tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-206346382012-01-28T07:49:27.985-08:00"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." — Mark TwainThe Bec-sterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03521554102587956038noreply@blogger.comBlogger4891100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20634638.post-89076457930754132032012-01-24T19:05:00.000-08:002012-01-24T19:05:36.238-08:00

I liked this book because I could relate. It is about a group of girls that have known each other since they were little girls and they went through high school and all kinds of coming of age experiences and they still keep in touch after 40 years. The part I didn't like in this book was when the author tried to glamorize the high school booze parties and many many boyfriends the girls had during

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 Susan is 12 and is as silly as they come. She is tall and skinny and has been wearing the same thing for the last 6 months to church. All the Beehive girls are so stylish and all attend public school but one. So what do you do with a girl with no fashion sense? Grandma Carol decided to help her out a bit. But this was not easy task because she is PICKY! She also had to make the clothes without

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  Jill was sad that she didn't get to be in the Sheep Speak - cousin news letter Grandma Arlene prints and sends out for all the cousins. I just always forget to take pictures of her doing interesting things. So this is all Jill!!!! This is Jill getting ready to go out and do the chores on a very cold  evening. She has to wear boots because it is messy in the barn and a long walk through

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My nephew has a blog where he posts different pictures he looks at under his new microscope and then we have to guess what it is. We thought it would be fun to play the game too. I know, gross but yet so fascinating!

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 Grandma shared a whole bag of Persimmons with this little guy. He could have eaten them all in one day! They are his favorite but since they are my favorite too we only eat a few a day and share them.   Here you have FHE with the talented Susan wrapping her little brother up like a burrito. We couldn't stop laughing as he hopped around the room like a jumping inch worm.   Jill got a doll

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This was an interesting book about a boy with Tourettes syndrome. He finds out he has a special power that has to do with electricity. He isn't the only one and soon he is on an adventure he would have rather skipped all together. His life will never be the same and the world depends on him remembering what his mother always told him. If he can have integrity even when facing life or death

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 Sorry about the list not fitting  in a nice straight row. I didn't know how to change it on the blog so the books and titles are all over the place! You would think after blogging all this time I could figure this out! A Christmas Dress For Ellen Monson, Thomas S.   Christmas Readings for the L.D.S. Family Bickerstaff, George

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The Christmas Shoes by Donna Van Liere -This book was a fun read to get the Christmas spirit. It was sad and yet happy in the end. I think the parallel stories were kind of cool and then seeing them weave together was special. A Christmas Story: The Book that Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film by Jean Shepherd - This was a good book with lots of descriptions you could see hear and smell. It had

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Another great mystery. I love the chemistry and poisons used in this book. I never suspected the killer...My favorite part is how this little girl can be so grown up in her thoughts yet so delicate in her 11 year old way. She really misses her mom and her sisters are so mean. She is so smart she ranked right up there with the great detectives like Sherlock Holmes.

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Hyde Park has a skate night each December at the ice ring to collect canned goods for the local food pantry. My children look forward to it each year! They are all pretty good skaters for their age. Jill uses a skaters walker but she can get along pretty good. Here they all are being silly and making a train. Peter was off with his friends and he can skate backwards and forwards. I think it

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I went to my at my mom's house a few days before Christmas. I drove the truck and since I had lots of space in the back I threw in the old chair Mike likes but the cover was ruined about 6 years ago. He had mentioned just the other day it would be a nice Christmas present if it was covered. This project was put off for years and I just never had the right material to cover it. It was a very ugly

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 Christmas morning and Santa Came! We had to get to church at 8:30am so no one was allowed in the living room until 12:30 after church. Everyone was happy to open presents and spend time together on his Blesses day!  Here are the kids that are ready to head to church!  My little Christmas girls. They were on the Nice List and tried to be good all through church despite not having their

