tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23442849174857929472011-12-19T20:49:45.827-07:00The never ending expedition to discover intrinsic value in oneself, others, and the world around you.Amynoreply@blogger.comBlogger671100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-44157538414014017772011-12-13T11:17:00.000-07:002011-12-13T11:17:02.877-07:00

I don't know what to say about this past year. . .it has been rough. However we do have good news. Earlier this year Travis busted his back at work which resulted in him loosing his job. We moved back to Lander because we still have our house here. Now that is not the good news. The good news is that after several doctors visits, nerve tests, MRIs, and physical therapy, Travis' neurosurgeon does

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There is so much on my mind. So many things that have happened. Some questions asked. Some questions answered. My mother in-law, Lori Barney, passed away on Oct. 19, 2011. She was 52. Now Lori was Travis' stepmom. His Mom died in 1994 while he was serving a mission. My dear father in-law has had 2 wives pass away and is only 67. My heart aches for him. For the questions he asks, "Why?" and for

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My little cowgirl. Loves her pony, Cocoa, and her Pop. Trav was in Lander and he and his dad took Liv out to ride her pony at the Barney's place. Fun times and fun pic.

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Sorry such a blurry photo (blame the camera on the cell phone) But these are our two happy kids. Yes, they are always this happy and smiling when they are playing together (or doing something mischievous) Fun, mess after a sleepover on the floor with Mom. My babies! Talking to Liv about the definition of lying. When I asked her if she understood she said, "yes."I thought, "Great!" Then she

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To my love, Thank you for being such an amazing person. Thank you for being the father to our children. You take the time to play, listen, teach and most importantly you give your time to our family. That is what a true father does and I am so lucky our children have you as their daddy. You are definitely our daughter's first love and our son's hero. You are my love and my hero and much much more

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Me: Liv what would you like for lunch?Liv: Hmmmm. . .apples, grapes, oranges, peaches, banana and a mango with lemonade juice to drink.Me: Okay, would you like some vegetables?Liv: Not today I don't have time.Me: why don't you have time?Liv: (in complete exasperation that I didn't know the answer) Modder, I am going to the ball and need to have the monsters come with me. (she is on this calling

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Olivia: "Dadda, why do you have to go to work?"Travis: "So I can make money to buy you food to eat."Olivia: "I am not hungry. I don't want to eat."

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After Devlin was born we spent a few days just enjoying being a family of four. However, due to work Travis had to travel to North Carolina for a few days. Since he was flying out of Salt Lake City we drove down to Utah and dropped him off at the airport with many tears (I just had a baby, of course I cried). Then we went to my parent's house to spend the next two weeks.Now before we left for

Amynoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-33522511157600136752011-03-03T14:21:00.002-07:002011-03-03T14:26:33.119-07:00

One of our favorite past times is reading. Liv loves to be read to and then try to read herself (she knows the letters A, B, C, I, O, L and now J). We also tell stories.She loves the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. Yesterday, she decides to tell me the story with all the huffing and puffing and 'not by the hair of my chiny chin chin'. After the Wolf tries to blow down the

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-84451953305132827412011-02-14T21:35:00.012-07:002011-03-01T00:34:45.867-07:00

Our house is in total chaos.Packing and under construction.I am anxious about bringing a baby into that sort of stress.Loving family open up their home.We set up house at the Barney's. January 19, 2011, dilated to a 5 and fully effaced. No contractions.Waiting. Waiting. Waiting. For a almost a week, no labor.Januarty 22-23, 2011. My sisters in-law, Brooke and Cami are feeding me spicy food,

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This year Olivia joined a ballet class. She loves to dance. She dances everywhere she goes. In December she was a Sugarplum fairy in the Nutcracker. She was the youngest in the whole company. I was impressed with how well she followed direction. Here are a couple of pics of my little dancer.If you can't tell she is the 3rd girl from the right.

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I am really putting off packing my house. I have been on facebook several times today and now I am blogging about something that is past due by a year.Obviously this is one of those very non productive days.So lets go back to last Christmas when I was productive. . .Last year I thought I should sew. This is after years and years and years of not even looking at a sewing machine. My mom is an

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We were not planning on going anywhere for Christmas this year, I am 9 months pregnant and driving to Utah was not on my agenda. However, after a lot of talk and realizing that if we didn't go that would be 3 years not seeing my family for Christmas. They have never spent Christmas with my little girl. SO we went for a few days and spent Christmas Eve with my family then headed home on Christmas

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I deserve a lump of coal this year. I was doing the dishes, frantically in anticipation of company and Liv asked if I would play with her. I was so preoccupied with getting my lousy dishes done that I raised my voice and in not tender words told her to go play by herself that I didn't have time. With a heart broken my little girl went into the living room and played by herself. I overheard her

Amynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-88497268083602197772010-09-15T16:06:00.005-06:002010-09-15T16:12:45.362-06:00

It has been through some heart ache and now through complete joy that we want to announce we are pregnant. We are expecting a little boy at the end of January. So much to write but we are still without internet (the joys of living in the country. . .) and so the rest of our posts will just have to wait. Here is a pic of our little one.

