tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32812617053995301912024-03-05T12:47:35.042-06:00Into The FrahersIntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-56881060312644491082014-02-14T13:49:00.001-06:002014-02-14T13:55:18.088-06:00Before and After: The Breakfast Room<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For a long long long (looooong) time, I have wanted to do something about our breakfast room furniture. For some reason though, despite several moves and updates in other rooms, this one remained it's tired self. It's time had just not come. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The table and chairs were Pat's - and maybe someone in his family before. I've forgotten. They were the few pieces of his to survive Katrina. Then we had kids and I figured if those chairs survived Katrina, they could certainly handle another few years of toddler life. They took a beating alright and had garnered a new sort of sealant called maple syrup! But they were still functional. Functional. Yeah, like that's how you want to describe your breakfast room - the space in your home, aside from the kitchen, you probably spend the most time in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So it was time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I threatened to put them on our curb in Houston before we moved. But they made their way on the truck and came back to Louisiana. And found a home here - in the brown room. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Before… brown tile, brown walls (with my crazy paint samples already littering the space), brown table, brown chairs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Let's take a look from a different angle too. Here you can see my one creative contribution to the space… the kids art wall. Thanks to the help of a true design professional and some serious pushing outside of my boundaries by her and my husband, we have this lovely, bright, colorful, inviting space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It all started with this… my inspiration from Pinterest. I wanted to mix it up a little bit but thought I wanted the colors toned down. A lot. My smart husband and clever designer thought otherwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I mean look at this light fixture. Never in a million years would I or could I have ever picked it out. But we did. And it's amazing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">D</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">id you notice the chair cushions? And bright rug? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We even kept a few of the old breakfast room chairs - although they were very tired (and sticky), I liked the size and shape. So I gave them a good wash, fresh coat of chalk paint and we completely replaced the seat cushions</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">We love our new space. Not only is it a fun place for our family to gather, but there's plenty of extra seats for guests to join us as well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-81228084445379683992013-11-21T21:33:00.000-06:002013-11-21T21:33:12.283-06:00Fletcher is THREE!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For a while I've been trying to figure out a good time to capture some new photos of Fletcher to mark his third birthday. He doesn't like the camera and is generally sticky or dirty - or in some form of undress (usually from the sticky dirtiness). And then it hit me! Catch him in his element. (duh).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We recently had a large pile of topsoil delivered for yard work. But while we procrastinate and it sits, Fletcher has made it his personal playground. So here you go folks… THREE!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Some of his other birthday celebrations <a href="http://intothefrahers.blogspot.com/2013/10/its-zoo-around-here.html" target="_blank">(aside from the big zoo party)</a> back in October included a whole family party at Mamie and Papa's (Daddy, Fletcher and my birthdays all fall within 10 days of each other!). That's a lot of cake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A tremendous birthday present surprise!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And the best birthday present/surprise - Fletcher caught the biggest fish of the day all by himself! Although he's clearly not a fan of fish fishy-ness. Eewww.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh, and the new tradition of a balloon drop on your big day!!!</span></div>
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-11523894939992563052013-10-28T19:04:00.001-05:002013-10-28T19:04:26.610-05:00It's a Zoo around here!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We combined the kids birthdays this year for one big (BIG) party with our very own petting zoo (courtesy of the awesome folks at <a href="http://www.zoo2uparties.com/index.htm" target="_blank">Zoo-2-U</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We took full advantage of our nice, big backyard and invited both of the kids classmates, a few friends and neighbors. And while I've been Pinter-pressured into birthday party madness before, I kept it all nice and simple this time. We provided the place, entertainment, some snacks and cake. Done. Ahhh, so nice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Seriously, I think we could have just provided the petting zoo and been done with it. They all loved the animals!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The only downside of a party so large (in my opinion) is way too many gifts. And it doesn't work to ask guests to not bring a gift. I've tried it. I probably wouldn't follow those rules either. But really - the spread was ridiculous. So I made the kids select a few at random to give away at Christmas time. Surprisingly they were very open to the idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But trust me, they are not suffering. They're making great use out of a lot of awesome gifts.</span><br />