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  We stopped in at Aunt Danna's and opened her presents there. Then we stayed for 3 hours and finished covering a chair for Mike for a Christmas surprise.   Wow!  Grandma's house was so much fun. Aunt Marty stopped by to visit. Grandma made chocolates and treats and had a well stocked fridge with Chocolate milk. The kids thought they were on vacation, oh they were! We did

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The girls have been practicing Christmas music for their recitals. They both really took this seriously. First we had a FHE/recital at the neighbors home. Everyone did great. Other family members could share talents too and Peter sang Oh Holy Night A Capella with me. It was fun. Lucy played a solo piece and a duet. I got to play that with her. Then Jill was going to recite a poem about Baby Jesus

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Jill my youngest daughter is 5. She loves to dance. A homeschool mother offered a class for one day a week for just 4 weeks for $15. The mom is a long time ballet dancer and now she has a little girl of her own so she wanted to expose her to a ballet class. (the mom is about 5 months pregnant and so in shape!) Mainly it was to help little dancers have a taste of what a real class would be like

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 The Winter Choir Concert was fun to see this week. The two oldest kids sang and played the bells. Iv sang a duet to start off the evening, the Star Spangled Banner. He was scared but did a great job.  Irish Dance recital and they showed us a few dance steps too. A neighbor taught a small class for one of her YW Goals. It was just right and didn't cost too much. The girls had fun!  

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I love this book! Pres. Thomas S. Monson said he reads it every year with his stack of Christmas stories to help him get in the Christmas Spirit. I had already grabbed it from the library but hadn't got to it yet. It was a quick read and much better then all the movies I have seen of the book. It was amazing how fast Scrooge changed from his bad attitude to a better one. I love how he gets so

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They did it! They actually completed their joint History Fair project for school and turned it in! I can not believe the tears and procrastination that went into this project. I volunteered to help judge. It gave me a head-ache. There were a lot of projects that were done last minute. Then there were some that stood out and were above the rest. Those were a delight to read and interview the

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Susan turned 12! She gets to be a Beehive! She finished her Faith in God booklet and graduated from Primary! The Bishop had her recite the 13th article of faith to the whole congregation. She spoke slowly and clearly but she was VERY nervous. I think she is brave and set a great example for her siblings. I went into YW's later and read a paper that tells about her. She got her favorite candybar,

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Thanksgiving morning was the perfect day to clean out the garage and haul off some junk. We also moved an animal cage/run into the barn so the rooster could have his own space. (and give the moulting hens a break!) It was hard to move it because it weighs a ton but with everyone working together we did it! Lots of snow makes lots of fun! Our backyard isn't very deep yet but it froze kind of hard

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We celebrated Thanksgiving in North Logan the weekend before the real Thanksgiving. It dumped snow for the occasion. It was supposed to be planned so everyone would be there at the same time to eat with all the food being ready at exactly 2pm. Well, one turkey wasn't ready and the other one needed to be carved and one thing or the other led to us not eating until 4pm. Luckily Aunt Danna

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In the year 2006 two brothers go on a trip around the world. They just happen to be the author and his brother from all those girl flicks like the NOTEBOOK and A Walk to Remember. This is a memoir about their life, the struggles they lived through and how they come closer or farther from God through the journey. The boys had an interesting childhood. They had weird parents too. Their little

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This was a cute read and a glimpse into Sister Hinckley's life over a span of 50 years of letter writing. She wrote to her family probably every week, this was the main way of communication for her and them. There are a bunch of letters from her earlier days of being married with two kids and far from home. There is a bunch from her travels all over the world. I liked these the best. There are

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The Birthday Girl in her Party Dress! We had a friends party the day before her actual Birthday and during our co-op Joy Preschool. The theme was built around the letter H! So all the presents, if you wanted to bring one, but were not required, started with H, or not. Headbands, Hello, Kitty, Happy Birthday things and Happy Birthday balloons, hats, Harmonica, Heart stickers, horses..

