH4V_uaBEyskeQMQIbEGwB5zbGeCdDBxntVjQ_K78JCqbYCzD_3GAPUPOr5Wplp07c/w640-h424/DSC_0863.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj3ui2zwK1xFCcjeqNhtC9O2NT1aOfxI-P-np2OZPoz7mKJMLEES9zq96YEs6aSNXBD8UuYnPWuv3VBHMr4k6xLbW2Bp-jSuBMkmdca8lgiy_Qej_ABwCUoJxSBbIyEx4-k6eczr5WRbA/s2048/DSC_0862.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The day we were to leave was our 11th anniversary, so my sisters offered to watch the girls so Tim and I could go out the night before. We found a local farm to table place to eat at and enjoyed a good anniversary meal! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3Ra0GfxjSY3Cn2DbvEBsNb3kfYV_P9SJ_eHgxgMOyk7YF957rH448e7fUten68ER_ixfJDNA3H_l-VTbKR0iQecbCmbgDi3wikWoRBZDrkcbKiCxKfJyUMPqntuIX-KCUts37ZZKoiE/s2048/20210820_171324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB3Ra0GfxjSY3Cn2DbvEBsNb3kfYV_P9SJ_eHgxgMOyk7YF957rH448e7fUten68ER_ixfJDNA3H_l-VTbKR0iQecbCmbgDi3wikWoRBZDrkcbKiCxKfJyUMPqntuIX-KCUts37ZZKoiE/w480-h640/20210820_171324.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thankful for another summer beach trip in the books.:)</div><br />Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-30311656500312802002021-09-01T21:42:00.006-04:002021-09-02T22:12:04.425-04:00A First Communion & Other Happenings<p style="text-align: center;">Something I forgot to mention in my last post- also in April our power went out for 24 hours! It doesn't sound so horrible typing it out, but having no water, no electricity, and no internet for an entire day really makes life stagnant (you can't really DO anything productive) and unpleasant (no washing, working toilets, opening of fridge). I kept trying to tell myself, "Texas had it much worse!" but it still completely stunk- it also didn't help that the "estimated time of completion" for it being fixed changed multiple times (I much prefer being upfront with worst case scenarios than timelines that are moving goal posts!).</p><p style="text-align: center;"> We had had heavy winds and a power pole in our neighborhood snapped in two. The electricity crew had to bring in lines through the woods and other such things which took quite a while. One bright spot was that when we took a family walk down to the site several neighbors we had never met before were congregated there. We all shook hands and talked for several minutes. No distancing or hesitancy on anyone's part- wonderful, normal human interaction.❤</p><p style="text-align: center;">............</p><p style="text-align: center;">My grandma's 100th birthday would have been in mid-May, so my mom's family organized a meet-up at her grave site. It was so good to see and talk with everyone who could come. Tim stayed home with the girls since we didn't know how strict things would be at Arlington National Cemetery (it ended up only being a hassle to use the bathrooms).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAULsaeEC25LzYplIjW9gNthxKKs6AfYrC41aFKcNo3ddXYcHQAM9pu7IJm_3n-nk2UoDDgbfzwC2qQ_paTSpH3tuKkQZyUjm658Rh4KcV9YfKSOSyWTT2VIdRLQ9UODIlkar6O1Tms6c/s2048/20210516_140615+%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAULsaeEC25LzYplIjW9gNthxKKs6AfYrC41aFKcNo3ddXYcHQAM9pu7IJm_3n-nk2UoDDgbfzwC2qQ_paTSpH3tuKkQZyUjm658Rh4KcV9YfKSOSyWTT2VIdRLQ9UODIlkar6O1Tms6c/w640-h480/20210516_140615+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My uncle made a "100" with peonies from his yard</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJw20uEGSsgNP377KUvqr7UOKnu52YaHmgmg8nErEQ-OHlFx0XQ_daDDxpG75-b03iwIGKPdPrBX3Kxxo_561UzPsVhWBqUK4AKF3iy-9N7Jza0QqOnSlnDZTawCJNjt2jd6YY8LqYhY/s2048/20210516_145320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJw20uEGSsgNP377KUvqr7UOKnu52YaHmgmg8nErEQ-OHlFx0XQ_daDDxpG75-b03iwIGKPdPrBX3Kxxo_561UzPsVhWBqUK4AKF3iy-9N7Jza0QqOnSlnDZTawCJNjt2jd6YY8LqYhY/w640-h480/20210516_145320.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">.........</div><p style="text-align: center;">In late May Audrey received her First Holy Communion! 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The girls kept talking about the climbing/playground apparatus the rink had, so that says everything about how successfully the actual skating went, but fun was had!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tim made her cake and the older girls enjoyed putting the whipped cream and strawberries on. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a3OL2lyPhwav9pwN9YU7tjkecHPHOQTlSEoulbyaFNSo5iPETF-BEenAVtFPwEM-6U663SrN5sAz-633-ds9Edp6kOSH_Hm0yCE2u-blRwZjmxiXKzvXUh6sotXMKlGSF0gh__49qH0/s2048/DSC_0377.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3a3OL2lyPhwav9pwN9YU7tjkecHPHOQTlSEoulbyaFNSo5iPETF-BEenAVtFPwEM-6U663SrN5sAz-633-ds9Edp6kOSH_Hm0yCE2u-blRwZjmxiXKzvXUh6sotXMKlGSF0gh__49qH0/w640-h424/DSC_0377.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I loved how they were all able to participate together- I'm a bit wistful because it's probably one of the only summers where their ages will align for that to happen!</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRypuSsiidveeWy6AG3aGVii-WM5dlBCxBoPCroyPhpFCxdJBW4Y-sG-PVhlHYrH5fex5lnjXTbufmQMekp9ESoUFZCnq2ySkX4JENBPnLf4tZ4ZjmQFdRp_96jfGqJoWmufK8dD9WYw4/s2048/20210709_115939.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRypuSsiidveeWy6AG3aGVii-WM5dlBCxBoPCroyPhpFCxdJBW4Y-sG-PVhlHYrH5fex5lnjXTbufmQMekp9ESoUFZCnq2ySkX4JENBPnLf4tZ4ZjmQFdRp_96jfGqJoWmufK8dD9WYw4/w640-h480/20210709_115939.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick trip for peach and blueberry picking</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">Evie was the runner up in her class to participate in the school's Catholic Cup competition (4th grade and up) and ended up participating in the contest at the last second, as the first place participant wasn't in attendance that day. I was able to watch via Zoom and was so proud of how well she did!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On Good Friday I was heading down our driveway on my way to the grocery store, when suddenly I wasn't because a huge tree of our neighbor's had completely fallen across the driveway! Thankfully Tim was working from home and was able to get it cut up and cleared enough for everyone to get out (we share a driveway).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Evie solemnly stated about the event, "It's too bad that this happened on Good Friday when we're fasting. Every calorie will be needed to clear the tree." Indeed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We attended the 3 o'clock service at our parish on Good Friday for the first time with all the girls, and our usual mass time on Easter Sunday. We had beautiful weather and a lovely Easter morning! 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We stayed in a little rental house in town within walking distance to some restaurants and other sites. Thankfully we had warmish and sunny weather for the days we were there! I was madly watching the weather, willing it to be as warm as possible. The only slight downside to going in April was that many of the eateries were closed or only had weekend hours. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Another thing I didn't know is that the beach access is on Assateague Island (just a few minutes' drive away). You have to pay to enter but we have a year long National Park pass via Evie- <a href="https://www.nps.gov/kids/every-kid-outdoors.htm" target="_blank">it's free for any 4th grader </a>(highly recommend!)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2i8cnpWWg-sPi6RnwFEpGgqzp4L8TCvw39D4HookjKmzSB-JZpskYOllUoeKaGaIUA4QigXJhfmS4GzMIsAQ03NA23Om8g1FqAkYqA1ZsQJSlPx_e1VsernHzhXgye1kCG52UdY2YeE/s2048/DSC_9134.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2i8cnpWWg-sPi6RnwFEpGgqzp4L8TCvw39D4HookjKmzSB-JZpskYOllUoeKaGaIUA4QigXJhfmS4GzMIsAQ03NA23Om8g1FqAkYqA1ZsQJSlPx_e1VsernHzhXgye1kCG52UdY2YeE/w640-h424/DSC_9134.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qxcrNeDsw6jg8QmrF-aLB0KfRcQT7RXNHutWHTqlJJq-Z_0nQsCAt3LlSSOyK0xQM_0ob4uGTgcRV1Qyip2HCoF1NGbBHJajcB3skxPPPm_M9-OgrLYW6DYbn9MJQPX8Q9wj_TvvhyU/s2048/DSC_9148.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We tried a few firsts while there- mini-golfing, and bike rentals for the nature trails. For the bikes Cora rode in one of those tented attachments and Heidi rode a bike attached to Tim's that didn't depend on her pedaling. She was such a trouper for balancing on it so well! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was a great little family trip and fun to explore a new place. I think one of the highlights for the girls was that the rental house had a (disconnected) rotary phone that they loved playing with.😆</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">A few documentary/ interview style things Tim and I really enjoyed watching this spring:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The first two happen to be Economists and have so much wisdom to share!