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Cooped Up

  Except for a short trip to the after hours clinic this past Saturday for a shot and a prescription and one short trip around the corner to see my parents Monday evening because I had not seen them in a week, I have been cooped up in our View Post

Thunderstruck At The Texas Rangers Baseball Game

We just got back from our little family getaway to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and one of the highlights of our trip was going to see the Texas Rangers play the Minnesota Twins at the Ballpark in Arlington.  This was the first Major League Baseball View Post

Memphis Zoo

The very first time we took E.B. to the zoo he was 2 years old.  We had a heck of a time maneuvering his stroller and keeping up with him when we did let him out of the stroller to walk a bit.  We've been anxiously awaiting the time to take View Post

Flies Through The Air With The Greatest of Ease

You know your kid is growing up when he proclaims all of the kiddie rides at the fair as “lame” and prefers to do this instead. View Post

I Love New York! (And Memphis, Too)

As we were driving home from a weekend outing Saturday evening, I realized it had been October since I had left the boundaries of our small town.  October!  Life seems to be moving at such a fast pace that this fact never dawned on me until I was out View Post

The New Year’s Eve MoonPie Drop

New Year's Eve was completely tame around our home.  Cracked Daddy had to work, so E.B. and I spent the whole day and evening being quite lazy because it's been the only day since Christmas that we've been home with absolutely no prior commitments.  View Post

Typical Thanksgiving

Just thought I would post a couple of pictures of a typical Thanksgiving with my family.  My Thanksgivings have looked exactly the same for all 36 years of my life.  We go to my aunt's for lunch, then down to my grandmother's house after View Post

Thanksgiving Leftovers

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. My husband even got to be home for it, and we were so thankful! EB and I spent Thursday morning in the bed watching the parades and then we went to my aunt's house for dinner. The food was glorious, amazing, View Post

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