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Biking. It is a community of friends. For those that may remember a year ago I decided I needed to bike more. Being a runner is where my heart is but I have really fallen for biking. I love getting places a little faster than when I run. I love the different muscles that I have found. I love watching Liv get so excited to go on a bike ride and wear her helmet just like Mommy.But I love the

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Tonight we are in the car headed to the grocery store and Liv decides to cry. Not an unusual thing lately (tantrums) but after she stops crying she says, "See Daddy, I sad, I crying out my eyeballs." Travis is the sympathetic guy and says he is sorry that she is sad and she says with a cheerful tone, "okay lets be happy everybody!"A few days ago we went to the local Winter Fair. There was live

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-48858840738953846522010-03-06T07:52:00.003-07:002010-03-06T10:26:24.252-07:00

So, my precious Liv is beautiful, smart, funny and just most amazing person I have ever met, next to Travis. But she is almost 2yrs old. I don't believe in labeling people especially children. "Terrible Two's" was something I obviously didn't understand. I know the medical reasons children around the age of two act out a little more than their earlier or later years. I understand the cognitive

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-22597876562323320382010-03-01T20:44:00.002-07:002010-03-01T21:05:02.627-07:00

I love to read. I love to read with my daughter.I was inspired by a friend who posted about the old classic books she used to read and now her daughter is enjoying. Books like; Where The Sidewalk Ends, Socks for Supper, and one of my favorites, But No Elephants. So I have been anxious to visit my Mom and pull out all the classics and share them with Liv. We have some new favorites. Liv loves

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It is true, I broke my precious little baby girl. I laid her down on our bed and turned to set my bag down and it happened. She must have sat up or tried to stand on the bed. There really wasn't time for much and as I turned back around my Liv fell head first off our bed onto the hardwood floor. She did have her binkie in her mouth and I picked her up immediately to find copious amounts of blood

Amynoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-81037591019584671642009-12-27T06:01:00.002-07:002009-12-27T06:09:51.056-07:00

We walked into the kitchen and Liv saw a Kleenex box. She asked what it was and instead of answering I asked her if she knew what it was. She nodded and said, "Aaachoooo box."Liv loves her bath time. Splashing, singing, and swimming. It is always so sad to have bath time end. Usually there are a few tears over getting out of the tub. Well, the other night I told Liv that we needed to start to get

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Now I know Olivia is not 2 years old yet but I thought I would try what I could to talk to her about Christmas. Every time we are out and we see a manger scene I show her who Baby Jesus is and tell her that Jesus loves us and we try to love everyone else as Jesus loves us. (very basic)Well, we must be seeing a lot of manger scenes and/or I say Baby Jesus frequently because. . .we were praying and

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Don't you just love the small fun moments with your kids?This morning Olivia and I sat on a blanket and we both ate cereal. She tried to feed me from her bowl and things got all over. We made a HUGE mess and laughed like little girls at a slumber party. Who cares that I have to do some extra laundry and wash my milk soaked blanket? I love those moments where love and a little laugh with someone

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WARNING!!! THIS POST MAY CONTAIN GRAPHIC WORDS AND T.M.I. FOR THE PUBLIC.Lately, Liv has been telling us she needs to go "poo poo" and "pee pee" but every time we put her on the toilet she just sits there and then after we put the diaper back on she goes potty. Well, I am not pushing the potty training thing (she is only 18 months old) but she has been giving us verbal cues. Probably from her

Amynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-8545325881775569372009-10-13T13:26:00.009-06:002009-10-14T07:45:03.444-06:00

Finally, I found the cord to my camera. I downloaded pics and hopefully can remember all that went along with them.Before we moved from Rexburg, Idaho to Lander, Wyoming some of my family came up and we went camping at Warm River campground by Mesa Falls.SO BEAUTIFUL!! There are great places to hiking, biking and run the river. Olivia was not shy and got right into the whole camping