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-5416460438351609372013-10-07T13:13:00.001-05:002013-10-07T13:13:44.575-05:00Sydney is Four!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hard to believe this precious thing is four years old! I remember so well that first night we brought her home. The one when we thought, "oh my goodness, what have we done!!!" Thankfully we didn't send her back because she has been a treasure ever since. And I'm thinking four just might be my favorite age - so far. She's not a baby anymore - or even an unruly toddler. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">She's a little person with whom we can do a lot with, share great conversation, play games and have good laughs. She is smart and funny and inquisitive. She's a leader and a helper. She loves a party and defines it as one anytime more than 3 friends (of any age) are present (must have something to do with those Louisiana roots). Equal parts girl and tomboy, she's just as likely to be racing boys on the playground as playing princess with the girls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I was away on business for her actual birthday but her amazing daddy set up a grand surprise that might just have to become tradition in our house. All she really kept asking for were balloons and cake. So the morning of her birthday, she opened her bedroom door and got her own personal Balloon Drop! We'll do it again for Fletcher's birthday next week and I'll take pictures to show you, but really, it was the Best. Thing. Ever. in the mind of a four year old!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I finally pulled out my good camera to take a few official birthday pictures. I haven't really been using my big Nikon lately. Relying, rather, on the ease and portability of my iphone. I still love the idea of taking great pictures and think about all the fun shots I'd like to get but those things take time that I just haven't had lately. And I'm ok with that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And while I did pull it out for this little shoot, time again has not allowed me to do much editing (which I stink at anyway). So here they are straight out of the camera.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">She is LIGHT YEARS more cooperative about having her photo taken. But she sometimes has her own idea about what would look good. She kept doing some crazy dance move which gave me a lot of shots like this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And don't dare ask her to smile or look happy. We are in the fake smile phase for sure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And then sometimes the REAL Sydney comes out just to aggravate mommy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I cannot end this post without sharing the story of this precious dress. A friend posted pictures last spring of her gorgeous daughter wearing this same dress for Easter. I became a little obsessed, asking where they bought it, looking up the designer, etc. It had come from a cute kids boutique in Seaside, FL but we were in the throws of moving from Houston back to Louisiana, so this mission would have to wait. The weekend of our move, in-between homes, staying at my in-laws in Gulf Shores, I got a call from this friend. She was at the boutique, they had another dress, it was on sale and did I want it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This beautiful gown was the first package ever delivered to us in our new home. </span><br />
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<br /><br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-64941447569818762542013-09-26T08:48:00.002-05:002013-09-26T08:48:57.839-05:00Chicken Report<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In case anyone else shared my concern for those chickens that <a href="http://intothefrahers.blogspot.com/2013/07/we-love-it-here.html">Fletcher chased, dunked and tortured earlier this summer...</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We are pleased (and relieved) to report they have fully recovered from PFSD (Post-Fletcher-Stress-Disorder) and are laying eggs!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sydney sure does love them! Asks to visit them all the time. And remarkably can tell them apart - named Molly and Jasmine after some of her favorite Houston babysitters, they only have a few distinctive markings but she knows exactly which one she's loving on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Notice Fletcher always lurking in the background?</span><br />
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-436365937840833082013-09-25T13:16:00.001-05:002013-09-25T13:16:25.954-05:00Before we Fall<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Someone said it's officially fall. Really? Cuz the sweat dripping down my back while I put out a few fall decorations didn't really scream fall to me! But if it means candy corn - I'm all in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">They say southerners talk a little slow... well, I guess we take the same approach to cooler weather. We're always a few months behind. I am beginning to see a few signs though. Football for one. One of the surest things in life... death, taxes and football. And our grass is no longer growing 5 inches in one week. Although those are good visual signs of fall, our temperature gauge tells a different story. And that is just fine with me! For the first time in the 15+ years I have lived in the gulf south, this mountain girl is not longing for true fall crisp air and sweater weather. I have finally embraced my home, welcoming the heat to stay a little while longer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">BUT before we go getting all into fall, I still have some summer updating to do. As usual, we've been busy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Some of these I talked about in other blogs but never posted pictures... so it Never Really Happened. Right???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There was Paris for the French Open!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And last, but definitely not least, we took a short but satisfying trip to Disney World. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sydney loved it and regularly asks when we can go back. The look of wonder and awe in her eyes as she saw for the first time and exclaimed "it's Cinderella's castle!!!!!" was priceless. Yes, I might have shed a tear or two in the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">She's always been a little scared of characters, and although still a bit shy, she was thrilled to meet the princesses! You've never seen a 3yr old wait so patiently in long lines!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A day of princess meet and greets set us up perfectly for our breakfast the next morning with Mickey and Minnie and the gang. Fear conquered!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Notice here that Fletcher outlasted all the other "big" kids. We had a rule... we didn't return until all the kids were asleep. This was a late night.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">but I hope we get back again in the next few years before that pure Disney joy dims.</span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One of my favorite pics from that trip... we were there to catch up with some of my political colleagues from the Jeb Bush days in Florida. Here we attempted to capture a picture of the next generation (this is only half... and consider, most of these precious babes might not exist if it weren't for the relationships developed during those many long hours on his campaigns and serving in his administration). I certainly know a lot of people who would love an audience with Governor Jeb Bush. Fletcher apparently is not one of them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The fun never ends! We're doing a combined birthday party for the kids this weekend (Fletcher's first real birthday party ever) so more to come on that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We've discovered a lot about our new home. Like fun tree climbing adventures (discovered - and then thankfully forgotten - for a few years, we hope).