This past mother’s day weekend Shane and the boys went out for a Father’s and sons camp out for church. Rather than set up a tent Shane outfitted our enclosed trailer with our queen sized blow up mattress and a pile of sleeping bags and pillows before he left. Marie sadly waved goodbye to the More >
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Tulip Festival
This is our fifth year going to the tulip festival. We started this family tradition before Oliver was even born on Marie’s first birthday. We ended up going later in the month than normal and we had a beautiful sunny day to enjoy the scenery. The garden we go to was out in full splendor More >
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Fire and Freckles
A little questionnaire on Prayer.
Here is a questionnaire I put together for my upcoming lesson on “Prayer” found in the Gospel Principles manual. Feel free to take a pop at it and tell me what you think. The Sisters have had a week to go over it ahead of time. 1) Ponder upon one of your most effective prayers. More >
Wilbur the bunny comes to our house!
Marie’s much anticipated birthday came this week. We have been hearing about it for months. At last the big day came. I spent the morning finishing off icing Marie’s white bunny with sprinkles in the cake as she requested, and fending Peter’s fingers from swiping icing. My sister Mimi had sent me Wilbur chocolate buds More >
Happy Easter!
We had another wonderful Easter this year. For the first time(and perhaps the last) we did some Easter treats and a little egg hunt the Monday night before Easter. Tuesday proved my skepticism of all the pagan additions to such a special day to it’s fullest, but with that in the past we all looked More >
A baby is on the way and it’s a……
For those who may not have heard we are expecting a baby in late August. The kids have all been very excited about a new baby and for a while the debate was rather emotional between the kids as to whether or not the baby was a boy or a girl. I explained that Heavenly More >


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