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Monday, November 2, 2009
Halloween and UT football - what a great weekend!
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Halloween is approaching!
{our playlist for the day}
As we gear up for Halloween, I found a CD for a buck at the grocery store. It plays all the fun Halloween noises and sounds to scare the kiddos who come up for candy at our house. Ok, so I bought *another* one because it was easier to pay the dollar than try to locate the original - which I'm sure is around somewhere in the house. :)
And as I uploaded it to our iTunes library, I thought about what music we might play for our games while we host family and friends that evening. So...Neil and I decided to make a mix of music and horror movie theme songs. We even submitted it to iTunes to be featured in the store for the next year. Not that I would encourage anyone to pay the insanely high fee of $28 and change, but do what we did - look through it for ideas to make your own mix from your existing library.
The original list we have has 38 songs, but iTunes only allows 25 songs, so you are still missing out on 13 more great songs - if you want the extras, let me know. ;)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
A blast from the past!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Help a brotha out and win three cases of wine!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Gorman Falls - AKA the death march
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Our visit with Goofy Daddy...err umm, Kevin and family
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Paige's first day of preschool!
Today, my Paige-y started preschool. Even though the oldest two are already in school, I still found myself in a mad dash this morning giving/taking last minute baths/showers, throwing a lunch together, realizing a water bottle was missing and trying to find a substitute that would actually fit in her lunch bag, waiting patiently for hair to dry so we could comb and put it up with a pretty clip, getting myself presentably dressed, Drew dressed, Paige dressed in her green shirt with the 'leaves', remembering her nap mat, emptying out her backpack from last year, taking out the old change of clothes and putting in new clothes, and vowing to make it to the grocery store to get the remaining supplies needed for her class.
Friday, August 28, 2009
You won't believe the things you can buy from Beachbody!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
First day of third grade, eighth grade and with it come the traditions!
Jonathan started third grade today. I expect the full report in a little while as I find ways to fill my time before he gets home.
Ashley is once again top of the school, an honor reserved for 5th, 8th and 12th graders.
Last year we tried something new and the kids loved it, so we're here again makin' memories. The first day of school we have pepperoni pizza and do-it-yourself root beer floats. The year before Neil found a cool song that we've adopted and listen to on the first day of school. It's by Jack Johnson
Monday, August 24, 2009
Lotsa ground to cover, so let's get started!
Our last day in Virginia - Saturday - was spent digging for treasures on the infamous Route 11 crawl. I blogged about that last year {you can see pictures of the insanity HERE} and then we helped our niece, Anya, celebrate her first birthday. We played some "cornhole" type game and ate lots of good food, followed by the most delicious cake with the BEST fondant.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Let's work our way backwards, shall we?
Friday, August 14, 2009
Breaking news! This game *IS* called Cornhole! Who knew??
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Let's talk sun sugar tomatoes

When we were living in NoVA, I found a local farmer's market in Herndon that sold these AMAZING orange tomatoes. After moving to Texas, I haven't been able to find them anywhere. On our last day in the Shenandoah Valley, I was reunited with these sweet treats and bought {and negotiated the price down} two pints. They are slightly smaller than cherry tomatoes, but are REALLY sweet compared to the cherry tomatoes.
For a brief moment yesterday, while restocking our home with food from Costco, I thought I had misspoken when I saw those tomatoes being sold. Turns out, the Costco ones were yellow and not nearly as sweet.
So, if you are fortunate to see these at your local grocer's or a farmer's market, buy them up and put them on a salad or enjoy them by themselves. They seriously are *THAT* good. You won't be disappointed. Unless you don't like tomatoes to begin with. I can't help ya with that.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Oh, Goofy Daddy - you make it too easy! :D
I will be updating the blog with entries from our trip to Virginia, but while I work on pic heavy posts, I thought I would share some pictures of our our friend, Goofy Daddy. {In fact, if you missed a couple of entries demonstrating their "together" goofiness, permit me to send you to a blog entry that show you how goofy they both are. Click HERE to see their see-saw adventures from last year - luckily for both of them, this year we didn't have the time to scope out a new teeter totter.}
So...Kevin and Neil have been buddies long before I came along and they played in a band together. If memory serves me correctly,I think this was how they met.
Neil, Chris and Kevin all played together at some point long LONG ago. I'll have to pick Neil's brain a little to get the full story on the band and include it in my longer, much more interesting post to come in a few days.



























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