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this is the little gem I found at a garage sale this fall.  It wasnt really for sale, it just came up in conversation that they wanted to get rid of it.  They said if you want it come and get it.  Josh kindly agreed to take it apart, haul it home, clean it up and put it all back together.  It seemed like it might just take a weekend or two to get it done.  That was 3 months ago and before hunting

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Brooke and I went down town to Atlantic Station for a girls night out.  As soon as Lauren got home we finished our Christmas shopping with a long day out with just us girls. Lauren and Logann enjoyed some quiet time together just coloring in the kitchen.  Logann though it was such a treat to use the giant crayon box she found in the basement.   Brett enjoyed tasting all the tasty treats that

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Logann has spent alot of time redecorating the tree making sure all the ornaments that are in her reach are in just the right spot. She has also started inspecting the packages for any rips or tears that would help her figure out whats inside. Last night she was ready to start opening a few.  We had to pull her away and tuck them back under the tree. she was a little sad and confused about this.

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Just for Fun I picked the kids up from school to take a carriage ride at the Outdoor mall.  Fun memories.  Logann thought the"monsters" AKA horse's were really cool  she was really happy to take a ride on the one horse open sleigh. and of course she noticed the smell of the horse.  Something to make the day memorable~ Then we went to see Santa,  I told Brett I might need him to sit by Logann in

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 Little Logann you have been a passy baby.  It has been used as your quiet button, especially in church. Up until the other day you were allowed to have your passy with you when you went to bed.  In the morning you set it on the shelf until nap time.  But on this particular morning, when you woke up you couldn't find it.  We looked everywhere, under all the blankets, and under the bed.  It seems

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Logann's hair has been long since she was  born.  At 18 months this is actually her 2nd hair cut.  For a little girl thats alot!  I really didnt want to cut her hair because it makes her seem so grown up with a real haircut, but I really wanted to be able to see her eyes.  Without all her hair in her face. She was ok at first sitting in the cool car, until they got in her face.  Once the lady

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Ahh Christmas shopping with Logann can be so fun.  She only wants to sit in the cart if its moving.  Once you stop shes trying to figure out how to get out.  She did finally get out this time.  Really at this point we were ready to leave, I just thought I would give her a chance to walk around after being tied up in the cart.  She went straight to the Christmas decorations. She was in the window,

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The other night we were home alone just Logann and I.  We wanted to talk to Lauren and see her new hair do. So we skyped her.  Logann loves being able to talk to her on the computer. We ended up talking so long it was time for Logann to go to bed.  Lauren got to tell her goodnight before we said good bye.    Love you Lauren.  We cant wait till you get home for Christmas break!

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So for as long as I can remember, I have gone out the day after Thanksgiving I have gone shopping on Black Friday.  The last few years I have been taking Lauren and Brooke with me and teaching them the rules.  1 of all you have to plan what stores to go to first to when they open. 2 know what you are looking for and where it is. 3 bring the ad in with you, its the list of everything you need to

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Sweet Sixteen!  Happy Birthday Brooke.  I cant believe my little baby girl is 16 already.  You are such a sweet girl.  You inspire me to want to be a better mom, and a better me.  Your drive to do, and be good is so sweet, and I am so proud of you.  While you were sleeping last night I wanted to surprise you, so I decorated your room for your birthday! With Lots of balloons and new bedding! I

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My Poor blog, I have been neglecting you.  I have had so much to do in the last few weeks.  Blogging has just been too far down on the to do list.  Finally tonight I feel like I have some space and a few minutes to sit down and get semi caught up.  The last few days I have had 2-3 finals each day, and the stress on top of a cold has really gotten me down. After I finished my psych final today, I

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Look at my little Logann.  She really loves to color. She knows where the pens and pencils are, and she helps her self. She has been pretty good about using paper to write on as well.  She can usually find paper somewhere and begins covering it in her own design.  I love how she is so serious here.  I mean look at her fancy legs crossed while she concentraes. She could only stop for a moment and

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Lets just say this is a road less traveled... For our Anniversary we didnt have big plans.  Conveniently it falls on the same weekend as gun season opens.  Josh planned a special hunting date for us.  He was so excited to have a newbie out in the woods with him  He laid an entire outfit all out for me all the way down to the socks and hand warmers to put in my gloves.  Special attention was even

