A blog about our family's memories while sharing ideas along the way.
Early Monday evening while Carlos and the kids were all over at the soccer field, I was trying to put together a quick treat for family home evening. In my meal planner, I had planned to bake a yellow cake from scratch. Sometimes things do go as planned, and baking a cake was not going […]
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With David and Emily’s birthdays being just two weeks and two days apart, we decided to go ahead and do a big birthday party for both of them together this year. Decorations We decided not to go with a theme for the party since the party was for both a boy and a girl. Instead […]
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Last weekend, our boys and their high school soccer team entered a tournament in a bigger area about an hour away from where we live. Ian & I and my younger three kids were able to drive up and watch 2 of their 4 games. This was a cool experience for the boys. Here they are […]
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Meet Ian My 21-year-old brother Ian recently moved in with us! Here is little background on my little “big” brother. Ian has autism and is on the lower end of the spectrum. He is a sweet boy and he loves his routine. Ian had been living in a different state in a group home for children with disabilities. The residents […]
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Monday, May 22nd Emily and her kindergarten class started swim lessons this week. I volunteered to help out during their swim lessons, so I have been there each day. Emily is the one in the pink. She took some swim lessons over the summer and did well, but after not swimming for a while she […]
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