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That’s the challenge today:  something blue. Is there enough blue here for you?  THIS is the first day of school picture. I know you wish you were me.

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This morning, Dan ran a 4-mile race and Lukie ran a 1K. Dan’s race was first. In the usual fashion, we had no solid plan, so I ended up standing around the 4-mile finish line with five kids, searching for a sweaty Dan.  Although we were plenty early, it did us no good.  We were [...]

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Today, for the first time, we ran as a family in a local fun run.  I ran the 5K first, then we all ran the 1-mile dash.  Sam and Andrew were in the stroller, but still… we all participated.  It was cold and rainy and windy.  But, I’m so glad we did it.  I’m hoping [...]

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First Communion! Yes, we just did this last year with Jack.  But, girls are soooooooo different!  I mean, they have to have the dress.  And the vail.  And get manis and pedis and updos with their friends. Along with Grandma, Grandpa, aunts, an uncle and several cousins, Maria’s wonderful Godmother, Julie, was able to come [...]

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Nine years ago tonight, I was back at my small farm home with Dan, after having eaten dinner at a favorite place in town.  I was scheduled to be induced on the following Monday, so we figured we’d better have a night out while we still could. I called my friend Julie and wished her [...]

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Sunday started the week with my first-ever 8K run.  I had barely started to run way-back-when, and ran just a few local 5Ks, when I became pregnant with Jack.  Five kids and almost 10 years later, I’m back at it.  An experienced runner friend set me up (along with a couple of other newbies) with [...]

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This is what I got for my 14th Anniversary: I was SO EXCITED!!!  Not only do I love it (and, well, anything Apple), but my husband came up with it ALL ON HIS OWN!  I was shocked, surprised, thrilled. I got this, because I have this: And, because I have him, I have these: Thank [...]

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Andrew enjoyed his first chocolate chip cookie today! The aftermath:

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You always hear that subsequent children get screwed. The first kid gets a baby book and it’s all filled out. And then there are the thousands pictures of him or her. (At one time I had a wall of 10 framed pics just of Jack.) The second kid gets a baby book that is partially [...]

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He’s on the move.

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