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Its fall and that means hunting season around here.  Josh looks forward to this time of year everyday until hunting season starts.  He has worked all summer to get the 4 wheeler in top condition.  He has finally accumulated enough equipment to not need to make any huge purchases at the begining of the season.... or so he says right now.  Logann loves being outside and so  a ride on the 4 wheeler

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Football season has been really fun this year.  It was exciting to get started.  As the season has progressed, Bretts team has been undefeated. Practices also became longer and what seemed to be closer together. 3 nights a week are football nights~ Logann really enjoyed the games and getting to run around and cheer for Brett.  She was his biggest fan! This was such a sweet moment.  As Brett had a

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Just for fun I thought I would try and curl Loganns hair.  I put her curlers in right before bed.  She only pulled one out before going to bed so I thought this might just work.  I was hopeful that it would look cute in the morning.  Much to my surprise when I got her out of the crib the next morning there was only one curler left right on the top of her head.  She had pulled all of them out. 

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General conference is a fun weekend that I love to build traditions around with our family.  This year in addition to our normal stuff that we do, I set out the treats with words on top.  In order to eat these yummy treats you had be listening and hear that specific word being said.  This worked really well.  Everyone stayed awake and was intently listening to the talks. here are the packets I

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Glad to be back home although we really miss our big sister Lauren.Logann enjoys our skype calls and when ever she gets the chance she likes to call Lauren on the phone to chat~

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Our Flight home couldnt have been anymore painful than this story I am about to tell.  We arrived to the airport early at 6am.  We prepared plenty of snacks for Logann to keep her happy and even downloaded one of her favorite shows to watch while flying (Yo Gabba Gabba, more on this later).  As we prepared to board our flight we were informed that the crew was late and our flight would leave

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Back in Utah Aunt Sandi was having loads of fun with 4 kids under the age of 5!  How does she do it?  They were all having lots of fun!  Logann and Savannah were fast becoming best cousins. Savannah and Logann like the same kind of snacks (anything coated with sugar)  and Logann was picking up on how to be just as cool as Savannah, by carrying a purse around and wearing plastic high heels. One

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When we finally arrived to the dorm I remembered that Lauren had chosen a second floor dorm.  I had choses to wear cute heels that day.  MMM what was I thinking.  How was I going to move all her stuff into her dorm in these cute shoes.  What an exhausting day after driving 4 hours.  (smart move)This is how the room looked when we got there.  Not much too it. Soon after dragging all the boxes up

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Since I had this trip planned for so long I was able to get intouch with some freinds from HS and meet up for lunch.  It sure was fun to hang out and catch up!  We took the kids to a splash park sure do wish they had more of theese around here.  The kids had fun just running aroud while we talked. One night Lauren and I were able to go out and pay a visit to some of her freinds in Provo.  On the

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So once the kids went back to school Lauren got to work, sleep, shop, and generally just hang out till it was time to go to school.  Just to top her summer off though she flew out to CA to visit the grandparents before school started.  She spent a few days with each Grandma Vicki and Matt,  and then went to Grandpa Lakes and Nana Cheryl. She also got to see Uncle Ben Ingrid and the kids in

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The long days of sleeping in, playing video games,laying out at the pool, and lazy schedules are over.  Its time to go back to school! Brooke is excited to be a Sophmore this year,  A new year of seminary and soon she will be driving herself to school.  She will be in control of how early or late she is with out anyone to blame`  (last year Lauren had senioritis ontop of a heavy work schedule,

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Logann fell down while running at the pool and got her first real boo boo.  It looked pretty bad for about a week.  Thankfully a little neosporin did the trick and it heeled up pretty quick without a scar.

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We had to squeeze our annual summer trip to Stone Mountain in.  We wanted to watch the laser show  before the summer was over.  It was a great show this summer.  Logann had fun playing on the grassy hill while we waited for the show to start.  She only ran away a few times.... Brett was in charge of keeping up and chasing after her.  1 years olds are so fun and adventurous! Brett and Logann look

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Laurens friends came over Saturday night to play games and hang out just one more time before she heads out for college. It was definitely a busy night but nice to have Friends stop by quick or even stay for a while to play games. Guitar hero is always a fun group game to play~ In the Foyer we had a sign in book for friends to give advice on living away from home, being in college or for

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Last week after seven plus years of serving with the Young Women in our church, I was released as the Young Women's president. I have had the opportunity to grow so much as I served with these wonderful girls. (ages 12-18) Its been a hard week trying to get used to the idea of not having this responsibility anymore. With the responsibility and work came so many blessings and so much joy. Its is

