tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44916056366256086692024-02-06T21:59:39.028-08:00Monson MamaDaniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-84016194635863954132015-02-26T17:54:00.001-08:002015-02-26T17:54:29.277-08:00Great Wolf Lodge With Nana and Papa!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over Christmas we went to the Great Wolf Lodge. The kids thought it was so exciting that right when we checked in they were given a pair of wolf ears :) Here is Gracie modeling hers!</div>
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Oh, and little Eli Boy modeling his!<br />
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Papa and Gracie in the hot tub :)<br />
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How we love this Thaisy buggy of ours!<br />
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Thais giving us a "Gun-Show"<br />
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It was so much fun to spend some quality time with Nana and Papa. The kids were in heaven!<br />
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-23197685347726965742015-02-19T20:05:00.001-08:002015-02-19T20:05:03.474-08:00New Years 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-70429875200895854992015-02-19T19:52:00.002-08:002015-02-19T19:52:43.833-08:00A New Tradition-Christmas 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My friend, Jennifer Avery, came up with the coolest idea for Christmas. She decided to do a restaurant at home for the kids complete with menus, mini dishes, Dads as waiters and Moms preparing the food. </div>
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Here are the kiddos waiting for their waiters to come and serve them.<br />
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Here was the best looking waiter of the night :)<br />
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Poor Gracie slept through most of the dinner.</div>
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Some of the Mini Plates that were served.<br />
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Here are the Mamas getting the food ready!<br />
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The Menu<br />
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Gracie finally woke up to join the party!<br />
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All of the kiddos together by the tree waiting for Santa!<br />
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Jenn miraculously found a Santa and he came complete with presents for all of the kiddos! Thais wanted Roller Blades<br />
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Eli wanted to get off of Santa's Lap!<br />
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Skyler, who Santa accidentally read his present as Skeeter, wanted a Darth Vader costume.<br />
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All my babies together with Santa. He gave them all Christmas Jammies.<br />
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All of the kiddos with Santa!<br />
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-66410377036911121652015-02-16T16:46:00.001-08:002015-02-16T16:46:59.968-08:00Valentine's Day Dinner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
For Valentine's Day this year, we decided to do a dinner at home. Thais has been begging to go out for Sushi, but four kids + a restaurant=stress so I brought the sushi restaurant home. We cleaned the house, put on the love station on Pandora and went over Valentine's day trivia while we sipped sparkling cider. Love these Valentines of mine :)</div>
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Eli-Boy<br />
<span style="text-align: center;"> Heaven came knocking at my door</span><br />
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It whispered of a baby boy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My heart feared could I raise one more<o:p></o:p></div>
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and do my best as a mom to four?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fast forward time, my fears asunder<o:p></o:p></div>
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His dimples are the world’s eighth wonder.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What is this spell he’s got me under?<o:p></o:p></div>
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My little Eli boy!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Born to me in the month of love.<o:p></o:p></div>
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He fits our family like a glove<o:p></o:p></div>
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A gift from Heaven up above<o:p></o:p></div>
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My sweetest Eli boy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love the Gap between his teeth<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love to watch him fast asleep.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love to watch him watching me<o:p></o:p></div>
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I love my Eli boy.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Heaven blessed despite my fears.<o:p></o:p></div>
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His perfect eyes bring mine to tears. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A son to love me all my years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My child, my Eli boy.<o:p></o:p></div>
Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-6165586199239081292012-09-19T19:27:00.002-07:002012-09-19T19:27:40.999-07:00Gracie's First Birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We celebrated our little Gracie's first birthday in Michigan. My friend Madison bought her the most adorable cake and we just had dinner with a few friends and let this little girl try cake for the very first time.</div>
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Here we are at My friend Kristen's house.<br />
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Gracie opening a few presents....<br />
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Jordan and Spencer: we joked all summer that they look like brothers<br />
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Another shot of the guys.<br />
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I have so many posts I need to make about the cruise we took in August, but this was probably one of my favorite days. This was the day we spent in Victoria visiting Butchart Gardens. It was breathtaking! </div>
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Here are just a few varieties of flowers grown in the garden.</div>
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-79717552218290285852012-09-13T20:14:00.001-07:002012-09-13T20:15:41.179-07:00Free Books on Motherhood!Just thought I would share the love of motherhood. One of my favorite books by Linda Eyre, <i>I didn't plan on being a Witch </i>can be downloaded for free! Check it out!<br />
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A couple of weeks ago we decided to go to one of Detroit's famous farmers market called the Eastern Markets. It has been around since the late 1800's. I was in heaven looking over all of the open-air-stalls with local fruits, veggies, plants, jellies, and farm fresh eggs and meats. I have been changing my eating habits a bit after reading Dr. Joel Fuhrman's book Eat To Live, and the lifestyle requires you to drastically increase the amount of fresh fruits and veggies you eat each day so we loaded up on tons of delicious produce. We got artichokes, corn, kale, beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, cantaloupe, nectarines, asparagus, grapes and cherries just to name a few. I love watching my kids devour fresh artichokes for dinner, or snacking on cucumbers and carrots. It is also a lot cheaper to eat this way. We got bags and bags of produce for a lot less then when I buys all of my snacks at Costco. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little family shot in front of the market.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The website said that on a given Saturday there are about 40,000 people that come and shop the market</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just love snapping pictures of this girl! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I just loved that this local baker was rockin' the hat and everything. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the end of the market we listened to this local artist for a while. He was GOOD! He reminded me of Ben Harper..</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We needed some bread so we thought we would check out a local bakery. They had huge thick loaves of homemade bread for 1.75 a loaf. </td></tr>
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This summer I have found so much beauty in the ordinary. A great example is a day I had last week that was nothing short of perfection in my mind, even though there wasn't really anything overly special about it.<span style="background-color: white;"> There was nothing on the calendar that particular day. No play-dates, no library visit, no parks, shopping or trip to the zoo. In fact Jordan had to take our only car to work so we didn't even have a mode of transportation. It was just a regular stay-at-home day with nothing planned. We passed the morning getting things tidied up and then I announced that we should get ready and head over to the community pool. I smiled at my kids as they ran around the house like lunatics gathering up their swimming suits and towels excited about the prospect of spending a day swimming. My kids love to swim, especially Skyler who is learning how this summer and can't get enough of my endless words of delight as he swims out to me just a<i> little bit </i>further each time.</span>
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As we entered the pool we saw that we would have the pool to ourselves, which means no life guards to tell them NO JUMPING in the pool. Plus, Thais is pretty tickled with herself that she can do a pretty mean swan dive... but diving isn't allowed either (except when you are alone). The kids found some pool toys that had been left behind and we spent two blissful hours playing and laughing and beating Michigan's sticky summer heat. <span style="background-color: white;">When Gracie started showing signs of needing a nap we gathered up our things with no complaints or whining about having to and make the three minute walk to our apartment. We each put our flip flops on and while walking home we soon noticed that we all made a Quack Quack sound from our wet feet rubbing against our rubbery flip flops. Thaisy started to laugh and said, "we sound like ducks mom!" I laughed and called them my cute little duckies as we walked single file, flip flops squeaking, along the side of the road. It sounds so simple but my heart just kind of yearned to freeze time and keep those little duckies forever by my side.</span></div>
