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Freebairn Family: Back to School . . . and Lily's Four!
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January 06, 2012. Back to School . . . and Lily's Four! This week Lily turned four and had a wonderful day! She spent the morning enjoying her mountain of gifts (mostly clothes, since she outgrew everything while we were gone). She got lots of her favorite things: puzzles, workbooks, play-dough, and dresses. Tyler loved the chaos and even helped out by modeling Lily's princess high heels. Love it! And, in the afternoon, the first day of school! They are getting so big! Lily was more excited that first da...
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Freebairn Family: Back to School - the NEW school!
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August 21, 2013. Back to School - the NEW school! Michael was OVER-THE-MOON excited for school to start this year. They built a new school for our neighborhood and we've been talking about it FOREVER! Neil Armstrong Academy is a STEM school (science, technology, engineering, math), but we just happen to live in the boundaries and will be lucky to attend. Stephen won't be back home for a few days, so he was sad to miss the excitement. Michael insisted we take pictures of everything. Construction everywher...
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Freebairn Family: Back to School
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November 01, 2010. Next to Lily, and assured me he needed to do it just the same this year. Although, we forgot his backpack. They've both gotten so big. The best change this year, however, is that a good number of his classmates are his friends from our ward and he's so excited to play with them every day. We all get a kick out of the days when the "stroller brigade" to and from school includes 4- 5 double strollers and piles of younger siblings in tow. If only we had a picture of that!
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The Phillips Family: Good-bye, Friend
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Sunday, November 9, 2014. I was privileged to work with Guy in church callings and some with our business connections. There was never a more honorable man to work with. I will never forget this good and righteous man who made such an impact in my life. I look forward to the time when I will see him again. Love you, Man. Hes the best home teacher Ive ever had! Still remember his loving visits from when I was a kid. Im sad to hear hes died- definitely thinking of his family. November 9, 2014 at 9:52 PM.
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The Phillips Family: The Monster Tree and the Spirit of Christmas
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014. The Monster Tree and the Spirit of Christmas. One by one over the years, each child has taken their ornaments to their new home with their new family, and one by one, we have had fewer and fewer helpers to put up the tree. This year some of our grandchildren came to help us, and some of our kids. Little Jeffrey didn't help much, unless you count the increase in the Spirit that could be felt as we had our own little Christmas child to love. Uh -Oh, here are three little boys pla...
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The Phillips Family: Seeds of Grapeness
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Friday, October 3, 2014. Holy Bunch of Grapes, Batman! It seems "some are born grape, some achieve grapeness, and some have grapeness thrust upon them". William Shakespeare Q. What was purple and conquered the world? A Alexander the Grape. The saga of the grapes continues in Janene's kitchen. We found more grapes to contend with and they are now being turned into various forms of grapeness for our future use. That is not all. Now for a limited time only, you can have BEETS too! October 3, 2014 at 9:50 PM.
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The Phillips Family: Winter Wonderland
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Saturday, March 28, 2015. Janene and I were able to get away for a couple of days to see Bryce Canyon in "winter". We heard that it had snowed in the southern part of the state, so we made arrangements to stay at Ruby's Inn just outside the park and headed down. Everywhere we looked was an incredible panorama. We took over 1500 pictures and could easily have taken 1500 more. We arrived just in time to watch the sun go down and the full moon come up over the amphitheater. Be still my heart! As we headed h...
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The Phillips Family: Thank You Dr. Salk
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Thank You Dr. Salk. As a child, I knew about the iron lung machines that children had to be in to be able to breathe. If they were lucky, they could graduate from the machine, but have to wear steel braces to hold up their withered legs. I knew children at school who were permanently disfigured by the disease. There has not been a case of polio in the United States in over thirty years. My grandchildren will probably never even hear the name of the disease. The same c...I can...
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Freebairn Family: April 2012
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April 23, 2012. Ah, the Backyard! After living in busy Sydney, several stories up over all sorts of shops and stores, it's a true delight to have a backyard again. These little ruffians spend all day in the backyard, getting into anything they can think of! Here the kids were getting Tyler to pose and show his desperate need for a haircut, but they all sort of ended up looking like orphans. . . Michael is a flipping fool and loves to show us his latest tricks on the trampoline. April 13, 2012. He is cert...
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Freebairn Family: January 2012
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January 31, 2012. January has been a wonderful month settling back into "normalcy" here at home. Daddy's been taking a break with us and it's wonderful to be near friends and family again. Here are a few things that have been keeping the kids busy. Puzzles - Lily can't get enough of them! Michael's been teaching Lily how to ride a scooter, even if it is freezing outside. They just love having a yard again! We're just relieved we don't have to name the new baby Oscar anymore. Tyler didn't seem to remember...
