tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1326230867233309842024-03-05T08:07:25.033-07:00...life is but a dream...marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.comBlogger341125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-59183088923201182492013-07-14T23:53:00.001-06:002013-07-14T23:53:29.689-06:00Linnea Bliss Killpack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our little 'Nea has arrived and our happiness is off the charts.</div>
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Here's the birth story through pictures thanks to my marvelous sister-in-law Sherry. </div>
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<br />marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-51542626287164495142013-07-10T14:40:00.000-06:002013-07-10T14:40:46.621-06:00dear momi've been counting down to this day for many months now. my due date is today, and it will pass with a couple of hours probably uneventfully. i don't know when my dearest girl will make her entrance but as i prepare to be a mother to a daughter of my very own i wanted to write you a faraway note to tell you what being your daughter has meant to me.<br />
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-being your daughter has taught me humility. you're as noble as they come yet have the common touch.<br />
-being your daughter has taught me to hum while i'm at home and bounce while i brush my teeth.<br />
-being your daughter has taught me to always leave an empty sink overnight.<br />
-being your daughter gave me confidence cause you were always there, except for that one time you weren't home when i got home from school and i cried. remember?<br />
-being your daughter pushed me to be my best self because that's what you did.<br />
-being your daughter exposed me to brilliant art. i hope this girl will be an artist like the three mothers who went before her were.<br />
-being your daughter planted in me faith. i will never lose the image of you reading your scriptures or praying.<br />
-being your daughter is the most encouraging thing i can cling to as i think about welcoming this baby girl. i don't know what i'm doing but i can remember the things you did for me and work my guts out to do them for her.<br />
-being your daughter doesn't mean that i have mastered how to keep an immaculate house, or how to always drive the speed limit, or how to whip out quick witted one liners, or how to give brilliant lessons, or how to do whatever God asks of you--- like you do all of those things --- but i hope someday because i am your daughter i will be able to do all those things. i hope by being your daughter i can make you proud to be my mother. i promise to tell this little angel girl who is coming our way just what it means to me to be your daughter- you're far away but she'll know you. i promise. i'm clinging to your words you wrote to me over two years ago, "i'll be at your side in my heart."<br />
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love, your daughter.marileehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079905575596271739noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-77411502111545060692013-05-12T08:00:00.000-06:002013-05-16T11:31:29.099-06:00this is where the good stuff isbeing a mother was the scariest decision i have ever made. i have always known that family is the most important work we can be a part of in our life. that has run through my veins since my childhood. i wasn't scared to get married, but i was scared to start a family. i just doubted that i would be good at it and therefore enjoy it, and a multitude of other selfish worries.<br />
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two mother's days ago my parent's were just a month and a half away from leaving. i was two months from becoming a mother. life was uncertain and hard and crazier than it had ever been for devin and i.<br />
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last mother's day we were holding our little angel instead of cramming him in my tummy. it was my first real mother's day. to say that things had changed would be an understatement. for devin this year meant no more broken bones, surgeries and scooters and on to healing. no more full time job and on to the life of an entrepreneur. for me it meant no more big bellies and on to big blowouts. no more sleep and on to real fulfillment in life.<br />
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this mother's day i'm about to be a mother to two! i can honestly say that life, though fantastic, hasn't slowed down. but at least for our little clan the future is bright. looking back on the past few mother's days i know this gig i got goin is the best i could have right now. it sure aint an easy one, i don't know all the reasons or the answers, but i love it. my fears over becoming a mother were for naught, as they usually are. this is were the good stuff is.marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-2078843524764822552013-03-21T16:18:00.001-06:002013-03-21T16:18:15.980-06:00el salvador 2012 part 1my sweet parents are serving a mission in central america. we were blessed beyond words to go visit them with our sweet boy over the holidays. it was all a selfish visit- i miss them to the point of frequent tears and need my boy to know them. the eleven days we spent there were heaven to me, literally. my heart changed and swells thinking of it.<br />
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cope did pretty good on the 12 hour red eye flight down, which was my biggest fear. flying with infants is not for the faint of heart. thank heavens for benadryl. purposefully not included in this picture is yours truly, looking more haggard than ever.</div>
