tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92216292794268523472024-03-14T01:42:51.744-06:00life of lainaLAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.comBlogger652125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-90119777514141505682018-02-26T16:34:00.001-07:002018-02-26T16:34:24.803-07:00Frances Meredith Campbell Birth Story<div class="MsoNormal">
Frances Meredith Campbell was born on February 28,
2017.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her due date was March 10<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was planning on a March baby, not a
February baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That shouldn’t really
make a difference right?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean one more
day and it would have been March, but for some reason it did make a difference,
it has made a difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know it
won’t make a difference in the long run as to whether or not she was born in
February or March but for now, I am still wrapping my mind around it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I am still wrapping my mind around a lot of things. The
conception, the pregnancy, the birth. All of it new, all of it different, all
of it unique to her.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
When I talk about conceiving children my body has been
crazily consistent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hobbes, Alice, and
Theodore were all conceived after two months of trying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would decide it was time for a child, try
for two months, and sure enough I would be pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some pretty easy planning. I know this is not
the story with most people and I didn’t take this for granted. We figured it
would be the same time frame with Frances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A year after first
starting to try I was pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still
trying to understand why. I feel like there is a reason it took longer, a
reason why she was supposed to come now and not earlier, a reason she is a
February 2017 baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I won’t ever
know why, maybe I don’t need to know why, but it doesn’t keep me from wondering
why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And here I am finishing this birth
story a year later, and I still don’t know why it took 10 months longer to conceive
her, although I am still convinced there was reason, a purpose beyond my
limited understanding, and maybe one day I will know.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Well I did get pregnant. It was July 2<sup>nd</sup> and we
were getting ready to head down to Provo to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks
on my uncle Ross’s lawn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I felt
pregnant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just felt it, and decided to
take a test.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Positive. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shed a few tears while sitting on the toilet
in the bathroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tears of joy, just mine
and Frances’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then I headed out back to
where Thane was picking apricots off the tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was the first year since planting the tree that is provided us with
fruit, and forever more when I think of Frances pregnancy the beautiful orange
of apricots will come to mind, her pregnancy and their color will always be
associated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I showed Thane the pregnancy
test and we hugged. I know we were both full of joy in this moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the fact that this pregnancy was
happening a year later than planned, the fact that MBA school was starting up
for Thane in two months time and that the majority of this pregnancy and the
birth of this child would take place during a busy school year was news to
process and as we hugged nine months flashed before our eyes in our separate
thoughts and we processed the information in different ways and silently
because there were no words and we tried to make sense of it all.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Pregnancy was rough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Really sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had never been this sick before.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why now?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I couldn’t get out of bed, I needed to eat but the thought of eating
made me even more sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow four
months passed and my kids stayed alive, I stayed alive, and Thane stayed sane.
