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Wow, that all went by so quickly. It was oh so enjoyable though! Our preschool coop had a nativity act with a couple of songs at a retirement center. Cobin isn't actually part of the coop, but he got to participate by narrating (since the 3 year olds could never have memorized any parts.) Lucas and Cobin are on the right side back row.In the Seattle Center, right next to the space needle,

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Earlier this month I used my sewing machine...for a few days straight. I sewed my sister in law's baby shower gift...it's a girl!! Nice to use some pink fabric for someone in the family!Then I made a couple of festive pillows. I saw some BOO ones similar to these online, and I wanted to make something else to match, so I dreamed up the cat pillow. I want to make a wall hanging with these

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Our family went out to Forks over labor day weekend. We took a ferry, which is pretty cool. I wish I had some photos from that. The boys have since reconstructed the ferry ride with blocks and matchbox cars because they loved it so much.I have to say I like the Twilight series, but if I lived there, I'd hate it...the small town has become quite commercialized. What's gonna happen to it when

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A while ago...actually several months ago I posted about the table I was refinishing. Here's the pic again of my brother helping me sand it off:That sucker took a ton of work. Mostly because I made a mistake, but to sum it up... my advice to anyone is to never use epoxy on furniture, only very small projects. It could have been much easier if I skipped that step. I love it though, it now fits

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Our family blogging may take a nosedive. We've begun homeschooling Cobin and doing a preschool co-op for Lucas two days a week. Cobin's schooling is actually public school(funded by and adheres to most public school programs), but it is virtual and I am the "learning coach," so basically I run all of his instruction with the curriculum thats provided for free. The pictures are actually the

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I just found this. I'm sure I took it, I just can't remember it...but how could I have forgotten?!? HAHAHA! This is a keeper...the kind I might pull out when he's engaged to a girl I don't like and I'll ask "Are you sure you want your babies to look like this?" Then I'll put on the movie Shrek. hehe, j/k This one was intended for a mohawk shot, which didn't work because it just flopped over..

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Our science center has the largest electric guitar in the WORLD. It actually works! There's also a crazy big acoustic that we got to 'play.'The boys loved this water play area. Actually, about 90% of our time was spent here. They weren't really interested in anything else, despite my animated enthusiasm to encourage moving on. And this is my favorite shot from the science center. Everyone

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Last week my mom came for a visit. Then we went to Denver to celebrate my brother's wedding. Here are the bride and groom: Aren't they a cute couple?Their wedding was beautiful, but the reception was amazing! Here was the balcony view from the clubhouse at the reception.According to my aunt, the best way to not have a cheesy camera smile is to puff up your cheeks right before #3. She then

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June 28th James and I celebrated 8 years of marriage! I am happy to have my best friend to share my trials and joys with. This year was his turn to plan and organize our adventure, and he decided on whale watching. It was amazing! Of course my camera died and I didn't have backup batteries. We did get one photo:We had a great time, hired a babysitter for the entire day and drove up close to

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Yes, I'm a little behind. here is what the boys and I put together for daddy for father's day....stuff for the superhero he is! I got the idea here: http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/diy-fathers-day-gift-superhero-craft/Very soon after that, Mr. C turned 5!!! He wanted a dino cake...specifically a T-Rex. Then later he kept talking about volcanoes, so I added that too. A very friendly

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Lucas has loved this song for a while. He is finally singing it on a day that makes sense! (Please excuse the pb&j on his face, during lunch. and the fact that it is sideways, I don't know how to fix that)

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A few of the beautiful afternoons we couldn't take another minute of unpacking, we went out to explore our new surroundings. These are some of the pics we took, starting with Alki Beach(this is also my blog header, but without cropping):We found this street sign somewhat humorous:These next pics are from Gas Works Park:Playing with a toy parachute manThis day we went to Lincoln Park/Beach: And

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The other day I let Cobin and Lucas have a penny each in the car because the idea of money fascinated them. Lucas brought his in after a long morning trip to the DMV to get a new driver's license. I started my video workout after Micah went down for a nap, and the big boys were playing in the same room with me. I knew Lucas still had the penny, but I didn't expect him to tell me he had just

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In Seattle, there is a landmark known as the Fremont Troll. And he actually lives under a bridge! One of my favorite movies is 10 Things I Hate About You, and this troll is in one of the scenes, so I thought it was so cool! The boys were a little wary at first, lol!Here's the whole thing: I'm not sure what Daddy was looking for...That is an actual VW Beetle in his grasp.