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Cope made pals with all the adorable members. these 9 year old chicas chased him around during all of primary. look at their enchanting closed lip smiles and dimples. i'm hooked. </div>
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visiting the temple as a family. what a fortune to have one in their mission and country.</div>
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mom and dad have a gorgeous view of the entire capital from their back door. the valley is huge, bustling, and vibrant.</div>
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our favorite experiences were being with mom and dad while they do what they normally do= serve. here's devin at a zone christmas party playing some funny game and winning. the missionaries are so fantastic.</div>
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like any true vacation we went to the beach. it was unique to have it be 95 degrees on christmas eve so what better way to celebrate than at the beach? </div>
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cope definitely loved the warmer central america waters as opposed to california. he couldn't get enough.</div>
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the valley was literally hopping with fireworks. something i'll never forget.</div>
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the fireworks were deafening. it woke cope up around 10. he played for a while. as a most divine christmas gift, our already light sleeper which was only worsened by the travel change and new environment, fell asleep all by himself on the couch for the first time in his life. i've never seen him do anything like that. and don't count on it happening again. it was my christmas miracle.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwtaIin9Iv2Sd1zRxXijZksJYmciNKLqKKYbm7TxxvFbhdJ65VUw7BQBV9aiU7Jg7O_Q3AjhaHW_tdPCQr4RVqNySfJs3pzVVIuDqQyDHbNDUeeXgzvxf0StIGxs95qIm-hhmrtyNLiha/s1600/IMG_3415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwtaIin9Iv2Sd1zRxXijZksJYmciNKLqKKYbm7TxxvFbhdJ65VUw7BQBV9aiU7Jg7O_Q3AjhaHW_tdPCQr4RVqNySfJs3pzVVIuDqQyDHbNDUeeXgzvxf0StIGxs95qIm-hhmrtyNLiha/s640/IMG_3415.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
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on christmas morning we had a teeny christmas that was perfect. mommer and papa somehow found time to get him some gifts. their selflessness is beyond me.</div>
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last week God saved the day. we had a problem on a time restraint and i knew He had the solution though that doesn't mean i didn't stress my heart out. in a rather unillustrious, nonchalant way, as if God was saying, "that was all you needed?" our what-seemed-giant problem was solved not a moment too soon. He can do anything and with a most miraculous flare. i love Him for answering my prayers.<br />
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"all of us have problems. we face them everyday. how grateful i am that we have difficult things to wrestle with. they pull us down on our knees to ask the God of Heaven for help in solving them. be grateful for your problems. and know that somehow there will come a solution."<br />
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marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-49639353594350372902012-11-19T15:54:00.000-07:002012-11-19T15:56:09.247-07:00here i am on a blog i have shoved out of priority. pushing past comparison and forgetting that i don't have a pretty blog header, that i live in the least exotic place in mormon society, that i have dishes in the sink to be cleaned, and that i deeply have enjoyed a blogging sabbatical--pushing past all that...<br />
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i'm here. i'm tyring to be here. dutifully trying to get past thoughts of me. i'm here for my mom who really would love it if i updated. i'm here to get out of myself.<br />
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we had an early thanksgiving dinner last night with family. we rounded the table, each sharing our thoughts of gratitude. i'm grateful i can write on an albeit ugly blog. i am grateful i know how to write. i'm grateful to be humbled, massively humbled and more imperfect than ever. i'm grateful i have prayer to talk to my father every day. beyond grateful knowing he hears me. i'm grateful for a child who makes my purpose on earth so rich, clear, and challenging. i'm grateful for a husband who would summit everest for me and for whom i love more than ever because of the difficulty we've fought together. i'm grateful for dance and figuring it out, one day at a time. i'm grateful for change and the vibrancy it brings to life. i'm grateful for the stagnant that i wish would change and the patience it squeezes out of me. i'm grateful for family and the laboratory they provide for me to make real what i believe. i'm grateful for new socks, a ready waiting salad in the fridge, a generous bag of lent clothes for our boy, our farmer's market bought indian corn, a non stuffy nose that i used to have back in october, and a borrowed toy that lights up copes eyes. i'm grateful for the best souls on earth who somehow have become friends and could well up my eyes with tears just thinking of the times they have stood by me and hailed me with warm hearts and friendly hands. i'm grateful for a dad who gets to meet my little not so baby boy in a month. i'm grateful for the blessings i see and the blessings i don't. i'm grateful for family i see and family i don't. i'm grateful for talents i have and talents i don't. i'm grateful for a god who loves me when i don't. life is inexpressibly good right now and always because of that.<br />
