Thankful :: February 2014 Edition

February has been a good month. Lots to be thankful for. Thankful for sunny skies and warmer weather. Just a little time outdoors makes such a difference in our day and now I'm so ready for spring I can't stand it.  For tea parties with stuffed animals and Pinterest breakfasts (that are actually doable for this impatient mama) when we're not able to make it outdoors. Definitely...

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Family Photo Album :: Artifact Uprising

I sold my "big girl" camera. I had saved for a dSLR for months and months, purchased it before Crosbi was born, eager to master my photography skills. I read a few articles online, learned the basics of ISO and aperture, but in the end, I just didn't have time to commit. There is so much more to using it than pointing and clicking. If you're going to use a fancy camera, you need to also learn photoshop...

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Real Life :: Valentines Edition

While Crosbi sat at the table coloring, I pulled out the supplies to make Valentines for her preschool classmates. She looked up, saw right away I was using stickers and asked, "I help you?"  That also happens to be the exact phrase she uses when she wants me to help her. She's the cutest.  My immediate thought was to tell her to keep coloring and that I would quickly finish her Valentines....

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Red Oak (formerly Red Lark)

Just a few miles from our home is the cutest little coffee shop which was once called the Red Lark, but we were informed as we walked in that it is now the Red Oak. Either way, its small town charm and iced chai lattes keep me coming back.  Todd had never been, so this morning we decided to experience it as a family. That was after Crosbi slept until 9 (say whaaaaaat?!). We had reason...

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