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I'll get caught up eventually....we're still unpacking. Did I mention we're now residents of Seattle, and can call ourselves washingtonians? ( : Cobin and Daddy took the drive while the rest of us flew. Can't imagine the long trip for baby. Daddy wanted to make it a real adventure (and so that's what Cobin called the whole thing) so they made several stops. Carlsbad Caverns in NM was the

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James graduated in early May after a long 17 weeks! translation: 4 months, and I got to go. Here are some of the pics:

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Ok, this may be my longest blog ever. We went to the zoo with some friends, though the only time we could all make it together was during spring break, which I don't recommend. My favorite part was when we saw the Komodo Dragon. I told them what was in there (because they wanted to know the names) and they were so excited to see a real dragon! LOL, but their favorite part was probably the

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I'm full of mixed emotions right now. I am a settle-down kinda person, but we are not going to be settling down much. Our family is going to be relocated to Seattle very soon. I'm sure that'll be great and all, but the last month before a move is always really tough: planning the move, trying to find a new home while tying up loose ends at the old, and for me the worst is leaving people behind

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GOT MILK?...mmm how about GOT GARDEN VEGETABLE?We have had some animal visitors, a few lizards but more commonly, this little guy seems to like our backyard. And the boys are fascinated with him/her so it's great! Until Lucas gets too close and scares it off that is....And our latest news is that we are moving to Seattle. Within weeks, so I am searching for a home there. I am very sad to be

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I bought a children's rocking chair at the Thrifty Shoppe in Colorado for $6.50, thinking I could recover it. If I failed, it wouldn't be that much of a waste, but worth it to learn something new. I couldn't decide on a fabric that I'd like and the boys would like, so I just went with something the boys liked, but wouldn't go out of fashion...sorry buzz lightyear. Thus the bright lizards...

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Happy Valentines! Late...of course. We've been sick. I've been doing things step by step. First off, I finished my brother's birthday gift. Embroidery was like making granola for me. Once I found out I could do it, I had to try. And the perfect opportunity came up. My brother has been baking: bread, cakes, meats to grill, fun things like that. So for his birthday, I thought about getting

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Yesterday we celebrated my nephew's birthday. He turned four and is very into Buzz Lightyear. I had the pleasure of making him a spaceship cake. (I think the photo doesn't do it justice, there were sprinkles and contours that you can't see here) I had lots of fun making it.And here is a fun picture from our photoshoot. Not as formal, but definitely my favorite!I have gotten 3 phone calls and

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It has set in. James is gone for four months, and a big chunk of that I don't get to talk to him on a cell phone. That's military life, I guess. I am definitely a little saddened, but I do have a game plan, so I won't be bored...as if I could really be that bored raising 3 kids 4 and under alone. I'd like to keep working on playing the ukulele James bought me for my birthday. And, my sis in

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These two things don't mean the same thing. A movie rating tells you how age appropriate a movie is, whereas a book rating tells you if it's good or not. Why are there no ratings on books, an indicator, perhaps that identifies profanities or sexual imagery? I would like that to change. I personally would like to have a symbol on each book that has "adult" content, and referring to what

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No pictures... so I might be a boring blogger. This update may be a little jumbled mix of thoughts... We had a very busy thanksgiving. All kinds of family and friends stopped through, we were packed in here! Good part about that was that others helped out in the kitchen! James got to try out snowboarding with them, but didn't get too good at it because he banged up his knee. He is currently

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Micah has been on reflux medicine and it's working, he's not spitting up so much. But he's still been having some pains. So after a week, I took him to the pediatrician today. I've been off of milk, but apparently now I need to take out dairy, soy, AND wheat. Flour? How am I going to live without bread? I am whining a little, but I hope this helps Micah feel better. He's such a happy boy

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Here is a sweet pic of Micah in his monkey costume....I just couldn't wait to snap some pics of him in it. A few days ago I was preparing dinner. Lucas was "helping" me by passing me things. When I told him that cutting the onions makes me cry, he was bothered by it and said "Don't cry Momma." When I didn't stop, he said "You know what?" and then he proceeded to make up a joke (that wasn't

