I have a women’s retreat to go to this weekend. I’m teaching the craft class too, which I probably should not have signed up for, since this is my first retreat at this church, but I did it, and now I have to face the music.
The craft is pretty much ready to [...]

how he smells after a shower
how he makes me feel pretty
how he can make journey coo and coo
how he calls himself “a brother like the allstar”:) in context “a brother like the allstar is HUNGRY”
how the kids listen to him

What’s funny is that I woke up thinking about blogging this, and then ran into [...]

“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have a potential to turn a life around. It’s overwhelming to consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love felt.”
Leo Buscaglia
When I [...]

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jaden-aaaaaaaaaachooooo!
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jaden-say bless you me
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jaden-say bless you me
mom-type type type type
jaden-SAY BLESS YOU ME!!!!
mom-bless you jaden
jaden-thanks, its okay
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What a Nerd Nerd Nerd!

I think that I am totally easy to understand. I think that I’m straightforward, and don’t really have any secrets. I think I’m really pretty boring and very faithful. I wear my heart on my sleeve
But on the other hand I think I’m an enigma. I think I confuse [...]

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Why does Joureney always be throwing up gang signs?

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What a cute little bubbler!

stronger boy

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This is my sweetie stronger boy! What a stud!

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I hate having a bad attitude on Easter….it was one of the most important days the earth has ever seen, and I had a bad attitude!
Several things contributed to my bad attitude. I didn’t get enough sleep the night before, and we had to wake up early! (slept from 1:30 a.m. [...]

She left Thursday morning:( We had such a good time while she was here. She lives 400 miles from a movie theatre so…. We went to two movies: Hotel Rwanda and Hitch.
Hotel Rwanda was so sad/eye opening/sickening/motivating/bad dream inducing etc. etc.
Hitch was cute/funny/predictable.
That’s the short version.

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Jaylie was student of the Trimester for her class. We all went to the assembly. We were so proud of her. Click on her pictures and check out the other pictures I uploaded!

My friend Andrea came from Alaska to visit us on the tail end of a business trip. It was so fun to see her and visit with her….she was a fixture at our house many weekends when we lived in South Bend. We went downtown and up to Mt Ranier. [...]

we had such a fun night….we went to see Robots in downtown Seattle and then ate at the Cheesecake Factory. It was a pricey evening (with parking etc.) but it was a lot of fun. Cheesecake Factory Madeira Chicken is the BOMB!!! I highly recommend it! MMMMMMM! We even bought [...]