Mar 31, 2011 | Arkansas, Travel, Uncategorized, United States
the first “real” part of our Spring Break.
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| Can you spot my frozen kid? (Can’t keep them out of the water.) |
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| Sweet when they are sleeping |
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| Boating on Lake Catherine |
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| Luna Moth Newly Emerged |
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| Spring -Sprung |
When is our next camping trip??
A special thanks to my mom for all the pictures. I forgot my camera and my phone battery decided to play dead for the trip. Thanks, mom!
Part 3 Tomorrow!
Mar 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
We just finished up our Spring Break and sad to go back to the norm…
We started with a hike up
Pinnacle Mountain (along with the rest of the county I think…)
to put our rock climbing practice to the test.
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| Climbing Kid |
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| Almost to the Top |
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| Fairies or Gnomes live here |
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| Stuck in the Cypress |
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| What I saw the most of… |
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| Mayapples |
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| View from the top |
Mar 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
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| My girl scaling the walls at her birthday party on Saturday |
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| J’s first soccer game |
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| Water break |
Can you see we’re keeping them busy?
Spring break starts Friday and I can’t wait!
Mar 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
In response to Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop this week…
The prompt was…
2.) What would it take for you to pick up and move?
Honestly,
Not a lot. (I am a Sagittarius, you know.)
I have always felt restless since I moved here almost 19 years ago.
I miss the ocean so terribly. I miss the jungle.
I want to see all there is to see in this beautiful world. I want my kids to see it too.
They LOVE to travel and we all can’t wait for the next vacation (the minute we get home I think.)
My family has a dream to travel the world for a full year. We want to rent a house every 3-4 months in a different area (Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, North America) and just use that as a hub to travel from for a specific time period. It is a beautiful thought that keeps me going when the days are grey.
But then I wonder…
Is this a test?
- I moved a total of 19 times in my life (about 17 or so were before I was an adult) and as a result I think I never feel like I’m “at home.”
- We never feel satisfied with what we have. (The house is too small, the yard too strange, etc.)
- My husband and I love house-hunting. A fun weekend for us is going to open houses on Sundays. (Our kids hate us for this.) We even used to take long walks when we were dating to look at houses and make mental notes of what we wanted one day.
- Should I just learn to be still?
I like my friends and my neighbors, my kids’ school and extra-curriculars. I love knowing that my family is close and that I have people I can call if I’m in a pinch.
We’ve become so established/comfortable here and didn’t even realize it.
But to me a house is just a place to rest your head, home is where my family is.
Sometimes I think we like to travel so much just because the family gets to be together for the whole trip. It makes me happy to think we like each other that much!
So,
Would I take off if you gave me a suitcase and a ticket (well, five tickets?)
Yes.
But, now I might want to come back!
Mar 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
| It’s been raining all day today, so I have to post pics of the gorgeous weekend we had to get me out of the funk…
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| Pear Blossoms |
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| In the Park |
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| My marathon kid (His team also won their 1st soccer game!) |
Mar 4, 2011 | Recipes, Sweets, Uncategorized
Here were the cupcakes from my 6 yr old’s birthday in December (yes, I am very behind!)
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| maps, crystal skull, hats, whips, snakes… |
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| The Crystal Skull |
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| More hats, snakes, coins, flowers for the girls |
He wanted Indiana Jones (of course) so we all pitched in to make little fondant toppers. The hats and whips (all brown things) we made from warming Tootsie Rolls in the microwave for about 6 seconds then shaping. The rest was regular fondant that we painted with petal dust or food markers. The cake was just Devil’s Food with chocolate buttercream icing. I sprinkled crushed Oreos on top to make “dirt.”
It was fun and I think they came out really cute!