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I gave my first solo attempt at canning the other day with crabapple jelly. Lucas helped me clean and sort them. It turned out good, though it had bubbles in it. I'm gonna make another attempt soon.Sunday Micah received his baby blessing at church and we managed to get a couple family pics, our first as a family of 5! He barely fit into his 0-3 month outfit, he's getting chubby so quick. I

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Life has kinda revolved around getting our groove back with a third baby... It's tough!! But things are going well. Micah hasn't been feeling well this past week and has kept us from getting much sleep (unlike the first two weeks of his life.) We'll be taking him to the doctor monday to see what can be done. I did make the most of a necessary clothing change from excessive spit up by

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Here is Micah. We weren't expecting him to show until tuesday, which is when the induction was scheduled...both the other boys waited until the induction. There was a baby shower at 7 friday night, and that's when we went up to the hospital! Bummer, I missed out on the cake and ice cream... I hadn't realized I was in labor, and he'd been pretty sleepy, so we went in to make sure everything was

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About time for an update, I woke up at 5 am and couldn't sleep any more, and it's about to get a lot busier around here with baby number three. The boys and I took another trip to Texas and had lots of fun doing whatever we wanted! They got to spend lots of time with their cousin. Here is one of those attempts at a cute matching picture with shirts granny bought in Hawaii... This was the best

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We went to Texas for our family vacation and had lots of fun. I need to put up pictures from that trip, but I have been seriously lazy on the blog. But I will put up some pictures I had to download before I left ...of Cobin's 4th birthday party. We did it at a water park across the street from Grandmas. I made a special safari Diego cake for him. Good thing it was supposed to be a mountain,

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The youth at our church had a three day weekend (thanks to a teacher work day) so we had planned out a trip to Salt Lake City. It was involved but such a great idea and it went without hitch. We drove out friday night and spent saturday touring temple square and visited the Oquirrh (sp?) temple. We went to church and had a picnic/bbq on Sunday and went home on monday. Here is a picture of a

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We've always thought that we might like four children. We still don't know 100% but are leaning that way still. I've said I wouldn't have two children 16 months apart like C and L were, however, as they get older and play like the friends they are, I think I might like to provide the next to with the chance to have the same cameraderie (assuming I can plan it, ha!). At the park or playing with

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I went to the doctor today to find out how the baby was measuring. Big, of course, like all of my babies, but everything looks good as far as development. I love the profile pictures like this one (Of course the baby was laying crooked):This one though, I'd like to see something different:I am grateful like any mother to have a healthy baby. However, I am taking the rest of the day to be mopey...

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This morning I for sure felt the baby moving around. It's so exciting! I know that when I'm further along it will be not as exciting, but for now I'll just enjoy it. I will find out the sex of the baby (hopefully) March 31st and I can't wait! I don't know how some people do. We are riding out a sort of blizzard here and J is out driving in it. Makes me kind of nervous, but he's a great

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This past saturday we went to the Family Fun Fair. The boys really had a blast. Here's Lucas in the firetruck:And Cobin with the astronaut. (Lucas wouldn't even wave at him, much less go near him)Neither of the boys really wanted to do much petting, but they liked seeing the animals we read about in books and hearing the real sounds they make rather than mom's immitations.And here again is Lucas.

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We got a new family member, our first pet. He's a blue male beta fish and Cobin decided he should be named Beta Fish. Real original....I hope soon he gets the concept of naming things a little better. We will be adding another member to our family this august. A new baby! I'm a little nervous about having more children than adults in our family, but others seem to manage well, we can figure it

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We had a quiet Christmas at home. Here's a Christmas morning shot of Cobin and his Thomas the Train and track. One of the days around Christmas James took the boys out and created a slide. There were even stairs carved out of the snow for them to get back up it. So the boys went down the slide over and over again while James tried to work on another snowman. And we celebrated James's 29th

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This weekend was one I'll never forget. First off, Daddy and Cobin built a 6 foot 2 inches four tiered snowman. Pretty nice, we have a permanent greeter near the walkway to our door. Then I hosted the first recital for my voice and piano students. I was nervous, though I shouldn't have been cause I wasn't doing any performing. It went great and I was really happy with all of my student's

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For the week of thanksgiving, we traveled down to Oklahoma, then to Texas and back. First night we barely made it in time for Nikki and me to head out to New Moon. I really liked it, considering that it was my least favorite of the four books. Thanks Nikki! In Texas we had two Thanksgiving meals, and we each gained a few pounds, which we are trying to work off. The first was with my dad and

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Yesterday we made binoculars out of empty toilet paper rolls. Some of their books, like Diego, have them and so they colored them and I taped them together. They loved them and were looking at birds in this picture.This is kind of a crazy looking picture...but funny...they were so serious!Here they are after a bath in the towels great grandma jones sent them.

