Introducing Adam Joseph!

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I hope you and your family had a wonderful and blessed Christmas! We certainly did :) We had a great Christmas, and unexpectedly, I started getting contractions at the end of the day. We went into the hospital around midnight and our beautiful son, Adam was born at 2:29 am at 38 1/2 weeks, 7 [...]

Cranberry Orange Cookies

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I don’t like to post recipes that aren’t mine, but these were SO amazingly good that I have to post them. I feel like I’ll be doing the world (and you) an injustice if I don’t let you know how ridiculously tasty they are. I might even go as far to say that these are [...]

Painted Glass Vase Advent Wreath

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Last year I forgot to take our Advent wreath out until after Christmas. This year I discovered that a hot attic is not a good place to put candles that can melt. On the third Sunday of Advent (raise your hand if you’re a slacker…), I decided I needed to do something in the way [...]

Evolution of a Christmas Tree, Making Your Tree Glow!

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How was your weekend? Are you all ready for Christmas?? We finished decorating around here and kinda just hung out. My little sister had a birthday party at an indoor pool (the kids loved it!) on Friday night, I worked and Doug fixed our car (new radiator – blah) Saturday afternoon, and Doug’s parents and [...]

Hot Glue Icicle Ornaments

Inspired by the look of these vintage icicles that were on my parents’ tree (and now ours), I wanted to make a ton of icicles for our tree! To make the icicles, take an ornament hook, straighten it out, make a little loop, and hang them on some string Take your hot glue gun and [...]