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Okay so I know some folks do artificial trees but this household is a real tree kind of group. We love the windy open field and finding, "just the right tree." We're usually pretty quick since the place we like to go south of Des Moines has wide open fields and is really, REALLY windy. There are always a lot of joking, laughing, freezing hands, plummber bottom by the boys, yelling of watching-out-for-the-saw to the little girls, and good discussion on how to tie the tree on just the right way so it doesn't blow off the car! We usually...

Some of the ways we get into the holiday spirit and spread a little love and joy is by cooking. It is a tradition that we always make pumpkin bread for the neighbors and since we live on a small street we like to cook for all of the 12! This year we have a few new residents to the street so they will sure be surprised! The past two years Charlotte and I have also been making those awesome hershey kiss cookies too so of course this year is no different. It is such fun giving…watch for tomorrow, we'll...

Hello friends! Almost Merry Christmas to you! I wanted to spend a little time today talking about Holiday Traditions and find out what you do to celebrate. Here are a few things we do, but I'm always looking to add some new ones. The first holiday tradition started when andy and i were first married. When we moved into our first home in Austin, Texas, the previous owners left us a note and this little ornament and thus our first tradition was born. We decided from then on to add an ornament each year that "summed-up the year." So if...

Hello Friends, recently I created a custom print for a client/friend who was finishing Drill School (fireperson + first responder school). To honor the graduation I was able to do this print to mark the special day. This a friend who is a momma of 5, run marathons and triathalon competitions and still finds time to develop her professional skill set…how cool is Mindy? Anyway, big congrats to her and her colleagues… Get ready, next week on the blog will be devoted to Holiday Traditions, each day I'll be highlighting something we do during the holiday season, I'd love to...

This past weekend Andy and I had a quick get-away to Omaha. Every year Andy has a holiday Christmas party for the company he works for in Omaha (Headquarters). They always secure The Durham Museum which is really an old Union Station that opened  in 1931. It has just gorgeous examples of Art Deco architecture. Since I'd consider myself a Modernist…it is spectacular to visit, especially since in DM we have a few Art Deco buildings, but the Durham is just magnificent— including a superhuge Christmas Tree. Last year they even had the fantastic show by Hatch Show Print so...