Gardening

Our garden is now in full bloom – I love this time of year when we finally get to eat the fruits of our labor! The kids have been really excited to help out with the garden, and especially to eat items from our garden. Our...

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Oliver on his own

Since I get to stay home with Oliver we have had some fun times together while Elora is at school. I think he has been enjoying his time with mom – he seems much more helpful than normal! But I know he misses Elora –...

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Elora’s First Day of School

On Elora’s first day of school we took some pictures of Elora and Marion in their cute matching outfits that Nana bought for the girls. It turns out it is really hard to get Marion to hold still for pictures… But...

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Sailor Suit

Chris’ grandfather was in the navy, and one of his uniforms was made into a sailor suit that Chris’ dad wore as a kid. Now it has been passed down and we make all our kids wear it for pictures – and they are so...

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Manti Temple Trip

We really liked when we lived in Austria going to the temple in Germany. It took a long time to get there, but we stayed a week with our whole family there (as opposed to just going a few hours in a single day). It was a much...

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Little Pool + Construction

Elora found a preying mantis in the yard the other and was VERY happy about it. She was very careful to hold it on a stick so it wouldn’t poke her and carried it around the yard for awhile. She is quite a fan of bugs. We...

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Elora’s Hair Design

Elora has been into “decorating” everyone lately. When she has completely filled my hair with clippies, she moves on to Marion (who doesn’t have much hair, so that doesn’t last long) and sometimes Chris...

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Church Cleanup

Our church building gets cleaned by volunteers, so this month we went to help out on the big cleaning day. The kids were SUPER excited to help clean their classrooms in the church. If only they were this excited to clean their...

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Elora’s Room

This is a work in progress. Elora’s room is mostly done now, but these are some pictures of when I was painting it. She wanted a blue room with clouds, so I asked my very talented friend Monica to tell me how she had...

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