Janna hosted an epic bridal shower for Beth.

We spent a few fun weekends at the cabin.

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Uncle Tom had to show up the youngsters by skiing on a canoe paddle.

August:

Watched Reuben & the guys play golf. You can watch the video here: {link}

September:

We managed to squeeze some veggies out of our garden, despite my broken wrist and voracious rabbits.

We spent a week camped at a jobsite – the boys worked from sunup til sundown, and we women cooked.

Experimenting with the “Macro” setting on the “little” (non-DSLR) Sony camera.

October

I got my new camera. LOVE it so much. But not as much as I love this handsome dude.

Little Ellie. She’s getting so big and learning to talk so well.

I baked some awesome, no-knead bread. I’ll be sharing the recipe sometime on my cooking blog.

November

I tagged along and watched Reuben hunt this year.

We got our first Christmas tree.

Decorated.

Went skating. See the video here: {link}

December

More skating. The guy in this photo recently served in Afghanistan, the girl is his wife. They had never had a chance to skate with each other before.

Hockey! See the video here: {link}

Melanie visited from Ireland.

Christmas at the B. Family’s!

I’ll never forget Elinor’s reaction to opening “Hair CLIPS!” See the video here: {link}

I hope you all have a wonderful year!

Love,

Erica Lea

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Thursday, April 15, 2010 – We attended a “Tea Party” and got on our local evening news.

Friday, April 16, 2010 – We held our annual Girl’s Party.

Saturday, April 17, 2010 – The Hepaticas (aka mayflowers) are finally blooming.

Sunday, April 18, 2010 – My adorable niece, Elinor.

Monday, April 19, 2010 – Grandma taught us the art of Apple Strudel.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 – I found more Maple Flowers in our front yard.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

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Every year, Grandma makes a large batch of lefse for Christmas. This year, she asked us to help her!

First, Grandma rolled out the dough on her well-floured counter.

Then, she transported it to the table, where John waited to cook the dough.

Next John, the expert lefse cooker, carefully placed the dough onto the hot griddle. I eventually convinced him to let me try my hand at cooking the lefse.

The finished product.

Meanwhile, Janna, Amanda, and I set up and decorated the tree.

We discovered some adorable retro ornaments.

Now we must wait ’til Christmas Eve to eat the delicious lefse, visit with relatives, and open presents. Only two days left to go. I love this time of year!

© 2009 by Erica Lea

For the past week or so we have been enjoying an Indian Summer. It really was a nice break from the cold and gloom we experienced in October.

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One fine afternoon, Mom insisted that we all take a walk. We ambled down to the beach and found many birds on the lake.

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Elinor loved playing in the sand; she tried to stuff some of it into her mouth.

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Now I’m just waiting for the snow to fall so that we can begin winter sports: ice skating, x-country & downhill skiing, sledding, etc.

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~ Psalm 96…………………

© 2009 by Erica Lea

Yet some of my favorite photos are my earliest. Funny how that works.

Here is a collection of my 25 favorite photos. Just click on the photo below to enter the gallery.

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