tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4860904299736405462024-03-19T04:52:30.165-07:00nonenonethe Ecclestonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452301079808857093noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486090429973640546.post-71276505254552795042015-01-11T13:26:00.003-08:002015-01-11T13:26:52.633-08:00HOLI-DAZE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
As per usual, the holidays seem like one giant blur as I look back on it! It's January 11th and I still can't even fathom that we're past Thanksgiving. But here we are, and even though it passed fast, I am so grateful for all the fun we got to have this year. We really got a lot of miles (and a little magic too) out of our holiday season! It's so fun to have kids that are old enough to grasp and participate in everything going on...but they aren't too old yet, heck...are you ever???!!!</div>
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The boys both added to our turkey day prep, with decor of their own....</div>
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We spent actual Thanksgiving at the lake this year! It was lovely and low key. Ryan & I even ran in the Grand Beach turkey trot, which turned out to be a very formal title for people who know each other and might jog a street or two;)...but we carved our own route and loved getting to run together, something we rarely get to do!</div>
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And while we were there we started to prep for the Christmas season by debuting our jammies and having a photo shoot...the kids were absolutely delighted as you can tell...</div>
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The kids saw (Crosbi hugged) Santa twice...one at the Oswego tree lighting and the other at the Breakfast with Santa at the Y. They all told him what they wanted this year, although in very hushed tones. They still aren't quite sure what to think.</div>
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Decoration at our house was in full swing by the time we got home from the lake the weekend after Thanksgiving. We picked out our tree all together and even dressed up Fred and Ethel, our resident reindeer!</div>
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Got our peppernuts made...and I probably ate 3/4s of them myself.</div>
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Kids decorated in their rooms....</div>
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And Crosbi & I even got in on the action!</div>
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One of my favorite decorations to put up is a string of our Christmas cards. This year there were 10! total! I absolutely love to walk by it every year and think about how far God has brought us and expanded our family.</div>
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I couldn't leave out this photo of Sawyer, who after eating a Christmas peanut M & M came over to show me he discovered where peanuts came from...melted my heart!</div>
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We had so much fun leading up Christmas, it seems there was something else to do every time we turned the corner.</div>
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Joe & Crosbi having some hot coco on a playdate</div>
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Gigi & Wayne took the boys, Ryan & I to their first play, Mary Poppins. It was so great and the boys both loved it!</div>
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Crosbi got a Christmas mani from daddy, red sparkles of course!</div>
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And all 3 of them brought home more homemade decore which we love! This was my favorite this year...Sawyer's snow globe...such a cute idea!</div>
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We had our family Christmas in the middle of the month, super early but it was a fun way to kick off the celebrations and have a little time just us 5!</div>
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Crosbi with her favorites...a new baby & "Frozen" cell phone, which she incessantly calls Gigi from (and know matter what Ryan says, I have no idea where she got that idea from)!</div>
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Sawyer had an adorable sing along at his preschool and they let Crosbi join the class to sing. She got right up on stage and sang, even though she had no idea what the songs were. I sure love that girl!</div>
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They also had a live nativity one night at the church where he goes to preschool and the kids loved it. Sawyer wanted to know if it was the real baby Jesus and Crosbi wanted to know what we could do about bringing some of the animals home with us. Both questions got a NO!</div>
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At my Grandparents on Christmas Eve</div>
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It was a great way to wrap things up!</div>
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NYE at the Micks watching Blaze with Joe!</div>
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We came home from a week of pure vacation BLISS in honor of our 10 year anniversary coming up in May with this "priceless" treasure and it ended up with a severed head literally within hours of giving it to Beanie....but that's ok, it's now one of just a million priceless memories from a week spent with my all of my favorite things: sleeping in, reading, going out to eat, having nothing but "fun" to do, my husband and our great friends. It was an awesome blessing & privilege to celebrate our life together, to get rest from the grind of life & to laugh with people we love. </div>
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On the way to dinner...one after another of something really delish!</div>
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Fall brought great routine, structure & pumpkin to our house...just as I predicted. </div>
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It was good for us to get back into the groove of things and we had some really great time this year to enjoy the awesome weather and beautiful Fall God provided! </div>
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I got to go on a trip! All by myself, and despite the little fluffy ball of cuteness sitting on my bags, shocked that I could be leaving without her, I went to DC to visit Auntie Casey & meet baby Ev. It was all kinds of goodness for me...I stayed up late laughing with an old & dear friend (and there's not much better than that folks), I ate a cupcake for breakfast & really yummy take out, went for a run through a gorgeous park in DC and got to explore a place that's chalk full of history and just different from where I spend my days. I traveled by myself which was good for me and I got to hold a new baby...who I couldn't be more thrilled is here! I am so thankful for my precious husband who saw my need for a little retreat from my daily life and took on a weekend by himself so that I could have one to myself. He is really thoughtful about putting me first in that way...I should learn a thing or two from him:).</div>
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Although we had high hopes early this season, it ended up being a catastrophe for our Bears, but as any good Chicago fan knows...there's always next year!</div>
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I am so loving having another person who truly understands bed head and the need for a headband and good manicure around the house. She is so much fun. Ryan says she's sassy and then follows it up with how much she's like me. Shoot....it's most likely true. Ha!</div>
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Super fun park date with GiGi and the cousins at our house</div>
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& some more precious life long friends of mine from Jr. High! We were friends at 13 and 20 years later we still spend most of a meal together cracking up. Pretty blessed.</div>
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Summer is always hard to say goodbye to. In someways, as a mom, by August I crave the routine and structure (and quite frankly the pumpkin) of Fall. But the actual giving up of the sunshine and trips to the Lake and lazy days is hard. We decided to end ours with our favorite thing, a weekender to Grand Beach. One glorious weekend, just the 5 of us, in the best spot was just what we needed to close out another great summer!</div>
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We relaxed at the beach, our place of serenity...the kids seem to all be content for at least a little bit when were down on the beach and we couldn't be more thankful for time to breath in, relax & watch them play together.</div>
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And then it was time for school to start. Griff started a new school this year because last year the building was all kindergartners! This year he is attending Fox Chase which is 1st -5th and he rides the bus there! His teacher is the lovely Mrs. Keck & so far he has loved it!</div>
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And the after party at Charlie's complete with suits and water fights!</div>
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And then it was time for this little "4s grader" to hit the books. He returned to God's Gifts Preschool and is loving his teachers Mrs. Link and Mrs. Figola! Such a handsome little stinker. (Both he and his dad;)!!)</div>
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The boys are both doing Awanas this year at Harvest with the Mick boys and love going every Sunday night! (Well Griffy loves going...Beanie just goes! Hahaha...but he's getting better)! We made this cute little guy on parents night. Griffin loves to read and learn his verses and it makes our hearts happy to hear him recite them!</div>
