• snippets of our weekend

    How was your weekend? It was a good weekend around here. Chris returned from a trip – which makes everyone around here happy! His return also meant I got to get away for some time by myself – which also makes everyone happy! Happy mail…

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  • Random phone photo dump

    Well today is a random iPhone photo dump. Most, but not all, are from my daily Instagram feed. I’ve been taking a photo a day on IG of something I am thankful for in 2012. I’m “underthesycamore” on Instagram. Poppy (our cat) climbed to the…

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  • we got our Christmas tree…

    Just about every year since I’ve been married, I’ve excitedly decorated for Christmas in the days that follow Thanksgiving. Our family tradition has been to go cut down our tree on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. But we didn’t go this year. I was feeling overwhelmed…

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  • the boys got their fort

    After the girls enjoyed their fort, I told the boys I would help them make one in their room. It wasn’t nearly as pretty, but it was just perfect for them…which is what matters the most. My oldest likes to disappear to quiet places to…

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  • my fort “tutorial”

    I posted this picture on Instagram last week and got a few requests for a tutorial. The tutorial requests made me smile, because my forts are all wonky and crazy. Not the pinteresty tutorial kind. They look great on the inside, but just a big…

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