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And all the wildlife around here. Baby birds, bunnies that visit our yard every day - and even the not so welcome visitors!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">We added to the wildlife for a short time when we fostered some baby chickens. They underwent some serious physical tests while in our care. Hey, it's a tough world for a chickens out there! Speed, endurance, agility and dunk-ability were among many of their challenges. One might have even taken a ride in the dogs mouth one day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So here's the new house. Quite near the top of our priority list when looking for a home this time was a big yard. And boy did we get it! We love all the space in both the front and back of the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The kids also really love the massive, long and flat driveway to ride their bikes on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This has become one of my favorite spots... especially in the afternoon - with an east facing front door, it's a nice cool place to relax and watch the kids play in that massive front yard. Never mind the dying roses and massive weeds in the background. Project #476.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Inside is also lovely, but not without a lot of projects. It's not an old home but we just have a different vision for some of the finishes than the original owners. I've barely gotten started but it's already been overwhelming at times. You can see here in the breakfast room my crazy rainbow of paint color samples on the wall. We chose none of them. I think I need professional help. For the house too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here is the kitchen - AFTER painting had begun (walls were same brown as breakfast room) but BEFORE it was finished. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">My biggest design decision/challenge so far has been whether or not to change the color of the trim. It's currently a creamy off-white color which looks yellow and dingy at times. Especially when you put nice fresh paint right up next to those cabinets and trim. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I prefer a more classic white. But there is a lot of trim. And cabinets. And built-ins. Everywhere I look I see trim and am mentally exhausted just thinking about how much work it will all be. But almost every other design decision in the house is affected by the trim so we need to decide. As of this writing, I think we're going white. But that could change again before the end of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is the only "before" picture I have of the hall/guest bathroom. Oops. It was red, red, red. I have seen beautiful red rooms before, but this wasn't one of them. It had to go. By the way, have you ever seen 4 light switches for a hall bathroom before? This owner/builder had a real passion for light switches but that's a topic for another day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here is the "after" - sort of. The light fixture was originally hung way too low causing the mirror to cut off the head of anyone over 5' 5". It is currently being re-hung and drywall patched. But the awful burn-your-eyes red is gone!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And THIS is the entrance to our neighborhood. Hello peace and tranquility! So beautiful.</span></div>
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-58132146306779340522013-07-08T11:50:00.001-05:002013-07-08T12:45:19.260-05:00Massive Fraher Update<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This may go down as my most boring post ever, but it needs to be done. A massive update from the Fraher's...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So it's been a while. We've been busy. But the main reason for my lack of posting is that I've been a bit paralyzed so to speak. You see, just days after we moved from Houston to Louisiana, the hard drive on my computer failed. It was a fairly quick fix, but then the most unspeakable thing of all happened... my photos weren't being recovered from my back-ups like they should. Can you imagine? Heart in throat! I do the right thing - I back up nightly. But even that wasn't enough. This has been so painful, I cannot begin to imagine what this must be like when people experience fires or devastating floods and lose everything. Perspective. It's a good thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Long story short, before the hard drive failure was visible to me, it was messing with some of my files - specifically photos. After two long months of trial and error with some amazing people at Apple, everything has been recovered... up to February of this year. And that's as good as it's going to get. I'm still not sure I've completely accepted that. Better than nothing, right? But I can't help but focus on all the images that are lost. Easter. Bluebonnets. Thank goodness for this blog but I don't post everything. And even those images are significantly reduced for web usage so I can't ever print them. I've been completely heartbroken and paralyzed to move forward. I've been afraid to download pictures or delete anything from my camera until this issue was completely resolved. And, oddly, it's like I've been afraid to even take pictures. I've found myself leaving the big camera behind in favor of the iPhone more and more. Nothing fancy there, but at least I'll capture the memory in print. Anyway, I've been a bit of a head case about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Other than this little incident, we've been crazy busy the past 60 days. We moved into a new house in Madisonville, Louisiana, have hosted four sets of house guests and took four trips - one overseas to Paris for the French Open WITHOUT the kids! The move was the hardest ever. I don't want to do this again for a long, long, time. For real this time. The kids were troopers, but they're still kids. Ages 2 and 3. They don't make for an easy move day. Rude, pushy movers don't either. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then there was getting back into a routine and back to work. Except I didn't have childcare for the first month we were here. I was dealing with all the things that go with moving (daily service appointments, "where is <u>(insert name of any number of critical items that you cannot find for days after a move)??"</u>, kids going through their own transition into a new home, trying to work during random nap times, fitting in some sort of fun daily outing so we didn't all kill each other and other regular routine type things like breakfast and dinner, that don't feel so routine in a new house. Plus, I threw a two-day work trip into the mix. And add a puppy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">[deep breath]. