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For a laugh and a cry
Tom sent this to me, and I think it’s worth passing along. It reminds me to not take life to seriously, and make time for silly lasting memories! See it here.
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Friday: Family Fun
We like to say Friday is Family Fun and Saturday is Date night, typically that means Friday evening we focus on doing fun things with Scotland, but last Friday Tom took the whole day off and we headed out for a staycation. We spend the morning in Tremont a west-side suburb of Cleveland, visiting some…
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Backing up- Zoo with the Athen Petes
Okay this is for my own record keeping. This is about a MONTH late. But the pictures were too cute to pass up. Last month we met up with Trevor, Lauren and their kids for an afternoon of zoo and BBQ in Colombus. Was Scotter’s hair really this long? Wowza! Tom’s the best dad ever.…
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Food Happenings
I know, I know it’s taboo to talk about food you’ve eaten, but I can’t resist. Last Friday our Grandma Myrtle hosted a gumbo night. She specifically asked me to make sure that everyone made themselves comfortable. She wanted it to feel like on big family. I love this picture because it shows that her…
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Happy Halloween!
I don’t have much time, so it’ll be mostly pictures this time. Scotland’s been sick all week with a cold. Hence, the enthusiastic faces in these shots. Fall continues to linger, and I’m loving it. The City of Shaker Heights planted hundered of mums this year. Scotter also cut his second top tooth. I figured…
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Holden Arboretum
“A Gift for Mom:” This was Tom’s catch, and the winner of the day. After seven years in the area we finally made it to the Holden Arboretum. It’s one of the largest arborteum/botanical gardens in the United States. So while we enjoyed several hours there we only saw a slice. We’ll definitely be going…
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Labor Day Weekend with Myrtle
Scotland and Myrtle a few months ago A blog I read mentioned that fall begins in two weeks and then it’s the holiday season and the year is up. His quick way of rolling up the year was unsettling to me, perhaps for that reason we’re making the most of our extended weekend. Yesterday, we…
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Cleveland Air Show
Yesterday, we decided to make the most of the last few weeks of summer and spend the day in the “feels like 100 heat” that was Cleveland, to enjoy the airshow. We met up with Steve, Mary and Lydia and had a wonderful time. The highlight of the afternoon was the Thunderbirds’ performance. The six…
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Sulfur Springs
Ohio is a beautiful place to live. Despite Tom and I’s love of the outdoors we have not taken advantage of the amazing metro-park system in Cleveland. Saturday we headed out to the South Chagrin Metro Park to visit Sulfur Springs. I’d been once and wanted to take Tom ever since, plus I got a…
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Photo Op: Thistledown
To fulfill the photography challenge for my Photography club I headed back to Thistledown Race Tracks to work on my action shots. My friend Jen and her son Cody joined us. It was a gorgeous day. Since it wasn’t a derby day, there were fewer people then when we went before. Which was nice. I…