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The Stinging Nettle
A trip in Utah wouldn't be complete without taking the opportunity to hike one of the beautiful mountain trails. Reunited with Lance once again, we threw on our sneakers and hats and went off on a...
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Playing Tourist
A highlight of our trip was the VIP tour the kids and I took at BYU. With BYU being the alma mater of both my husband and myself, we hope our children follow in our footsteps. We thought showing them...
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A Taste of What it Takes
During the final week of school as summer was nearly knocking at the door, I had the opportunity to do something really exciting -- an opportunity to puppy sit a service dog in training for a Puppy...
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Here I Sit
So here I sit.I am counting down the final five minutes until they return. Savoring them, actually, as I sip on my very belated lunch of tomato basil orzo soup and some fresh sourdough bread -- my...
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The Guessing Game
"What to Expect the First Year," and it's sequel "What to Expect in Toddler Years" are great books -- except when you live with a Side of Special.The handouts that the doctors give you at the annual...
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A Place For Us
Last weekend marked the grand farewell of Pool Season.Or so I heard.Pool Season didn't happen this summer for us this year. I just couldn't summon the strength for it. With Bridger being a floppy 83...
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Sand Traps
It is the last day of September and I think I just now finally captured the final few surviving grains of sand that have been ever haunting my floors since our beach trip at the end of August.Funny how...
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Seeing Spots
When our family finds a place we enjoy we tend to make it our signature space. With the restrictions and parameters of what works for us with our "special-ness", when we find a place that meets most...
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Annie
I sit here soggy between the toes and watch the path of destruction of Hurricane Joaquin -- that sounds dramatic, doesn't it? The path is not destructive really, it is just a big wet soggy path from...
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I am here.I will be back in blogging abundance soon.Until then, read this blog link and keep reading back a few entries and tell me if the challenges and frustrations of your day and week seem a little...
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Brace Face
Now you see them. . .Now you don't.3 stages of children's orthodontia complete.5 stages to go.This is killing my spa fund.
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Happy Fall Y'all
I decorated my mantle for autumn. I blinked. Then fall was over.It's all a blur now, as posts to come will explain. Even though we had a lusciously long fall, the beautiful falls of Virginia could...
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Mount Up with Wings of Eagles
For those that may not know, Lance loves his brother. A lot. He is his best friend, his pride, his purpose and his passion.When we began talking to Lance about what population he might want to serve...
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A Modern Stone Age Family
A holiday or two behind. Still catching up on the past months. And I need to confess, I'm not keen,on Halloween.I asked my husband a couple years ago if we could just skip it -- perhaps we could go...
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'Tis the Season
It is the season of sickness, of compromised systems, of worry.It is the season of vomit, of missing day upon day of school, of frequent doctor visits.It is the season of fevers, of sleepless nights...
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Condensing Christmas
My favorite quote to remember each Christmas season is the tail end of a thought by one of our church leaders I once heard," . . . yet Christmas is what we make of it."That has stuck with me year after...
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That Sound
I hear it from across the house.I can tell when it is coming from just looking at him from across the kitchen.I hear it during the middle of the night as I sleep with one eye open.And I go running.I...
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His Humor
I'm quite enjoying this age of 14.Lance is growing into a wonderful young man with a sense of humor that Alan and I find amusing.I'm not sure I could say that his sisters fully appreciate that sense of...
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One Day Longer
Are you tired of seeing that creepy mannequin head for the past 2 months? Me too.I'll try and do something about that.I have been tired of seeing her picture stuck in the leading position on my blog....
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Paying Homage
We paused for a moment yesterday and paid homage to,The Pancake.Yes, indeed.National Pancake Day. A day for reverence.Pancakes hold a place near and dear in our hearts.In some brilliant luck in...
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