Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 10:05am Posted in Baby Ollie
Wow! Trying to find computer time while caring for thirteen kids is tough! Things are going pretty well now. The one little RAD kid is finally coming out of his shell though, and that’s difficult. But other than that, we’re all surviving! The kids really like me, and yet hate me...
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Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 4:05pm Posted in General
Well, I’m feeling much better today. I’m getting to know the kids. I’m getting to know what works and what doesn’t; what I can trust them with, etc. We had fun last night ruining dinner and I ended up ordering thirty six cheeseburgers at McD’s! (note to self* 36 burgers are way...
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Friday, May 21, 2004 at 3:05pm Posted in General
It’s not the number of kids that make it difficult, it’s just the behavior of a couple kids. I’m holding it together, but I’m feeling isolated with no one to talk to and no way to get it out…The way I work through things is by talking it out, so that’s not good.
On the...
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Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 8:05am Posted in General
Well, my friend is leaving on a jet plane:lilplane this afternoon so I’m headed out to her home! I’m hoping I’ll still have time to blog, but I may be slow! Before I go, I wanted to talk a little about our last writing assignment for the writing class.
Each of us adult members has...
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Xan’s been way into poetry lately. He just wrote this one a few minutes ago. Why the Halloween theme I have no idea. :yummy
That Halloween night
I got a spooky fright
A fright like none other
I looked around
But all I found
Was just plain old me
I went walking
That same afternoon
I looked again
To see what it...
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Monday, May 17, 2004 at 11:05am Posted in General
For the next three to four weeks I have been given the wonderful opportunity to jump from being the mom of three kids to being the mom of thirteen. I’m nervous and excited, and I’m sure I’ll be quite busy, so if the blogging seems slow, that is why. I’m actually moving into a...
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Friday, May 14, 2004 at 11:05pm Posted in General
What an interesting story! I think it’s terrible, but it’s giving breastfeeding a media outlet. The video is well worth watching.
Video Feed
and here is the story…
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Newspaper Article
By Tamra Hyde
(PLEASANT
GROVE, UTAH)—Greg and Holly Richardson will be traveling to Ethiopia. They are hoping to add four siblings to their already larger-than-most family. When they get home they will have a total of eighteen children. They do not know which children...
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:dunno Who knows who I will interview. I will probably interview my friend who is embarking on another adoption journey. She’s my hero! but she’s mighty busy right now as well.
Saturday the boys had their dance pictures taken. Xander says he plans to continue with both classical and jazz ballet next year! I’m so excited,...
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Friends Vignette
By Tamra Hyde
On a cold January morning, four women sat huddled around a worn-out old quilting frame that was jammed in the center of a sparsely furnished living room. A lumpy brown couch, a small wooden table, and...
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