Front Yard Waterfall

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This is how our front yard looked after the massive rain we had this week. Our rainfall for the month so far is 5.59 inches, and we had nearly 4" of it in one event.  Check out our weather station here.

Here's a snapshot of our weather history over the last year.

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Christmas Eve Refreshment

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Christmas Eve resembled Thanksgiving at our house as I baked pumpkin pie and cheesecake with Johnny's help.  We tried fresh goose, I mean heritage turkey;-), and it was very good.  Not gamey at all and tasted a lot like a beef roast.  Thankfully the kids ate it!  In between all the cooking, dinner prep, and getting ready for Santa, Donnie and I had a nice adult beverage.  I use a 4 cup pyrex.  I squeeze 6 limes into it.  Then I squeeze in a pomegranate...yum!  Add tequila to taste.  Fill the rest with organic juice.  I use cranberry/blueberry and a mango mix.  Put in a 1/3 cup organic cane sugar.  Rim pretty glasses with salt and crushed ice and fill.  Definite yum!

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Holly Springs Light Tour

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We looked at the WRAL Holiday Light Map, picked out some houses nearby, and mapped out a round trip route taking us to all the houses and then back home in the most efficient manner.  We saw 5 great houses and one dud.  I took tons of pics and really had a good time as did the rest of the family.

One house had these singing Christmas tree faces to music.  Cool!  Another had 3 focal point trees plus house lights set to music.

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In yet another, 3 houses in a cul-de-sac were all decorated up and flashing to music.  What a great community project!

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There's a house not too far from us that won the ABC Great Christmas Light Fight.  We hope to get to see them before the end of the year.

Johnny and Robot

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We went to The Museum of Life and Science in Durham and spent some time at their Maker Fair event making Christmas ornaments and frames.  For more details on the copper tape craft, check out Chibitronics.

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Special Birthday

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Meadow Lights

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We went to see a local Christmas light show that we hadn't been to before called Meadow Lights.  It's free to get in, and you can see a lot of lights from the side of the field.  If you want to pay $2, you can go on a train ride and see the lights up closer.  Definitely worth the trip!

I thought the golden curved tree was quite unique, so I took lots of pics of it.

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This candle poinsettia tower was HUGE and gorgeous in person.  Shot from the car window on approach as best as I could.

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Beautiful Sunset

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Taken over South Park (baseball field in Fuquay) on our way home from school.  What a beautiful sky!

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