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ELEVEN years!

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New Year Resolutions

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Thanksgiving 2016–just the 5 of us

Thanksgiving 2016–just the 5 of us

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Museums and pastries and walking, oh my!

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“Coming [to Paris] has been a wonderful experience, surprising in many respects, one of them being to find how much of an American I am.” –Augustus Saint-Gaudens, American sculptor I brought all my cutest clothes for Paris because everyone said France is much dressier that the States and I didn’t want to look like an…

Preschool graduation #2

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  2. Oh my gosh, Tara. He is adorable!! I just want to give him a squeeze!

    Thank you so, so much for your sweet note on Facebook. I really appreciated your encouragement. Thank-you for thinking of us.

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  4. Tara- First of all- how on earth did you reply to my comment earlier? I'm sure that I am missing the obvious- but I didn't know you could do that.

    Anyway, the girls are both home now and improving lots each day. Thanks for asking.

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