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I know it has been terribly long since I last posted. We have been moving, visiting and taking loads of pictures but my camera cord is missing. AHHHH, no pics to post for a while.On Sunday evening, all was well, we were eating dinner, outside, with family at Grandma and Grandpa Barney's house. Olivia was running around on the deck and she found a large flower bush to stand by and smell. I looked

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Alright, we are moving to Lander in less than a week. I haven't been so good at packing, obviously by my time spent blogging I am procrastinating as best as I can. I went camping last week. (post about that to follow) This week I am feeling the joys of being a woman and I look around my house and am overwhelmed by the ever growing amount of STUFF we have accumulated. My house is an absolute wreck

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Last week we went to the Zoo with my Aunt Marti and her little boy, Austin. Olivia had the time of her life. We don't have a zoo close to us so this was her first time going. It was a blast and made me want to live closer to the zoo.Live was so excited about everything and here she is on the train but I couldn't get her to look at me, there were too many other things to look at!The giraffes were

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Olivia and I were in Utah for a quick visit to celebrate my sister in-law Julie and my Mom's birthdays this past weekend. We were at my parent's house with several guests and just sitting down for the birthday dinner. My Dad starts to say the prayer. Then in the middle of the prayer a little voice says, "Shhhh" I open my eyes and notice Livy has her finger up to her mouth and is shushing my Dad.

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I know I am so late but better late than never. We went to Lander for the 4th and had a blast. As always it is so much fun to see the Barney clan.Just outside of Jackson we saw a whole lot of bison.As you can see there were little babies crossing the road. A lot of cars and a lot of people stopped to watched. Liv loved it!Livy loves puppies and there were three to chase and play with.Friday the

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I am ashamed to admit, but I have never really been a gardener before. I love the idea of growing my own food and harvesting it and yummy-I do love to eat fresh produce. However, I never took the time or had the yard space for a garden. Well, this year I was determined. I have a father in-law who has an amazing garden. So my in-laws came down one weekend and helped till the ground and bought

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I love watching video posts from my friends especially when they are of children. Olivia sits on my lap and watches them with me. Now, she loves other children. She laughs and tries to touch them through the computer screen. Some videos have been of children dancing so Liv gets up and starts dancing or of laughing and Liv laughs right along with the video.About a month ago, my friend Bri, posted

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Now last week it was my turn to finally turn 30. I had a great birthday. My parents came up and stayed with us for several days. They made breakfast. Travis was able to get the day off work and we all packed up and headed for the mountains. Now, usually every year for my birthday I go camping. It is one of my favorite things to do. Celebrate life, be with family and enjoy God's earth. Well, this

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Every one has heard how girls love their shoes. No matter how fat, skinny, tall, short you are-shoes seem to be the easier article of clothing to buy. Women love different styles, different colors and you have to have a pair for formal, semi-formal, casual, work, church, play, etc.Well my dearest daughter doesn't like to wear her shoes all day long. Usually she takes them off and gets a new pair

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Eating is getting interesting at our house. First, Liv decided that when she eats she has to have something in one of her hands. She will hold a cheerio or raisin and then she can eat her dinner.I have been struggling with getting Liv to drink her whole milk out of a cup. She will only drink milk if it is in a bottle. Water, juice or anything else she loves it in her sippy cup but for some reason

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-65674852645616624052009-05-04T19:30:00.005-06:002009-05-04T20:05:10.492-06:00

Where to begin. . .Travis and I love to be active. I, in particular love to run. I love marathons, half marathons and love the way my body and mind feel every time my foot hits the pavement. But sadly I put on way too much weight when I was prego. Then with added stress of a health complication I let my weight and overall self image decline. YUCK! I have become way too fat for my own good. I miss

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It all began one beautiful day at the grocery store a week ago. . .Travis, Livy and I were just doing some normal grocery shopping when it happened. A cute young family with 2 little girls and 1 little boy happened to be in the same isle as us. Those little girls started talking with Livy and playing with her. Liv's is the social little butterfly and loves other children. She talked, waved and

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Alright, I am a little slow at posting this but we had a great time in Bear Lake celebrating Olivia's 1st birthday. My family all came up from Utah to party. Travis has most of the video and pictures of Livs but I thought I should post pics of her cake. Now it isn't spectacular or even professional looking but I am proud of my work. It is my first real cake and only the second time with fondant.

