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This morning, after a busy fun-filled Labor Day weekend, Samuel seemed more than ready to get back to school.  He happily walked with me to the school…but as we walked into the cafeteria for him to get in line with his class, his eyes got as big as saucers and he planted his feet to…

When we got back from Utah all of my potted plants were goners, including this one by my back door. I decided to give up on the others but water this one, just in case. Turns out it likes water! And now it’s flowering for me in the dead of August. I can think of…

Samuel was so tired this afternoon after spending 2 and 1/2 hours at a doctors office for Jacob. But he was adamant that he did not want to go to BED. So when I suggested he could sleep on the floor (desperate Mom move) I was surprised when he took me up on it. He…

Sitting on my bed listening to "who know's what?" going on upstairs.  We've been gone all day (kinder assessment, chiropractor, shopping, lunch, piano lesson, Walmart, etc) and I'm spent, so I thought I would take a few minutes to sit in a cool room with my computer.  Asked the boys to play a board game. …

One of the biggest desires I have right now in my life is to get back to journaling…writing down the daily things I'm doing, thinking, feeling, striving for, etc.  Not sure if I'm going to use this blog to do that or not, but for tonight, I wanted to just write.  * Loving the Olympics. …

May 2nd?  That's the last time I blogged??  This is not good. Life since then has been crazy…I experienced a miscarriage and the recovery (emotionally and physically) that comes after.  I threw an end-of-year party for 100 3rd graders and helped the boys finish up school.  Samuel graduated from preschool.  We started our swim team…

Twilight Camp is ALWAYS a good time, and this year was no exception.  I enjoyed being a walking den leader for Tues night and took Samuel with me as a papoose.  We're so lucky to be able to fill two walking dens with just the Wolves and Bears.  We did have to have the whole…

First Week of Summer…and it's a busy one!! Derek went on a 5 day High Adventure this week in the Ozarks of Arkansas.  It was a 50-mile backpacking hike.  He came home SO happy!  He loved it.  He loved being in that beautiful country and he loved seeing the boys do hard things, and just…

With the Hicken's being in Utah now, we love that they still have a connection to Texas through Nick.  But now that he's graduated, they won't have as many excuses to come "home" – well, that's not totally true – Matt's business is still here.  But still…it won't be the same. Nick is such a…