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Joey and Mary Alice went to Illinois to visit their eccentric grandmother. That first summer was the beginning of nine more summers full of adventures. Their grandmother is so mysterious and you can never tell what she will do next. She helps people in a round about way in fact some might even question if she is helpful or not. She is not exactly truthful with everyone all the time. My favorite

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It rained all night but still hasn't snowed! Saturday it will for sure!I thought I was was really smart to buy candy online this year when there was a huge steal deal going on Amazon through pinchingyourpennies and free shipping. I quickly bought two bags then went back later and checked, the delivery date was Nov. 4th so I guess that wasn't such a great deal because I won't have it for Halloween

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Happiness is a big pile of leaves!Happiness is cotton-candy from Grandmas care package! Mulan Warrior Princess for Halloween.Carving Pumpkins for Family Night!Caramel Apples for the Cub Scouts! Of course there were some to share.Frozen garden and the last of the tomatoes didn't have a chance even though they were covered with two tarps.After all of that this little guy was so tired he fell asleep

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This is the sequel to The Cay. It is the story of the guy that was marooned on the ship with the blind boy Phillip. His name is Timothy. It tells about when he was a little boy and tells the story of the present, with Phillip getting ready for surgery that will either kill him or heal his eyes. It is fascinating to have the pieces filled in. I loved both these books. I really like the cat too.

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Here we are, picking apples as a family. Don't we look like the perfect little family all working together on a Saturday. This picture can be deceiving but I won't go there. Ah, what a nice family.Working in the backyard scooping up the leaves and mowing the lawn. Hard work but someone has to do it.Climbing the trees job is always fun! We picked 7-8 bushels!Little people like to help too. If you

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This display was from the kids schools art club. Candyland.Smug.Calvin and Hobbes! This was the best display. The snowmen were positioned just like in the cartoons.Popular Tangles movie display but they all stood in front of it so you can't see it, ha ha.A scene from A Christmas Story movie when he gets his tongue stuck to the pole on a very cold day at school. He looked so real and you at first

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Great Classic! This is the Western of all Westerns, the first one that all others are based after. It has adventure, bad guys and good guys. It wouldn't be complete without a girl. I love how a rough and tough cowboy is finally brought around and the girl also had to reevaluate what she really stood for too. I love the stories of the west. I love this cowboy book! I have an old copy with a

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This was a surprisingly really great book! I think I will add it to my classic collection. It takes place during WWII. It had adventure and more. A boy gets stranded on an island with a guy from the ship. The boy is blinded in an accident. It is amazing the things he learns and how the guy from the ship teaches him how to survive and see without seeing. I cried in the end. It was so good. I can't

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For the book review today we have the classic tale of the Gingerbread Man! Of course we had to make a few just to see if the would make a break for it.The story is about the Gingerbread Man jumping out of the oven off the pan and out the door before the little old woman can eat him. Everyone along the way tries to catch him and eat him but he chants, "Run Run as fast as you can you can't catch me

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SNOW! Yes is has snowed already. So is it Autumn or Winter?I picked these before everything froze in the garden. Yum! This is Maggie's fish that never dies even if she forgets it for days. It is happy to swim around. She just changed the water and he is happier now.During Conference we got out the hot curling iron and added some style. Edmund wanted his hair done too. All little boys do until you

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This was a bit creepy yet really cute book. It was written like it was a historical fiction book but it was actually just FICTION.The story is told from the point of view of Katy Thatcher, the curious daughter of a doctor, but it's really about the lives of three families, The Stoltz Family, The Bishop Family, and The Thatcher Family, and especially about Jacob Stoltz. If Jacob was around today

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I Am Woman Hear Me ROaR!It was so good to get all 80 pounds finished in one day before they spoiled. When they are ripe they are RIPE! Okay so it was probably 60 pounds because I dried the early ripened ones and we ate a bunch.In the pantry waiting to be labeled. They are sticky, I think I will have to work on that. I can't wait to eat them this winter!The cats did not help. I was in and out of

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She is older and wiser!Look at those homemade Popsicles! We ate pear pops and root-beer float pops! Pink is of course her favorite color tonight. I adopted the theme, "more is better then less", when decorating the zucchini, carrot applesauce cupcakes. They are healthy, really, well, until the pink took over! OOH, princess cupcakes, they were a hit with the nieces.BLOW OUT THE CANDLE! We are

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Look at all those scary Scarecrows! We had fun at our schools Fall Festival Fundraiser. The kids like their school and they wished they could dress like this everyday.

