Surf Weekend In Nags Head, NC

September 25, 2012
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Hi guys, we hope that you all had a wonderful time this past weekend. The boys and I loaded up the van (okay tossed our gear in willy nilly) and took off on our annual trip to the Outerbanks for some surf, fun…

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Tradewinds ~ Dark Rum & Ginger Beer Cocktail

September 14, 2012
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Cocktails, generally not what I daydream about when it comes to creating a tasty treat. They are mystifying to me and always have been, probably because if I am being honest I have a limited liquor palate. My drinks have always been pretty straightforward with rich ales, bold red wines and before both pregnancies wrecked my […]

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Surprise Breakfast Cake

September 9, 2012
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Is your home wrapped in an embrace of quiet this morning with the soft snores of your loved ones drifting down the halls? Better yet, is everyone slightly awake and holding on to the last vestiges of sleep with their comforters draped around them as they come into the living room? Either way tell them […]

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Super Duo! Super Caprisun Fun!

August 20, 2012
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Whether they are paddling out to catch some waves,

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Getting Ready For Back To School

August 20, 2012
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School has already started for some of you or it is right around the corner. For us it is both. The past four years have felt like half our summers are lost preparing for the new school year with one monkey in year round school and the other on a more traditional schedule. It has […]

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Taking Time To Hold On

August 14, 2012
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My boys of summer, the days have seemed even more fleeting this year. They tell us when we are younger that “Time flies the older you get” but as we all now know the young rarely listen when it comes to advice on mortality. How can they when Father Time hasn’t tapped them on the […]

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Cloud Cathedral

July 29, 2012
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The heart can think of no devotion, greater than being shore to the ocean-holding the curve of one position. Counting an endless repetition. Devotion – By Robert Frost

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For The Birds

July 26, 2012
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Sweet moments like this that I happen to capture always bring out the old stagehand in me. A story seems to take root and play out in my mind while I watch the boys strolling along the beach. This time though I am going to let the story unfold for you. I’ll set the stage […]

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Spicy Mixed Pickles

July 24, 2012
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Pickles, one of the best snacks placed in a jar if I do say so myself. You may not agree but that’s okay, I’m slightly biased ever since my granny introduced me to pickled corn mixed with green beans I was little. Seeing as how I love them so much you would assume that I make […]

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Beautiful Escape With Dove!

July 20, 2012
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Some days Monday can come and go without incident feeding you a false sense of security that the rest of the week will follow suit. Ah, the way we repeatedly deluded ourselves is amazing is it not. Then again, how could we know that the dog would scale an eight-foot wall Tuesday and scare the […]

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