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Lunch, naps and reading time with Thais went smoothly without a hitch. Thaisy's reading is going so well and I love the accomplished look in her face when she figures out new words. She is learning for herself that she is smart, and capable and can work through hard things. Then, an hour before Jordan got home I text him to meet us back over at the pool when he got off work. To our delight he got off early and we spent another couple of hours playing in the pool as a family. At one point while watching my family, I had Gracie in my arms and she was doing what I call her "monkey hold" where she lays her head on my shoulder and has her arms wrapped tight around me. I seriously can't think of anything better than having your baby snuggle you. Tears just sort of <span style="background-color: white;">spontaneously sprang to my eyes and I had this moment of pure gratitude for the sweet simplicity of that moment. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It's not all perfect, but I am really feeling the need to slow down each day and simply breathe and take in the good that is all around me. Jordan and I truly feel that this stage in our young family will always be a sacred revered time in our lives. Below are just a few of the day to day things I don't want to forget. Just some tiny things that made my heart swell because I was relishing that moment in my day:</span></div>
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Feeding my kids asparagus for dinner because Daddy was working late and mommy is on a diet.<br />
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Taking the kids to the Detroit temple and letting them touch the temple.<br />
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Watching Thais cuddle with her little sister</div>
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Thais and Skyler becoming best friends this summer (even though that includes lots of teasing and fighting). They only have each other out here so every waking minute is spent together and I love that. To say that Skyler adores his sister is an understatement. She is the epitome of cool in his mind. In fact, he has even told her that he doesn't like a little "crush" of Thaisy's because that means she will want to marry him and Skyler wants to be the one to marry Thais. Someday he will hate that story, but I love that he just wants his sister in his life forever!<br />
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Bath time!<br />
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Thais and Skyler feeling so cool with their new shades<br />
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Admiring what a handsome boy I made.<br />
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Going to the Metro beach with friends every Wednesday<br />
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Watching my baby grow...<br />
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Splash parks!<br />
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It's a good life!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-22441422460623009112012-07-09T18:41:00.002-07:002012-07-09T18:48:06.706-07:00Warren Sand Dunes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Jordan grew up going to the Warren Sand dunes in Michigan so we decided to check them out on our way back from Chicago. I love this picture because Daddy's always look hot holding their babies! </div>
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I love this little swim hat for Gracie. It looks like it's from the 20's and it just looks so stinkin' cute on her!<br />
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Thaisy and I decided to make her into a mermaid.</div>
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The finished product.<br />
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Thais and Jordan made me into a mermaid (notice Jordan is a much better artist!)</div>
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I loved this place because it was just like going to the ocean except the water isn't salty. The sand was perfect and we had a blast! Hooray for summer!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-36351735105190680102012-07-08T10:01:00.001-07:002012-07-08T10:05:07.427-07:00Chicago-Day One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last weekend Jordan had a couple of days off of work so we decided to join some friends and check out Jordan's old stomping grounds of Chicago.</div>
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First stop was this place. Portillo's is beyond delicious! It is Chicago Italian eats at it's finest! The Italian beef is messy, tasty and ridiculously good. You can never go wrong with the Chicago Dogs here and the chocolate shake cake is the best invention since sliced bread. Seriously!<br />
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I wish we had gotten pictures after the game, but we went to this incredible little Italian restaurant after the game. Their specialty was homemade Gnocchi. Instead of potato they use ricotta cheese, which makes them really light and delicious. I think I could eat the truffle sauce and asparagus Gnocchi all day long. </div>
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Jordan was given tickets to the car races a couple of weeks ago, so we took the fam to Detroit's Belle Isle to check it out.<br />
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The one thing we didn't think about was how LOUD it would be. We sat there watching, and covering our ears and luckily some veteran fans saw us and gave us all ear plugs to help drown out the noise. </div>
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There were tons of thing to do for the kids. Here is Thaisy getting a butterfly.<br />
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Skyler HAD to get Spider man!</div>
