parties and holidays

How to Make a Simple Family Slideshow

January 21, 2013
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I spent a lot of my Monday last week working through the mountain of images that had collected on my camera this past week.  I started out by going through all the images to sort out the good ones and place them in appropriate folders.  I don’t spend a lot of time editing pics, but […]

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Yummy Celebrations

January 16, 2013
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How can one little person have so many parties?! And it was only #3.  She must be one loved little girl.  And this momma has become quite a baker.  From mini cupcakes for her preschool class to layered chocolate cake for our family party.  There were a lot of sprinkles to be had!  {Confession: I […]

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Happy New Year!

January 7, 2013

Phew!  How great does a new year feel? I mean as much as I love Thanksgiving and Christmas and everything in between, it sure feels awesome to start a new year.  I love to deck the halls as much as the next gal, but seeing my home cleared out, striped down, free of all that […]

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December 28, 2012

  Every year, my whole life, my birthday has seemed like a bust!  3 days after Christmas, 2 days before the biggest party of the year and friends and family scattered around the world visiting loved ones.  Bumm-er. But this year, for whatever reason, it has also occurred to me that with a birthday at […]

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Friday Favorites {Holiday Fun}

December 14, 2012
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It’s been a busy week around here.  Sick kids, not fun.  We still managed to continue some Random Acts of Christmas Kindness, and have a few special Christmas moments. Up for this weekend- baking, holiday performances, and 3 birthday parties! phew!  A few photos of our week and some yummy ideas for your holiday baking. […]

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Gift Guide – part 3 {Outdoor Toys}

December 12, 2012
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A friend with young children recently asked me what our family’s all time most favorite outdoor toys were.  From big ticket items to the smallest ones our kids have thoroughly used {and abused} all of these from sun up to sun down through each season and from 0-9 years old.  So from one outdoorsy family […]

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Random Acts of Christmas Kindness

December 10, 2012
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As I mentioned last week, and in my post about Advent, we’ve started a new tradition in our family this year.  RACK is a commitment to performing Random Acts of Christmas Kindness for 24 days in anticipation of Christmas.  It connects us to other people and reminds us of all our blessings along the way. […]

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Friday Favorites {December}

December 7, 2012
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What are you up to this weekend?  We are surprising the kids and taking them on the train to see the “Fantasy of Lights” in Vasona Park, they are going to love it!  Plus we’ll make Gingerbread Houses and read from more of our favorite Christmas Books. Here are 5 Favorites for Friday this first week of […]

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Gift Idea {Custom Calendars}

December 6, 2012
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I’m sure by now many of you are familiar with Minted’s beautiful holiday photo cards.  {If you haven’t seen them and are still looking for a great looking card, check ’em out.}  But do you know about some of their other gorgeous gifts by incredibly talented designers? After I spent many hours a few weeks […]

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Getting in the Spirit!

December 4, 2012
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Between the stormy weather this weekend we had so much fun picking out our Christmas Tree, decorating, shopping, seeing Santa and so much Christmas cheer to start the month off right!  The rain has been non-stop here in California lately.  We timed it just right this weekend and found a break in the storm to […]

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