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And we started attending a new church this fall that the kids all really enjoy and so do the parents! Ryan captured this moment of them running in holding hands, unprompted...I know, it's a one in a million shot, but well take it! </div>
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And to officially close out summer we headed into the city for an "ADULTS ONLY" night so we could act like kids, for Brian's birthday! It was a blast to be together and celebrate with Al & Bri!</div>
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Well it's a Happy New Year...2015 to be exact and I have skipped out on an entire Fall of updating. I really want to keep up with this for the kids...because I don't print or keep track of their lives in any other way. And also for me...because I don't keep track of their lives in any other way. Someday my dream is to print this all off for them so they can read through their childhood and feel like they know a few, otherwise, lost details of their everyday lives. Heck, the details of yesterday are lost on me I think, so something in print is necessary. I used to ask my mom questions about my childhood and was appalled when she answered that she had no clue or had no real memory of it. Now, I totally get it. These busy days are so precious and sweet and chaotic and non stop that there is hardly any way to commit them in great detail to memory. But I just have this nagging suspicion that one day I will have time to sit back and reread some of this and love that it is in some form recorded because A. I will not remember most of it even happening and B. I will want to. So, therefore I will continue with the pics and tidbits to the best of my ability. </div>
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My excuses are little to nothing of substance...but this pic seems to shed a playful light on the circumstances in my home...</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">On behalf of my entire family, I would like to thank you all for coming again and celebrating this truly magical night with us. We could not be more thrilled for Alison to have found Brian & to celebrate with them tonight. Brian, we love you and are so thrilled you are a member of our family! I know Julie and Ryan both feel like they won the "in law lottery" by having you join them! I would also like to thank my parents. You two have raised the 3 of us to believe in marriage, that it works, that it is an adventure and that with a little hard work you can stay married to your best friend for a lifetime. You have changed our lives and multiplied our joy in thousands of ways, but my favorite has been watching you love each other and seeing that love extend into our lives and our own families. You are both a blessing there are no words for and we are extremely grateful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #232323; font-size: x-small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Now for those who don’t know me, I am the oldest of the Richard children and we are all spaced almost 2 years apart exactly. Ali, Andy & I all fell in with </span>stereo typical birth order personalities browning up<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">, I being rule following, color in the lines 1</span></span><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 8.7px; letter-spacing: 0px;"><sup>st</sup></span><span style="color: #232323; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0px;"> born…Andy had all the markings of a wild middle child and being the only boy in the family highlighted these qualities…and then came Alison. Our baby. And she is our family’s baby in every sense of the word expect in if you are using as a adjective, because in that case she is anything but. When Alison was 3 months old my mother found herself staring down at her sweet new baby surrounded with tubes, monitors & doctors. Meningitis. And after days in 2 different hospitals, a seizure and a wait and see what happens prognosis from the doctors…itsy bitsy Alison pulled up and out of a nightmare and headed back home to be with us. Whew! Crisis averted. Childhood illness scare crossed off the list. But if we fast-forward not even 2 years in her storyline we find Ali back at the doctors. This time at a Children’s Hospital in Chicago where the doctors are trying to explain to my parents that elderly people are not the only ones getting diagnosed with arthritis. Ali, their sweet & snugly toddler was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis which meant a long and unknown road of shots, medication, therapy sessions, doctors and specialists, braces for the knees and wrists and some pretty sobering news in respect to her mobility in the years to come. Doctors advised my parents that most likely Ali would be very limited in what activities her body would be able to tolerate. But once again, our little Ali didn’t conform to the standards of any diagnosis. Limited is not a word she’s ever understood. She played traveling soccer and joined me for basketball camp. She swam and ran and jumped along with every other kid. She was never not right in the mix. In high school she was more than determined to make the dance team, but a requirement to even try out was the splits. My parent’s stomachs churned with anxiety knowing how much she wanted to make the dance team and also the condition of her joints. My dad remembers walking up the stairs at night seeing Ali stretched out in the hallway willing her legs to lay flat for weeks before the tryout. Now if any of you have been out with my sister where dancing is occurring, you know how this story ends up. At the end of high school Ali had been a member of the dance team all 4 years. At every turn she has never ceased to amaze us. She has never stopped because someone said she should, she has hustpa!, she is brave; she has a fight in her. God’s got plans for this girl. And part of that plan was to work in my life. There’s a chance, it’s small, but there’s a chance that if Ali wasn’t a part of my life I may still be wearing sweatshirts with cats on them. Thankfully at a young age, she put the kibosh on any animal attire and my wardrobe made great strides because of her keen fashion sense and also extreme dislike for anything momish I may consider. Ali is also one of those rare people that I can laugh for so hard and so long that tears run down my face and my stomach hurts so bad I can’t remember if we have been laughing or if I got punched. As an adult, I don’t think laughter always comes as easy, but with Ali, it’s seems we have never left childhood. She is witty and smart and funny and I have got a front row seat to her very humorous show. And 13 years ago when I was diagnosed with diabetes, I couldn’t help but look at the way Ali has lived…without an “illness title”, without boundaries, without voices saying NO. And in the years since I have looked to her and channeled my inner Ali when I come up against a wall. You are amazing sister, and although I am the older of the siblings, you have inspired me, challenged me and changed my life. I am so thankful and blessed that the Lord saw fit for us to be sisters.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And suddenly life will move, seasons will change, time will charge forward. You will find yourself perched on the front porch of your first home. You will clink glasses as you celebrate a promotion or graduation. You will laugh till you cry over inside jokes and silly texts and nights with great friends. You will see the other one with their arms wrapped around a baby that is part you & part the other and there you will be, smack dab in the middle of joy and you will think, this is the best.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And somewhere in between all the joy, smiles & happy memories there is another side. There will be disappointment. There will be fighting and frustration. There will be a job lost or a dream that you had to let sail away. There might be sickness or challenges that you can't possible imagine. And there will be tears and sadness, but then there will be arms that find you and pick you up. There is someone right next to you who knows what you need to take on your demons and says nothing when you just need to be held. So you don't feel alone, and you have someone fighting along side you( and sometimes with you) and you will think, this is the best.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">And the truth, at least for me has been that being married is the best. The joy in my life is multiplied, the struggles are fought with more force because their are two of us with one goal, the times when it get rough between us only makes it sweeter when we come out on the other side. There is nothing like sharing a life with someone and experiencing all that it has to offer together. Most importantly though, is the way that being married asks us to be unselfish and put someone before ourselves and in doing life within a marriage you get the privilege of knowing and understanding a little more about the God of the universe who lavishly loves us, who put himself second and laid down his life for us and who created man and woman for each other and declared it good. With a little work and some perspective being married is truly the best!</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; letter-spacing: 0.0px;">So please raise your glasses with me, first to Alison…may the God given drive and fight in you be used for the rest of your life to fight for this man, your new husband Brian, your new life and family and your faith which will cement it all together.</span></div>
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Our little red headed wonder is 4 years old.</div>
