tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11868395522150478022024-03-19T14:54:12.290-07:00Momma Bug's Blogreveling in the Lord's daily merciesMomma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.comBlogger1103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-55969590420068757602016-02-11T00:40:00.001-08:002016-02-11T00:44:38.883-08:00TodayToday he is just past two months old.<br />
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I'm so glad! And also I sorrow that I cannot pause time. This - this picture taking - it's<br />
as close as I can get to holding a moment longer than it actually lasts.<br />
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Words are not my outlet in these last few years. I have thoughts, but they don't seem<br />
to allow for mining. At least not in this venue. <br />
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That's okay. I have pictures to tell some of the story. Maybe one of these months I can sit<br />
down with a cup of coffee instead of heavy eyelids, and caffeine will have something<br />
interesting to tell you :-)<br />
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I will say that Winter has been gentle. Lance Victory sleeps in my arms peacefully,<br />
which I didn't get to experience with my last tiny person. It is a balm, and I've been<br />
gifted the success of slowing down enough to soak it up.<br />
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This guy... he is amazing.<br />
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Who would have thought of what God had planned? I still can't wrap my mind<br />
around ten children. Ten. Wha...?<br />
And still, here is this little fella - he is numbered ten in the birth order, but do you<br />
know he was planned by God's heart right along with the first one?<br />
This was his appointed time, and I really can't wait to watch who he is.<br />
What he's going to do. To be a part of his life feels like a privilege, and yes.<br />
I'm certain it is!<br />
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Since my heart is full, but my words run dry, I'd like to post a bunch of pictures<br />
with my Grandma in mind, and AJ's Grandma and Grandpa too. Wow. What an honor to<br />
participate in such a legacy by passing on Grandpa's name to our five sons.<br />
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And I feel this way about each one of my children, privileged to have them.<br />
Privileged to know them. They are some pretty neat people :-)<br />
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Perhaps a brief explanation of a couple of<br />
these pictures.<br />
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Bryce has been disassembling some of his toys<br />
and collecting bits of trash in order to create these awesome little robots!<br />
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Grampa has brought his guitar over a few times, and there have been eager<br />
dancers and singers (who knew?). Also, Grama somehow finds dresses that would make<br />
Cinderella jealous of my girlies, and paired with a hoop skirt... pure dreaminess.<br />
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Life is good. Full of books, kisses, and sleeping babies.<br />
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Doesn't get much better than this :-)<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-61349789031129465362016-01-11T17:43:00.002-08:002016-01-11T17:43:48.854-08:00The Best-ness All Around Me<br />
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There's an awful lot of best-ness to my days, and that's what I love to see.<br />
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To look for.<br />
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Some days I have to search a little harder/dig a little deeper<br />
(because tiredness and hormones like to obscure the lovely in life),<br />
but there's always some wonder to notice or routine non-event to be grateful for.<br />
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<i>{Thanks Lord for a washing machine that cleans clothes, and a water heater</i><br />
<i>that works. For cuts that don't need stitches, a baby without colic, or a husband</i><br />
<i>who comes home from work.}</i><br />
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The more I settle deep into the privilege of such a life, I am reluctant to use<br />
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Words such as "need" for instance. I can't think of one single area in which<br />
I can apply that in good conscience.<br />
Kind of puts things into perspective and stretches my vocabulary as well,<br />
trying to express a difficult feeling or experience while acknowledging the<br />
very-great abundance in my life!<br />
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My Lance-boy is an official one month old already, and while four weeks<br />
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of sleep-deprivation for me, the days are mostly filled up with best-ness :-)<br />
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This is me at 2pm, still in my pajamas. But the boy is sleeping, so<br />
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And here's the two remaining pieces of evidence that I got a really special<br />
pre-baby-birth pedicure 6 weeks ago from my friend Jana, who knew I couldn't<br />
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Maybe time for a new color? <br />
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Bryce often asks me if he can hold Lance.<br />
Sometimes I ask him to "babysit" for a few minutes.<br />
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Our Olivia, nine years old.<br />
So artistic; so creative! <br />
Play dough never looked so awesome!<br />
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Also, Olivia is my flitting, floating, flying butterfly who dances throughout the house all day long! <br />
These special Christmas gifts have been getting a lot of mileage.<br />
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Here's the face of a boy who loves "Hol' Tocters".<br />
What is a Hol'Tocter, you ask?<br />
Why this of course!<br />
