"I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough. " ~~~ The Notebook~~~

Saturday, March 31, 2012

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First Friday of Lent. The rice bowl is one of our Lenton traditions

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First make-up lesson. Aren't sisters the best?!? Y waited all day for C and L to get home to play with her new make up.

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Nothin' like a good ol' round of Hokey Pokey with Elmo to round out celebrating your third birthday! What a precious three year old we have!

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"This is my last photo as a two year old! I am SO excited for my birthday tomorrow! Will Mom and Dad get any sleep tonight?"

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Beautiful day to learn to ski and snow board at El Dora!


Friday, March 9, 2012

Project 365 Day 49

As Rob's grandma use to say, "You look just like a movie star!"

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Adoption expo in Highlands Ranch I worked at tonight. It's very uplifting to see so many people there interested in providing families for waiting children!

Saturday, February 18, 2012

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At the Larimer County Civic center for 3 more adoption finalizations. What a great way to end a day of work!

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Post Valentine Day fun. I remember loving to play with the cellophane from my mom's candy box as a kid! (Before anyone freaks out: Yes, she's our 6th child, but we WERE supervising her with the this so she was in no danger of suffocating at anytime.) :)

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Our traditional Valentine's day family dinner. We all enjoy it!

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Beginning of W's game. Unfortunately they lost by 12 today :(

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A light topic for Sunday Religious Education class! :) What can I say, this group of 8th graders has lots of great questions about the Church's teachings. Death happens to be one they wanted to know more about.

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J on defense!

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Feeble attempt at capturing a late night snow shower photo

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Had a teacher conference for J today. Was brought to tears by the huge progress he is making, especially in writing. School doesn't come easy for him, but he works tremendously hard. So blessed by this little guy!

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Court day at work! Happy happy day!!!

Project 365 Day 38

Thou shalt not:
1. Leave the burner on the stove turned on
2. Place the fresh from the oven garlic bread on to said burner, especially if rule number 1 has been broken

Nuff said

Monday, February 6, 2012

Project 365 Day 37

100th Day!!! They are 100 days smarter!!! :)

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J's 8th birthday! He has such a sweet heart. I'm blessed to be his mommy!

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A little sisterly push to help things along.

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Robert and the girlz heading to the butterfly kisses dance!

Thursday, February 2, 2012

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My cello player multi tasking. He's practicing and texting at the same time. Kids never cease to amaze. And I should mention the music was beautiful

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Went dress shopping with my girls tonight. Can you spot the difference in these two dresses? Me either except $31 price difference in their "regular" price. Craziness

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Work is literally piling up here. That's what happens when you take two days out of a week for training ~sigh~. Wouldn't be so bad if I didn't think of each file as a potential family for a little one or two.

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Cadette Girl Scouts extracting DNA from a banana as part of a badge learning about forensic science.

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Party guests for L's around the world birthday were met by "security" before proceeding to the passport table

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Pinewood derby! J got 2nd in his pack. His is the yellow streak in this photo. He was excited to win until he learned that his car goes to districts so he can't have it back any time soon

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Day 2 training. Was interesting to learn more about the "how" of writing home studies. Not something I do for my job but will definitely enable me to review them with a more informed eye. And it's always nice to have a new skill!

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Day 1 training.

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Guess what we had for lunch today?

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Concentration! J putting the finishing touches on his pinewood derby car for Saturday's race.

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Another day another milestone... Our first high school open house. Left me feeling excited for W!

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Celebrating L's 8 year and 1 month birthday with family. She asked to celebrate after the Christmas rush this year. :)

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This is how our morning started. I love it when they wake up and the first thing they want to do is play with each other. Makes this mama's heart happy.

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L doing one of things she loves the best....cheering!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Project 365 Day 19

The light of my day. Here I caught her accessorizing :) She brings the simple joys of toddlerhood into our lives. I am beyond blessed to be her mommy!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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My new addiction, Words With Friends, I currently have 8 scrabble games going. I love it! (This is a screen shot taken from my Iphone...not exactly a photo, but you get the idea)

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After 3 months of begging for homework, Santa finally brought Y her very own homework book. I am surprised at her fine motor skills in her first attempt to print!

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My favorite part of ending a vacation...no not the laundry, but getting to be with the little people who create the dirty laundry .

Monday, January 16, 2012

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A quick snap shot at Cabrillo National Monument. What a fun weekend get away in San Diego!



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Fresh lobster anyone? We met some lobster fishermen just back from a five day fishing trip off the coast of San Diego. They brought in 300 pounds of lobster which ends up being a disappointing catch but typical for the end of lobster season.

Friday, January 13, 2012

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Site of my weekly therapy session AKA morning coffee with a close friend. I've learned that this little indulgence every week is a huge sanity saver!

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Birthday Airways party invitations complete for L's party! Now to get them out to the passengers ...errr guests.





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Brownie meeting today. Cookie time is just around the corner!!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Project 365 Day 10

Reduce, reuse, recycle. Today we reused these Christmas bows to make sparkly hair clips. L loves them!

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The space where the Christmas tree was. We finally have Christmas packed away for the year.

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View from breakfast this morning. YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park.

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C and the Girl Scouts getting ready to skate on a pond in the snow. It was tons of fun and a lot harder than rink skating

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Happy Three Kings Day! 12th Day of Christmas!!!!

Friday, January 6, 2012

Project 365 Day 5

It's basketball season again which means time to get new shoes for my growing boy.