Category Archives: Fun stuff

Taylor 2013

Saturday, July 6, 2013… Avery and I spent another magical evening with one of our favorite people in the world — Taylor Swift! And 57,000 other screaming fans, of course. Of course it was the hottest day of the summer … Continue reading

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Geocaching

Geocaching is something that we’ve been hearing about for quite a while… but, until recently, we’d never actually tried it ourselves. A few weeks ago, Nick was inspired. We both signed up on the geocaching website, loaded the kids in … Continue reading

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Our Evening with Taylor!

I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to write this post! ACK! But I couldn’t NOT blog about the Taylor Swift concert!! I bought the tickets for this concert, for Avery and me, back in January. And, at the … Continue reading

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Pinterest: Words

Pinterest is my latest addiction. My friend Melissa introduced me to it… and lots of my scrapping/crafty friends are hooked, too. I’m not really sure why it fascinates me so, but there’s something oddly satisfying about seeing things grouped together … Continue reading

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Wheeling Nailers

They aren’t the Pirates, and I’m still having withdrawals now that baseball season is over… but we do enjoy taking in a Wheeling Nailers hockey game every  now and then. We’ve gone to several Nailers games the last few years… … Continue reading

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Going away

I love the time every morning when my kids kiss me goodbye and head to the bus stop. Today, I’m going to love it even more. Because, as soon as the kids disappear from sight, I’m going to be out … Continue reading

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“Never Alone” Walk

When my alarm started squawking at 8am this morning, I figured it must be a bad dream… it’s SATURDAY, after all!! But, no, I had actually set the alarm on purpose, against my better judgment! Mom called yesterday and invited … Continue reading

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Camping… in the backyard

I took over 100 photos of our backyard camping adventure last night, but they can all be summed up with this one photo (which looked a lot better and was more legible when it was full size!!). Put on your … Continue reading

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A date with my daughter

A few nights ago, Nick and Damon went out to take care of some Scouting business… and Avery was soooo upset because she couldn’t tag along. I promised her that she and I could have a girls-only date today. So, … Continue reading

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A fun evening with the Bucs!

Last night, Nick and I took the kids into Pittsburgh for an evening of baseball, good-lookin’ ballplayers, hot dogs, cotton candy… and did I mention good-lookin’ ballplayers?? Pirates games are rapidly becoming one of my favorite things about living so … Continue reading

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