Piano Recital

Sarah teaches piano to her two cousins, Ariel and Courtney,  who lost their mom a year and a half ago to breast cancer. We had a recital for them with a lot of the Purcell family on December 30th.   Sarah & Courtney   Sarah & Ariel It's great to see them improving...

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Snowmobiling in West Yellowstone

My parents' Christmas present to our family was a trip up to West Yellowstone to go snowmobiling.  It was a ton of fun and I think all of us had a blast.   Here we are sitting on snowmobiles for the first time.(Except for my dad, Sarah and me, who are seasoned pros)    Mom &...

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Rockin' Rolls Christmas Style

Despite her disapproval with her first attempt at baking rolls,  Sarah decided to make a second attempt while we were down in Vegas for Christmas.     The dough with cream cheese frosting and raspberry jam      Not quite done (the rolls or the smile)    This...

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Santa Claus is Coming to Town

For Christmas, we gave Sarah's dad, Wes, a Santa Claus outfit complete with hat, beard, white thermal shirt, red pants and suspenders.  I think he really enjoyed the gift, and we all enjoyed sitting on Santa's lap for a photo shoot.   Santa Wes with his only grandchild, Abby  ...

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Red Rock

While we were in Vegas for Christmas, we went hiking around Red Rock National Conservation Area.  We had a good time hiking and climbing the different rock formations.   Man at one with nature   We couldn't decide which pose was better with this rock formation   Sarah...

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The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

For a Christmas-time adventure, Sarah and I went and saw the musical  "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey" It was based on the book by Susan Wojcechowski about a carpenter who lost his wife and child and a widow with her son who moved and lost their wooden Christmas nativity. I...

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Flag Football

I had the privilege of coaching Sarah's flag football team this fall, and although we're a little bit past fall, I decided that I should blog about it anyway. Our team name was "Brenda Bones!" which is a story in and of itself.  Brenda Bones is what my old roommates and I call our friend Brenda....

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Christmas Card 2011

Here is our Christmas Card for 2011: (The front) (The Middle)  (The Back) We haven't got them yet from Shutterfly, but we may have some extras after sending them to our parents and grandparents, so maybe we'll send one of the extras to our biggest blog fan. (Except I'm pretty sure...

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Rockin' Rolls

As a part of Sarah's initiation into our family, she was given the assignment to make rolls for Thanksgiving.  This was the first time that she had ever made them by herself, and although she wasn't incredibly pleased with how they turned out, we all thought they were delicious.    Sarah...

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