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O Christmas Tree

December 10, 2010 by Elaine

I always LOVED helping decorate the tree when I was growing up. My parents have this awesome star tree topper that lights up and has an angel in the middle. I adore it because it’s a star AND an angel. I’m hoping my mother will “gift” it to me someday. For now, we have a…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, home

Our Holiday

December 31, 2009 by Elaine

I think the pictures speak for themselves.

Filed Under: Christmas, Family, Holidays, Photography, You Capture

Picture Perfect

December 29, 2009 by Elaine

Simply said, we had a lovely Christmas. It was at our home and small and quiet (well unless you count the crazy noises that escaped from the 5 year old’s mouth when he saw that my mother had gotten him a zhu-zhu pet. Oh GAWD. But wait, that happened 2 days after so yeah, ACTUAL…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Family, Holidays, Kids, Photography

Be Careful What You Wish For…

December 28, 2009 by Elaine

I got a new toy camera (Nikon D5000) for Christmas and besides a little cropping, the photo above is SOOC and one of my favorites that I took over the holiday (of course the fact that it’s a favorite has more to do with the subject than anything else really…). The manual is as thick…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Photography, Tim

Christmas Tour of Homes 2009

December 13, 2009 by Elaine

This year we are in a new home. It’s our first Christmas in Louisiana. It took us a while to figure out where the tree should go but we found a good spot. We’re still figuring out the stocking situation (in other words, I don’t have enough stocking holders) but the mantle looks pretty good…

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Filed Under: Carnival, Christmas, Holidays, home

Christmas Eve, Good…

December 29, 2008 by Elaine

Christmas Day… not so much. Our Christmas was good until early Christmas Day morning. I have been debating in my head whether or not to mention that tid bit here on the blog. But the fact of the matter is, this is a record of our life and well, this one will definitely go down…

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Filed Under: baking, Christmas, Friends, Holidays, Mommy Bloggers, Parents

Ode To “Puppy Chow”

December 23, 2008 by Elaine

Oh Puppy Chow, Oh Puppy Chow How I do love thee so… Please help me to stop eating you So my hips don’t grow I cannot have you in the house without wanting to eat you up It doesn’t matter, morning, lunch or even late night, after sup It’s okay soon you’ll be eatin’ by…

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Filed Under: chocolate, Christmas, fun stuff, recipe

Love & Joy Come to You…

December 22, 2008 by Elaine

I am pretty sure I won’t be posting too much this week (it’s okay, I’ll be alright… I think…) I may autopost a Wordless or Wordful or both on Wednesday but we are off to see the wizard, I mean my family, tomorrow afternoon and well, I will be busy making merriment of ALL kinds…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Little G, The B Man

Bloggy Holiday Card Exchange

December 18, 2008 by Elaine

A Mom Two Boys is hosting the Bloggy Holiday Card Exchange and so I present you with our card for this year. It features the wonderful pictures taken by Christina during this photo shoot. The one of the two boys together is my very favorite. You can click on it to make it larger… And……

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Filed Under: Carnival, Christmas, Family, Holidays

WW – House de Gingerbread

December 17, 2008 by Elaine

I bought a gingerbread house kit on sale at Macy’s a few weeks back (yeah, you know, that Martha Stewart stuff…) The B Man and Anna had fun helping me decorate it today. Now the question is, how long can we wait until we eat it? Hmmmm…. The “naked” house The little elves hard at…

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Filed Under: Anna, Christmas, Holidays, The B Man

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Hi! I'm Elaine, a transplanted Texan who has spent almost 16 years living in Cajun country. I am re-married to Brandon and we have five "kids" together, ages 21, 18, 17, 16 and 15 and crazy but cute dog, Charlie. I am also an office manager, occasional writer, prayer, and lover of life! Find me on Instagram (misselaine0375) and contact me at misselaineous0375 (at) gmail (dot) com.

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