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Okay, I truly am a serious slacker..... at least when it comes to blogging. Rachel has inspired me and hopefully I can do better. It has been a very busy 2 years.. I am now in the nursing program and moving forward. Joe is also enrolled in school for fire fighting. We have a new missionary out and he will be leaving for Mexico City in a week and a half... Curtis is home from Spain and

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Okay, well it had been a few months since we had been to the hospital and someone thought we needed to go again!!! Thursday night during cheer practice Becca encountered a stunt gone wrong! Now she has a broken nose to sport around and she is starting to bruise. Her nose swelled so quickly that her skin started to split on the outside from the swelling! At least she won't have to wear makeup for

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She is a precious witch!A little blurry but a great group of trick or treaters!!!Jacob and Michael!BrookelynGetting ready for school! Michael took first place for his girl costume!!The weekend was the best. First we went to the Football game on Friday night. SL vs Payson and we won... so now we are in the play offs. Whoo hooo!Saturday morning we were up bright and early to go to Tempe for the

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Becca and Naomi Spotting Whales in the Puget Soundnever seen a sign like this before!!! Wow....what a tree!!!!Joe's dream....we have arrived! Greeting Naomi at the airportWe were driving into the parking lot as her plane arrived. We saw it fly over our car. No....we were not late. it was about 15 minutes early!!!We have had a busy couple of weeks. First of all, Becca and I spent a week at

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Adam had this great idea to put the baby swing on the Zip line and Zip Brookelyn down it!!!She really did like it!How many 7 month old babies do you know that have been on a zip line!? Jannas family came over and watched the fireworks with us and had fun playing with all the grandbabies. We are so glad they came over and spent time with us. We also all watched the parade together and it was

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Wow..... We did it!!! This month was a busy and crazy one. Where to begin, and I am sure I will miss something! I have been taking classes at NPC working towards my RN so all of this is on top of a summer Chemistry class I have been taking, which by the way I only have 2 more nights to go!!!On June 10th we had to say Good bye for now to our sweet daughter Becca M. She has gone back to Norway. We

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Okay, we forgot about this little clip. Becca and a friend were making up a handshake and this is her in her full Geniusness!!!!! Enjoy, and you gotta love her, she's the little girl!

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Whew, It was a crazy end of the school year and weekend but we made it all work out with some flexibiltiy. Becca Graduated on Thursday night and had an all night lock in at the High School for a Senior party. Rachel also graduated on Thursday night as well as my neice Emily. WE had a lot of graduation ceremonies to attend and did the best we could. Our "graduate"We were missing Byntlee in the

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It is official. Lee and Mattie are getting Married. The wedding date is June 20th, 2009. The wedding is going to be in California on the beach. It is going to be so very pretty!!! I am so happy to have Mattie as a part of our family. We have had the opportunity to spend much time iwth her while Lee was away in Iraq and she has become a part of our family already and I have grown to love her so

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Becca went to prom with her friend Joey and they had a wonderful time. She said it was the best dance she had been to and was so happy to go. She looked beautiful that night and I am sure it will be and I am sure it will be a night to remember here in America. Of course during picutes we all had to have our photo op with her!!!!

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Make a Smilebox scrapbook

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After an emotional night at Camp Pendleton.... we drove to Anaheim where we had a motel and woke up the next morning and spent the entire day at Six Flags with Lee!!! It was fabulous to spend an entire day with him after he had been gone for so many months. Everyone had a great time.

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I can not put into words or express the joy I felt that night as I saw my son. The emotions of being there and knowing that he was back home and we could see him and talk to him are beyond conveyance. Brothers gotta hug!!!!

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We traveled to Camp Pendelton on Tuesday, April 14th to Welcome Lee home and it was wonderful!! WE left from Adam and Jannas house after spending Monday night with them. They are always so good about letting us have a place to stay when we need one. It made our trip to San Diego so much nicer by being able to split up our driving time from Show Low. When we arrived in San Diego, we went shopping

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Our trip to San Diego and Waiting for Lee to arrive>...... It was a long trip/ especially for Joe, the driver!!! They had a room decorated and lots of refreshments for the waiting families Even Becca was an American on this day!!!WE met Christina on Campus in San Diego and she went to Camp Pendleton with us.

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The kids are the best. They make Easter fun for me. The Grandbabies were not here this year for Easter but by next year they will be running around looking for Easter Treats and it will be so much fun to have an Easter Hunt for them.

