bundle up!

Baby, it's cold outside!

What are you doing to keep Jack Frost at bay?

a new year dawns

time flies

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This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it or use it for good.
What I do today is important, because
I am exchanging a day of my life for it.
When tomorrow comes,
this day will be gone forever,
leaving in its place something
that I have traded for it.
I want it to be gain, not loss;
good not evil; success not failure;
in order that I shall not regret
the price I paid for it.
Author Unknown

* 
Christmas weaves a magic wand over this world,

and behold,

everything is softer and more beautiful.

* 
Norman Vincent Peale

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 Wishing you a

a heart overflowing with gratitude

and a Thanksgiving Day filled with love.

Blessings!

happy birthday, princess olivia!

Last Saturday we celebrated Olivia's 3rd birthday  

with a Woodland Fairy Princess party.

The menu included:

Tomato/Mozzarella "Toadstool" Appetizers

Chips and Dip

"Butterfly" Sandwiches

Mimi's Potato Salad

GG's Peanut Butter Squares

Auntie Crystal's Fruit Wands

Mama's Rice Krispie Wands

"Fairy Berry Juice"

Gramma's Funfetti Fairy Cake 

and Fairy Cupcakes (Liv helped decorate!)

& Neopolitan Ice Cream

oh, and Pixie Stix. :)

Aunt Mary Jane brought pink sugar cookies with sprinkles too.

The party was lots of fun and Olivia received many wonderful gifts from
her royal family and friends.  They, of course, were fit for a queen princess! 
Every time I see her she's wearing a different ensemble.
I think she had three costume changes at the party! :)
And everyone, I mean everyone, enjoyed the fairy wings! teehee!

Happy Birthday, sweet girl! 

You will always be a princess to "Biddy" and me.

Happy Veteran's Day

                                                          

                                  Dad~ holding Crystal~a few years ago...

 Dad was in the Navy during the Korean Conflict.  

My brother, Brian, joined the Marines the summer he graduated from high school

 

 To all our veterans...

Thank you.

three weddings, two baby showers, and a field trip, oh my!

We were without power for 5 days last week after an October snow storm.
So it's time for an update...

Lydia & Zach * 9/10/11

  Allison & Ben * 9/30/11

Kaitlyn & Paul * 10/08/11

Jackie's Baby Girl (Aleena) Shower (10/9) w/ Liv & Dayton "helping"

  Mary Beth's Baby Boy (Noah) Shower (10/22)

Dayton & Liv & several others "helped" at this shower too!

 

  Field Trip to Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut

Grades K to 4

11/04/11

Looks like God painted the Clownfish by hand.

 Octopus up close and personal!

I'm always awestruck by the imagination and creativity of God when I see all the creatures He's made!

 

Beluga Whale~amazing!

Next week, Olivia's Fairy Princess Birthday Party!

Stay tuned!