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Entries from May 2008

Happy Anniversary to us… Last week

May 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We seem to be perpetually a week behind! As of May 10th Christian and I have been married for 5 whole years. Wow. We celebrated by going out to dinner and a movie… without Lilly. This was the first time she was left with someone that wasn’t family so it was a big deal for [...]

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Birthday Tomahawk

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

My birthday was a week and a half ago and I received one of the coolest gifts ever from my brother Curt.  First of all, Curt has decided to learn the art of backyard blacksmithing.  He created an adobe forge using sand and clay-based kitty litter that he then baked in the oven for a [...]

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Baby Animals

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Awhile ago we had a beautiful day and took Lilly to see the baby animals at Kidwell Farm (Frying Pan Park) a few miles away. It was interesting to see her reaction to all the animals she had only seen in books and movies. She was brave enough to touch a few of them.
Christian demonstrated [...]

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Signing Time

May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We discovered the kids DVD section at our local library. Wow! It’s about 10 times the size of the grownup DVDs. They had a large selection of Signing Time DVDs and others that teach toddlers how to sign. I grabbed the first Signing Time DVD and I’ve never seen Lilly so entranced by anything. When [...]

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World Traveler

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

I have 2 siblings I haven’t seen for a long time: A brother in Connecticut and a sister in Colorado. Luckily there’s going to be a family wedding coming up in June so I’ll get a chance to see them and their families. Christian, however, has had the fairly unique and unexpected opportunity to see [...]

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