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I haven't been posting this week because nothing much has been going on! Just life. Life that is busy and loud and crazy but so far this week not too interesting!     I did have a funny conversation with Ariana this morning that made me laugh. The whole family was at the table this …

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I picked my sister Marie up from the airport a few days after Christmas so I used the opportunity to go to see the lights at the Salt Lake Temple. It was waaaay cold so I only took Nik!    The lights were beautiful!    I read in the Friend magazine that there are 75,000 individual lights on just …

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Dress up is a game we play all the time! We have a big dress up box that has lots of different costumes in it. Given all this it was just a matter of time before Tori got "dressed up." I was surprised that it was Ammon who did it and that instead of dress …

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The Christmas tree is down along with all the rest of the decorations! It was fun taking everything down and remembering who or where it came from.We got lots of new ornaments this year! We received cute ornaments from sweet friends and funny elves! My Aunt Audrey sent one to each of the kids. But …

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Zoe turns 10 today! She brings so much laughter and tears to our home. Zoe loves to laugh and make others laugh! I can't imagine life with out my quirky girl! We celebrated her birthday yesterday by having her favorite meal, Orange Chicken, cake and ice cream and presents! She got lots of clothes so she was …

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We went sledding on New Year's Day with the Lovstedt Family! I love sledding and we had so much fun! Tori was great, she likes being outside and doesn't mind the cold. She was in a weird mood when we first got there and looked like she was in some kind of trance! She snapped out of it …

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We had so so so much fun New Year's Eve. We had our good friends over to party!! I love having a noisey full house! All we did was eat and talk but it really was the best! We had seventeen kids here 12 years old and under!         We had poppers …

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The most delicious tradition we have on Christmas Eve is Tamales! They are a must have for dinner. Adam's family has been doing it forever. I have been making tamales for 10 years now! Adam's Mom taught me the first Christmas I was married! This year I started teaching the kids how to make them! …

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Our Christmas was wonderful! I have never felt so loved. Christmas was not extravagant or unusual but it was fantastic! Santa brought Ammon, Nik and Adam remote control cars. They love them and have spent hours playing with them!    They made a track in the garage to race them on!   Santa brought Britain, Kalixta, Ariana …

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We have lots of fun traditions on Christmas Eve. One of them is new Christmas jammies. My Mom gets the kids a new set of jammies to wear to bed so they are super cute in the morning. Zoe has been looking forward to opening her pj's all week. All day long the kids wanted …

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