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I can remember almost every detail about those days you were first with us...maybe because there wasn't any labor this time or maybe it was just because I realized how fragile you and the time you would be this new really were. Sweet and precious and snugly and I was taken!</div>
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4 years later, I still feel the same. You are such a tenderhearted sweet boy. </div>
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That is not to say that you don't also know how to bring on the rain, in fact we sometimes call you our little Eeyore, haha. But when you smile, it lights up the room and our hearts. You have the best little giggle and dimple around. I can't get enough of your sweet unprompted kisses and I LOVE YOUs! They melt my heart. And you are still a great snuggler.....although dad might disagree...he seems to think you kick him any chance you get. </div>
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1. Gluten Free: We've been trying a gluten free diet for almost a year now and it seems to be working! Hopefully in time we'll get more answers but for now you seem more comfortable! You ask all the time if each part of our meal is gooo-tin free and it's adorably heartbreaking! You also like to steal some bread and crackers once in a while too, but you really are a good sport about the whole thing!</div>
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2. Dragons: You've been in love with anything dragon this year...books, the movie and you have been telling our neighbor for months that you're getting a pet a dragon any day. So far no dragon has arrived, but we do have several small toy ones that are getting the job done!</div>
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3. Building: Dad says you are our tiny engineer! You will sit alone and tinker with blocks or Lego's and come up with some pretty cool stuff! You also love puzzles. You're a thinking man!</div>
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4. Sleeping: It's still not a strong point. It's pretty tough for you to get yourself relaxed enough to sleep but you conk out when you finally do!</div>
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5. Crosbi: You sure love your sister. You also fight a lot with her, but I catch you holding hands and scheming up trouble together more often than not. You two have given me a run for my money. I may have lost a year or two off my life this year! haha!</div>
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6. NO SHOES: you never want to wear shoes. You take them off everywhere and drive me nuts because we are constantly losing them...in stores or in public, all the sudden you are just barefoot. </div>
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Ei yi yi! I am trying to really drive home the importance of "no shoes, no shirt, no service" but you seem to be taking the Kenny Chesney approach of "no shoes, no shirt, no problem"! Ha! Oh well, dirty Flinstone toes is what we have this summer for sure!</div>
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7. Your smile, dimple & giggle: I mentioned these before but we love them! When you bust them out they light up our house and we can't imagine it without them....YOU! </div>
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Beanie, we love you so very much! Your red hair, adorable freckles, precious 4 year old way of saying things and interpreting the world & silly giggle help make our world go round! We pray for your life and for many many more reasons to celebrate it! You are loved my sweet son! </div>
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Happy 4th!</div>
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Gluten free cake in what else...Chocolate!</div>
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Gluten free birthday donut (which you hated, so I bought you a real doughnut and you licked the frosting off of it...hey it's your birthday!!!)</div>
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You ate up every celebration you could get this year...loved being the bday boy!</div>
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Here's you with my stolen sun glasses. You have started to ask for sunglasses this summer so I think that it must be true, red heads really are more sensitive to light and you might have a lot of glasses wearing in your future kiddo!</div>
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My handsome boys!</div>
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We love you Sawyer Richard. </div>
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There certainly aren't words to describe this day...it was just as perfect as a day could get for my sister and I just soaked in every dreamy minute. The weather was beautiful and all the details came together and the actual night of the wedding felt kind of like floating through a dream to me. It was just so fun. I was breathless at my sister in her dress, breathless as I entered the tent and saw my moms vision all set up and just delighted that the whole thing felt like you just had a giant warm chocolate chip cookie...just happy! Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Reff! Such a fun weekend and to many many more celebrations to come! </div>
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I feel like I didn't take that many pictures no the actual wedding day, so I am pining for the photographer to get hers out, I didn't even get a good one of the kids...but I think she has one! Here's just a brief overview in pictures on the weekend....</div>
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Because my mom can't help herself, even the lake house got some wedding love!</div>
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Al & Brian had all the kids over before the festivities got underway to give them their gifts. There were 9 kids, so as you can guess...there was MASS CHAOS. But it was a hoot and these guys definitely stole the show a lot of the weekend! So precious!</div>
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C & Brian's nephew Evan sharing a snack at Stray Dog!</div>
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Beanie goes in for the smooch on the way to the Fiesta that the Bailin's hosted at their pool for Ali and Brian Thursday night! There was games and friends and tacos! What better way to kick off the weekend???</div>
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Some adorable Sapp girls and their mommas!</div>
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On Friday we had a beach day and lunch at my parents house during the day and then all got ready for the rehearsal that afternoon! </div>
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Us with our momma</div>
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And the dinner was at a super cute restaurant called Frankies! </div>
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Here's a shot of all of Ali & Bri's siblings...</div>
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Wish we had a rewind button for a few special events!</div>
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Realizing our "baby" isn't such a baby...</div>
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We've been having such a fun summer watching her grow, hearing her vocabulary grow and seeing her "flex her muscles" on her opinions...she's got her own ideas folks! I love having this snugly little buddy around. She melts our hearts day in and day out!</div>
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I had to show both of these to capture the full swing of emotions within seconds for Beanie! Haha!</div>
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We have watched, sung and played a LOT of Frozen...</div>
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the Ecclestonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452301079808857093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486090429973640546.post-53539574246747331392014-06-23T20:16:00.002-07:002014-06-23T20:16:33.895-07:00#7Hey there G- man.<br />
You are 7. I am so thrilled to have been blessed with 7 amazing years of you. You are spunky & funny & adventurous. You are smart & creative & chatty. You are perfectly you. I will tell you this for the rest of my life, but God has used you in just MAJOR ways to change my heart and increase my trust in him. And you came in this adorable little curly haired package to do so. I am forever thankful and indebted to you. You are so precious my son & I love you so much! Happy Birthday and to MANY MANY more!<br />
xoxo<br />
mom<br />
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For your birthday dad took you & some buddies to see a movie. Then you all came home, we made individual pizzas and played outside till it was dark. We also had a little family BBQ on your day. You wanted Legos, Nerf guns & a Wii game...and we also got you some books (for good measure) and some BULLS clothes! LOVED celebrating with all things Griffin. We even got you your oun personal ring of shrimp and we literally had to cut you off, because you almost ate them all. Ha ha! Here's to many many more of sweet curly topped you!<br />
xoxo<br />
Mom<br />
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Then we celebrated 9 years of US on the 21st! It was such a fun celebration because Ryan surprised me and got a sitter the night before so we could go to dinner & took our anniversary off. Then my mom babysat the next night so we could go out for drinks! I don't think we have ever had 2 nights in a row just us since Griffin, so it felt like such a fun luxury! </div>
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stealing bites of my yogurt and giving me ridiculously cute faces so I won't be mad!</div>
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Here she is at "dress like a princess day" for ballet class. She LOVED her first dance class even though she did way more dancing in preparation to go and mostly just stared at everyone else once she got there! She's a crack up in these ballet shoes!</div>
