Young Women in Excellence

We attended our first Young Women in Excellence program for Madison. It was great to hear the talks from the Leaders, but I especially liked hearing the older girls talk about the program, and how it inspired them and increased their testimonies. Maddy was awarded for completing her Knowledge & Faith requirements and projects. She almost completed her Good Works too. She...

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The "Jelly Castle"

Everyday Brett tells me "mom put jelly (gel) in my hair." Then he says, "make it like a castle" (sticking up). Hence, the Jelly Castle :...

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Look what the kids dragged in!

I was in the basement cleaning up a water mess that Brett had made, when I found myself frozen from disbelief as I noticed a creepy thing on the chair. At first I thought it looked like a giant bug of some sort, but as I got closer, I thought oh no the kids brought a plant inside. Then I realized, it was neither. It was a very (non-stinky) rotten, wrinkled potato that grew...

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"Carrot On A Stick!!"

Anamarie & Brett love to eat big carrots, but the carrots on a stick is all new. Anamarie and Brett found my stash of wooden skewers in the basement kitchen cupboards and obviously Anamarie put two & two together and created quite a handy eating tool, she told me "mom, look, it's a carrot on a stick". They could probably market these...www.carrotonastick.com??...

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Playing around with my new lens

I just bought the Nikkor AF 50mm f 1.8 lens, and I love it. The difference between the stock lenses that and this new one is that the focus is more distinct and it blurs out the background, giving you a main focus image. In photography terms, it has a very short depth of field. I took a photography boot-camp back in May, and it was amazing...

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Anamarie's New Smile!

Anamarie lost another tooth on Saturday night. She's such a pro now from pulling out her last tooth, that she didn't need any help with this one. She worked on it for two days and the anticipation was killing me. I wanted so badly to just yank it out because it was hanging by a tiny thread of skin. But I held back and she did it all on her own. $3 from the tooth fair...

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Brett's New Bike

A few months back I took Brett to Walmart to show him how cool the big boy bikes were. I even let him ride around the isles for awhile and cheered him on as he rode on his new spider man bike (he thought). I told him as soon as he goes potty in the toilet he can have that bike, and we can take it home with us. It's 2 months later and no potty in the toilet, and yes, he has...

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Crazy Hair Day!

Today was Crazy Hair day at Anamarie's school. Maddy came up with the idea of putting a small paper cup on her head and making a tall pony tail to go around it, so it was hidden inside. Kinda like the Who's on the Grinch movie. Bright orange hairspray with about 30 clips; she was definitely craz...

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Taylor's 9th Grade Pix

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Madison's 7th Grade Pix

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