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Last week at church I taught a YW lesson on substance abuse. I think I might have made an impression! One of the girls later put their status on facebook as "If you're happy and you know it don't do meth.." Gotta love it! ( :

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I'll go backwards....Here are my little boys for Halloween. Introducing: Pete and Pete's dragon, Elliot. On Oct. 26, Lucas turned two! He's been pretty obsesseded with balloons, so here's the best cake I could come up with. And he's been potty training! He's not taking to it quite like Cobin did, but he's doing pretty good. And he obviously loved the potty book that says "Yea" or "Uh-oh" from

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My dad decided to get married in Jamaica, so we all got together for a cruise. James and I have been before, but he got kinda seasick so he bowed out this vacation. And Grandma Pearl came up to play with the boys so Daddy could keep working. Before we went on the cruise we met up in Galveston. L to R: me, new stepmom Sharon, Dad, Preston, and Kyle. Here is the Carnival cruise ship Conquest. We

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I've held back for too long. I've denied Lucas, until recently what has to be his favorite food: Ramen. This was (I think) the first time I'd ever given it to him, and he just couldn't shovel it in quick enough! This might not be as funny to everyone else as it is his parents, but I just can't watch the first couple of seconds without laughing.

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Last week we took a trip south. We hung out with some friends in Oklahoma City for a couple of days before we went on to Ft. Worth. Daddy took his chemistry final (and made a 96 on it, woohoo!) while both grandmas and a great grandma of the boys and I went to the Fort Worth Zoo. Then Grandma Pearl got us a hookup at a bed and breakfast. I've always wanted to go, and it was so nice, they even made

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This past weekend the boys and I drove to Denver to spend time with family we've missed. Here are the boys with my grandmother:Reading books with my aunt and cousin:Their cousin Christian came for a visit. We tried to get a photo of them lined up, but this is what they had in mind. And the lone photo I took of our trip to the children's museam. That place is so cool! Lucas looks good as a

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A few things have happened since my last post. I was just saving them all. First my anniversary plans, they went through, but we did get to go to some hot springs nearby (kidless) and go see transformers. I had a full day of activities, a hot air balloon ride too, but things just didn't workout. Then my birthday. I'm 26....I feel like I'm now older cause I've surpassed the quarter of a century

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Yesterday we went on another hike. This time, we went to Hanging Lake in the Glenwood Canyon, which has some georgeous views! It was a three mile hike up to the lake and back. Not too far, but the trail is loaded with big rocks you constantly have to maneuver around, anpretty steep. The thing that was hard was carrying the kids on our back, but they had fun and Cobin hiked when he could. Here are

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I took this pic of Cobin a couple of weeks ago, but just forgot to post it. I got back from my run and Cobin had crashed in the upstairs hallway(he's to the point he won't sleep during quiet time but still gets exhausted) He was so out!Lucas is 18 months and has long since given up his afternoon naps, and he gets really cranky in the afternoons. So, I decided yesterday to push back his morning

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This past week Grandpa and soon to be Grandma Sharon came to visit us. Cobin got his first big boy bed....up from the toddler bed. We had some adventures and celebrated his birthday a little early, he turns three June 9th!For Fathers Day we made some stepping stones from the boys' handprints. They didn't harden enough, so they were still in the casts when we made them. Here is a picture of Cobin

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We went hiking this past saturday. I am so glad to be getting out in the nice weather!It took a while to get there on a dirt road but when we got out and started hiking, the views were just awesome. Thanks to our friends for inviting us!

