The Daughter Graduates

Yesterday dawned summer-cool but with the promise of another day of summer-heat later on. After two solid days of cooking big dinners for the whole group and another busy day before that, I was ready for a quieter day and was rewarded for the most part,...

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The Gang's All Here

Tomorrow is Sara's graduation, so my house is FULL! 7 family members have come to celebrate and it's thrilling to be surrounded by my sister and her family, my mom and dad and my other sister's son. I'll have photos later on, but today will be a laid-back...

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More Catching UP!

Have you ever wondered what a Mormon Youth Dance is like? It's a heck of a lot of fun and one of the things I was involved in over the course of Friday and Saturday was helping the amazing kids in my church who planned, decorated and put on a really...

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Catching Up: Sara's Senior Shoot

You know how the cobbler's children always go barefoot? It's pretty much true. My wonderful daughter graduates in a week and we finally made a plan to take some senior photos. I guess if nothing else they really capture the moment, as in almost the exact...

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40 Hours

Finally, I've come to a stop. Friday morning (was that only yesterday?) I got going around 8:30 am. I did stop for about 6 hours of sleep somewhere in the middle, but mostly it feels like I've been moving nearly every other minute between that moment...

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Samuel at age 20

My third child turned 20 today. I don't have a current photo of him because he is, at this very moment serving a mission for the Lord in California and he is working too hard to send me any photos. :o) I do like this picture because it makes me laugh...

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Three Questions

Accidental Creative had a piece on morning rituals and when I thought about one of them, I found that I was having trouble answering the three questions they recommend as a good start to the day: What am I excited about today? What is my biggest...

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Out Into the Air

Friday, wishes came true that I hadn't even wished out loud but my heart knew I needed. I had a day so delightful it honestly felt like my birthday. It was a day with everything I love inside of it: blue skies, the company of a good friend, animals,...

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Weather, Waiting, Waking

I keep thinking of the fact that I haven't changed my seasonal blog layout yet. It's time to get out and start collecting some images I can use to spruce things up for spring. And spring it is. I can tell because my allergies are raging, complete with...

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Book Review: The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver Audiobook narrated by Dean Robertson Adult Fiction You might like this book if you enjoy the author's other work, are interested in family stories that stretch across many years, or if you enjoy the literary...

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Monday

It's a Monday out there and my window is open so I can hear the birds singing as I doze in and out. It's funny, I can often hear how a day is going to be before I can see it. Wind, rain, calm, sunny: they all have a sort of sound or mix of sounds,...

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Sara at 18

Yesterday, my 4th child and only daughter turned 18. I used to have dreams and plans about what it would be like to be mother to a daughter. Perhaps fortunately for me, Sara decided while she was still in the womb that she would stick to her own dreams...

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The Grads!

Here they are, finally. Of course the original reason for the big trip last month was to be there for Jeff and Ashlyn as they donned caps and gowns and marked the occasion of being done with university. Both finished bachelor's degrees and so we went,...

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