This year we went back to our old school format of not asking the kids for ideas. They didn’t really like giving them, and Jeff and I really prefer being able to have a date night where we discuss the kids and choose gifts we think represent their year of interests or their general personality. We headed out for Mexican one night and got it all ( Read more... )

She would have been 35 today. :)


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I just realized that Mabry will be baptized on Maureen's birthday. She was also dedicated on Maureen's birthday the April 25th after she was born in February. How sweet and cool is THAT?!?!

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She would have been 34 today. :)


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She would have been 33 today. :)


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the sky was bruised
the wind was bad
i pushed through
and saw a man in mid air
with his arms stretched open
and his arched feet like ribbons
were like a halo of orange embers

-Maureen (2003)

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