new on the spence family...decorations

Christmas decorations are kind of funny.

They go through fads and phases just like everything. When I was little I thought my grandmother's decorations were horrible. Embarassing. They always got shoved to the back of the boxes when I was helping and replaced by more "traditional" and "modern" decor. No aqua and teal felt ornaments for me. No weird little felt and plastic elves. Pretty much no felt at all. No shiny turqouise color balls or any sequins for sure.

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New on The Spence Family--Thanksgiving

Crafting, exploring, rock throwing, playing with cousin Skyler, playing games, eating and more eating.

That pretty much sums up

Thanksgiving in Wyoming

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New on The Spence Family--Home School

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New on The Spence Family--Sandbox

The kids have always wanted a sandbox.

So this week we decided to redo our water main in order for them to have a sandbox for the day.

(Or something like that.) And by we, I mean Roger and his way nice friends, not me. I just watched--but supervising seems to be just as tiring!

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New on The Spence Family--Toy Catalog

This morning I should have just said to Tyler, "Hey, in a while, let's drive all the way out to American Fork Target! And I won't bring a diaper bag, and you can poop, and then I'll buy some cheapo diapers and not buy anything else. Then we can go out to the car where the wipe box will be empty and I only have one kleenex left in the car to clean you up with. And since one kleenex is no where near enough stuff to clean up one of your dirty diapers, we'll just turn around and come home then. Come on, it'll be fun!"

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New on The Spence Family--His Plea

of course it's a new one on The Spence Family--I have given up this one, in case you haven't noticed.



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New On The Spence Family--True Bagels

A True Bagel is Boiled, Then Hearth Baked!
--Goldsteins Bagel Bakery, California

We have, somewhere, a photo of this statement painted on the wall of the stone oven of Goldsteins, in Arcadia, California. I remember my dad and sister Bronwen and I ate bagels there when I was young, delighted to find a bakery that baked true bagels. Not the grocery store cheaters. I used to love bagels. Now I don't bother much with them because a good bagel is hard to find around here. Brackman's was great, Einstein's to me is just ok. Now they are not so hard to find anymore...

I need to work on height but the flavor and texture was just right for a first timer. Thanks Artisan in Five!

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