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Beccas birthday and Easter have always been close to each other. Her First Birthday was actually on Easter Sunday. She had some friends over and they all spent the night and were just silly girls. They had a lot of fun. Rachel also came over. WE love Rachel and love for her to come over. We are so happy that she has kept us as a part of her life!!!Easter was fun this year. WE do not have the

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Conference Weekend was a good one. We had a great time as a family and went to the Little League field to play some ball. It was windy and cold but we had fun anyhow!!! Thats just the way we do it! Becca found it necessary to hit everyone in the face with something. First is was me, with the Ball then it was Becca, Starfox, with the ball. Notice the big owie on her chin. Of course Becca was

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Lee will be home on April 14th.... We are so excited to see him.

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I can not express the Joy that I feel to know that my son is going to be home and that he is safe!Here are some pictures that Lee sent to Mattie and she forwarded to me. We can hardly wait for Lee to get home and give him some warm hugs and kisses. We have missed him!!Lee with Iraqi childI feel honored to have a Marine son who has served our country with such determination and dignity. I am

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WE are all looking forward to spring coming. I don't know about anyone else, but I am anxiously waiting for warmer weather and no snow. I was in the valley today and it was so beautiful!!!Lee will be coming home from Iraq in about 14 days and so we are planning a trip to San Diego to see him. I can hardly believe it has been 7 months since he left. It will be good to have him back in the USA.

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We had the best time in Mexico. We missed Mattie and Rachel, they could not go with us and of course Lee is still in Iraq and Curtis is on His mission. Clint, Shan and Byntlee were not there with us this year either, hopefully next year. I miss seeing Brookelyn every day. Grandma was spoiled by that!!!

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All the kids and the Grand babyGrandma and Grandpa with Brookelyn

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Grandma and her little princess They boys defending their Kingdom!!!Michael knows that the ocean has won!!Stand strong men!Grandma Josie, Becca M and Jacob

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Brookelyn, Queen of the Pool We just love her!!!!Jacob on the Beach

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We had Ryker over to the house and it was wonderful!!!

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Okay, so I am a little slow on the take but not as slow as Curtis. I have been asking every week for pictures of him and I finally went to the Holladays blog spot and found a picture of Curtis and Skippy in front of the Provo Temple. Thanks Teri!!!Curtis is in Spain now and he is doing good, at least I think he is!! I have not heard from him for 2 weeks so No news is good news,or so they say.

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A Last Glance at HomeGroup HugThey wont see each other for a while!!!!

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Curtis' Mission call came in and we are all so excited for him!!!!It arrived in the mail exactly 10 days after is was submitted by President McKay to Salt Lake. It was a Friday and Curtis was headed up home for the weekend after he got out of class that night at 6pm. Of course, we all had to wait for him to get home, so I protected it with my life so that none of the siblings would open it up

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I got a message from Mattie today letting me know she heard from Lee. He arrived safe and sound. Basically he said he is bored!!! I would rather he be bored than be in battle!!!!I am sure everyone is concerned about the state of our nation, and our world. I believe there is more going on in our day and age at this time than there has been for a long time. Definitley in my life time and I would

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I have wanted to do this for a long time and I have finally put something into motion. As many of you know, our daughter Becca is a type 1 diabetic. I have gone throught he ups and downs of being the mother of a diabetic and have always wanted to do something to help. Now is my time.We have added a link to our website with the Juvenille Diabetes Research Foundation, to our blog. Please take a

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I have just been hit with a bit of nostalgia. You know, he was, is my little boy!!! He will be leaving on Tuesday, September 16th and I cant seem to get it off my mind. I don't know that I am really worried about him. I do believe that the Lord is in charge!! But I will miss him!! So many memories of the past that seem to have been long forgotten keep coming back. He used to run around the house

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Wow, I lost my page!!! The family is doing great. Curtis has moved down to Tempe to attend ASU. He is living with his brother Adam and they are doing great. Adam and Janna are expecting and Janna is looking pregnant now. She is beautiful. Our little granddaughter has even let us feel her moving around. Nothing in life is better than being a mother.Lee is leaving for Iraq in 6 days. We

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We went to Mexico over spring break and had the most wonderful time. Adam and Janna were able to join us for a few days there and it was so good to have so many of us together!!! Lee was not able to make it but we did get to see him the weekend that we arrived home. Don't know that the kids were too happy for spring break to be over and to go back to school. I know I wasnt' too happy to get

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