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World </b>(can view on YouTube or Amazon Prime)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Walter Williams: Suffer No Fools</b> (we viewed it on Amazon Prime, also might be on YT)</div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words</b> (We watched it on PBS. It was available on Prime but Amazon removed it during Black History month- big oops on their part!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a great week!</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-66182785168279116462021-04-04T22:52:00.000-04:002021-04-04T22:52:04.242-04:00Lately Around the House<p style="text-align: center;"> This probably doesn't need to be said, but at any rate- when it comes to home decor or projects around the house I quite lack expansive creative vision and I have even less skill (or patience) to carry said vision out (also to note- we haven't painted one single room in the 6+ years we've lived in this house, despite the need and dislike of several wall colors. So.). However, I do get excited when I make little changes here and there! (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl6s6DGapug" target="_blank">Bob Wiley </a>would affirm my baby steps.)</p><p style="text-align: center;">We finally purchased two dressers (via Goodwill) that went into Evie & Audrey's room, so Heidi's room acquired their old Ikea one. I also purchased some prints (from <a href="https://www.studiosenn.com/" target="_blank">Studio Senn </a>& <a href="https://shininglightdolls.com/">Shining Light Dolls)</a> and frames for the wall, and thrifted the mirror, books, and brass carousel horse. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyM8BqJh0jf0W297r-eIaW5bzwRXVfMG7QqYFW8mqr7NawqVaIB6cbjgH_YqUKMF01o1mFrqwoutS8f-T_zqhVRpnF6Xp7jZ-z9Ka-GX8yKAVGUe0m-ZnWHYI4C7uI77FNHzi2taBHas/s2048/DSC_9052.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyM8BqJh0jf0W297r-eIaW5bzwRXVfMG7QqYFW8mqr7NawqVaIB6cbjgH_YqUKMF01o1mFrqwoutS8f-T_zqhVRpnF6Xp7jZ-z9Ka-GX8yKAVGUe0m-ZnWHYI4C7uI77FNHzi2taBHas/w640-h424/DSC_9052.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tCb1h20XYkN2kHku1UmiRaizAvgMF9LoIwEV5O-5E7Tr_3_06ybnPNyUu7oxXI5RY1lEPm5YDODTvs07uXOth_1pFFPlOmHreg7QhxnxYRualt4uz1MN0xdz6XE56AAmf8jfnYX5BIE/s2048/DSC_9055.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9tCb1h20XYkN2kHku1UmiRaizAvgMF9LoIwEV5O-5E7Tr_3_06ybnPNyUu7oxXI5RY1lEPm5YDODTvs07uXOth_1pFFPlOmHreg7QhxnxYRualt4uz1MN0xdz6XE56AAmf8jfnYX5BIE/w640-h424/DSC_9055.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The doll is "Heidi" which my mom had given her for her birthday a few years ago.:)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNemT44mr6JJEna_5iIKBpVQiG69hguCePuME4fEToaQaRnQfALaPVKOSMOWNtartFMC16SjCEoO86WYMydaDnr0NVynqTI8ccgT8fKb6MLtkAtPQMMCpFhlBT-ulFdM1cNj0G399Yyo/s2048/DSC_8784.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNemT44mr6JJEna_5iIKBpVQiG69hguCePuME4fEToaQaRnQfALaPVKOSMOWNtartFMC16SjCEoO86WYMydaDnr0NVynqTI8ccgT8fKb6MLtkAtPQMMCpFhlBT-ulFdM1cNj0G399Yyo/w640-h424/DSC_8784.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few other things around the house that I've thrifted recently. (Tbh- the wicker decor bandwagon has completely swept me up.)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xk99QUbT9-ZzuZh4UYtq6buP5_syRJ-5_p5GhHauY4G3hFiJBqlm-wpyfmANuE_wUEfdU9gCtYsBjeq1k6f_jznP66GRavsSsIOVEIOOnTbfRI4imKWRa_BfiXB9y2Xpvj-qKcrWRAg/s2048/DSC_8786.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xk99QUbT9-ZzuZh4UYtq6buP5_syRJ-5_p5GhHauY4G3hFiJBqlm-wpyfmANuE_wUEfdU9gCtYsBjeq1k6f_jznP66GRavsSsIOVEIOOnTbfRI4imKWRa_BfiXB9y2Xpvj-qKcrWRAg/w640-h424/DSC_8786.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmemdMFAH7CL00onEJEjbNNhqHBYsNYiQDKtDiyLpNXRDM0eXqCGjQezRgHt4NNw3w_VaMUw0SXrmM72QVy3NU8ONYPfgR3RajE2ZWHsLIdgBO766bdGE2D7rUnMJfKsg29vn2b3OK5Q/s2048/DSC_8787.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmemdMFAH7CL00onEJEjbNNhqHBYsNYiQDKtDiyLpNXRDM0eXqCGjQezRgHt4NNw3w_VaMUw0SXrmM72QVy3NU8ONYPfgR3RajE2ZWHsLIdgBO766bdGE2D7rUnMJfKsg29vn2b3OK5Q/w640-h424/DSC_8787.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">wicker magazine rack for books</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And I thought these brass little guys were just too cute to pass up. There was a whole slew of brass figurines at Goodwill that had undoubtedly been donated by one person; I'm trying to let myself not regret getting a couple more!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKl8eY997fEiMx-jRXPfSgcAY9wCxLHTjSw5jIaSdqkMGU0hKEXW88J3FYZNl6HWyNpQNCrHXHng8dXDgryFjnAKJA8nFL4G2uD_gqjlLf4RlL-tuWAkXp901OxK5vJ4ABi6zAS02ifXk/s2048/DSC_8801.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKl8eY997fEiMx-jRXPfSgcAY9wCxLHTjSw5jIaSdqkMGU0hKEXW88J3FYZNl6HWyNpQNCrHXHng8dXDgryFjnAKJA8nFL4G2uD_gqjlLf4RlL-tuWAkXp901OxK5vJ4ABi6zAS02ifXk/w640-h424/DSC_8801.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDHDo6aVC8DXWR7WvAPx03X8Id1P8Ccn1_hF0gzo-GmpUWOUGRvcFdLqnP60xHHgPiT7KTYNipi_EyIpcJ7zXV92ROhG6_slIcFnpp8ffrv_HLljvzUJaK_I5NRnywFsqKG4_lB_syog/s2048/DSC_8803.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZDHDo6aVC8DXWR7WvAPx03X8Id1P8Ccn1_hF0gzo-GmpUWOUGRvcFdLqnP60xHHgPiT7KTYNipi_EyIpcJ7zXV92ROhG6_slIcFnpp8ffrv_HLljvzUJaK_I5NRnywFsqKG4_lB_syog/w640-h424/DSC_8803.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">That's all for now.:)</div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-25777574946619223072021-03-15T14:42:00.004-04:002021-03-15T14:42:25.209-04:00Christmas and Beyond<p style="text-align: center;"> Let's see if I can hit publish on this before Easter...</p><p style="text-align: center;">We had a nice Christmas this year! We attended Christmas Eve mass and then hosted my family at our house afterwards. We had a mix of hors d'oeuvres, and I tried my hand at crock pot hot chocolate + toppings- I think next year I need to figure out a more accessible serving spot for that. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6r_EAPlfPeIqEPuGqeJBWD2iahERwTON4g_22gAVxO3cXVTkoPs6GtH5nHKyUsb1r1-hGBg3MMeE2tF69XCUpNh06L08LODo0l7_zVCNGhMdlmlG3Pyl38jruX-CYuAIr_8s_PlNbe0/s2048/DSC_7423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6r_EAPlfPeIqEPuGqeJBWD2iahERwTON4g_22gAVxO3cXVTkoPs6GtH5nHKyUsb1r1-hGBg3MMeE2tF69XCUpNh06L08LODo0l7_zVCNGhMdlmlG3Pyl38jruX-CYuAIr_8s_PlNbe0/w640-h424/DSC_7423.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKUWDpnkwiUamwQ0BNxUR19QOw_ubKqhotfNsQ1MJjk5C032nIIlehxz8egb60IWON3t-uMfbAK-1Jt9x4p9C-yFxBFdk6_RpVke78dvR1l7B3o1SjJknw78wzsDCVLFvzA_gPh_nPrw/s2048/DSC_7424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKUWDpnkwiUamwQ0BNxUR19QOw_ubKqhotfNsQ1MJjk5C032nIIlehxz8egb60IWON3t-uMfbAK-1Jt9x4p9C-yFxBFdk6_RpVke78dvR1l7B3o1SjJknw78wzsDCVLFvzA_gPh_nPrw/w640-h424/DSC_7424.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiR5t30oG6xtZR_BUxutlEcHY89MKXszUg54pCFpvQO0ChhVnEE14TejYq6QAlqg3PrVIMh8t0hljawlS2fNdICs-xn_sNL7ATQa9zGZm3UHS4vp_3ahCknJAzTaWlmD8slsganJU9wY/s1008/14658.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTiR5t30oG6xtZR_BUxutlEcHY89MKXszUg54pCFpvQO0ChhVnEE14TejYq6QAlqg3PrVIMh8t0hljawlS2fNdICs-xn_sNL7ATQa9zGZm3UHS4vp_3ahCknJAzTaWlmD8slsganJU9wY/w480-h640/14658.jpeg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cora had fallen asleep during mass and was still waking up for the photo.:)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJt4Y0BBDwzGfpcoBWOwEiQdXoRikC6jWND9EOhO0uCrTC-mZJRW5odTNpPWx83nbHRIHbQLGJObzf7kbvnR__B_62RcM6xu_qOsZafcCqBQMqkxnmzVJ_LSiTHT4rPtlHoRlJE_0PQg/s1008/14664.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJt4Y0BBDwzGfpcoBWOwEiQdXoRikC6jWND9EOhO0uCrTC-mZJRW5odTNpPWx83nbHRIHbQLGJObzf7kbvnR__B_62RcM6xu_qOsZafcCqBQMqkxnmzVJ_LSiTHT4rPtlHoRlJE_0PQg/w480-h640/14664.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The older cousins put together a Christmas Carol program for the unsuspecting grown-ups.;)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-uUfKM_Q1D6FTJkct73cdSlgtnq_KK_7-dUMOPpuYS3X6Ss3qE88E2yIY6VqImrdaGus5CpAanJXkfGmDgAie9YbNS4WARQnoMEOn06qfbsA3HqFiBxvXeuBLRu5sx6afWKOZoJ5Kvo/s2048/DSC_7425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="2048" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-uUfKM_Q1D6FTJkct73cdSlgtnq_KK_7-dUMOPpuYS3X6Ss3qE88E2yIY6VqImrdaGus5CpAanJXkfGmDgAie9YbNS4WARQnoMEOn06qfbsA3HqFiBxvXeuBLRu5sx6afWKOZoJ5Kvo/w640-h454/DSC_7425.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Afterwards the grown-ups exchanged Advent Friend gifts, and then it was to all a goodnight. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxeMc0MCWguil9xI2QRJ2DLf4VVUxU8mAKSI55HZc21STcG3Bg9z7OOcrodVnEJbjKEr_Y3fo0JgtKtsY2tBwvZE8XNz87l4-urW_xsxua_wMXI-8xiY-_dOwh9AxqWvHVlN80K3Jisw/s2048/DSC_7432.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxeMc0MCWguil9xI2QRJ2DLf4VVUxU8mAKSI55HZc21STcG3Bg9z7OOcrodVnEJbjKEr_Y3fo0JgtKtsY2tBwvZE8XNz87l4-urW_xsxua_wMXI-8xiY-_dOwh9AxqWvHVlN80K3Jisw/w640-h424/DSC_7432.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4RrZFPVHY4XWV1IoHW3BpChEtEWjn2KwNRJpDPw3UHtVg0POzDNh8cnfgdZOyaAP6HGK2pwsyOpYtcHpPkWH9cwhmVBrv_5Sjvnge6Fz1r74kn5eVhWlY3BI_5xOSE818C3xDhTq228/s2048/DSC_7434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4RrZFPVHY4XWV1IoHW3BpChEtEWjn2KwNRJpDPw3UHtVg0POzDNh8cnfgdZOyaAP6HGK2pwsyOpYtcHpPkWH9cwhmVBrv_5Sjvnge6Fz1r74kn5eVhWlY3BI_5xOSE818C3xDhTq228/w640-h424/DSC_7434.