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While we were sitting in Church a few weeks ago Brett leans over to me and says mom my shoes are too small I need new church shoes. Ok I say. Unfortunately sometimes I forget and this was one of those things that wasn't on my radar. Maybe its because there's so many other things to think about this summer and church shoes only go on once a week for just a few hours at a time I didn't think about

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Summer means EFY for the girls they look forward to this all year. And the Friends and memories they make last forever. Not to mention how much they learn and grow while they are there. Don't tell Dad but the favorite things about EFY is all the fun Mormon boys they get to meet. Lauren did the talent competition and listed her talent as swing dancing. Brooke meet lots of fun new boys as well,

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My little Logan has had so much hair, since the day she was born. I have actually cut her bangs 2x's before her 1st haircut. Just trying to keep her bangs out of her face. Baby's with lots of hair are lots of fun and super cute to put fancy bows in. But sometimes you just want to let your hair down and poor Logann couldn't see anything with all her crazy hair in her face. So I decided it was

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My sweet baby Logann has celebrated her first birthday. We were fortunate to have all the Grandparents here to celebrate. As you can see in the pictures Logann was a little tired. We had to squeeze the birthday cake/party in between graduation and all that goes with that. We also celebrated Grandma Vicki's Birthday since they have birthdays only 8 days apart. It sure is fun having a summer baby.

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Thee ultimate surprise for Laurens graduation was when Grandma got to GA. Once Lauren was back from rehearsals for graduation we asked her to come outside. We were looking at the scratch on dads truck, finally she looked down the driveway and noticed the car she had been looking at on her screen saver since Grandma told her about it on her birthday. She was definitely not expecting to see it yet.

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Its weird to think my cute little Lauren is old enough to graduate High School. Both Grandpa Lake and Nana Cheryl, as well as Grandma came to share this special day with Lauren. She is the first grandchild on both sides of the family, and we were so happy to have them here to celebrate with us.Brett and Brooke had fun and are already making plans for their graduation days! Most of all we are

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Lauren has attended so many formal dances this year, she really has enjoyed her senior year and getting out to all the dances! This last formal she went with Holly and Abbie. They met at Holly's house and took pictures. They all looked so beautiful.After Pictures they ordered dinner from the Italian restaurant. Abbie's mom returned with their orders and they ate at the formal table setting that

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Wow the school year has come to an end. After attending all the award ceremonies we are ready to start enjoying the summer break.Brooke recieved an award for Principals list which I am so proud of her for achieving all through Elementary, Middle School, and now as a freshman in High School.Brett received lots of awards as he finished the 5th grade. It's kind of exciting as he enters this new

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Little Logann. 11 months already. You have moved to the big car seat and next month we will turn you around. I am pretty sure you could walk if you wanted to, but you prefer to hold on and use our help while walking. Every now and then I catch you taking a step or two on your own, and I think by your birthday you will probably be walking all by your self. But for right now I will hold your

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Lauren is doing her best at really enjoying her senior year. I have a feeling there will be much more posts to tell all about her senior year adventures. This past weekend Lauren took a last minute invite to the Prom. Luckily she has a closet full of beautiful dresses to choose from. Her date had a beautiful dinner all planned out. They also had some cute drivers all set up to be their chauffeur

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The Atlanta LDS temple has been closed for 2 years, it was totally remodeled and is now back open. It has been open to the public to view and tour. I even got to serve for the day as a tour guide. It really has been such an awesome opportunity to get to serve and spend the day there.One of the most exciting days for me this month was to take the kids with us to the temple and tour the inside and

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So life has gotten so busy and hectic. I found a hole in the calendar and seized the day. Packed the family up and headed down to the beach. Stayed at a freinds beach house and took total advantage of some RandR! It was much needed family time! Logann enjoyed being with the big kids and enjoyed her first time at the beach. The first day she didnt really like the sand or the water. She was a mess

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For Bretts Birthday Celebration we went to Dave and Busters. On Wednesdays all the games are half price which means we got to play 2x's as many games. Brett of course found the games that gave out the most tickets and stuck with it till his credits were gone. He ended up with 2 buckets full of tickets! It was fun to take his tickets to the prize room and pick whatever prizes he wanted. It really

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Baby Logann your such a funny baby you have captured my heart. We love to cuddle you and hold you tight. Although you keep your giggles to your self we have managed to find a few of your tickle spots and you love to make us laugh with your silly faces. You are beginning to cruise around and like to be up on your feet. You remind me so much of your big sister Lauren. You have become a very picky