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here's a clip, that gave me something to blame this lame post on. endure to end of the clip- it's supremely worth it.<br />
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<br />marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-1418362209485433952012-03-27T09:51:00.001-06:002012-03-27T09:51:36.429-06:00AnthroGals, i'm spreading the love by spreading good news. <br />
Who wouldn't want a whole lot of cash to Anthro? Devin is working with a company that just launched a website: www.byuhitlist.com They are giving away $250 dollars to Anthropologie tomorrow. Because its new, and still fairly unknown, the chances of you winning are pretty high. Check out the site, I think you will be surprised by how easy it is: just click away trying to reach that winning number. <br />
Almost forgot- if there is a good response tomorrow, they are thinking of making this a weekly giveaway! So even if you don't win tomorrow stop by so that you can still have a chance of winning in the future. <br />
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i took a nap with cope this afternoon. felt good then, but a bad idea now. now i can't sleep. my heart is beating too loudly to let me.</div>
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it was a fully lived day. started off rocky. that crying babe alarm clock sounded catching me in a groggy grumpy state from my late bedtime. the past three days i've been happily awake before that sweet sounding babe cries out, and it was so noticeably different today that i don't want to let it happen again. </div>
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three dear people celebrated their birthdays today: my dad's mother, devin's sister, and my visiting teachee. i love each of them. hope they could feel it today.</div>
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i resisted buying a pair of unnecessary jeans. the coupon i had didn't work and i was sad at first. later, i think i found the reason, inspiration for just what to do with the saved cash.</div>
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the provo library lent me four books. i love the feeling that knowledge gives you. empowerment. </div>
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i didn't make dinner for devin for the second time this week. bad wife, i know. instead, i napped: delicious. we had leftovers: semi-delicious, mostly just cause it was outside on our trusty blanket. excited to start eating out on the lawn like we did last fall.</div>
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we went to the park and cope giggled his guttural giggle while dev pushed him ever so slowly in the swing so his large noggin wouldn't topple him overboard. first time on the swings was a success. </div>
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we found el salvador on the map in the park and i prayed for my parents. it was a big day for them and they could always use a spare prayer. who couldn't?</div>
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after cope snoozed-i started working on copes crib skirt. he's eight months old and i've just had fabric haphazardly hanging there. got it all cut out to realize that the hem tape doesn't work with sturdy ikea fabric. try again tomorrow.</div>
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i got out the journal i wrote in 2007 before i met devin and perused its pages. so many dreams have been fulfilled in ways unimaginable for my narrow-minded brain then. it's pretty marvelous actually.</div>
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this week was been fairly transformative. lately i feel like i'm standing getting a glimpse of an incredible view on this hike of life. it's a vista of beauty, showing how greatly the Lord has guided our path, and why every step was necessary to bring us to here. one of those times where you see for yourself that the Lord's plan is better than your own. and yet it's a lot like that time we went hiking with nate and russo- we thought we reached the pinnacle of the hike so we went back down, only to find out later there was a waterfall just around the corner. </div>
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it's also nice to know that there are greater things ahead. steeper cliffs and better vistas. bring it on.</div>marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-85516007000992535542012-03-11T00:30:00.000-07:002012-03-12T10:58:37.674-06:00bathtime ritual<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">i took a class in college all about rituals and routines. it was magnificent. some of the greatest mothers i know are great at this part of parenting.</span><br />
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Skype session. one of the world's best inventions.</div>
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toothbrushing. despite his look, he loves it so much you have to pry off his brush.</div>
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wearing daddy's leather shoes. thank you shelby for saving these.</div>
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lunch at frida's in salt lake. you must go get their guacamole and fresh tortillas!</div>
