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Thanksgiving – Taylor Style

Ingredients for a Taylor-style Thanksgiving 1 set of wonderful in-laws willing to house 8 family members for an extended weekend and host Thanksgiving dinner for 18 people 1 set of parents willing to fly Thanksgiving weekend to visit with their daughter and son-in-law, grandson, their in-laws, their son-in-law’s brother’s in-laws, and their in-law’s daughter and… Continue reading Thanksgiving – Taylor Style

Family · Food · Holidays · Travel · Tripp · Trips · USA

One.

My little guy, you’re ONE today.  ONE year.  365 days.  365 kisses goodnight.  365 little smiles. Three weeks ago I ordered you a birthday cake.  When I hung up the phone I was dumbfounded.  How could I possibly be ordering a cake for a baby who, ONE short year earlier, was making a relatively difficult… Continue reading One.

Crafts · Food · Gifts · Quilting · Recipes · Sewing · Sunday Links

Sunday Links

It’s that time again – time for Sunday Links.   Hope you find something fun this week. This No Fail Quick French Bread by Gourmet Mom on-the-go. These Super Fluffy Whole Wheat Pancakes by Cuizoo. Need a last minute Christmas gift for someone special?  Check out these beautiful paintings at Red Letter Words. This adorable 100%… Continue reading Sunday Links

Food · Going Out · Holidays · Restaurant Reviews · Travel · Trips · USA

Thanksgiving Travels

Friday began our Thanksgiving travels.  We left out of Moron at 7 AM Friday morning and flew to Dover, DE.  A night with friends in DC and now we’re in State College, PA, visiting my parents.  I love these trips.  A few days here, a few days there, a chance to say hello to people… Continue reading Thanksgiving Travels

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Sunday Links

Welcome back to another Sunday Links post – these are the pages I bookmarked this week that I thought were helpful, delicious, crafty or just fun.  Click on over to some of my favorite blogs to see all the great stuff going on. Considering half my friends are sick and we’re flying to the States… Continue reading Sunday Links

Food · Germany · Photos · Travel · Tripp · Trips · Weekend Trips

Germany Part 3: Luxembourg

One beautiful sunny day, while in Germany, we decided to head to Luxembourg.  With guidebook in hand we drove along the green pastures between Germany to Luxembourg City. A s we rounded a curve, I caught a glimpse of the walled city perched along the cliffs, grand gingerbread buildings and stiletto steeples tiling the historic… Continue reading Germany Part 3: Luxembourg

Food · Spain

Man Food Competition

2 weeks ago we hosted the 1st Annual Man Food Competition.  This was my husband’s idea and since it was our friend’s last weekend here we wanted to send them off with a bang.  I emailed out goofy rules and a sign-up form and we had 50 people show up and 15 entries in the… Continue reading Man Food Competition

Food · Recipes

Peach Muffins

I have a tree in my backyard that is dropping with peaches but they’re not quite ripe yet.  I wanted to make these muffins [bread] for our last women’s group today so I used canned peaches.  I know, the horror! Peach Bread (adapted into muffins from this recipe) (my healthy changes in red) 3 eggs… Continue reading Peach Muffins

Food · Go Here, I say! · Spain · Trips · Weekend Trips

Three Little Bears Welcome the Warm Season

Warm is here.  The people of Andalucia are feeling the effects of spring with crocuses and irises popping up from the ground, birds chirping and beaches getting slowly crowded.  This past weekend the Little Bear Family decided to take a mini-vacation to usher in the sunlight and warm temperatures.  Papa Bear’s softball tournament was a… Continue reading Three Little Bears Welcome the Warm Season

Festivals & Ferias · Food · Go Here, I say! · Going Out · Moron de la Frontera · Spain

2009 Moron Tapas Festival

Some of you may think this blog has become mainly baby-related and with good reason.  How can I not focus most of my posts on this little face?  But for those of you who are getting sick of seeing photos of the cutest baby in the world here is a Spain-centered post.  Shortly after we… Continue reading 2009 Moron Tapas Festival