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The past few weeks have been so busy and to top things off Brooke has been shopping for prom dresses. That includes me as the driver and my favorite tag along Logann. Now don't get me wrong I love to shop, but shopping with Brooke, it's tricky and bringing Logann along takes things to a whole new level!!! We started out with some of the local formal dress shops. Nothing. Next we moved on to the

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Hard to believe that my baby boy has turned 11!! He is growing into such a handsome Young man. His love for his sisters is so sweet. His hobbies this year are still playing outside with friends and video games. He likes having bunk beds and sleeping on the top bunk. He still is enjoying primary and likes being the big kid where ever he goes. In primary, or at school or on the bus. This fall he

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So we waited for Lauren to decided between the college closer to home and close to the beach or the Church college that was far from home and snowy cold weather most of the year. She didn't hesitate and chose the church school. We are really excited for the opportunities that await her there and she is excited to live on her own! After she made her decision we took her out to celebrate her

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My sweet baby girl is 9 months old. She is such a fun baby right now. She has started saying dada, and waves bye bye at nap time and when we leave. She is super attached to her mommy and follows me all over the house. She can stand on her own but would rather you hold her hand. I have finally found her tickle spot and if I tickle just right I can get a giggle out of her. She is so advanced

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Logann loves the new toys mommy got her! I have had my eye on this toy and just knew it would keep Logann entertained. She loves the music and lights. I had to wait for the consignment sale in the area. I got into the preview sale specifically looking for this toy and a few other things I just didn't want to pay full price for. This is her adorable little Barbie piano. She loves to play

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For Laurens 18th birthday her wish list was pretty simple. Besides a cruise which just wasnt in the budget this month.... We had a fun day shopping at the mall and a quick trip to Mimis cafe a favorite place to eat! She spent her birthday money and got this new haircut. All to go with her new name "Ashley" She is ready to be a college girl and wants a fresh new life to go with it.The most

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Bretts favorite new game to play outside with his Friends is air soft gun wars. They played all over the neighborhood during spring intersession.Spring Intersession was pretty uneventful. Although the girls kept busy doing their own thing Brett and his friend Brenner went ice skating and as they got started it was pretty funny. I didn't think they were ever going to let go of the edges of the

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One of the things Logann has really found entertaining is to take every item out of the toy basket, or clean laundry basket and get inside. She takes each thing out 1 by 1 and shakes it before throwing it onto the floor. This is an activity that will keep her busy for a good 20-30 minutes. Although I know she is safe and entertained I have to pay the cleanup price when she is done... this is

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Most all of our family lives on the west coast. So in order to keep in touch we have had to be creative since none of has own our own jet or works for an airline with free travel benefits. When the kids were little, the grandparents would call on Sunday nights and all the kids sat together with a phone while they read stories to them.Now we have bigger kids and better technology. SKYPE video

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What a surprise we got on Christmas day when it started snowing!! Snow in Georgia is pretty rare, except for the last few years we have had at least one snow day each year. The kids were so excited. Brett was trying to find a way to get outside and play but we convinced him it would be more fun in the morning when the sun came out. Tonight before I went to bed I went to turn off the Christmas

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Every year the neighborhood lights up the street with luminaries, and sets up hot chocolate and cookies to share on Christmas Eve. This year just me and Brooke and Logann were up for a brisk walk around the block after dinner. We started out with Logann in this cool little cover to keep her warm. Why didn't we use this at Stone Mountain the other night? I don't know, but I thought it would be

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Just before Christmas we took a trip to Stone Mountain to look at the lights. It was quite cold outside for us Southerners, but we bundled up and enjoyed the time together. Its amazing how many lights are all around on every building. The pictures hardly look as good as it did in person.They use to have a really cool light display that you could drive through, but I guess with all the shows

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Today I checked Brett out of school almost 10 minutes early. I was surprised the office let me take him out so late in the day,he was a little disappointed it wasnt earlier and he couldnt miss more school. Anyway I got an email from the outdoor mall that they were doing free Santa Pictures and carriage rides so I wanted to get there early so we didnt have to wait in line forever. Much to our

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This year for Christmas although I dont have loads of money I am trying to be a little more "on the ball" The last few Christmas's have been filled with major family life events. I have to consider being pregnant a life event. Babies suck so much energy out of you!Anyway I decided to finally use my cricuit to make some cute Christmas gifts for my Young Women presidency. I was pretty happy

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Lauren made a video scrapbook of her senior year. She said I could share it, so here it is.