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Here she is in preparation to go to the lake for memorial day! All ready to kick off Grand Beach for the summer! (and in case you were wondering, these white pants didn't even make it to the car. She fell on her way from the deck to the driveway in some mud and i had to change her before we left! She was a cutie pie in that all American get up though!)</div>
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Griffin's last day was after we got back from a nice long holiday weekend at the lake! I still can't believe how fast his kindergarten year flew by! He's just made me so proud and excited to see where God takes him!</div>
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Waiting for the bus with the siblings and next door neighbor Teddy!</div>
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And the sweetest note from Ms. Pulsa in his class book! </div>
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And I can't forget to mention (because I am certain this will pass) these two's obsession with holding hands. She always holds out her little hand and says, " mee mee" (beanie) and he takes it with no hesitation and off they go. It melts my heart!</div>
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Lastly our sweet friends, the Egly's, had their 4th boy Luke and we got to hold him the day he came home! Nothing like a sweet fresh from God baby, is there?? Kathryn is beautiful as ever fresh from the hospital, and he is precious! Congrats guys!</div>
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<br />the Ecclestonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07452301079808857093noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-486090429973640546.post-11401381201911097872014-05-27T21:56:00.000-07:002015-01-05T05:24:11.122-08:00On change & motherhood.Got tears. Hot, messy, free flown tears tonight. The kind that just roll down your face and won't stop. The kind of tears that get triggered by something and then keep coming down without reason. I told Ryan it was good and felt very cleansing. He looked and me as said, "it really doesn't look like it feels good." Ha ha! He's right. I look horrible and I just wiped my nose on the side of my robe. (*note to self, wash that sometime) At least it is easing the "pit of change" that sits there like a giant bolder hot glued to the bottom of my stomach, pleading with my head to go through memories like they are in a yearbook video being played to the tune of some sad but heartwarming Sarah McLachlan song. And I can't say no to that scenario very good, I am sucker for those videos. I am also kind of a sucker for melting down to change. As a teenager I was a hot mess, God bless Wayne and Suz because there was a lot of <strike>crying</strike> wailing. Thankfully, it gradually got easier for me to move through the seasons of my own life with grace-ish-ness. <br />
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Then I had babies. <br />
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And they are beautiful and oh so precious and growing at the speed of light and they are mine times 3! So I am learning all over again about milestones and how to approach them and move through them and move on towards the next day. Dwelling on the past gets me no where but a bigger puddle of tears and frankly I barely have time to pee without an "incident" (eh ehmmmm Sawyer, I know it was you who let that stolen fudge-sickle melt all over the carpet) much less find a spare half hour to Sarah McLachlan montage it up. There's nothing I can do to change that time will, without a doubt keep moving faster than I'd like. Plus, there's 3 of them, so I not only live through my stuff every year but multiple of theirs. A lot of times "theirs" is harder on my heart than "mine". 3 times of starting a new school year and 3 times of ending the school year and 3 birthdays every year and all the other life that comes in-between. How do I keep myself from crying all the time??!!?? <br />
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I remember sitting in my dining room at the sweet little house we had just finished fixing up in Omaha staring through the front windows just rubbing my belly over and over again. Imagining myself with a baby. Me as mom. Actually happening. I just didn't feel ready. It wasn't the timing I was thinking. But there I was. And I would I encourage myself by having little motivational talks in my head, "you with a baby...I can totally see that. You can totally roll with a baby. An elementary aged kid...that's for another time, another day, another lady. But a baby, we can do that. Just take this little surprise bundle one day at a time." And just a thousand or so days at a time later, I've arrived. Plus I have 2 more. I am that lady. (self high five)<br />
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And it's bittersweet.<br />
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Life is just plain ole bittersweet.<br />
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It makes it amazing though. Bitter makes the sweet, sweeter. So here's my plan...instead of drawn out cry feasts and pits in my stomach for days and sad feelings invading my time and thoughts I am choosing something else. A few hot mess tears...yes, for good measure. I firmly believe you gotta grieve before you go forward. But then I am cutting it off. I am choosing thankfulness. What a beautiful year I have had. God saw fit for me to mother 3 kids through ages 6, 3 & 1 and now onto 7, 4, & 2. I have got to hear the gorgeous sound of them making each other laugh everyday and even the sound of them making each other cry still means were here and figuring out this family thing. My daughter went from baby to toddler, and I was there. I watched through the glass at her first dance class and I get to slip on her ballet shoes to her emphatic giggles every time we go. She not only crawls but now walks, dances and runs through life. I have seen both of my sons grow in inches and in heart. They both made huge strides academically and learned some life along the way too. Sawyer <strike>potty trained </strike> mostly is attempting to be potty trained and he's happy at school. His teacher's even say he's a social little butterfly at that. Answers to things that weighed on my heart before he started. Griffin made new friends and learned how to read and started to ask me questions about hard stuff...like why people would treat people who looked different meanly around MLK day. My heart nearly broke trying to explain to him that the world is just broken but then we had this awesome moment where I got to talk to him in a tangible way about why God is so important and why we need him so much. <br />
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Heartbreaking to bigger HEART. <br />
Valleys to mountain tops. <br />
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All the tired and messy and frustrating and hard and wonderfully wonderful stuff in-between, and I got to be there for it all. I got to see my kids live it. Isn't that the best???!!!? I am going to take it. Maybe not everyday will I get to this surge of joy from the mundane & frustrating parts of our life. In fact I am probably tomorrow going to want to throw in the towel...or at the very least "throw the towel" at one of them. But I guess what I am getting at is that milestones are for reflection and a moment of being sad, maybe. But it is also cause for celebration of all that God has allowed to pass through my time. And it's good to have set times to mark that thankfulness. <br />
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So thanks God. For the great teachers and great kids and great friends that we pray for each night. As I see this school year come to an end I can truly see such a sweet answer to those prayers. Each part of this year, the good, bad and ugly has been part of something wonderful and I am so thankful. I love getting to be the mom in this story and I couldn't have written it better if I had been picking the characters myself.<br />
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This Spring we also got to celebrate Ali & Brian at our house with a little wonderland shower! I have had it in my head to do this theme for forever and loved watching it come together! Andy and I have called Ali "Alice" since we were kids as kind of a joke and it stuck, so I couldnt resist! It was such a fun day to have friends and family over to TOAST my baby sister in her new marriage!</div>
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and more cake! The crowning jewel of all my parties. What is better than opening up a box or bag and finding cake...nothing! Are these not the cutest things you have ever seen??!!!</div>
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Well Spring certainly could not come fast enough for us. We are so ready to be out and about, running, riding, playing, digging and breathing in the fresh air. Spring is taking it's sweet time, there's no doubt, but we've enjoyed the warmer weather none the less. This pic above is us on Easter, we rode our bike to McDonalds when we got home from all the festivities and got chocolate shakes. We don't look super Eastery but I think this is a very real representation of us. Covered in dirt and sweat and chocolate and still smiling (or trying to!).</div>
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C with Grandpa Wayne on Easter, just to document we were dressed up at one point!</div>
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And somehow this Spring Crosbi turned 2! My baby!! We had so much fun celebrating her sweet life with our family and friends. As I am looking at the pictures from her birthday they are mostly Crosbi and some form of dessert or sugary delicacy. I have no excuses. We gotta do it up when you turn two I guess??!!?? We started the day off with our Birthday donut tradition and Daddy and Griffin both came with us before school and work! It was a super fun treat!</div>
