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2018 – The Year that wouldn’t Quit
2 Jan 2019
Well, it’s been an entire year – 1 whole year – of no writing on my blog. It’s not because I haven’t logged on . . . Haven’t thought about posting. But [...]
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The EPIC Thailand Trip Part II
8 Jul 2018
When I checked us into our hotel that first night, I talked to the concierge about getting to the airport in the morning to catch our flight down to Phuket. We [...]
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The EPIC Thailand Trip PART I
1 Jul 2018
One day last April we were out working in the garden when Wyatt got a text from Uncle Alex. “Flights to Thailand for $400 round trip.”
We should go . . . all of [...]
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The Fall
11 Feb 2018
As always, we had lots of projects to work on in all our spare time. We built a loft. We built a fence for the yard. We built a fence for the garden. We cleaned and [...]
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The Bunny Story
7 Jan 2018
When school went back in (August) I thought – “Ok, time to get rid of the bunnies.” I didn’t want to take care of them through the winter. I [...]
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Taking Olivia to the Temple
7 Jan 2018
One of the special things we get to do with our sweet daughter now that she is 12, is take her to the Temple to perform baptisms for the dead by proxy. When I was [...]
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Olivia graduates from Primary
7 Jan 2018
Cute Olivia – sniff* graduated from primary. Now imagine my eyes with tears spouting out like a spigot gone amuck! Cute Olivia memorized all of her Articles of [...]
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Olivia turns 12
7 Jan 2018
I can’t believe my little goosey Sunshine girl has turned 12! For her birthday we let her have two . . . events. One, she had a late over and watched a movie [...]
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Everett’s Baptism Pictures
7 Jan 2018
For Everett’s baptism pictures we went up to the Draper Temple, which is a short 3 minute drive from our house. It’s neat to live so close to the temple, [...]
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Everett’s Baptism
7 Jan 2018
The most special event of all of 2017 was watching Everett get baptized. It’s a monumental occasion to see my children making sacred covenants. We tried to [...]
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Everett’s Birthday
7 Jan 2018
2017 is a big year for our family! And one of the highlights of the year was that Everett would turn 8! (It’s a big deal!) We sure love our Everett. He has the [...]
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Time to Catch Up (Ketchup?)
7 Jan 2018
Everett’s birthday Everett’s baptism Raking the leaves House Projects (Fence and Loft) Halloween Carnival Olivia Graduates from Primary Olivia’s [...]
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All the Random Things
11 Nov 2017
Life isn’t always an event – lots of days are just spent doing our work, goofing off, and *trying* to stay out of trouble. Here are some pictures of the [...]
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Olivia and I Get Our Ears Pierced
11 Nov 2017
Olivia was turning 12. I planned to let her choose if she wanted to get her ears pierced (she had actually NEVER asked for this before). Then Wyatt gave me earings [...]
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A&W 16 Years
11 Nov 2017
For our anniversary this year Wyatt went all out and took me to San Diego for the U2 Joshua Tree concert. I was super excited to go! While we were there we also did [...]
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