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Motivation
I’ve been trying to derive a plan to help motivate Scotland to do. . . what I want him to do: reading, dishes, cleaning, behaving. I just about decided I was going to come up with a rewards chart- he would earn stickers/fake money that would add up to him being able to choose something…
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Foutz family vacay- coming soon
Grandma (Pam), Amelia, Grandpa (Stan) Anders Scotland, Archer Just got back from a week and a half with the Foutz crew. We had a wonderful time. Thanks all. We’ll report details soon!
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Happy Father's Day!
Tom and his “three” boys- teddy included! This picture makes me tear up. There’s just so much love. These boys have one loving, patient, attentive, and playful father. Wish you were home today so we could celebrate, Tom. But alas, we’ll spend the day talking about all the things we love about you, like normal!…
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Ad the Grad, Ad's so Rad!
The boys and I got to go up and be with my sister for her HS graduation weekend. It was fun to spend time with her when she wasn’t so burdened down with assignments, applications, and extra-curricular activities. We enjoyed morning runs, leisurely lunches, and many late-night chats. I love Adalee, and admire her. Class…
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7th Anniversary: Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier Tom and I celebrated our seven year anniversary last weekend. It was a totally spontaneous trip. Thursday night we were chatting about what we should do on Tom’s day off on Saturday. As we started looking at our weekends we realized it was our only free weekend before our anniversary. Considering the gorgeous…
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Pre-plan your parenting
I recently read this post by Kate from Picklebums, and I really liked her approach. I liked her idea of creating a script. I’ve found that set phrases can work wonders in helping me phrase things in a kind polite way, when I might not be feeling so inclined. When Scotland hollars “I want water!”…
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Cousins, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles
Here’s a pictographic depiction of the rest of our trip; The day after the wedding was Mother’s Day and we got together with the Harrison side of my family to celebrate. We got to gather around and hear stories from and ask questions to the matriarch of the family: Dorothy Ruth Chambers Harrison. How I…
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I'm getting married in the morning. . .
cue “My Fair Lady.” Sorry for the long absence. My younger brother got married on the 10th, and then I stuck around Utah to visit family for a week and a half, we returned and quickly all got the flu, and its just taken me some time to get back in the swing of things-you…
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The fun Aunt
A few weeks ago I was talking with my eldest sister Sabina when she mentioned that her daughter Brecklyn (my teenage niece) had mentioned that she felt like she had “lost” her aunts. “They get married and have kids and just get tired, and aren’t fun anymore.” I loved being a single Aunt. I loved…
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Mothering is hard- when I perceive it as such
In my last post I spoke of needing to find more time to meet my needs. Then I left for the weekend at my folks, and returned full of desire to “get things done.” My return coincided with three days of GORGEOUS sunshine and warmth. And true to my “drop everything and enjoy the sun” rule, we…