Hike to Rainbow Falls

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I’m so excited for the warm months, because that means lots and lots of hiking!!  Over Mother’s Day weekend we trekked to Rainbow Falls, and this time we had along a couple of extras – Matt’s mom and dad! Rainbow Falls: Roundtrip distance: 5.4 miles Elevation gain: 1,685ft Directions to Trailhead: From Light #8 in… read more »

Reads: Where She Went by Gayle Forman

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I’m usually the type to read books slowly.  I like to take them in, savor the story, picture every detail in my head.  My husband heaps a fair amount of teasing on me because of how long it takes me to get through a single book, but I just can’t help it.  Reading is my… read more »

Cake Stacking Basics – Vanilla Buttermilk Cake

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As many of you know, I struggle with making “pretty” food.  Each time I try, there seems to be some hang up along the way that sends my brilliant (not really) ideas into droopy lopsided pitifulness.  However, I was determined to make a birthday cake for Matt and his dad, and figured it was the… read more »

The Apple Barn | Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant

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Wowza – a new post!  Thank you to everyone who stuck with me for the last week’s blog hiatus.  Between it being SuperBusyTime in my professional life and hosting our out of town family at our home, I’ve been a wee bit occupied.   I hope I didn’t lose too many of you out there… read more »

After these messages…

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Happy Monday! Ok, so Mondays aren’t very happy, but we can make the best of things, right?  You’re probably wondering where the usual post is today.. well, truth is.. I don’t have one.  We’ve had a deluge of personal and professional schtuff fall into our lap over the past week, so now we are trying… read more »

Kitties – Before and After

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Our dogs have a monopoly on the spotlight in our household, but we love our kitties too.  I was going through some old e-mails in an attempt to clear out some space (thank you, gmail, for increasing the limit to 10GB!) and found some baby photos I thought I would share! Pin it del.icio.us digg… read more »

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