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I am guilty of driving around the neighborhood so the kids could watch a movie in the backseat (and maybe fall asleep) while I participated in a conference call. I'm guilty of taking them to daycare at the gym, not so I could work out, but just to take a breather. I'm guilty of feeding them chicken nuggets more days in a row than I care to admit (or count). I'm guilty of bribing them with suckers just to get through a grocery store outing. Let me just pause right there and say... at this age (2 and 3), there is absolutely nothing "fun" about taking both kids to the grocery store or Target or Lowe's or the bank or the post office or any other number of errands required in the average week. I don't have enough eyes and arms to keep them contained, out of danger and avoid permanent damage or messy accidents in our path. And the creative side of my brain was completely spent avoiding 2 year old tantrums and 3 year old negotiations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">[deep breath]. And. I. Only. Have. TWO! [insert enormous feelings of overwhelming and inadequacy].</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh, and did I mention that our new wonderful (no sarcasm there, it really is amazing) house has a nice big UNFENCED yard. Love it. But not with a two year old who has learned to unlock doors and wander off. Seriously - we have almost 1.5 acres and it's not enough space for him??? We've found Fletcher in our neighbor's garage and across the street playing with another neighbor's dog plus numerous visits to wet, muddy low-lying areas (we're in LA after all). So early one morning when I heard the door slam, I leapt out of bed and was surprised to discover Fletcher standing in the living room. Hmmm. Odd. Maybe he was just playing with the door. I moved on. Later that day, I received a nice email from my concerned neighbor down the street who had seen Fletcher at the END OF OUR DRIVEWAY around 6am. They were going to escort him home but he ran back to the house on his own. Uh, Locksmith, please.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I have always been well aware of (and often times in awe of) the difficulty of being a stay-at-home mom. This first month in our new house with the kids every day was a good reminder I didn't need. I was juggling too much and not doing any of it well. I was underwater. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Finally at the beginning of June, Pat and I left the kids with his sister's family and took a trip - just the two of us - to Paris for the French Open. It had been his Christmas present from me. The timing of our move threatened it from happening this year but thanks to incredible (and well connected) friends and a super supportive family, we made it. It was the trip of a lifetime and the refresher I needed. Plus, it also turned out to be an excellent time of bonding for our kids and their Aunt/Uncle/Cousins that they don't get to see nearly often enough. Win-win for everyone! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When we returned, the kids started summer camp and life has begun to regain some order again. We just returned from our last trip (family reunion in Arkansas) for a little while - at least three weeks anyway - so it's catching up time! More posts coming VERY soon I promise, with lovely pics to boot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So there you have it. It's not exciting, it's not pretty. It doesn't have any pictures. But it's real and it's where we are right now. The blog was well named.</span>IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-58434114235481741882013-04-22T12:14:00.002-05:002013-04-22T13:05:36.130-05:00Parting is such sweet sorrow<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It IS with much sweet sadness that we have been saying goodbye to our wonderful friends here in Houston. Sad to be leaving, sad that we haven't had enough time to say goodbye in person to some, but SWEET knowing there will be many fun visitors to our new Louisiana home soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The past two and a half years here in Houston have been some of our best. We've made lifelong friends that we'll miss dearly on a daily basis but look forward to frequent visits to and from. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I won't reminisce long except to say one of the saddest goodbyes is from Sydney to her dear friends. She doesn't fully understand that they're not all coming along for the move but I do. And it breaks my heart. A little picture homage to just a few of the friendships that have blossomed for her along the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">From her very first day of school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">These two share a special affection. They have fun, fight like siblings and look after one another. I'm a little sad to know Dom won't be there in Syd's corner as they grow into young adults.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This past weekend we were blessed with a few lovely spring days and used them to our full advantage. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The kids had their school spring fling - the last one they'll have at this precious school that has nurtured them the past two years. Sydney's dance class gave us a little performance. She was so proud that she "wasn't shy" and danced in front of all the moms and dads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But the bounce house is still the best! Fletcher will literally bounce until he is a sweaty dripping mess. It's a wonder he has all that energy left to kick and scream as I pry his fingers away when it's time to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Next spring activity - picking strawberries! I have great memories doing this as a kid when visiting my grandparents in Florida. Ours seemed to love it just the same! Deceiving little berry buckets those were - we came back with about three times as much as intended.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is what finally remained for regular consumption after giving a huge bag to Sydney's friend who joined us on the pick, cutting an enormous bowl full for strawberry shortcake AND getting much more discerning about the selection process than the kids had been.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yay for spring!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh, and Boudin is slowly turning into a sheepdog before our eyes. He/we cannot wait for his first puppy trim after his next vet appointment! I do my best but puppy groomer, I am not!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">For the past two years, I have observed Houston area friends posting gorgeous photos of Texas bluebonnets. With our move back to Louisiana only two weeks away, I figured it was now or never. