Family Fun | Mom Life

Three Things

Good morning from beautiful October in Colorado. I hope you have a hot cuppa in your hands and that your day will feel satisfying. Here’s a little “three things” update about each of us lately, plus a bonus at the end.

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Travel

A New York Minute

Last week, Jason and I celebrated our fifteenth anniversary. To honor the occasion, we stole away to NYC for a quick couple of days. This marked Jason’s first time to the Big Apple, and I hadn’t been in twenty years. We had two days to make the most of this giant of a city, and […]

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Family Fun

Happy Anniversary

Earlier this month, my beautiful parents celebrated fifty years of marriage. To honor the occasion, they invited their most dear friends to come together for a weekend here in Colorado. When I look back upon this year and those special days for my parents, I will do so with a great amount of gratitude. I […]

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Mom Life | Teacher Life

Greetings from the deep end

Hello! It’s September! Just like that, our sweet summer doggy paddle transitioned right to treading in six feet of water. Our heads are still above the surface, though. I think. We started school, and the kiddos are happy campers! Harper is in class with a group of good friends and a sweet-as-honey fifth grade teacher. […]

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Teacher Life

A Teacher’s Back to School

We are fully in B2S mode around here! The supplies have been purchased, the teacher’s gifts are ready, snacks and ziplock baggies are busting out of cabinets, and pencils are sharp. Our kiddos have one more week of summer fun with their Grandparents (ahem, thank you Grams and Gramps) while Jason and I head back […]

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Dessert | Recipes to Love

Monster Cookies

Happy Saturday! It’s a great day for monster cookies, and these are our favorite! Last week, we delivered a big batch to Nana’s office at the high school where she works, as per back to school tradition. These are a crowd pleaser, and the recipe makes a big, big batch. Keep this in your back […]

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Family Fun | Mom Life

Life Lately

Welcome to sultry August. How does this month make you feel? Depending on where you live, it could mean another glorious and uninterrupted month of summer. Here, it means it’s time to get back to reality. It means school is right around the bend. We are wrapping up summer break, checking off a few things […]

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Recipes to Love

Magazine Recipe Overload

There was a time I had subscriptions to multiple magazines at one time. Though I am down to only two at the moment (Food Network and Yankee), I still find myself eyeing the racks at grocery stores and bookstores. They’re such a colorful feast for the eyes. Over the years, I have also managed to […]

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Recipes to Love

Harper’s Bookshelf

Harper has read some wonderful books over the course of the last few months. Some, she shares with Jason or me, and some she reads on her own. She has a knack for picking interesting titles. When I asked her how she chooses her reads, she said she likes topics about what’s happening in the […]

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