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Scouts went repelling at City Rock in IDAHO. I was so jealous!Peter was very brave. He finally finished his repelling merit badge! Mike the Belayer. He also went "Aussie" down the mountain. That means face first. Made Oatmeal bread for the Ward dinner. It seemed like it would be gross but turned out okay. I want to try again and see if it will rise a bit more. I also did a Dried Fruit

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Life is really weird not having big kids home anymore. They all go to school and it is just the two little ones and me. We clean the house, hang out in the garden, play with the pets outside, run errands and clean the house some more. It used to be that the big kids entertained the little one and everyone shared the daily chores. If I wanted to run an errand I just quickly got in the car and the

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This was a great book illustrating bias and prejudice. A boy comes to live in Maine in the year 1911. It is based on an event that happened there long ago. The boy makes friends with a girl named Lizzie and that changes everything. She lives on an Island near the town that was founded by former slaves. The town decides to rid the whole place of colored people and so that it would be more suitable

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First we shuck the corn on the trampoline and bounce the pincherbugs off for the chickens to eat.Then we boil,cool and bag the corn!We didn't get very much this year because the grasshoppers took more then their share. We also harvested the potatoes. It was quite a treasure hunt! We found red ones and brown ones. Too bad my kids don't eat potatoes. I hope they don't rot in the pantry all winter.

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2am = project finished. What did we learn? When you go to public school you have deadlines and an obligation to finish projects on time. AND I guess you learn that mom will stay up with you and help you finish it. Should I have taught him a lesson the first time and just not do the project last minute? The consequences would have been a missed assignment and a bad grade. Hmmm, my mom always

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I finally read this book after having in my to read pile for 5 years! It was worth every second. I loved it! Not only is it written from a completely different perspective on the time when Jesus lived but it helps you understand the people and era better then just trying to read religious books or the bible. My favorite part is that the main character is a young boy named Daniel. He isn't exactly

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Jill had a first day of School too! Speech class started again. She is very lucky to have a time of day when there is only one other child in her class so she gets extra one on one with her teacher! She has class 2 times a week and then a preschool on early Friday morning. Little Edmund and I sometimes hang out waiting till her class is over. He really likes the knights. They are mysterious and

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The Zucchini just keeps piling up in the garage. We made the most delicious zucchini brownies. The recipe can be found here at allrecipes.com. I froze shredded zucchini and made zucchini bread now I just need the rest to go away! TOO MUCH ZUCCHINI Help! Our first Watermelon! It was a big one! We have 10 more growing in the garden! It was ready and tasted so good. The watermelon boys with

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Okay, so I read these books back at the beginning of the summer but then things got busy so I am just adding them. This is the 5th book in the series and doesn't quite complete the story. A few things are brought together but a few are left out there so of course the 6th book won't be published till 2012 and now I will have to wait. The author has a real neat way of just leading you one and

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This next book takes on a different perspective from a few different characters. More magic and sword fighting. Also a new romance, I love puppy love. Whole Book

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yes another one! The saga continues and there is more sword fighting. Whole Book

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We homeschooled the oldest boy, Peter, for 13 years and sometimes you need to mix things up a bit. After much thought, planning and of course prayer, today the three oldest kids started at a charter school. They were so excited and a bit scared. Peter and Susan are in a middle school type environment for 6th and 8th grade and Lucy is in 4th grade. We attended back to school night and were