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We have most of our Holiday decorations up, and although Logann has pretty much left the tree alone, we going to wait to just before Christmas before we actually put anything under the tree. Seriously she was scooting around one day and two days later she is crawling and getting into everything she can get too. She is also pulling herself up to stand and would much rather be big like the rest of

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To start our holiday dinner Brett and Logann went shopping with me to get everything for our Thanksgiving dinner. Lauren and Brooke helped to make all the before dinner snacks, like spinach artichoke dip, develed eggs, and monkey bread. Then we got the dining room table set. After dinner we looked through the ads and dad took us out to our new fire ring in the back yard. We were out of Large

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I had the cutest little video of Logann playing and jumping to upload for my 2 loyal blog readers. But after 2 or 4 unsuccessful attempts at more than 1 hour each I gave up. Instead here is a picture of Logann having fun while I get some chores done.

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When you were 10 years old how did your fantasy day begin? For Brett it started out with finding his sisters cell phone in the pantry while looking for breakfast. While waiting for the bus to come Brett was telling me he has decided to keep it for ransom, it was so early in the morning I didnt put all this information together and just sent him on his way. After getting home I started getting

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We finally did it! We got everyone together and went camping! It was so much stuff to pack up and we barley fit it all in the van. We only forgot a few things, but our five day weekend was so fun. We went to Lake Hartwell in South Carolina, it was a short drive from home but so beautiful out on the lake.Brett especially enjoyed the campfires, and roasting marshmallows. Sometimes he added

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So the end of the football season is here. Although towards the end of the season they began a loosing streak, I think Brett really enjoyed playing football. He found a special spot on the team playing center.Brooke was so excited to attend Bretts football games... NOT. She did come and watch, it looks like she thought she was laying out to get a tan, but she has a blanket covering her

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Its so cool to have big sisters. When Lauren gets home from school she comes to check on Logann. Sometimes when she gets home from work she will rock Logann to sleep. When Lauren is left alone with Logann she likes to play dress up. Sometimes she gives her a faux hawk, Sometimes she plays with her and teaches her all about her favorite music Queen~ while they are doing Laurens chores. And then

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Brooke attended Homecoming at school this year.As I attempted to think of any reason why she should not go. I was stuck with no good reasons. She's old enough to attend church dances, her grades are all straight A's, she was going with a group of girls. I had nothing. She was all dressed and ready to go. My Brookie is getting so big, and such a gorgeous young lady. I drove her to dinner

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Tonight the kids were home playing with the baby. They love just hanging out and playing with the baby. It's definitly a treat to have such good helpers when they are around. Logann realy does love being entertained by her older sisters and Brother.

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Now that we have Little Logan Date nights are quite different. We decided to go to fair last weekend. It was still pretty warm at night and there was so much to look at. Logan loved all the lights on the rides. Josh and I enjoyed just walking around.

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It seems that all we do these days is football. If its not practice, its a game. Monday night FHE has become Bretts football games.Brett chose his number to be number 28.... Since I am not a football fan I have no idea what this relates to if any football players?At te begining of every game the cheerleaders hold up the sign with the boys names and numbers on it for them to run through. Some

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Miss Brooke has been taking piano lessons for a year now and has really become quite a good piano player. We decided it was time to invest in something a little better then the electric keyboard, that she could practice with. She also had some influence on this because she is at the point where she needs pedals. Although we love hearing her practice and it does give the house a strong sense of

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Madison is our Cousin that lives in Georgia. She came up to stay with us this summer and I was surprised by how much her and Brett look so much alike. They had fun playing together, at the pool and going to the movies. Even though Madison is a girl Brett was still nice and shared his toys~

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Oh how I love these blue eyes~ She has melted my heart. I only wish she loved her own bed as much as she loves mine. I had planned on posting pictures of the nursery long before Logann was even born. Time just got away and then she was here and I am just getting back to blogging. the sign above her bed says Wish upon a star, and then there is another smaller sign that reads " You wake her you

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Why is no body coming when I call them? What are they doing? Why do I hear laughter instead of "Yes Mam"? I guess if your brother had drawn on your face while you were sleeping you would have to take advantage of this situation...... Why was he laying on the chair in the first place? Who knows but he ended up being stuck.There was no room under the desk to move his head or to get his arms out

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My little football star! Brett is playing football this year and it couldn't be any hotter! Really it is like 100 degrees every evening. We got his gear and learned how to add pads to his pants. He totally doesn't want his mom to have anything to do with helping him get dressed for football. So embarrassing. Its just so hard to see your zipper when you are wearing all the gear and shoulder pads.

