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Happy Birthday, Mama!

Today is LinvilleUSA’s favorite Mama/wife/woman’s birthday – Erin is 32 years old! And though nothing we could do could possibly tell her how much we love her and how lucky we are to have her, we tried. And it was … Continue reading

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The pre-Birthday Celebration

Before Natalie’s birthday, Grandma and Grandpa came down for an early celebration. You caught a glimpse of the excitement in the actual 2 yr update…. GaGa (Grandma) got Natalie a tea set. She was absolutely thrilled. I have never seen … Continue reading

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Budding Authors

Drawing circles backwards in flour is apparently a pre-writing activity. Here are the budding authors at Little Gems. (Excuse the ill fitting clothing that, when coupled with short hair, makes Natalie seem more boy than girl.)

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The many faces of Natalie Ann

Erin has been traveling for work this week and come home tonight. We are both VERY excited. It’s been pretty smooth sailing, other than yesterday morning when I locked us out of the house (note: kicking a door down is … Continue reading

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Happy birthday, Aunt Ann

Our awesome Aunt Ann is visiting Chicago for two weeks AND today is her birthday!!!! We celebrated at Nana and Pops yesterday and Natalie was such a help with the candle blowing. 🙂 We love you, Aunt Ann!

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Finally, the first day of school!!!

Natalie finally had her first day of “preschool” (only 4 weeks and 2 days late… thank goodness for Nana, Pop, and Noreen, a SAHM from church!)   Natalie has had a chance to play at school a couple times, so … Continue reading

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Lake Geneva,Wisconsin – Happy 58th birthday Pop!

It’s the very end of September 2012, and at the very beginning of the month, we had a fantastic Labor Day weekend with Nana and Pop in Lake Geneva, WI.  It was actually in a small town called Fontana at … Continue reading

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Trip to Aunt Marilyn’s in Indianapolis

Apologies for the blog hiatus – this one is overdue.  On the weekend of Fourth of July, we drove down to Indianapolis to go to my Aunt Marilyn’s farm.  A little context first…. Every year growing up, Aunt Marilyn and … Continue reading

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Happy Father’s Day to me!

Today was my third Father’s Day and Erin and Natalie both worked hard to make sure it was a great one for me.  And busy!  Here is the weekend run-down: 1. Saturday morning – brunch with our friends the “Van … Continue reading

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A fantastic Easter

Today, Natalie had a her second Easter and a fantastic one!  Scroll to the bottom for the photo montage.  We kicked it off with church at 8am, where we were 5 min late and lucky to find a seat.  Then … Continue reading

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