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Off to Preschool!

After a summer of fun, Henry is back to preschool! Henry could not be more opposite of his sister- where she is calm, he is wild. Where she is measured and responsible, he is free and at times, mischievous (although he owns this- he will misbehave and be completely honest that he did, which both…… Continue reading Off to Preschool!

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Bookshelf Review January- August 2023

Happy Friday! In the past, I have been with it enough to review books by month as I’ve read them, but I’ve got several months to catch up on, so I’m going to give a rating/ short review for every book I’ve read so far in 2023, and shout out my top three favorites so…… Continue reading Bookshelf Review January- August 2023

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Off to Kindergarten!

This week is a week I’ve been both excited for and dreading for as long as I can remember- our oldest started kindergarten on Wednesday! This little girl lived it up for the summer- horse camp, ballet camp, art camp, and zoo camp, along with handing out programs at their sweet babysitter’s wedding, hitting the…… Continue reading Off to Kindergarten!

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Boudreaux

On January 1, 2017, we made a spur of the moment decision that changed our lives for good. We decided that our duo of lab retrievers needed a bullmastiff friend, so after searching for available litters on the AKC website, we found one just south of Ft. Worth, about 2.5 hours from us, that had…… Continue reading Boudreaux

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London Calling {Part 2}

Welcome back! If you missed Part 1, click here! Day 4 was Monday morning, and after extensive research, we got ourselves to the correct train station (apparently the Tube and the train are different, and some are both but not all train stations are Tube stations and not all Tube stations are train stations. It…… Continue reading London Calling {Part 2}

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London Calling {Part 1}

To celebrate Steven wrapping up medical training, we felt like we needed a big family vacation. And where do people go to celebrate big wins? Disney World! So in spring 2022, in anticipation of this graduation, I contacted a travel agency to start planning a trip to Disney World. But he was graduating in June…… Continue reading London Calling {Part 1}

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Back in the saddle…

After an eventful year, I am back in the saddle to chronicle life around here! When we left off about a year ago, we were about to wrap up GI fellowship training, about to move, about to start building our house at the ranch, and about to start living… So, here we are a year…… Continue reading Back in the saddle…

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Let’s Look– A Typical Day

Today I’m linking up with Erica and Shay for the Let’s Look link-up and the topic is “a typical day”. My days look different depending on the day of the week, and no two days are the same, but I’m excited to share a little of our crazy, so here we go! So, full stop…… Continue reading Let’s Look– A Typical Day

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Weekend Rewind- 7.8.19

Happy Monday, friends! I’m trying to get in a better habit of writing more often and doing a better job of using this space to preserve memories of this current season, so I thought I’d start with recapping our long holiday weekend! Since Steven started fellowship on Monday, he’s now primarily on clinic and endoscopy…… Continue reading Weekend Rewind- 7.8.19

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What’s Up Wednesday {3.27.19}

Happy Wednesday, y’all! Here’s a little life update with What’s Up Wednesday with Shay and Sheaffer! What We’re Eating… Y’all. I know this shouldn’t be that big of an accomplishment, but we have gone over a week without eating out at all. At all. Not even lunch. Like I said, this shouldn’t be that amazing,…… Continue reading What’s Up Wednesday {3.27.19}