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Our Busy Summer Continues

Seeing as August is somehow half over already (eek!), I think it’s time for another re-cap.  Only 2 weeks to go until school starts.  I can’t believe it.  Here’s what we’ve been up to since I left off on August … Continue reading

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More Summer Fun!

Our busy summer continues and we keep cramming in the fun activities!  I actually forgot to mention one in my last post!  Here’s a re-cap of the last few weeks: Thurs. July 15 (missed this one!) – Went to Concert … Continue reading

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Summer Fun

It’s been a busy summer so far and we’ve done several fun things the last couple of weeks.  Here’s a brief re-cap: Brian took Friday, July 2nd off from work and we spent the afternoon at Mather Heights Park.  The … Continue reading

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Strawberry Picking

We made our 3rd annual trek to Blaser’s Acres to pick strawberries on June 19th this year.  Last year we got there at the end of the season and the selection was not good.  This year we timed it just … Continue reading

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Busy Summer

I thought summer was supposed to be lazy?  So far, that is definitely not the case here.  I’ve started a new schedule at work for 9 weeks of the summer, working Monday through Thursday mornings, roughly from 9am to noon.  … Continue reading

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This year’s deck garden

After a successful first run of container gardening on the deck last year, we decided to do it again and add a few more plants.  This year we have 4 basil plants, 4 tomatoes, 2 green peppers, and 1 parsley.  … Continue reading

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Physical Fitness Update

One of the goals I set for this year was to become physically fit, more so than I’ve been previously.  I have to say, I’m doing pretty well on this one, but I could definitely do better.  Here’s the rundown … Continue reading

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Easter Fun

Our family had a very nice Easter Sunday.  It of course started out w/ the kids finding their Easter baskets this morning, although Emily had a little trouble.  She came to our room twice, nearly in tears, because she couldn’t … Continue reading

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Cake Fun!

I’ve meant to post this forever and finally getting to it now.  Just wanted to share pictures of the themed birthday cakes I made last year for the kids.  For Emily’s birthday in August we went with a horse theme.  … Continue reading

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Music and Valentines

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!  It’s been a busy weekend here and I’m feeling pretty worn out.  Last night I played my second concert with the Manitowoc Symphony, “Romancing the Piano”.  The concert went very well.  We performed Rossini’s Barber of … Continue reading

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