I try to take any opportunity to show my appreciation and love to the people near and dear to my heart. I absolutely would not be where I am today without the 20 years of support from Smoot, our precious kids, my sweet friends, as well as the incredible community of Round Top. So, when Valentine’s Day comes around, I get excited to gift little tokens of love to my favorite people.
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I was blessed to grow up in a home that celebrated Christmas with lots of traditions. Some of those I carried on with our own family — buying and decorating our tree on Thanksgiving weekend, Christmas Eve Candlelight church services and tamales for dinner, opening one present the night before Christmas (my favorite when I was a kid).
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If you've been following us for a little while, you may have noticed we made a big change to the property! We've hinted at it in the past few months, but we decided to paint both the new Boho cottage and the No.1450 cottage Nordic black!
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When the kids are home for the summer, the easy thing to do is sit them in front of the television, iPad, video game, etc. and get on with the day but we try very hard not to take the easy road.
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There are many things that families pass down from generation to generation but probably the most practical, and beautiful, is heirloom China.
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