This year Grammie and Papa decided to do an Advent calendar for the girls. This was always my favorite thing of the holiday – We would get the advent calendars that had chocolate pieces with the 25th being the big santa! Of course my parents took it to a whole new level … Each day [...]
Its looking like we won’t have a white Christmas this year – but a few weeks back we had a big dump of the white stuff and Elsie headed out to make a snow man (with Mark’s help of course) here is the snow blob or snow tower maybe? Turns out Elsie was more into [...]
more England to come … but first Halloween. For the past 2 years I have been making Elsie’s costumes – her first year she was a black widow, and last year she was a chick. this year she wanted to be a pig (sticking with the animal theme) and as I started to think about [...]
Mark’s godparents Jan and David live in Steeple Aston (Oxfordshire) in historical Cedar Lodge (once home to Novelist Iris Murdoch). We decided to head to Steeple Aston for a few days of relaxation before the wedding storm. Jan and David are amazing hosts – and fabulous cooks! We arrived just in time to help make [...]
In October (yes, I realize its december … where has the time gone?) we all headed to the UK to celebrate Michael and Alison’s wedding. The crew included my parents, and Josh, Amy, and Saffie. To get ready for the Trip Elsie got her UK citizenship and entered England as a true Brit! Our initial [...]