In response to Laresa’s post.
Bold means I read it completely, italics mean I started it. Underline means it’s retarded and I refuse to be bothered with it. I won’t get into what this lacks, but I will list a few quick life-changing books:
Suttree, Cormac McCarthy
All the King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren
East of Eden, John Steinbeck [...]
Posted on November 26th, 2010 by Zach
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Isaac loves to read. He enjoys reading books in bed, reading scriptures at night with the family and pretty much any words he sees. He has started reading billboards and signs everywhere we go. He’ll read the name of a restaurant or other such place and ask me what it is or say something like [...]
Posted on November 23rd, 2010 by Kathleen
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From Isaac: Isaac was originally going to write a chapter book about Grandpa’s birthday in which he surprised his grandfather by jumping out of the cake.
From Charlotte:
I wanted her to write her name on the back. She refused to write it and said that if she wrote her name on the back then [...]
Posted on November 19th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I currently have 20,742 pictures uploaded to flickr. 17,088 are tagged, 3,654 are untagged. Most of the untagged ones were either uploaded by Zach who is not as meticulous about tagging or are early uploads which may not all be tagged.
Posted on November 18th, 2010 by Kathleen
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I don’t really believe that ALL good things must end. The very best things go on forever, like my marriage, my family, and my faith. However, it seemed like a good title for this post.
Posted on November 17th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Here are some letters the kids wrote to their grandparents. I had them in an envelope to send, but before I put them in the mailbox, we booked some flights for grandma and decided to just give them to her in person. Isaac was going to write a letter to each grandparent, but then he [...]
Posted on November 15th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Isaac got to ride the school bus for the first time on Thursday. When I had asked the school about riding the bus, they had told me that they only pick kids up at bus stops. With no really close stops and no sidewalks on our street, I decided that he wouldn’t be riding the [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2010 by Kathleen
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On Friday I had another opportunity to go to Isaac’s school. They were having a pajama day and reading campout. The kids were asked to wear their pajamas to school and bring a blanket or sleeping bag and game. I asked Isaac to pick out his favorite pair of pajamas to wear to school. He [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Isaac has decided that he wants to design and direct construction when he grows up. He was telling me his ideas as we were driving home the other day. He wanted to build an apartment building with a McDonalds on the bottom. His idea was that the tenants could call for room service and someone [...]
Posted on November 2nd, 2010 by Kathleen
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Nicole bumped her head on Thursday. She had been playing with a blanket on her head when we heard a loud thump and a cry in the hallway. Her head swelled so quickly that it was as if you could actually see it getting bigger and it was very scary looking. I started to panic. [...]
Posted on November 1st, 2010 by Kathleen
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