Photos: Scrabble shirts
This is totally dorky of me but two kids from Hayley’s scrabble club ended up winning the national scholastic Scrabble tournament! They had on their club shirts that I designed for the tournament AND for their appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live out in LA – it was that big a deal! (read more about them.. read more →
Photos: Easter eggs and hunting
Tons of photos with friends and family from Easter egg dyeing and hunting. See more photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to find one in particular or print) Slideshow view (easiest to see them all) And a blast from the past… Easter photos of Hayley & Mason over the years. (Mason lives next to.. read more →
Photos: 4th annual Gingerbread Demo Derby
For the fourth year, we charged up the remote cars and carefully carried out the lovely gingerbread creations to the bottom of our steep driveway in the cul de sac. We summoned our friends next door and then the GINGERBREAD DEMOLITION DERBY commenced. Four-time competitor Purple car was joined by three-time participant Silver and a.. read more →
Photos: Gingerbread houses
We continued our family tradition of making gingerbread houses on Christmas Eve. Obviously you can’t destroy them if you don’t make them but of course that’s for Xmas day. We started about 10pm after being next door for the annual Christmas Eve celebration at the Renfroes. Good times was had by all and I love.. read more →
Photos & Recipe: Chocolate Peppermint Bark
I love Peppermint Bark and I had a good version of it not long ago so I tried to find a way to duplicate it. We started with a recipe for double chocolate peppermint bark that I found at the fabulous instructables.com. The version I’d had not long ago had some small cookie pieces in.. read more →
Photos: Making our Christmas wreath
We had so much fun making the Halloween wreath we decided to make a Christmas wreath. Joann’s was having a huge sale so we hit them up and grabbed a light up wreath and supplies. Hayley picked all the items, I love wandering through stores with her. We got out our hot glue gun and.. read more →
Hayley’s photo selected a school winner!
Salem Students and Parents, We were thrilled with this year’s Reflections Submissions. WOW, we received a record number of entries (more than 6 times what we got last year). It is so fun to see our Salem Students’ talent and creativity. Thank you for entering. All of you will be invited to a special breakfast.. read more →
Photos: Our Day of the Dead
I have always loved Halloween. When I was young, I read a Ray Bradbury book called the Halloween Tree. I read it once, twice and then again, repeating that every fall. I loved that book. The book starts on Halloween and takes a group of children on a scary journey through cultural history and version.. read more →
Hayley’s amazing photography entries for Reflections contest
The National PTA Reflections Program is an arts recognition and achievement program for students. The Reflections Program provides opportunities for students to express themselves creatively and to receive positive recognition for original works of art inspired by a pre-selected theme, while increasing community awareness on the importance of the arts in education. (she’s not smiling.. read more →
Photos: Pre-Halloween – wreath & pumpkins
To get in the Halloween spirit, Hayley and I made a Halloween wreath that we just adore. Then we set off for the pumpkin patch with our next-door neighbors where we bought many pumpkins (and pretended to eat them where I taught Ethan to fake throw up, lol). See more photos from this set: Regular.. read more →