Tag: Holidays
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Christmas Eve Eve and Christmas Adam
Back in 5th grade my two girlfriends Corinne and Emily and I started a tradition we called Christmas Eve Eve (a name I thought was so clever but have since learned is not original at all – thanks social media). Every year they’d come over to my house and we’d exchange gifts, make and decorate…
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Thanksgiving with Penny
I may be a couple of weeks late getting this post together but I didn’t want the season of giving thanks to pass without sharing a few photos from our family holiday and giving an update on just how much we have to be thankful for. At the top of the list: Penelope is doing…
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Return to Chile 2016
We are back in Santiago with Javier’s family! The last time we were here was in 2014 for Macarena and Alex’s wedding, and Paula had just found out she was pregnant. It’s been two years and little Ignacia Paz, our “new” niece, is already so grown up! We’ve been communicating with her as best we can…
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Roadtripping to the South of Chile
On the day we arrived in Chile, we drove to Osorno and finally arrived at Javier’s aunt and uncles house ‘s 5 in the morning. His aunt and uncle have a beautiful home with a brand new back patio furnished with an outdoor grill that Javier studied for about an hour so he could learn…
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Decorating Christmas Cookies
Every year at Christmas my parents would drive me and Ian down to Birmingham after we opened our presents in Louisville to spend the rest of the Christmas holiday at my grandparents’ beautiful farm. While we were en route my grandmother would bake and cook up a storm for us – and she always included…
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Los Rodriguez Mansion: Ready for Christmas!
So now that we’ve seen the Nutcracker and watched a few Christmas movies, Javi and I are feeling properly Christmasy and into the season. We decorated the house the week after Thanksgiving this year, but I haven’t had a chance to thoroughly clean the house yet to take photos. Most of our decorations are much…
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Letters from Grandmother v.1
In our post about our very McClure thanksgiving we mentioned that we spent quite a bit of time during the thanksgiving holiday reading the letters that Leslie’s grandparents wrote to each other when they were dating (well, secretly engaged – in 1944). We are so happy that these letters exist – it really is a…
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Batteries recharged!…now back to the grind
Our vacation is over. Tomorrow we are going back to work, school and the regular schedule…it’s inevitable, but looking back we had a blast and our “batteries” have been recharged! Nuestras vacacioes han terminado. Manana volvemos al trabajo, las clases, y la rutina regular…es inevitable, pero mirando hacia atras lo pasamos muy bien y nuestras…
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What a Christmas!
Normally I don’t think I’d spend a whole post talking about what I got for Christmas, but this year was extra special. I can’t believe the number of handmade and thoughtful gifts we unwrapped yesterday! Last night when we finally got back to our house after spending Christmas at my parents’ house we spread everything…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS / FELIZ NAVIDAD!
Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!!! It’s been a crazy few days and we have tons and tons to share, but for now we’ll leave you with a few photos and videos from the show on Friday. We hope this is a lovely Christmas / holiday / day for everyone! It’s been very very…
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A Translation Break: Uno to the Rescue
Before we get into the photos from our massive Uno game…here’s a quick reminder that THE SHOW AT PUCKETT’S IN LEIPER’S FORK IS TONIGHT!!!!!! The info: location: 4142 Old Hillsboro Road Leipers Fork TN 37064 showtime: 8:00 PM cost: $10 Reservations if you want a table: 615-794-1308 Now, on to the real post. Last night…
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Los Rodriguez Wedding
I already wrote out this long, detailed post about all the fun aspects of our wedding, but it was boring and I’d hate to have a boring post describing of one of the best days of my life, and one of the most fun parties I’ve ever been to. So here’s a few quick words…
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Advent Workshop at Second Presbyterian
It’s finals week…which means I’m digging back into my recent fun adventures file, because I will be enjoying a grand total of zero fun adventures until I turn in my last assignment (which is a take home final, and happens to be due on our 2-year anniversary). Es semana de examenes finales…lo que significa que estoy…
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Chupete and Choripan’s Nightmare before Christmas
Our poor puppies. They are completely drained after Friday night’s “adventure.” Nuestros pobres cachorros. Estan completamentedestrozados despues de nuestra “aventura” del Viernes. It all started out in the afternoon when Javi got off work early. The Christmas Parade was going on Friday night downtown where he works and his office got out early so they…
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The Good and Bad Stress of December
December…Oh December…We are so excited to have it here, but it will take a couple of weeks until we can really love it. Diciembre…oh Diciembre…Estamos muy felices de tenerte aqui, pero no sera hasta un par de semanas que te vamos a querer. Don’t get us wrong, its Christmas season! We put up the tree,…
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