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I must say they've upped their game since the last time they<br />
built snow forts! Carolina built one on her own, Clayton and Susanna<br />
collaborated on the one you see above, and Olivia crafted a veritable<br />
castle replete with a flagged turret and chamber just for storing snowballs!<br />
I didn't get a picture of it when it was finished, but it is the one which<br />
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We un-decorated the Christmas tree together, and it was a sad affair.<br />
Miles kept asking "<i>Why</i>? Why are you taking the tree apart?"<br />
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And on a quiet evening after the children were tucked into bed, I untangled<br />
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So I guess it is good-bye to one season and hello to the next<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-51261643214341139012015-12-23T22:02:00.000-08:002016-01-16T19:26:45.993-08:00Cozy December Days<br />
These days have seemed too good to be true.<br />
We've had a lot of white outdoors this Holiday season, and yummy-smelling<br />
candles every day. All the twinkly lights plugged in for all hours, and big<br />
kids who can bake and make candy without any help! (Oie to loosing baby weight!)<br />
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Then there's our big little Lance Victory.<br />
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"Lance Factory" Aloria calls him as she searches her memory for his middle name :-)<br />
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Cousin Judah said that Lance should be a Knight when he grows up "because he has a<br />
good name for a Knight" and I definitely agree. I hope he will be - a champion for<br />
righteousness and defender of the weak. Chivalrous and stout of heart, in service<br />
of the King of Kings.<br />
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For now he is a sleepy little ball of fuzz :-)<br />
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Would you like a little peek inside the walls of our home these days?<br />
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There is a special spot in my heart for each of these hooligans.<br />
Every one of them is unique and uniquely fitted into our family - and Oh!<br />
How this family benefits from the personality, gifts,<br />
humor, energy, and graces<br />
each one brings into it.<br />
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We're resting again, in a gentle season of Winter and celebrations. <br />
All I can say is <span style="font-size: large;"><i>Thanks Lord</i></span>.<br />
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We have too many blessings to count!<br />
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Hugs to all~<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Merry Christmas!</span><br />
<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-40558367941558182142015-12-12T00:59:00.000-08:002015-12-12T00:59:03.404-08:00~On the Holding Side~<br />
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With absolute delight and a fair portion of marvel, I introduce to you</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Lance Victory</span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">10 </span>lbs<span style="font-size: large;"> 12</span> oz, </i><i><span style="font-size: large;">21 </span>inches long</i></div>
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Friends, for the last few days and nights I've been cared for like a queen</div>
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by my husband and each of my capable growing-up-too-fast children.</div>
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I have a beautifully nested "turret" from which </div>
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I sit on my bed or rocking chair holding my newest handsome love;</div>
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from here I can see out our second-story hillside window and look </div>
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over rooftops of the wintry town below,</div>
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then across the valley to powder dusted mountains beyond.</div>
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Yesterday it even snowed big sleepy, drifty flakes, blessing my heart and senses.</div>
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<i>{Oh Holding Side, you finally </i>did <i>come!}</i></div>
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While I have been sitting, I've attempted to form my thoughts and feelings </div>
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yet here I am tonight still fairly speechless.</div>
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The first days after opening such a package are a daze.</div>
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So much to process.</div>
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After doing this a few times, I've learned the value in</div>
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holding and breathing and kissing kissing kissing</div>
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sweet chubby cheeks.</div>
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In fact, even though it's winter, little Lance didn't get dressed</div>
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past a diaper for two days because I wanted to be near his skin.</div>
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I think his dad was relieved to see him finally clothed!</div>
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<i>{Silly, proud, wonderful, smitten dad!}</i></div>
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Rather than recount a birth story, I just want to say how utterly</div>
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and desperately grateful I am to my friend Jesus</div>
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who walks with me through every small moment</div>
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and keeps me from racing into the next moments without his hand.</div>
