Category Archives: family

pumpkins … already?!

CJ was out of town for a few days this week … so the girls and I found ourselves looking for a bit of action.  Enter, the pumpkin farm.  Can you believe it’s that time already? It was a brisk, Wisconsin afternoon … so we were pretty much the only ones there … which was [...]

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2009 wisconsin state fair

Really? Only in Wisconsin … at the state fair … would you find a sign like this.  And people who were actually partaking of the chocolate covered product.  Um … ewww! Is it possible to eat your weight in sugar and fried food?  If so … we did. Don’t ya love the teenager?  This is [...]

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father’s day bliss

Ta-da!  Told ya I’d do it!  :) And they were yummy too!!  I did everything with a mix {brownie mix, cake mix, pre-packaged sugar cookie dough.  even the frosting was the already-prepared-squirt-out kind}.  YUM-EE!!  And CJ loved them. We had a relaxing and blessed Father’s Day … hope y’all did too! Here’s the hubs with [...]

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happy {belated} birthday trisha!

So I totally missed singing my favorite lil’ sis her birthday song this year.  I’m so sorry Trish … here goes … Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear TrishA, happy birthday to YOU!  May you live a hundred years.  May you drink a hundred beers.  Get plAstered, you bAAAd girl [...]

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my hero

This is my nephew Brett.  He graduated and received his wings today from the United States Army Airborne School.  He leaves today to go straight to Army Ranger training {a specialized, elite force in the Army}. Any guesses how proud I am of him?

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