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I've been spotted!: May 2012
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Monday, May 28, 2012. A Memorable Memorial Day. As we were walking as a family on Sunday night, we retold each of the children's birth stories and talked about how exciting it is that we didn't know the birth story of our new baby yet, but that we would soon and we'd be retelling it over and over after that. Well.here is the new baby's birth story. Everyone else was having a great time in the water and it was really warm outside. Another part of the adventure was that in our rush to leave the house, I le...
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I've been spotted!: Five Months
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Monday, October 29, 2012. October 4, He won't take a pacifier, but every once in a while he finds his fingers. October 9, Tired and enjoying some Daddy cuddle time while Dad is home for lunch. October 12, Dressed for fall in plaid shirt and overalls. October 12, Hanging out with Bubby at the campfire party for his 13th birthday and trying to figure out how to play with this toy. October 14, Seth often tries to get his whole fist into his mouth. October 18, Um.So Cute! October 24, Sitting up! Seth has rea...
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I've been spotted!: August 2012
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Friday, August 31, 2012. At the River with Friends. We have gone to the river many times this summer, sometimes 3 or 4 times a week. We wanted to get one last time in and when school was let out early because of the heat, we figured that was a good excuse to go get cooled off with our friends, the Morgans. The girls loved playing on top of the waterfall, collecting mud balls. Jerikka and Clarissa are like two peas on a pod, they are only like two weeks apart in age and have almost identical personalities.
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I've been spotted!: October 2012
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012. The Many Faces of Halloween. Clarissa is a colorful witch. Instead of a family theme this year, we focused on faces. Jared designed and painted everyone's eyes. Clarissa has spider webs. Krystal, the jazz dancer. She wanted something flowery. Amber is a peacock. We all had fun painting her peacock tail. Seth is a monkey and I am his tree. Jared has known since last year that he wanted to be a ninja and he designed and made his whole costume. Complete with weapons and everything.
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I've been spotted!: March 2012
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Sunday, March 18, 2012. Clarissa decided to have a swim party this year. She invited Cailin, Jericca, Jessica, Brooke, and Makayla. They had a blast. After the pool they all came back to our house for pizza. Some of the things we love about Clarissa at this age are her big, beautiful smile, how easily she makes friends, her love for animals, her creative stories, her optimistic view of everything in life and the way she gets messy with anything from markers to paint to chocolate to dirt to make-up. It mi...
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I've been spotted!: The Creative Juices Are Flowing
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012. The Creative Juices Are Flowing. October 9, Self portraits as we listen to baroque music as part of a unit study about the 1600s. October 12, Homemade campfire pizza (the best pizza ever) for Jared's 13th birthday party. October 12, A Jared and Clarissa original performance of a Punch and Judy puppet show. October 18, Making clay pots while Mom reads, "The Courage of Sarah Noble.". October 23, Creative clothing layers and cute jack-o-lantern pizzas make this lunch a hit!
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I've been spotted!: Six Months
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012. November 6, Playing on the floor with Sissy. Seth really enjoys all his siblings and loves to be near them. October 30, We started using cloth diapers. We have 10 of these green Coolababy diapers, we'll see how it goes. November 7, Enjoying a nice warm fall day outside while mom reads Calico Bush to all the kids. November 13, Seth's first time with a babysitter. Of course, it had to be Auntie Heather. He did great, he slept most of the time. November 17, Some Daddy time!
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I've been spotted!: September 2012
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Saturday, September 29, 2012. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ. Krystal made the decision to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We spent a lot of time talking with her about what this decision means and about the commitment she is making to be like Jesus Christ and serve and help others throughout her life. She was very excited and the baptism was beautiful. This is Krystal with Bishop Becker. She asked the Bishop to be one of the witnesses to her baptism.