We all managed to survive and I came out of a funk of sickness and felt alive
again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The rest of pregnancy went as planned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some aches, some pains, some weight
gain….pregnancy.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Then came Thursday February 23<sup>rd</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My weekly appointment with my Midwife.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was maybe dilated to a one, and that was
Margy being generous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember driving
home from my appointment and realizing that she had forgotten to listen to the
heartbeat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t worried, but a
little bit of sadness filled me, I was surprised that I felt sad about it,
surprised that we had both forgotten to listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I quickly thought to myself “I will hear the heartbeat in a week at my
next appointment,” and felt reassured.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But there wouldn’t be a next appointment.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Sunday February 26<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I woke
up to a contraction around 3am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A real
contraction, not just a Braxton Hicks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had been having Braxton Hicks constantly for a week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would happen when I went from sitting to
standing or standing to sitting, when I put on shoes, when I bent over to pick
something up, when I walked up stairs, when had to go to the bathroom… they
were constant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this, this was a real
contraction, this meant progress.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From 3
am until 8 am when I got up to help the kids get ready for school I was having
contractions. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>20-30 minutes apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just long enough apart to make sure my sleep
was perfectly disrupted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once I got up
they dissipated and I was devastated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When Theodore was born I had multiple nights of contractions with no
sleep leading up to his labor and birth and have never felt more exhausted in
my life, making his labor hard, because I was completely drained from sleepless
night after sleepless night. Throughout the morning I would have a contraction
here or there but nothing consistent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
has snowed during the night and the crisp cool air was calling my name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was craving a fresh snowball to eat and so
Teddy, Alice, and I put on our winter clothing and headed outside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I shoveled hoping to get something going,
only one contraction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to go
on a walk around the block and I ate snowball after snowball of fresh snow and
nothing has ever tasted so perfect in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t think anything will ever taste as satiating as the fresh snow
did on this Monday morning. We walked around the block, stopped to help friends
build a snowman and got home in just enough time to feed Alice and take her to
school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teddy and I napped and then we
took the kids to piano lessons after school.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By this point I was exhausted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
body felt like it was ready to have a baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I felt heavy and tight and pressure and all signs were present other
than contractions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After dinner again all
I wanted was snow. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got a cup of fresh
snow from outside and the kids, thinking this was the greatest idea, followed
suit, and we all sat around the kitchen table eating freshly fallen snow. We
laughed and it felt great to be all together, and awaiting one more. That
evening I tried to rest but felt anxious. I have never felt so nervous about
going into labor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was scared and
worried about me and about Frances and I couldn’t calm my thoughts and fears
and so I asked Thane for a Priesthood blessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I needed to feel peace and calm, I needed to know things would be
ok.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thane gave me a beautiful
blessing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He blessed me and the kids and
Frances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I felt love and peace and
security.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around 8pm contractions
began.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Real contractions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thane and I got the kids in bed and as I said
goodnight I realized that this could possibly be the last night of my life
putting just three kids to sleep. I felt nostalgic and eager and hopeful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My contractions were about 10 min apart
around 9pm and I climbed into bed to watch a show with Thane.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During this hour they started to slow down to
15 min apart, then 16 min apart. Disappointment began to set in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thane and I spent some time talking and
around 11pm I decided I was going to go downstairs and walk and try and get
things going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was cold, so cold. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wrapped myself in a grey blanket and paced
