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Happy 1st Birthdays, friends!

December 12, 2014 – 8:23 pm

It has been so fun to watch two dear friends raise twins. Early 2014 we celebrated their birthdays. Happy 1sts, Anya, Isaac, Colin and Vivienne! “There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.” —Josh Billings

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(All of) Christmas 2013

December 12, 2014 – 8:06 pm

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” —Norman Vincent Peale

By kara | Posted in All | Tagged baby shower, christmas, christmas eve, cookies, family, gaker, gebhart, Grandma, Grandpa, great grandma, holiday, mangan, Nini, Pop Pop, presents, stockings, tree, uhl | Comments (0)

Sophie’s Purple Party

December 12, 2014 – 7:33 pm

Late 2013, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Sophie decided to have a Purple Party. This meant she spent an afternoon taking every single thing out of her room that wasn’t purple, filling the upstairs hallway. You had to wear purple to attend … and you were only allowed to eat purple treats. We played purple games, […]

By kara | Posted in All | Tagged dress-up, family, games, mess, party, purple, room, Sophie | Comments (1)

Kyle’s 30th Birthday (2013)

December 12, 2014 – 7:25 pm

“Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.” —Larry Lorenzoni

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Colleen + Sophie

December 12, 2014 – 7:16 pm

November 2013 “In my cousin, I find a second self.” —Isabel Norton

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Thanksgiving 2013

December 12, 2014 – 7:13 pm

“There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.” […]

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Halloween 2013

December 12, 2014 – 7:05 pm

“Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite, All are on their rounds tonight; In the wan moon’s silver ray, Thrives their helter-skelter play.” —Joel Benton

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Days Like This

December 9, 2014 – 4:56 pm

I need to talk about today. Because today has been, well, awful. Everyone’s sick. That’s not true. James and Sophie went to school today. But everyone has been sick, at some point, since Thanksgiving. For all of us it’s been a feverish cold but then today Owen threw up his toast. And now he’s hungry […]

By kara | Posted in All | Tagged christmas, Christmas tree, days like this, illness, project, school, sick, tree | Comments (1)

So That I May Look Back And Remember Why I Was Always So Tired

December 3, 2014 – 9:00 pm

October 23, 2013 “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” —Phyllis Diller

By kara | Posted in All | Tagged mess, messy, Owen, playroom | Comments (0)

Neltner’s Farm 2013

December 3, 2014 – 8:52 pm

(Catching up before the New Year. They’ve grown so much.) “For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.” ±Edwin Way Teale

By kara | Posted in All | Tagged 2013, James, Kentucky, Neltner's, october, Owen, pumpkin farm, Sophie | Comments (1)
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