When Steve left I was just barely pregnant with Holly and JD and now they are the perfect age for an uncle. They can talk and walk and have fun together. Everyone took the day off to pick Steve up from the airport and welcome him home from serving his mission in Montana for the […]
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For The Love Of Apples
We like to take walks to Grandma Hopkins house often. It’s easy now that we live so close. It’s especially nice when we start getting crabby. Grandma planted an apple tree a couple years ago in hopes that her grandbabies would partake of the fruit. Her dreams come true each time Holly and JD arrive. […]
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May The Force Be With You
I hope this is tradition. To dress up as a family in some sort of theme. Our ward had a fun trunk or treat activity tonight filled with games and of course filling our baskets with candy. I was so happy with how well JD and Holly did. They enjoyed walking from game to game […]
The weather is changing and we get to wear our long sleeve shirts and pants now. I cleaned out Holly and JD’s dresser, saying good bye to shorts and t-shirts until next summer. And then I realized they didn’t have very many clothes to wear for fall. Oh darn, that means I have to go […]
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A Small Pharmacy
The past few weeks have brought many trips to the pharmacy. Thanks to a few coupons from my mother in law, we got two $25 gift cards with the new prescriptions. It started with JD getting thrush, who knew a toddler could get it? Not me. I felt so bad for the poor guy. I […]
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Pumpkin Patch
I think this is going to be a fun adventure for us every year. Last year we went to the Clayton Pumpkin Farm to take some pictures and introduce Holly and JD to the orange objects, they didn’t really care. This year we knew they would be more excited and interested in all the animals […]
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We Love Visitors!
We were lucky enough to have Grandma Raab visit us for ten days. It was so nice to have help during the day and the babies loved it too! It took them no time to show Grandma around and become attached to her. Holly and JD were excited to show Grandma her room and enjoyed […]