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French macarons

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, January 30, 2014
I have fallen in love.  Can that really be possible?  Yes.  I have fallen for french macarons.  They are these beautiful little melt in your mouth crunchy yet chewy cookies.  Yes they are all that and more.  They take a day to really grab a hold of your taste buds.  Another cool little fact about them is that they are totally gluten free....

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Girls Adventure

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, January 26, 2014
I think that I need a little adventure every once in a while with a group of girls.  My friends Marie and Nicole and I headed out to La Conner.  I've lived here for about 13 years and have never been to La Conner.  It's a cute little town that isn't so sleepy.  It's full of people doing the same things that we...

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Learning

Another educational shift

By Leslie Parks - Saturday, January 18, 2014
 Another shift has happened in our schooling. At the beginning of the year we signed up to do Language Arts and Science through the WAVA K12 program.  We received the curriculum and signed up on the website.  Then school started and since both Isaac and Job needed to get up around 6am I figured Lona could as well.  She could start her day...

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Out of Character

By Leslie Parks - Friday, January 17, 2014
It seems as though Job's personality is evolving and shifting.  Oh, he still doesn't care what others think of him.  Well he does.  He cares deeply how Isaac thinks of him but his classmates not so much.  He is picky about his friends.  The last few weeks at school, he has sat at a different lunch table every day and made his rounds...

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Eagles viewing part 2

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, January 15, 2014
We decided to try it again at the Mosquito Lake Road bridge for viewing eagles.  I had researched some more about eagles.  Sunny days they fly high on the thermals, rainy days they don't go out, and cloudy days they feed. Also they tend to be out in the mornings until noon or so and late afternoons.  I checked out the Skagit Eagle...

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Eagle viewing

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, January 08, 2014
Sunday evening we went over to some friends' house for dinner. Their little boy arrived home and wanted to show everyone his video of the eagles that took with his iPod.  It was impressive. Apparently now is the time to see them along the river bank.  I had something planned for Monday morning so we decided Tuesday would be our day.  Unfortunately eagles...

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Sledding the Volcano

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, January 07, 2014
We usually go up to Mount Baker the day after Christmas however this year we postponed it because we were going with our Youth Group.  It ended up being mostly middle school girls and mostly high school guys.  The guys were in one bus the girls in the other.  I had the privilege of riding a little bit in each bus, and I...

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