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Mother's Day was a good one. I thought it was going to be bad since I was sick and felt awful the day before, but I felt alot better. I got these beautiful (and aromatic) flowers! For breakfast James and Cobin brought me blueberry waffles made from scratch...to bed!And what day doesn't start good with a little sword-fighting! I was so glad to have had the few days before mothers day my own

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It's been a while yet again. I think I have become a slacker with blogging because now that I'm back in the states I have a cell phone and I can tell the grandparents all the fun things that happen here. I don't know how often I'll blog, maybe I will get to it more often in the winter when the kiddos and I are stuck inside. Some things that are going on with us: We are loving this time of year

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Yesterday I was listening to conference and heard yet again that we need to have uplifting pictures in our home...but the good ones all cost so much! So we haven't ever bought any, nor do we want to spend the money on it now, so I decided to paint again. The temple I painted wasn't good enough for me to want to hang it up, so I tried something else. I did a water color of the well known

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If you haven't seen this love song, I think it's one of the best EVER! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDBpQVhCMb8

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Lucas has been having lots of fun with this one hat. It's so cute on him! And one wonderful thing is to see your children not taking each others toys, but to see them sharing, and one reading to the other! Made my day yesterday.

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It's really been that long since I've updated? I've been busy and have been neglecting. And I don't even feel bad about it...haha. Ok, well there's not too much that's new. I'm excited to say we're out of the small debt we racked up between job transfers! YEA! Nothing like the nagging of credit cards for a pay it in full every month girl. Now we're going to start tackling other things (savings

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i was tagged.- I suppose this is enough to get me to blog...i am: happy.i think: too much into things.i know: being in debt sucks.i want: to master snowboarding.i dislike: the smell of perfumes.i miss: texas.i fear: car accidents on ice/snow.i feel: grateful for the invite to the fabulous valentines girls night out party.i hear: the printer fan and james talking to his dad on the phone.i smell:

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Mommy and Cobin's first successful sledding day! (the first time we didn't have waterproof snowpants and cobin hated it) Cobin and Lucas reading together. I was sure that by the time I ran upstairs to get my camera and came back Lucas would have moved on, but here they are! Cobins toys going for a drive: the toy in front is the car. He's wearing his transformer pjs from aunt Jackie and he

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Today James and I gave our first talks here in this ward. Mine was over Pray Always by David A. Bednar from last GC. I really like that talk. It's such a relief to have it done because I get so nervous about it, but with each one I get a little better at conquering that unneccesary fear. What really made my day though, was when we were at home eating lunch after church. Cobin started to sing a

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Recently, with the job change and move, finances have become a hot topic in the Daugherty house. We have a plan, but I came across this freebie from a Parent's featured blog: for a few more days Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan is downloadable from oprah's website. This book is new, soon to be released. Here's the link: http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081119_tows_bookdownload

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We have never taken family photos. James has always refused the phoniness of Sears-like photos and I've never really liked them either. So when a friend from Texas took Jackie's bridal photos, I went with them and hit her up for some family pics. I'm very happy with them, thanks Denise!

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I have been trying to get used to the snow, not really liking the cold here. But here is one thing that makes it more ok. These pictures were taken from inside my house.... and this is a frequent view around here. On our way home from church the other day we saw about 50 hanging out in a snow covered field half a mile from our house. When they come by Cobin just stares at them in awe.

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We now have a camera cable...yea! So here's the picture of Michelle and the boys with the rocky mountains as the back drop. And the next photo is the shirt I made for James this christmas. One of our first dates...the first one we held hands at was a trip to a Renaissance fair. He's always liked this kind of getup, so I made him a shirt perfect for it. He already has some dark mocassin boots,

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I love Christmas...but then who doesn't. I am glad that family gets together and that it is one of the only times really respected by the rest of the world just for families. I used to say how I hated the commercialism of it, but now I recognize that I don't entirely. I don't really like the push to buy gifts and that your love (to some I think) is measured by the gift you give. But within

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Today, I was the idiot on the side of the road. I was driving slow on the ice, on my way to costco and there was about an inch drop off to the non existant curb/shoulder. Did I mention that the road was so covered with snow and ice you can't see the lane marker paint... well, everyone else was doing fine, I thought I could too. It was just me and the boys, James was at work. Driving along, got

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New home, new town, fresh start I suppose. We're in Eagle, Colorado. Pretty small, the post office doesn't even deliver to homes(possibly because of snow but we haven't seen sufficient yet to stop a mailman), so we have a PO Box. But it's a quaint, nice little town and the people are all generally nice/helpful. I am amazed at the amount of spanish speakers here. I go into the grocery store and

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So, I held off from sharing the possibility, hoping it might not come true, but it has. We're moving to Colorado. The business in STL won't be steady for a little while, and has no benefits. So we looked around for secure jobs and James sent in his resume. He went in for the interview and beat out a couple others for the job offer. It's in Eagle, near Aspen, Breckenridge and Vail, some of the

