Halloween

I made both the girls costumes and the boys we broke down and bought, but really, imagine trying to make that wolverine costu...

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Laundry makes me tired too.

Look who crawled up on my laundry and fell asleep while I was folding today....

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I guess it's time to update the blog

Not that anyone will really read this, but It's been too long.The kids and I (and the dog) Took a trip down South to visit their aunt and cousins. I took this picture of the Temple and am very happy with how it turned out. I also added a quote by Thomas S. Mon...

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!!!Fundraiser Yard Sale!!!

Our 2 year old Boxer, who we rescued from a shelter last September, has had to undergo recent eye surgery. Last Thursday, April 24th, I let Copper out before bed, unaware of a lurking cat. The cat was spooked, took one swipe and scratched Copper's eye. We took him to the vet on Friday who gave us the...

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Hiking

What do you do with your kids when they are out of school? Well certainly you don't keep them all couped up in the house for them to destroy it..lol I offered to take my kids to the zoo today, but they declined. They wanted to get lunch and take it up to the mountains. We had a blast. I took them...

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Cali forn-i-a

So the hubby and I thought it would be fun to go to Cali over his spring break. We were thinking Disneyland would be fun for the kids. Then we would drive up to his home town to visit his dad's grave and also go to meet some of his relatives. We've decided to put this trip on hold because of his work...

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Solar food dryer

This year I'm finally dedicating myself to growing a decent size garden. I will have to move sprinklers and cut out sod, but I'm feeling this is really important and I've wanted one every single year anyway, so I'm finally doing it! With this new garden, I've decided that I want a food dehydrator, but I want to conserve energy as much as possible, so why not use the energy from the sun? Did you...

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I know, I know....

I've been slacking in the blog department.The hubby and I have been getting up at 4am to exercise, so you would think I have more time, but I still haven't found much free time. I did get some time this weekend to work on some things and here's something new I figured out on my own. Do any of you remember...

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Christmas!

Christmas was really nice this year. Christmas Eve the kids dressed up and we acted out the Nativity. Then, we watched the Church's Nativity and Mr. Kruger's Christmas. The kids started trying to put themselves to bed at around 7pm. They were so afraid that Santa would skip our house...hehe.On Christmas...

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