I did my rounds checking on the kids and thought I’d just snap a fairly typical scene about an hour after formal bedtime.
Isaac read a LOT, and had come out to tell Kathleen all about the book:

Charlotte was asleep. Often she’s awake with her cat or just thinking, but sometimes she falls asleep quickly. Usually [...]

Posted on October 5th, 2011 by Zach
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For Isaac’s Student of the week/VIP week we were provided with a list of things we could bring in.  We decided to make two small posters of pictures and bring in a few beloved possessions.  The first one is mostly full of Isaac at different places (Arches, mountain top, Washington DC, Norris Dam, ect) the [...]

Posted on May 17th, 2011 by Kathleen
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Charlotte and Nicole are learning to appreciate each other.  They like to be together and they like to hug.  I would still rank Isaac #1 in Charlotte’s choices for a playmate, but I can see the bond growing between my two oldest girls.  Nicole looks up to Charlotte and tries to imitate her and wants [...]

Posted on May 2nd, 2011 by Kathleen
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Perhaps I was a bit hasty.  I realized halfway through the haircut that I was in over my head.  I have cut my girl’s hair before with no problems, but as I cut, I realized that I had been gradually slanting downwards.  I tried to fix it and ended up cutting it shorter than [...]

Posted on March 17th, 2011 by Kathleen
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Zach has made some good arguments in favor of switching our online photo storage from Flickr to Picasa.  I have not uploaded any pictures to Flickr since he has made this recommendation and now I’m woefully behind.  I thought I’d share some recent shots here with commentary as I mentally prepare for the switchover.

Posted on February 21st, 2011 by Kathleen
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So I’ve taken a few fun videos recently, but neglected to share them, so here they are:
This video of Ila saying the word dancing and dancing was taken before the first step videos that I posted yesterday:

This is a fun one of Nicole falling asleep at the table:

At the end where it looks like she [...]

Posted on February 11th, 2011 by Kathleen
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I usually get really excited for my children’s birthdays, but sadly, this move put a damper on everything.  I did my best to make her birthday special.  I took a break from trying to pack and tried to find ways to spend time with her during the day. 
School was cancelled for bad weather, so [...]

Posted on January 1st, 2011 by Kathleen
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Part 1:

Part 2:

Posted on December 14th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Today Isaac was building Lego creations and wrapping them in paper for Charlotte’s birthday tomorrow.  He said “I love Charlotte more than anyone else because I made her the most presents.  I love her more than Grandma Bunny, Grandpa Bird,  uncle Bryan, Grandma Cochran, Grandpa Cochran, . . “
I thought that was sweet.  Isaac and [...]

Posted on December 13th, 2010 by Kathleen
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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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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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Charlotte insists that she walk along the rocks along the sidewalk.  When she gets to the highest spot, she announces that she is “as tall as she can be” and I give her a big hug.

Posted on October 29th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Charlotte drew this picture in primary today: There’s something artistic about the picture to me.  She said it was a picture of Jesus feeding the people the fish and the loaves.  (Can you find Jesus?  He’s the one holding fish and loaves in his hand.)  She said they were at church and they were hungry [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Charlotte insists that her Grandma Cochran’s favorite color is red.  The funny thing about it is that grandma’s favorite color is actually blue-green.  Charlotte refuses to believe anyone who tells her that red is NOT Grandma’s favorite color, including Grandma herself.
Today she told me that Grandma Bunny would really like some red framed mirrors [...]

Posted on October 5th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Charlotte’s favorite book lately is The Night Before Christmas.  She “reads” it to Ila every night and has been teaching Ila all about Christmas.  I often hear Charlotte in her room singing or talking to Ila. 

Ila seems to really like her big sister, Charlotte and Charlotte seems to like having such a sweet [...]

Posted on October 3rd, 2010 by Kathleen
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Here is a quick little video where Charlotte demonstrates some of her dance moves.

Posted on September 17th, 2010 by Kathleen
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My mom came down to Tennessee to help while Zach recovered from his surgery.  She arrived on Friday night and was able to stay with the kids while I picked up Zach from the hospital and then got his perscriptions.  Zach was miserable all week and barely emerged from our room.  He ate almost [...]

Posted on September 11th, 2010 by Kathleen
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Because we miss you a lot and wish you were here.
Charlotte and Nicole Dancing:

Informative little Nicole:

Ila eats, claps, and “talks”:

Sorry, no Isaac video, I’ll have to capture one of him afterschool sometime for you.

Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by Kathleen
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Zach tosses most of the children.

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Kathleen
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