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That night we ate Watermelon cake (which I can't say I highly recommend) and surprised you with presents and a pink kitchen in your room. The boys got you pink legos, which as I am sure you guess were actually for them because they spent the rest of the night playing with them. </div>
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A few nights later we celebrated with more family and friends. ...both sets of Grandparents, Ali & Brian, the Eglys, Micks & Hustons! It was a full house and we had a blast eating pizza and cake and running around like crazy. We of course watched frozen in the background and ran barefoot until the sun went down in the back yard! The cake and cupcakes delighted me so much it was almost unhealthy and seriously they tasted as good and cute as they looked! How awesome are they??!! </div>
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Oh Doc Crosbi!!!!!</div>
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Dearest Crosbi Lucille,</div>
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You are loved. You are adored. You are adorable. You are also feisty. You got 'tude. </div>
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You know what you what and you don't stop till you get it. (could be good or bad)</div>
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You are fearless. You are free. You are perfect. </div>
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I love you my spunky 2 year old. </div>
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There is nothing more I could have asked God for, you are every perfect gift.</div>
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Happy Birthday!!</div>
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In case you were wondering what Beanie has been up to all Spring, don't worry. He's been up to all his usual antics...like spilling stuff all over the floor where I have just vacuumed, pictured below...</div>
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Crosbi had a big winter! She discovered her LOVE of reading and grabs books and "reads" to herself all day long. It actually is so precious I kind of never want her to learn the real way. Ha ha! She also discovered her love of dancing and singing and more specifically to the music from Frozen, or as she calls it, "GO". This girl could watch GO 10 times a day and requests to more! She's even started to sing along to the songs and say some of the lines. Her favorite?? When princess Elsa asks, "What's that smell??" Crosbi yells out "Chocolate" with all she's got. She's her mother's daughter! Our bummer this winter was that Crosbi Lu wanted to <strike>match</strike> outdo her brothers and not only chipped her front tooth, but knocked the other one right out. She had a rough first night and eventually we decided that the dentist had to take the tooth, so in all pics from here on out, she is our toothless wonder! haha! She also decided that she's too big for the crib and after a few nights of hearing giant rumbles from upstairs and finding her on the floor when we checked we decided that little Crosbi needed a BIG GIRL bed! We said goodbye to our crib of 7 years and reminisced all the memories of all 3 of our little babes sleeping in it. Whew, time is moving at light speed it seems, but more and more I just feel thankful that I got to be a part of it at all instead of feeling sad it's gone.</div>
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As stated up top...it was a looooooong winter, stuck inside. So there was a lot of this going on....</div>
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Griff on the 100th day of school...they dressed like 100 year olds & just a normal day for Crosbi.</div>
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Valentines Day and our birthdays always mash together every year & this year was no different. I helped in Sawyer's room at the Valentine party & Ryan went to Griffin's class for his party! We had to bring healthy snacks so we came up with these LOVE bugs for Beanie mans pals!</div>
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And we celebrated our birthdays at home with the kids and at our favorite place out, the Turf Room!</div>
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As winter <strike>melted</strike> ran over into Spring we got to spend a week with Molly, our friend from Nebraska! I babysat her and her brothers when I was in college and it just so happened that her family dropped her off on the way from a college visit for her brother Parker. Oh my! Now that dates me! We had a blast and I LOVED having her around all week, and so did the kids!</div>
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Crosbi killing us with her toothless smiles and requests to dunk!</div>
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And what would a season be without posting a paint job I made Ryan do! He's such a trooper! We painted our downstairs bathroom a coral color and it definitely "lit up" the space. We took it down a notch and now it feels like home, but it still kind of glows. In a good way, I say!</div>
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Well, I have majorly failed on my blogging this year. I am not sure that it matters to anyone else, but I think since it's the end of the school year & my kids suddenly seem so grown up I am feeling sentimental and didn't want them to have a year undocumented. Also, I have an itch to do some writing (again, I think I am just feeling sentimental! Ha! Looking back through all these pics has me thinking how much would be lost if there weren't a camera on my phone!!) So I'll just post a lot of pics and hopefully get myself to a place where I can actually post some current stuff...maybe!!??!! It's kind of a reflection of where we're at with life. A 2 & 3 year under one roof is actually a lot like living at the circus...there's stunts & shows & choas & snacks & poop. And very little time to write or sit or breath...haha!</div>
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For Halloween this year, we had 2 garden gnomes and an Iron Patriot. We also had hand, foot & mouth disease. It was nasty and you can thank me later for not posting the pics of poor Beanie. We'll just say that as the name would imply, there was a rashy gross thing covering Sawyer and Crosbi's hands, feet and mouths. Ew! So glad we made it through that and onto Trick or Treating! I love this Top Pic because it totally tells where our kids are at this year...Griff totally into being Griff, Beanie wondering what Griff is doing and Crosbi looking to Bean for direction. </div>
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Beanie had an awesome year at school this year. His teachers were just the sweetest ladies and he met great friends. Here is a close up of him from the Fall class pic. He is such an adorable little red frosted cupcake! This picture of him makes me melt and he is perfectly placed right between his best little school buddy, Griffin (not his brother, his friend as he always says) and the woman he refers to as his girlfriend, Roara (Laura).</div>
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And I got to help at the Thanksgiving Day Feast. Hilarious. </div>
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Mrs. Coates & Mrs. Stabile and all their sweet 3 year olds!</div>
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Sweet, sweet Ryan painted stripes in our dining room in time for the party we hosted the Friday after Thanksgiving...</div>
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and as usual, our <strike>weekly</strike> daily trips to Target were nothing short of a <strike>chaotic show of terror</strike> delight!!</div>
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This fall there was a lot of snuggling & sibling love in our house. We both said that one of our favorite things this year has been watching relationships form between our kids. They all have a silly way they relate to each other and it kills us to watch them interact sweetly with each other. Crosbi lovingly calls her brothers Mee mee (Beanie) and Nin (Griffin). I love it when she yells out for them. And just so you know I'm not story telling...with increased sibling love comes increased sibling fighting and we've had a lot of that too. Ha! But the love is more fun to document and talk about.</div>
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Griff also hit the jackpot at school this year! We love his teacher Ms. Pulsa and he's met some great friends too! He comes home everyday with the most entertaining and creative art he's made in class and in "creative time". These Griffin nesting dolls could not bring me more joy...hahaha! I am so excited he's showing some interest in art, I love it!</div>
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My two best girlfriends since Jr. High Stacy & Andrea</div>
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Time has slipped away from me all together since the Summer. School and schedules and life have kept me from taking any pics of the kids that weren't on my phone, much less putting them on the blog. But since this spot is for them to keep up with their life, I thought I should get things back up to speed, because there's been a lot of things going on and milestones hit that they will want to know about...I hope, haha!</div>
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The boys started school! Griffin is in ALL DAY Kindergarten and Sawyer is going 2 mornings a week to God's Gifts Preschool in Oswego. They both have adjusted wonderfully and are doing great! I love the great schools, teachers and friends they have!</div>