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This year Tim and I slept in until 8am on Christmas day. Oops! The girls were really patient about waiting to open gifts, although I think stockings and candy helped a bit with that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J_ZXw19Zq6dE1aJaoL4KRZT70wPwkSRGDNhEJfgX6xrTNFb9iHghKPyKvu7VU4NGtxNgPzotho1Bu7DPfFktmilVwYyHZFcMGKSCw3n9dZ76mxcSF-C3aOli1urk1ILwkGJH8LVOH48/s2048/DSC_7441.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J_ZXw19Zq6dE1aJaoL4KRZT70wPwkSRGDNhEJfgX6xrTNFb9iHghKPyKvu7VU4NGtxNgPzotho1Bu7DPfFktmilVwYyHZFcMGKSCw3n9dZ76mxcSF-C3aOli1urk1ILwkGJH8LVOH48/w640-h424/DSC_7441.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtN09A5fsu1J0zRl8HhfagBr8UzJuUQupENtM8ZEgKRbjKQ2CvZE83T5VYbiZc_a9sypZgDqI1jOteD6NHVpy8NFddYZFUgoRIl75RD0-QPKHRj8hX_cexunXE7wD8O_ctfXF2gfQ2oQ/s2048/DSC_7443.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtN09A5fsu1J0zRl8HhfagBr8UzJuUQupENtM8ZEgKRbjKQ2CvZE83T5VYbiZc_a9sypZgDqI1jOteD6NHVpy8NFddYZFUgoRIl75RD0-QPKHRj8hX_cexunXE7wD8O_ctfXF2gfQ2oQ/w640-h424/DSC_7443.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbOTwhyw9f3Y0q_MtYomXdfvOuU3R0Ecthr1TLrvadLApqbBDZrM8xxE3WnTBH16PvTE_WYJRYOBKD4BDPP9cIlkVOf_2VC8SzfZBEZ_xs_bemMX3j_dxTTbcyRaTgk2OCUisxMIZXGU/s2048/DSC_7445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUbOTwhyw9f3Y0q_MtYomXdfvOuU3R0Ecthr1TLrvadLApqbBDZrM8xxE3WnTBH16PvTE_WYJRYOBKD4BDPP9cIlkVOf_2VC8SzfZBEZ_xs_bemMX3j_dxTTbcyRaTgk2OCUisxMIZXGU/w640-h424/DSC_7445.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_37OrMuCYq-aQVX8QX2qrwXnxItw8WZ92YOWm5t0qSu35gtUbPy1yvbYe3Qf3LJc1lgdxTpszf6RoaZoMXvskxJ1yviwBOXv9kgJFDOwp1Rt70F_CapuPftcOGjfKpV62ub5gy7-TRz4/s2048/DSC_7481.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_37OrMuCYq-aQVX8QX2qrwXnxItw8WZ92YOWm5t0qSu35gtUbPy1yvbYe3Qf3LJc1lgdxTpszf6RoaZoMXvskxJ1yviwBOXv9kgJFDOwp1Rt70F_CapuPftcOGjfKpV62ub5gy7-TRz4/w640-h424/DSC_7481.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I forgot to mention previously- this past summer we acquired gerbils! Several months ago Tim and I were trying to come up with a low-maintenance pet that would mollify animal-loving Audrey. We talked about hamsters or gerbils but I nixed the idea because I recalled two different instances when my sister's hamster got lost in our house when we were growing up. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, some weeks later Tim asked if I wouldn't mind driving to meet a lady to pick up two gerbils off of Craigslist. The story was (I think) that a friend bought them to feed to a snake, but the lady decided she couldn't go through with it, so she listed them on Craigslist and now we are the proud owners of both. The girls dubbed them Humphrey and Hemingway. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't deal in any of the cage cleaning. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VDwmRnwJPccJtUGGRD4oI75lvXsJK_IyU0iGMdyIMXhCMxgyTnMRhBCgg0VNtN_jZCYDNL8xt2rzfVvjV4zLnzlIprWOObv1eUcynNaM7ZoYRd5JQ0dtCEesvmnAsNR4Pih2ZDiQYeE/s2048/DSC_7491.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="2048" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VDwmRnwJPccJtUGGRD4oI75lvXsJK_IyU0iGMdyIMXhCMxgyTnMRhBCgg0VNtN_jZCYDNL8xt2rzfVvjV4zLnzlIprWOObv1eUcynNaM7ZoYRd5JQ0dtCEesvmnAsNR4Pih2ZDiQYeE/w640-h450/DSC_7491.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipfv7ZjBG-yovr62kPO162S4SedQ0_to3jl_fh12Tr3KOAClgug1Wrf-aVE0fvgodAtwzi7BiA2GfU0GItgp5vWOJGRHAUlrr7vWYJRX2UPbsSp042ThPEJUVcp-a6dH7z9_h2jq30Ns/w640-h424/DSC_7459.JPG" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the days between the years we completed a 1000 piece puzzle. I had gotten Tim a puzzle board for Christmas and was all excited to try it out with this new family puzzle...and it was too big. Womp, womp. But at least the drawers came in handy for holding all the pieces!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPB-utmtRIRf7GXyRh9oq25vUu3BY1q7DcRrRHbQ24n8l5K6jRCXeuKvdR7fKZ9zCgCpHUuxwYWcXjKDZDMhAHyRpata8r633i-fSQHTNE0x4-gizUHE3jvi46bbQKA4NGrAlVxMEZEg/s1008/14745.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1008" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPB-utmtRIRf7GXyRh9oq25vUu3BY1q7DcRrRHbQ24n8l5K6jRCXeuKvdR7fKZ9zCgCpHUuxwYWcXjKDZDMhAHyRpata8r633i-fSQHTNE0x4-gizUHE3jvi46bbQKA4NGrAlVxMEZEg/w640-h480/14745.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That week we celebrated Audrey turning 8!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgdPrxmUeqMBSXEephaHCl0wH1yE6a1gcWR9rHbSkbLXQrfRoNamh-GYEgzLh6RBLXaucZcVP3V5kqusfYuujBbQM6-wqbqpLxqbABc1z9fIXM25pXPg1_EPtQOvpW_NQvzPp7_WzzQg/s2048/DSC_7464.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEgdPrxmUeqMBSXEephaHCl0wH1yE6a1gcWR9rHbSkbLXQrfRoNamh-GYEgzLh6RBLXaucZcVP3V5kqusfYuujBbQM6-wqbqpLxqbABc1z9fIXM25pXPg1_EPtQOvpW_NQvzPp7_WzzQg/w640-h424/DSC_7464.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQM0gRdsK2pft260ul0Z9kRe4R2bS0eiNBsqniE-weJzXPRDeQZ7tJlpsVeVExB5ZMjgkxwJ1ZaaSx7xxNxKv-fjEBfrPjcMrPDcP-87ZKWUD6cjJyrh7yi4z_PE5EsVg1ODy2bfdW8fY/s2048/DSC_7472.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQM0gRdsK2pft260ul0Z9kRe4R2bS0eiNBsqniE-weJzXPRDeQZ7tJlpsVeVExB5ZMjgkxwJ1ZaaSx7xxNxKv-fjEBfrPjcMrPDcP-87ZKWUD6cjJyrh7yi4z_PE5EsVg1ODy2bfdW8fY/w640-h424/DSC_7472.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReklzKIlE7dsldhK3B2YZ51yuz-sTbHFaf2N73-NPka9zLpOp2ZGiggIVf0dEXbbNovRpqJjGPX5NvInB91WJwjSI3J00ZlF9t4Fiy7gbZpYND_8IIR4hF7KBWB5RDHNT08blx3DSQgg/s2048/DSC_7477.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReklzKIlE7dsldhK3B2YZ51yuz-sTbHFaf2N73-NPka9zLpOp2ZGiggIVf0dEXbbNovRpqJjGPX5NvInB91WJwjSI3J00ZlF9t4Fiy7gbZpYND_8IIR4hF7KBWB5RDHNT08blx3DSQgg/w640-h424/DSC_7477.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGbuAptrJCKnbJiInpCcEeCfAd30YsEJyu1APQzbRyCTtNmB0LTOEV51CHjpJwMNlqpA8cUqK2x98oIAGmlrKBKyrOkO_ODNCWegCtrPQPedOq6aQY2kusOf7R6GDblwEPfraZ99M9kM/s2048/DSC_7479.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMGbuAptrJCKnbJiInpCcEeCfAd30YsEJyu1APQzbRyCTtNmB0LTOEV51CHjpJwMNlqpA8cUqK2x98oIAGmlrKBKyrOkO_ODNCWegCtrPQPedOq6aQY2kusOf7R6GDblwEPfraZ99M9kM/w640-h424/DSC_7479.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We also had a wood stove installed earlier in December!</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of her gifts was an American Girl Doll. I found Kit on eBay for a great price- she didn't come with anything but I had a dress on hand from an Estate sale and ordered some shoes off of Etsy. Viola!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMASEai3hZm23dX15XQndcrLHnMrhXk9Yci_D-IZPnK24El8St-7F6DPkmDZ0zpUbjysEos_NuNGcf-JxeZChesGMzJqsTcuI-AKIxyqdqFbQiLXNpFTmG_gYxbwnhy_Eaxi16cnSEC8/s2048/DSC_7470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMASEai3hZm23dX15XQndcrLHnMrhXk9Yci_D-IZPnK24El8St-7F6DPkmDZ0zpUbjysEos_NuNGcf-JxeZChesGMzJqsTcuI-AKIxyqdqFbQiLXNpFTmG_gYxbwnhy_Eaxi16cnSEC8/w640-h424/DSC_7470.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We continued celebrating her birthday on New Year's Day with my family- my brain can't really recall anything else about it other than we served pizza and had a good time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx89WWT5w5MGxNq3CuKPay_eEYS4Q7Wl3MwvKxod58h5yOgMNl7Hg5RLMVo4vGqbMKn2mWxVG_eqboRREBCvw3oitAkQv20HtWmq10Q2HpdR-ticDEtnvCQXZflV7syr54KBOdml55flE/s2048/DSC_7877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx89WWT5w5MGxNq3CuKPay_eEYS4Q7Wl3MwvKxod58h5yOgMNl7Hg5RLMVo4vGqbMKn2mWxVG_eqboRREBCvw3oitAkQv20HtWmq10Q2HpdR-ticDEtnvCQXZflV7syr54KBOdml55flE/w640-h424/DSC_7877.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRx1PfgQje8eS_SKI8M-x-MxGq_fRdqV5aI6huwJ65zISknGEMdWZXfvU0m6RzNWqTA6evzshURLKafInIu06e6fcHP4faGVQ0MY4R1Pwg0dxWatPj4fDeJZ6bmXkFswzLQZw_VE39W8/s2048/DSC_7949.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYRx1PfgQje8eS_SKI8M-x-MxGq_fRdqV5aI6huwJ65zISknGEMdWZXfvU0m6RzNWqTA6evzshURLKafInIu06e6fcHP4faGVQ0MY4R1Pwg0dxWatPj4fDeJZ6bmXkFswzLQZw_VE39W8/w640-h424/DSC_7949.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally, in late February we celebrated the man of the house in the last year of his thirties! My mom babysat so he and I go out for dinner, and then we had apple pie for dessert back at home. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDCj3VUuIKFjNtrviOmFf0I853WC7V5hRpLytbte2XSPBvUiNbVC4R1Q6kUiTnsNvPdBMBvVQywzhJhpjhxzc57_-GoAjNKVG3xyGewlia0e1QNywEiYnn9tQoqMFInNW9an4jN5X8yY/s2048/20210221_185956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDCj3VUuIKFjNtrviOmFf0I853WC7V5hRpLytbte2XSPBvUiNbVC4R1Q6kUiTnsNvPdBMBvVQywzhJhpjhxzc57_-GoAjNKVG3xyGewlia0e1QNywEiYnn9tQoqMFInNW9an4jN5X8yY/w480-h640/20210221_185956.