Category Archives: Holiday
The 2010 Lenten season
Giving up coffee and soda made the 6+ weeks of Lent really, really long this year!! I made it though and was able to survive on tea. This year the Friday night fish frys were even better than 2009. We … Continue reading
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Easter 2010
This year the Beal family all headed to Chicago for an Easter weekend hosted by Katy & JP. In standard Beal family-style we did a lot of sitting around, drinking eating, and talking about our next meal. The weather was … Continue reading
St. Patty’s Day 2010
Last year I was pregnant on St. Patrick’s Day but still went downtown to see the parade. I did it again this year and it was much more fun to be able to enjoy a Great Lakes Conway’s Irish Ale … Continue reading
Birthday poll
I’m already getting very excited for our little man’s 1st birthday in July. Due to a family event, we are going to have 2 parties for him. One for adults and one for kids. I am really struggling to find … Continue reading
Friday Fish Frys are back!
The best part of Lent is back – the Friday Fish Fry. We started this tradition back in Chicago but found that Cleveland overall has much better fish frys. Last year we tried Amber Oaks, Around the Corner, Jake on … Continue reading
Ash Wednesday
Kurt was out of town again this year on Ash Wednesday so Henry & I went to St. Raphael’s on our own. Henry did so great the whole mass and I even had several fellow parishoners come up to me … Continue reading
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Christmas decorations
We love Christmas and try to get a few more decorations every year. This year Kurt decorated a lot more outside but we downgraded to a slightly smaller (& crooked) tree since we were away for most of the season. … Continue reading
Up Up & Away!
We survived our first family trip on an airplane. Henry of course won over the attention of everyone on board and didn’t fuss at all. In fact, the hum from the engines put him right to sleep so Mommy & … Continue reading
Merry Christmas 2009!
It’s been a crazy week and we’ve barely been at home but we have lots of updates to come shortly.