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Griff has done so great in school! I couldn't be more proud to see worksheets come home with his handwriting, hear all his songs and listen to him sound out words as he starts to read! As a former grade school teacher, this makes my heart want to burst! He gave us "first timers" a scare with a few yellow cards pulled at the beginning of the school year and we remained super calm and collected by assuming he was headed straight for jail and calling his teacher (rookie mistake). She put us at ease, assuring us that this happens with everyone and has had great behavior since! He loves his new friends, playing with Charlie at recess, going to Library, playing and reading Star Wars, computer class and all the fun dress up days that come with Elementary school!</div>
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A drawing Griff brought home from school...he LOVES him some Star Wars!</div>
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Griff and I on his back to school date to sushi with Ry & I.</div>
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Sawyer is attending God's Gifts where Griffin went his first 2 years for Preschool! I absolutely love his teachers who tuck him safe and sound in to our car after each day. He looked so small that first day in, waddling with his back pack! He always tells me he will miss me when were in the drop off line but he always gets right out and has quite the tales about what he did while he was there. Sawyer also had two major changes in his life moving into this Fall. He is working on potty training (poke my eyes out, still not going great) and also he switched over to a gluten free diet! He's done great on it and I think is feeling much better so that's been a huge blessing!</div>
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This girl is quite a character! I am in love with watching her explode into being a toddler! It is way too much fun to dress her and watch her try to talk and play with the boys. I am trying to enjoy each sweet step as I know I am only going future away from this baby stage, so when she lets me rock her before bed I savor the *moment*. She is saying a few words, loves to move and grove, walks, runs, hops, skips and jumps...haha! She doesn't miss a beat. Oh and she seems to love shoes and chocolate...I think we're going to be good friends Cros!!</div>
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It's been super fun for Ry and I to pass on our love of basketball to the kids and the last two seasons we've been a family of avid bulls fans! It's been on our bucket list to get them a hoop and now that we are in a place we hope to stay we couldn't wait to get one in the ground! Thanks to help from the grandparents and the boys b-day $$$ and a little man power from "dad life" AKA: Ted and Jason, we were able to cross it off! We are hoping to hear the steady thump thump thump of dribbles for years to come from our driveway! </div>
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This Fall has been wonderful and exhausting all in the same breath...hello real life, right??!!?? I am loving this stage with my family but it also a never ending cycle of work. We have had a horrible round of the flu, hand-foot & mouth and colds. Ryan and I have talked about wearing face masks and rubber gloves in the home (kidding...sort of) but hopefully we're just getting this all out of the way. I am trying to remain up beat. Bleh. I have had a few great nights with girlfriends, one to hear one of my favorite authors, Shauna Neiquest, speak and one to drink wine a paint pumpkins. I am so thankful for friends, these nights keep me sane as we can rehash the good, bad and ugly of being moms! </div>
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Ry has had a super busy Fall. He is seriously such an amazing dad, provider, hard worker and friend. We are all of blessed to have him heading our family. This month Ryan applied for and received a promotion to Director at Con Agra! I couldn't be more proud of Ryan and am confident he will do great in his new role! He's also been working through an extensive list of to do projects in our new home and he's been super patient with me as I keep adding to it! Ha ha! We have painted walls & cabinets, put in canned lights and hung fixtures and pictures. We have moved endless boxes and it's been a lot of work to get set up in our new place! I need to post some pics but here is a small project he did in our bedroom because he loves me and he goes along with my crazy whims! A polka dot wall! He and Griff started basketball tonight too and he is coaching! Ha ha! I can't wait to hear the stories!</div>
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In October we went with my family to Florida for a longish weekend. It was a great chance to be all together as a family without outside distractions and lots of sunshine! We even got 2 all grown up nights out because our old babysitter from Naperville just moved to Florida, AWESOME! We rented a boat one day, did a trip to the zoo, swam and just hung out. Each big kid couple also planned and made a meal complete with dessert and drink of the night so that was a fun new twist on the vacation and got us all involved! I wouldn't say we got a ton of R & R (haha!!!) but we had a blast! </div>
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And last but not least, no Fall is complete without your annual pumpkin farm trip and ours was so fun this year as all 3 of the kids could participate and enjoy it!</div>
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Nothing makes me happy like petting zoos, pumpkins and Fall fun! Nothing, that is except for Christmas decore...haha! I am already thinking ahead! That's a long story short...or maybe for some of you a short story long, but that's what we've been up to! Here's to staying healthy and enjoy the rest of the Fall!!</div>
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So blessed to have a weekend all to myself with this man...</div>
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to make memories and laugh and catch our breath in an all adults weekend away at the lake. We ate out, went to the vinyards, went to the beach, the boys went for a run (and lost poor Mike), slept in, hot tubbed it and just sat. It was a breath of fresh air and just what we needed to recharge the batteries. It's so awesome to have such great friends who we love to be around, with or without kids. God is just so good, this was totally a highlight of our summer!!!</div>
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As I posted early in the summer, this year we lost my sweet Grandma Norma. It was truly a blessing to get to see her go to heaven as she fought for several years with dementia and is finally up in heaven, I am sure right next to Grandpa Rusty, just as she should be. Below, is her obituary and the talk I gave at the funeral. I just had a few people ask me to post this, and hopefully someday my kids will find this an interesting piece of their history. Their GREAT grandma was quite a lady. Above she is pictured with Sawyer, who is undeniably a RICHARD. The most heart breaking thing for me was that she was too far gone by the time I had children to know my kids. She would have adored them all but I know this little red head would have held a special place in her heart, as she was a red head and so was my grandpa (Rusty...ha) and all 4 of his brothers. Can you imagine the trouble my Great Grandma Cora had to deal with??? AH! One is all I can handle right now, haha! I wish I had a pic to post of her in her younger years, she was a beauty!! Love you Grandma. You were are someone I would like to shape my life after and I am so blessed to have been your granddaughter. You are missed and loved.</div>
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Richard passed away May 28, 2013 at The Arbors of Lincoln at 9:30 in the
morning. Norma was 85 years, 3
months and 13 days old. She was
born on a farm west of Ashland on February 15, 1928 to George R. and Genevieve
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Norma attended District 41
rural school and graduated in 1945 from Ashland High School and in 1973 from
the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She continued her life long love of learning with a career in education
for 20 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thirteen were
teaching in rural schools and seven for the Ashland-Greenwood Schools.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even when she formally left teaching in
1980 to work for Sapp Brothers Petroleum, she was a welcome sight at the
Elementary school as Mrs. Claus each Christmas, always sharing her talents as a
poised speaker and animated reader.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">On July 29, 1951, she was
united in marriage to Raymond L. Richard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They celebrated just shy of 56 wonderful years together before Rusty
passed away July 26, 2006.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Norma
was the true definition of devoted wife, who well understood the meaning of “in
sickness and in health” spending countless hours caring for and supporting her
husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To their union four
children were born: Douglas, Wayne, Bradley and Connie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their first home was in Aurora,
Nebraska, later moving to Lincoln where they spent 11 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1967 the family moved to Ashland
where they resided until Rusty passed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Both Norma & Rusty loved their hometown and were well invested in
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Norma was a member of the
Ashland United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women and she held
many offices, including Matthews Chapter #42 O.E.S., Chapter BD, P.E.O.
