Life and Other Stuff
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Waking up this morning at o’dark thirty to a screaming, fit throwing, apparently possessed Hannah, I got the wild hair to get the workout done today before anything else. As I contemplated a run, (location, should I bring Jacob’s bike, just the stroller, decisions, decisions….) I got the genius idea to go for a bike…
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Meet the new character that moved in with us! It’s Pirate Pete!! Arrrgghh Matey! Hannah gives Pete a love! Yes, I have officially gone insane! I found this fun puppet at a consignment shop and thought about what fun it would be with the kids. After our sessions with FOCUS I thought perhaps a character would…
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In light of my husband’s family tragedy, it seems so insignificant to post my little race report on the memorial run I did Saturday morning. When things of this nature occur – it brings perspective. Over the last few days I have been looking at my kids differently. When Jacob asks to push him on…
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While most of my posts are ramblings about fitness woes and wahoos, kid catastrophes, or other mommy “stuff,” today I just feel terribly saddened by the tragedy that happened to my husband’s family. You can read the details here. The loss is so terrible, unbelievable and sudden. When things like this happen it brings everything into…
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I have a confession. Whenever I see my neighbor run or ride his bike by my house – I am GREEN with envy! I don’t normally consider myself a jealous person, but it never seems to fail, when my place looks like this: this neighbor guy runs by looking something like this: Okay, not…
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What a day. It was a doozy. No – It was BRUTAL. Deployments suck no matter what. When separated from the one you love and you don’t know where they are, can’t talk to them whenever you feel like it – it just plain sucks. It sucks it sucks it sucks. But you work, you…
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Hannah turned 2 today!!!! We started the day by making cupcakes! My helpers were ready to go and in great moods!! We did spice cupcakes with cream cheese frosting! I just love their little smiles and laughs! We had such great fun and they laughed hilariously as I made faces at them and…
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Ah! There is nothing like a good get-away vacation! The kids and I joined my sister and her family for a week at their cabin in Idaho! So much fun! Hannah is ready to ride!! Lucky for us – Uncle has some awesome quads!! My kids were in serious heaven! Hannah and I headed…
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Growing up we lived in a few different houses, but one in particular was a magnet for spiders. It was nestled in the woods of the pacific northwest on the side of a lake. One of my chores was to sweep the decks and clear out spider webs out of the railings. There were always…
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