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Pat is out of town so I knew I would be on my own - and all that entails with these two. After naps, I changed the kids clothes, packed them up and off we went in search of a bluebonnet field. Fletcher's thrashing during diaper change and refusal to allow me to change his shirt or put on shoes should have been a strong indicator of how this would go. But I forged ahead; certain a snack and juice box would cure all! At least he had stopped crying by the time we got there. And grudgingly allowed me to shoe and shirt him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sydney was ALL about it! This is literally the first shot out of my camera, just trying to test my levels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then she saw the bees and got a little wary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fletcher could not be coaxed into the field. He kept ambling back up the hill toward the busy road. Almost an after thought, I had thrown my tripod into the car. A picture of me AND the kids was well beyond any sort of expectation for this adventure. But I grabbed it and set up in hopes of luring Fletcher in to sit on my lap. No go. But Syd and I sat for a few clicks between my hill sprints to retrieve Fletcher and re-adjusting the camera after photog-Syd got hold of it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I don't normally intend to shoot at such an angle but I had to be quick to catch him anywhere NEAR a flower!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sticks were really more his thing. At least he wasn't running into oncoming traffic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I mean look at that face!!! Trouble!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When Sydney picked up on the stick plan and declared they were going to the small pond nearby to look for alligators... that was my cue to pack up and head home!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Less than 5 minutes after returning home, this is what he looked like. Apparently he and the puppy got into a tussle in the dirt over his airplane. Looks like Fletcher won.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So my kids aren't going to sit all nice and pretty in a field of beautiful flowers and smile charmingly at the camera. I think maybe I need to get over it more often, not feel so defeated, get in the sticks and dirt myself - and trust that if you take enough pictures, SOMETHING usually does turn out!</span><br />
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-6321439144258215902013-03-14T09:35:00.000-05:002013-03-14T09:37:44.716-05:00Meet Boudin<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(pronounced <i>boo-dan</i> for all you non-Cajuns)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The little ball of fur that has captured our family's heart the past week! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Now in case you were wondering why on EARTH we decided to get a puppy during a move - we didn't. Pat has been lobbying on behalf of the kids for the better part of a year to get a dog but I have been quite resistant. I grew up with big dogs and all sorts of animals, but they were outside. We certainly don't live in the country and the thought of a big dog living in our house with us, was a no-go for me. Or a little yippy dog. No way. Then one day a friend posted on FB about their new dog. So stinking cute! So I inquired, did a little research and one evening in early January I casually mentioned to Pat that <u><b>IF</b></u> we ever got a dog, I would probably want something like this. It was on! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Boudin is a Shichon - a mix between a Shih-Tzu and Bichon. Small, hypoallergenic (no shedding) and quiet! The breeder is amazing! </span><a href="http://www.lillybits.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-large;">Lillybits.</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> Check it out, even if only to ogle at the cuteness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Long story long - my original plan was to get a puppy for the fall. Maybe even Christmas. But as luck would have it, a puppy was available in the litter that had been born days before our inquiry. So we signed up and anxiously awaited our March baby! And then - whammy! Moving back to Louisiana. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So while keeping the house in check on a daily basis while it's on the market has been challenging, very little work is due to Boudin. He came to us completely crate and litter trained. He barely ever whines and barks even less - only when he's playing with his toys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The kids adore him and have generally been very good with him. It's been a great learning experience for them - boundaries, responsibility and even language skills for Fletcher who has been in speech therapy for the past couple of months. He's getting good at "here puppy", "go get it" and also "get puppy out" when he wants me to get the puppy out of his pen for some play. Those two have so much fun - they just play chase non-stop. It's exhausting to watch. I'll post some fun videos later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And this. Too much puppy. Too little sleep (that's another story).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> These two still have some differences to work out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> But overall, it's just pure love!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Whew. Get what I did there? Band-aid... rrriiiipppp!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I've been thinking about how I'd roll all these lovely announcements out in a slow and measured way. And then it just happened. All at once.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Roughly 10 days ago we received notice of Pat's new job in Louisiana (still with Chevron at their office in Covington where we were previously). His start date is May 1. Oh dear. Since that time, we've met with realtors in Houston, gotten our house on the market and I just returned from a whirlwind 3 day trip with Sydney to visit schools and look at homes in Louisiana. I'm exhausted. It's Wednesday. And the madness has only just begun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow alone the movers come to take inventory of our belongings, handymen and others will be here for minor sprucing up of the place, photographer is coming to take the official pictures of our house - AND - we're getting a puppy. Poor timing? Maybe???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The move is very bitter sweet. We absolutely love our home, our community and the amazing friends both we and the kids have made here. We will be sad to leave that all behind. But we're equally excited to get closer to our family, friends in Louisiana and for Pat's great career move.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I'll try to do better about keeping you posted on our newest adventures, the crazy house search I'm engaged in and much more about the precious puppy headed our way tomorrow that we're over-the-moon excited to bring into our family, despite the insanity that is to come. Hey, if this pup is gonna hang with the Fraher's, better teach him to be flexible from the beginning, huh!</span><br />