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When you see the G on the side of the mountain it means we are almost at grandma Carol's home! We went to visit and had so much fun we didn't want to come home and start school. It is always fun to put around in Grandpa's huge garden. He always has such curious things growing. His grape arbor is amazing! This year he had some interesting gourds growing on accident. We decided to make

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This is the second book in the series of hilarious mysteries solved by an 11 year old girl in the 1950's England."Flavia, the precocious and wickedly funny heroine, begins narrating this novel while lying in the church's graveyard as she contemplates her own death. No, she is not thinking of suicide, but rather how sorry her family would be if she were no longer alive. Macabre as is sounds,

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This was a very moving Historical Novel. It is based in Paris during World War II in 1942. The French police were involved in roundups and deportations, in which thousands of Jewish families were arrested, held at the Vélodrome d'Hiver outside the city, then transported to Auschwitz. In Auschwitz they were killed in the gas chambers, yes even the children. It almost seems unreal, or another

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This is our last day with the lambs. We woke up very early to get to the fairgrounds to feed the lambs. The kids are nervous that no one will buy their lamb. Every year we have random people from a business in the community buy the each of the lambs at the auction. The kids just hoped that it would go well for us and their friends that worked so hard. This year our neighbors lambs were sick and

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This is the day that you have to do everything perfect and even if you do the judge might not appreciate it or you might not know exactly what he is looking for. You just try your best! It was to our surprise a new judge, different from the day before in Market. He was really quiet and sometimes it was hard to tell what he was doing or looking for. He was quiet and very fair. Lucy is ready!

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Well, there isn't just animals at the fair! The girls raced to the top of the climbing wall! Then over in the 4-H building there are lots of projects! Susan got a first place on the pioneer bonnet and skirt she made with grandma Carol. There is even a category for Lego's! Peter won a first place on his bionicle creation. All the kids entered a baked good and won first place. Cookies, muffins

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We arrived early Thursday morning. The kids washed their lambs again then put covers on them (I don't think I have a picture of those). They always pick a silly name for their 4-H group. This year it is Bottles Baas and Boots. There are 4 families in our group and some of them wear cowboy boots, we wear snow boots, some of the lambs were bottle fed after being weened and they all BAAA like crazy.

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Saldivars all had a fun time in Midway, UT. It was a little paradise in the mountains. We swam and played with cousins the whole time! Can't wait for the next one to come around! Thanks grandma and grandpa for bringing us all together! Talk about some delicious food! Check out this taco salad!!!! Caramel corn! Grandma makes the best ever and of course even grandpa can't help snitching some!

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The kids are walking their lambs for the final time. The cousins helped and even grandpa walked with them. They are looking good! Now for a good washing while the sun is shining! The lambs didn't think this was amusing at all but we finished them off with a bucket of warm water. They look so white when they are clean. Shearing the lambs took a lot longer then we ever believed was possible. Our

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Our little apple tree is taller then the kids. Picking peas! BEETS!!! I know it looks PINK and unappetizing but it actually didn't taste too bad as a noodle salad. Zucchini!!!!! Lots of this grows in our garden. Got a favorite recipe to share?

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This summer we took 8 days of swimming lessons with our cousins in the Swim America program down at the local fitness club! It was great fun for all of us because everyone gets to swim in the outdoor pool during lessons for free! Great Swimmers! Peter and Edmund gave each other lessons in the baby pool. They had great fun splashing! Lucy was learning how to dive and freestyle. She can hold her

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They are back by popular demand! We keep in it perspective at our house by calling the lambs BBQ. The kids have been working hard getting them ready for fair.They walk them twice a day all the way up to the canal and down a ways then back home. At first they were very stubborn but now they just go along like dogs on a leash.This is the day we took them to a farmer to have their wool sheered. It

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Utah celebrates a special holiday in memory of the first settlers that came to this state to get away from religious persecution. They endured many trials and persevered as they put their faith to the test every step of the way. The Mormon Pioneers walked over 1,300 miles to reach the Salt Lake Valley. Grandma Carol helped the girls make pioneer bonnets and skirts. Our primary is in the Hyde Park

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Edmund is starting to talk with so much expression. He likes to call people "Bad-guys". He is suspicious of everyone. We can't tell how he puts them in a category of bad or good. Maybe he just means stranger. This is his new cap gun. He can really draw fast. He definitely has a trigger finger.Edmund is almost weaned. So to encourage him to sleep in his own bed we brought Jill's tiny bed upstairs.

