tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-461973303576873692026-05-15T04:16:37.617-04:00Wendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17644371692237895914noreply@blogger.comBlogger944125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46197330357687369.post-28495315284953464892013-08-02T12:21:00.002-04:002013-08-02T12:23:39.676-04:00

If you live here in New Hampshire or any of the surrounding New England states you know this jingle....Story Land - where fantasy lives!  {I know you all just sang it out loud}  We've been to Story Land a few times as a family and just love it there. Such a fun place to be and so much to do!!  Here is a great deal for $3 off each individual ticket {up to 8} Story

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So many lights and so little time! Gift of Lights is guaranteed to get you in the holiday spirit. Pile the entire family in the car and prepare to be amazed. Think light tunnels, giant candy canes and Santa up close and personal. What a great way to get in the holiday spirit           http://www.giftoflightsnhms.com/  Save $2 to Gift of Lights Drive

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WOW! I had no idea how long I've been away from this blog. I popped in to check something out and was blindsided by my last post. Many of my readers are friends and family who keep up with me on Facebook or real life so they already know why. But for those of you who don't...my FIL passed away at the end of June. His cancer came back and wasn't treatable. The doctors told him he had a year or

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I'm dying over here!!! I was looking at some old photos in search of some with Grampy Wesley. OMG!! Look at my lil' peanuts!! I don't have any of Grampy and Wesley as a baby:( Those were back when I used old school film, lol!!! 

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I remember when we bought this house 10 years ago. Our thermostat was kept on 68-70 all Winter because propane was only .64 a gallon. Now it's almost $4 a gallon so the heat is pretty much kept on 62-64! UGH!! Sick of being cold, but I'm so thankful for warm blankets that I'm pretty much cuddled in all day, lol! Luckily we have a "tight" house so it's easy to keep at a constant temperature.&nbsp

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Uncle Josh built this amazing doll house for Lani and her Barbie's. It's unbelievable and such a thoughtful gift. Auntie Lisa and the girls decorated it!! The rug is a cut up bath mat and the wallpaper is 12x12 scrapbook paper. A few more things need to be finished on it, but Lani is in heaven:)  {excuse the grainy cell phone photo}

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A few weeks before Christmas my nieces and nephew {he had NO interest in decorating} make sugar cookies. Leah and Lani rolled out the dough and cut out the cookies. Then they all dove into decorating! loved to see how creative they all were! I thought it was really fun and hope to make it a tradition. There is NOTHING better then my Gramma Colwell's soft sugar cookies:) 

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The weekend before Thanksgiving we went to our local parade. Can you tell we were facing the sun? Another fun morning with the cousins!!! Such a beautiful day to be out in the bright sunshine soaking up some Vitamin D!!! 

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Lani looking so beautiful in her dress! She had her Kindergarten Christmas performance at school. She was so nervous, but did great! I was shocked that she sang all the songs and did all the hand movements.  Here is she is with both Kindergarten classes {morning and afternoon}. The schools Preschool classes also joined in!!  Michael's parents with the grand

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We were invited by Feld Entertainment and Disney on Ice down to the TD Garden in Boston. I've been to several Disney on Ice shows and Treasure Trove was one of my favorites. My number one all time favorite was Toy Story on Ice:) I loved that the show included Disney movies that I've never seen at an on ice show...Lion King, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland. It was amazing!!! Here are some photos,

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I hope that you all had a very Merry Christmas! We definitely did!!! Lots of time was spent with family...good food, laughter, presents and memories:} 

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For the past several years we have used Shutterfly for our Christmas cards. I've never been disappointed by their quality or how easy it was to create them. I picked my favorite photograph of Wesley and Lani, uploaded it to Shutterfly and created a beautiful photo Christmas card.  Last year I chose a Stationary Card. I was going to post the one I chose, but because

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Another amazing Disney on Ice performance is coming to the TD Garden in Boston, MA. On this special day 11/11/11 you can buy tickets for the opening performance for only $11.11 for  Disney on Ice: Treasure Trove!!  Want to win tickets to the December 26th performance {7pm show}? Leave a comment for me below! Want an extra chance? Send your friends over here and make sure they let

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Sewalls Falls Trail 2011

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Lani had a Halloween party at her school on Monday. I was lucky enough to have one child care kiddo so I spent the day in her class. I helped the kiddos do a little cooking center and then just hung around to watch Lani in all her glory. Oh, and the boys love my Lani....ugh! She sat at circle and 4 boys fought over who was going to sit with her. OMG!!  At night Lani's buddy Oliver

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The kids are loving soccer this year! Wesley made it onto the school team. He plays defense and is really doing well. I love to watch him boot the ball:) Lani is playing with all her little Kindergarten friends. They have so much fun running around with their coaches. Such a perfect balance between fun and learning the rules of soccer. 

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Wesley, Lani and their cousins participated in a 2 mile bike ride to raise money for the Payson Center in Concord. For any readers who don't already know, my FIL was diagnosed with Sarcoma Cancer several months ago. Because of the Payson Center he was able to receive his chemotherapy treatments locally instead of taking the 2 hour {longer in traffic} to Dana Farber in Boston. I can't imagine

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I love the "notes" app on my iPhone! I tried some of the fancier organizational apps, but this one is the best!! I have at least 20 lists going right now. My most used are "presents" and "photography places". Both are great because I instantly type down ideas as I see them!!  My other lists are : blog ideas Walmart layaway {items I want to put on layaway this holiday season} Lia

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I had no idea that running kids around could be so exhausting! I hate being a taxi driver, but no way will Lani take the school bus. I don't question her safety, but I do question what she will learn. I also don't want her with a screaming bus driver for any amount of time. Doesn't seem like a positive way to end that day!! I'm sooo thankful that I have a job that allows me the opportunity to

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I took a frisbee to the nose today. Who knew that a 3 year old could have enough power to split it right open. I didn't even cry because it hurt, but at the thought of getting stitches. WAH!! Thanks goodness I didn't!!! Now I just look like a dummy with a cut across my nose. I was hoping that I could at least wear sunglasses to hide it, but the cut is RIGHT where they rest. OUCH!! Maybe in a few

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Both my kiddos are now in school! I can't believe that I just dropped my baby Lani off at Kindergarten today!!!!! Unlike most parents I wasn't sad at all, but instead I was thrilled. I love seeing how much she's grown and become such an independent girl. It was cold and rainy, but that didn't damper our spirits. I prayed to the rain God's to at least let the rain slow down until after she went

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It's so hard to believe that it's September 1st and the Summer of awesomeness is coming to an end!! It always sneaks up on me every year :) Our school starts next Wednesday and honestly I am so ready for the kids to go back. Not because I don't want to be with them, but because we all need our schedule back. Oh and it's going to be a busy one!! Wesley made the school soccer team which means

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This vacation we have seen a lot of movies. Both at the theater and her at home. We have a theater a few towns over that shows older movies for $3.50 and we used our vacation fun towards the others! Sneak in a little candy and juice boxes and it's a cheap afternoon/night out.  So far we've seen The Help {Michael and I}, Smurfs, Mr. Poppers Penguins, Kung Fu Panda 2, The Fighter {Michael and

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My niece Jenna built this cairn while we were fishing and swimming in the mountains over the weekend! 

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From December to March I will bitch about living in New Hampshire and how much I hate the cold, snowy winters! April comes and I get over it until December rolls around again. Surely I'm not the only one who feels that way, lol!!!  One of the best parts of living in NH is that I'm soooo close to beautiful mountains to the North and beaches to the East!!! We've spent a lot of time in both

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