President, member of the Ashland Arts Council and member of the
Ashland-Greenwood School Foundation Board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was also the Ashland Stir-Up queen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Norma was more than generous with her
time and talents as a community member, neighbor and friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was also never short on cookies,
baked goods or homemade rolls if you dropped by for a visit or meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Norma is survived by sons
and daughter-in-law; Douglas and Renee’ of Lincoln, NE;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wayne and Suzanne of Naperville,
IL;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bradley and LuAnn of rural
Ceresco; and Daughter and son-in-law Connie and Mark Hanson of Wayne, NE;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>grandchildren: Robert and Rochelle
Richard, Abigail and Ryan Eccleston, Andrew and Julie Richard, Alison Richard,
Michael Richard, Stacey and Mike Sanders, Megan Richard, Jennifer and Cody
Bobolz and Nathan Hanson; seven great grandchildren: Reagan Richard, Griffin,
Sawyer and Crosbi Eccleston, Cooper and Claire Richard and Kennedy Bobolz; one
brother, Jerry (wife Jan) Newsham of rural Ashland and many nieces, nephews,
and cousins.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was preceded in
death by her parents George and Genevieve Newsham, husband Raymond Richard,
brother Dale, of Lincoln, sisters-in-law Nerine Newsham (wife of Dale) and
Roberta Newsham (wife of Jerry), and George M Newsham (newphew).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #87220c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I am sure
you have all had a moment where one of your five senses serves as a time
machine and takes you right into a memory, like for an instant you are actually
in a place so scared and happy and you haven’t literally moved an inch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The hoppy chorus of certain songs can
take me right back to my college dorm and the smell of strong coffee brewing
transports me to my parents kitchen in the early hours of morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Taste is a big one for me though.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I consider myself to be somewhat of a “foodie”
and by that I don’t mean I’m a gourmet food coinsure, I just mean that I love
food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I am pretty sure that my
obsession with all things delicious started at my Grandma Richards house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Give me a bite of a gooey caramel roll
or a snickers bar or green bean casserole and there’s only one place I go…tucked
safe and sound into the kitchen of my grandparents yellow house, right in the
middle of Ashland, Nebraska.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
that is such a sweet spot to be, if even for just a minute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food was something that my Grandma used
to show and spread love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was
the first person I ever heard talk about food, well before the days of the
cooking channel, in a way that signified that each item she was making was
because it was someone’s favorite or met someone’s special dietary
requirement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She worked tirelessly
so that each family member arrived to a meal with their favorite dish displayed
on the table. For me it was always orange fluff, but if I am being honest, how
could I narrow it down to one thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Others in our family are crazy for her homemade pizza, roast and
potatoes, from scratch runzas, dinner rolls and I would be remiss if I didn’t
mention the famous Christmas cookie platter which took her weeks to assemble
and was overflowing with sweet sugary confections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She planned menus for weeks before an event, writing endless
lists, and scanning her recipe books and magazines for ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She sent my grandpa to the store and
enlisted him to prep for hours on end as she blended, baked, rolled, cut and
mixed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end, no one beamed
with more pride than my Grandpa over the feast she had created.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were quite a team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The term “labor of love” is the only
way I think I can describe a family dinner at her house and if you knew my
grandma, you know this is how she approached everything that she did, she
always labored with love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She took
on life with determination, a fine attention to detail, a sun up to sun down
and beyond work ethic, a cleanliness which was next to Godliness…she was
organized and prepared and ready with notes and clever tid bits she had
collected, and most importantly she had a deep desire to serve and bring joy to
those she loved and those who needed to be shown love and she loved the Lord
with her whole heart.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #87220c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">To be
honest, even with all these amazing qualities, it still boggles my mind how she
got to everything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a farm
girl who fell in love with an adorable red head.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the mother of 3 wild boys and one sweet baby girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the wife of a diabetic, and
being one myself I know the sacrifice and fear and trails that the spouse of
one faces day in and day out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
was a working mom and she went back to school to earn her degree in the midst
of all of that chaos.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a
teacher and a friend and the president of PEO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a baker, a record keeper, and a snow village
collector.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was the hostess
with the mostest, always running to the treasure trove she called the deep
freeze for a treat she could thaw for last minute company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was Mrs. Claus and Mrs.
Richard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was a gem and one of
kind and I am just grateful to haven known her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #87220c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">With Grandma
leaving us here on this side of heaven I see the generations handing over the
baton and things shifting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our family
is changing and as weddings and babies spring up our family is growing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What gives me an ache in the pit of my
stomach is to know that my kids won’t know this truly remarkable woman who
happens to be their great grandmother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But then I realize that something as simple as what to make for dinner
can turn into an opportunity to share Norma with the next generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So every time I make one of my kids
favorites for dinner, every time I sit down to scheme and dream out my
Christmas card for the year, every time I read a story to my babies in an
animated voice or tuck away notes, photos and documents in labeled boxes so
that they will have them someday, every time I pull out treats to serve to
company (even if mine are store bought), every time I cherish the fact the
there is finally a baby girl in my arms to buy baby dolls for, every time I
fall more in love with the sprinkle of freckles that are spreading across the
bridge of my own little red heads nose and give into his mischievous grin,
every time I shake my head in an exhausted smile over my boys, every time I
work really hard to accomplish something or do something kind for someone else
I have a little bit of Norma right with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And my kids will naturally know her even though it’s not in
a tangible human form.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We will
pass her down to the next generation, to Regan, Griffin, Sawyer, Crosbi,
Cooper, Claire, Kennedy and any other “baby Richards” that may come along
through small acts of generosity and love and lots of stories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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lived the kind of life that God asks of us…full of joy and full of getting
through the hard things and coming out stronger and full of dependence on
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is a life to be
celebrated and I pray that through my actions for the rest of my days I will do
just that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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for coming to celebrate the life of my grandma and I know nothing would honor
her more than for you to go home this week and make someone you love their
favorite cookie.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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This is my cousin (and dear friend Amy's) daughter, Ollie Lucille and both our girls are named for our Grandma Lucille. (As is Amy LU) They were a hoot and half together and I can't wait to watch them grow! Spending time with Amy as a mom was such a JOY for me, I've loved getting to spend each new phase of life with her and this one will probably be my favorite! Now to get her and her hubby to move next door????</div>
