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July 4!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We had a fun family weekend over the 4th, and I will post more about that later. But for now, this is Kevin’s show. For the last several years he has worked for a fireworks company on the Fourth as a pyrotechnician, one of those guys that gets to actually shoot the the big shells [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »

It’s a lousy picture, I know, but I got it on the fly with my cell phone. Kieran had been asleep before dinner, and he was cranky and angry all through dinner because we woke him up to eat (and also to keep him from sleeping through the evening and getting up for the day [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on December 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »

We had a wonderful, peaceful Christmas here at the Menagerie House. As we went through the various holiday rituals and traditions, I was reminded again and again how blessed Kevin and I are to be together for all these years now, and how blessed we are by having our beautiful, playful, and kind boys to [...]

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Thanksgiving?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on November 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Well, let me tell you a little tale about a pair of anxious parents-to-be. They had waited months to see their sweet little baby boy, to count his toes, to count his fingers, and to gaze, enraptured, at the the thought that a tiny, tiny, bit of Mommy and a tiny, tiny, tiny, bit of [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Yes, we had Liam’s sixth birthday party here this weekend. It was a lot of fun with friends and family spread all across the house for most of the afternoon. As soon as I’ve managed to post more pictures I’ll show you some from the party, but in the meantime, here’s a bit of Thanksgiving [...]

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Halloween

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on November 1, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Two little boys have been very excited about Halloween for the last week or so. Liam’s teacher has been telling the Kindergarteners a story about a hobgoblin who came to town and played tricks on people. And on the last day of school before Halloween, it just so happened that a hobgoblin passed by Liam’s [...]

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It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Or, well, so some marketers would like to have us believe. For several years now as the Christmas catalogs arrive earlier and earlier I’ve been vowing to myself to make note of the arrival date of the first Christmas catalog of the season. Just for kicks, you know, and also so I can complain about [...]

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Holiday Weekend

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on May 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

All four of us ventured down to the beach today. As we got out of our car, Kiri spotted a pair of Canada geese and their eight babies strolling around in the grass. We birdwatched for a few minutes and then walked the couple of blocks down to the beach.We had lunch at a beachside [...]

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