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Birthday PartAY

We’re goin to get wet! Last week for Wistie’s birthday we went to Big Surf, unfortunately, she wasn’t there! This week we are all going to the Sun Splash in MESA. Come on down, unless you are a stick in the mud and even if you are… there is water there to wash it off! …

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The Work of Love

“Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.” Marden, Orison Swett “Love begins at home, and it is not how much we do… but how much love we put in that action.” Mother Teresa “Our …

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Coming and Going

Wistie is home! YEA! I think she feels discombobulated. I remember how that feels. You know you are different, but everyone still treats you the same and you want to scream and say, “I’m not the same little girl any more,” but you don’t and then you find yourself regressing back to what “you think” …

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Progress?

I like learning this stuff! Chris did an amazing job leveling the backyard with the tractor. I don’t know why we had to check the measurements, but we did. So…. now what?

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Foreign Concepts

This is a dishwasher. More specifically, this is our dishwasher. Notice how there is room in the dishwasher. I make sure it is empty every night. That is to make it convenient for those living in my house to put their dishes into it during the morning rush hour. This is my sink. This is …

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Empty Canvas

This is our backyard. We moved here 9 years ago. We did have grass and a couple of trees, but for 8 months we have had…. dirt. I like to look at it as a clean slate, an empty canvas, of endless possibilities, and opportunities. However you look at it doesn’t really matter. It is …

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BanJoe’s Birthday

Today is Ben’s 23rd birthday. As I was putting this together… I cried. These moments are my moments. These images brought back so many memories and times. Hugs with chubby little fingers and wet snotty kisses. Who’d of thought one would miss that?! Now when my children hug me, it is my chubby fingers (sort …

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Baby’s Gone

This month is crazy for Ciera Jo. Every week she has another performance, activity or SOMETHING that makes her feel just a tad stressed out. This week was no different. We didn’t think she would make it to this performance because she had that cold/cough thing and well, I hear that when you have one …

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