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Here is Gracie waiting patiently for her turn!<br />
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Here is the end result.<br />
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Jordan in front of his Dream Car!<br />
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Thaisy in front of hers :)<br />
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I am the happiest when we have days like this where I get undivided time with my little family.We have been having so much fun here in Michigan. There is so much to see and do and best of all Jordan is done for the day by 5pm but the difference out here is he is REALLY done. No study groups, no homework, no meetings; we get to have him for the whole night! Of course, with the NBA finals going on LeBron is getting a little bit of his time too :) Hooray for summer!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-67246600237207994552012-06-13T18:48:00.002-07:002012-06-13T18:58:05.053-07:00Our First Summer Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the game we got to go by the locker rooms and meet up with Scott. Here we are with his wife Jill and their darlin' boys.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a bad picture, but the Toronto vendors had one of THE BEST hot dogs I have ever had. Our hotel was down town, so Jordy and I put the kids to bed and had dinner with a view of the lights :) </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The next pictures are just a series of pics I took of Thais and Grace while waiting for Jordan and Sky to check out of our Hotel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toronto was one of the most beautiful and clean cities I have ever been to. I absolutely loved our visit. I love how on vacations you have time to stop and smell the flowers!</td></tr>
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-52654398576509702662012-05-16T13:34:00.003-07:002012-05-27T18:38:29.156-07:00My Heart Is Broken!<br />
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We had a family who just graduated from the MBA program and the mom was pregnant with her third baby, a girl they named Frances, and right after giving birth the mom caught a virus that went into her blood and she died. Both Jordan and I cried and cried as we agonized over this little family. It feels a little too close to home, being that we just had our third baby girl not too long ago and we are in the same MBA program. I didn't know this family at all but I couldn't stop thinking about this little baby girl who will never know her mother in this life and I felt this need to express to her that I KNOW her mother loved her. I know because I am a mother and I know how you feel when you give birth to your baby, there isn't words for the emotions of love that you feel. I don't know what's with me and writing poetry lately, but I guess this is just the way I express myself when I feel something passionately. So here is my poem for baby Frances. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A mother’s womb swells with life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sacred hopes and dreams take flight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She wished for you with all her might.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sweet child you are her joy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As time draws near her body aches</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sweet child you are her joy.</span></div>
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It has become a tradition to write a poem for all of my babies and last night I wrote one for our Gracie Lou Who (this became her nick name last Christmas while reading the Grinch). So it's not much but here you are my Gracie girl!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">My sweet baby you are your name,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">soft and tender; a heart so tame.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">I think our eyes are just the same.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">My amazing Grace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">You watch your siblings with quiet wonder,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">never flinch when they yell like thunder.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Love those chairs that you fit under.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">My amazing Grace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Your smile can turn the darkest frown,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Your words of “mama” – the sweetest sound.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">You love those tickles up-side-down.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">My amazing Grace</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">You’ve got long legs and fingers too,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">don’t grow too fast my little “Who”.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Stay in my arms where I want you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">My amazing Grace</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Time marches at a steady pace,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">My heart takes pictures of your face.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Big or small you’ll be my Grace.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Cambria;">My amazing Grace!</span><br />
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Thais got to open all of her cards from family and she made the big bucks this year (over $100)<br />