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cougarette concert. honored to know miss sarah russo. besides her mother, i'm probably her biggest fan.</div>
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we love that we can walk two blocks to the site of a new temple. it makes us very happy.</div>
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happy birthday papa. we bought you your favorite treat: starburst jellybeans!</div>
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In June of last year Devin shattered his ankle while cliff jumping with the scouts in Moab. The hospital in Moab sent him home with a splint and wrote it off as just a bad sprain. That weekend was my parent's farewell, and try as he may, it was hard to stay off his foot. Despite soaking it ice baths continuously, the bruise only deepened and the swelling only increased. It looked like this:</div>
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On Monday he went to another doctor because we had a hard time believing that elephant ankle was only a sprain. That doctor told us to get into a orthopedic surgeon asap. The best orthopedic surgeon he recommended was Dr. Faux all the way down in Provo. At the time we were living in Layton. Didn't make much sense but we booked an appointment the next week cause he was so busy, and drove down to see him anyway. Immediately he took an x-ray and found out it was shattered and that action needed to be taken. At this point his suggestion was to cast it and see if all the fragments of bone would come together and heal. Devin had his first cast for 4 weeks, non weight bearing with crutches or a scooter. We celebrated Devin's birthday, moved, and bid my parents adieu all with that cast on.</div>
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(note devin's crutch poking out behind my leg in the above picture) A funny side story: when my parents were set apart for their mission Devin still had his cast on. President Eyring greeted Devin and asked said, "So what happened?" Devin said that he hurt his ankle in Moab with the teachers the previous week. To which President Eyring responded, "Were you doing something unusual?" Devin replied simply, "Yes." President Eyring courteously said, "I won't ask." "Thank You," said embarrased Devin... awesome story, no?</div>
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Anyway, the morning Cope was born Devin's cast came off. Tender mercy. He wore a walking moon boot for another 4 weeks.</div>
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Fast forward to November. Devin had been going to physical therapy every week for about 16+ weeks. There was progress made, but it was still unpleasant to walk on. He revisited Dr. Faux and asked for an x-ray again. This time they noticed the bone fragments weren't healing together. They decided to do a debridement (which is when they go in with a scope to see how it looks and clean up the fragments). Hopefully this would take away the discomfort. Dr. Faux did let us know that if they did do a debridement now that 5 years down the road he would probably need to fuse his ankle due to the severity of the break and usual degeneration. He also mentioned that there was a possibility of doing a fusion on the ankle joint because it was inevitable and depending on how bad it really looked (you can't tell cartelige in x-rays). We were excited to move forward and even secretly hoping for a fusion.</div>
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On November 21, devin went in for surgery. Dr Faux came in two hours later to let me know that they had fused the ankle as a last resort. He showed me pictures from the scope, Devin had no cartiledge left between is ankle joint. It was rubbing bone on bone. That is the definition of arthritis and if that kept up much longer Devin would have been in major trouble.</div>
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This monday Devin gets his fourth cast off. He will be in a walking moon boot again for four more weeks. After all is said and done that will be 24 weeks in a cast this past year. 16 weeks with a hard cast-12 of those on crutches or a scooter and 4 walking on the hard cast-- plus 8 more in a walking moon boot. Monday will be a big day full of joyous celebration.</div>
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So why tell you all this? Because it is quite the miracle and when I hear of miracles my faith is strengthened. At the time of Devin's accident Devin was switching jobs. I was working full time and covered with insurance but Devin was not. We toyed with the idea of getting rid of Devin's insurance since it was costly to maintain, and Devin had rarely goes to the doctor and had never broken a bone in his life. It seemed pointless. But for some reason we kept our insurance gratefully. When you hurt yourself at a church activity, the church's insurance: Desert Mutual Benefit Adminstration will cover all costs that your primary insurance does not cover. 100%, no questions asked. If you don't have primary insurance it will cover what a normal primary insurance would. Because we kept his insurance the church covered all the expenses. We have not paid a dime for all the thousands of dollars in expenses. Yesterday I got this notification, not a bill, in the mail.</div>
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We have been receiving these since July but we just got the notification for Devin's surgery. How much did November 21, 2011 cost? $12,695.12. In the bottom right corner, how much did we pay? $0.00. Zero Dollars! Miraculous. That is not mentioning the seven other doctor visits, the hospital visit in Moab, the x-rays and cat scans, the months of physical therapy...etc. That is just one day.</div>
