Love the Saint!

This weekend on one of my little outings, we stopped at the beautiful garden and home of the famous American Reinaissance Sculptor Saint Gaudens.
Over 100 of his artworks can be seen in the galleries, from heroic public monuments to expressive portrait reliefs, and the gold coins which changed the look of American coinage.

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Can I Blame it on a 5 year old?

So I had a perfect eating week until this little chick…..
Talked me into making these

And we did a lot of this…she is forgiven!

This is the best Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe you will ever make
INGREDIENTS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla [...]

Oh Fall! How We Love Thee!

Oh Fall…How we Love thee! It was this photograph I snapped this morning of Elizabeth that just put me in the mood!
I was starting to think about Fall today. The exuberant colors, the crisp cool air.

The pumpkins, the mums, the apple picking, the yard clean-up- ohhhh the yard clean up. [...]

Why didn’t you tell me?

Yesterday consisted of my drive home from Bar Harbor, that was twice as long as it needed to be.  I decided to go the coastal route of 1A which add a couple of hours on to the drive.
We stopped in Camden,  Maine (Which is a beauty of a resort town).  Didn’t have a chance to [...]

Bar Harbor Weekend

This weekend we are hanging out on the coast of Maine…….and man oh man, it has been fantastic.  We have walked around Bar Harbor……………..
 

Tested the waters out…….

Ate lots of Clam Chowda……

We checked out the scenery………….

And ate lots of Ice Cream……………
 
We drove to the top of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Forest and had a 360 [...]

Lazy Days

We love the Lazy Days of August…….

This is how we feel about it!

Hanging out here on the lake………….
We love to go at least once a summer to swim and do some fishing (Which is not my thing whatsoever)  but  the boys can catch a dozen fish so easily and I can kick it in the [...]

Partly Cloudy and 69 Degrees

Our temperatures have been hanging in the very low numbers this summer with a rain shower nearly every other day.  I have been pulling out out of my bag of tricks, all of my indoor activities  to keep everyone happy, since swimming and sunscreen are not even an option this season.  I’m not complaining though, [...]

If I could add more to the last 3 days I would…..

 It started like it does every Saturday at the field watching this all-star play…………
We celebrated the big 12th Birthday of this awesome kid-
Chase was ordained a deacon in the priesthood at our church on Sunday by Brian…………Man I love these two guys!

Monday,  we finally went to the Robert Frost Farm and learned about the great [...]

Hillary Turned 15!

It is hard to believe that I have a 15 year old now.  It is hard to believe that in a couple of years, I will have an adult.  It all goes by so fast!  
Yesterday, this chick aged-up and we celebrated at the beach with perfect weather.  Hillary had been staying with her best [...]

Happily Ever After

So yesterday, I talked about trying to get it together with the younger kids and I did just that.  We kicked off the day with a visit to The Palace Theater for a performance of Cinderella.  It’s not London’s West End, and only an hour performance, but it did the job and entertained the kids. [...]