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My big 6 year old!<br />
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Beauty and The Beast 3D baby!<br />
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I sure do love my six year old girl!Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-1732301178584260312012-04-29T21:48:00.000-07:002012-04-29T22:12:23.124-07:00Quote Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://howdoesshe.com/">HowDoesShe.com </a> had a coupon for $15.00 off of a product from papercoterie so I decided to get a book where I can record my kids funny little quotes that make me laugh through out the day.<br />
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I love that I can record little things like Thaisy's prayer tonight:<br />
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"...Please help my mom take care of the kids. Please help her to buy medicine for my cold and not forget to buy nail polish like she promised...!"<br />
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<br />Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-41101748482338375692012-03-28T08:36:00.002-07:002012-03-28T08:46:00.924-07:00Thais Was in the Newspaper!<div>A newspaper here in Provo ran an article on getting your kids to work. Here is the link to check it out: <a href="http://www.heraldextra.com/special-section/lds/it-doesn-t-have-to-be-a-chore-ways-to/article_05cdbd66-4960-5424-8692-a06daccb5b6d.html" style="font-size: 100%; ">share</a></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-62923544106320017802012-02-15T11:45:00.000-08:002012-02-15T11:54:02.842-08:00It's Official: My Baby is adorable!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOm4f1kn95k4oLXXghsp1qeyWB8-kA6O5I8oCTxbDug_8F6At9-6d5c3AdF_iONocLp7lIKLSPMiD9bTs4mMq0QvCpgk-LIH9WPZQ8iVfFMRIF2QgXZuIZGa1GBGTJGgUI7RWNEt7wsvI/s1600/img_9232+%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOm4f1kn95k4oLXXghsp1qeyWB8-kA6O5I8oCTxbDug_8F6At9-6d5c3AdF_iONocLp7lIKLSPMiD9bTs4mMq0QvCpgk-LIH9WPZQ8iVfFMRIF2QgXZuIZGa1GBGTJGgUI7RWNEt7wsvI/s400/img_9232+%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709451483873261010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVe_92EbMn2gijNdmlYRsRa3O6lEBxVT9RE5XZnGtklt32gvDQAkCnNfeDn7LIeG14uIqzouX1MMAlX_gFpYUfUhOG9Q_grbHO90EgQlxybZgLHYDH-nHC_0iEv3shgTe7nl-33uo6gw/s1600/img_9228.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width:500px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVe_92EbMn2gijNdmlYRsRa3O6lEBxVT9RE5XZnGtklt32gvDQAkCnNfeDn7LIeG14uIqzouX1MMAlX_gFpYUfUhOG9Q_grbHO90EgQlxybZgLHYDH-nHC_0iEv3shgTe7nl-33uo6gw/s400/img_9228.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709451386451308146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOarM9kVWmX3Gj_XKmk1qnEdPBLMAf6vhrf2GutSqdsOxvWUmWyYQbee_KbrtB6HovP4SZfrtGMufroS3VBIKR9wVCZJTGE6RXo0ukMGKCXZgT0eZfw8-MQ3d68LlCxnNV8n22WiDgz9Q/s1600/img_9227.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 386px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOarM9kVWmX3Gj_XKmk1qnEdPBLMAf6vhrf2GutSqdsOxvWUmWyYQbee_KbrtB6HovP4SZfrtGMufroS3VBIKR9wVCZJTGE6RXo0ukMGKCXZgT0eZfw8-MQ3d68LlCxnNV8n22WiDgz9Q/s400/img_9227.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709451286530700850" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div> My dear friends <a href="http://www.worldofry.blogspot.com/">Rylan</a> and <a href="http://citygirlmeetscountryboy.wordpress.com/">Jamie</a> took a few pictures of Grace while we were visiting Arizona last week. Seriously how squishy and delicious is this baby?!?</div><div><br /></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-77198240108604463792012-02-07T21:23:00.000-08:002012-02-08T05:59:45.683-08:00Sky and his Injuries!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLt27hW0hWTJgFiqgWkVE3vHCCCOolI6Rb1qk-tyG1ORe2a5y9tFx3goFfgycrmgOybit8VG3ZXsU2pO8iu90wZ84-2Croxxv2N_1BVkGiCqb4EqD7xO5XtKm_Bx79ULhEhA13X52jGb4/s1600/365+Days+138.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 442px; height:500px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLt27hW0hWTJgFiqgWkVE3vHCCCOolI6Rb1qk-tyG1ORe2a5y9tFx3goFfgycrmgOybit8VG3ZXsU2pO8iu90wZ84-2Croxxv2N_1BVkGiCqb4EqD7xO5XtKm_Bx79ULhEhA13X52jGb4/s400/365+Days+138.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706631645765987378" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Oh Boy. I think we should start an organization where Jordan and I get a gold star on Skyler's birthday because that is one more year we have kept him safe and alive! </div><div><br /></div><div>Kidding. (sort of)</div><div><br /></div><div>This latest injury was because he went to race up the stairs and his head met the railing. </div><div><br /></div><div>Of course he only cried for two seconds and not at all in the doctors office. He really is the toughest kid I know.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's a good thing because we were just in the hospital last week. Skyler and Thais ran into each other and Skyler ended up with a huge split down his tongue (I will spare you the pictures)</div><div><br /></div><div>I think good insurance is going to be MANDATORY in the Monson household. </div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-44229143508429834562012-02-03T15:19:00.000-08:002012-02-05T18:27:14.197-08:00Kids say the darndest things!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJfJOrl1siCb1bPZNmwl0cQcWHmZMu8qPugaa1edeLGbLCPB6uK5XBAQ6XPReiGRnQn_pTru29dakCDrEK-rx6KQCDdVE6pl8Srf4tTpojr3tGoZ8nl-39k7NQNUfmtpBOcH0l8i2jVk/s1600/darndest+things.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 288px; height: 368px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJfJOrl1siCb1bPZNmwl0cQcWHmZMu8qPugaa1edeLGbLCPB6uK5XBAQ6XPReiGRnQn_pTru29dakCDrEK-rx6KQCDdVE6pl8Srf4tTpojr3tGoZ8nl-39k7NQNUfmtpBOcH0l8i2jVk/s400/darndest+things.