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-86959806975652606602013-01-31T17:18:00.000-06:002013-01-31T17:18:23.758-06:00That Roasted Chicken<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I posted this completely self gratuitous picture of dinner last night on Facebook. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And apparently it made your mouths water too. Not only did it look delicious, it was! And, it was quite easy and fast. So here's the recipe. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It's my adaptation of Susan Spicer's Roasted Chicken with Olives, Lemon and Garlic (page 251 of her Crescent City Cooking book). Her recipe calls for using a whole chicken and does not include potatoes or carrots which I added to make this more of a one-pot meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Chicken parts on the bone (whatever you like - I used breasts and thighs)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">2 Lemons - zested and quartered</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">8-12 garlic cloves - smashed and peeled</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Salt and Pepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Crushed Red Pepper Flakes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fresh Rosemary (about a tablespoon chopped - rest can stay on stem)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Carrots - peeled and cut</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Potatoes - whatever kind you like, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">cut into halves/quarters/etc depending on the size of your potato</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1 Onion - peeled and cut into large wedges</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">1 cup pitted Kalamata olives</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Heat oven to 450.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Arrange chicken in roasting pan. Squeeze 2 of the lemon quarters over the chicken and rub into each piece. Take a few garlic cloves and slide under skin of chicken. Let sit for a few minutes. Pat dry then rub chicken with olive oil. Season with salt (be generous), pepper, red pepper flakes and some chopped rosemary. Throw 2-3 lemon quarters, rosemary sprigs and about half of the remaining garlic into the pan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Separately, toss the carrots and potatoes with olive oil, salt and pepper. Then add that to the pan all around the chicken as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Put roasting pan in oven for 20-30 minutes. Remove, turn heat down to 350 and add onions, olives, lemon zest, remaining garlic and lemon quarters. Put chicken back in oven for 15-20 minutes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">**Spicer's recipe, says to turn chicken to let it cook underneath and then turn again - and only to turn oven down to 400. Although I reduced the cooking time for cut chicken vs. a whole chicken, mine was still a tad overcooked... and lost some of the lovely crispy-skinness... so I'm telling you NOT to turn it over and reduce oven temp even lower. The original 450 temp for 30 minutes should give the lovely golden color we desire.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Remove pan from oven, remove chicken, carrots and potatoes to let rest and put pan over high heat on stove to reduce sauce. The sauce is quite lemon-y but delish... if you want to tone it down, add a little chicken stock. Let it reduce by about half and you have a wonderful sauce to spoon over your chicken!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">ENJOY!</span><br />
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-4607392777068698682013-01-09T16:09:00.000-06:002013-01-09T16:16:52.252-06:00Down in the Bayou!<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh my - I am so far behind! The past month seems to have flown by. Seems we were awfully busy - doing absolutely nothing. And it was marvelous! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">OK, not just nothing. We shared meals with friends, flew to NC for a wonderful Christmas (and that trip to the ER), actually went out on New Years and all that goes with the holidays - but in between, we just hung out as a family. And it was peaceful and amazing! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It has been tough this week to get back into the swing of things. Especially with the oh so ugly weather outside. I have decided I am a fair-weathered, winter person. Yep. All fall I long for the cooler temps that signify the holidays. Then sometime just after the New Year when we've had a good week or two of sweater and boot weather - the cold rain begins. And I'm ready for spring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, while it's cold and nasty outside, I am attempting to catch up on this blog. It's a daunting task... made even worse when I peruse through pictures and realize just how much I have to do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Let's go back to December. We took a trip back to Mandeville, LA for a fun weekend with our dear friends. <a href="http://intothefrahers.blogspot.com/2011/11/5-little-monkeys-jumping-on-bed.html" target="_blank">You may remember our trip there last year.</a> It's sort of an annual thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The kids love it there. They have a few cats, a new puppy dog, chickens, lots of land to roam around on - plus their own adoring children who love ours like siblings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hanson and Sydney have had a sweet, special connection since her birth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One day we visited a wildlife preserve nearby. Fletcher took a special interest in this cute girl - happy to show her the enormous catfish in the pond.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">One serious sack of food!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Seriously, the <a href="http://www.globalwildlife.com/" target="_blank">Global Wildlife preserve</a> is amazing. If ever in southeast Louisiana, it's a must. We loaded up on the wagons and headed out to feed the animals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Apparently it was near the end of mating season and the boys were getting a bit territorial in the fields. Made for some truly spectacular moments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Santa made an appearance, on the lookout for Reindeer for his sleigh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sally, the camel, was a bit shy. Syd was intent on getting a closer look. She must have called "Heeeeere Sally" four hundred times!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Just a little closer now! Heeeeere Sally!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">SUCCESS!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">They were NOT as happy to find Santa waiting for them at the finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Back at our friends home... did I mention they also have a pool? And Fletcher is part labrador?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You know where this is going. Mind you, this was December. Not exactly pool party temperatures!</span><br />
