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I want to remember {23/52}

June 12, 2015 by Cady Sinks Leave a Comment

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the easy mornings and the tough ones.

holding hands with Aidan during our walk into daycare.

the nights he eats more than me for dinner along with the ones where he eats nothing but fruit and milk.  
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our trips to the pool, the jump park, and to other states for visits with friends. 

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our family walks after dinner. 

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all the reminders to not hit Mackenzie and that he’ll survive when she licks his hands. and not to feed her too many cheerios please! 

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the adorable and ridiculous things he says including but not limited to, “what’s dat guy doing?” & “what number’s dat?” (when he actually means letter) & “you kidding me?” 

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his sweet kisses. 

his love of teddy. 

his love for the water color kit. 
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how happy I am every time I come home from work.

Meag’s Last Stand {10/52}

March 30, 2015 by Cady Sinks Leave a Comment

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For Meaghen’s last stand (or dance as some people mistakenly called it 😉 ) we headed out to Pennsylvania wine country.  Despite snow on Friday and bumpy roads Saturday morning, we had a great weekend.  Friday night was all sushi and wine, Saturday was all wine and cheese, and then we capped off the weekend with brunch and shopping.  Of all the wines we had during the weekend, I have to say that Va La Vineyards was tops.  They were gracious, knowledgeable, and paired their wines perfectly some incredible cheese.  Our pocket books are thankful that we don’t live too close to this beautiful spot.

Meag I am so happy for you and Doug.  We can’t wait to celebrate more in May!

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The Art of Practice {9/52}

March 25, 2015 by Cady Sinks 1 Comment

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 People often tell me, “you are so creative.”  This is an awesome compliment to receive but  one that doesn’t taken into account the whole picture.  Why?  Because I know how much practice it takes to be creative.  Creativity is simply a skill that is developed through consistency, through effort, and through trial.  There is an art to creativity and it looks a lot like work.  And honestly, anyone can do the work.

When I was a five year old mini with ribbons in my pigtails I loved to make friendship bracelets.  Fancy ones with lots of colors.  I had a special box that housed my tools and constantly had a bracelet in the works taped to the cover of the box.  These friendship bracelets combined with massive amounts of crayons were the origins of my creativity.

Fast forward to ten years ago when my roommate taught me the very basics of knitting.  Laura knew how to cast on and knit and then one day after a trip home, she taught me to purl.  We made very simple scarves and had to completely rip them apart if we made any mistakes.  One night – probably after too much wine – she held up her work in progress and showed off a piece that looked more like the shape of California than an actual scarf.  I’ll never forget how hard we laughed.

I owe Laura a huge debt of gratitude.  Not only was she an incredibly fun and easy roommate (exactly 2% of women fall into this category!) but she taught me a craft that I fell absolutely and totally in love with.  Over the last couple of years as my knitting has become more serious, I have made sweaters, hats, socks, and at least a hundred scarves.  In 2014 I taught myself to crochet to expand my yarn wrangling skill set.  This year my goal is to expand my color work abilities from simple stripes to fair isle.

If people think I’m creative today, it is only because I have practiced.  Just like a musician practices scales.  Just like a marathoner runs miles after timed miles.  I have practiced because I love it and that practice has rewarded me ten fold.  So the next time you think, I’d love to learn to knit but I’m not creative.  I challenge you to change that line of thinking.  Because with just a little practice, you will surprise yourself.

Aidan & the milkshake {4/52}

January 25, 2015 by Cady Sinks Leave a Comment

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We love smoothies in this house.  (Thank you Lauren for our blender!! That thing gets a work out.)  Sometimes we make them with fruit, sometimes we make them with frozen yogurt.  But mostly, we make a really simple peanut butter smoothie.  It consists of milk, ice, and two big scoops of peanut butter.  Add a fun straw and you have a healthy snack.

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He loves it.  Obviously.

Aidan & Harper’s Ferry {3/52}

January 18, 2015 by Cady Sinks Leave a Comment

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This year we are hoping to visit fifteen states.  Some of this will be done as a family and some of it will happen without Aidan.  Most of it is completely undecided.

With West Virginia so close to us, we decided to visit Harper’s Ferry and hit up our first state for the year.  As you can see from photos, it was cold and wet and even got icy.  We had a great time despite the elements.  We first saw the battle ground and then made our way into the town of Harper’s Ferry.  There is more history packed into that tiny little town than I could have dreamed up.  This is definitely a spot I would love to return to – but maybe on a warmer day.

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