Author Archives: Laura

Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 5: New Year’s Eve, Alaska style

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Laura

For New Year’s Eve, Dad, Jon, Leah, Kaitlyn, Nik, Ellie, and I went downtown to the celebration.  It was really cool.  Nik asked me if I’d ever gone to this before and I said, “No – it never occurred to … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 4: Obligatory Moose and Scenery Pictures

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Laura

If you didn’t guess from either the title of this blog “series” or the dog mushing pictures, we spent our Christmas vacation (or most of it anyway) with my family in Alaska.  Here’s the proof: The one moose we inevitably … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 3: Ellie meets Auntie Rachel

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Laura

I’m not exactly sure what was going on with my brain yesterday but I managed to miss featuring Auntie Rachel with Ellie!  Sorry Rach!  So here are a couple pictures of Auntie Rachel with Ellie!  (I think it might be … Continue reading →

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 2: Ellie meets her mama’s family

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Laura

Ellie met her Nana and her Auntie Meggan when she was very young.  The remaining 16 people in my family were still strangers to her so it was so fun to have Ellie meet my side of the family!  You … Continue reading →

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Hey!

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Laura

Happy Happy Birthday!  From all of us (Nik, Laura, Ellie) to you (Katie!) We wish it was our birthday so we could party too! Hey! We love you!

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Alaska Trip, Christmas 2010, Part 1

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Laura

I’ve been meaning to post these pictures for a long time (as a matter of fact, since Christmas!) and I figured I should at least post a few before we leave for our summer Alaska vacation. Our first day in … Continue reading →

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Make new friends but keep the old (May sewing)

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Laura

One is silver and the other’s gold. (Anyone else remember that song from Brownies?) That’s the song that kept running through my head as I sewed this bag for my dear friend Julie, who was one of my first friends … Continue reading →

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All By Herself

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Laura
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Delicious Alchemy

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Laura
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How to Make Popsicles (without a popsicle mold)

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Laura

Unlike my lucky family up in Alaska, we are suffering from a heat wave here in Maryland.  So for my Maryland readers, here’s a quick and easy way to make popsicles, even if you don’t have a popsicle mold. 1.  … Continue reading →

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