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Who takes my weakness and makes it something beautiful</div>
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for His glory</div>
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just because He wants to.</div>
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How can it be, I am in one moment great with child</div>
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and barely entering labor full of unanswered questions,</div>
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then just a matter of hours later I am holding my cherished unknown</div>
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<b>now known</b></div>
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and the mystery of his story is written?</div>
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It is nothing short of a marvel.</div>
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To the King of Kings, our Knight who has conquered</div>
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and been victorious over death and the dragon!</div>
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Thank you.</div>
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<i>~Thank you so very very much~</i></div>
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This face says it all, doesn't it?<br />
Dropped his little buck in one shot. Wow.<br />
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It's nice to come home with a deer this time<br />
instead of just a story, eh Zachary? :-D<br />
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Today our hunter is learning how to carve up the carcass and<br />
I'm looking forward to some venison stew! Yummm..... <br />
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Well done buddy. We're so excited for you!<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-14728400053437276632015-10-29T17:12:00.000-07:002015-10-30T18:28:22.808-07:0034 Weeks: On the Count-Down!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Either I've finally acquired thick skin, or perhaps this pregnancy<br />
isn't as prone to emotional melt-down from the commentary of complete<br />
strangers who feel compelled to address me.<br />
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I am so thrilled to be only 6 weeks away from my due date because the nesting<br />
urge is setting in, and I can put my hands to work at preparing a special<br />
spot for this babe while my heart dreams of being on the holding side.<br />
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Since I was 5 months along, folks have been asking when this baby is due.<br />
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My answer generally stirs up a response of surprise, and for the last 3<br />
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Susanna took this picture of me today after we got home from a grocery<br />
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While waiting for the last of our produce to be bagged, the checker asked<br />
how many children I have. I told her this is my tenth. In the course of kind<br />
exclamation, she generously said I didn't look like I could have ten children<br />
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She told me that she had a good friend growing up who was second of fifteen. <br />
The oldest was seventeen when the fifteenth was born - no twins!<br />
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And then while I was loading bags into my vehicle, yet another woman<br />
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"Not until December" I smiled.<br />
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Her eyebrows raised visibly.<br />
"You look like you could pop any time!" she said.<br />
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Thanks. And that's exactly how I feel :-P<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-53414005519946330372015-10-24T12:16:00.002-07:002015-10-24T12:16:59.124-07:00~Sweet Carolina~Turned 8!<br />
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Oh my heart~ beautiful lovely girl. My little goldfinch, I call her.<br />
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She is the one who never complains, sits on a branch in all her<br />
golden glory and chirps happily away no matter the circumstances<br />
surrounding her.<br />
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Lina loves yellow, but is expanding her preference to include blue and green.<br />
It's a little hard to peg exactly what her likes and dislikes because she's so easy<br />
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It was a bit of a guessing game to understand her hearts desires for birthday<br />
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She did request dinner at a new Mexican restaurant for "Birthday Eve",<br />
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Green glasses hand-picked by Aloria with Grama :-)<br />
The three biggest boys gifted Carolina with a lovely little Blue Opal ring.<br />
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It had been sunny and warm the day before, but Carolina's birthday was<br />
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Chocolate cupcakes with green frosting and sprinkles. And for dinner that night, tacos.<br />
When it comes to food, she seems to know exactly what she loves most!<br />
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Please Carolina, can I take a few pictures of you before the sun sets?<br />
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Happy happy birthday to my darlin'est and dearly beloved Carolina Truth! <br />
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We love you precious girl!!<br />
<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-2020805815668850202015-10-19T23:11:00.000-07:002015-10-19T23:11:09.921-07:00Bits of Fall Oh glorious Autumn! Fall season just doesn't last long enough for me.<br />
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This year Gramsie and Pops came for a little visit, so you'll see<br />
them with us in these photos as we spent some time at Marvel Hill and<br />
