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Jones Family: April 2009
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Can I get a witness? And she’s a better blogger! Evelyn Pieper, who lives in Almaty with her husband and adorable 10month old daughter, packed up her little family and took the 2-day trip north to our village and stayed with us for three days! Couldn’t Ask for More. Links to this post. Thursday, April 09, 2009. Something happy is in the air. With no pictures to upload. Happily, other diversions are emerging. The world was puddle-wonderful for about a week. Huge, massive p...I wal...
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Jones Family: April 2010
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010. My Little Boy's Pockets. He has myheart in there, right next to the bottlecaps. I was speaking with a friend the other day, who has a 4yearold little boy, and she was telling me about how her son always has his pockets full of thingsthingsthings he’s collected. Did I smile and suddenly. LITTLE BOYS - 10times more than my already 100x100 times. These littleboyquirks are completely new and wondrous to me. I grew up with girlsgirlsgirls – we ruled. Go raid/recycle some garbage.
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Jones Family: May 2009
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Friday, May 29, 2009. Woke at 5am this morning. I can’t believe the day has come. I looked out toward the steppe last night, and the land and I spoke. We came to an understanding. How could one not when the evening was so warm and breezy and scented with lilac? Goodbye good place. My 16months are up. I did it. Goodbye lace curtain that hangs in our doorway. The flies usually found their way in anyway, but I loved feeling that the great outdoors was a cool, smooth walk through you. Goodbye market merchant...
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Jones Family: October 2010
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Friday, October 29, 2010. Things feel kind of. 8211; or the kind normal that I’ve observed and admired in happy, busy American families. He reads for 20minutes every night and has regular homework. She is making little friends and asking for sleepovers. I have a car (it’s been 8years) and drive my children around all by myself. We have a church family again. And I’m teaching Gospel. Doctrine and Nathan was scooped up by the Branch Presidency. Links to this post. Monday, October 25, 2010. And it's all com...
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Jones Family: April 2011
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Monday, April 25, 2011. A Letter to Desmond and Zoe. I’m sitting in a parking lot facing a green diamond. Places where you can be loud and active and express yourself in the intuitive ways you need too. You remembered how Des had to go peep in a bottle when the bathrooms were locked as we passed through villages and towns. In your case, we were often able to convince the conductors to let us use the bathroom or they directed us to the nearest woods if we had stopped to pick up passengers. Your social cal...
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Jones Family: March 2009
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Thursday, March 19, 2009. While reading the Children’s Friend one Sunday afternoon with Sister Welling (during a visit to Astana) she pointed to a picture of the prophet and asked Desi who it was, “. What will you do with those nursing things when you don’t have a baby anymore? 8220;I’ll give you 3 birthday hugs Zoe! After Nathan gave her 3 birthday body slams and I gave her 3 birthday spankings. Blow on my tongue! After eating spicy noodles. He wished he had his primary friends with him! Des put his arm...
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Jones Family: Springing to Life
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Friday, May 06, 2011. On one of our first warmish days in. Did all this because Desmond Jones was swinging that rake and hoeing out those leaves stroke-for-stroke with me. I’ve rarely seen Des so dedicated to work. He was just as engrossed as I was and methinks this is the beginning of a beautiful gardening partnership. Yay! Zoe wasn’t so keen on the activity, she poked at the rake every once in awhile. Mostly she played and lounged about on the warm grass surveying our curious concentration. I'm a Mormo...
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Jones Family: May 2010
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Saturday, May 22, 2010. Does everyone feel this way? You know, that your children are CRAZY? I had a moment the other night when we were out with our friend, Victoria, where I felt true powerlessness to curb, moderate, control or STOP them from going completely out of control. From the sidelines, my pitch going up, my voice becoming more and more frantic . . . What is a Mom? I was too adult. So I’m left to wonder about my will verses theirs. The Indigo Girls have this song called, “. Oh, and sometimes it...
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Jones Family: January 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011. I am a mistake . . . I just said I was a MISTAKE. Sometimes Des and Zoe like to pretend that Zoe is actually a little brother. She'll get dressed in his clothes and they'll be guys together. One afternoon while they were playing this game, Des was reclining in a chair and asked his little brother Zoe,. 8220;Can you be my footstool? Des held up a new animal he'd gotten for Christmas. I think this is an African Rhino or a North Pole Rhino. 8221; He answered seriously,. I pointed o...
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Jones Family: February 2011
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Monday, February 14, 2011. Finding it easier to upload the past several months in photos. Click on the here. Links to this post. Thursday, February 10, 2011. I keep putting up pictures that seem to keep us in a perpetual fall season. But we are having a terrific winter. The snow is relentless and lovely and we approve of it's generous presence. Everything about Vermont seem. Sledding - another excuse to get loud and goof off! Finding a companionable walking stick on an icy country road. Links to this post.
