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New Table!

December 30, 2010
I am so excited I got another Christmas present today from Chris. A new dining table! We had been using a small counter height bar table and Penelope was still in her highchair since the stools for the bar table had no back to them. We can finally get rid of the highchair and we actually have room for guests now! I love...

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Recipe

Homemade Bread!

December 29, 2010
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I used my KitchenAid for the first time today and made homemade French Bread. I am so proud of myself, it turned out really yummy. Here is my new toy in action... Here is my dough formed into a loaf after resting for an hour and a half...Here is my perfectly baked homemade French Bread...Crusty on the outside, soft on the inside... 1...

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Holiday Photo Contest- Chatting with Santa

December 28, 2010
Uprinting is sponsoring a holiday photo contest via Giveaway Blogs. Here is my entry... This picture was taken this year a couple of weeks before Christmas. It was Penelope's first time meeting Santa and she loved it! She asked Santa for a pink piano and a little barn...Santa brought her both. :) The winner of the Holiday Photo Contest will get a $100...

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Post Christmas Wrap Up

December 27, 2010
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We had a fabulous Christmas. We got to spend it with family we hadn't seen in awhile and ate a ton of food. I didn't get a picture of everything but believe me we ate well. I did take a photo of the marshmallow pops Chris and I made. Yummy marshmallows dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with coconut, graham cracker crumbs, peanuts, crushed...

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Wordless Wednesday

First...Wordless Wednesday

December 22, 2010
Penelope's first ever visit with Santa, she couldn't take her eyes off him. ...

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Eclipse!

December 20, 2010
Bento

Christmas Bento

December 17, 2010
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Christmas is only a week away, I am so excited! I love this time of year and it is even better this year because Penelope is actually old enough to understand what's going on. She can't wait for Santa to come and bring her presents. I have been trying to teach her different Christmas songs but so far the only one that she...

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Bento

...,Please!

December 11, 2010
Today when I asked Penelope what she wanted for lunch she of course answered "macaroni and cheese". This and "cheesy roll up" are the usual answers I get when I ask her this question, so I don't ask her very often. She is almost always satisfied with what I give her anyway. Today I thought I would give her what she wanted with...

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Wildlife

December 06, 2010
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There is a large population of Bald Eagles in Homer, Alaska. One of the reasons is the abundance of salmon in the area another reason is a lady named Jean Keene. Jean Keene fed the wild Bald Eagles that visited every year between the months of December and April on the Homer Spit, between 200 to 300 Bald Eagles daily for several years! Since...

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