took a beautiful outing up to the Canadian border.<br />
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Smell-good candles, cookie and pie baking, soups, and scenic drives<br />
are on the upswing here (not to mention a lot of raking in the yard!)<br />
as we stuff ourselves up with all the outdoors we can fit before winter :-)<br />
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Clayton and Carolina recently made the most scrumptious pies from our Summer Cherries.<br />
The crust was melt-in-your-mouth flaky and the filling that perfect sweet/tart that I love!<br />
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Our family has seen bears on three different occasions, as well as much evidence at Marvel<br />
Hill (including but not limited to some destroyed apple trees). Here is a bear story you may enjoy:<br />
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Yesterday we drove up to the cabin and rolling into the driveway Dad says "Oh no.. one of the shop doors is open" <br />
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Someone else queried whether we remembered to shut it when we left last time?<br />
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"Maybe," says Aloria "...maybe a bear pushed it open"<br />
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"I don't think so 'Lor" says I "There's a gaping opening not four feet away where we haven't yet<br />
installed the roll-up door. I imagine a bear would rather walk through the obvious opening if<br />
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indeed pushed it open. Well I'll be! Aloria was right. Haha! Not sure if that means our bear<br />
was a gentleman or trespassing marauder, but while the lid had been removed from one trash can,<br />
it didn't appear anything had been stolen :-)<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-25412368454963747922015-09-16T22:40:00.002-07:002015-09-17T09:27:22.967-07:00Maiden Voyage of the Dinghy's<div>
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Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-20437218065034391522015-09-03T00:21:00.000-07:002015-09-03T00:22:51.829-07:00New Bump in Town<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's true!<br />
And once again, I'm a little slow in announcing our news.<br />
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We expect this little one to arrive around December 10th which puts<br />
Baby at nearly 6 months along <i>(this has been a fast pregnancy for you,</i><br />
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So far this has been what my midwives call "boringly normal" as they<br />
smile and nod and tell me what a good job I'm doing growing such a sweet<br />
and compliant baby.<br />
I'm so thankful for boringly normal, and while I do have some of the normal-est<br />
kinds of pregnancy maladies, I'm often mindful of how precious this privilege is.<br />
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To carry another newly-knit life is a wonder I'll never tire of and one I don't know if I'll<br />
get to experience again or not. So in the midst of creaky aches and a variety of varicose<br />
veins I choose to cherish the days of being with child.<br />
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<i>I can't wait to meet you Baby Bug!</i><br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-46005614553273573922015-08-28T22:26:00.001-07:002015-08-28T22:26:04.383-07:00Last Sanding and First LaunchOh the laughter! Watching Clayton navigate oars for the first time<br />
as they got stuck in the dock and splashed like fish out of water!<br />
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The boys got their dinghy's to the point of seaworthy.<br />
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Lots of hours went into these two little boats this Summer. Applying epoxy, I heard, wasn't so bad.<br />
Sanding... was not so fun.<br />
Every sanding episode was followed by a shower, and some itching caused by stray bits<br />
of fiberglass dust. But they did it. Followed through and met success at the surface of lake water.<br />
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Seats were set in temporarily to check correctness of position.<br />
Oarlocks installed.<br />
Fresh new oars coated in epoxy.<br />
Boats loaded into the trailer...<br />
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Zachary and Clayton figured out the business of rowing pretty quick, and with that<br />
we saw just their tiny silhouettes far out in the distance.<br />
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Next there is planned an actual maiden voyage, followed by (I hope) true seats, paint,<br />
and names. Aren't watercraft supposed to be named? With paint and names I will<br />
consider this chapter closed!<br />
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So much learned.<br />
Yes, there is a little fresh knowledge of boat building, woodwork, and fiberglass,<br />
but really there is new depth of life experience that tints perspective.<br />
That's pretty wonderful!<br />
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Well done sons!<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-67045557269282594622015-08-20T00:17:00.001-07:002015-08-20T00:17:47.456-07:00Brothers and Bananas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-74822181937749652142015-08-11T00:03:00.001-07:002015-08-11T00:04:27.134-07:00Say What?!<br />
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Once upon a weekend morning,<br />
4 year old Aloria woke early and snuggled in between her dad and I.<br />
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Instead of falling back to sleep, I watched her study her daddy's face.<br />
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<i><b>"Daddy?"</b></i> She said.<br />
<i><b>"Daddy, you have something white by your mouth."</b></i><br />
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"Really?" he sleepily replied. "What do you think it is?"<br />
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She proposed without hesitation: <i><b>"Maybe it's bird poop."</b></i><br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-2117881509632854282015-07-21T23:03:00.002-07:002015-07-21T23:03:57.317-07:00Caught Redhanded: a story of the kleenex box's undoing<br />
