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We leave the small town of Hannibal, where everyone is related, and you have names like Lynnie, Markie, Shelleybabe, TeddyAnn, and Sunboy. We leave behind businesses with names like Puddin Head and Jumping Frog, Becky this and Tom that. Where the main drink is Sodies and lunch is dinner, and dinner is supper. My children [...]

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Our next stop on our trip up north, was Hannibal, MO.  Please stay tuned for more details.
 

St. Louis, Part 1
St. Louis, Part 2

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Yesterday, the Lord gave us a beautiful , blue sky, 82 degrees, Sunday.  :)   After church, we quickly set up lunch outside on the picnic table.  It was so wonderful to be able to spend the day outside, in the middle of January.
 Lunch was a yummy mixed green salad, with ranch dressing and [...]

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 On January 1st, the kids and I helped ourselves to the neighbor’s orange tree.  It was beautiful.  We now have a large basket of oranges to eat and juice into orange juice. :P  YUM!

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Now that is is January 1, 2007, it is time to dispose of the gingerbread house. You could eat it, toss it into the garbage, or…
Step 1: Have a before picture.

Step 2: Gather ingredients needed for the disposal of said Gingerbread House.
We are using:

fuse aka sparkler
plastic device
  secret ingredients

Step 3: Add secret ingredients and the fuse [...]

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