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"Being Settled" Dog Ownership
Wow the summer sure flew by! In the midst of all our chaos, my blog writing has taken a hit and for that I am truly sorry. Now that...
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One More Year
This last week found me in an unfamiliar place, my house. I don’t mean my house is unfamiliar as we have lived here now for over 12...
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Memories Without a Plan
So last week Number 4 turned 17. We have this whole tradition we do around everyone’s birthday. There is the regular “Happy Birthday”...
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How We Make Them Feel
Last week my blog was about a weekly podcast that Kori and I listen to. There were two quotes that stuck with me from the podcast. I...
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Families Should be Fun
Kori is always looking for that next thing to help us connect and give us new stuff to talk about. She is great with coming up with new...
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Four Musicals and a Dance Competition
Now that we just have Number 4 with us in the house, Kori and I have joked with him often that we are going to be up in all his business...
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Boys Weekend, Part 3 - A New and Old Story
Well we have officially been blogging weekly now for over 3 years. I mark the occasion yearly with my “boys weekend” that happens about...
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Travel, Talk and Time
As a stay at home dad, my job rarely requires much travel. When the kids were younger, many of our family trips revolved around the kids...
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The Waiting Game
A couple of weeks ago I had to go to the DMV because we had sold a car and I had to turn in the license plates and have them pay me, for...