Tag: kids
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The Life of a Mother
In the last 48 hours I have: In the last 48 hours I have not: And yet, I feel horrendously awful even beginning to complain about anything, because of my dear sister-in-law, Kaci. She is 32, has SIX beautiful kids, and was just shockingly diagnosed as having a deadly form of cancer that has spread…
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Simple Pleasures
Since it was 87 degrees here yesterday, me and the kids headed over to Chantel’s so all the boys could frolic in the blow up pool together. And while of course I kept Lindsay away from the freezing water and out of the sun (except for about 2 minutes) – I couldn’t resist the opportunity…
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Lazy Goodness
This is how the fam spent most of the day today – watching TV, in our jammies, under the blankets, and all crammed into our queen size bed… I HEART GENERAL CONFERENCE. Big breakfast, no early meetings, no church clothes, and crazy spiritual soup for the soul!! I love you technology for giving me the…
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Christmas Is Over??
That’s what my boys said this morning when they woke up and saw that (to their dismay) during the night I had packed away most of the Christmas decorations. I felt a little grinch-like putting everything away in such a rush. We just got back into town Monday afternoon – and I had almost everything…
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Don’t Blink
The other day I was waiting in the return line at Wal-Mart with Danny, and the older lady behind me asked how old he was. We started chatting about how many kids I had, and how many she had (3, who are all grown). Her parting words to me were, “DON’T BLINK! This time with…
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Boys, Toys, and Brotherly Love
We’ve all been enjoying a few new toys around here. Mom finally got a new laptop. Until now – I’d been using the old desktop Brent built in college. Which makes the computer about 8 years old – kind of a dinosaur nowadays. But man – I never minded, because the thing ran like a…
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Happy Birthday to Me!
27 years old! I think I liked the sound of 26 better, because then I was still in my mid 20’s. Oh well. It’s all down hill from here anyways, right? I hope not! Here are some birthday flashbacks for you – these are two of my favorite gifts I remember getting: my pink Care…
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WHAT?!
Yesterday Jake and Danny were sitting at the counter having an after-school snack. They were being silly and teasing each other. This is how their conversation went: DANNY: You’re crazy, Jake. JAKE: No you’re crazy, Danny… DANNY: Your MOM is crazy! Yes everyone – my 2 year old just threw down the ever-effective and always…
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Spilling the Beans
We kept a tight lid on this secret up until about a week ago – since then, there have been a few leaks. So we’re happy to now pull the plug and share the good news… Nef baby #3 is on the way! Almost 12 weeks along the way, to be exact. We’ve nicknamed this…
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Summer Hodge Podge
Here is a sneak peak into the recent days of our lives: The summer kicked off with Jacob’s preschool graduation. He did awesome with Miss Diane, made some great friends, and really impressed Mom with how much he learned in one year. He knows all of his letters and sounds, his numbers up to at…
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Big News
It is my pleasure to announce that after much anticipation and hard work, Danny FINALLY pooped in the potty yesterday afternoon… for the first time ever!! YAY! After several failed attempts, this is a big deal. He said, “Mom, I need to go potty,” went in the bathroom, closed the door, did everything himself, then…
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We’re Back!
Maybe you never noticed we were gone… It was a pretty quick trip. But for those of you that did (or didn’t) here’s a recap of our trip to Utah for my little brother Kenny’s wedding. We left Wednesday night, with my good friend Lauren and her kids tailing us. She called us up a…