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705053223742803090" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>It's true! Kids DO say the darndest things.</div><div><br /></div><div>Especially mine. </div><div><br /></div><div>Last week a friend and neighbor of mine came over to visit for a few minutes. I love this girl, so I was happy to see her, but a little bit embarrassed about the state of my house. It was a Monday, which is laundry day around here and my washer and dryer are attached to my family room, so any time I do laundry huge piles of clothes fill up the tiny room. I quickly guided her in the kitchen to get away from the mess only to find that I STILL hadn't done the dishes from the night before. I quickly started doing them as we chatted but to my dismay my kids started doing their typical, 'I'm going to show off for the neighbor routine'.</div><div><br /></div><div>This routine usually involves things like running around like crazies, jumping off of things, talking gibberish ...you get the point. After she left I pulled Thais aside and our conversation went like this:</div><div><br /></div><div>Me: <i>Thais, honey, it embarrasses Mama when I have friends over and you and Skyler decide to act a little crazy</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Thais: <i>I'm sorry mom. We just get really excited.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Me: <i>I know, but you weren't listening to me when I asked you to calm down and it makes it so I don't want to have people over.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Thais: (picture her now a little upset with her hands on her hips) <i>Well you know what embarrasses us mom?</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Me: <i>No. What?</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Thais: <i>This house! This place is a DISASTER and that's embarrassing too! </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>Touche!</div><div><br /></div><div>Good thing I<b> adore</b> this little fire cracker of mine!</div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-23165806595609401522012-01-31T09:43:00.000-08:002012-01-31T09:56:02.343-08:00My 365 Day Project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOfLp29d_kaGxqTStW4x1NSnmeo3bMpLbN4QU5dTjacfG2Fbbb4ZAfRLpuEWipWmSX-sEA-5Ru60cE0P_YJCMi3PuAG1DZVN9BCyQ0UZtyVflpESr5NmkKnRzmjAkLIwPcG8vzx9qOpE/s1600/365+Days+101.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOfLp29d_kaGxqTStW4x1NSnmeo3bMpLbN4QU5dTjacfG2Fbbb4ZAfRLpuEWipWmSX-sEA-5Ru60cE0P_YJCMi3PuAG1DZVN9BCyQ0UZtyVflpESr5NmkKnRzmjAkLIwPcG8vzx9qOpE/s400/365+Days+101.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703853297877677186" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>I got an Idea from a girl in my ward to do a photo journal and take a picture every day for a year. Last night we had ice cream pops for family night and I decided to get a happy picture of the kids devouring their treats for my project. Of course the happy picture idea was botched when they started a little tiff with each other and I just decided oh well, this little baby is going in the book of remembrance!</div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4491605636625608669.post-43993114272835095332012-01-30T11:27:00.000-08:002012-02-07T21:06:01.759-08:00Someone is Looking Out For Moms!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YuyTx3i0_3tOvVx88xnKqBuiE_xEo1SBjlST2FlVD10akj8ReVMCSxI-7OIFh3tdZ37a2qEhMeKgYp1Mc5d8NIafbBjl6wYPrZEkVkoxvN4YrXI0hcySbjshUHmernD3L39tWVywj-Y/s1600/comic.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 337px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YuyTx3i0_3tOvVx88xnKqBuiE_xEo1SBjlST2FlVD10akj8ReVMCSxI-7OIFh3tdZ37a2qEhMeKgYp1Mc5d8NIafbBjl6wYPrZEkVkoxvN4YrXI0hcySbjshUHmernD3L39tWVywj-Y/s400/comic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706626435959945538" /></a><br /><br /><span>I have decided since motherhood is both incredibly important and incredibly chaotic there<i> must</i> be Guardian Angels (specifically assigned to moms) who provide tender mercies so we all make it through in one piece. </span><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>A couple of days before Thanksgiving the kids and I drove up to Salt Lake to pick up my sister in law, Marianne, and her two children from the airport. We made the 45 minute drive from Provo with out any problems and I was pleased with myself that we weren't late and even had several minutes to spare before picking them up on the curb outside the airport. Marianne had an appointment right after the flight, so the plan was to drop her off and head over to Mc Donald's so our kids could eat and play at the indoor play ground while we waited for Marianne's appointment to finish. Everything was going according to plan until while en route to Mickey D's there were suddenly huge puffs of steam or smoke (I wasn't sure) seeping out the hood of my car from the engine. Other cars started honking and pointing at my engine and I quickly made the decision to pull into a University of Utah student housing complex so I could assess what was going on with my van. I lifted my baby and car seat out of the van and had the other four children get out and wait on the nearby grass so I could make sure my engine wasn't on fire. Luckily, it was steam and after lifting the hood I could see that there was a huge crack in my radiator. I called the road side assistance through our insurance and was told the unfortunate news that it would take at least two hours for our van to be towed. I hung up the phone frustrated and realized that I had received a text from my sister in law letting me know that she was all finished and we could come pick her up. I decided to call my husband at school to let him know of my sudden misfortune but there wasn't a whole lot he could do since our only other mode of transportation is a bright yellow motor scooter, perfect for commuting to and from campus. He offered some helpless condolences and I told him not to worry that I would somehow figure it out.