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Playing Catch Up

June 21, 2010 by Elaine

The other day I found myself ‘venting’ about the fact that this could be a crazy Summer with the kids. Yeah, remember that? And now, it’s already less than 2 months before The B Man goes back to school and we have another trip planned in a few weeks to celebrate my parents’ 50th wedding…

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Filed Under: Baby K, Kids, Little G, Milestones, The B Man

Father’s Mean So Much…

June 20, 2010 by Elaine

…especially the ones in MY life. Me and my Daddy when I was close to one year old. Tim and The B Man when he was one. Tim and Little G when he was almost one Tim and Baby K at the beach a couple of weeks ago. Happy Father’s Day to all the father’s…

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Filed Under: Family, fatherhood, Holidays

Sarah McLachlan “Laws of Illusion” Review & Giveaway

June 18, 2010 by Elaine

**** GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. CONGRATS TO Heather of the EO WHO WON! :)**** I love Sarah McLachlan. I have for YEARS. (I surely hope you know who I am talking about. If you don’t, get thee to iTunes or Amazon NOW!) She’s so very talented and her music is tied to SO many memories…

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Filed Under: Giveaways, Music, reviews

You Capture – At the WATER

June 16, 2010 by Elaine

I find it quite timely that I happened to take a trip to the beach last week and this week’s theme is Water. I’m using it to my advantage and posting several of my favorite pictures from our trip. ENJOY. Baby K’s toes touch the sand and water for the first time The evening we…

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Filed Under: Family, Kids, Photography, vacation, You Capture

WW – Just a Taste…

June 16, 2010 by Elaine

Baby K got her first taste of Daddy’s homemade cinnamon rolls while on vacation last week… To say she ‘liked them’ might just be the understatement of the year.

Filed Under: Baby K, Tim, vacation

I Heart Faces – All About Babies

June 15, 2010 by Elaine

When I saw that this week’s challenge at I Heart Faces was about babies, well, I had to enter. See, I have one of those! And she makes some pretty cute faces. This was taken on the day she turned 6 months old and is one of my favorite pictures I’ve ever snapped of my…

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Filed Under: Baby K, i heart faces, Photography

Almost a Year…

June 14, 2010 by Elaine

It’s been almost a year since we packed up our home and headed for our new one. I had memories today of being big and pregnant while dealing with boxes and foundation problems and a constantly traveling husband. The week before we moved was one of the hardest weeks of my life. Really. Before we…

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Filed Under: Family, God, Memories, moving

There’s Sand in My Ears and Other Places I Won’t Mention

June 11, 2010 by Elaine

I’m not sure how to express what a “time” we’ve had on this vacation. We are here with our good friends, who also have two boys, including one that is also six and great friends with The B Man. And. If I had a little dime for every time the aforementioned words “poop” and “farts”…

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Filed Under: Family, summer, vacation

You Capture – FUN!

June 10, 2010 by Elaine

How ’bout some “beach vacation” style FUN? That qualifies, right? Playing in the sand for the very first time is FUN Four boys on a bunk bed is totally FUN Smiling really big for a family picture after Mommy says “poop and farts!!” is incredibly FUN Getting ready for the pool to go play ‘dolphin…

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Filed Under: Photography, vacation, You Capture

WW – One LARGE Ice Cream and a Small Fry, Please

June 9, 2010 by Elaine

I imagine he’s saying “You will be mine, Oh yes! You will be mine!!” Isn’t vacation fun? 😀

Filed Under: fun stuff, Little G, vacation, Wordfull Wednesday

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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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