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Wednesday

Because I was bored...


  1. I sat down at the computer and started scrolling through my old blog posts.
  2. I got angry at Sam and asked him why he kept getting older (the other kids were in bed or they would have been questioned as well)
  3. I mean, why do we keep getting older?
  4. We moved again back in 2014
  5. Same neighborhood
  6. again
  7. We must love it here.
  8. I had another baby back in 2014.  
  9. She's called Hazel
  10. She's beautiful
  11. And fun
  12. I think if I was directing my life movie right now, I would just show one of those daily paper calendars that you put on a desk and it looks like a stack of post-its in size, and it would be someone's fingers flicking through the pages and making each day zoom past so fast that you feel like you are going to be sick with dizziness and the fingers suddenly stop and it's April 6, 2016 and you're thinking "We've gone to the future" but the narrator is all, "Nope, this is now" and you're mouth is hanging open and you struggle to make a coherent thought vocal and it comes out of you all at once, "That's not possible, I meant for something meaningful to occur on certain days, but they are all just a blur now making up a whole, and I don't think I did anything worthwhile" but the narrator in a smiling voice says, "That's stupid, of course you did" and then some sort of harpsichord ballad starts playing as the credits scroll.
  13. By the end of this year, my children's ages will be:
  14. 15
  15. 13
  16. 10
  17. 6
  18. 2
  19. I should have used bullet points for the ages, that looks confusing.

Thursday

Just so 2013 doesn't feel left out


  • I just had some time to kill so I read through some of my old blog posts.
  • "time to kill" is kind of a disturbing phrase.
  • Sorry that you are probably picturing a murderingish type scene now.
  • Here are the top (insert number after I finish) things that happened in 2013:
  1. I now have a 12 yr old, a 10 yr old, a 7 yr old, and a 3 yr old and that makes me feel old.
  2. but not as old as Erik feels.
  3. (because he's 5 years older than me, not because I think he's "old")
  4. Sam is in 7th grade.  That's practically high school and high school is practically "bye, mom." 
  5. : (
  6. : (
  7. OK, my niece got married!!!!  We got to go to Utah in August for that, and it was so fun to see so much family (which we miss) and I got to catch up with Dixie.
  8. : )
  9. I ate a bag of microwave popcorn for lunch today.
  10. and Subway (eat fresh) for dinner.
  11. Probably because we need to go grocery shopping.
  12. Which I am avoiding because I already finished my Christmas shopping and I feel like going to the store will just make me spend more money.
  13. I love odd numbers, so I will stop here.
a) There you have it, 2013 was wonderful and we all got older.
b) Have a Merry Christmas!

Wednesday

Rockaway Beach, Oregon July 2012

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 Sam in his Karate Kid pose
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 Mackenzie in front of the rock from The Goonies
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Henry protecting his pond from the tide, and Estelle rocking a mo-hawk.

Tuesday

Peppers and Homework

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 We picked these lovelies from our garden.
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Back when I was a kid, we only had homework if we didn't finish our work in class.
Those were the good old days.
Now, the homework is in addition to what they did in class.
I'm all like, "Come on, you had my kids all day, and I don't get to fully enjoy them being home until they get all of that extra work done?  No fair! I hate homework!"

Monday

Pictures from my phone...AKA watch Estelle age a year

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 a Hero Factory scorpion guy made by Henry
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 Gilbert, AZ Temple under construction
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 turned me off pudding for days
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 fox painting for a family reunion auction
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 Sam's birthday cake made by dear Amy
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 Rockaway Beach (summer family reunion trip) and the Tillamook Cheese Factory below
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 Mackenzie got braces in August.  She will have them for a year.
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 Found this great dining set on Craigslist for a steal.
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 I painted this elephant for my niece
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 Erik and I made this LEGO board for the wall.  Love it!
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on a carousel ride last weekend

Sunday

Halloween 2012

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 Sam was a villain, Mackenzie a cat, Henry a pirate, and Estelle a frog (now they have all been the frog)
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 She loved the photo booth at the trunk-or-treat so much, that she went back for a private shoot, even posing all on her own.
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 I love these pictures, and I'm so thankful that talented Aimee did this!
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I love Estelle, and Estelle loves her blanket

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