Celebrating the 4th with Muffins

This Independence Day, we invited friends, neighbors and the local Boy Scouts of America troop to our home to help raise our flag for the first time. We then celebrated with 100+ muffins. This is what 100 muffins and hours of labor look like.

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Top Ten Lists for Independence Day 2012

This is a guest post from jacobspaulsen.com. I thought it might be something my readers would enjoy, so I asked the author for permission to use it on my site. July 4th is my very favorite holiday of the year. I’m exceedingly grateful for our country and the independence that makes things possible. This year…

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Memorial Day

I love Memorial Day. It’s great to have a 3-day weekend to spend some extra time with family swimming, having bbqs, hiking, etc. But there should be more to Memorial Day than this. I love a good bbq as much as anyone else, and fully intend to celebrate with one this Monday, but it’s important…

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