Monthly Archives: September 2008

Nova order

Lydia’s birthday is coming up soon and today her presents arrived in the mail. The kids all squealed as they saw the UPS man stopping at our house. You would have thought he was bringing them presents and not Lydia. My mom, my brother Jacob, my grandma and I all ordered her...

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First un-official food.

I usually hold off giving solid food to my babies for at least 6 months. Much to Clare’s delight this didn’t hold true for her. As I was sitting on the floor with Clare and Lydia, feeding Lydia her honey nut toasty-o’s while giving Clare her favorite red and black stuffed toy caterpillar...

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Day 4 – An afternoon with the Presidents

Saturday morning I was up bright and early. I went to breakfast with Clare, walked to the grocery store to replenish our lunch supplies and upon returning to the hotel room everyone was still asleep. I love mountain time. After everyone woke up and ate breakfast we headed off to Mt....

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Day 3 – Badlands, Corn Palace and Wall Drug

Friday morning we checked out of our hotel and got ready to hit the road.  We didn’t get far as our first stop was the Corn Palace- about 10 minutes away.  The kids call this the “Corn Castle”.  They talked me into buying them M and M drumsticks while we were there.  Upn leaving we...

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This time 2 years ago

Just 2 days before Lydia’s emergency this is what we were doing…

We just purchased some yummy organic apples from The Wills Family Orchard last week. The kids are definitely enjoying apple season.

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