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We're back!  We had a great Christmas--first at our house on Christmas morning, then an impromptu trip to visit my husband's family ...

Today was the day! Rachel was so excited. It will never be as exciting as it was the first time we went, but it was a fun afterno...

Here's what happened last year we took the girls to see Santa. I thought this year might be different.  Rebecca's not too shy any...

When we won the Nutcracker tickets, my plan was to wait and surprise Rachel the morning of the show with the tickets.  But then, a week or...

Rebecca loves taking medicine.  This is a complete turnaround from what I'm used to with Rachel, who is terrible about taking medicine. ...

Last week/weekend was the busiest, most exhausting of the month (year??). Whew!  I'm so excited to relax and do nothing today (well, if ...

Remember how my dad won us tickets to go see the Nutcracker? Well, before we found out he won, I had entered another giveaway.  And would ...

Over Thanksgiving my mom decided she wanted to get Rachel a gingerbread house for us to put together at Christmastime.  While looking at the...

First Rachel had a cold.  Then I caught it.  I'm still getting over it, but this afternoon I started wondering if Rebecca was sick. I ha...

Christmastime at our house has begun.  Rachel was counting down the days until December 1st, when Rudy, our elf on the shelf , would make hi...

Remember how much Rachel wanted to see The Nutcracker last year? Well, the commercials started on TV and the radio a week or so ago.  As ...

We spent a great few days celebrating Thanksgiving with my family last week.  It was lots of fun with lots of family and lots of food. Rac...

There's not been a lot of exciting news around here, so I feel like the blog has been a little lean lately.  Life is full and busy and g...

Rachel declared last night, "The best night of my LIFE!"  In 6.5 years, that means it ranked first out of approximately 2,372 nigh...

We've always thought Rachel looked just like me. But here's proof that Rebecca's definitely mine, too....