and quickly my contractions gained momentum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rather than fizzle out they went from 15 min apart to 6 min apart and
now 2 min apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I let them stay at 2
min apart for ten minutes until the strength had reached a point I could barely
handle and went upstairs to wake up Thane and told him to call my parents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My parents came quickly, right in the middle
of a contraction, and we left the house immediately.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later my mom would tell me that she prayed
for me that night to not have the baby in the car, she knew I was close.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It only took two contractions in the car.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the second contraction I could feel
her coming and we were just getting onto the freeway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was so much pressure and so much pain
and I just kept telling Thane over and over that she was coming and I was
screaming and he was speeding and it was scene right out of the movies. It wasn’t
the planned calm births I had experienced with my other children. With each
contraction the pressure grew and I was certain we weren’t going to make
it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I kept yelling to this little unborn
baby that she needed to stay in, that she couldn’t come out yet, not yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
“STAY IN BABY!” We reached south temple and Thane made
mention that we were almost there as we headed north up the empty streets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember thinking that almost wasn’t good
enough, I needed to be there now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We pulled
into the emergency room drop off and Thane parked and we hurried in and I heard
a man yell congratulations as the automatic doors shut behind us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thane told admitting that I was having the
baby now and we needed to get upstairs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was screaming and she didn’t question.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She put me in a wheelchair and Thane rushed me to the elevator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember screaming as we got on the
elevator and seeing the looks of two janitors as the doors closed and thinking,
this isn’t real.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We made it to labor and
delivery and the nurses took me into a room, three of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They asked if my water had broke and I told
them no. They helped me get my clothes off, the contractions were too quick and
too strong, I couldn’t get my clothes off myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got into the bed and one nurse checked me,
she said I was a 9, and Thane gave me a look of surprise and excitement and of
you are almost done!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it is funny,
but at that point I realized for a split second that he had been holding my
hand the entire car ride, that this chaos was effecting him too, and I was so
grateful that he was there by my side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then my water broke and for a split second I felt relief and then pain,
so much pain, and I couldn’t think of a single thing other than getting the
baby out. With the next few contractions I knew she was coming but couldn’t
see, there was no mirror, no time for a mirror, and kept asking is she coming
and there was no response and finally I turned to Thane and asked, is she
coming, can you see her and he said “yes, she is coming, you are amazing, keep
doing what your body is telling you.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And so I pushed, and 5 minutes after my water broke, ten minutes after
getting to the hospital, there were the nurses handing me Frances at 12:01am on
February 28<sup>th</sup>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was crying
and seemed more blue than pink, but I was reassured she was perfect, all 6lbs
8oz and 18 inches of her.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I was cold, so cold, and couldn’t stop shaking and here was
this baby girl; eleven days early crying in my arms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was strong. She was healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had given birth perfectly as my midwife
tells me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My body knew just what to do
and it did it “easily” without a rip or a tear. She left the room that day
after missing the birth and delivering the placenta prompting me to say “I am
woman, hear me roar.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
It took some time for me to process everything that
happened. In fact I am still processing almost a week later. (A year later)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took a couple of days to realize how I was
in fact amazing, as Thane had told me multiple times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took me a couple of days to realize that I
needed that blessing from Thane more than I ever would have known, that he
needed to give that blessing and that the prayers of my mother helped get me to
the hospital. That the prayers of my mother sustained me, as I hope the my
prayers sustain my children. It took some time for me to process the beauty and
strength of my body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Delivering with and
without an epidural are very different processes and with each comes its own
beauty and its own story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this birth
allowed me to feel my own strength, in a time of life where I have been feeling
anything but strong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can still feel
Thane’s hand holding mine as we drove to the hospital that night. So warm and
so comforting and so full of love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can
