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Okay we'll see if anyone looks at our blog anymore since it has not changed in a million years! I took Anna's challenge!Tag:) Tag #1Two names you go by:1. Wordie 2. Mom/GrandmaTwo things you are wearing right now:1. Jeans2. Same old brown strip 3/4 sleeve shirt!Two things you want right now:1. A vacation2. Something really gooey to eat.Two things you did last night:1. Laid on an ice pack.2.

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Kirstie, Jared, Emma, Ethan, Grady, Anna, Geran, Chloe, Halle, Mike and I went to our Ward Trunk or Treat Halloween party prior to Halloween. The kids had great fun playing the games and especially visiting all the "trunks" to get their buckets filled with treats!Since this is the first time I've put up pictures (and only the second post I've ever done) they are sort of out of order, but I have

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Okay, so I have been getting comments from many people that we need to update our blog...duh!!!! I know that we do, but if I ask Mike one more time how to update, change, etc., this blog I think he will, well it won't be pretty! I decided today that it's do or die and the latter just might be the result. I don't really think that many people check out our blog anyway, but maybe if there was

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I know, I know. It's already July and we haven't updated our blog to include one of the biggest events of 2008: Amanda's marriage to Austin Laureski, which happened on May 31. So sue me. You can have everything that's left over, which is just about nothing. :)It turned out to be just a wonderful experience! These silly kids crack me up, though.You see, Austin is from Southern California; San

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On June 26, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the right to keep and bear arms is not reserved for the state only, but extends to individuals as well. Although there are certain to be other attempts to limit the types of firearms, ammunition, etc. that citizens can own, this decision is truly a landmark and preserves this precious right for at least a season. Please watch this video from

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Many of you have probably already heard that our next-door neighbor and good friend, Becky Stuart, was recently diagnosed with a couple kinds of cancer, one of which is very aggressive. So far, the cancer has taken hold in her lungs, colon, and liver.Their daughter, Candace, has set up a really nice web site where you can keep informed on Becky's condition and leave messages. If you'd like to

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I had Monday off after working this past weekend. Lorrie and I decided that we didn't want to just sit around or work ourselves to death, so we decided to go on a drive up the Alpine Loop.It was a good choice.The weather was beautiful: cool with a little breeze. And, even better, there were hardly any people.We stopped in a turnout so I could get some pictures of flowers, trees, leaves, and puffy

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Some of you have asked about the comment in the previous blog about our new, little business. Well, you don't have to ask us twice!Lorrie and some of the girls really got into scrapbooking a few years ago. In fact, Kirstie even became a distributor for Stampin' Up stuff and Anna helped her. Well, they got to liking it so much and were making such cool things, that they thought they might be able

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It's been a very busy summer, full of all kinds of work. Job work, yard work, starting up a little business work, family work, Church work, school work, etc., etc., etc.It's also been hot.All of these excuses have added up to the fact that we haven't been to Thanksgiving Point since sometime in June.But, despite being exhausted after yet another busy week, we finally took advantage of a Friday

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Click on the link below. And while you're watching, just think about what accomplishments and joy you might be burying under a cloak of self-consciousness or shyness.Test of Color

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Lorrie and I spent a couple days last week checking out homes in the new Daybreak area of South Jordan. We saw a few that we really liked and several that we didn't like very much at all.Because we're so forgetful, we took pictures of each of the models we visited. We thought it would be fun to have you guess which two were our favorites. If you guess both homes correctly and in the right order,

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What does this day mean to you? Is it July 4, just another date on the calendar? Or is it Independence Day, a holiday unique to our nation? The one on which we commemorate the birth of the United States of America.We hope it's the latter. It is for us.As has become our tradition, we celebrated by going to the Saxeys' home for a big neighborhood flag ceremony, Primary parade, and breakfast. Then,

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It's been only a little over a week. We get to talk to and see her on the webcam every couple days or so. But it's not the same as having her here.

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Up until April 2007, we had two sweet dogs, Snickers and Shadow. They were both female border collie mixes, Snickers being part hound of some kind and Shadow being part Labrador retriever. Shadow had lots of health problems throughout her life, including epilepsy. In the middle of December 2006, she passed away in our backyard, nestled in Lorrie's arms. We think she must have had an aneurism or

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We're really new at blogging, but it seems to be "all the rage." And since we really like computers (when they're working) and digital photography, it seemed like blogging would fit into our lives super well.If you have suggestions for things you'd like us to write about or if you have stuff you'd like to add to the blog (pictures, stories, etc.), just let us know. Of course, you can start your

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