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Skip said the dinner prayer tonight.  I reminded him to thank Heavenly Father for the food.  He also included, “Thank you for Santa Claus.  I want a shoot gun like Afton’s….”   Afterwards, Camp commented that Skip may be confusing Santa Claus and God.  Yikes. Tomorrow night Brian and I are taking Jane out on …

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I admire my Shugee so much.  On the first day of school, the two of us stood outside her new classroom and I asked to take one more picture of her.  She rolled her eyes, but consented.  Then I gave her  a last excited hug and a kiss.  She groaned a bit, and not because …

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I admire my Shugee so much.  On the first day of school, the two of us stood outside her new classroom and I asked to take one more picture of her.  She rolled her eyes, but consented.  Then I gave her  a last excited hug and a kiss.  She groaned a bit, and not because …

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 Did I tell you this summer has been the best summer ever?  It has.  And sometime I am going to write all about it.  But for now, I’m just going to share my favorite part of it.  My family.

 My laundry room has evolved a lot.  I take that back.  What has evolved a lot is my ability to manage laundry.   And when you have a bunch of kids, that’s what it is, right?  Managing laundry.  But I haven’t always been able to manage the laundry.  I had work my way up the ranks. …

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 My laundry room has evolved a lot.  I take that back.  What has evolved a lot is my ability to manage laundry.   And when you have a bunch of kids, that’s what it is, right?  Managing laundry.  But I haven’t always been able to manage the laundry.  I had work my way up the ranks. …

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I have a confession to make.  Sometimes when I’m at the gym, I put my earphones in–even though I’m not really listening to anything.   I do this because sometimes when I’m at the gym, I don’t feel like talking, and I feel like earphones helpfully label me as (at least somewhat) unavailable.  I do …

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I have a confession to make.  Sometimes when I’m at the gym, I put my earphones in–even though I’m not really listening to anything.   I do this because sometimes when I’m at the gym, I don’t feel like talking, and I feel like earphones helpfully label me as (at least somewhat) unavailable.  I do …

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I started the following blog post a while ago and then never finished it.  However,  I go to my blog page a lot because it contains the links to all the other blogs I follow.  And I had gotten to the point that if I were to see that Christmas tree picture from my last …

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I started the following blog post a while ago and then never finished it.  However,  I go to my blog page a lot because it contains the links to all the other blogs I follow.  And I had gotten to the point that if I were to see that Christmas tree picture from my last …

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