Over a month ago Dillon gathered a bunch of quarters and told the kids that the next time the ice cream truck passed, they could get one.  One time I was in the back jumping on the trampoline with Bailey and ran as fast as I could inside to tell them, but we missed it. …

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She…never forgets that we need to pray in our nightly routine.  I wouldn’t either, but she’s always a step ahead.  If I talk about getting ready for bed, she always says, “AND say our prayers.” She…ditched her new Barbie to play with her new stick horse and run around like a crazy cowgirl. She…tries to…

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For Christmas my mom and her hubby got us a hotel room in St. George and tickets for Dillon and I to take the boys to the Little Mermaid play.  Such a great present! We headed out Thursday morning. On our way there, one of the exits (Scipio, for any of those interested) had a…

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We finally took some new family pictures.  I put it off for 2 years, hoping that we would have added another little one to our family in that time, but since that hasn’t happened yet, it was time to get some new pictures so we can remember our cute family how it is, right now….

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Before my sweet sister Rachelle took our family pictures, I was asked to guest post on Kirsten Duke’s photography blog.  That motivated me to get out and take some new pictures of my kids for the post (you can see it HERE—nothing outstanding, but I do like the ‘after’ much better than the ‘before’). This…

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My goodness, how did he get so old?!  I just love this kid. As his teacher told me last week about how much she loves and enjoys him, I thought about how I sometimes don’t focus on his wonderful qualities as much as I should because I worry so much about some things.  Mrs. Fox…

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Thanks, Dev… Thanks, Cars (it says Harry Potter—it’s faded quite a bit but I wanted to remember it, even though it was a bit naughty that he wrote on our chair!

I was folding some laundry and Bailey came and told me she was going to fold it ALL!  I had to take her up on it!  And she did—every piece of laundry in the basket, she folded up and put in a pile.  What a sweetie ;).

Dear Carson and Devon, You started school today. I was sad inside but of course happy too because you were both so excited and happy. We’ve had such a fun summer and I’ve so enjoyed being able to know what you are up to most of the time and spend the majority of your waking…

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That is about how we’ve felt towards the end of our summer!  Here the kids are having a sleepover in my room since Dillon was gone this night. I think I can officially say this was the BEST summer together, but we COULD because I wasn’t pregnant nor did I have a new baby, despite…

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