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| The biggest news to come out of March is that Stephen accepted a job at the University of Washington-Bothell, so we are moving to just north of Seattle this summer! |
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| March 15, beautiful snow! |
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| My favorite toothless boy |
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| Trevor and Lincoln can really get on each other's nerves sometimes; it's always nice to see them doing things kindly together! |
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| I love all my children so much, but I really, really love them when they are snuggled up, asleep in my arms |
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| Our traditional awful picture of the birthday child with birthday donuts--Sammy is 12! |
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| Camping! The boys are working with their Boy Scout troop on getting their camping merit badge (20 nights of camping) and a camping certificate, which is at least one overnight camping trip for 12 consecutive months. March was campout #5. |
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| My beautiful Ezra |
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| Braces on... |
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| Braces off!! Elise has spent over half of her life with some sort of orthodontia. She is excited to be free! |
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| I've been wearing Ezra often, because he always gets fussy right at dinner time (my mom always called it "the witching hour"). Here Ruthie is wearing her bison, Olivia. |
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| No babies will fall off of the bed with big brothers on the scene! |
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| Try as I might to provide Sable with a sanctuary from the chaos, Ezra still manages to slip in occasionally. Sable is an angel dog! |
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| 3 days after Sammy turned 12 he, Elise, Mason, and Stephen met up with Grandma & Grandpa Jones at the Fort Collins temple to do baptisms! |
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| Sammy, learning the proper angle for selfies from a pro. |
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| Sammy also turned 12 just in time to get to go to the Priesthood session of Conference with the big boys. Mason concentrates better when his hands are busy. |
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| We had the house painted, and our painter left his ladder here when he wasn't working. Stephen took advantage of that ladder to get some jobs done...dusting the fan (30' up) & changing lightbulbs were at the top of the list. I'm just glad he wasn't using his other...more creative...ladder extenders. |
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| Trevor, hard at work |
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| My niece, Emmalee (who is camera shy) came for a quick weekend visit from BYU-Idaho |
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| I absolutely love this picture--it captures a side of Ruthie that the camera doesn't often see, but the family does. :) |
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| Twinners! |
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| Elise has her besties over for homemade pizzas and movie night. Leaving these friends is going to be so, so hard. |
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| As Ruthie gets older and is talking more (happy day!!) she and Trevor actually play together. I love seeing them love each other. |
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| Bath time in the sink! |
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| As a surprise, Sammy cleaned the entire kitchen--it's so wonderful when the kids get old enough to actually be helpful! |
