These notes are in honor of a great man, Joseph B Wirthlin, who passed away in his sleep on Monday night at the age of 91. I got a call last night form his granddaughter, a good friend of mine, and immediately thought of his talk from last October’s General Conference of the Church of…

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….A few of my favorite things. With a twist! Kat, from Sunshine and Lemonade, a blog that I recently started following, posted a fun tag yesterday and I decided to play along. The idea is that you post 10 of your favorite things…..that start with a particular letter of the alphabet. Kat has “assigned” me…

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I recently re-connected with my wonderful friend, Amy, from high school. Facebook is awesome for that reason! Amy is a very talented person all around (she always was pretty amazing) and now she has her own at-home business designing and creating custom sterling silver jewelry. You can check out her blog here to see some…

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I almost forgot to post today. Oops. I didn’t, however, forget to take pictures today. The kids and I spent some time raking leaves in the front yard. Today was a half day of school because of parent-teacher conferences, and so we had LOTS of time to spend together. Haha! It was a long day….

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As I was sitting at dinner tonight, something felt very odd. It didn’t feel like the end of a Sunday. As much as I have loved the last year working with my 45 kids in Primary, Sundays were exhausting. Sunday started on Saturday night with the preparation and the phone calls from teachers who were…

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What do AJ and our Halloween candy have in common? Are they both sweet? Hmm…sometimes. Sickeningly sweet? Chewy and sticky? Lots of colors? Nope–both AJ and our Halloween candy weigh 32 pounds. I’ve never had so much candy! Help! I was able to put aside a huge bag of Snickers and Milky Way to use…

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With everyone on antibiotics, we were ready for trunk or treating! I’ve never seen the kids so willing to pose for their Halloween pictures (so I took advantage!). As soon as AJ saw Twizzler’s “Black” Batman, he wanted to put on a Batman costume, too. I told the boys to show their muscles, and AJ…

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Remember my car trouble yesterday? Well, I prayed and prayed that it would be an easy resolution (or that it would just go away!) and guess what? The car was running completely smooth and trouble free today. I don’t know what happened yesterday (it seemed to not be engaging in first gear) but apparently the…

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