Calvin and Olivia Mow the Lawn
15 Jun 2016
We’ve been waiting for this day for 10 years! We started teaching Calvin and Olivia to mow the lawn! They’re barely big enough to turn the machine on [...]
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Spring Piano Recital
1 May 2016
The kids had their spring piano recital. I’m really proud of how the kids are progressing in their piano !
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Girls Weekend
1 May 2016
Olivia has told me all winter that she was really looking forward to our special girls weekend. But when spring break came and we were WAAAAY too busy (well, Wyatt [...]
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Softball, Baseball, and T-Ball
1 May 2016
This year we decided to play spring ball rather than summer ball – we’re trying to have less busyness in the summer. Olivia is playing softball in a [...]
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Cute, Funny, Adorable Kids
3 Apr 2016
Here’s some recent stories about my kid-o’s. A Boy Has a Crush on Olivia: We were at the pinewood derby the other night and Tyler Pierson, and little [...]
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Happy Birthday Goose!
28 Oct 2015
For the past couple weeks Olivia has taken every opportunity to remind us it was her birthday coming up. She’d hold up both hands, making peace signs, and say [...]
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Olivia’s Birthday Party
26 Oct 2015
Olivia really wanted to have a birthday party at the cabin this year. Wyatt stayed home with the boys and I took Olivia and four friends up for a day of woodsy day [...]
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It IS a Hard Knock Life
25 May 2015
Olivia, Kira, and Hannah performed “It’s a Hard Knock Life” from Annie for the Ridgecrest talent show. I’m so glad these cute girls had fun!
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Everett’s Fortune
3 May 2015
One morning I stood at the sink washing the dishes. I overheard Olivia, making a paper folding fortune game for Everett. She asked him, “what fortune do you [...]
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Olivia Wins (Another) Award
13 Feb 2015
Olivia was given the Star Student Award for Leadership for Mrs. Page’s class. About her, it was said: A philosopher once said an example is leadership. Olivia [...]
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I Got This
9 Nov 2014
Today was the primary program. Olivia had a piano solo, a group singing solo and two parts. (It’s the Olivia Show I told her when she told me of her [...]
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Olivia’s Birthday Party
4 Nov 2014
Olivia wanted a Halloween themed party. (Easy enough!) I got brave and decided to have the party at our house instead of the church. Our activities included: [...]
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Something I learned from my children this Halloween
3 Nov 2014
The weekend after Halloween was a sugary hangover of bliss. Candy and wrappers were everywhere, and everyone was jovial. But one thing that struck me was the [...]
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Baby Sunshine Turns 9
28 Oct 2014
I can’t believe it’s been nine years! Life is really in 5th gear now. The days fly by and I am finding Olivia growing up before my eyes. I’ve tried [...]
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Consistency Is Key
4 Sep 2014
I started working on back to school dinner a couple weeks ago – I started with our theme painting. I spent several hours over a couple days working on this [...]
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