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Some Random New Year Stuff

January 1, 2008 by Elaine

Last night we rang in the New Year with family and friends at our house. Tim’s sister Kathy and her husband Dave and son Andy drove down from North Dakota and arrived Sunday. They brought their Wii. Need I say more? Tim is suffering from a severe case of what we are calling “Wii-sitis.” A…

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Reason #365 Why I Love My Husband

December 30, 2007 by Elaine

Two words… Pizza Delivery… Brought to the door by a friendly man waiting to take our money – that’s another reason why I love my husband. Silly you say? Not when you’ve been stressing over what the family is going to eat that night and your husband has been at work all day (again) and…

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Christmas Present

December 26, 2007 by Elaine

Don’ t you just love double entendre?? Yes, the last post was “Christmas Past” so I thought this one would be perfectly named for several reasons. Today I post pictures of our current Christmas, here at our home with our two beautiful boys and all the wonderful “presents” we received. Yes there was “stuff” but…

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Christmas Past

December 20, 2007 by Elaine

I really LOVE this picture of me during what I presume to be my second Christmas season circa 1976. I would have been about 21 months old. I am just gazing up at the tree in awe I suppose. Who knows what I was thinking, but I think it’s a great shot. I am going…

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Playing Catch Up

December 19, 2007 by Elaine

I have been so busy looking at other blogs and “touring” other homes on the internet that I haven’t had time to put a few things on here that I have wanted to. So here area a couple of updates. Last Friday the playgroup came to our house for play time and cookie decorating. We…

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Christmas Tour of Homes

December 17, 2007 by Elaine

While continuing to blog about my the boys and other family happenings, I am also getting involved and “joining in” on certain events, contests, etc. that other blogs host. I think I mentioned a little while ago that blogging is running rampant throughout the internet world and it’s like it’s own separate world! So, today…

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Alguire Elves

December 16, 2007 by Elaine

Have you seen Elf Yourself yet? One of the blogs I read had a link to her family and then last night Tim’s cousin Sally sent us her family of elves. Too Cute! Anyway, check out the Alguire Elves when you get a chance!

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Jeans & 7 Months

December 16, 2007 by Elaine

Did someone say free designer jeans?? Here’s a link to where you can go to enter this contest too! It’s a site called True Jeans where they take your exact measurements and make jeans that are just right for you. Sounds good to me! Oh and I know that I just posted a some pictures…

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Bath Time and Smilebox

December 15, 2007 by Elaine

My friend Tracy told me about Smilebox today. It’s a website where you can go to make videos, digital scrapbook pages, postcards, etc. So, I decided to “bite” and I got on the site tonight and put these cute bath pictures of Gavin on this digital page. If you click on the play button it…

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Candy Cane Love

December 14, 2007 by Elaine

I decided to investigate the history of the candy cane today. “Why?” you may ask… Well because for some reason Ben has been has been obsessed with them for the last few days so I figured I would look it up on wikipedia. He keeps asking me “Momma, what is a candy cane?” He made…

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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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