Family

  • More science (or one-baby wrecking crew!)

    I couldn't believe these two were working together! Uh-oh, look who's coming! Head 'em off at the pass! He's ba-ack! Wait, not yet! We're not done. Not so fast, little guy! Should we let him? He's worked so hard to get here! Success! 🙂

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  • Fall outings

    I know I was supposed to blog about summer and vacation, but it is easier tonight to recall the happenings of the last couple of weeks as opposed to the last couple of months. I promise to get to those posts, though, before they are lost forever. The above picture is of my "home crew"

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  • Beautiful Summer Evening

    Taking the clothes down from the line Harvesting the oats Chasing the chickens out of the corn Swinging on swings Catching lightning bugs Singing and twirling and laughing Looking at the little ones, Court asks why they can't stay this way forever. It is so tempting to want to just freeze time. It's got to

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  • More Christmas

    Waiting for permission to come downstairs! Opening the Kinect! A camera for Teresa A giant silk for Clare Taboo for Elizabeth Delta Sand for Regina Madden video game for Timothy Trivial Pursuit for the Xbox for Katherine Photo books of Ella for Charlie and Alexis A new hat for Augustine (plus a cute little niece!)

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  • Christmas 2010

    We had a lovely Christmas. Charlie came home on leave, surprising the younger kids who were so excited to see him. We hadn't seen him since he went to infantry school back in July. It was really so wonderful for me to have all my children with me for Christmas Eve Mass. By the time

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  • Things I should be blogging….

    I am so, so woefully behind with blogging. No real excuses, other than the eternally optimistic idea that I will blog when I have some quiet time to think and put my thoughts together. So, here I am, months of life unrecorded. Birthdays, holidays, visits, and cute little moments. Like when Katherine hugs Augustine and

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  • Little Red is Seven!

    I am constantly amazed when I look at my sweet little Clare at how she is growing and changing every day. Her birth was so hard after a hard pregnancy. It was a rough start which I feared would interfere with our bonding. She was a handful of a toddler, living up to her beautiful

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  • My son, the Marine

    I am way too tired to write a lengthy post about our travels to Parris Island and Charlie's graduation. So, I will just post some pictures today with the hope of getting back here to fill in the details.        

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  • Too short a time

    Just over four weeks ago, I found out that I was carrying twins. After a moment's disbelief, I cried tears of joy over this incredible blessing. I really never thought it would happen to us. I texted Court, asking him if he liked the names Huck and Tom, or Mary and Martha, or maybe Lochlain

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