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So rarely do I want to have my picture taken, let alone have my picture taken after having a baby, and in a swimming suit. But here it is all 3 in one. Logann was having so much fun at the pool I just had to share this picture of us! What a little stinker. She liked swimming and licking her floaty trying to bite it.

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It was so cool to have everyone out to Georgia. With all the family being spread so far out from California to Maine its hard to get together. It just happened to work out for family vacations and Loganns baby blessing to work right around the fourth of July holiday. So we invited everyone out and squeezed everyone in and found beds for all of the adults and had a few kids sleeping on couches and

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Our trip to Stone Mountain the day after the 4th. We brought snacks. IT was packed and hot but an awesome laser show with fireworks! Fun Family memories. We made sure to stop by Chickfila and bug Lauren. We must have been the most pesky customers of the week. We needed refils, more sauce, balloons, and more balloons because we let them fly up to the ceiling. It was fun~ Savi loved being a

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So what do you do when you are bored? Some girls like to play with their makeup. Lauren and Brooke have so much fun doing funny faces with each other I just thought it would be fun to share. They love to take silly pictures, the great thing is they never read my blog so I can share them with you and they dont even know~

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Baby Logann is finally here. She arrived a week early on May 17, 2010The doctor said she was measuring 2 weeks bigger than her due date and was very concerned that with mommies fast labors that she could come at any time and mommy might not make it to the hospital. So with much worry from daddy and the Dr. we scheduled the date for Monday evening and she came quickly. Logann Lorraine Mosby

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A long long time ago when Lauren was just a little girl. We were out shopping and she saw the most beautiful red sparkly dress. She knew at that moment she was one day going to have a beautiful red dress. She told me "mom I am going to buy a beautiful red dress like that when I grow up." While out window shopping in January we saw this beautiful red dress. She knew

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Sometimes when you get home from school you are so tired. Brooke obviously had one of those days. She came in and crashed. This opportunity didnt go un noticed by her sweet little brother. Brett comes home an hour after the girls and tried to wake her up. Since she wasnt budging he took the opportunity to play a little game with her.Beware~ Sleeping in public areas of the Mosby household is

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Sometimes you get a phone call that has to be taken care of right then. That is when everyone needs mommy. Brett got real creative the other day. He knew it was time to clean his disaster of a bedroom. It was also one of those days when I had to take and make phone calls. So in his time of need he wrote me this sweet little note." My rooms clean can I go to Luke's house: Nod yes to answer."I

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Lauren and some of the Laurels really wanted to participate in the talent show. They practiced the most silly things, like that mysterious ticking noise from YouTube. They had so much fun practicing but could not get through the whole thing without laughing. In the end they had to go with something they had seen done before. I have to admit that with their lack of planning they were actually

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So as most of our close Friends and family know we are definitely not huge sports fans. Although there is one sport I have enjoyed watching IF it is live. When Grandpa and Nana Cheryl came for Brett's birthday weekend we scored some AWESOME basketball tickets. Seriously they were club level seats only a few rows from the court. Brett was getting into the game, and once he figured out most of

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After searching and searching for the perfect baby bedding I decided I probably could make just what I wanted. I found the perfect material. Waited for the sale and used a coupon of course! It matched the bumper pad perfectly. I made the dust ruffle and then planned out just how I wanted the comforter to look. I knew I wanted it to be bigger than the regular crib size blanket since the crib

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So as I near the end of this wonderful pregnancy. I realize how quickly time has passed. I only have a little over 4 weeks left. I have been waiting for the bad part and there really hasnt been anything too rough, besides feeling really tired. I feel happy to be closer to the end! I didnt do as well as I thought I would about keeping my weight down but hopefully it wont be too hard to take

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Brett has just turned 10. To celebrate we had a birthday dinner, by request it was cheese pizza. Brett also asked for a coconut creme pie instead of the traditional cake. I also brought some delicious frosted cookies to school for Brett to share with his friends. This week is spring break and there is no school, its going to be so much fun just me and him!