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now we are ready for spring.:)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-2273922353705156972021-02-13T16:41:00.003-05:002021-02-13T16:41:23.713-05:00Georgia in December<p style="text-align: center;"> The day after the girls finished school for Christmas break we piled in our minivan and headed down the Georgia to visit my sister and her family. Tim and I decided to keep it as a surprise for the girls as long as possible, so we told them about the trip the evening before we left (in part in case our plans fell through, but mostly for sanity's sake- so we wouldn't be fielding questions and comments about it for days on end😅.) </p><p style="text-align: center;">Tim and I had driven through Georgia before, but it was the first time visiting the state for all of us! The drive down was long; it wouldn't be so bad if it was scenic but that stretch of I-95 is pretty bland. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Our first full day there we went to Tybee Island to visit the beach and then into Savannah to see the (beautiful!) Cathedral. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMejQDSyQDOQP8bPQz6adAN0GUetMqy2_wd_6Tf6iY6AFHvBGkix0bmjit55h1A3PiGgrCDLA6pyJhGbIiLbLdHrdsgBk7j-POsrlNRAzEdBFWrragFgFoRdki7gqrRoheSjFWzAAjzy0/s2048/DSC_7415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMejQDSyQDOQP8bPQz6adAN0GUetMqy2_wd_6Tf6iY6AFHvBGkix0bmjit55h1A3PiGgrCDLA6pyJhGbIiLbLdHrdsgBk7j-POsrlNRAzEdBFWrragFgFoRdki7gqrRoheSjFWzAAjzy0/w640-h424/DSC_7415.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My sister and her family were such gracious hosts, making us meals and entertaining us during our visit. We stayed three full days, which worked well since the six of us were staying in one hotel room (it had ample bed space and a great kitchenette but managing a decent bedtime for the girls was tricky) and we had time when we arrived home to prep for Christmas!</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-38982663323577226172021-01-23T14:39:00.003-05:002021-01-23T14:39:43.858-05:00For Such a Time as This <p style="text-align: center;"> Tim and I recently watched <i>A Hidden Life</i>, a film I hadn't heard about before Tim borrowed it from the library. It's based on the true story of <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: DDG_ProximaNova, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_0, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_1, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_2, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_3, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_4, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_5, DDG_ProximaNova_UI_6, "Proxima Nova", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", "Nimbus Sans L", "Liberation Sans", "Open Sans", FreeSans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: left;">Franz Jägerstätter, </span>an Austrian conscientious objector during WWII (and I just found out he was beatified in 2007!). It isn't a lighthearted watch but I highly recommend it! </p><p style="text-align: center;">This quote at the end really stuck with me:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfdvzHOut_K2JNy7_XAUJUOEQxKailCSlYF8ZcdofqaBLdofe-rNFP_a1Q7i_AZhVvVTcn2K-f2MnFzR9ojDFoAlvpE5Js-PzuqPFt0FAF_v6bRMg8yQmiBlKnTdKcYRgRxYQGi_GnFE/s2048/DSC_7391.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfdvzHOut_K2JNy7_XAUJUOEQxKailCSlYF8ZcdofqaBLdofe-rNFP_a1Q7i_AZhVvVTcn2K-f2MnFzR9ojDFoAlvpE5Js-PzuqPFt0FAF_v6bRMg8yQmiBlKnTdKcYRgRxYQGi_GnFE/w424-h640/DSC_7391.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-51387697298635921322021-01-20T10:29:00.000-05:002021-01-20T10:29:36.342-05:00Christmas Book Accrual<p style="text-align: center;"> Just wanted to share the Christmas books we've added to our collection since <a href="https://andapinchofzest.blogspot.com/2018/11/lets-talk-christmas-books.html">this last post</a>! Several of these I picked up last February from a local library's used bookstore (who knows if it'll ever re-open *sniff*), others were gifts, thrifted, or from other used bookstores. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjdfg7cw96ebAzCPn4ALoeKm3ylTJUQKKuOrXMqhtUFKHCYWJLxvJOEmFadhTHHPShVJhVENaxqTGpxI3CHYcxIOjzXq7hHlgbUCzaDpWHzg4fSuB7KnrIQO09vSbcXJ3tEWoTAqw4g4/s2048/DSC_7331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjdfg7cw96ebAzCPn4ALoeKm3ylTJUQKKuOrXMqhtUFKHCYWJLxvJOEmFadhTHHPShVJhVENaxqTGpxI3CHYcxIOjzXq7hHlgbUCzaDpWHzg4fSuB7KnrIQO09vSbcXJ3tEWoTAqw4g4/w640-h424/DSC_7331.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Turkey-Christmas-Marguerite-Angeli/dp/B0007DJZYC/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=turkey+for+Christmas&qid=1611154466&sr=8-2">Turkey for Christmas</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Night Before Christmas illustrated by Tasha Tudor</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An Orange for Frankie</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Strega Nona's Gift</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Saint-Nicholas-Carole-Kismaric/dp/0823406741/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=a+gift+from+st.+nicholas&qid=1611154584&sr=8-7">A Gift from Saint Nicholas</a> by Carole Kismaric</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/on-christmas-eve_margaret-wise-brown/419306/#edition=4143759&idiq=6925878">On Christmas Eve </a>by Margaret Wise Brown</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaOJU9xdQ6Fo00tJMzsq_A5LxRe53V3tYQR55aI5GioFVRHZXQXnw4h-oeJvJ-4kp_DijMBAXmGSeJ6jnxAycFSu8G_6tOycOdAGxkzWHAoZGAhWogQQNVsmFJ_A8nUzUl9TAcZUArEY/s2048/DSC_7330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPaOJU9xdQ6Fo00tJMzsq_A5LxRe53V3tYQR55aI5GioFVRHZXQXnw4h-oeJvJ-4kp_DijMBAXmGSeJ6jnxAycFSu8G_6tOycOdAGxkzWHAoZGAhWogQQNVsmFJ_A8nUzUl9TAcZUArEY/w640-h424/DSC_7330.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Crayons' Christmas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Christmas Cat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/jolly-old-santa-claus-collectors-edition-featuring-the-original-story_george-hinke_sparkie/526637/#edition=2449346&idiq=217161">Jolly Old Santa Claus</a>- this I bought for the illustrations. Growing up we had Christmas placemats my mom bought at a drugstore with illustrations by George Hinke, some of which are in this book. My parents still have the placemats; they're definitely a family heirloom!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Tree-Vashanti-Rahaman/dp/1563972379/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1N131RDDY5VIZ&dchild=1&keywords=o+christmas+tree+rahaman&qid=1611154811&sprefix=o+christmas+tree+ra%2Caps%2C150&sr=8-1">O Christmas Tree</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/christmas-cricket_eve-bunting/1100455/#edition=4425366&idiq=2164784">Christmas Cricket </a>by Eve Bunting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Farm-Mary-Lyn-Ray/dp/0152162909/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=christmas+farm&qid=1611154888&sr=8-1">Christmas Farm</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2dyQz65Odq-lMy3_fGZzOCHO2cGOhvTxWtfwANzBKIai3frCt-yOS2NAICMyFA3mB0D2DgxZ0o8wPCyz0080o3VBVFGZLNdDmU3T3jGrl0XRdnd4pqJOg8X6vZO9wC6gBE0bfdJyP14/s2048/DSC_7332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF2dyQz65Odq-lMy3_fGZzOCHO2cGOhvTxWtfwANzBKIai3frCt-yOS2NAICMyFA3mB0D2DgxZ0o8wPCyz0080o3VBVFGZLNdDmU3T3jGrl0XRdnd4pqJOg8X6vZO9wC6gBE0bfdJyP14/w640-h424/DSC_7332.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">The Christmas Boot</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-night-before-christmas/7789416/#edition=4158196&idiq=17932406">The Night Before Christmas</a>, illustrated by Tomie dePaola</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Story-Three-Wise-Kings/dp/1534466525/ref=sr_1_1?crid=10HQODDIE2PKA&dchild=1&keywords=the+story+of+the+three+wise+kings+depaola&qid=1611155051&sprefix=the+story+of+the+three+wi%2Caps%2C168&sr=8-1">The Story of the Three Wise Kings</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-christmas-cookie-sprinkle-snitcher_robert-kraus/1060182/#isbn=1930900449&edition=6900192">The Christmas Cookie Sprinkle Snitcher</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">The Spider's Gift</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/apple-tree-christmas_trinka-hakes-noble/474038/#edition=4464788&idiq=10234344">Apple Tree Christmas</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Bambinelli Sunday </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/real-mother-goose-christmas-carols-real-mother-goose/912785/#edition=2753229&idiq=18230515">The Real Mother Goose Book of Christmas Carols</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/christmas-with-little-women/1693341/#edition=2503042&idiq=8326266">Christmas With Little Women</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">A Country Christmas by Cynthia Rylant</p><p style="text-align: center;">A Wish to be a Christmas Tree</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>And added this year: </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Little-Woman-Louisa-Alcott/dp/1589199758/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3HTLCM8X45JOK&dchild=1&keywords=the+quiet+little+woman+by+louisa+may+alcott&qid=1611156410&sprefix=the+quiet+little+wo%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-4">The Quiet Little Woman </a>by Louisa May Alcott</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-twenty-four-days-before-christmas-an-austin-family-story_madeleine-lengle/457327/#edition=2390530&idiq=5759654">The Twenty-Four Days Before Christmas: An Austin Family Story</a> by Madeline L'Engle (had a really difficult time tracking this one down for a not $$ price; the linked copy is the cheapest price I've seen yet!)