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I have never read the book that this quote comes from but I really do like this quote. If only we could all rise to our greatest potential and see that we are all born to be much more, born to be Kings and Queens."Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who

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Here are a couple fun pics of my dear angel. . .She is great at emptying everything and trying to fit herself into it.Yes, we were thinking to try to feed ourselves would be fun. . .Fun for who? Nothing like getting super messy and wait, where is the bib? That is right she is taking those off. All by herself, growing up is getting so much fun!WE are in the find it and put it on our head stage,

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I got this from my friend Chrissy, who is amazing with handmade things. I apologize for the winners because I cannot guarantee greatness but what ever it is you win will be from the heart and at least fun!1. Be one of the first TWO bloggers to leave a comment on this post, which then entitles you to a handmade item from me (yeah for handmade!).2. If you are one of the first two to make a comment,

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I am not as talented as some of you are in the kitchen. Actually, I am quite a klutz in most things I do creatively but I am attempting to make Olivia's 1st birthday cake. YIKES! What am I thinking? Well, my dear sister in-law, Cami, makes beautiful cakes (she made my wedding cake) and I imposed on her for advice and prayed that her talent would come to me through some magical power. Well, I am

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So today, we were out walking and Livy wanted to walk by herself. Well, the weather is warmer today and not so icy so I set her down and off she went. She was having a blast walking on the sidewalk around the neighborhood. Then she stopped. She turned to her side and started walking faster and faster. I couldn't figure out what she was doing. I stopped her from walking over the edge of the curb

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I know I have been away from the blogging world for quite some time. I promise to work on updating ya'll on everything exciting in our lives. But for now I want to share something I have been thinking about lately in regards to adoption.With this month being February and Valentines Day just around the corner I have been thinking a lot about who I love and the "sweethearts" of my life. As I am

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-89594663308534658942009-01-06T06:08:00.002-07:002009-01-06T06:17:43.347-07:00

Everyday is the best day. I have the most fun time with Olivia and she is getting more fun each day. Who needs television? Who needs movies? I have a daughter who is the best thing to watch.Last night Travis and I were watching a movie, and we started laughing at a funny part, well Livy didn't want to be left out so she started laughing. Of course we stop watching the movie and Travis and I start

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2008 to 2009What a great year 2008 has been. We moved from Holladay, Utah to Bountiful, Utah then to Rexburg, Idaho. I think the goal is to not move throughout the upcoming year. We have owned several more cars and sold our Toyota Sequoia yesterday. But those are just little things that happened this past year.The biggest thing, and best thing that has happened to us since getting married, is we

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-83979597739149732202008-12-20T08:30:00.007-07:002008-12-20T08:53:38.630-07:00

So I am really late with this post but now that I am on vacation and around family(babysitters) maybe I can get a minute to catch up. Today the BYU football bowl game will be on. Now I know most of you are thinking that I am not a BYU fan, well you would be right. However, my dearest husband went to the Y and bleeds blue. So with all my love I watch BYU play and enjoy it until they play the U of

Amynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2344284917485792947.post-56812350572814260702008-12-15T10:56:00.003-07:002008-12-15T11:04:38.373-07:00

I have had so many things to blog about and NO time. I will catch up but for now I just wanted to post our Christmas card. Cards are so much more fun with babies to put on them.check out my favorite Present this year. . .isn't she adorable!?Now here is our Christmas card!!

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The best things I ever did was get married, have a baby and serve a mission. It has been over 8 years since the exciting day when I opened the big envelope that said I would serve a the Lord in the TEXAS McAllen Mission!!! (spanish speaking-the best language EVER). Well last night my sister had the same exciting moment. She opened the envelope and (drum roll please. . .)Sister DanaAnne Burnham is

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I am throwing a pity party for myself. So don't read this unless you are ready to give lots and lots of sympathy. Over Halloween my darling little girl and handsome husband were sick. They started getting better and with that came more energy. Olivia is at the dancing stage where anytime she hears any sort of tune she is jamming to it. She shakes her booty and head bangs. Well, I was holding her

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Tragically my baby girl is sick. We had great plans to go visit the Barneys in Wyoming and celebrate Livy's first Halloween with family. Then we were going to celebrate Cami Jo's 30th birthday but we are still at home in Idaho. So we would like to send a shout out to Cami "Happy Happy Birthday, we love you and sorry we are missing your birthday party!"My poor little girl didn't want to do a whole

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I found some cute random pics of Livy and thought I should post them.Just chillin'Is this how you turn it on?Yes, that is right, Daddy and I went to the store to check out snowmobiles. Mommy says "Not without a helmet."Dana took this adorable picture of the kissing cousins.