still see the tenseness in his shoulders as he drove, remaining calm with me
the whole way, such a steady and sure foundation, yet not without worry and
uncertainty like the rest of us. A remarkable human, being just that, human.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
This birth story is like everything else in this
pregnancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is different because it is not just the story
of Frances coming into this world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
so much more than that. A birth is always so much more than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This birth happened to be a completion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a completion of a family.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a completion of a series of long and
arduous answers to prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a
completion of a chapter of a marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
chapter that ended with love, humility, tenderness, strength, and beauty.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Now onto a new chapter.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I will always think of apricots when I think of Frances’
birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sweet smell, the bright
color, the gentle taste. I will think of the first moments of joy and
reservation under the apricot tree as Thane and I embraced, uncertain of what
was in store for us.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I will also always feel the touch of Thane’s hand holding
mine as he sped the car northbound on south temple, strong and loving, and I will
remember how strong and capable I am and how he always seems to know it,
despite my own reservations. “I am woman, hear me roar.”<o:p></o:p><br />
<br />
Frances Meredith Campbell welcome to this beautiful world, we are so glad you’ve come.</div>
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LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-3188409566554688312016-05-17T15:00:00.001-06:002016-05-17T15:00:31.578-06:00City Creek Canyon April, 2016The kids were fighting like crazy and wouldn't stop and I was at my wits end. Being home was just not going to work. The day was a little chilly but I packed us up into the car quickly and we headed to City Creek Canyon. I didn't know how long we would stay but hoped it would help with the teasing and bickering that was taking place in our home.<br />
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It was magic. For the two hours we spend running, throwing rocks in the river, collecting, and smelling flours, there wasn't a single moment of teasing or complaining and we just enjoyed ourselves and each others company and the sunshine kissing our cheeks. <br />
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Going out into nature does this for us the majority of the time, it solves our problems for us. It lets us use our bodies and minds in a way that promotes creativity and wonder. It helps us to learn who we are where we are from and helps us focus on what is really important. It was a dreary morning turned beautiful and I am grateful for the intuition that I sometimes pay heed to.<br />
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-8569451135406220302016-05-17T14:52:00.001-06:002016-05-17T14:53:17.520-06:00Goblin Valley 2016We headed to Goblin Valley this past weekend. Me, Hobbes, Alice, Theodore, Mieken, Beatrix, Nora, Mom, Dad, Rudi, and Angela.<br>
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Thane was defending his thesis and studying to take the GMAT again so he opted not to come. We missed him a lot. It is always more fun when we are a whole family. Hobbes misses him the most I think, he wants his Dad to experience everything with him. He remembers the days when Thane wasn't as busy and really misses them. The other kids miss Thane too but they don't really remember life before Thane was in school. They are more accustomed to it. Which is a hard think to say, they are more accustomed to not seeing their Dad very much, but it is the reality right now. I take deep breaths and tell myself that it won't always be the reality.</div>
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We got stuck in accident traffic on the way there that added about 45 min to the trip. It was really long and really hot and by the time we made it to Price Hobbes was car sick and threw up. We didn't make it to camp until 8pm. But the kids were so happy and played non stop until 10:30 and then they crashed.</div>
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Saturday was hot hot hot. We hiked around camp and then drove to a slot canyon to hike, we were all really hot and it was slow going but still nice. The whole morning Hobbes threw a football around with Rudi and Poppy. He is growing up so fast. He was having so much fun, but my heart ached a little that he wasn't doing it with Thane. I am grateful for a wonderfully supportive family that loves me and my children so much.</div>
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That evening after dinner we headed to Goblin Valley and it was perfect. The weather was beautiful, there weren't many people and we played until dark witnessing the most stunning desert sunset. It was fulfilling in so many ways.</div>
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That night we roasted marshmallows, something the kids had been looking forward to since they found out we were going camping. Granny built a huge fire and the tired kids sat around it getting warm and feeling comfortable and safe.</div>
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The next morning was cool and windy and we packed up camp and headed back to Goblin Valley. The kids were tired and it was windy but they still had fun. It wore them out that much more which made for an easy drive home. The drive home was overcast and lightly rainy. Perfect for napping kids.</div>
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It was a beautiful weekend. I love my family and our adventures.</div>
