A Day in the Life

Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009

Just sharing a few photos and captions to recap our family’s Christmas season…. Another strange Florida winter. As I write this in January, while experiencing one of the coldest winters on record for Tampa Bay (sleet and flurries this morning), December saw temperatures ranging from the 30s...

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Wow, I just realized that it has been almost 3 months since I have updated this blog (something for which I have been sternly admonished by my children). Life has just kind of gotten in the way. Seven of the children were involved in a fall play, which consumed a great deal of our time from September...

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Labor Day Fun 2009

Labor Day Fun 2009

It was a bittersweet “Labor Day”, due only in part to Rob’s recent job loss, but we celebrated, Florida-style.  The weather was perfect, so we gathered with our neighbors at the neighborhood clubhouse for games and sundaes by the pool. First came the Hula-Hooping Contest; an activity...

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