Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We (as in me – Jackie) are trying something new this year. The holiday blog. Our family is wishing you a season and a new year of sweet, meaningful moments. Moments that keep your heart tender, and full of grace and gratitude. Around here that means funny dinner conversations, hugs, being out in nature, an act [...]

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odds and ends

Stats:

Gallons of milk we drink in a month – 14

5 pound tubs of peanut butter we eat in one month – 1

Dozens of eggs we use in one month – 8

Loaves of bread we eat in one month – 6

Pounds of chocolate consumed – too many to calculate

Rolls of toilet paper used – never mind!

Showers [...]

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Help me!

Hey guys this is marshall and i just wanted to let you know that my mom beats me and i’m underfed and i sleep in the garage

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bedtime tucking in conversation

“What is that smell?”
“I don’t know.”
“Wow, it’s your armpit! It smells like onions!”
“Oh that smell, it’s pretty manly isn’t it?” (Said with a great deal of pride)
“I don’t care if you think it’s manly or not, you just need to get your tail in the shower and soap up those pits.”
“I can’t mom, I have [...]

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More photos. Lucky you!

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Marshall in action. He was quarterback this year for the freshmen team. If we had kept track of the number of times he was sacked it would have been in the double digits (he would tell you it was not his fault.), including one mild concussion.
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Everett and Nate and their cousin Brody.  Rolling around like [...]

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Marshall – longer hair is in. Remind anyone of the 70’s?  He has since had to cut it short for basketball.  Please ignore the cat clawed screen in the background. Someone should create some limits on the B.L.A.H. blog. Seriously.

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