Just out of sight<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-27632073953369922612015-07-16T21:04:00.000-07:002015-07-16T21:10:08.555-07:00Cherry Picking 2015Our last real cherry picking happened <a href="http://usloves.blogspot.com/2013/07/picking-cherries.html">two years ago</a>.<br />
This year, we have a house with our own cherries to pick! I have to admit, I was<br />
completely surprised to find this out, even though I knew in October that there<br />
was a cherry tree here.<br />
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You see, our tree is an ornamental cherry. Well... half ornamental you might say.<br />
Some time ago it sported from the original tree trunk and when Spring arrived,<br />
our tree was weeping pink blossoms on bottom and showing off billowy white above.<br />
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My children were ecstatic! They were sure this meant fruit, and<i> I </i>was wishing<br />
I'd pruned the tree before it flowered. Alas, they marveled at this wonder with<br />
complete faith that June would produce a cherry pie. I, on the other hand, doled<br />
out pessimistic predictions that whatever came from the top of this tree wouldn't<br />
be worth eating.<br />
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Every day for at least two weeks, someone brought in cherries for me to inspect.<br />
From the time they were barely orange and still the size of a large pea, Zachary was<br />
certain they were Bings (such optimism!). <br />
Really, I just didn't think it likely an ornamental would be grafted onto a true eating<br />
variety of root stock.<br />
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Well, as you might have already surmised, I was wrong.<br />
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That would be a good enough ending to this story, but it's not the end. Even edible<br />
cherries when they have sported straight up, are not easy to pick and eat. Plus the sports<br />
only equal half of a small-ish tree! No matter. For days the children were in its branches<br />
and cleaned out every cherry they could barely reach.<br />
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Clayton one day picked 200 cherries (he counted them of course), used the <a href="http://usloves.blogspot.com/2013/08/first-things.html">cherry pitter</a><br />
<a href="http://usloves.blogspot.com/2013/08/first-things.html">which Great Grandma sent,</a> made his Great <i>Great</i> Grandmother's famous pie crust <i>all</i><br />
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(That is the amazing pie and amazing grinning boy in the last photo of previous post.)<br />
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Once our own little tree had been cleaned out, we got permission to pick from someone<br />
else's trees. The photos below are that outing - absolutely perfect from my perspective,<br />
since I had 4 serious pickers, 3 dedicated to a good effort, 1 perfectly happy to eat cherries<br />
from the bowls and buckets, and 1 content to sit in a stroller and watch.<br />
That meant I could play with my camera and we still left with quite a lot of cherries!<br />
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The next day these kids spent the afternoon pitting and put up five gallons<br />
to freeze. Wow! All on their own, and I'm excited to think of having cherry pie<br />
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Thank you Great Grandma~ Your Pitter was our inspiration this year!!<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-20347897052038651432015-07-14T23:26:00.000-07:002015-07-14T23:26:22.977-07:00Hi!Oh my. It's been so long, hasn't it?<br />
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I think it's been about 4 months(!?), 4 birthdays or so, lots of every-day adventures,<br />
and some other news too. It will take more than one post to bring my friends back<br />
for visits I think!<br />
As per the recent status quo, I give you pictures as "catch-up" :-)<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-91489001510282611902015-02-24T21:48:00.001-08:002015-02-24T21:48:13.691-08:00Tea for Two<br />
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Together they sat.<br />
Two red chairs pulled up to one make-shift kitchen island. <br />
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A white satin ball gown with jewels enveloped one seat, while a hot pink lace tunic<br />
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Small beflowered teacups with matching saucers littered the surface in front of them,<br />
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The conversation I per chanced to overhear sounded antiquated - there was chatter about "the<br />
time she fainted", and "the good old days" back when they were eight or ten years old - but<br />
numerous irruptions of giggling and the youthful tinkle of laughter (which often evolved into<br />
explosions of snorts and guffaws) gave away the truth. And as indecorous as it would be,<br />
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My own tool of choice for recording this party is evident. Not paint nor pen nor graphite scrawl.<br />
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If I'd happened to own a silken garment of my own though, I might have been sitting on the<br />
other side of the camera lens, pinky finger extended and teacup raised.<br />
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Perhaps when an event of such nature pops up again I'll be more prepared.<br />
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Even a good pair of candy-striped toe socks would do the trick :-)<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-24008555029671259332015-02-20T00:38:00.000-08:002015-02-21T13:54:27.986-08:00A happy din is a good kind to have.<br />
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Did you make it though all those?<br />
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These photos were a few of my favorites from last month (of over 3,000 I took)<br />
