Nathan has been wanting to go duck hunting for quite a while now!     He’s wearing the vest which Amanda and Trevan gave him for Christmas.   It’s a special duck hunting vest which has a large pocket in the back for carrying your ducks!  He’s also wearing the …

I’m not sure what’s going on with these duck feathers on my dining room table, but the placemat has been moved over to make room for them! And the Egg Nog has been pushed aside to make room for marinating the duck meat!!    I’m not much for animals, dead …

First Nathan cut the duck meat into cubes and marinated them in raspberry vinaigrette for a few hours.   Then, he wrapped the duck pieces in bacon and secured them with toothpicks which had been soaked in water. Then he baked them in the oven for about a half hour …

Thankfully, my personal trainer allows me to bring Charlie to my workouts on my Charlie” days! Sometimes he’s quite a helper!   You should hear him grunting when we are trying to get this tire going!! When we go in the morning, the mat area isn’t being used so he …

I was so excited when Maddy invited me to go dress shopping with her, the girls, and her mom!!  We had so much fun looking and planning!  She said “yes to the dress” at the second dress shop!!   

These girls are the best :).  We all had a great time wedding dress shopping with Maddy!   Em noted that she’s 2 for 2 now as she picked the chosen dress for both Amanda and Maddy!  Next on the dress shopping list is to find bridesmaids’ dresses for the …

Charlie wants his ears covered when the guys are using the air gun!  It IS loud! New Year’s break is the perfect time to tackle a home improvement project!   This year’s project was to install our left over hardwood floor at Amanda and Trevan’s house!    Charlie was quite …

Uncle Josh and nephew, Charlie, cruising the hardware store aisles while Amanda and I shopped for tile for their entryways.   

We had Charlie out to the house for a sleep over so Amanda and Trevan could go out to dinner and a movie for New Year’s Eve. He’s is at the FUN age when Christmas lights bring excited oohs and ahhs EVERY time he sees them!  This photo was my …

Charlie loves his books!   When I was at the library earlier in the week, I saw the “books and babies” program listed on the calendar.  There was one scheduled on my “Charlie” so I made plans to take him there! They started out with some cute little children’s songs …