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Sure, these past eight months of issues have been pretty miserable, and definitely doesn't feel like a blessing. That's not even coming from the one who has to deal with the cast and pain directly. It has been one of Devins most taxing trials that's for sure. I am so proud of him for his patient perseverance. But the miracle that I want to share is that the Lord keeps his promises. Some may dispute that Devin wouldn't have hurt his ankle if he weren't with the scouts, so of course the church should pay. But I am trying to say how miraculous we kept our insurance during a difficult time. How miraculous this church has means to pay for every cost. How miraculous that the Lord takes care of us. I know He poors out his blessings and there is not room enough to receive them. He has done it for me, for us, and he will do it for you.</div>marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-31633971028862074042012-01-30T22:46:00.000-07:002012-01-30T22:46:44.623-07:00december thirty first<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
i always grew up thinking the whole world celebrated my mother's birthday. december 31. new years eve. i still like to think that way:)</div>
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it's so late but we had some fun memories on new years eve that i want to remember.</div>
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first, i thought it would be grand to go on walk up rock canyon park. not my most brilliant move.</div>
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poor devin was still non-weight bearing on his ankle and bound to his trusty scooter.</div>
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the path wasn't really paved and we had ten wheels and only three feet trying to push ourselves up this gravel-y mountainside. poor pioneers. how'd they do it?</div>
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my fiasco of an idea only lasted ten minutes before our three feet and ten wheels came jostling- half bouncing, half flying- down the mountainside.</div>
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of course, it did last long enough to get some pictures.</div>
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devin's idea was much more brilliant: JCW's.</div>
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who knew they have an El Salvador Flag in JCW's in Provo, UT? I still don't understand why. But I almost fainted when I saw it. and for now I'll take it as a little tender mercy sent to me, who had never been apart from my mother on her birthday was missing her. thank you for that one.</div>
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the El Salvador flag is the bottom right one.</div>
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the BYU game was on and cope couldn't take his eyes off the screen that was thirty feet away. must've been something scary going on because they both look nervous!</div>
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it was a perfect celebration of december 31.</div>marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-47359925034321540302012-01-29T23:15:00.001-07:002012-01-29T23:15:15.682-07:00ForeverBeing a parent opens your eyes in so many ways. Not only are my eyes open more times in the middle of the night than ever before:) but I better see all the things my own parents have done for me. <br />
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I had one such connection today. My mother sent me a short email, you could almost could call it a memo. It was to the point, brief, all business. She is incredibly busy and was addressing a short question I had, which I considered very thoughtful since I have one zillion questions and don't expect to hear back from her for days. She concluded this little memo with the phrase,"I love you forever." Obviously a familiar phrase but this time those words choked my heart. Maybe it was the contrast of the business-like memo with her unashamed declaration of love that caught me off guard. My thoughts turned to Cope. How could my love for him stay stagnant? It doesn't. My love for him keep grows every day. Maybe this increase of love is what my mom meant by forever. But I also thought forever means not only how much I love him but how long. How could I just one day stop loving him? I can't and won't. Like my own mother, I love him forever. <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUUIrxf6G2q9M_y_Zr3wMx48OZ2_fkZcGNZQY-FMR-wdU5s8g1Zp9OGjdLHQ2S-Y070SKxiKrmVkiKT1liULv_2BFmBTOmCXQ7B2YqV-6nx5qFizlIkwY6H2nMkuHK7-pwF1FqxcMhLDE/s640/blogger-image-1324059818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUUIrxf6G2q9M_y_Zr3wMx48OZ2_fkZcGNZQY-FMR-wdU5s8g1Zp9OGjdLHQ2S-Y070SKxiKrmVkiKT1liULv_2BFmBTOmCXQ7B2YqV-6nx5qFizlIkwY6H2nMkuHK7-pwF1FqxcMhLDE/s640/blogger-image-1324059818.jpg" /></a></div>marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-85229060436532955342012-01-18T11:31:00.002-07:002012-01-18T11:31:45.770-07:00hot sauce in his chili<div style="text-align: center;">
the other day i found this poem at my sister's house. the sweet author is a wise woman in devin's childhood neighborhood. i distinctly remember reading this poem and thinking about it for over and over afterward. </div>
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food for thought-by mary kay sorenson</div>
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food prepared without some spice</div>
