Category Archives: Holiday

Happy New Year!

Posted on January 5, 2009 by egg

We’ve just returned from a wonderful week in Florida with Gretchen’s siblings. Rachel and Kevin generously donated a week at their timeshare in Ft. Lauderdale to celebrate Patty’s 29th birthday. The accomodations were wonderful and a good time was had … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas – Our Holiday Thus Far

Posted on December 27, 2008 by egg

For those who may not have heard, Erik is spending some time with us while Pammy recovers from a surgery she underwent on the 22nd. She’s recovering nicely and Erik’s doing okay being here with Oskar and Xavier. The Alyn … Continue reading →

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MrBeer Homebrew Batch Coming Along Nicely

Posted on January 3, 2008 by egg

After a 7 day fermentation in the basement, which was a few degrees too cold for the yeast, I moved it into the kitchen and it’s coming along nicely — definitely a good move. The MrBeer kit was a present … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2007 by egg
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Redskins Game (They Won!)

Posted on December 24, 2007 by egg
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Gretchen Bakes: Part 2

Posted on December 22, 2007 by egg

As a follow-up to the original Gretchen Bakes post, we’ve been assembling and decorating Gingerbread houses this morning. Assembly began bright and early (along with some sampling of the candy) and wrapped up a little bit ago. Oskar worked very … Continue reading →

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Gretchen Bakes: Part 1

Posted on December 20, 2007 by egg
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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 22, 2007 by egg
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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2007 by egg

So the boys were Mario and Luigi (as previously mentioned) and they had a great time trick or treating around the block. Lucky for us, it was a reasonable amount of candy. Enjoy the costumes from Sunday’s neighborhood parade and … Continue reading →

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Mario & Luigi

Posted on October 27, 2007 by egg

Oskar and Xavier have selected their Halloween costumes. Mario and Luigi from Super Mario brothers. Since Luigi is a little taller (and a little thinner) Oskar will be Luigi and Xavier will be Mario. Oskar has also decided that I’ll … Continue reading →

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