I bought these beans at the farmers market over the summer. I thought I would experiment with them and find a recipe online. Stephanie and I shelled them all into a bowl and then I got busy and they had sat in the bowl on the counter for a couple days. By the time I [...]

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I bought this cheese on one of my trips to the farmers market over the summer. When they say it’s buttery and melts well, they are not kidding! It was delicious. Actually, Stephanie loved snacking on it when she visited us in August. I liked buying from a local IL dairy too - Prairie Pure [...]

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Tessa

Stephanie

Jessica

Tessa

Tessa

Tessa

Stephanie helping Tessa get her shoe back on.

Rachelle & Charlotte

Charlotte, Rachelle, Kelly

Charlotte & Dad
My cousin Kelly, her husband Jeff and their daughters Tessa and Charlotte live in De Pere, WI. They were the ones that got us tickets for the preseason Packers game that we went to. Before the game we got to visit a [...]

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Roscoe Village, Chicago
This is the third year in a row at this apartment that I’ve hosted a barbecue for my birthday (2007, 2006). I like to have everyone over. It’s a bit of work, especially since we always have a Labor Day weekend barbecue the weekend before too, but sometimes I like not being out [...]

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On Wednesday Stephanie and I ran some morning errands, grilled corn and zucchini for lunch and then were finally able to go to the pool. We were at “open swim” until 3:45 p.m. and then had to get out for an hour of “parents and tots swim.” We used that time to go and get [...]

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