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Relaxing Labor Day: Bike Ride, Peaches, Baby Snuggles
Jeremy’s Mom is in town for a day, so we had some much needed family time on Labor Day. It was time to pick peaches at Riley’s in Genola! The kids did such…
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July 4th Taking It Easy
Today we celebrate our liberties and freedoms, and are so grateful for our country and homeland America. Jer woke up at 3am to make breakfast sandwiches to pack with us for our early…
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St Patrick’s Day Party 2025
May the dreams you hold dearest, Be those which come true, The kindness you spread, Keep returning to you. Irish Blessing The annual Lloyd-Dunn festivity continues! Everyone can be Irish for St Patrick’s…
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6 Ideas to Get Through Winter 2024
I’ve been trying to prepare myself to face another winter. Different than prior years (here, here, and here). There’s a bigger focus on the mind. #1. Emotional Resilience Class I have always enjoyed…
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Christmas 2024
Jer and I were both sick around Christmas, but he still cooked a very special Dutch oven dinner with bbq chicken and potatoes we had with salad and fruit punch. That man amazes…
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Christmas Tree Lot
The place in Elk Ridge where we used to get our Christmas trees outgrew their yard and moved to a local nursery. They still sold hot cocoa (this time with a Hawaiian theme…
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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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Hobbits for Halloween
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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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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Independence Day
The tradition of hiking with the Dunn’s to Slate Canyon lives on! We saw the most hot air balloons we’ve ever seen launch (kind of hard to see in the photos), probably from…