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LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-42778530492767893622016-04-28T16:50:00.003-06:002016-04-28T16:54:08.548-06:00Cabin April 2016Beautiful weekend. <br>
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I stayed overnight for the first time with just me and the kids. There were a couple of times when I wasn't as brave as I had imagined I would be, but that was expected. I always let me imagination get the best of me.<br>
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The weekend was nice. It was a nice change of scenery. We always love the cabin.<br>
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<br>LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-17754075507717182802016-04-28T16:50:00.001-06:002016-04-28T16:50:03.367-06:00Spring 2016<div><br></div>This spring has come with all kinds of challenges. Not being able to get pregnant as easily. Thane busy with school. Teddy and Alice fighting a lot. Teddy being really hard, the terrible twos is finally a real thing at our house.<div><br></div><div>But there is more good and I need to remember the everyday good that is in our lives. The times Thane is home in time to eat dinner with us, siblings playing happily with each other, laughter, lots of laughter, tag, drawing with chalk, walks through the neighborhood, riding bikes, the list goes on and on. 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I came up with some fun stay cation ideas but the weather didn't comply. We still had a fun week and by Friday it was warm enough to go to Antelope Island. Hobbes didn't really want to go and I was feeling stressed about it as well. Alice however trumped both our feelings since her birthday was the next day and she really wanted to go.<br />
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I love spending time with me and the kids, no distractions. We do get lonely for Thane though. Really lonely. It will be wonderful when we get to spend more quality time with him. The kids are starved for his attention and it breaks my heart. But it is good to see his hard work and dedication. We will all breath a little easier once school is out of our lives. </div>
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LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-2762660196046152912016-04-28T16:18:00.000-06:002016-04-28T16:24:32.271-06:00Moab 2016I love the tradition of going to Moab over President's Day weekend with my family. It is always such a good time and this year was no exception. <br>
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I will say that my period was late, so the whole time we were there I was wondering if I was pregnant or if I was just late. It was nice to have hikes and family and outdoors and sunshine to keep my mind preoccupied. It turns out I was not pregnant and it really hit me hard once we were home. But I am doing ok now and feel like there is a reason for the delay this time, even if I can't fully grasp it at this time.<br>
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The smog in the city was awful when we left, it was smoggy and grey and yucky up until you reached the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon, what a nice change it was to see blue skies with each mile up the canyon. By the time we got back the smog had cleared considerably so we escaped the worst of it.<br>
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The kids have a magical time, as do I, and I am so lucky that we get to get away and spend time as a family. It is a highlight in my life.<br>
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Highlights for each of us:<br>
My favorite was being with the family out of doors all weekend, Hobbes loved learning to skip rocks from Thane, a special hike Thane and Hobbes went on just the two of them, and climbing all the high rocks he could. Alice loved the sand. Teddy loved being outside moving all day long, everyday.<br>
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<br>LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-12385654323756971802016-02-17T17:18:00.003-07:002016-02-17T17:18:47.338-07:00Valentine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-66622760684439343992016-02-17T17:18:00.000-07:002016-02-17T17:18:17.404-07:00Cabin January 2016The end of the month we were able to head up the cabin, it still hasn't sold, and while I feel badly for Clark and Meredith about this, it is hard not to be happy to get to spend each time that we do up there. It is a sanctuary from life and might be the kids favorite place on this earth to go to. It is a second home and we are so very lucky to have gotten to spend so much time there. An oasis that is just 45 minutes away and in a beautiful place. It was a wonderful weekend.<br />
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We hiked into the cabin in the snow, in the dark, and it was beautiful. Winter time at the cabin one of my favorite things is the night hike in. It probably isn't Thane's favorite because he is thinking about then having to get the snowmobile and head down to bring up all the gear and food from the car. But is is just so peaceful and beautiful and that snow was so deep and it is magical to hike in the night, not something the kids get to experience often and they are always so excited about it.<br />
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Friday day Thane had to go to work and so the kids and I sledded in the sunshine and then played in the snow until Thane got back. It was a beautiful sunny day and we all enjoyed it.<br />
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Then Saturday was a snowstorm. We headed to go swim in the Homestead crater, a natural hot spring that goes 90 feet into the earth and is in a cave. The kids were so nervous and then had so much fun. They loved it and keep asking to go back. When done the snow was still coming down hard and it wasn't easy getting back up the hill to the cabin but we did it. While the kids napped Maren and I took a peaceful hike in the snowstorm and it was beautiful. Then later we all went sledding. <br />
