Daring Blue Angels

by beth August 16, 2010

When we went on our fam­ily vaca­tion, we had the chance to watch the Blue Angels prac­tice.  They were in the area for the National Cherry Fes­ti­val which was start­ing the next day.  We were head­ing out of town on the start­ing day of the fes­ti­val and didn’t know if we’d get to see them.  […]

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God Loves Salsa

by beth August 13, 2010

Mamacita has taken to singing “Glo­ria in excel­sis Deo” ALL.THE.TIME. at our house. Except her four year old self appears to be doing her own thing. Her ver­sion is more like  this: “Gahh—Gahh—God loves a salsa table.” After I attempted to tell her the cor­rect words, think­ing maybe she had mis­un­der­stood what the words were, she just starred at […]

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Apple Spice Bread

by beth August 12, 2010

Every now & again I decide to make Apple Spice Bread to break up the days.  I love the way it warms me from the inside with all the deli­cious spices.  Espe­cially when it’s fresh out of the oven, just cooled enough to cut & eat with a pat of but­ter.  Oh, wow! It’s good […]

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Into the Life of Homeschooling

by beth August 11, 2010

We have had our chil­dren in a pri­vate Catholic school.  I think it’s why my daugh­ter believes every blan­ket should cover her head like the Vir­gin Mary, that & the stat­ues around the house.   It’s a really great place & seri­ously she looks adorable with the blan­ket.  How­ever, this year for a vari­ety of […]

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Could You Play Richard Marx For Me Casey?

by beth August 10, 2010

1999 Fri­day came and went.  Sat­ur­day came and went.  I thought that after telling Mike about what Alex said that maybe it was for noth­ing.  I had opened up this big hole in our life by telling him. But I couldn’t NOT tell him, what hap­pened if Alex showed up?  I’d have to explain that […]

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