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Baby Heber
Our baby boy was born on the 4th of July.Saturday night we went to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks in Provo. I was having mild contractions every 15 minutes or so for 4 or 5 hours that evening (but...
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Trying to be like grandma
Hyrum came to me yesterday with this observation:"Grandma always uses kind words, even when she tells me 'no' she uses kind words."Then he emphatically points at me saying, "Not like you."I explained...
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Heber's Blessing Day
We blessed Heber on the first Sunday in September. It was only our third week in our new ward. Thank you to everyone that came to celebrate this baby with us, and we missed all of you who couldn't make...
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Morning, Can we be friends?
Dear Morning,Can we be friends again?It's silly, but when I see you coming I cover my head and pretend I don't know you. I'm sorry to say that when you come to my door I groan a little, let you in...
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A new member of the family...
Announcing: COTTONCall us crazy, but we got a puppy!He is an English Creme Golden Retriever. He is 8 weeks old.We've had him in our home almost two weeks.He is such a cute little puppy! (And it's a...
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Each life
Today marks four years since we've seen our Grandpa Hatch.1 WeddingGraduationsBirthdays4 BaptismsBlessings1 Ordination13 grand babies (+2 coming)By the end of the year, over half of his grandchildren...
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Hmmmm...
What does it say about my mothering if I relate well to Mr. Mom and the dad in Multiplicity when he takes care of his kids. (Que clip of him feeding his kids a messy spaghetti dinner to the booming...
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When I grow up...
I want to be like SouleMama.I read her (Amanda Blake Soule's) book The Creative Family recently and I simply swooned.Swooned I tell you.If you follow the link to her blog, you get the idea of her...
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5 Minutes of Today
Today we arrived home (from a lovely visit with my sis-in-law) feeling a little tired and cranky. Audrey fell asleep in the car. I transferred her to the couch and went back outside to gather the other...
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Good, "Clean," FUN at home
The other day I sat back and watched this:My observation: We spend time and money going all over the place: to zoos, plays, aquariums, farms, fairs, museums, playgrounds, movies, amusement parks,...
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Article 2
I wrote this January 2010 and it has been defining:I’ve been studying The Love of God by Pres. Uchtdorf, specifically this line:“Think of the purest, most all-consuming love you can imagine. Now...
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I've been hearing these words in my mind lately: "I'm not going to be afraid anymore."What is it I'm afraid of? Failure, Mistakes, Embarrassment, Humiliation, Criticism, and Regret.Is anyone else...
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My Favorite Parenting Object Lesson
I call it the Freedom Funnel: actually I just made that up.You've seen a funnel, right? One wide end and one narrow end.My husband sat the kids down several months ago and taught them about the funnel....
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I'm celebrating Mothers Day today.I've never auditioned for anything before so it was surprising when I felt the urge to jot down the audition details calling for an essay about motherhood. I felt...
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Transition to "Permanent" childhood.
My children are losing teeth. I have the same feeling I did years ago as I packed away the nursing cover- realizing a season was over.It was unexpected. I did expect that my children would lose their...
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We heart spring
We have a bird nesting in our porch. I think it is a sparrow. We used a mirror to look up inside the nest and saw three tiny babies. We are excited to watch them grow and are praying we won't scare the...
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You Might be Married to a Handyman IF:
1. You have a box of “work” clothes in your closet2. Your dish-soap is smeared with car grease, and you sometimes find it in the shower with a washcloth that will likely never come clean...
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Just Imagine it!
Picture of "Maiden all Forlorn" by HyrumInspired by "The House that Jack Built"I seem to be on a mission for my husband to gain full understanding of what is is like to be a stay-at-home mom.I don't...
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I had a memorable dream a few weeks ago.In my dream I was walking with my children through a place reminiscent of Disneyland.I noticed a little girl wandering alone in a darkened corner. She was...
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A goal met!
Today I have met a goal.Today marks 40 days without sweetener.The goal was originally choosing to remove refined sugar, but after the mass exploitation of honey I experienced, I decided to remove any...
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One of my favorite scriptures is Isaiah 49:15-16: "For can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget...
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I've been contemplating this new birth experience, and the birthprocess in general. We went to the Thanksgiving Point farms recently,and while there I saw a baby chick hatch out of it's egg. I had...
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