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-7385231488884846112013-01-09T15:43:00.001-06:002013-01-09T15:43:19.490-06:00Santa Came To Town<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh yes, Santa definitely found us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fletcher had the biggest grin - he kept saying "Santa!" Yes, sweet boy. Santa was here!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Our elf Odie, who magically found us in North Carolina, left a sweet farewell message for all the kids along with a self portrait so that no one would forget him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">After Torr's previous accident, I'm not sure a pocket knife was the best present, but he sure loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"> And then he was done. Sigh. At least he is easy to please.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Being the only girl does have some advantages.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fletcher finally opened a few more gifts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Oh look, more cars and trucks! This kid was in heaven!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sydney's one and only - and frequent - request from Santa was boots and pink polka dots. Santa does not disappoint!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Aunt Jami was given the thrilling job of detangling all the kid proof packaging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sydney got a master lesson in potato peeling from Uncle Erik's mom, Rose, who was a special guest with us this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We love spending time with family! Wish we could do it more often.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Grampy bought a lovely tree for the kids and happily waited on them to decorate it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Perhaps because the rest of them decided to attack Grampy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">While Torr was being tended to in the hospital, with his mom and dad close by, Pat and I took over responsibilities for the other three kids. We loaded them all up for the very beautiful <a href="http://intothefrahers.blogspot.com/2011/12/oh-come-all-ye-faithful.html" target="_blank">live nativity at Cartoogechaye Baptist</a>. By the way, this may be the ONLY picture of all three of these rascals smiling - of course, random car/iphone shot. They had a great time!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Syd and Finn were such pals (you may recall they are only 3 days apart). Watching movies together and bunking up so that Finn wouldn't be scared with his brother in the hospital that night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">With Ashley and Erik still in Asheville with Torr, final Christmas prep was left to Pat, myself and Jami. Despite super cute faces like this, the thought of last minute Christmas shopping with all three was a little too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So Pat and I dumped the kids at Aunt Jami's and ran out to play Santa. She was a trooper - prepping our entire Christmas meal with these three under foot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Santa's workshop was moved to Grampy's basement. With nearly no presents wrapped and down two adults - it was most definitely an operation of speed over quality! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Torr made it home early Christmas Eve evening - just in time for our traditional true story of Christmas (made exceptionally kid friendly via the iPad nativity app!) and Happy Birthday Jesus.</span><br />
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-53564901684744337752013-01-09T14:25:00.001-06:002013-01-09T14:26:26.783-06:00Santa Squared<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Because we were spending Christmas away from home, Santa made a quick visit to our house before we left. But first, his "Elves" had some major work to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fletcher's big gift from Santa this year was a train table. I should have known by the size and heft of the box what a beast this was going to be - but Pat optimistically proclaimed it would only take 15 minutes. HA!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">More like 15 minutes to take all the pieces out of the box!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I decided this would be an excellent time for some Christmas music and egg nog. Have I mention how much I love the Carpenters Christmas station on Pandora??? L-O-V-E, LOVE!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">No, I did not just sit and watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">3 hours later, it was done. And we were so excited for the morning to come! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Well, as you might imagine for any 2 year old boy, the moment he pulled back the cover and saw his beautiful train set - he was done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Sydney opened her gifts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">But he could not be torn away from his beloved train.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Still playing. His other gifts were finally opened by his very impatient sister and parents. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Finally! A train break. It was brief. Later that day, we moved the train table to their playroom upstairs. He hasn't been seen since.</span></div>
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IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-90619911920141291212013-01-08T12:45:00.002-06:002013-01-08T12:45:49.355-06:00Unforgettable Christmas<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This Christmas was certainly an unforgettable one for our family. Full of classic memories of children playing, lots of laughter, way too much food and a few paper cuts - but more memorable this year because of one frightening accident that thankfully NOW we can all look back on with a little levity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">It seems traditional in our family that when we are together for a big event, someone gets sick and the entire house is pulled down by it. There was the Christmas of 2008 when a minor stomach bug hit on Christmas Day - Ashley and I couldn't seem to shake it - for roughly 9 months until Sydney and my nephew, Finn, were born! Then <a href="http://intothefrahers.blogspot.com/2011/08/fletchers-baptism.html" target="_blank">Fletcher's Baptism of 2011</a> when in a matter of 12-18 hours, nine people in our home were struck down with a violent stomach flu. This year, my nephew Torr decided to take it to the next level. And we certainly hope this is no tradition at all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Two days before Christmas, our whole Fletcher family gathered in quaint downtown Franklin for our annual family photo. Between shots, my 6 year old nephew, Torr, leaned back on a stair railing. Whether he misjudged the height of the railing or slipped after gripping it, we'll never know. Most of the adults in our group only saw him as he was mid-air - horizontal to the ground and flipping backwards down into a concrete stairwell - completely unable to stop what they all knew was going to be a very bad fall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I didn't see any of it. But I heard him hit. A sickening soft thud I will never forget. As his parents and others rushed to his side and gathered up the other kids, I reached for the cell, knowing in my gut 9-1-1 was required.