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Sunday morning we took a hike with the kids on our snowshoes and the with all the snow the world had been transformed. The kids kept saying how everything looked so different, and it did. It was a whole new world to explore and we explored and explored and explored.<br />
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It was wonderful.<br />
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-36333009140958057232016-02-17T17:02:00.001-07:002016-02-17T17:02:18.010-07:00Christmas 2015/January 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Christmas came and went and was wonderful. It is always very busy and I always try and enjoy it as much as I can without feeling stressed because of all there is too do and all the late nights. This year I was excited but felt like I was a little of a grinch on the inside. I was tired and the house felt cluttered. Christmas came and went and I enjoyed all that it had to offer, trying my best to focus on the real meaning of Christmas, the birth of the Savior. I tried extra hard this year to help my children understand why we celebrate Christmas, each year I think they feel the spirit a little more than the previous year.</div>
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This year Hobbes only real request was Pokemon cards. </div>
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Alice wanted Pokemon cards and an Elsa and Anna doll.</div>
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Theodore had no requests but loves Baymax and so was very happy with the two Baymax toys he received. </div>
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Alice ended up throwing up early Christmas morning and was sick all morning, poor girl. She enjoyed the day despite not feeling her best. She is such a persistent little girl. </div>
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After a lot of thought, pondering, turmoil, heaviness, flip flopping, and uncertainty Thane has decided to not continue with the PhD Program. It was not a good fit, it was not what was right, it was not meant for Thane. New pursuits will take place and good things will come. I have felt at peace, real peace for the first time in awhile. Thane has felt at peace and happiness surrounds us. </div>
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Through this process of deciding there has been time after time after time that I have seen the work of the Lord in our lives, leading and guiding us. Leading Thane into a PhD that was close to home instead of across the country, leading Thane to a Lab with a Director who is a really really good person, who understood and listened to Thane, and helped him be able to receive a Maters Degree for all his hard work. We have been led and we have been guided and I am full of gratitude for a</div>
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loving Heavenly Father. I feel like we are getting to the place we need to be in a very very roundabout way. I feel like it has taken awhile but that each step has put a person in our lives that needed to be there. We have interacted with so many good people along the way. People that are kind, people that care. The world is full of good, really good people. </div>
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I just need to share that I know that God is so aware of each of us. He is aware of our wants and our needs and the desires of our hearts. All it takes for us to be close to Him is to want to. To want to have a relationship. To pray and to have faith. With those two things we learn that He is there for us, He cares for us, and more than anything He wants us to be happy. To have joy.</div>
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Look at these picture of my children below. I love the joy in their eyes, the awe, the wonder as they marvel at the world around them. I hope everyday that I am teaching them that it is most important in this world to be kind, to be loving, to love who they are, to know that they are loved, to find happiness in every nook and cranny of the world around them, to help others to find that same happiness, and to know that they are unique and important and beautiful. I try again and again and again, as I relearn this over and over in my own life.</div>
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-80147949123029331112015-11-03T13:43:00.001-07:002015-11-03T14:04:03.176-07:00Halloween 2015The kids were all ninjas this year. Hobbes was the golden ninja, Alice the pink ninja, and Teddy the blue ninja. They looked so cute in their costumes. The currently love the television show Ninjago. This is what sparked Hobbes wanting to be the gold ninja. Alice at first decided she wanted to be a few different princesses and then settled on being a pink ninja and never changed her mind after that. I knew that if both Hobbes and Alice were ninjas, Teddy would need to be one too. They were so happy and excited about their costumes and I was really proud of myself for getting them all made. I think they turned out perfect.<br />
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The night before Halloween we went to party in mom and dads neighborhood. It was a lot of fun. Really low key and the kids had a great time. Then on Halloween morning I Alice and I attended a baptism of a primary girl in the ward while Thane, Teddy, and Hobbes went to Hobbes last soccer game of the season. Once it was time to trick-or-treat the kids were beyond excited! I took the kids around the neighborhood for the first hour. At every door Teddy would look at the candy and say "hmmmmmm...this one!" as he grabbed a piece of candy out of the bowl. He ran around crazy from door to door to door with Hobbes and Alice. We headed home so I could switch with Thane. He then took the kids out for another hour while I passed out candy at home. It was a pretty low key holiday, but was perfect. The kids had fun. Thane and I had fun. And the day was beautiful and the night mild. It was a perfect holiday. I love holidays and the excitement they bring into our home.<br />
