Besides being my favorite day of the year, our neighborhood is a lot of fun at Halloween. Many houses get serious about decorating–this was ours last year: (Visit here to see last year’s recap.) This year we’ve added even more decorations, both inside and out! Hundreds of people flood our streets for trick-or-treating on Halloween night. [...]
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Oct 09 2012
Coconut Lentil Vegetable Soup
It was one of those weekends that we didn’t want to end. It couldn’t have been more fun, it couldn’t have been more jam packed, it couldn’t have been more seasonal, it couldn’t have been spent with anyone else I love more, and it couldn’t have been more perfect. It was quality family time at it’s very, [...]
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Apple Salsa
On Sunday we went on a hike up to some waterfalls near Snoqualmie Pass and spent a gorgeous afternoon together as a family. We hiked through the woods and climbed on rocks. (Some of the rocks we only pretended to climb.) We felt the icy cold water in the gently flowing streams. (Some of us felt it [...]
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The Lovely List
You know how sometimes the simplest things can make you so ridiculously happy? I’ve been finding several things lately that I think are just lovely and feel compelled to share them with you. Some of them might make you happy too! 1. Annmarie Gianni Skin Care: (source) I have been searching for a few years now for [...]
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Sweet Sixteen
[My apologies for not announcing the winner of the Flavor Doctor Giveaway on Friday. I'm not sure what I was thinking, but there was no way a blog entry was happening then. After being away until Thursday night then needing Friday to prepare for a dinner party, Meet the Teacher Night and go on a [...]
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A Couple Things Before I Go
I’m not going to make more excuses for my neglectful behavior, but if ever there was a time I didn’t have for blogging, it is now and it was this last week too. But, I am compelled to today because just like my irrepressable need to do things like scrub baseboards, paint pots, and clean out and organize [...]
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