Category Archives: Holiday

Christmas at the Bloom’s

Next up was Christmas with my parent’s…  Oma cooked a very tasty meal and we spent the evening opening gifts and talking.  Nora found a found a recipe for ginger cookies on the Rainbow Magic Fairy website so she decided … Continue reading

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Christmas at the Klose’s

Our first stop on the quick tour of Texas was at Nana and Papa’s for the Klose Christmas.  On the way home from the airport, we stopped at a neat science museum in Frisco with multiple hands on exhibits plus … Continue reading

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Parade of Lights

We attended the Parade of Lights downtown but didn’t quite last an hour due to the impressively cold wind blowing.  I guess we need another year to toughen up.  The definite highlight was a Chinese student group that incorporated a long … Continue reading

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Decorating the tree

Each year we have a different theme for the Christmas tree and this year’s theme is “Woodland Creatures.”  Amanda and Nora made salt dough and made a variety of animal ornaments.  I think it turned out to be our best … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving!

For Thanksgiving this year, we went over to Matt and Christine’s house.  Their sons William and Nate are in first grade with Nora.  After an excellent meal, we braved the cold and walked around the neighborhood.  It snowed the night … Continue reading

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Halloween

We dressed up as Archer, Lana and Malory from the animated series Archer for Halloween this year.  Amanda and Nana nailed their costumes perfectly.  Pearl Street held an afternoon trick or treating event with a ton of kids dressed up … Continue reading

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Halloween Party at school

Nana visited us for Halloween this year and got to participate in Nora’s Halloween party/parade at school.  Clearly Star Wars was a popular theme.  It is a bit hard to tell below, but Mrs. Brook dressed up as Joy from … Continue reading

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4th of July in Meeker

We drove to Meeker, Co to celebrate the holiday with Nana and Papa.  They were visiting Aunt Elaine and Uncle Bob and we met up with them.  The town puts on an impressive fireworks display and holds a parade down … Continue reading

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Early Father’s Day

Since Nora would be out of town on Father’s Day, we celebrated early at the house.  I requested biscuits and gravy and it was great.  Afterwards, we biked around and played at a nearby park.  The picture below with Nora … Continue reading

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Happy Mother’s Day

This was the first full Mother’s Day Amanda didn’t work and it was nice to have a relaxing day together.  We started with breakfast tacos and churro french toast.  Then Amanda and Nora watched “The Sound of Music” and looked … Continue reading

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