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Thankfully we were very close to the local hospital and the responders were there within seconds. He had landed on his head... not a scratch anywhere else. His hands, for whatever reason, never even had a chance to slow his fall. After the horrifying initial moments, he began to perk up - even joking with first responders that we should have been taking a picture of the spectacle of people and vehicles there to treat him. Still quite shaken up this is the only one I dared.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">After nausea and an inconclusive CT in Franklin, he was sent by ambulance to Asheville for overnight monitoring and further scans. Long story short, he was cushioned on that fall by angels. That plus he has an insanely hard Norwegian skull that Ashley can firmly attest to from his birth!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">No fracture. Slight surface bleeding. With time and rest, he would be fine. Home just in time for Santa! Praise God! Here was his Christmas Eve journey.</span><br />
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<br />IntoTheFrahershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06714226164349560524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281261705399530191.post-80828201827114174352012-11-29T22:14:00.001-06:002012-11-29T22:18:33.641-06:00It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Immediately upon our return home from a wonderful Thanksgiving week with Pat's family in Gulf Shores, we set to preparing for the next big holiday (my favorite), Christmas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The tree went up and the lights went on. Not, without a minor catastrophe of an entire string going bad 75% of the way through. What would holiday decorating be without a little stress. And the kids successfully helped decorate, with only one sad casualty of the day. Sydney's first Christmas ornament from Disney (bought it when she was there at only 6 weeks old) bit the dust. Sniff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We have a new house guest this Christmas season. Santa sent his Elf Odie to visit us this past weekend to keep an eye on things around here. The naming process with 3 year olds is interesting. Our elf came VERY close to being "Spiderman." Thankfully a dozen recent viewings of <i>The Princess and the Frog</i> featuring the delightful Mama Odie saved him. It was close. No self respecting elf could live with the name Spiderman.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">He's been helping with my holiday baking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Here's my other, er-uh, helper. That WAS a plate full of cookies in front of him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yep, Odie sure has been handy. He recently was the deliverer of a special note from Santa, reminding our sometimes naughty girl about the true spirit of Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I wasn't sure if she'd get into it yet this year or not but pretty much every morning we go hunt Odie down. It's very upsetting if I happen to spot him first. Then she looks at me, narrows her eyes, and demands "Did you touch him?" for fear all his magical powers will disappear.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Not only have we been given so many things to be thankful for this whole year, the week of Thanksgiving in Gulf Shores produced some of the most spectacular weather ever! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Which lent itself to our sub-theme for the week: Football and Fishing. Or anything that can be accomplished outside!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That pretty much sums it up. If we weren't watching football, we were playing it. And if we weren't on the dock fishing, we were in the boat. And the kids were right in the middle of the action this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fletcher preferred to do the driving. And became quite upset when he wasn't allowed to touch every button a dozen times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This little one starting talking about fishing a week before vacation. Not quite sure where it all came from but she starting requesting to fish at Papa's. And was concerned that she didn't have a fishing pole. Daddy was more than happy to show his little girl the ropes. And she was a natural.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then there was football, with some soccer and kick ball mixed in. No fear. Sydney was in 100%. And didn't want anyone to forget there was a girl on the field.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And a lesson for all of us parents out there trying to capture moments with our kids. I snapped a few of Sydney playing around with the soccer ball (in her tutu of course). I was so aggravated... the camera setting was off just a bit and they were blurred. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Plus, there are just really fun things to do at Mamie and Papa's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; text-align: left;">And this kid could have spent all day, every day, playing on the boat trailer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">That same trailer also provided Syd with entertainment. I see gymnastics in her future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This year, some friends tipped us off about an alligator preserve nearby so we went to check it out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">This is Sydney telling the gator "it's ok. don't be scared"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Shhhhh - it's sleeping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hey, wait a minute!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">And declared Mamie's "blow-dryer" best of all!?!?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Plus, where else do you get to eat donuts pretty much every day???</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Yep. Mamie and Papa's is pretty darn fantastic!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">We are blessed. Happy Thanksgiving!</span></div>
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