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We made it safely home. We spent a couple of days before we left with nothing in the house so that we could sell it before we left, and we got everything else packed. We spent one whole day at the airports of tapachula(mexico), mexico city, houston and dallas texas with no luggage to show for it. After a billion phone calls to houston (which is where we saw it last) it was sent to DFW so we

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Ok, its a little late and I just threw the photos together, but here they are! Lucas hadn´t been eating due to his sore gums and teething, but he loved the cake, as you can see. (He has since regained his appetite, though the gums are still red and teeth aren´t through)

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In two days time, Lucas will be one year old! So this flashback friday is for him. Here's a picture from his delivery around 1:30 am.He's grown so much in this little time. Right now he's battling swollen gums and fever from teething, but hopefully they'll come through soon. In contrast, I put up a picture I took the other day on the column to the right. I can't seem to get a good picture of

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We spent about an hour yesterday afternoon in our hammock(we all fit!) I hope we can find somewhere to hang it when we get back. And a cute pic from bathtime.

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Follow this link to digitally carve a pumpkin, mess excluded!http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/pumpkin_sim.htmlThanks for the tip Mindy!

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Yesterday Cobin put Lucas's teddy bear in time out. I asked him what he did to get time out, and he didn't really have a response, so I asked if he was throwing toys. "Yes" was the response, followed by "no throwing, teddy." Here's a picture of poor teddy.Today James was going to take Cobin with him to Monnies house, but Cobin wanted to take four car toys and had his hands full ready to go. Dadda

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I love this idea (and am borrowing from Kanani) of flashback fridays. I started the blog after some fun things happened so why not recount them. ( :One of the reasons I fell in love with James was his creative ways to show he cares about me. My first Valentines day with him...technically before we were dating because I was still 15...was a beautiful sunday morning. My stepmom was totally in on

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Recently our good friend Noah came to visit, so he and James took a drive to do the zipline canopy tour. We also went to Fuentes Georginas (hot springs) again. It is one of my favorite places in the world. so far..This last picture was taken in the restaraunt at Fuentes Georginas. We were all bundled up because the air is pretty cool, so once you get out of the hot water, it's pretty cold.

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We recently had our wedding rings permanently borrowed from us...(not here in Guatemala ironically enough) so we had been planning on finding new ones. James went to Lake Atitlan (where we went for our anniversary) with our friend Noah to do the zip line tour again. While he was there he found us some replacements...from Jade! Kinda hard to miss the bold statement that we're both spoken for!

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I'm heartbroken. Well not really heartbroken, but sad. We learned the hard way how buying a house goes, and then it didn't work out. We got out of the contract. We haven't been through this before, so we didn't understand that if you want to buy a fixer upper, you have to fix it up before you can actually buy it. (some of the things anyways) What great sense! I mean, who's going to fix a

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Lucas was starting to get a little bit of a mullet, his hair came in longer in the back than in the front....so we had to trim it. Here he is on the day of his first hair cut, before pic (notice the new top teeth):And let me explain the snail. Ever find stuff in your produce? We once found a spider in the grapes, but this was the biggest surprise. I put the broccoli in the fridge on saturday and

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A few friends have on their blog 100 things about them. I think I'll have fun writing this, so here's mine:1. I went to the senior prom with James when I was 15.2. I fell off my bike and broke my front tooth when I was little.3. My favorite scent is mandarin vanilla lotion from sears.4. I can't swim well with my face in the water unless I'm holding my nose.5. I hate to be cold.6. I have two

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We splurge on treats once a week. Our treat night is on monday nights after FHE. One thing all the ice cream vendors with their little push freezers have that I LOVE is a chocolate covered banana. I found a chocolate dip specifically for it, but I think any form of chocolate will work. All you do is put peeled bananas with a fork stuck in them into the freezer 12-24 hours beforehand. We only put

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We've been looking at houses online and we think we've found one....We're so excited to have our own house. Maryland Heights Ward: we're coming home! So if anyone wants to help us move all of our stuff from my grandmother's house, we'll need it around mid november... ( :

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I've learned alot about cooking. While we had a maid, she loved to cook, and she didn't have to pay for it... so I learned from her how to cook some things using fresh produce from the market. I've never before seen the death of a chicken turn into a chicken soup, but I have now! I can also make juices of all kinds, spaghetti sauces, salsas for chips or to go over meats, and TORTILLAS. Down here

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Jeremy (James's bro) and wife Sherry are still newlyweds....they just got married last November and went to Costa Rica on a honeymoon. They also got to schedule some vacation time and right now they are in: Ireland! I'm jealous. Luckeeee, that's all I have to say. I'm glad you guys are having so much fun! Isn't it beautiful there? We decided to spend some of our saturday morning at the park....

