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Finished With Holiday Parties
For this year at least. (Kevin is celebrating, as I am usually dragging him along to the parties, since it is me who really wants to be there.) It all started with our ward party, the first weekend in December. … Continue reading
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Countdown to Christmas
Lily has been counting down to Christmas on three different Advent calendars. The first one she does, is one of those paper ones with the piece of chocolate inside each little window. The funniest thing is how every single day… Continue reading
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The Headless Wiseman . . .
. . . and shepherd. Ah, that boy! He attacked our Nativity, and we had some casualties. The wiseman was first, and while I was finding all of his pieces, Derek went after the shepherd. I am pretty sure the… Continue reading
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Finished . . .
with Holiday baking!!!! I love it, I really do, but it is nice to be finished with all the things I needed to bake for – one more thing off the list. Wednesday, Lily and I baked all day long. … Continue reading
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Craft #2 and Many other Christmas Adventures
Well, I finally built up the energy to do the second half our nativity. It was so cute, but a lot of work. Halfway through, I realized that the glue dots and my tacky glue weren't sufficient, and so I… Continue reading
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Holiday Craft Adventure #1
Grandma Valerie sent Lily and I this cute foam craft, and so we spent Tuesday afternoon putting it together. It was quite the adventure, but went together pretty well with some glue dots. It was very fun, and a great… Continue reading
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas . . .
I love this time of year – I love the lights, the sounds, the smells, the parties, the music, the baking, coming up with fun gifts and surprises, etc. We are finally finished decorating, and although it took us a… Continue reading
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Plenty to Be Thankful For
What a wonderful Thanksgiving!! It all started on Wednesday, when I got to spend the day with Cindy baking pies. (I got to play the teacher, which you all know is my favorite thing in the world.) We had a… Continue reading
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Watch out world, Derek has Pirate shoes . . .
. . . and he's not afraid to use them!! That's right, Derek is WALKING!! Actually, he has been walking for a few weeks, but is getting better everyday. This has opened up all sorts of new troublesome things he… Continue reading
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Sunday Kids
I know this is my third post today, but I had to show you all this picture of the kids. We found the greatest dress shirt at the Gap for Derek – it is a onesie, and so it never… Continue reading