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Christmas wish list-ing

October 19, 2012 at 1:00 pm

My grandmother asked me to put together a Christmas list. Don’t you just love it when someone does that?! It gives you full license to put together all the things you’ve been thinking about all year!

Here are a few goodies I’ve come across in my searching, and some of them just might end up on The List:

For Baby Boy: Mini Boden flannel romper
For Lena & Baby Boy: Little Sapling Toys building blocks
For me: Bonlook glasses
For Elliott: Mumford & Sons’ new album
For Lena: Mini Boden knitted dress
For all of us: books in general, this one specifically
For me: pearl earrings
For Baby Boy: Baby Bjorn bib
For Lena: Salt Water Sandals
For me: Fair Isle jumper

What’s on your Christmas wish list so far?

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Christmas wish list-ing

October 19, 2012 at 12:00 pm

Here are a few goodies I’ve come across in my searching, and some of them just might end up on The List:

For Baby Boy: Mini Boden flannel romper
For Lena & Baby Boy: Little Sapling Toys building blocks
For me: Bonlook glasses
For Elliott: Mumford & Sons’ new album
For Lena: Mini Boden knitted dress
For all of us: books in general, this one specifically
For me: pearl earrings
For Baby Boy: Baby Bjorn bib
For Lena: Salt Water Sandals
For me: Fair Isle jumper

What’s on your Christmas wish list so far?

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Jessica reminded me about this video that I took on our family vacation. She wants me to post it so that she has a pick-me-up while studying for the NCLEX (nursing exam) this week. Wish her luck… she takes it on Friday!

In the meantime, goofy fun with the Garbers, with lots of giggles from Lena. This is probably my favorite Lena video ever. :-)

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"better than a water gun!"

June 26, 2012 at 12:54 pm

In the meantime, goofy fun with the Garbers, with lots of giggles from Lena. This is probably my favorite Lena video ever. :-)

4 :: in family, holidays, Lena, video, Virginia

“Oh Shenandoah!”

June 22, 2012 at 3:30 pm

While we were back in the States, the whole Garber clan took a weekend trip to the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As we do every year, most of the kids (including Lena, on her daddy’s back) climbed Old Rag Mountain the first day before meeting everyone else at the vacation house.

The house was near a field of Texas Longhorn cattle (beautiful creatures!) and what appeared to be a horse boarding facility. A couple of Arabians were happy to get their necks rubbed by many hands, large and tiny.

We were also very close to a stream flowing out of Shenandoah National Park. My sister Emily drove down to spend part of the weekend with us, and she loved enjoying all this natural beauty with us too.