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Introducing, Bowen Thoreau

Happy one month to our perfect addition, Bowen Thoreau, or "Beau." Born December 9th at 11:09
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Introducing, Bowen Thoreau

Bowen, baby head
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Hello, 2026.

And farewell, 2025. It's early in the morning, typing from my bed with one son on my
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Hello, 2026.

The clock in downtown Medina, NY.
Our Life

Where You Can Donate, Contribute, and Help Your Community

We love talking about food and drinks, but I love to talk about our community even more.
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Our Life

Where You Can Donate, Contribute, and Help Your Community

Medina, NY, Our Life

Breaking New Ground at the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library

Last Friday morning, Roux and I stood with our neighbors and community leaders at Lee-Whedon Memorial Library,
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Medina, NY, Our Life

Breaking New Ground at the Lee-Whedon Memorial Library

Guest Post: Sunday Brunchin’ at Becker’s

Happy Friday! Allow me to introduce Taylor of Succulents and Sunnies – a lifestyle blogger who happens to share our love of the beautiful terrain in between Rochester and Buffalo. We recently had the chance to finally sit down and connect, and our conversation immediately drifted to food – no surprise there.

Date Night: Monte Alban Taco Truck

Rewind 10 months ago: it was our first Friday night in Medina, and we were determined to go make a celebratory evening of it. At about 5:45, we stopped by a local winery looking for a glass of wine to sip and enjoy (as we typically would on a Friday night in

Major Milestones on Fox Cross

This past week, we’ve done our fair share of celebrating. Not only has my Mom taken up residence in her new abode, leaving us to our own devices on the farm, but we officially vacated our storage unit.  Big. News.  10 months ago, we were wiping tears of sadness as we said

Father’s Day Weekend Recap

We’ve neglected our weekend recaps (let’s face it, we’ve neglected a lot lately on this blog) but with a little Monday motivation, we’ve decided recapping our weekends used to be our favorite form of “journaling”. After all, life still happens in between our date nights. Speaking of date nights, we actually did