Thursday, December 29, 2011

day 361: December 27th

Ugh. Does it look like I have a bit of catching up to do or what? My computer has had many issues. And I am slowly catching up. Luckily the 42,000 pictures that went missing were found after five hours on the phone with the MAC people. It's been fun.

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day 360: December 26th

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day 359: December 25th

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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no child-like faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

day 358: December 24th

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"Twas the night before christmas and all through the house..."

day 357: December 23rd

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day 356: December 22nd

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day 355: December 21st

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day 354: December 20th

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day 353: December 19th

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(Jeff's grandma's 90th birthday party)

day 352: December 18th

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day 351: December 17th

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Packin those bags to leave for Reno bright and early Monday morning...

day 350: December 16th

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day 349: December 15th

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My sweet boy was in the nutcracker this year. It was put on by his first grade class in school. He was a glowstick and a penny whistle. He did awesome! And loved every second of his glory onstage!

day 348: December 14th

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Our favorite holiday treat.

day 347: December 13th

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We spent the morning at clinic with this kid trying to figure out what a bump is doing on his little body. If it is not gone in a week or two, they will biopsy it. It is another scary waiting game. He keeps us on our toes.

day 346: December 12th

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We visited a Candlelight Christmas at This is the Place park tonight. The boys loved it. The main reason I wanted to go was for the live nativity, but they had a TON of other things to do as well.

day 345: December 11th

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Saturday, December 10, 2011

day 344: December 10th

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That crazy elf painted the boys noses red while they were sleeping just like rudolph's!

day 343: December 9th

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day 342: December 8th

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Our last day in New York. Me and my baby sister ice skating.

day 341: December 7th

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This picture does not do this place justice at all. It was pouring rain and I didn't want to ruin my camera, but the memorial for the twin towers is incredible. They have done an amazing job on them. It is a special place.

day 340: December 6th

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day 339: December 5th

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The view from our hotel room. Can you guess where I am? One of my favorite places on earth. New York at Christmastime. I love it here. And am trying to talk Jeff into moving here for a year. So far, it has not worked. One day. Maybe.

day 338: December 4th

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Dinner at grandpa's house.

day 337: December 3rd

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day 336: December 2nd

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day 335: December 1st

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One of our favorite Christmas traditions is to open a christmas story every night before bedtime.

day 334: November 30th

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day 333: November 29th

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day 332 November 28th

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Sunday, November 27, 2011

day 331: November 27th

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Reading about what mischief that darn elf has been up to during the night. The boys are finding out they are going to be put on the naughty list if they can't get their little acts together and listen!!!

day 330: November 26th

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day 329: November 25th

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New jammies that Dash brought to us.

day 328: November 24th

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Happy Thanksgiving.

day 327: November 23rd

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Guess who showed up today? DASH. The elf. The greatest elf there ever was. I don't know how we will get our children to behave when he goes back to the North Pole at the end of the month.

day 326: November 22nd

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It is after midnight and I have yet to take a picture for the day. What better than to show how clean we are today?

day 325: November 21st

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Family night=bowling night

Sunday, November 20, 2011

day 324: November 20th

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day 323: November 19th

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day 322: November 18th

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"So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land."
Peter Pan

day 321: November 17th

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day 320: November 16th

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day 319: November 15th

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day 318: November 14th

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day 317: November 13th

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day 316: November 12th

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"If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops oh, what a world this would be!!!"

day 315: November 11th

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day 314: November 10th

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