Four years (and about one week) ago today, I had just met HawkInWinter in person for the first time.  We met on CatholicMatch.com and had exchanged lengthy emails and telephone conversations, but it was early February of 2006 when I flew to his state to visit friends and cousins, and met him “for reals.”  Before my [...]

I know, I know…things have been quiet on the blogging home front this past month. I have a few picture-laden posts in the works, so prepare for a week of updates. For now,  I invite you to head on over to my hubby’s blog to see his post about our Fourth of July, including a [...]

Siena’s Half-Birthday/May Day Block Party was beautifully decorated (if I do say so myself) ….
but not very well attended.
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We had almost as many dogs in attendance as people!
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We met one new family, and talked with the two families we’d previously met.
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Siena enjoyed the balloons…
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…especially when the wind blew them down toward her.
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She had a great [...]

We took Siena to the beach yesterday, and had lunch and a quick visit with my parents and two of my sisters. Today we head to the mountains to celebrate Mother’s Day with my extended family. Hope to post beach pictures tonight.
In the meantime, here are some thoughts on motherhood from CatholicGreetings.org. Forget to [...]

I’d wanted to make and decorate some cupcakes for our party tonight, and found a cute idea here for the butterfly cupcakes on the left. Jillian and I put the babies in their strollers and took a walk to the dollar store to gather the candies we’d need.
Unable to locate the right candies for the [...]

Yesterday was Siena’s half birthday, and today is yet another day to celebrate our girl – it’s her Feast Day! April 29th is the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena. Siena is the Italian city where St. Catherine lived, but because it is part of her title, we consider St. Catherine of Siena to be [...]

God created our daughter Siena about sixTEEN months ago, but today marks six fantastic months since the day she was born. We’re celebrating in three ways:

On Friday, we’re hosting a May Day block party so we can meet more of our neighbors. We have a little park on our street, and with the spring [...]