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can be tasteless, and not caring</div>
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it doesn't hurt to spice things up</div>
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and be a little daring.</div>
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a little cloves or nutmeg in your soup</div>
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or why not try some ginger</div>
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or some cajun in your chili.</div>
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a marriage needs to have some spice</div>
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a little change and daring</div>
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a lot of thoughtfulness each day</div>
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and an awfully lot of caring</div>
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a love note hidden in his socks</div>
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but it will pay more dividends </div>
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now that i have been married four years (what!) it's the daring and caring things that make marriage magical.</div>
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oh and one last quote from a marriage <a href="http://lds.org/ensign/2012/01/what-happily-married-couples-do?lang=eng">article</a> in this month's ensign:</div>
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three cheers for marriage: the institution that has taught me the most about myself, the challenge that has stretched me the most, the blessing that has deepened any joy i had previously known.</div>marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-56316138260721193202012-01-15T02:19:00.001-07:002012-01-15T02:23:15.960-07:00i just want to say one thing: it is all worth it for this<div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">
cope has been popping in teeth lately.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">pictures from my beloved instagram</span></div>marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-77414342651497872802011-12-30T11:26:00.001-07:002011-12-30T11:26:39.904-07:0020 questions<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #595959; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">I normally don't do things like this, but a favorite site of mine, <a href="http://simplemom.net/">simplemom.net</a> had the idea, and it looked like a good way to round up my thoughts on the year. </span></h3>
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1. What was the single best thing that happened this past year? adding copeland to our family</div>
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3. What was an unexpected joy this past year? i never, in my wildest dreams, imagined myself so content, satisfied, and happy as a mother. </div>
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4. What was an unexpected obstacle? most obstacles were unexpected. being unemployed and having a husband brake his ankle were most unexpected.</div>
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5. Pick three words to describe 2011. eventful, trying, fortunate</div>
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7. Pick three words your spouse would use to describe their 2011 (again, without asking). challenging, new, joyful</div>
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8. What were the best books you read this year? the book of mormon. for the first time i read it in 30 days, a little less than the time it took to translate it. it was a whole new book for me. </div>
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9. With whom were your most valuable relationships? my God, husband and new son. my parents. my sister in law. my brother. my parents in law. my friends. my coworkers and students... the usual. </div>
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10. What was your biggest personal change from January to December of this past year? i am a different person than I was last January but it's hard to pin it to one thing. i'm not sure i have changed but i would hope i have learned to be more loving.</div>
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11. In what way(s) did you grow emotionally? i still struggle voicing my feelings always but i know i was forced to be better at sharing my feelings since there were so many.</div>
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12. In what way(s) did you grow spiritually? i know God let's us struggle until the exact minute that we can do it no longer, then he steps in and takes it. usually we surprise ourselves and that minute is a lot further than we expect. i have felt this so many times this past year. i know he is acutely mindful of our struggling.</div>
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13. In what way(s) did you grow physically? this is a dumb question for a pregnant person, how did i not grow physically? well,after having a baby i appreciate my body. still don't eat, sleep, or exercise like i would want, but i'm appreciative.</div>
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15. What was the most enjoyable part of your work (both professionally and at home)? meeting new people at Kirton & McConkie who were inspiring. getting out of the house to teach spunky new 9-12 year olds. getting familiarized (again) with my new little guy.</div>