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/811105562/the-christmas-cupboard-book-by-artist?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_all&utm_custom1=_k_e3ddc2a666ed111471faa2ae25363e1a_k_&utm_content=bing_319339186_1310617986645934_81913644654434_pla-4585513245482005:pla-4585513245482005_c__811105562&utm_custom2=319339186&msclkid=e3ddc2a666ed111471faa2ae25363e1a">The Christmas Cupboard</a> by Margo Hoff</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/quentin-blakes-a-christmas-carol_charles-dickens/19099473/#edition=18397679&idiq=24224805">Seek and Find: A Christmas Carol</a> (Learned of this from my sister- such a cute book!)</p>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-78945463313133318392020-12-10T20:24:00.000-05:002020-12-10T20:24:48.345-05:00Life Lately {Fall}<p style="text-align: center;">First things first- I forgot to mention this way back in August but I gave all four girls haircuts! I promised myself I would never do it again after I cut Evie & Audrey's several years ago and couldn't get either's hair even. And I'm renewing that promise to myself yet again. </p><p style="text-align: center;">It wasn't <i>all </i>bad (this time I watched a couple YouTube videos first! and they really needed cuts), but Cora's hair looks truly abysmal. In my defense there was hardly any sitting still on her part; I do think that I need to leave it to the professionals forevermore, though!</p><p style="text-align: center;">...........</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIi44KLE5UdudpFM1nouv8hxwkcXmi32pfZrJDQJEwEY9anUKQzPR3vRQjsYttDnQwU1FdGYOmhvF6BLJUdibIAPa3ovW_lg5FkWPyab5xcjkwPYGLcvRrDsA2YV1ozlMftI0UrUOxQmY/s2048/20201023_125844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIi44KLE5UdudpFM1nouv8hxwkcXmi32pfZrJDQJEwEY9anUKQzPR3vRQjsYttDnQwU1FdGYOmhvF6BLJUdibIAPa3ovW_lg5FkWPyab5xcjkwPYGLcvRrDsA2YV1ozlMftI0UrUOxQmY/w640-h480/20201023_125844.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At the end of September we celebrated Heidi's 6th birthday!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The weather was perfect- so warm and sunny!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPaPbmf6hn1PIP_WF7WwVcC1GIFUTMtfTgVkqTHU7Lvr3A_KtyJmctY0TZx87G_wxVB_Y_uZJ55aAyR7AVsXmLXZXg8rbzr02X-EBiUBhs3al91HITPGR12jOGZyJBZwI9UcwWR-X5uc/s640/12453.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEPaPbmf6hn1PIP_WF7WwVcC1GIFUTMtfTgVkqTHU7Lvr3A_KtyJmctY0TZx87G_wxVB_Y_uZJ55aAyR7AVsXmLXZXg8rbzr02X-EBiUBhs3al91HITPGR12jOGZyJBZwI9UcwWR-X5uc/w480-h640/12453.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2SduwdtUVi-8DVH_PF-nFmNDx04rUv_gPbJQXAMlOxMTUOMYBi9P06nuc08PYA4NhAseh4DexmZCPfU8mHe7fYMqgaSi4Uur-93AOVhTuuNaBOjmJGcMVbGFyC361yclwEAkr0PWV74/s800/12456.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2SduwdtUVi-8DVH_PF-nFmNDx04rUv_gPbJQXAMlOxMTUOMYBi9P06nuc08PYA4NhAseh4DexmZCPfU8mHe7fYMqgaSi4Uur-93AOVhTuuNaBOjmJGcMVbGFyC361yclwEAkr0PWV74/w640-h480/12456.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCa-v97uxn5WYvTgSgFRykXq4JgpUXclVF-7nforFfChXRKaDpXI1ibZy4GXw8NqsDr5KBP1jS-9SnZH5sJrocgLhpUTqVVxOfJHKAecBaoxdSm71glASYlBIjppFzv0WGtRPQbuW4P8/s2048/20201023_122600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCa-v97uxn5WYvTgSgFRykXq4JgpUXclVF-7nforFfChXRKaDpXI1ibZy4GXw8NqsDr5KBP1jS-9SnZH5sJrocgLhpUTqVVxOfJHKAecBaoxdSm71glASYlBIjppFzv0WGtRPQbuW4P8/w640-h480/20201023_122600.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqs38COYs5p0W3WqdyGOXF5T2bprca1FhI7bT5khRO4kV4RV8euTXSlcTv_fWDOOcO3sBL_RLeXL6Ah2TL9KQ34KtnulHFpt2KrBcxTbB0t1EhpwyCsGP7khvWcjWcicpYNj7EdMsYIo/s2048/20201023_112156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqs38COYs5p0W3WqdyGOXF5T2bprca1FhI7bT5khRO4kV4RV8euTXSlcTv_fWDOOcO3sBL_RLeXL6Ah2TL9KQ34KtnulHFpt2KrBcxTbB0t1EhpwyCsGP7khvWcjWcicpYNj7EdMsYIo/w480-h640/20201023_112156.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">...........</p><p style="text-align: center;">Over the summer I decided to delete my Bloglovin account. Every week I was getting spam followers with creepy and wildly inappropriate links in the profiles. I had messaged Bloglovin three different times over several months about it (there's no way to block unwanted followers) and never heard back, so that was it for me. The downside is that I really did like their format and would regularly keep up with blogs I follow; now I use Feedly but don't like it as much and have really fallen behind reading blog posts.:(</p><p style="text-align: center;">...........</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4F3i8MkuTGiBQxfzkfn2uvSMdFp2IGMLfQ0Rhe9tss0rF1x1psw2R3IP0W1qVIlNIF1v0MIRtOVzH9vMj0zmZOM-VRKDcbnMibb4uDMyfyU235O7MNLj1JKn0StsxMvLFAJv3JsTXSys/s2048/DSC_6396.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4F3i8MkuTGiBQxfzkfn2uvSMdFp2IGMLfQ0Rhe9tss0rF1x1psw2R3IP0W1qVIlNIF1v0MIRtOVzH9vMj0zmZOM-VRKDcbnMibb4uDMyfyU235O7MNLj1JKn0StsxMvLFAJv3JsTXSys/w640-h424/DSC_6396.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3lSG7qR4n3GRCXORiVJo0Jp0FAbyJMCQ3v0RTmMOK4hvMF-77TYlOKmnolNjt6AOEa-JTQ1Die_mY69Oa8kiHm5esoru4FoYjbHhChgNZkfHx_WC1egy1ANG4mraF9Fvm7ZYYsqd4sE/s2048/DSC_6823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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My brother-in-law had the idea to put hay bales and lights in our trailer so the kids could all ride inside it. It's a big neighborhood and a lot of people in our church and school community live there, so it was great to be able to drive around! </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">.............</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you're on Instagram you might've seen this on different accounts- painting any kind of old vases to give them a terracotta look. It was fun and easy- definitely my kind of project! <a href="https://collectivegen.com/2020/02/how-to-make-diy-textured-chalk-paint-in-any-colour/" target="_blank">Here are the instructions I followed</a> (except I used a lot more baking powder than what the directions listed).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJeaMR02rXVK6YXuveJlnXAHiLGcIV_pwgV3I2UaPNLg_ahmAgi0aDxpVoUOZ7OaYl5Il_EeDZxSKo4BPDZKYpFCJP73EqvsCfbG2UemTpH24yfsIXHaHaACBJ9XwBNmj7FGpKMfEHws/s2048/DSC_6398.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOJeaMR02rXVK6YXuveJlnXAHiLGcIV_pwgV3I2UaPNLg_ahmAgi0aDxpVoUOZ7OaYl5Il_EeDZxSKo4BPDZKYpFCJP73EqvsCfbG2UemTpH24yfsIXHaHaACBJ9XwBNmj7FGpKMfEHws/w640-h424/DSC_6398.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A few of the vases I painted</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIVQK2QDS0GrE5iGKLksF2td7tns16hhKpeDSxLCLrU0usWh_P98B2eOClJDCxPRTmfesQpqC2n8im1vhUSGpjArcZhpdJWTLuAbXyKm3zISZ0OV4CYk5qK-JrS8_LCD5H4ZP98GXuqg/s2048/DSC_7070.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIVQK2QDS0GrE5iGKLksF2td7tns16hhKpeDSxLCLrU0usWh_P98B2eOClJDCxPRTmfesQpqC2n8im1vhUSGpjArcZhpdJWTLuAbXyKm3zISZ0OV4CYk5qK-JrS8_LCD5H4ZP98GXuqg/w640-h424/DSC_7070.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and this white round one</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJf37leLUGPZhwRQRGTIVChgc7V-JuJkJPc2D4SYbVgK_aJjMu9zerfz8fbU2WNb7BU2b7Z3oxzrAtxZsVJGH77q3xQwTz74nokUqriebebtJLp-suBpEhSWw4cp23yJno-X8c7ElI28/s2048/DSC_7071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJf37leLUGPZhwRQRGTIVChgc7V-JuJkJPc2D4SYbVgK_aJjMu9zerfz8fbU2WNb7BU2b7Z3oxzrAtxZsVJGH77q3xQwTz74nokUqriebebtJLp-suBpEhSWw4cp23yJno-X8c7ElI28/w636-h424/DSC_7071.jpg" width="636" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...........</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few songs I've been listening to a lot:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Zach Williams & Dolly Parton's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37wV6D49iEY" target="_blank">"There Was Jesus"</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Zach Williams' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WtV1XtqsW0" target="_blank">"Chainbreaker" </a>(Love the live video from Harding Prison.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope Darst's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsIpGiz3SfQ&list=RDlsIpGiz3SfQ&start_radio=1" target="_blank">"Peace Be Still"</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And such a cute holiday music video- <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKc6jCQ9NSg" target="_blank">White Christmas With You by</a> Kait Madison</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's all for now!</div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-51977792864481734852020-10-17T17:16:00.002-04:002020-10-17T17:16:26.397-04:00So They Say {9}<div><b><i>After a nebulizer treatment-</i></b></div><div><b>Evie: </b>Maybe what I need is some sea air.</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><i>As I'm getting on a pair of shoes-</i></b></div><div><b>Heidi (our very pragmatic, chain of events thinker):</b> When you die, those will be ready for the next mom who lives here.<br /><b>
