HomeGrownWithLove
Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Surgery

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We are finally home at 10pm! What a long day today :) We are so thankful that hubby's surgery went well. I'm glad it is an outpat...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Baby update

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I had my appointment today but no ultrasound :( They said to wait until next month for my 20 week ultrasound. That was a little disappoint...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Psalm 23

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For school about 2 weeks ago, I gave our 6 year old an assignment to do on her own. I told her to go and memorize Psalm 23. She learned how ...
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Last weekend

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While we were away for the wedding last weekend, the kids learned a new song from the Great Aunt Janie. I've never heard it before, and ...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Quick updates

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Hubby had a good check up today. He has closed up quite a bit since his appointment last month. He is scheduled for surgery next Tuesday. I ...
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Temporary work!!

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Hubby met with a man today who runs some schooling websites and was in need of a programmer with some specific requirements. Hubby met all ...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

Humble pie

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Today was one of those 'humble yourself and apologize' days. This is my second year officially homeschooling the kids and I'm s...
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Father's Day

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Happy Father's Day to my hubby, my Dad, and my Father-in-law! Hope you enjoyed your day! Today we got back from our trip out of state f...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Good picture day!

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We sat the kids down before church on Sunday and got some good shots! Our youngest usually does not like the camera :) Here are our 3 sweeti...
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Thursday, June 18, 2009

No power....no cake

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I'm bummed today :( I talked with the gal I was to make a cake for early this morning a little after 8am and finalized all the details ...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Swim fun

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We've had some really hot days but lately we seem to be getting rain. We enjoy sitting out on the porch during a rainfall. It's also...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Hurray for warranties!

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Our air conditioning in the van was not quite doing its job. There was some noise coming from the van and it wasn't cooling enough, so ...
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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Thoughts....

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We had a good day at church this morning. Our daughter invited her neighbor friend to church again and they have such a great time together....
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Cake order

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I have a cake order early this morning. It is for Father's Day/ Birthday as you can see :) I am still working on improving my writing. I...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Sale...

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If you are looking for gifts for people, you can visit http://genevabiblepages.com/ . They are having a 40% off sale on all their items. B...

Heat!

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We've been trying to save money on the power bill by not turning on the air conditioning and just keeping the windows open. Hubby told m...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Hopeful...

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Hubby is meeting with a recruiter this morning. Hopefully he will have some good opportunities for hubby to look into. He is based here in t...
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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Beautiful faces

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Not a whole lot new going on here. I feel like I'm starting to get some energy back but still in the 'very tired' stage of pregn...
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Another blessing!

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We love to go for walks around the block. Today while we were outside, a woman and her son were walking around the block. She stopped to c...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Blessing

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Hubby has never had a riding lawnmower. He has always WANTED a riding lawnmower. He really should HAVE a riding lawnmower because of his thr...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Gymnastics...seriously!!

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Our son is a little stuntman. This child will throw himself up in the air, flip, twirl, bounce.....in other words....scare me to death somet...
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Monday, June 1, 2009

Baby news

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We rejoice that baby looks well! I saw 2 arms, 2 legs, a heartbeat of 160. It was wiggling around and even waved to me :) I saw all 5 finger...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

The elf

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His nickname is quickly becoming 'the elf' because he LOVES wearing this hat I made for him around the house. His little ears stick ...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

I'm weak...be my strength

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It was a miserable day. Rainy, dark, gray, cloudy......... Then the downpour! We were out driving with the wipers on high speed, not able...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Almost got 'em!

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Well, here is my attempt at getting another shot of this little guy. Came in a little clearer today :) They are such tiny birds!! Hubby had ...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

We have hummingbirds!!

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We put the feeder up just a day or two ago and we have hummingbirds!!! If I thought it was hard taking pictures of birds sitting still on th...
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Anniversary cake

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I was happy the cake turned out well, but I wasn't totally happy with the final product. I guess that is more of my perfectionist side ...
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Saturday, May 23, 2009

All-nighter

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making cake......making icing......decorating....it will be all night!!!! I'll post pictures tomorrow :)
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Friday, May 22, 2009

Potty training???

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Our 19 month old went and grabbed a new diaper, got up on the couch and laid down, all without saying a word. He did not want his wet diaper...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Powerful video!

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This is a powerful one hour video! Thanks for sharing Heather. Watch Death is not Dying by Rachel Barkey. A young mother of 2 dying from ...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Today

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Hubby is glad the phone interview is over! *smile* He was nervous and thought it went O.K. We will hopefully hear by the end of the week ...
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Monday, May 18, 2009

Interview

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Hubby has a phone interview tomorrow morning. Please pray with us that all will go well. Since it is getting harder for hubby to breath, h...
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Sunday, May 17, 2009

This and that

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Well, the weekend has come and gone! We were suppose to get together with family at the park but we had rain on Saturday, so it was cancell...
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Friday, May 15, 2009

One answered prayer!

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We went to hubby's appointment today for his throat. He can tell he is about 40% closed up and thinks he can last another 2 months befor...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Updates...

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A few updates.... Hubby found out (through my brother...thank you!) that it is mandatory for the state to continue your health insurance for...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

He reads!

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Here is an excerpt of our reading lesson today. This was a new page for him. We've been reading about 5 pages a day. Here is the text h...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

A new lifestyle begins....

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In all things give thanks....... We expected it and it has happened....hubby has been laid off. Deep breath.... It was a small company which...
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day

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Oh what a privilege to be a mom! What an awesome responsibility to help mold and guide the lives of those little ones God has placed in our...
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Friday, May 8, 2009

Training Wheels

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We got big sister's old bike out and popped the training wheels on, dressed in our new helmet, ready to tackle the art of bike riding. W...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Growth spurt

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Seems as though our son is going through a growth spurt! Every article of clothing he puts on seems to have gotten shorter and he's alwa...
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I'm a child of God and waiting for my Savior's return. I am the wife and help mate to a wonderful man and mother to 7 precious children!
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