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and then we packed it back up for the lake and MORE family! We had a great weekend with my dads whole family in Grand Beach!</div>
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After kayaking and looking hot and tired with Coop!</div>
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Beanie, precious, Beanie BOY...<br />
Happy 3rd birthday to my favorite little red head. No shock here, but I can't believe how fast we flew through year #2. It was so much fun and so much work and so much growing and talking and changing and loving and laughing happened. You are a whole new kid from a year ago, with your own opinions and phases you love to say and that little sneaky grin. The way you talk absolutely steals the hearts of your dad & I. You constantly tell us stories about how you and members of our family have been bitten by "nakes" (snakes). "Holy 'mokes" "dat is AWESOME!!" "wook at dis" (look at this) and when you cry out in the car "me not like this drive"over and over again are just a few in your wheel house of our "beanie phrase favs". Your favs include: your birthday, running outside with no shoes on, anything Griffin likes, super heros, the Hulk, trains, building towers, noodles and cake, snacks, playing at the park, your buddies fenry (Henry) and Charlie, your blankie and boppy, your sister "Craw-beeee Luuuuucille", digging in the dirt, "nuggling" (snuggling) with your dad & I and dancing your Sawyer dance. You are unbelievably precious and unbelievably naughty and unbelievably a perfect toddler boy. Hearing you call me Momma and wrapping my fingers in between your sweet little fingers and swooping you up in my arms after hearing you ask, "will you hold me momma??" (who could say no????) is what I will bottle up and carry with me. There is nothing sweeter than that. On the flip side you are very sneaky, you are constantly wondering off and you handle most of your problems with those heavy fits of yours. Ha ha! You are not potty trained yet and we have T minus one month to do it before school starts. I need prayers. Sweet heart, you have always been my little miracle. You fill up my heart and push me to my limits. I see myself in your face and my dad in your hands and hair and the way freckles are sprinkling over your nose is so familiar and oh so adorable. You keep us busy and drive us crazy and melt our hearts. We love you kiddo. Happy birthday and prayerfully to many many more. Everyday I thank God for you. We love you little red headed wonder.<br />
Momma<br />
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If I could bottle up your cute little 6 year old self right now and save it for rainy days, I would. I am absolutely smitten with where you are with life right now. Gone are your toddler days, you are certainly a big boy...which some days breaks my heart, but honestly I adore listening to your views on life and your commentary on the what's happening around you at your age. You have quite a way with words and are just a hoot. Dad and I find ourselves in stitches all the time over your use of phrases such as, "I love you just the way you are"..."Fortunately, I didn't do that"...and the ever so common, "but Beanie did" Ha ha! You are a great helper, quick to tackle a new task or adventure, lover of all things boy and outside, builder of Lego's, ninja loving turtle enthusiast, reader and watcher of Superheros (much to daddy's delight), fan of the Bulls, best buddy of Charlie, wrestler of Beanie, defender to Crosbi & still my snuggle bug (you ask every night)!! All that to say, I love you and always have "just the way you are"! </div>
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The other day you were playing with some buddies when some of the moms noticed a lull in activity and a pile of boys circled up on the sidewalk. Upon further inspection we realized you all had destroyed several aunt hills and were hypnotised by the desperate scramblings of these tiny creatures, and OK, you were smashing them too, I can't lie. To our horror, as we panned out from the aunts on the sidewalk we realized that the sidewalk cracks weren't the only place the aunts were taking refuge, there were a fair amount crawling all over you boys. Up and down your legs, in and out of your shoes, socks, shorts and shirts...and dare I even say hair. I shudder to even recall it all because bugs crawling all over me seems like a nightmare, but you guys weren't phased in the least. Us moms had a healthy mix of disgust and laughter as we shook tiny bugs out of socks and undies. When I told daddy about it, he said, "Well, they're boys Abbi...what did you expect??" He is right. And so are you. You are all boy and all adventure and most importantly WILD AT HEART. That is where I pray you will stay. I want you to keep your free spirit, your zest for life, your love for all the good God has for us to experience here on earth. I will also pray for wisdom...so that you never go sky diving with a second hand parachute. Ha ha! It's a big year for you buddy. You are starting school and we have to send you out into the world. 6 years ago you changed my life. You gave me one of God's richest and most abundant blessings and although I am nervous and sad to let you go (even in just this little way) I know that I have to give you back over to HIM so that you can change some more lives and so that your life can be changed! Oh, the best and most beautiful parts of life are just around the corner for you bud! I love that I get VIP seats. I am praying for you to experience all the joy and even some sorrow...the full spectrum of life my son. I wouldn't want you to miss out on even one thing. Each piece of life that we go through, good or bad, happy or sad, helps shape our hearts and know God better. We can learn to trust him through our trails and thank him in our joys. I love you so very much Griffin. To many many more celebrations of you!</div>
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I know I always say life is full and busy and with 3 kids, how could it not right??!!? But this week, I've felt the business of life just fall on me and I'm tired. I've fallen asleep a few nights right after I put the kids down. Poor Ryski is on the couch all alone (although I think he secretly loves it every once in a while so he can watch all the TV he DVRs that I won't watch). The last month or so has just been a lot. Life's FULL spectrum has been at work in our life. Great joy and great sadness and as always, transition. I used to not really deal very well in times like these where everything is up in the air, but I am learning to take it in stride and get the most out of all the ways God stretches and grows us as we get through the good and the hard. And feeling thankful for it all.</div>
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In May we added one precious Claire Michele to the Richard family. Andy & Julie had their 2nd bundle and she is just a doll. I am so looking forward to all the fun Claire and Crosbi will have as they grow!</div>
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We have also been to a few weddings, one being my brother in law Jason's, where welcomed another new member into the family, his wife Amber. It was a really fun weekend seeing lots of family and friends and celebrating in style the last Eccleston sibling wedding. Crazy. I am so happy Jason found a match to share his life with.</div>
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Griffin graduated this last month from Pre-K. It was an adorable ceremony complete with graduation music (that'll tug at the ole heart strings). I just can't believe these days are over. I am so proud of all he's learned, the way he's grown. He's ready to head into "BIG boy-hood" but I know we will both treasure these sweet days we have spent together running errands and playing in the afternoons. He also turned 6, the stinker. </div>
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Ry & I celebrated 8 years. I can't believe all that has come to pass in that time. I am so lucky to be married to someone who makes me smile all the time. We were kids when we choose each other and turned out so so good.</div>
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Finally May brought some sadness as we said goodbye to my Grandma Norma Elaine Richard. She was an absolute wonder of a woman. The last 6 years she has been trapped by Alzheimer's and so when I heard the news that she had passed away, I felt a lot of relief and joy for her. I pictured her finally taking in a deep breath of freedom and running to Jesus and my grandpa, not bogged down by the cloud of forgetfulness that surrounded her for so long. It really was with happiness that I said goodbye, knowing she is in a much better place. She had beautiful and well lived life. I was able to speak at her service and I will post the talk later. I am so glad for the chance to say goodbye and talk with friends and family about her and what a lady she was. I loved seeing all the pictures of her life from birth to present day and wished I could stop and talk with her at each picture and point in her life. I wonder what she would say at 30, with 3 boys and 1 girl??!! I saw a lot of me and a lot of my kids coming through in those old pictures and it's just so cool to see your history unfolding like that. God is so good, and I know this because of the way he walked in my Grandma's life. </div>
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