Am I the only mom who is fed up with buying gifts for their children? I don’t know if it is the lack of commercials so they really don’t “want” anything or their lack of playing, but I try to think of something fun or useful for them each year. I don’t want to just [...]

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Every Christmas holds activities for our family. Some are traditions, some we make up as we go. This year I decided to make Christmas PJs. Actually, when I think of it, the fabric was bought for Christmas skirts for a family picture. When making clothes for 12″ stuffed animals became a Christmas request, clothes for [...]

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We celebrated Thanksgiving with all of my side of the family. My two brothers and their families and my parents. We met in Hot Springs, AR which was only about 7 hours for us. Seriously, I don’t know how we use to drive to Pampa in a station wagon for 12 hours without a DVD [...]

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Last Halloween I took the year off and bought the costumes. But this year, the suggested characters seemed better to just make. So I did. Megan’s, Maid Marian, required fabric, a pattern, trim and hours of work. I was very proud of the way it turned out and she loved it. Alyssa chose to be [...]

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We had some fall fun at Lucky Ladd Farm this year. It was a great place. We fed the goats and chickens, had plenty of playground fun, picked our pumpkins and enjoyed some nachos…I mean who doesn’t love some nachos. All the girls did well with the animals. It is interesting to see Alyssa get [...]

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Megan and Audrey started preschool at KOTK this week. Megan was a little concerned about leaving Mrs. B (at her old school), but she did great at a new place. We all needed little miss Audrey in school, so we had to change to a new school. Audrey’s teacher said that she cried off and [...]

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We did a little hiking this past weekend with the girls. We found a pack to haul Audrey around in and took off for the parks. She rode around in it fairly well, but she did get heavy. I can’t imagine if we actually put a child with the weight limit in it – like [...]

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We had a trip planned for this summer. The perfect beach house picked out and reserved, private golf cart to travel back and forth to the beach, wonderful friends to share the experience… then cancer hit. Date #1 canceled and rebooked for later in July in case all I had to do was radiation. That [...]

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My sis-in-law, Jen, and niece, Blakely, came to visit us last week. We would have loved to have the whole family, but had a blast with just the girls. It is always fun to have another mom in the house to help manage kids, cook dinner and clean up. Jen has got about the most [...]

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Let me tell you a little story about our Father’s Day. Ethan and I have never been one to give gifts. I guess it is neither of our love languages. We speak of occassions, celebrate anniversaries with nice dinners, and enjoy cakes on our birthdays. So Mother’s and Father’s Day have not been much different. [...]

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