Today Zach is 32 years old. Next week we will celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary. Tonight as I reflect over the years we’ve spent together I’m grateful for the man that Zach has become.
I admire his Zest for learning. He’s always reading and studying one subject or another. He’s incredibly smart and has [...]
Posted on December 31st, 2008 by Kathleen
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I feel like my memory is Swiss cheese. I have all of these disjointed memories with no order to them, so hopefully writing them down will help me make sense of them all.
I was born at Marion General Hospital in Marion, Ohio. I have only three memories and one story from the time we [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2008 by Kathleen
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Well, the year’s winding down, and I’ve got a few thoughts about where I am now. I thought I’d write them down to compare down the road and see how I change.
Favorite sports teams remain the Colts (NFL), Jazz (NBA), Cougars and Vols (NCAA Football). I also like watching the NY Giants and keep my [...]
Posted on December 27th, 2008 by Zach
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My mom describes me as a very happy smiling baby. She says I was a very easy baby, which was good because my older sister (Barbara) was not well pleased when I was born. My sister was 10 days away from turning 2 when I as born and I am told that when my mother [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by Kathleen
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My friend Erin has been writing about her childhood and as I’ve enjoyed reading her blog post, I’ve thought I ought to write my own.
Maybe the best place to start is with a short description of my parents. (I copied the pictures from a little book my mother made me, so they’re not ideal)
In many [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2008 by Kathleen
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I spent some time with the toadlers today building train tracks. We had one track to the North Pole, on to Orem, one to Ohio, and one that meant to go to Wyoming and then got carried away and went all the way to Nebraska. Nebraska is new; Isaac has some limited geography, and that [...]
Posted on December 25th, 2008 by Zach
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And what could be more beautiful than a house made of candy? Apparently not much. Isaac and Charlotte made a gingerbread house with aunt Heidi on Sunday and lets just say it wasn’t Heidi’s most aesthetically pleasing creation. Isaac, however thought it was great and described it as "beautiful ever all" Charlotte pronounced it finished [...]
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Kathleen
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This movie is once again Isaac’s favorite movie. He watches it endlessly and if you ask him what he wants for Christmas he’ll say "PolarExpress" (yes, it’s one word on purpose, that’s the way he says it).
Last year his favorite part was when the caboose becomes "uncoupled and drives all by itself." This scene [...]
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by Kathleen
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With the exception of a few lines on Nicole learning to splash, I think my last blog about her was a candy-coated gripe session. I love my little girl, but in some ways she has been my most challenging baby.
I think the Zantac she’s been taking may have worked because her fits [...]
Posted on December 18th, 2008 by Kathleen
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After being invited to several birthday parties for three-year-olds this year, I decided to bite the bullet and try hosting one for Charlotte. This is the first birthday party I’ve thrown and after all the time I spent planning it, I know why many parents decide to wait a few years! We had three 2 [...]
Posted on December 17th, 2008 by Kathleen
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Charlotte was born at 2:16 in the afternoon on Wednesday December 14, 2004. She was about a month old on the day we blessed her (January 15th) and on that day I remember having a distinct feeling that I was holding a very special daughter of God and I had a sense of the strength [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2008 by Kathleen
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Last month I wrote about my candy controlling issues. Tonight as we arrived home from the ward party, Isaac handed me the unopened bag of candy that Santa gave him and asked me if I would add it to the candy container in the pantry. I didn’t even have to sneak it away when he [...]
Posted on December 12th, 2008 by Kathleen
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Yesterday I put Nicole in the sink for her bath (yes, I know, I’m sorry Erin) and she started splashing. She splashed and splashed and had a ball. It was so cute and fun, but the kitchen was soaking afterwards from the counters to the floor!
I took way too many pictures which you [...]
Posted on December 11th, 2008 by Kathleen
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I hope I don’t forget all of the little things about my kids as they get older. The other day Nicole was very tired and she stared singing herself to sleep. It reminded me of how Isaac used to do that all the time. Obviously at this age they’re not actually singing, but they [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2008 by Kathleen
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The more people I tell about little Charlotte’s thumb, the more stories I get back about severed appendages. I think everyone knows someone who has severed a finger or a toe. In my informal study, I’d say fingers are the most commonly severed appendage. I get at least 3 or 4 finger stories to every [...]
Posted on December 8th, 2008 by Kathleen
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At certain times of year I’m often preoccupied about people or places in my past. In the very early spring (and sometimes winter), I have very specific memories of Asbury Park, NJ. In the hot summers, I think about Camden and Bordentown NJ. As August winds down to fall, I think about Glacier National Park, [...]
Posted on December 7th, 2008 by Zach
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Charlotte seems to be coping with her injury quote well. The next morning when I entered their room, Isaac and Charlotte were having the following argument:
Isaac: "you have a hurt thumb"
Charlotte: "I do NOT have a hurt bumb [thumb]"
Which was ironic because I stayed up all night fretting that she’d wake up in pain [...]
Posted on December 5th, 2008 by Kathleen
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It’s been a draining week, with one (maybe two) more workdays left. I don’t mean to gripe about too much work, especially when some Fortune 500 firm is in the news every day laying off workers. I’m just tired.
Each night, I go through a bedtime ritual with the kids. Kathleen (sometimes I do this [...]
Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Zach
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I have a pet peeve. Periodically, one child will run down the hall (usually carrying something another child was playing with) and slam the door, leaving a sibling crying in the hall. I hate it when the children play with the door. All that yelling has never resulted in a change in behavior, though.
Tonight, [...]
Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by Zach
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