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This is the second in the series and a good thing I had it handy right after finishing the first book because you are totally left hanging but this book picks right up in the quest. Whole Book

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My friend has the this series and thought I might like them. They are great! I can't stop reading them. I love fiction/fantasy books and this one is well written. It is kind of a love story too but a funny one with all the innocent stuff like hand holding and a few kisses. There is a quest of course and lots of sword fighting. Whole Book

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Freedom Fire, Logan City’s annual celebration and firework display, opens with a bang, presenting Cache Valley’s largest Independence Day show at Utah State University’s Romney Stadium July 1, 2011.Here she is, the star of the show! (That is a funny joke because she is one blue spot in 500.) We had no idea if joining this performance was a good idea or not. Two of her best friends signed up too

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This book has a lot of kissing and holding hands but that is all until they are married. It was kind of fun to read. We don't know who the real identity is of the Highwayman of Tanglewood is until the very end. I tried to guess but it was tricky. He is kind of like Robin Hood and wears a mask to protect his identity. He robs from the snobby rich and gives it to the poor. A lovely chambermaid

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I think this book was alright. I kept thinking of THE HELP and Steal Magnolias because it was in a southern part of the USA but the writing and story line were nothing compared to those.There is a little girl and she has a mom that is mentally imbalanced. Her dad is never there for her and she finally gets to go live with her aunt Toootie. They hit it off and she is able to slowly heal from the

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Lucy's beautiful flower. She watered it every day and put it in the sun. Finally the flower popped open!This is our half apple tree. Half of it died so we chopped that part off. It looks so funny now. I hope the other half doesn't die too.The garden has a good start. The kids like to help for about 10 mins. then they go jump on the trampoline. We are having a weed problem.It is like we are

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How did the kids do this? Find a picture or clipart on the web, print it out from the computer, trace it onto baking paper (looks like wax paper)I MEAN FREEZER PAPER, cut it out with an exact-o knife, iron it to a shirt, paint or spray the first layer, remove parts and re-iron and paint, let dry and you have a cool shirt! Susan's shirt.Peter's shirt.

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Using the tiles was my friends Rachelle's idea. She can really make a picture into Art! Her blog is here. Don't forget Grandpa too!It wouldn't be complete without watermelon! They aren't sitting there spitting seeds, it was seedless. What are they doing? Sitting in the sun and letting the juices drip on the ground is the best way to eat watermelon with your dad!We ate breakfast burritos for

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Here is the Utah State Capital Building. "Everyone needs a water-buffalo!" or at least a buffalo to climb on.We met up with Danna and kids for a fun day. First we had to eat lunch. This was the perfect spot. Lots of places to climb and run around. The kids climbed all the way up the steps and waved till we looked.We went inside for a tour. This is an amazing building. We played the bingo game

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It is that time of year again! The kids are walking their 4-H lambs every morning at 7am and every night to get them healthy and build muscles. The kids and the lambs are getting healthy and building muscles. :) The county fair is in 2 months but there is a lot to do. They aren't as stubborn as the lambs last year. At first we weren't too sure because the lambs would just lie down when you tried

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KevinEdmundJillSusanLucy almost didn't get to come. She was on a Daddy Daughter date eating Sushi for lunch. We kept hearing this strange sound that was very familiar after seeing that movie UP. We finally found who was making all the noise. mini KevinEdmund was very impressed with the little turtles and the big tortoises. They can live up to 135 years old. This one opened its mouth.turtleWe saw

