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Missing: Small Greyish-Brown Puppy…

January 1, 2009 by Elaine

… that answers to the name “Wuffy.” First let me start by saying: We don’t have any “real” pets. The B Man would LOVE to have a pet. In the past he has mentioned anything from a mouse to a guinea pig to a dog. He wants one – any”one.”. But me and the hubs’…

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Filed Under: Kids, Pets, The B Man

WW – Say “Cheese!”

December 31, 2008 by Elaine

As a parent nowadays it seems as if we are in constant pursuit of the perfect picture of our kids. Or, our kids with someone else’s kids or well, even just someone else’s kids. At times it can be a pain-staking quest. But honeslty, most of the time… it just cracks me up. Take THIS…

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Filed Under: Holidays, Kids, Little G, Photography, The B Man, Wordfull Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday

Weekly Winners 9/21

September 21, 2008 by Elaine

September 14th – September 20th Here are some pics of the kiddos (of course!) including our friend Anna who has eased into our routine (thank you for being so easy Anna! MWAH!) We went out to a local Oktoberfest on Saturday and took in the beer, food and carnival and even some entertainment. It was…

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Filed Under: Kids, Outings, Photography, Weekly Winners

Adventures in Babysitting

September 5, 2008 by Elaine

Today was the second day for Miss Anna to be with us. Of course both days she’s been here so far she’s been shipped off to school along with the boys and tomorrow is our first FULL today all together. We shall see how it goes. I mean I have to feed her a meal…

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Filed Under: Anna, babysitting, Kids

Austinification

June 26, 2008 by Elaine

Here are some highlights from our trip to Austin. I love that my kids have fun with their cousins and with their Grandma & Grandpa. (oh and I guess with aunts & uncles too!) After we got in town we checked in at Mom and Dad’s and then loaded back up a few hours later…

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Filed Under: Austin, Family, Kids, Little G, The B Man

Wordless Wednesday #22 – Sprinkler Fun

June 25, 2008 by Elaine

Okay, not so wordless, but it needs a little explaining since there are some girls in the pictures. HA! My cute nieces, Catherine and Grace – Catherine in the first pic, Grace in the last. This was some fun the kids had in my brother’s back yard while we were visiting them on our little…

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Filed Under: Kids, summer, Wordless Wednesday

Monday Mish Mash

June 23, 2008 by Elaine

So, I am in Austin and if you are reading this that means the auto-posty thingy did it’s job just right. Yay! Here are some random thoughts for a Monday. Take ’em or leave ’em (I suggest you take ’em, but that’s just me…) *How come you can never find a tissue when you need…

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Filed Under: Kids, Listing, Misc., The B Man, video

Counting Heads…

April 5, 2008 by Elaine

My cousin Misty came down to visit (from Canada!) and she has 4 kids, so with my two that makes 6. That seems like a lot of kids to me, although I know it’s not THAT many. While we were out I felt like I constantly had to count heads, thus the name of this…

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Filed Under: Family, Kids, Outings

Family Fun

April 22, 2007 by Elaine

This weekend we had the chance to visit with Tim’s Aunt Sherry, her daughter Sally and Sally’s two children, Eli and Evelyn. Sally lives on the East coast and Sherry lives in Oregon, so at least once a year they meet in the middle to visit Tim’s grandparents and mother, here in Texas! Here are…

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Filed Under: Family, Kids

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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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