It’s not often (okay, never) that I get to wish you all a Happy November and post a picture of a recent snow. I was asking our friend who is a local meteorologist if there were any other weather events we could experience this year that could take down trees. So far we’ve had blizzards,...
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Fall Formals
I cringe at formal pictures. Mostly because I hate paying for backdrops and pasted on smiles that get thrown in a box in our basement after they hit the blog. But sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and pay for the pictures, post them on the blog, relegate them to the basement and...
Stomp!
‘Tis the season for grape crushing (or stomping). A vineyard not too far from us has an annual grape stomp festival. We’ve been wanting to go for a couple years now and our schedule and the weather finally cooperated this year. Ironically, Ty opted out of the stomping competition because it was too messy. They...
Meet Our Newest Family Member
If you follow us on Facebook, you might have seen Patrick post this photo on our way to camping last weekend. That’s our 2003 Oldsmobile Silhouette reaching 200,000 miles. Old Faithful didn’t owe us anything. We actually put another 684 miles on her last week. Knowing that we were taking two long trips in September,...
Weekend on a Whim
One of the things I love about our family is that they’re always up for an adventure. When I found out Historic St. Mary’s City was having a special where the whole family could get in for $15 and Patrick realized how good the crabbing could be, it was hard to resist. We packed up...
Lord's Prayer
Recently, teaching the kids the Lord’s Prayer (what is says and what it means) has been part of our bedtime routine. If you know Ty in real life, you can appreciate how amazing this is. P.S. No one knows why he does those hand motions but he consistently does them at those parts.