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There is nothing like a relaxing day shooting up garbage in a nearby canyon to remember the veterans. It rained a little and was muddy but the sun came out in the end! A .22 and a boy equals lots of holes and fun.This is the side of the hill before we began. Notice the lovely BBQ grill on its way to the dumps but first it needs to air out a bit more.Some instruction for the first timers. Shoot

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This was an interesting book about something I thought I knew nothing about. The author is a retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation,(FBI) and SWAT team member. He is also LDS. He created a fictional story about drug cartels today and compared them to the evil found 400 years before Christ on the American continent, the gadianton robbers. These robbers are well documented in the Book of

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My mother was presented the Influential Women in Scouting award at a special dinner Friday evening. Mom got to walk up on stage and they said nice things about her. She shook important peoples hands and was presented the medalian by the Service Master of the Utah National Parks Council President. Jean A Stenens the First Counselor in the Primary General Presidency was the guest speaker. I tried

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This is the last 1/2 hour of a whole day of tumbling, throwing and other things you do in Aikido. I think they ate Sushi pie Japanese style at the Village Inn for lunch. They all had lots of fun and learned new techniques. The girls were tired in the end to so the stick fighting.

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We had fun at the Renaissance Festival again this year even though it rained a little. My uncle's magic group came down from Seattle to dazzle the crowd. There fair had something for everyone. There were pirates and gypsies. You could buy clothing, trinkets and knives. Lots of people dressed up. Here is Susan the Pirate, arrrggg.Here we are waiting for Royal Magick, he is late. (he does that

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I finished! It took 3 months!!! It is a big book. I highly recommend this book to ALL of my friends. I think it is the best book I have read all year! I loved to hear stories about what President Monson's life was like. Especially what he was like as a little boy. His mother really had her hands full. She also taught him by example to reach out to others and be Christlike. It is amazing how busy

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I was thinking about why I don't make bread very often even though I can. I love homemade bread. I almost ate one whole loaf by myself after these came out of the oven. So here is why I hate making bread:1. It takes too long.2. If I use up all the ingredients then I have to buy more.3. It always makes a big mess in the kitchen. 4. I hate the way the dough sticks to the sponge when you try to wash

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You might think I stopped reading because I haven't posted a book in a while. I am actually reading a few all at the same time so it kind of got bogged down a bit for finishing any of them.Friendship Bread by Darien Gee. This book made me laugh and cry and it was hard to put down. I love books that come all the way around and fill in the parts from the beginning on the way to the end. This was

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It was one of those days Friday. Lucy had a bloody nose in the night. Messy, so we washed her pillow but the pillow somehow caused the washer to overflow into my pantry downstairs. Big clean up job. Then we went out to garden...good news, the rototiller works! Bad news, the little 2 year old, Edmund, wanted to climb on it after I took a break and turned it off. He put his hand right on the hot

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Posted on the front door.The fabulous cake, decorated with the help of the B-Day girl.You get to pick your own dinner on your Birthday and she picked Chinese food!Pin the hair on the Rapunzel game!Bash the Pinata with a frying pan!The big kids finally got a few dents in it but it didn't break till the last kid hit it hard!Getting presents is so fun. We didn't leave enough time for this and

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We are having a Birthday party and of course we need a pinata!It is a Tangled Movie Theme Party. So here is PascalAll the girls have helped with the Pinata. They will do anything for candy!How did he get in our flowerbeds?My uncle Richard passed away. We went down for his funeral and since he was a bowler the whole family went bowling. Every strike was dedicated to Uncle Richard, especially if it

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Liz and uncle bob came to visit last week! We had not seen her and her children for so long, too long! It was fun to have perfect weather for playing outside and running all over the yard. She had a long drive back to CA so couldn't stay too long.Easter dinner! Cai came to visit from BYU-Idaho. She makes the best deviled eggs. She also has a mean chocolate chip chocolate cookie!Easter Egg HUNT!!!