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Did we make it home to Idaho or have we made up permanent residence in Dutch John Utah? I am sure the suspense has been killing you. Well, now is the time to set your hearts at ease.Travis went into the local gas station with the power outage, the gas station closed all but the back door. Some nice guys tried to help but there wasn't anything they could do to better our situation. Then the power

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I can't believe it has taken me so long to add this blog. We went to Flaming Gorge for Labor Day with the Rushforth side of my family. It was our last trip with Eric and our cousin Josh before they leave on their missions this month. Eric to Brazil and Josh to El Salvador. By the way, Eric's visa finally came (better late than never) and he will fly to Brazil on Tuesday.We had a great time with

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We're such proud parents. We want to show everyone how beautiful our little girl is. . .here are a couple recent pics of our ever growing baby (do they ever slow down?)Just playing on the guest bed.Just chillin' on Mom and Dad's bed.I love Goofy just like my Mommy!Whatcha talkin about? I don't screen my calls!Boy, sometimes I wish Mommywould feed me more often!

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We moved to Idaho 2 weeks ago and just got internet. However, last week we went back down to Utah, first for my little brother, Eric's mission farewell, then to work one last week at RMAP.Eric spoke on August 24th. He did a great job. I am so anxious for him and the experiences he will have. I just know he will fall in love with the people of Brazil. I didn't take any pics on the 24th but here

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Travis and I have so much fun with our ever growing Livy. She loves being outside, she doesn't care what we are doing but as long as it is outside she is happy. We go on a lot of walks/hikes.

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One of those tough times being a mom is when your baby is sick. Poor Olivia has a cold :( No matter how much medical training and knowledge you have, when your child is involved, there is no rational thinking.It is just a cold but it gets me thinking of Livy's first month of life. There were many many blood draws, injections of all kinds, a couple IV's and one that was in her head (worst thing a

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It has been crunch time for us. We are moving in 2 weeks, I have a four month old that decided this week that anyone who is not her parents are no good. What a high maintenance little girl she has become this last week. Even the normal people she sees every week, like her grandparents and aunts and uncles, are not her favorites. I love that she can't get enough of us. It is precious and

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My dearest husband moved Olivia and I when she was only 2 weeks old. We couldn't have done it without all the family help. I am sure they were anxious to help because that put Livy closer to them. It has been a blessing to live in Bountiful. We love having all the love, support and babysitters! I don't think we could have made it while we were struggling to find out why Livy was so sick. Now she

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I copied this from my friend Jill, and thought what a fun idea. Here are the rules.1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Nothing too embarrassing please. :) If we're only blogging friends, write about a post that is the most memorable for you.2. Next, re-post these instructions on your

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My friend Kari, had a blog about "Name Brand vs. Generic" She asked what things are NOT okay to buy in generic. Things like toilet paper (Charmin) and Diapers (Pampers) you buy the name brand. Which I totally agree. If there is one thing you need to be soft, it is your TP and all you mothers out there understand a good diaper. I only buy Pampers.So being the frugal person that I am and always

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We spent the best 4th of July in Wyoming with the Barney clan. I must say traveling with a baby takes a lot of planning and many more stops on the road. But it was all worth it. We went horseback riding and enjoyed some great fireworks on the 3rd. Olivia loved the fireworks. I covered her ears and she just sat there in awe of the colors and lights. Then on Independence Day we started the day with

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I know I said I would be a better blogger and yet NOTHING. Well, here is a copy of Olivia's announcement and a sample of how cute she is. Not that anyone was questioning that. I just can't get enough of her. At her 2 month appointment she was 11.12 lbs. and 23.5 inches long. My little chunk! Now she is almost 3 mos. and just a beautiful, strong, growing girl.I can't believe that everyday I

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So I have decided to be a better blogger. Now that I have so many fun pictures (not of me) to share with everyone. Our precious gift of a beautiful baby girl came on April 10, 2008. Olivia (Livy) is definitely my most favorite baby EVER! She was born a nice big size of 8 lbs 7 oz and 19 inches long. WHEW am I tired.We had a bit of a scare on 4/11 when the on-call pediatrician noticed that Livy

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In July Travis and I drove up to Burley, ID for the Spudman triathlon. This was the first for both of us. We set up our stuff and I started feeling really nauseated. Of course I would get sick the day of the triathlon. BUMMER!! Travis, however, went on to complete his first olympic tri and I am so very proud and completely jealous.Life is getting better and better. Travis just got a new job

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We both claim to be busy with work but it's really an excuse to not get busy doing more important things; finding real jobs, finishing school, having babies. Together we have enough "junk" to fill a 4 bedroom house, barn and storage shed, but somehow manage to pack it into a 2 bedroom apartment that we love. We currently own 6 vehicles which include a great Harley and a classic '61 Buick. So if

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