Welcome! How was your trip? I’m so glad you could come for a visit!
Please come in, this will be your room while you stay with us. You’ll find towels and wash cloths in that wicker trunk at the foot of the bed and those night stands are stocked with a…

In case you didn’t realize, in this house we are big LOTR fans! (For any poor, uninformed souls out there that’s an acronym for Lord of the Rings). Andrew tells me that even when he was little he wanted to paint a quote or map from the series on his…

1). Move to Philadelphia
2). Have adventures
3). Make you silly Christmas cards
Happy Holidays, dear Reader!
P.s. Andrew’s middle name is Ivan:)
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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with string
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are…

It’s that time of the year again!
I don’t know about you, but one of my favorite holiday traditions was digging into my loaded stocking on Christmas morning. My parents would stuff our stockings to the brim with candy and other treats but the best part came after the presents had…