Seventeen years ago tomorrow, I sat down in our little office in our first home in the suburbs of Austin, Texas and wrote the very first blog post on Everyday Reading. Since then, there have been lots of changes – I started adding photos to my post (something I virtually never did for the first several years), social media platforms…
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A Halloween Week Dinner Menu
A Halloween Week Dinner Menu Monday: Brown Butter Lemon Salmon Pears Green beans Snack: Banana ghosts Tuesday: Annual Halloween Dinner (all the details here!) Snack: Apple slice monster teeth Wednesday: Crockpot French Dip Sandwiches Chips Strawberries Snack: String cheese and pear slices Thursday: Butternut Baked Ziti Green salad Snack: Black and White Pumpkin Bread Friday: Pizza Night Saturday: Date Night…
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Book Deals for the End of October
Here we are, almost at Halloween! We’re taking our family costume photos today (I’ll share those next week!) and we’re gearing up for some Halloween parties. There are some great books on sale this weekend – if you’re looking for something fun to read or listen to, these are for you! Book Deals for the End of October A Lion…
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4 October Favorites (+ My Team’s Picks!)
I cannot BELIEVE that we’re at the end of October – this year has truly flown by! Now that our Paris trip is behind us, we’re settling in for the holidays at home and I’m soaking up every second of the beautiful fall weather. Here are some of my favorite things right now: 4 October Favorites ANYWHERE SWEATSHIRT. I have…
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How Our Good Traveler Budget Works
When we went to Japan earlier this year, Bart suggested that we offer our kids a “Good Traveler Budget.” It was very popular on our Japan trip and we did it again on our Paris trip. The Good Traveler Budget basically acts as little bit of an incentive to hold it together when traveling gets tiring and days are long…
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