I hadn’t intended on taking a vacation from writing… It was all going well until a long time friend said to me, “you know I enjoy your blog, but it’s kind of all over the place isn’t it?” Whoa. She was certainly correct. It IS all over the place. So I took a bit of time to consider, to ponder and to query my family and friends on what they wanted to see reflected in my writing. It distilled down…
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Last weekend, we had our first Cub Scout camp out of the season…The church that holds our charter allows us to camp out on their property which includes setting up tents and making a…
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I gave my brother a genealogy kit for Christmas four years ago. He spit in the tube, mailed it in and promptly lost the log in information. J is my half brother, we have…
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It was luminaria night here last Saturday. Here in Bethlehem, luminaria night is a fund raiser for New Bethany Ministries and many people participate. Luminaria Night started nineteen years ago when neighbors wanted to…
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This has been a dizzying Fall season and this blog has suffered as a result. Let’s start with some awesome things: We received a new piano! It was free to us and we paid…
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This will be a very photo heavy post but in light of all the recent sadness in the world, I wanted to focus on something happy. Photographs by Catrina Carlson Our dear friends were…
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I finally had success with carrots! I’ve never been able to grow them before and this year we are overflowing. Sadly, I think the children were overzealous when planting them and they are very…
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My dear friend is getting married! It is a Celtic themed wedding, complete with tartan and bagpipes. My husband is officiating. He’s not a minister, but it is a civil ceremony. Pennsylvania allows self-appointing…
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We have our first broken bone in a family with five kids that include three boys; I guess we are fortunate. We had stopped to buy produce at our neighborhood farm stand, and my…
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We started our beach leg of vacation in Houston (only one hour from Galveston). We visited the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The highlight of this adventure was the butterfly exhibit. I’ve always wanted…