Me:</b>.........yep...I guess so.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQa_53Wu7hlhX_i5hpbO8G-xGLwuQAkULTkbj28khVm4y_lxHlODN9JECk9MJxePdEZ2Cpl48wMuZL_9WFmJB3yfbEGEZzwFBYNEY0GpawyPXrGFknFhBzgayu-UZM9Ka_LmX0PqQUCJI/s2048/20200710_095949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQa_53Wu7hlhX_i5hpbO8G-xGLwuQAkULTkbj28khVm4y_lxHlODN9JECk9MJxePdEZ2Cpl48wMuZL_9WFmJB3yfbEGEZzwFBYNEY0GpawyPXrGFknFhBzgayu-UZM9Ka_LmX0PqQUCJI/w480-h640/20200710_095949.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Evie: </b>Can you put on the CD that had the Bee-atles song "Seize the Day", or whoever sings it?<div><b>Me:</b> You mean from "Newsies"?</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjvTBHeX3qakABqmy-6aSVGOCg1ZL1DmRzRjPJx3mOQgiWTzfNTIAjpxLZFBawdYjdhr9kFsRzROf795WUnij8Bk_BxLjoeXrzfzuUm_v561gNlA1QhuOR9FSROG2ZzA6XYnztTOOPz8/s2048/20201006_140134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjvTBHeX3qakABqmy-6aSVGOCg1ZL1DmRzRjPJx3mOQgiWTzfNTIAjpxLZFBawdYjdhr9kFsRzROf795WUnij8Bk_BxLjoeXrzfzuUm_v561gNlA1QhuOR9FSROG2ZzA6XYnztTOOPz8/w640-h480/20201006_140134.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b><i>Rinsing strawberries for lunch-</i></b></div><div><b>Heidi<i>:</i></b> Now I know how to make strawberries.<br />
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Evie:</b> These are cool- not the temperature cool...you know what I mean.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2k47tSuatvIXVfzC1jSR4ZlQ07I6rK1p00Dv_tpbansVjSULLkPMu6MUxaTBMhgSoJxTm9ZzfpvG7I8FW2XcSs4I7xG9m_-jFiUh2ilK8_ylx_-zoSPRCGE6BJVeVqM8JX_1XlOgkxDc/s2048/20200710_183929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2k47tSuatvIXVfzC1jSR4ZlQ07I6rK1p00Dv_tpbansVjSULLkPMu6MUxaTBMhgSoJxTm9ZzfpvG7I8FW2XcSs4I7xG9m_-jFiUh2ilK8_ylx_-zoSPRCGE6BJVeVqM8JX_1XlOgkxDc/w480-h640/20200710_183929.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></div><b><div><b><br /></b></div>Cora:</b> Mom, I wish I could have pink lipstick and yellow hair. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqSo4qDjXjX4Of2UwAHGwyHKhP40RAjZrDnUaOVKH_yVbiNYjFW_dZ7LFGzTcwy4Rs_eEuDhCy8KY0dgv4E6baVD9C0Bd5WnFdqfjPmoVjBpKd7FREeK7RcILj_6J_IWtN_e0kwJi6ks/s2048/20200919_134622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqSo4qDjXjX4Of2UwAHGwyHKhP40RAjZrDnUaOVKH_yVbiNYjFW_dZ7LFGzTcwy4Rs_eEuDhCy8KY0dgv4E6baVD9C0Bd5WnFdqfjPmoVjBpKd7FREeK7RcILj_6J_IWtN_e0kwJi6ks/w480-h640/20200919_134622.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><i><b>After I didn't answer my phone because I didn't recognize the number-</b></i></div><div><b>Evie: </b>My teacher says she does the same thing. Like sometimes she answers her phone and it's a peddler or something. </div><div><br /></div><div><i><b>Kneading bread dough-</b></i></div><div><b>Evie:</b> I have been waiting all my life to do this. </div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div><b><i>After one of our fish died and was buried in a (very shallow) grave, and then was not there when the girls decided to exhume its remains some days later </i>(😑)<i>-</i></b></div><div><b>Cora: </b>The fishy died but God rosed him up to heaven. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0qqwhelkWOprCUE6EbMQzeiX-aJq4DIt_i_0dHrRFrgr4wAqC9pxTL11bTJrcTsRJl46xjH6Ni2Eb9ElUyKbEdreXiFrIHcwEM4qN8wa-ItBx0JddPGVSNm5q0Wk40Q9A2aVoUw5PrM/s2048/20200604_170823.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm0qqwhelkWOprCUE6EbMQzeiX-aJq4DIt_i_0dHrRFrgr4wAqC9pxTL11bTJrcTsRJl46xjH6Ni2Eb9ElUyKbEdreXiFrIHcwEM4qN8wa-ItBx0JddPGVSNm5q0Wk40Q9A2aVoUw5PrM/w640-h480/20200604_170823.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This one needs a bit of background: three of our girls and lots of their cousins have been baptized by the same priest. All of those baptisms have been in the chapel of the parish where he is the pastor, except for Audrey's which was in the church sanctuary. And Cora was baptized by him at a parish in another state while we were on vacation. <div>This past Lent we went to a Fish Fry at that priest's parish and on the way were reminding the girls that some of them were baptized there.<br /><b><i>Audrey out loud to a friend at the Fish Fry</i>:</b> Guess what?? I'm the only one in my family who was BAPTIZED IN THE CHURCH! AND CORA WAS BAPTIZED AT THE BEACH!<br /><br />I was dying overhearing that because to a random passerby it probably sounded like we're bohemian Catholics or something.😂</div></div></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-89308846290680501842020-10-04T12:39:00.001-04:002020-10-04T12:49:47.846-04:00The Little Family Vacation That Could<p style="text-align: center;"> My family was in the process of nailing down a week for the beach just before the shutdown happened in March. Once summer arrived we started the search again for a house to rent but each time it looked like we'd found a place during a week that worked, that house didn't pan out. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I began praying a novena and other prayers over and over for a beach week to work out; we had no plans all summer long, which was fine, but we were so hoping to take in some sun and sand! Finally towards the end of July my sister found a great place to rent- at Holden Beach in NC, not our usual Topsail Island, but nevertheless- the beach!</p><p style="text-align: center;">The Wednesday before the Saturday we were going to leave (early August) we got word that the island was closed to renters due to damage from Hurricane Isaias, which had come ashore not far from there, so it looked like we *might* not be going after all. Tbh I was over it at that point; I am not a fan when possibilities yo-yo back and forth (maybe! no. actually yes! but maybe not...) and felt prayed out over the matter! Thankfully on Friday we got word that our rental was habitable and the island was open to all!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_5Izr3QUJCKv3OhhG_Lxjc_ocQgqZv6eRUd6Xygw1lvceZ_Qq4Q-iTI3qI4mDYZ6Hgz5AMk0dm84JX1OmkFNfbyL2ZK0qmUQ-5_rFv1qBdGqXYRMJTjQLrn5hEp0P7OVSdwmtu6JQp8/s2048/20200808_211937.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_5Izr3QUJCKv3OhhG_Lxjc_ocQgqZv6eRUd6Xygw1lvceZ_Qq4Q-iTI3qI4mDYZ6Hgz5AMk0dm84JX1OmkFNfbyL2ZK0qmUQ-5_rFv1qBdGqXYRMJTjQLrn5hEp0P7OVSdwmtu6JQp8/s640/20200808_211937.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homegrown plumeria from Florida<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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It took Cora a couple of nights to adjust to the different surroundings (and to not play with the blinds!), though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhXwK3ZK1cR4kiaOHIvaQKcoN7W-vs8RKwtlo6SltemLySrG3oyjmKgLTp7Na1dNbEZ4nN_jfnewEHzgKQE7WAK1jlORuZQFsNYlLhk8z-ePmHp-Hk4Z49am5BwegoltBvAJBEihGjOY/s2048/DSC_5125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhhXwK3ZK1cR4kiaOHIvaQKcoN7W-vs8RKwtlo6SltemLySrG3oyjmKgLTp7Na1dNbEZ4nN_jfnewEHzgKQE7WAK1jlORuZQFsNYlLhk8z-ePmHp-Hk4Z49am5BwegoltBvAJBEihGjOY/s640/DSC_5125.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1Lrn2yvNOwam2gf6BjMXvAbJRGJ3DQda_4put0k7ogPI9LiAtbT-MujrU22VXc_qTk_p2i3gYJANZUg7A2-_IndNdJGRpi39wtsWkP9FbZbry6jlLT6iXz_l6zrN87r5nU4U53NbbKQ/s2048/DSC_5128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1Lrn2yvNOwam2gf6BjMXvAbJRGJ3DQda_4put0k7ogPI9LiAtbT-MujrU22VXc_qTk_p2i3gYJANZUg7A2-_IndNdJGRpi39wtsWkP9FbZbry6jlLT6iXz_l6zrN87r5nU4U53NbbKQ/s640/DSC_5128.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The kids all enjoyed playing and spending time with cousins, and the oldest cousin had a great time fishing every day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPhiEwoxIyZLlcfqDJOEFpZXQN_FEUA3x7HDqVfWFmfJCJDJGPtDYoiirvfV0oCBtKF2XL4_EOgRESpiIIICCX9AruOEShx1bAhcdpEfp89CaBj9lXgaH226ax1ESNPGJ4UyAR1nF-3I/s2048/DSC_5131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1357" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcPhiEwoxIyZLlcfqDJOEFpZXQN_FEUA3x7HDqVfWFmfJCJDJGPtDYoiirvfV0oCBtKF2XL4_EOgRESpiIIICCX9AruOEShx1bAhcdpEfp89CaBj9lXgaH226ax1ESNPGJ4UyAR1nF-3I/s640/DSC_5131.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We were there for Evie's 9th birthday, so it was great to celebrate with everyone! My mom made her delicious ice cream cake and Evie chose hamburgers and hotdogs for her birthday dinner. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPwg-FXZo5aVieAjBhhCDJYyasEz10XPWWV-IQKvk9tVWGP4QXQ9WGqYnBs4mi16qHGZpFtlmHgsqGKYodWSSmYIss81ZeKAzXVOwjCRLnUXNJWXilitn3ewOdC7tNdpYkRLeLO66vDo/s2048/DSC_5133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPwg-FXZo5aVieAjBhhCDJYyasEz10XPWWV-IQKvk9tVWGP4QXQ9WGqYnBs4mi16qHGZpFtlmHgsqGKYodWSSmYIss81ZeKAzXVOwjCRLnUXNJWXilitn3ewOdC7tNdpYkRLeLO66vDo/s640/DSC_5133.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmM739gKYcItj7wXuTgUpHqB3RZoo5qwTQVG31q-8GYG-DJ6jp1WNRcS_Dyd-58nBLyuGHRvaIhX06OFYrlLIsbb9kYT88zP8WQ5gLdZ8v8oSskp-QFVRBKkhHxr9k_eyK3haomSARJcE/s2048/DSC_5135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was smaller and less "built up" than Topsail (which isn't super commercial anyway) but still felt familiar in so many ways. </p><p style="text-align: center;">It was so nice to get time away before the start of school.:)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-17711264001647491822020-07-23T14:33:00.000-04:002020-07-23T14:38:16.768-04:00Summer So Far<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Here we are in the 20s of July- summer is just chugging right along.</div>