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I am so proud of my little cub scout. He has grown so much since the last pinewood derby. This year he really worked hard with dad getting the car ready. They spent time each weekend for a month before the race. Even the last minute adjustments Brett was there to make them.So on the day of the race he really understood the importance of not letting the car get bumped. He carried it so

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Today we drove around in the rain. It wasnt very productive and became sort of frustrating. We knew we were coming back through this way and chuckeled a little when we saw this sign on the way out. I decided to try and break the tension we would stop and take a picture. This is now our offical Landmark. We have some normal ones out here in the country but its always good to find a Boogers

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Do you remember that funny sound you get when you call someone and they are on the phone. The "busy" Signal. The other day Lauren was using the phone and the person she was calling didn't have call waiting. She got a busy signal, she thought there was something wrong with the phone. I guess everyone has call waiting now days and you rarely get a busy signal. It was kind of funny when she

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Brooke went to her very first formal dance this weekend. It was so exciting to get a formal dress and get all dressed up. I think she loved every minute she wore the dress even the not breathing while sitting down part! This is Laurens 3rd time going to the formal dance,so she was able to teach Brooke all the do's and dont's. It's so fun to have them getting ready together and helping each

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For Laurens birthday this year she really just wanted to take a girls trip. So let her pick the place and arranged the weekend for me and her. She chose Savannah. She just wanted to hang out and do some shopping. It was fun to get away, although it was tough to cram it all in we enjoyed ourselves. We rode the trolley a few times and had the best breakfast at the hotel. We debated having our

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So heres our baby girl.We have been searching for the perfect name for our new addition and have yet to find the perfect fit. Josh says we need to name her something that starts with L to make everything symmetrical...... (can you say OCD) anyway most of the names I have found that start with L go back to Laura or Laurie and for me thats too close to Lauren. So I am searching and taking

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On Friday Feb 19,2010 Brooke went to UGA to participate in the Mathcounts chapter competition. She gave up her Friday of spring intercession and got up at 5:30am to be a part of this nerdy little club. Although she has been completely embarrassed about wearing her shirt or going to any of the club meetings, she did very well.Our Chapter is the toughest in the state with winners consistently

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Do you remember being seventeen? I do it seems like it was just last month.... I cant believe my little sweet Lauren is turning seventeen! She has grown up so quickly and continues to grow into a beautiful young lady. I love how she is always herself and doesnt apologize or feel intimidated to be herself. She is a great big sister and a good example. I so admire her calmness and how

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So as I was sitting in church Sunday I began reflecting on my week. Thus being Valentines day there was much to think about. We dont get so wrapped up in the commercial part of the holiday. Although we do try to make it a special day. I had made a pink cake with pink frosting. Josh had also done a few small things to let the Brett/girls know he is the best Valentine.As I continued to reflect I

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So if you made it through the entire recap of 2009, you read that we are having a girl not a boy as I had posted before. We hadn't finished doing anything permanent yet, so I was able to take most of the boy clothes back and exchange them for pink things. It really is more fun to shop for girls.and for those of you who I haven't seen here is the belly shot. 6 months she is carrying high like

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Recently we had a "snow day" Snow days are always a fun day when school is cancelled! The boys in the neighborhood all thought it would be fun to jump on the trampoline and bounce the snow off. This was after they had slid down the hill on the 1/4 inch of snow. Lauren on the other hand took full advantage of sleeping in. Snow day for her means more sleep. I guess I can sympathize, no one

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Brett finally decided He wanted to ride a bike, we took him down to the pool parking lot where its nice and flat. The girls tried really hard to help him but ended up teasing him. He came running in the house and locked all the doors. He was not very happy with them. I asked him if he would rather have me help him to learn and we agreed that it would be better. We let the girls back in the

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00538354269566334719noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899834015305056936.post-58292399996452787722010-01-24T20:14:00.004-07:002010-01-24T21:41:10.142-07:00

Its been a while since my last post. Not that we haven't done anything lately, I have just felt the need to do some sort of recap on 2009. So much has happened in all of our lives, it has been one crazy year that I wasn't sure if I would make it through or not. So before I can start my "journaling" for 2010 here is the highlights from 2009. January 1 I flew to California thinking that I would

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Happy Birthday to my Brookie she is 14! Wow I cant believe how fast time flies. She has grown so quickly. She had a quiet little family party at home and then had a few friends over to spend the night for the weekend. She got a new set of scriptures with her name engraved on them from her grandparents and is all ready for Seminary! The Best part of turning 14 is Brooke now gets to go to Church

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