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Happy Valentine's Day!

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Time for our annual family Valentine's Day dinner. What turned out as something I did for my kids when they were little has turned in to something that they look forward to as teenagers! Picking different themes for the dinner is always fun. Fondue is still the favorite I think but they enjoy whatever it is I end up doing. This year we went with an Asian flare food dinner. Aidan and Tyler were excited for it.  We had spring rolls, chicken dumplings, wonton soup, fried rice, steak and cabbage stir fry, orange chicken, and broccoli. It was all delicious. I didn't make it all though. We bought the dumplings, spring rolls, wontons, and orange chicken. I made the steak and cabbage stir fry, and fried rice. But then I made desserts too. :) Not asian desserts just yummy treats. I made strawberry marshmallow filled chocolate cookies and strawberry Rice Krispies treats. Then I placed coconut rolls and strawberry yogurt covered pretzels alongside them. I had a bowl of fortune cookies jus...
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Thankful for Women of Good Example

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Kindra Whitemarsh was one of Lindsey's young women leaders. She's always had a way with teenagers of making them feel like they matter. She loves them with all her heart. She was going to Rexburg to see her son and stopped in to see all "her girls." I gave her Lindsey's address and she stopped in to surprise her with a Valentine's hug. I loved it! I'm grateful for the people who have positive impacts on my children's lives.   
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2026 Let's Go!

I started the year off running. Maybe not literal running but I spent a lot of time getting things lined up for Olivia and Chaz's wedding. Looking for venues, contacting the florist, rental companies, photographers, caterer, bridal shop...list keeps going! Some days I'd spend well over an hour just making phone calls, answering texts, and writing emails for planning the wedding.   We're doing things a little different this time. Rather than me planning it inch by inch. We've rented a venue and that pretty much comes with the caterer and wedding planner! A lot of the smaller details are included in it like dishes, linens, set up and take down. Having made contacts for Lindsey's wedding I already knew where to turn to for flowers and photographer. However our photographer ended up not being able to help us out so we've looked elsewhere from recommendations of friends. I think we have booked an excellent photographer and she will be taking photos of the "first...
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Funerals Are Reunions

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Two months ago Aunt Laurel (my dad's baby sister) received a brain cancer diagnosis. It was an aggressive and non classifiable type of glioma. It affected her optic nerves resulting in complete loss of vision. Radiation efforts proved ineffective. January 30th our brave aunt lost her battle with cancer. She is finally able to rest and be at peace. I'm glad she's no longer suffering and can see again. I know she was happy to see her parents and her sister who she said just a back in November when she was in the hospital that she was missing them.  Dad rented and 8 passenger SUV. Thursday morning Jaime drove me, Dad, Mom, Elizabeth, Jocelyn, and Lori to Malad, Idaho. Uncle Curtis was supposed to be the 8th passenger but unfortunately he came down ill and wasn't able to go.  Friday morning Jaime, Brian, and I went for a walk. We walked by Grandma and Grandpa's old house. It's barely changed and it made all our childhood memories come flooding back.  The funeral was...
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Cuteness Overload

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My little buddy just hopped up on the barstool next to me. He really is my shadow. The cutie meter just peaked and is overloaded!! He's just too perfect and cute! I love him so much. 💚  
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Learning to be Happy with Myself

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Do you know that I have ice cream multiple times a week! The best part, I've lost weight, changed body composition and have more muscle definition. I've been learning how to count macros and I've gotten pretty good at meeting my macro numbers. Getting the right amount of protein, fats, and carbs that my body needs to support my body during my workouts and throughout my day has definitely made a difference. I haven't cut out all treats but I've learned that I can have them just in the right amounts so I don't feel like I'm missing out or craving something "bad" for me. One of the ways I appease my sweet tooth is by making my protein ice cream. This one in the picture is one of my favorites. Caramel churro ice cream. Other favorites I like to make are chocolate banana, chocolate mint cookie, s'mores, and even my own pumpkin açaí bowl. So delish! Our family's all time favorite evening snack is the "Nightly Chocolate Shake" with so ma...
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Oh No!

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We were supposed to head to my parents on Monday the 19th because there was no school being it was Martin Luther King Day. I wanted to get some laundry done before we left. I noticed the second load in the dryer had absolutely no heat. So Jaime took time along with help from Tyler to take the dryer a part.  I took this picture and loved that I got Tyler levitating the screwdriver. 😄 Based off the look of the heating element Jaime was pretty sure it had gone out. So he ordered the part and we loaded up our laundry and headed to Grandview to do laundry and have a themed dinner and a movie with mom and dad.  Because it was national popcorn day the movie theater was giving away popcorn for $5 in any container you brought, up to 5 gallons. Well, it sounded like a fun thing to jump on so I sent the boys to go get some popcorn in a 5 gallon bucket! They said they saw some other families going where each kid a their own 5 gallon bucket. hahaha. We took our bucket of popcorn to moms w...
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