A Very Sad Day
18 Jun 2017
Our sweet puppy, Maverick, got very sick. We figured he ate something (he was always eating socks and other things on the floor) and was having trouble passing it. [...]
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The End of An Era
16 Jun 2017
We limped most painfully along to the end of the school year. On the Sunday before Memorial day ( two weeks before the official dismissal of school) I told the kids [...]
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Summer Chores
5 Jun 2017
Here’s a sampling of the chore charts I’ve made for the summer, as well as “Cleaning Cards” that will get framed and put in each room so the [...]
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Unto Us A Dream
4 Jun 2017
On the 15th of May I received a text message from my mom: Uncle Bob had a stroke the evening before. Things looked good though. They were able to get him to the [...]
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Spring Sports
21 May 2017
This spring we had Olivia playing softball in the Sandy/Draper league – Calvin playing baseball in Little League- Everett and Andrew in Draper fishing club [...]
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Mt. Rushmore
21 May 2017
A couple years ago (when Calvin was in the thick of his “Presidents” stage) Cal asked if we could go to Mt. Rushmore. We both kinda brushed it off until [...]
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Women’s General Meeting
21 May 2017
This year for the Women’s General Meeting I decided to take Olivia downtown to the conference center. We went to dinner first at Mimi’s and then went [...]
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Photos of the Past Few Months
21 May 2017
There’s been so much chaos these past several months. A few bigger things will receive their own posts. But these are pictures of more day-to-day life these [...]
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Everett’s Baptism Preview
21 May 2017
This year Everett will be baptized. In the old neighborhood every child had their own baptism (part of having very few children and two fonts in the stake). Here we [...]
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New Beginnings
21 May 2017
With the new year came New Beginnings. But the mind boggling thing was that this year Olivia was invited to it! I cannot tell you how shocking it is to me that my [...]
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Maverick
25 Apr 2017
One spring-ish day at the end of January Wyatt had a brilliant idea that our family needed a puppy. Actually, he started cruising the KSL adds for one almost the day [...]
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Calvin
1 Apr 2017
Here are some great things that have come from Calvin in the past week: The other night we were cleaning up the house before bed. All the other kids had gone [...]
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Army Guys
4 Mar 2017
One of my kids very favorite toys is Army Guys. I know. In this world of ipad, iphone, computers, etc. my kids dream toy is the ultra low-tech plastic green army [...]
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Sledding at the Cabin
4 Mar 2017
My favorite day of the winter – the day we all pack up in our warmest snow gear and head up to the cabin. We load up our sleds with food and supplies [...]
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Merry Christmas!
4 Mar 2017
I think this was the most low key Christmas on record. The kids couldn’t even think of anything to put on their lists . . . there was seriously NOTHING they [...]
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