while I was taking Ashley Campbell's DSLR course. <br />
I'm sure there should be a post written for every one of these pictures because they are<br />
true representations of what goes on in this house. I'm equally sure that's not going to happen<br />
any time soon.<br />
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As for what <i>does</i> go on in this house, it is good stuff. Let me tell you about a piece of it!<br />
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Tonight as I sat at the dining room table, a swelling cacophony of life in its most vibrant<br />
reality engulfed me. Emerald reclined in the crook of my left arm while I fed her mush made from<br />
stewed chicken and broth, with avocado. <br />
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Her legs hung over the right side of my lap, but not still. <br />
She be-bopped those two little pudgies to the rhythm of something like <i>Love Potion Number 9</i><br />
which was turned up to near full volume.<br />
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It's been our evening pre-dinner tradition lately to play Oldies - loudly - while finishing up<br />
meal preparations and setting the table. I've never been one for much dancing, but something<br />
about that music... I can really appreciate Emerald's desire to kick up her heels! Ok. It's true<br />
I wasn't completely still either. It's a wonder all that food got safely to her mouth. Haha!<br />
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Glancing across the room into the hub of the kitchen, there are at least five hoodlums tearing<br />
lettuce, sprinkling pizza toppings, unloading the dishwasher, and sneaking occasional pineapple<br />
tidbits faster than big sisters can catch. Miles, he sits on a red chair in the midst of the activity<br />
(the one pilfering pizza parts) and I see him bobbing and swaying to the musical jive. I think he'd sing if he could.<br />
It makes me smile.<br />
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Times like this I think I should grab my camera to capture just normal everyday fun.<br />
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I seriously consider if there's a way I could actually hold that hulk of a camera in one hand<br />
while delivering mush to Emerald's face. And keeping her hands out of it. And off the camera.<br />
And then, no. Reality smacks me and I grin at the crazy thought of it. And I know most of these<br />
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Noting a few good things:<br />
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* Miles and those eyes. <i>Ay yi yi.</i><br />
<i>* </i>Two big boys sharing the light of one head lamp under which to late-night read.<br />
* Susanna and her casual stance on Math homework.<br />
* Hoodlums playing games, hoodlums in candle light, hoodlums in the shower. Lots of hoodlums.<br />
* That five-year-old boy with the hole in his jeans. Mmm.<br />
* One word: Carolina.<br />
* Zack and Miles. Waking up in the morning together and with a book. Does it get better?<br />
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<i><br /></i>Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-26061862632152893232015-02-17T23:10:00.000-08:002015-02-17T23:10:25.974-08:00My Pixie<br />
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She dresses herself with care.<br />
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She wears sparkles on her feet and pearls on her dress.<br />
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She knows what those glitter shoes can do and they take on a life of their own.<br />
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She dances on sunbeams.<br />
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So starts another week of school and chores and projects and life.<br />
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First thing stumbling out of bed, we turned up the worship music. <br />
Oatmeal bubbles away, soon to be topped in decadence by Olivia.<br />
Susanna starts browning some stew meat for tonight's dinner, and Clay coaches<br />
a couple little ones unloading the dishwasher. Emerald has had her morning goat<br />
milk and is now playing happily on the floor - a dribble of spit-up escapes, all part<br />
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Laptops emerge, Math lessons can be heard faintly, readers find cozy corners where<br />
they wrap up in blankets, and drawing paper is used up like water by emerging artists.<br />
Lately it is popular to ask mom "can I borrow one of your pencils?" The answer is always<br />
the same "yes, but please put it back when you're done" Of course there are never as many<br />
in that container by the days end, but mom is learning to keep those pencils magically<br />
restocked and expect missing drawing implements to be part of the cost of learning :-)<br />
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Duties call~ still some beds to be made and happy babies don't stay that way indefinitely.<br />
Breakfast finds a place on the table between colored pens and once everyone is fed the day<br />
officially begins. Whatever the schedule holds all the minutes will be full, and as for me?<br />
One can hope this morning entails a shower before lunch :-)<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-8469155673546599542015-02-11T23:23:00.000-08:002015-02-11T23:23:33.489-08:00Spelling-Schmelling<br />
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Bananagrams: do we know how to play the actual game?<br />
Wellll... no, but that doesn't stop us from inventing our own fun!<br />
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Sometimes no rules is a good way to play :-)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>"Squeak. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Yours is the soup. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>It's cold outside. </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Burgers are good when they are just right.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Your daughter, </b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Lina"</b></span><br />