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Back in mid-June we celebrated Cora's birthday and Heidi's Kindergarten Graduation with family! Cora wanted a "pink and purple birthday".:)</div>
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The next week we went out to a farm with the intention of blueberry picking but they weren't ready yet. We picked sour cherries instead, something I don't think I've picked before. It was such a pretty summer day! </div>
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Turns out picking fruit with pites is easier than eating it up; I ended up making cherry pie twice (days apart) to use up all the uneaten cherries. YOU GUYS, <a href="https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/classic-sour-cherry-pie-with-lattice-crust-242514" target="_blank">this recipe </a>was so good! I think this is one of my very favorite fruit desserts. And I am a store-bought-crust-all-the-way kinda person (it's so blessedly low-maintenance!) but I'm glad I didn't have any on hand and was forced to make the crust in the recipe- altogether it was delicious!<br />
Also, Tim and I ate the entirety of the two pies ourselves.😬<br />
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The last weekend in June Tim's youngest brother got married about an hour away, so his family was in town for that. It was a mostly family 50 person wedding due to COVID.<br />
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I tried to get pictures of the girls all dressed up before we left for the church:<br />
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It was a really nice wedding, although I was using all my willpower not to launch the clinger/ child constantly in my space into the pews behind us, and continually giving another <b>the eye</b>. I was flying solo since Tim was a groomsman and something about afternoon weddings just does not seem to work well with certain kids!</div>
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The reception was at a winery and was such a beautiful location!</div>
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Two nights later my sister and two of Tim's sisters went back to our college days, as we were able to get away for a girls' night! It was great to have a night away and to talk about all the things without interruption.:)<br />
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Aside from that we've been enjoying low-key summer days. I've been loving the sun and heat, and the flowers in our garden have started to bloom!<br />
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Some things we've been watching and enjoying:<br />
<i>Belgravia-</i> So good! We watched it through Epix on Amazon Prime through the free trial.<br />
<i>They Shall Not Grow Old</i>- such a great WWI documentary and fascinating how they colorized and enhanced the footage.<br />
<i>Midway- </i>I say this is what the Pearl Harbor movie should've been.💁</div>
Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-4234489131652638172020-07-17T14:24:00.002-04:002020-07-17T14:25:55.377-04:00Reaching Obliger Rebellion in 2020<div style="text-align: center;">
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I don't know if you're familiar with the framework of <a href="https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/" target="_blank">the Four Tendencies</a> (how we respond to expectations), but I am definitely an Obliger (meets outer expectations, resists inner expectations). However, Obligers can also reach Obliger- rebellion: "they meet, meet, meet an expectation, then suddenly they snap and refuse to meet that expectation any longer." I can definitely identify past times in my life where I've shown Obliger-rebellion and lately, I am so there. </div>
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A few weeks ago Tim's family was in town and one night two of his sisters and one of my sisters and I got together for a girls' night. My sister made reservations at a restaurant a family member had recommended, so we walked from our Airbnb to the restaurant. It was a long, hot walk and we were ready to sit in the cool inside when we got there, however, the restaurant required masks to eat inside. I didn't have mine with me and my sister didn't have one (we were going to eat and drink, after all). We were told (by the hostess who had her mask around her chin while talking to her friend) we HAD to have a mask to walk into the restaurant. Customers were allowed to remove them at the table, but had to wear one to WALK TO THE TABLE. I had a plastic bag with me in my purse and was fully prepared to hold it over my mouth and nose just to appease the rule and get a table in the bought air, but in the end we decided to eat outside (where our reservation wasn't honored, so we had to wait until a table opened).</div>
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Last week Tim's aunt was in town and had never been to D.C., so on Friday we drove in so she could at least see some sights from the mini-van and so we could visit the National Basilica. To enter we all had to have our temperatures taken outside, then were stopped at the entryway because none of our girls were wearing masks (Virginia's mandate is for age 10 and over and medical reasons are exempt). I immediately felt uncomfortable. I do NOT like confrontation and do not like to spur controversy. I could see Tim was getting perturbed and he likes confrontation less than I do. </div>
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(Case in point: one rainy summer day at the beach I was something like 33 weeks pregnant with Heidi and we decided to drive an hour away to an aquarium (along with everyone else in the area). The parking lot was PACKED but after a few minutes of looking we managed to spot a vacant spot and drove towards it. As we were pulling in a pick-up truck came along side us and the young guy inside rolled down his window and said they had been looking for a spot for a while, and could we let them take our spot. Tim graciously let them go ahead of us but I was TICKED. I mean, you really want to play the game of who's most deserving of a parking spot, dude? How about the family with the really pregnant lady with two kids two and under in tow who found the spot first?! And not that truck guy could know that about us, but JEEZ that was lame.)</div>
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Anyway, the guards inside were firmly telling us that D.C.'s rules required all of our girls to wear masks. After some slightly heated back and forth, the female guard said we could visit this time but next time had to all have masks. Then she asked if we were opposed to using hand sanitizer (as if we're psycho crazy people who do not comply with rules! ever!). We let her squirt our hands, but then she said she wasn't allowed to give any to Heidi and Cora.(??) The cherry on top was that during that entire exchange (about complying with the rules!) she had her mask only over her mouth and NOT HER NOSE. What even is this world right now? There are so many double standards and rules, regulations, and restrictions that don't make a lick of sense. </div>
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During our time there we were only allowed to visit the Crypt, and I truly wanted to cry during the whole visit. There were no clear guidelines about which way to walk or anything else, but we were reprimanded by staff more than once for stopping to look at the side chapels along the way or for walking in the wrong direction. We weren't trying to be difficult! I feel like the whole climate right now is one of hostility. <b>There is SO MUCH HYPER-FOCUS on rules and guidelines everywhere one goes, that the purpose of any place is completely lost. </b>As we were leaving Tim and I both asked each other why the Basilica was even open? </div>
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Also, <a href="https://www.theessentialmother.com/blog-2/avoiding-death-destroying-health" target="_blank">this blog post </a>expresses things so much better than I ever could. </div>
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Lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695179104841318390noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701644108524492838.post-38238857895825286312020-07-02T13:17:00.001-04:002021-02-15T15:13:00.781-05:00Life Lately {May & June}<div style="text-align: center;">
I truly felt like it was mid-March and then the calendar turned to June (now July).<br />
