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Yearly Archives: 2008

This Summer our kids formed some really great new friendships  with some of their cousins that they hadn’t met yet. They were up at the homestead with us for a couple of weeks and they really became close.  
 
I was sitting on the porch and I heard them say that they were holding auditions. I thought,...

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You 2 . . .

love Ocean Water from Sonic, and  you both beg for mozzarella sticks (but peal the breading off before you eat it.) 
think light sabers and babies are equally fun to play.
 
both freak out if you don't get hugs and kisses as the big kids go off to school. 
Can not sing together at the same time. We...

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Yay! Dad is here!

The kids were so excited to get to have dad come up to
the homestead. When dad is around there is alot less singing & dancing
and alot more fires & injuries. 
   

  

     

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Spending the day with my parents

It was so nice to have my parents come up to the homestead for the day. We grilled steaks and showed them around the place. 
My mom is so good about teaching my kids things. She has so much patience. She could sit and do a puzzle, or work on colors for hours. I don’t have that...

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How I finally got my canoe

Up at the
Homestead
there is a small man made lake that the Whitings call Donut lake (because it is a circle with a small island in the middle). I have always wanted to have a canoe ever since I went canoeing down the
Verde River
with the youth as a Young Women. I thought the kids would...

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hats off to all the moms

I truly love being a mother. REALLY
It isn’t easy for sure. In fact, There are certainly times when I feel inadequate as I look around at amazing, talented, successful women who have really perfect homes, slim figures,  they know the latest styles and actually wear them, - all while finishing their degree online, raising their children,...

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Pioneer Day Races in Snowflake, AZ

This year for the 24th of July we went to Snowflake for the annual Pioneer Day Celebration. What a fun day! My Sister Summer and I started the day off with the 2k run.  After that we gathered on the Big church lawn on Main Street for the kid races. My kids absoululy love them. There...

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we’ll miss you Gunther (kind of)

We had to say good by to Gunther this week. I actually grew quite attached to him. He was a great running partner, and… well… thats about it. He was just TOOOOO big for the little kids. He loved them so much, tooooo much. he was always knocking them down and they were getting hurt...

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A lesson on the Savior from a 2 year old

 I was planting flowers in the front flower bed - it was April and beautiful whether. Rock had gotten up from his nap before Cozy (doesn’t usually happen), so he came to see how he could help. His job was to water the newly planted flowers as I planted. He was really quiet and all of a sudden he...

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