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span> At that moment, a young man walked up to my window and asked if could help in anyway. I explained to him that there was a crack in the radiator and I was waiting for a tow truck. I also let him know that my sister- in -law needed to be picked up hoping this kind looking young man would be willing to go get her. He told me he wished that he could help but his wife had their only car and wouldn't be home for several hours. Sensing that there was nothing he could do, I thanked him politely for wanting to help but I reassured him that a tow truck would be coming soon and I would get a rental vehicle and we would be just fine. The young man left reluctantly and as I turned to check on the kids in the back seats, I suddenly started questioning if we really<i> would </i>be fine. Kids were fidgety and irritable and there were frequent shouts of, "I'm STARVING!" or "HE IS <i>HITTING</i> ME!" and " when are we gonna GET OUT OF HERE!" I knew we weren't going to last much longer with out food for the kids but before I could come up with a game plan to feed them, I became fixated on my next disaster as my four month old decided to have an explosion in her diaper and sticky yellow baby poop was slowly making it's way up her back. The next thing I am going to say probably isn't a big shocker: I had no diaper. In my hurry to get out of the door to make it to the airport in time, I didn't check to make sure my diaper bag was stocked and there wasn't a diaper (or wipes) anywhere to be found. I think I might have had a serious moment of self pity if it wasn't for the angels who were making their way toward my van. Sarah and Jake, a seriously adorable young couple approached my car window and said they had heard from the young man who had come earlier that we were having some trouble. They had come to offer their services and told me to put them to work. In a matter of minutes they had everything figured out. They brought a box FULL of snacks for the kids, they didn't have children but were able to borrow a diaper AND wipes from a neighbor and they even offered to pick up Marianne from her appointment. When Marianne made it back to us, she and I had to laugh at the ridiculousness of our plight and we were both so relived when this young couple offered to let us go up to their apartment so we could warm up and the kids could get something to eat for dinner. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>It kind of makes my cry to think of everything they did next. I had the busy tasks of getting a rental car in order and working with the tow company to get the van towed to a local mechanic shop and Sarah and Jake just simply got to work. They put on a spread for our kids. They made any kids favorite; breakfast for dinner complete with scrambled eggs, toast, yogurt and cereal. Jake offered to take the kids to the park while I met the tower guy at my van and after getting car seats and luggage out of our van so it could be towed, I walked into the apartment to find Sarah rocking my tired baby to sleep. I told them if they could do one last favor and drive me to the rental company we would finally be out of their hair. Sarah willingly offered to drive me, so she and I loaded up my baby in her car and she took me to Budget so I could get a working van. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Sarah and I talked easily. She told me how she was a teacher and Jake was going to school. I told her how we lived in Provo while my husband was attending grad school and my life was full and a little crazy now that I had three kids. As we walked up the steps to her apartment to load everyone up in the new rental a wave of gratitude and emotion took over me and I finally let a few tears fall for the first time that day. I sincerely thanked my new friend and told her with out a doubt that, "God takes care of mothers!" She hugged me and told me how wonderful that is to hear because she and Jake were expecting their first baby in the spring.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><span>A few weeks ago I dropped off a baby gift to Sarah and Jake as a way of thanking them for all they did and to celebrate their approaching parenthood. As I watched Sarah, her beautiful face alive with a motherly glow, I thought about all of the excitement hopes and fears I shared with my first baby. I didn't know what sort of adventures I would be embarking on but I knew I was becoming something I was destined to be: A mother. I know that there are experiences in my future as a mother that will be far more serious than a broken down mini van and tired kids, but it just taught me that no matter what there is a loving Father in Heaven who has a special place in his heart for mothers. I feel it so much when I pray about my babies, even as I worry and ache about providing all that I can for them I know that I am not alone</span>. There are tender mercies set aside for us moms and that fact alone allows me to roll up my sleeves and fearlessly take on the greatest job in the world. </span></div>Daniellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05964949096085341429noreply@blogger.com6