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July 3, 2009

Finer Things Friday: The Gift of Hot Air

July 3, 2009 By 11 Comments

A week ago Wednesday Joely read a narrative in her vocabulary book about the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. She was fascinated by the story of how the hot air balloons can take off and then come back to the same place to land in Albuquerque. She determined then and there that she wanted to go up [...]

June 18, 2009

Finer Things Friday: Sew Much Fun

June 18, 2009 By 6 Comments

Jerah has had the chance to attend sewing camp last summer and then a 4-hr sewing camp this last weekend. Joely has been watching Jerah learn to sew and make all sorts of things (from t-shirts to duffle bags), and she's wanted to do it too. So this week, when the older two kids were [...]

June 11, 2009

Finer Things Friday: Poolside with the Kids

June 11, 2009 By 7 Comments

We're watching a friend's house this week, taking care of their animals while they're gone, and it just so happens they have a gorgeous pool that they said we can use. So that's what we've been doing this week — I've been sitting by the pool in the shade watching my kiddos having fun. All [...]

May 21, 2009

Finer Things Fridays: Milk and Cookies

May 21, 2009 By 5 Comments

Some things never get old. As a child, I remember my mom making us chocolate chip cookies, limiting us kids to three or four cookies each…and how we would sneak a few extra whenever we could…and how we'd always eat the raw cookie dough! Even now as an adult, making homemade cookies and eating them [...]

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