Family
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A little science fun
Isn't it great when the kids discover a long lost science kit and dive in for some fun and learning? Timmy found a snap circuit kit which I believe was given to Charlie many years ago. He and Regina got it out and started exploring it. The directions, of course, were long gone. Moments like
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Fall is for apples
This year we took along good friends to the orchard to pick apples. The trees were full and great for climbing. The day was beautiful. Yum!!!
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The reason to have little boys…
Flannel shirts, little Levi's jeans, all that's missing is the hiking boots (which he did have on earlier). This is what I pictured when the girl doing the sonogram told me two years ago that I was having a boy. Only he is WAY cuter than I could have imagined! We literally walk around all
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Eternal Rest, Grant Unto Her
Our family suffered a great loss this week. My brother's wife, Tonia, passed away suddenly on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. She leaves behind my brother and his daughter, plus her six children and lots of grandbabies. It seems hard to believe that I really only spent time with Tonia a handful of times,
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Cure for a bad mood
Take a cute little five year old helper (see below) with you to take the forgotten clothes off of the line in the dark. Then watch her hop around the driveway in her nightgown chasing two toads, a big one and a little one. She does, indeed, catch both, a mommy and her baby without
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Woodland fairy
I love this picture! Doesn't she just look like a little fairy, the way she blends in with the scenery?
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So good to be home!
After a loooong baseball weekend(we're talking 8 hrs of baseball and three games ending in a tie!), we have been running all week! It always seems that when Court is out of town, I end up with more on my schedule than any other week. Monday was errands and baseball. Tuesday was the dentist and
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The Easter Portrait(s)
Okay, what can I say, we're all together! I am really thinking I need to hire my buddy Lori for our next family portrait! This one of the kids isn't too bad:
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Things that make you wonder
My kids have decent clothes. The girls wear Lands' End dresses almost exclusively. I have done well over the years buying on clearance and from Ebay. They even get one new dress a year each! Clare has a bit more of the fashionista in her, so she has some variety in her wardrobe. Overall, we
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There will be quiet
Some day, probably much sooner than I ever expected, this house will be quiet. Not just at 11pm, when hopefully everyone is asleep, but all day. My days are so noisy. My children are constantly talking to me, asking for something, telling me a story, saying "Mommy, watch!". The piano plays in the background and