Melissa Basua

We all sat down at the beginning of the year and wrote down some of our goals. This year Adam had the great idea of turning our goals into pictures and putting them on poster boards. We made our vision boards. These are great for so many reasons. The kids can now "see" there goals. …

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As a little girl I felt surrounded by boys. I had an older brother and 3 younger ones. Most of my cousins around me were boys. I was a tom boy and fit in but I wanted a baby sister so bad. I wanted a girl to hang out with and share clothes and secrets …

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It seems the older the kids get the bigger the projects for school get. I don't mind some of them. It beats the math homework that Nik does every night.  Zoe had to do a biography book report. She had to dress up as the person and had to do a first person presentation. Off …

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Tonight for Family Night we watched a movie and made squeeze fudge. My Mom sent me the recipe and it sounded to fun and yummy to pass up. We had a good time passing it around. Zoe and Ammon started the squeezing. Britain continued it. This is what it looked like in the end. Squeeze …

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People always ask me who Tori looks like. I can never tell who babies look like unless it is totally obvious. This includes my own kids!  At first I thought Tori looked like Zoe. As she has gotten bigger I don't know. I still thought she looked more like Britain and Zoe than Kalixta or …

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So it has started! Love notes to Ammon. Nik got all the way to fifth grade before the notes started! But not Ammon! He started this week! First Grade! What?! Zoe got into the car yesterday popping with news, but she "can't tell me." "I promised I wouldn't tell!" she said. We get home and …

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….Adam's other Valentines!! Thanks for the reminder Angel, I almost forgot!

I realize that I haven't posted in a while (hee hee a whole two days!), but it is hard to follow a sweet post like the last one. Thanks for all your nice words of Congrats and a huge thanks to my sweet Valentine! He really is the best! I adore him and can't imagine …

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Sorry ladies but I need to hijack Melissa's blog today. You see it's a special day, and I want all of you to know how she has made it that way. Ten years ago today, I was given the greatest gift of my life. I remember it like it was yesterday. I knelt down over …

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Baby blues is my favorite comic strip. It is the one I read every Sunday. Adam found this today and sent it my way!  Hilarious! Enjoy!