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Interview Tour de West: Portland
I’m not quite sure where to start with such a long trip. So I guess I’ll do it in chucks as if I was blogging along the way. View of Portland from the aerial tram Our trip started in Portland, Oregon. Scotter and I explored the city while Tom interviewed with the Children’s hospital. (An…
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Mothering
I dedicated today to intent mothering. In otherwords Scotter was my myside all day today, doing puzzles, playing with trains, switching the laundry, putting away the dishes, going to the art and children’s museum and making dinner. All through dinner prep Scotter stood, on a chair, by my side. He happily chattered on smiling and…
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Happy Halloween!
Scotland seemed to love his costume. He wore it on two different occassions (Ward party, and Madsen’s party.) We’ll see maybe I’ll take him out once more for our delayed trick-or-treating day. (He actually begged me to let him wear the pants today just for fun.) He got a real kick out of the huge…
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Family History
A few weeks ago while listening to Elder Scott’s talk on Family History I felt it, that spark of desire to learn more about my ancestors. I’ve always held an interest in genealogy and have fond memories of sitting next to my dad as a young woman working on family names. I’ll never forget how…
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Fall in Cleveland
With the thought that this is likely our last fall in Cleveland, I’ve felt a real desire to capture the fall experience here. Scotland loves jumping in the HUGE leaf piles. One of the things I love most about motherhood is modeling. I love that I showed Scotland the joy of walking through leaves, that…
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Tucson- Phoenix
TUCSON: After three days in San Diego we headed to Tucson to spend a few days at “home” and then headed up for a few days in Phoenix with my brother’s family. Scotland loved playing with Poppa and Gama and blowing kisses and waving everytime he walked past Great-Grandma Pettijohn. We took advantage of the…
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San Diego!
Wonder where we’ve been- well, San Diego! We had a blast, and I can confidently say that I think San Diego has got to be one of the best places to have a family vacation. Whether you want a laid back- beach centered vacation, or a busy site-seeing one, San Diego offers it all. We…
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19 Months- Scotland
Lately, Scotland has started pairing sticking his tongue out and difficut tasks. Today, however, he was just being silly. Scotter picked up my cold. The last few days I’ve been savoring long stretches on the rocking chair- cuddled together reading books. The other day we ran into Cody and Jen at the library, when…
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Moments like this. . .
Several weeks ago Scotland and I had a “moment.” One of those times I wished I could stamp in my memory for ever with all its smiles, laughs, and emotions. It was a simple thing- we shared a smoothie. I squatted in the middle of the kitchen and he stood in front of me. I…
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Momma's little helper
I’m learning there is an art to incorporating your child into your day’s work. In fact I think it would make a great book: “100 ways to make your toddler a working member of the household.” Here’s one of my latest. Let you child sit on the edge of the sink, their bare feet dangling…