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If Aaron Richardson can have his own blog, the least I can do is write on our Family Blog (this is James obviously). So I was reading Aaron's blog where he talks about the Chubb trail in Eureka, MO and I thought, "I wonder if he'd like biking out here with me on the narrow little paths between the corn fields surrounded by mountains..." So here is an example of what it looks like when I go out

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Bisnieto stands for great-grandson. I'm not sure if that's the correct spelling, but here Lucas is with his great-grandmother, Monnie. Sometimes you just get those feelings that you're so happy to have your family and I've been getting them today. I know, who doesn't think that their own family is adorable, but I do. When Lucas starts to crawl he sticks his tongue out over his top lip and looks

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Saturday morning we decided we wanted to check out the zoo here. We got there and there were venders everywhere at the entrance and we bought Cobin a little helicopter that works when you push it....it was only 12 quetzales which is equivalent to about $1.50. He loves it, paid more attention to that than the animals or the park. So what's a Guatemalan zoo like? Pretty small....I'll try to

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My little boy is pretty lazy. Lucas is finally crawling. Grandparents, here's the proof:He also has his first tooth poking through, though you can't see it yet, but mommy has felt it... And, in case you're wondering why it seems like Lucas is often in his pjs, it's because he is. He doesn't like me changing his clothes too often and I don't like a fussy baby, so some days he stays in his pajamas

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We have been regretting teaching Cobin the word "Boo boo" for two reasons: 1) It's still pretty hard to distinguish between poo poo and boo boo, and that's pretty important to know. and 2) we taught him that boo boos are all better if you kiss them. Now every little scratch or bump has to have a kiss! (he's stopped trying to get us to kiss his tongue or foot when he gets boo boos there, we've

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Since I'm the secretary of the family, can't I have a little fun with it? This has been on one of my friend's blogs and it looks like fun. 1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's

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Ok, I got the bike ride on tape, here it is!By the way, thanks Sheri for helping me with my blog template. Actually, you helped me from the beginning! Anyone who doesn't know what a good blog looks like...go see Sheri's personal and family blogs!

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Here's one way we've been taking advantage of the "eternal spring." These are some of the plants we've grown in the short time we've been here. I've got a few in the back too, but they are more modest growers.I got a picture of James and Cobin on one of their daily bike rides. I have to get a video of them because Cobin just gets going....he had trouble at first with the pedals, but not

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On June 28th, James and I celebrated five years of being married. Last year I got to plan our anniversary, so we went to Lake of the Ozarks to go parasailing. Unfortuately they wouldn't let me go because I was five months pregnant with Lucas, but we had a fun time anyway. This year it was James's turn to plan it, so he took me to Lake Atitlan. I was skeptical at first, but my expectations were

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James and Cobin doing theirpush ups and crunches before shower time...( :

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We went to the temple in Guatemala City, the capital here. An old mission companion and his wife had an extra room for us and were so great, they kept Cobin. The drive was quite an adventure with the four hour ride through rain and potholes, and crazy drivers! James fits in quite well.. We got some things from my mom and for Cobin's birthday, she gave Cobin some rubber cowboy boots. He loves

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I've(Lauren) been going without the tv since we moved to guatemala, and I've been deprived of fun social gatherings with my friends in my native tongue, so I've taken up something new: Painting! I tried first with this watercolor of my favorite flower, calla lillies, and it's not too bad. My next attempt was with acryllics, and I knew not what to paint, so I started with the place James and I

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Lucas has been learning how to make fish facesand Cobin thought it was hilarious!

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James is in the states. This is the first time that we've been away from each other for this long (going on two weeks) but he'll return soon. I've a deeper appreciation for him after having to get up when both kiddos do and staying up till they go to sleep. Normally I will get up with Cobin, and if Lucas hasn't decided to sleep before I want to, James takes care of him. I think they sense that

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