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    My Lil’ Container Garden – Summer 2020

    July 30, 2020 - By 

    I’m honestly not even sure where to start with this garden post, since I haven’t done a great job of documenting it here all along. I know I’ve mentioned it a lot the last few months. To start off I’d like to say that this garden would not have been a thing if it weren’t for Jess at Roots & Refuge Farm and her Youtube channel. I started watching her about a year and half ago, I think it was when another Youtuber/Blogger friend, Constance from Cosmopolitan Cornbread mentioned her. Jess and her hubby who she lovingly calls ‘Sweet Miah’…

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    2019 Summer Wrap Up

    October 13, 2019 - By 

    I can’t believe it’s mid October, but alas here is my 2019 Summer Wrap Up! Every year I enjoy looking back at everything we did over the summer and I thought I’d put one together for this year. I usually start these posts with the run down of May. I did my weekly summary posts up through June 22nd, so here’s the links for those. May 5-11 May 12-18 May 19-June 22 After the guys got back from Omaha, it was time to get Alex ready for Boy Scout Summer camp. They went up to Camp Rainey Mountain in Clayton,…

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    2018 Summer Wrap Up

    September 22, 2018 - By 

    Jeez, now that September’s almost over, I thought I’d better do my summer wrap up. Before you know it, it will be Christmas. Sheesh! So for us in Alabama, school gets out in late May so that’s where our fun will begin. –MAY– Memorial Day Weekend my 2 nieces stayed with us while their parents traveled to NYC. On that Saturday was their Recital Day! On Sunday, we went over to Lake Martin. We hiked at Smith Mountain and then enjoyed some lake time with our friends. The boys rescued a turtle. Back in March, Drew got in a wreck,…

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    Summer Bucket List 2018

    June 19, 2018 - By 

    Summer officially starts this week. In case you wondered summer is from Thursday, June 21 through Saturday, September 22. Although, my 9th grader starts school August 8th and my college kid starts August 20th. And since both the boys have been done with school since May, I’ve let a several weeks go by. I need to get busy. – Make popsicles. – Make something off my Recipe Bucket List. – Make some bird feeders. – Go swimming. – Make root beer floats. – Go on a quick family trip somewhere fun. – Go on a family hike. – Visit family.…

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    Best of Summer 2017

    August 31, 2017 - By 

    I can’t believe tomorrow is SEPTEMBER!! Can you? Summer always flies by, so I’m not sure why I’m always surprised. In this best of summer post, I’m sharing the highlights of the last 3 months. As I gathered up pictures, I realized this summer has been so busy. We’ve covered a lot of ground among the 4 of us. So here goes… June I started the summer by finding a penpal. You can read about that here. Our friend Julia invited us to the lake for some food and relaxation and the celebration of her birthday. Always such fun with…

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    August To Do List

    August 9, 2017 - By 

    July To Do Recap –Get more comfortable with my Fujifilm INSTAX Mini 8 Instant Camera. – I didn’t do as much as I would have liked. One day after work, I pulled it out and walked around outside and in the house trying different things. Honestly, I’m super frustrated with it. –Start exercising 3 times a week before the end of the month. Nothing like waiting till the last minute, but the last week in July we worked out at AU Rec & Wellness 4 times that week. This past week we made it twice, but that averages out to…

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    Summer Summary 2016

    September 12, 2016 - By 

    The past few months have been jam packed with so much! The times of lazy summer days are few and far between around here. Here’s what kept us busy… End of the season handbell choir performance at church All the high school graduation festivities [Senior Sunday] [Graduation Day] [Grad Party at the Lake] Rob and Drew spent a week out in Southern California Memorial Day weekend tradition at Lake Martin Alex went to Boy Scout Summer Camp. Oh and we drove all the way to Tennessee to take boys up there and then went back at the end of the…

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    Memories of the Month {6.2015}

    July 7, 2015 - By 

    This month I was happy about: it being summer and just being able to have some downtime. This year I’m going to rate the books & movies. Here’s my rating system: ♥ ♥ = Love it! A must read/see! ♥ = Really good! Highly recommend. ✓ ✓ = Good, not great ✓ = Not much to talk about X = Awful. Total waste of time Movies I watched were: The Best of Me – ♥ ♥♥ ♥ TV Shows I watched were: Grace & Frankie (Netflix) – watched the first episode and the first few minutes of the 2nd episode,…

