Happy Halloween

Nov 10

Happy Halloween

No trick or treating pictures this year, I’m afraid. I was much too, er, involved to try to take my camera while walking around the neighborhood. It was a crazy weekend, especially since I procrastinated on the girls’ costumes until the last minute. And I did make the girls’ costumes! i’m quite proud of them. Allison was a ballerina about 6...

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Lil’Punkins

Nov 09

Lil’Punkins

When we found out that we were moving to Las Vegas, I never expected to have an orchard 5 minutes away from our house. Yep, you read that right. An orchard. And they grow pumpkins for fall. You have to cut them off with your own pruning shears. It’s called Gilcrease Orchard and its pretty cool. The first time we went there, I told the two little kids. On a...

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Nevada Day

Nov 09

Nevada Day

Alex’s school celebrated Nevada day next week. Then they got a five day weekend. NOT, as the school was quite emphatic about, to celebrate Halloween, but rather to celebrate Nevada’s rich culture and heritage. Which I’m sure is exactly what all those kids were thinking about as they collected there candy. But meanwhile, we had a family picnic day to...

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Fly away

Nov 07

I may have mentioned that Allison does competitive gymnastics. (You know, since it runs our lives) She’s a level 6 this year, which means it is the last year that she’ll have to do the “compulsory” routines, or the USAG dictated routines that all gymnastics of the same level do. Next year she will get to choose her own music and own routine....

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Baby Steps

Nov 07

Moving is a lot of work. Trust me. I’ve done it a lot. But when you discover an awesome site like the one by Ana White that shoes you how to build your own quality furniture easily and cheaply and then you buy a house larger and nicer than anything you’ve last lived in… well, lets just say that it takes a bit longer when building your own...

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Centennial Hills Park

Nov 07

I was browsing the internet the other day trying to find fun (and free!) things that I can do with my children. We have a…. shall I say, non-standard schedule. Allison is homeschooled and has gymnastics 16 hrs a week, Alexander goes to 1st grade at a public school and Peter is 2. I am full-time mom and a part-time photographer. My husband does crazy shift work...

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Red Rock

Nov 06

Red Rock

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