November's highlight was Thanksgiving: I made perfect gravy for the first time ever!! It has been my Achilles' heel in the kitchen, but finally victory was mine! My brother Paul came to visit again, which made the holiday much more celebratory. I nabbed a picture of him napping with Declan. And a picture of one of my pies. Mmm. Finally there is a photo of a praying mantis that Declan and I found in the yard one day. We love having grass and apparently we're inviting a new population, fun!
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Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
We got our yard done!
The first year we lived here, our backyard was a rectangle of dirt and weeds and pebbles. The kids had fun digging in the dirt, but it was not generally a fun place to hang out. So we saved up and got some basic landscaping done. We love it and it's a much nicer place to hang out. We've put a slide and some toys out there, and it's so great having a place to send the kids while I make dinner or when they need to get their energy out. And we enjoy all the sunshine and pleasant Arizona winter.
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