Starting Saturday night and into Sunday we we’re supposed to get freezing rain and 6-10 inches of snow. The freezing rain came, but the prediction of 6-10 inches of snow soon turned to 2-4 inches, which ended up amounting to less than an inch. People were furious with the wrong prediction and the title of this post was a quote on our weather channel’s Facebook page. I had stocked up on lots of groceries just in case and even took work home thinking we would be stuck at home come Monday. Since I already had everything I needed I made 2 new recipes this weekend. One was a potato soup…
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Moved By Love
A mother’s love for her country and her child. The unconditional love of a parent. This one really gets me in the feels. The pure love from a pet. His love for all of us.
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Life Lately
Before I recap what we’ve been up to lately, I just want to say how sad and sickened I am about the end to this Amber Alert that was issued in my state last night. This happened about 3 hours from where we live and literally within minutes from where some of my friends with small children live. It seems like you literally have to keep your children right next to you at all times it seems. I hope this family can find some comfort and peace. Alright…let’s try to focus on something more positive shall we? J had the most beautiful roses delivered to my office for Valentine’s Day. That night…
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Snow Day
The past 2 days we’ve been hunkered down at home while it snowed 10 inches. So what did we do during our snow day? I became quite the Lego builder. Ben got really good at practicing sight word cards he found in my work bag. We painted our hands for a Valentine’s Day craft. Jack played with almost every toy he owns. And then he helped me do some laundry. Or created more by chewing on it. When it was time for me to get some work done, Ben entertained himself with some new Wii U games and Jack entertained himself by watching Ben play. Not pictured is me shoveling…
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Happy Sunday + New Blog Design
Just wanted to stop in and say hi! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Ben had a great 5th birthday party and has opened and played with every.single present. You can imagine the state of my house. Here’s a sneak peak at the birthday boy blowing out his candles. Full birthday recap post to come this week! You might have noticed that things look a little different around here. Audrey over at Miss Audrey Sue Design created this fabulous new layout and I am obsessed with it! You can find her here on ETSY or here on her website. And y’all, she is FAST. It took her less than 24 hours to…