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    Camp Sequoyah

    July 1, 2012 - By 

    This year Drew decided to attend a different Boy Scout camp. Since his troop is so large they usually have 2 different groups go to 2 different camps. The last several years he’s gone up to North Carolina to Camp Daniel Boone, but this year he opted to stay in his home state of Alabama, and attend Camp Sequoyah. His troop leaders are quite tech savy and for this summer’s camp outs, began blogging and posting pics through the weeks of camp. Well, I couldn’t have been any happier to find updates about what Drew had done each day along…

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    Things to do this Summer {2011}

    June 24, 2011 - By 

    With summer nearly 4 weeks in, I’m finally getting around to doing a post about things I’d like to do! I was extra motivated when I saw Andrea’s post! So here goes…. Family road trip 7/1-5 Read at least 2 good books Get kids to the dentist So happy to have this done until December! 😀 Take Teenager to the orthodontist (had 1st appt./2 more to go on 7/18 & 7/25) Get the office organized (or at least functional) once and for all! Go on a picnic 7/3 Go on a photo walk (even if it’s by myself) Get my…

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    Just put me on the BAD MOM list!

    May 6, 2011 - By 

    Ahhhhh!!! I’m so upset right now and instead of putting part of this on my facebook, I’m going to do what I used to do and blog about it! So here goes…you have been forewarned. First, let me give some background info. Every summer our church has a “Sweat Week” for 6-12th graders. Sweat Week is where the teenagers sleep at the church for 3 or 4 nights and they spend each day doing mission work around the community. Last year Drew helped sort donations at the Salvation Army drop off center, shovel horse waste at a Horse Camp for…

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    My Story In Photos: The Summer Edition {I Heart Faces}

    August 4, 2009 - By 

    This week over at I Heart Faces our challenge is to share your story of summer through pictures. So here you have it. This summer didn’t have any big trips or much exciting. We managed to do little things here and there so that it wasn’t totally boring! Summer started with sis-in-law’s graduation from SCAD Atlanta Then off to see a friend in North Alabama. We did some fun crafts. Lots of Lego playin’. 1st Boy Scout Court of Honor 1st year of swimming lessons for Alex. Summer nights in Auburn Flat top hair cut for Drew. Drew goes to…

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    Feeling the Love at Camp

    July 1, 2009 - By 

    Last week Drew spent his first week at camp. He went away to Boy Scout Camp in North Carolina; Camp Daniel Boone. I always loved getting stuff while away at camp, so I had a lot of fun writing letters and packaging up little things to send him. Put a mark next to “Good Mom” deeds and helping the camp newbie feel the love at camp his first year! 🙂 On the packing list was of course a laundry bag. I found this in the $1 department at Target. I also found camp postcards, stationary & envelopes, and stickers in…

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    Summer Days

    May 23, 2006 - By 

    Our 2nd of Summer Days…Today we started the morning by going to Town Creek Park and walked. We took some pictures along the way. Here’s the boys while resting on a bench. After that we went home and made homemade Strawberry-Lemonade Icies. Here’s a picture of Alex showing off the fact he gets to drink out of a big boy cup! The walk really stirred up our appetite so we went to Red Lobster with Rob for lunch. After lunch we came home only to struggle with Alex, who didn’t want to take a nap! I finally got him down…

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    Summer – Day 1

    May 22, 2006 - By 

    Today is the first day of summer for the boys and me. It’s gone pretty well. We ran some errands this morning and then watched Cool Runnings together. What an inspiring movie! The boys enjoyed each other, for the most part. Here’s Alex watching on as Drew plays on his game boy.

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    Can I just snap my fingers?

    June 28, 2005 - By 

    I love to travel, just love it. But what I don’t love is getting ready to travel. Cleaning the house, packing, cleaning out the car, making sure we have everything, going to the store, paying bills, and the list goes on and on. I wish I could just snap my fingers and be ready to go. Well, for that matter, just snap my fingers and BE THERE! Here’s our itinerary for those interested: June 30-July 1: Jackson, MS (Mississippi Braves Game) July 1-July 3: Cedar Creek Lake, TX (Family visit) July 4-July 6: Fort Worth, TX (Family visit) July 7-July…