Posted in happiness, holidays, milestones, pictures on April 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Happy you have put up with me for three years now aren’t they going to declare you a saint soon or something Day.
Three years ago, after many years of dating, Ries and I tied the knot for better or for worse. God has blessed us exceedingly with a partner [...]
Posted in adventures, pictures, travel on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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This past weekend we went camping with Gideon for the first time. We went to Camp Jellystone, a campground geared towards children. There were small children everywhere. I thought my head might explode. I like my kid and my friends children, but large numbers of small kids make me want to [...]
Posted in birth, family, life changes, pictures, updates on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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This post is a few days late, but life has been busy.
Gideon has a new cousin! Isaac Audie Murrell was born on April 23rd. He shares his birthday with Ries.
I am happy Isaac is here and that his parents are adjusting reasonably well. As well as two sleep deprived individuals can [...]
Posted in boys, pictures on April 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There is no way you can tell me that this is not my child. Compare for yourself.
Sorry they couldn’t be one of the more cuter pictures but I was going for similarities rather than knock down adorable. And whereas Gideon has a plethora of pictures to go through, the ones of me were limited.
Posted in pictures, travel on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Our last adventure in Boston was attending a Red Sox game. They were playing the Orioles which is Ries’ favorite team. He had high hopes of a win since the Orioles were on a winning streak, but they lost every game of the series with the Sox.
Gideon clapped for the Sox [...]
Posted in pictures, travel on April 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Continuing the Boston series:
On Saturday, we took a tour of the local craft brewery, Harpoon Brewery. It was a great tour and the beer was fabulous. It is available sometimes in Texas, but I have mostly seen the IPA, which is not my favorite. I am not a huge fan of [...]
Posted in pictures, travel on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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We took a guided tour of the Freedom Trail. Gideon appears here with our guide. He was very good, even if he was an ex University of Texas Professor.
We learned many interesting things including that fact that Paul Revere got caught by the British the night of his famous ride because [...]
Posted in pictures, travel on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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One of our first stops was Boston Common, a lovely area with statues, lawns, a playground, and a sometimes skating rink/wading pool. Of course, we had to go and see the Make Way for Ducklings statue. They were decked out for Easter with hats.
Gideon liked the real ducks better.
Posted in pictures, travel on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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This will be the first in a series chronicling the Smith trip to Boston.
Gideon was an excellent flier. He made not a peep on any of our flights. I did not even have to bust out the plane toys I bought on the advice of many mothers I know.
The captain of [...]
Posted in recipes, tagged engineers on April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
You may have noticed that I almost never post a recipe as is. I always modify it.
There are two kinds of cooks. There are cooks who measure everything and follow every recipe to the letter and then there are cooks like me.
Cooks who never measure salt, unless you count dumping it in my palm before [...]
Posted in food, recipes on April 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I have been looking for a way to make granola or granola bars that did not call for a million ingredients for awhile. I stumbled on this recipe in the baby food book I use entitled Super Baby Food. I highly recommend this book if you are thinking about making your own baby food (and [...]
Posted in pictures, updates on April 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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This is a week late, but life intervenes in daily schedules in funny ways when you have small children. Entire days pass and I wonder what we did that day other than roll around on the floor and eat at mealtimes. I feel so blessed to be able to be with [...]
Posted in everyday, mom, musings, naps, tagged Murphy's Law on April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When your child finally, blissfully goes to sleep you rush around to complete that nap time’s designated chore. Amazingly, you complete the chore and the child is still sleeping. You do a happy jig and rush to turn on your computer. You will finally be able to check your email, read the news, or loaf [...]
Posted in recipes on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have decided to try to post a new recipe every Monday. I missed last week, but I am going to try to make this a regular thing. Why? Because food is delicious. That’s why.
This recipe is adapted from The Gourmet Cookbook which if I was stranded on a desert island with a fully equipped [...]
Posted in everyday, pictures, prayers on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in happiness, pictures on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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This is the face of a boy happy in his new red wagon. It was an early birthday present from Gammy and Grandpa.