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It is Strawberry Jam time! Peter helped me make a batch but we just barely had enough strawberries. Can you guess why?The flowers are finally blooming. It has been rainy but not snowy! We even moved the rabbits out of the barn into their hutches outside the barn. It is so nice to see happy kids playing outside again without shoes or coats. Okay they have shoes on in the picture but I think it was

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This a second read for me! It was as inspiring at the first time. It amazes me what people can go through and live to tell about it with out being bitter and broken for life. This is of course only possible through our Savior Jesus Christ. Corrie Ten Boom will always be my hero for living what she preached, literally. Her family was courageous as they opened their hearts to help others in need

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A cowboy book! The first Zane Grey book I ever read was about a baseball player, The Shortstop. Then I discovered he is actually a western novel writer. This was one of his masterpiece. In 1914 it was published in a series in a shorter form for magazine. Then it was cut in too and part of if deleted by the publishers. This is the first time it has been restored to the original version as a

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First we went on a long trip down south. It really was Spring Break for a day. The weather was nice, warm and sunny.We went to the Carl Bloch exhibit http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifat BYU! It was so worth it! The kids loved it and I loved it and grandpa came with us and he loved it.This was some curious thing the kids took pictures of. The actual Carl Bloch stuff we were not allowed to

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This was an interesting book and well written from three different perspectives. The girl the story is about, her best friend and the father to her baby's younger brother. That third perspective is a bit weird. I didn't know what to call him. I guess I could have said the unborn babies uncle. Anyway, the main charactor is a girl with a lot of problems, not only family problems but self esteem

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I found this mysterious picture on the camera. It seems that the spilled milk on the kitchen table wasn't wasted but turned into alien artwork. Mike was babysitting the other night while I was playing Basketball at the church. When I got home I noticed this little lump under the kitchen table. Mike said he didn't hear Edmund for a while so he went looking in all the usual places and found him

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We read another book by this author for a recent book group. I was curious about a few of her other books. This was a very weird book. The girl the story was about makes some very stupid choices. She is an artist and after graduating from high school she goes to her sisters home to stay the summer in Boston. She gets a job at a theater and in her spare time she takes her art around to local

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I loved this story! A little girl, in a family of boys. She is growing up in Texas on a cotton plantation. She is pretty much bored but then she discovers her grandfather. He is so smart and into nature, science and new things. It is the turn of the century, 1900. Capernia, the little girl, is curious about everything outside. She starts keeping a nature journal. She tries to get a copy of

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This is a Science Fiction/Fantasy book different from all others I have ever read. It takes place in outer space. This book has many unpredictable twists. It is about computers and people that think they understand computers. These computers have feelings and evolve into something else, something intelligent. They not only learn but can change and even reproduce. They even fall in love. They are

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I think we missed the beautiful big full moon. It was very close to Earth. All we saw was a very small glowing light behind rain clouds. Well, in 2029 we will get another chance!Jill loves to play with her horse puzzle. Her little brother kept taking the large puzzle pieces and hiding them under the throw rug.A friends mother taught Susan how to knit. She is just getting started. She made

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I finally got my hands on this book and couldn't put it down. I read it in less then 24 hours. It was so intriguing and unpredictable. I don't know a lot about the people in Alaska. I have never been there and have never met an Eskimo. This is a true story of a teachers experience with the kids in a remote part of Alaska at the end of the world. It takes place in the 1980's. The author takes on

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This was another great book in the series Airborn. I love books that seem so real even though they are totally made up. This books takes you into outer space and it is full of adventure you would never imagine! Matt (main character) goes through secret space training to be the first of 4 astronauts to go on a mission to space. Of course Kate gets to go too and she is looking for new creatures to

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This weeks art class was about a guy that invented Cubism with his friend. He was an extraordinary artist. At a young age he was painting stuff other famous artists took their whole lives to perfect. He was born in Spain. As I was studying about his beautiful and some very unique art I got side tracked on all the women that were in his life. No one gave them credit for influencing his art but I

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