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My Top 5 Books of 2024
I ended up finishing over 73 books! That’s quite a lot more than I have read previously. I’ve been branching out trying different genres and recommendations, and I’m pleasantly surprised. My friend asked…
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Thanksgiving 2024
I was nervous about this Thanksgiving. Jer’s Mom and her husband were coming to visit, and I wasn’t sure the house would be all prepared without much effort since I had just come…
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Natural Curiosity Museum
This sweet boy asked me to go with him on his field trip, and we had a blast together. I packed our lunches and he was very concerned that we get to school…
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Picnic Mother-Daughter Date
L and I were having an impromptu sleepover when we woke up in the middle of the early morning and started laughing our heads off planning this picnic. It’s been overdue since June,…
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Halloween 2024
Pumpkin Carving Trick or Treating I’m glad that I still get to take the kids trick or treating! We had to adapt some of our Hobbit / LOTR costumes for colder weather since…
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Snapshots of October
It’s been an action packed month and I’m ready to sit a spell haha. Fall Dance Festival The boys’ school holds a dance festival every year and each grade shows us a dance…
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Hobbit Trunk or Treat
I was so impressed with how Jer and the kids did this awesome Hobbit Hole for our ward Trunk or Treat! Jer constructed it from cardboard boxes that the kids painted. L did…
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Witches Girls Night
My neighborhood friends got together and threw this awesome Practical Magic party! Janae’s favorite holiday is Halloween, and her house was decked out in all things non-gruesome. I had to get pictures because…
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Hobbit Feast
What About Elevenses? Luncheon? Afternoon Tea? Dinner? Supper? Pippin Our friends the Dunns and Winchesters invited us to welcome the Autumn season at a Hobbit Feast and Renaissance Festival! A potluck on tables…
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September Everyday Moments
This month was full of the out-of-the ordinary. We did things we don’t normally do, like running in the middle of a rain storm… and it felt magical. We got life changing news…