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June, which has been wonderfully sunny and hot! Our library system resumed curbside pickup mid-June, so we've been driving over once or twice a week and are now enjoying variety in our books!<br />
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The girls finished four day a week e-learning at the end of May- God bless our school for making both of those decisions. It was definitely a bittersweet end to the year- Audrey & Heidi's teachers are retiring and I am SO sad about that. I'm sorry that the three older girls didn't get a full year with their great teachers, and honestly I'm currently grateful for the distraction and distance summer is providing from those months of quarantine and continual news of more things getting canceled, shut-down, and restricted.<br />
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On Mother's Day I visited one one new thrift store that was open and found a few things. Later that afternoon we took a drive to get ice cream at a place that was close to an hour away and the line of cars was INSANE. Truly unbelievable, and as we drove past we saw even more people parked and pulling out blankets and lawn chairs. We decided to keep driving and finally after driving to two more places that were closed, we ended up at a Tropical Smoothie Cafe. I feel like that has been a theme with this shut-down- the remaining places open or any items available for purchase are a *very* hot commodity.<br />
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Listening to: Matt Maher's new album <i>Alive & Breathing.</i> I'm not usually a fan of listening to multiple songs in a row of one band or artist but I've been listening to this on repeat!</div>
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Watching: <i>The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency -</i>I never knew they made a TV season of this! We're renting it from the library; I might be enjoying it more than Tim since I've read some of the books.:)</div>
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Growing: nothing much that's edible, sigh. I planted a handful of different flowers, which look like they're growing okay, but I think the late freezes that struck killed our tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and herbs. Our black mustard greens are doing well, though, which is something. And, ha, I had parsley growing in a pot on our porch which was dug into twice by squirrels, fell over with the wind, and finally (accidentally) knocked over and broken beyond repair by the man of the house. Such is life! I had to laugh about the pot, though, as it was a Christmas gift for one of my sisters a few years ago but arrived cracked, so I kept it (and got a refund). It had a good run. </div>
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Right now I'm just soaking up reading outside, dodging any "I'm bored" verbal darts, and baking the occasional summer dessert. Happy (almost) 4th of July!</div>
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It's been a week of heartbreaking loss for many families in our community and I honestly feel lame or something posting Easter pictures now. We live in such a freaking vale of tears. It's hard to reconcile loss with everyday and celebratory life that continues on.<br />
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Well, on Holy Saturday we dyed our eggs. They went so fast I might have to boil more next year!<br />
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I picked up things for the girls' baskets a little piecemeal this year but am so glad they came together.</div>
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Easter morning we started with a nice brunch. My dad always orders kielbasa from a Polish shop somewhere up north; this year some other family members and I ordered and picked it up curbside at a semi-local Polish shop. It was very good!</div>
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I wasn't sure what to do for Easter dresses for the girls this year (I LOVE the spring dresses <a href="https://remiegirl.com/collections/spring-market-collection" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="https://aliceandames.com/collections/dresses?page=2" target="_blank">here</a> but just couldn't do four!), but got an inkling of an idea after an estate sale a couple months ago. I had picked up vintage dresses in Evie's size and Cora's size (for a dollar each!), so I decided to go that route. Heidi's we already had and I was able to find one for Audrey on Etsy. I had planned to get the hem altered on hers but COVID-19. </div>
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It was sad not being around family for Easter or taking part in any outside Holy Week traditions, but one silver lining was being able to take our time with everything and not rushing to be anywhere at a certain time. </div>
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I couldn't handle Cora's get-up (knee pads, socks with flip-flops 😂) or her explorer pose:</div>
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We also enjoyed an early Easter dinner. This year we had ham, my aunt's cheese potatoes, asparagus, and rolls.</div>
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I honestly didn't expect much from the week after Easter, since the girls had no school, but it was so nice! I was completely lazy. I read upstairs in my bed and wolfed down Hershey's chocolate with glasses of cold milk (I'm a die-hard dark chocolate consumer, except I don't like Hershey's, however I *love* their milk chocolate!). I just let myself be non-productive and cope with the world how I felt like coping.</div>
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One thing we actually did this past weekend was complete a one thousand piece puzzle! We all worked on it- I was especially amazed at Heidi and Cora's ability to figure out the tiny pieces. It was addicting to just try to find one more piece.</div>
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There's a Hardy Boy's version too; everywhere I looked online it was out of stock except for one small online store, so I ordered it from there. Really crossing my fingers it's not some scam site...</div>
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Recounting the earlier months of this pell-mell year.</div>
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Evie and I went to the March for Life in D.C. with my sister and her daughter. It was tricky getting to the start, as many streets were blocked off because of the President's arrival; we had to walk a long way but the girls handled the long trek well. </div>
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It's difficult and heart-wrenching as a mom to have to broach the topic of abortion to kids, not to mention being presented with other topics written on signs at the March (rape, etc.). All in all I'm thankful we were able to march for the unborn!</div>
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We even spotted ourselves on EWTN's coverage- the funny this is there's no way I would have seen us except for the fact that when we passed the camera my sister mentioned the guy near us was holding his sign upside down, then when I was scrolling through the coverage later I noticed the upside down sign and was able to spot us!</div>
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Evie finished up her basketball season. Tim took her to her last game and texted me that she scored a basket! I almost cried when I read that because our dear girl was most content to be an out of the way spectator with<b> zero</b> ball contact every single time she went in to play.<br />
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This month Evie also began a once a week after school program, Little Doctor School. Audrey was really looking forward to putting her name in the lottery for the 1st grade program later in the spring, but unfortunately that won't be happening!<br />
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February also brought the birthday of the Man of the House.<br />
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We also hung several things in Cora's room and added a little book unit:<br />
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It is the dinkiest little thing in comparison to the room size (ha! didn't look so small online), but at least it offers a place to shelve books!<br />
I also finally framed this map I ordered<a href="https://www.studiosenn.com/" target="_blank"> from here</a> a good long while ago:<br />
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Finally, I added this thrifted milk glass lamp- I love the base! The shade I found on clearance at At Home. </div>
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No major transformation but better than it was before.:)<br />
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We enjoyed seeing the spring flowers pop up; a comforting constant in the midst of daily, almost hourly crazy changes.<br />
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