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That's stretching those letters a bit Lina. Haha! <br />
But you're right about burgers being good when they're just right :-)<br />
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~Your Mother<br />
<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-65932232370383199152015-02-10T22:55:00.000-08:002015-02-12T10:27:47.347-08:00Light and Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-80638090423291447582015-02-09T22:50:00.003-08:002015-02-09T22:50:55.923-08:00Boat-Building BrothersIn the last few weeks, my big guys have embraced a new project.<br />
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It started with lots of conversations involving paddle boat designs<br />
and aspirations of building a kit airplane.<br />
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Dad humored the dreaming, but every time talk turned practical<br />
he gently steered in the direction of baby steps. "Why don't you build<br />
something simple first?" He'd say. "How about a row boat?"<br />
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I'm pretty sure Zachary was hoping "simple" would include jet engines<br />
or submarine power, but eventually he was won over by a set of actual<br />
plans for a Portuguese Dinghy.<br />
Once the boat design was settled on, a fever of activity ensued. <br />
Despite the fact that Clay had been working diligently on his own model<br />
for a paddle boat, he bought in and took ownership of this new endeavor<br />
right along with his brother. <br />
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The boys made a list of supplies, called local building supply stores to check<br />
prices and availability of the plywood they'd need, and talked their dad into<br />
hauling a trailer to pick it up.<br />
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Once pieces were cut out, the boys spent several evenings assembling<br />
the boats. Here are some pictures to document the work up until this point.<br />
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Awesomeness.<br />
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I am so proud of these fellas!<br />
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Next step is fiberglass and epoxy. Right now they are in process<br />
of building sawhorses to set their boats on for that phase of the project<br />
('cause I guess dad doesn't want <i>his </i>sawhorses covered in permanent goo).<br />
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You could ask them how this whole boat-building thing is working out so far,<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-82368249769196715402015-01-29T21:47:00.001-08:002015-01-29T21:48:48.941-08:00Mama Has a New Toy~ My beloved bought me a much dreamed-of camera<br />
last month. (I chose a Cannon T5i, for those who may ask).<br />
Additionally I've had the privilege to take an online course<br />
from Ashley at <a href="http://ashleyannphotography.com/blog/">Under the Sycamore</a>, who's blog I've enjoyed<br />
and photo's admired for several years.<br />
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The course has been self-paced and really well suited to me -<br />
a complete novice in the operation of Manual photography.<br />
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Now that the course is about over, expect to be inundated with<br />
more random pictures than you ever bargained for! I need a<br />
place to stick some of my favorites and I guess this is it.<br />
I know the grandma's won't mind, and hopefully it won't be long<br />
before I can tell a cohesive story while capturing the images I've longed<br />
to improve technically.<br />
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I have a looooong way to go, but for now, be regaled.<br />
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Don't expect too much from me, as there are about 200 photos for<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1186839552215047802.post-2806618696813554642015-01-27T23:11:00.000-08:002015-01-27T23:13:39.918-08:00This one...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This one is my story teller.<br />
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She can make up a good one on the spot - even if it's only a few sentences long.<br />
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This one tells me pretty often that<span style="font-size: large;"> <i>"We should make cherry pie."</i></span><br />
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She's never had cherry pie.<br />
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When I asked this one why she didn't like her soup, she answered without hesitation:<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">"I would like it if it was chocolate soup."</span></i><br />
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Well who could blame her?<br />
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This one was counting some blocks for me yesterday as she pointed to each one:<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>"One, two, four, sixty-seven..."</i></span><br />
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This one can wink just one eye. <br />
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If she knew what that does to me, she'd use it to her advantage more. :-)<br />
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This one tells me she can <i style="font-size: x-large;">"get onto the </i><i style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;">Toil"</i> all by herself.<br />
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She calls it that even though I correct her every time.<br />
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It's Toilet.<br />
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I should be keeping track of more because this one, she makes me laugh.<br />
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It's good to laugh.<br />
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Everyone should have one like this. :-)<br />
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<br />Momma Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12923509908553483017noreply@blogger.com4