Over the next three months, my family is celebrating a number of special events – from weddings to baptisms to anniversaries. This means a lot of time together at various events leading up to and including the main ones. The festivities kicked off this weekend with the bridal shower for Colette, who will soon be officially joining the family when she marries my cousin Jordan in December. On Saturday, October 25, we all headed upstate to eat, drink, open gifts […]

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This weekend, my mom, sister, brother-in-law, niece and I headed out to New Jersey to go apple and pumpkin picking. This is something we talk about every single fall, and very rarely actually do. However, this year was different. My still relatively brand new niece is now a factor, and my brother-in-law’s family lives out near the apple orchard/pumpkin patch. And so we planned a day of it with the in-laws. Waking up Saturday morning, it was pouring rain here […]

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