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    to “A Step Inside”… our personal family blog, documenting the craziness of our every day life.. Sit back, enjoy, laugh, and share in the road we travel..

    I'm Bridget.. A SAHM (stay at home mom), wife, mother of 3, and a follower of Christ. I'm also a photographer, and passionate about life.. I hope to share that w/ you too! Life isn't always perfect, but it's perfectly created in His plan. I'm beyond thankful for God's grace and His many blessings!

Category Archives: Holiday

Easter 2012

Our Easter this year didn’t start off how it normally does.. Both Rowen & Ashlyn woke up Sunday morning w/ fevers.  Ashlyn also had a cough, however I think Rowen’s fever was due to teething.  He had two molars the couple of weeks prior.  Thankfully we were still able to watch an Easter service on t.v, and we all still got dressed to make the most of the special day.

We had a nice breakfast together, and then the kiddos looked at their baskets.. No candy in them this year (ah hem’ partly for their mother’s own sake i.e. lack of willpower).  So they each got new loofahs, a book, and the girls both had crayons & paper in theirs.


Kaylor read to us about Jesus’ resurrection; 


And our annual in front of the front door Easter picture.. sick kiddos & all.. lol;


And Mamaw w/ the kids;


We then dyed eggs later in the day;

 

 

Even w/ a change of plans, we still had a great Easter.. Hope you & your family did as well!:)

 

Homemade Gingerbread Play Dough…

We made this on Christmas Eve, and Ashlyn couldn’t have been more excited.. As if playing w/ play dough wasn’t enough fun in itself, the smell was scrumptious!

Here is the recipe that we used;

Gingerbread Play Dough
1 c flour
1/2 c salt
2 tsp cream of tartar
about 1/2 c of spices (we used pumpkin spice, cinnamon, & nutmeg)
1 c water
1 tsp oil

In a sauce pan, mix all of the dry ingredients, then add water & oil.  Cook on low to medium for several minutes, stirring constantly.  It will start to thicken, and darken in color.  It is done once it starts to take on a dough like consistency, and pull from the sides of the pan.

Ashlyn & my mom had a blast…

Black Friday & Christmas Decorating…

One of my favorite days of the year!  WhooooHoooo!  The game plan for this year originally started w/ meeting around 3am as usual for our annual shopping on Black Friday.  Two of my girlfriends, (ah hem) however, decided to switch it up a bit.. I got a text to meet them out, when I had just sat down at 9pm Thanksgiving evening to look at the ads.  I thought I’d meet them for an hour or so, head home for a few hours of sleep, then meet back up early in the morning hours.  Um, wrong.  Who woulda thought this girl could make it shopping ALL.  night.  long.  Yowza.. We did it though, and had a blast as usual!  Maybe not as many steals & deals this year as the previous, but laughter & girl time is always a win.

As tradition, we take down all of the fall decor and get out the Christmas decorations.  The kids look forward to this just as much as I do.. We play holiday music, and enjoy each others’ company.  I step back and let the girls decorate the tree by themselves… Even my ocd brain let’s it slide when Ashlyn puts three (or more) ornaments on the same branch..


Baby brother had fun “helping” the girls too… I think his favorite ornament was the jingle bells; 
I love seeing how much the kids have grown since the last Christmas tree decorating..

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