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16. What was the most challenging part of your work (both professionally and at home)? remembering 200+ peoples names and faces as a receptionist at work. Keeping a gaggle of 9-12 year olds focused at a dance class. being my best self while juggling dishes, menu planning and dinner every night, and of course, laundry and other cleaning while on zero sleep.</div>
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17. What was your single biggest time waster in your life this past year? the internet. silly thing.</div>
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18. What was the best way you used your time this past year? a the time working was great, as was growing a baby, and now taking care of him.</div>
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19. What was biggest thing you learned this past year? i can do hard things.</div>
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20. Create a phrase or statement that describes 2011 for you. this is cheesy. no thanks. but 2011 has been very good.</div>
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this christmas season was good. we watched miracle on 34th street, new and old. we made swedish rice pudding with a lucky almond in it. we had dear ones around us. we went to concerts and loved the excuse to get fancy. we went to church and sang those fantastic carols. we consumed amazing amounts of food. we made big love packages for family far away. we tried to recycle wrapping paper and give more handmade gifts. we left the lights low and burned candles non stop. we got a taste of the real joy of giving by having our own little one to spoil.</div>
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christmas day was wonderful. it started with a rough night. we all had tired eyes in the morning. </div>
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then there was a blow out, and cope was in a diaper for a while.</div>
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i finally got the iphone. that's my father in law in the background looking all smug for giving a gift that made me cry. yes i'm crying, and my in-laws are a dream</div>
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can't imagine life without this holiday, and without our little love bug to celebrate it. </div>
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<br />marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-43647730778046868462011-12-23T19:38:00.001-07:002011-12-23T19:38:24.308-07:00winter hats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
here we come christmas! we are all giddy here.</div>
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that's four years. today.</div>
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<br />marehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01199714435362289536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132623086723330984.post-19755841636098359632011-12-19T22:38:00.000-07:002011-12-19T22:39:43.630-07:00one year ago today...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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getting ready to surprise family and come home for christmas.</div>
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i was pregnant.</div>
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it was such a thrilling time. we had no idea what good things were in store.</div>
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but at the moment, life was pretty. life was good. </div>
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still is.</div>
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but this time of year does make me miss belgium, just a little bit. all the good blurs out the bad and i find myself want to go back in time. i miss the magical markets with seemingly endless stalls selling trinkets, cured meat, and warm goodies. i miss the creative stringing of lights. i miss the huge town squares swarming with people unafraid to walk forever in the cold. i miss ice skating with a bunch of seven year olds and not caring. i miss ward christmas feasts after church and watching the first presidency christmas devotional for sacrament meeting. i miss our salt of the earth friends we made who taught me so much about reaching out to others. i miss the sudden blizzards, and maybe even the bone piercing temperatures. of course i miss the shopping and nutella covered waffles. there is such an urgency to explore the newness of it all that isn't present with my familiar life in utah. that is what i miss most and hope i can recreate every day.</div>
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thanking my lucky stars for that great growing experience.</div>
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motherhood is the most satisfying job i've done.</div>
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look at that smile! what baby boy doesn't love airplane time?</div>
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he is definitely beefing up, cope that is.</div>
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borrowed a cousins big hat. went for a walk in st george but still had him bundled. figures.</div>
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nine glazier cousins now</div>
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thanksgiving day. i am officially balding. like mother like... son.</div>
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ahhhh. you have my heart son.</div>
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first night trying rice cereal. the face and the spoon-mustache. too good.</div>
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