This picture is very important because it is probably the only picture where my sister Christine was trully and sincerely happy to have me on her lap. See, before I was born it was just Chris and the two boys. She really wanted a sister. So when I c…

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Out here on the East Coast it seems like everything is more expensive than the rest of the country (except for maybe California). Food is more expensive. Gas is more expensive. Housing is more expensive. Day care is more expensive. Electricity is …

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Aaron is going to hike down the Grand Canyon with my Dad in September so he has started training. We have this backpack that we can put Ethan in and he loves it. He calls it his pack-pack. This morning every time he saw the back pack he asked if he cou…

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I don’t know if I’ve told this story before or not, so bear with me. But several years ago when Hunter was diagnosed with Diabetes we lived out in Utah. A lady in our ward had twins not too long before Hunter was diagnosed and I thought she was amazi…

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Thursday Mr. Weatherman forecasted a bright sunny day in the mid-eighties. So I planned a lovely day at the Lake with the six boys and a playdate. When we woke up Thursday morning it was anything but bright and sunny and was only in the low seventies…

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Today was a day of celebration around here. First off my family came down for Taylorsville Dazzs and so…

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We knew it was risky when we headed out. Of course, it’s been rainy and overcast for weeks now, so rain in the forecast was nothing new and not unexpected. There was mention of scattered thunderstorms, but hey, a little lightening and thunder only makes camping more exciting, right?
When we got to Black [...]

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Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday — Michael Dearest !!! Happy Birthday to you! Boy…

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June is almost over and school only just let out for the summer. Ben and his friends have spent the last couple of days cleaning out their desks, toting home their artwork, and enjoying pizza parties. Last night I asked Ben if he was excited that school was almost over. Today we [...]

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Mark and I had a pretty big fight this morning, which rarely happens. By rarely, I mean in the twelve years that we’ve been married I can probably count the number of fights we’ve had on one hand. We really get along very well and when we do disagree…

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