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LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-46705195127360371232015-10-18T15:04:00.001-06:002015-10-18T15:04:09.182-06:00Cabin October 2015We spent another wonderful weekend at the cabin for UEA. It was beautiful and refreshing and just magnificent. I don't really have much more to say than that, I just want to make sure and document the pictures I have. I love my family and any time I get to spend this them fills me with gratitude for this beautiful life and I am living and this magnificent world we are a part of.<br />
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-9218371359127503212015-10-10T12:09:00.003-06:002015-10-11T08:27:00.868-06:00October 2015There has been a lot going on in our lives in regard to Thane and school and I think that there will be some changes happening in the near future. Big changes. Thane and I have both been feeling pressure and stress and our thoughts have been constantly turned toward what we are going to do, what should we do, what is best for us as a family? There have been a lot of thoughts and a lot of what if's. And uncertainty in anything is always draining and wearing and all consuming. And so yesterday I was just done. I was done being consumed and done being stressed and I needed someone to talk to other than Thane, different thoughts and perspectives are always nice. So I didn't send Hobbes to school and instead Mieken and I an the kids took to the mountains. We headed up to Silver Lake. A morning trip turned into an all day trip while the kids played for over 4 hours happily and Mieken and I chatted and laughed and just breathed in the fresh fall air. There are two favorite smells I have in this world. The first and foremost is the smell of the fresh mountain air when crisp and cool. The second is the smell of the dessert air in the morning. I camped a lot as a child and it was the best thing in the world for me. Most of my best memories are from camping with my family and cousins and friends. I have learned to appreciate how healing nature is and how needed it is in our lives. How it changes us as people. How it helps us love and appreciate. How it calms and heals. So I spent a calm and happy day up in the mountains with my children and my sister and her children and nothing could have been more perfect.<br />
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I am grateful for nature, family, and for a loving Father in Heaven that hears and answers prayers. He provides me with just what I need at just the right moments and as I listen to his promptings and act on them, like the thought of forgetting everything for one day and basking in the beauty of the world he created for me, the world is changed so quickly from something worrisome and stressful to something amazing and beautiful. I am grateful for that.<br />
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-88270996549557355422015-09-15T14:42:00.001-06:002015-09-15T14:42:26.893-06:00September 15, 2015Today I am 32 years old. I spent the morning outside with Teddy while the older two were at school. Teddy asked me over and over "where Alice go?" He is not yet used to her being in school. He is not used to being the only child on an outing with me. It hasn't happened very often. And while we had a great time together, laughing and talking, he missed his siblings. I missed them too. I thought about keeping them home with me today to play, but in the end, the time I shared with Teddy was simple and needed.<br />
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I think that God new without a doubt that I needed a rainy day today. I got a beautiful morning with Teddy. The clouds were spectacular, the temperature mild, and the scenery breathtaking. Just as we were getting into the care the rain came, and it poured and poured and poured and I was not forgotten.<br />
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Today in my life I am a mother of three beautiful children. I am a wife to Thane and we have been married for 9 years. I am working for VOA as a contracted employee running Living Skills Groups. I have been Primary President of the ward for one year. I am happy.<br />
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Life has gotten sticky at times over the past year. Thane being in school has been a major trial on the entire family. It is not easy to get your PhD and doesn't make it any easier to have three children at the same time you are doing it. Three children that miss you and a wife that misses you more. Thane and I have talked about our life and how one day we will look back and see what we have learned from this time in our lives and appreciate it. But I don't have to look back to see what I am learning. In the midst of the life I am living right now I am learning to have faith. I am learning that I can't do things alone. I am learning that my asking for help is not always a burden I am putting on others, but rather an opportunity for them to serve. I am learning that I am strong. I am learning that while I can do things without Thane, I am a capable person, with strength and talent. I much prefer to do things with him, he makes me happiest. I am learning that strength in a relationship comes from going through difficult moments and working through them together. I am learning to let things go and focus on what is most important. Sometimes this is my children, sometimes this is Thane, sometimes this is me, and while all are important all the time, there are moments to really focus on each. There are also moments where it is ok to throw the to-do list out the window and just play. I am learning that I am truly blessed in my life and hope that I will always see the blessing that are poured out upon me and upon my family. I am not forgotten in this big vast magnificent world. I am a small part of this world but a crucial part. In my 32 years on this earth I am grateful that I at least know that I am loved and important. I know that I have purpose. I am so excited for the coming years of my life. They will not all be easy, they will not all be happy, and there will be moments of doubt and frustration, of stress and burden. But that is how we learn and grow. Without all that life throws at us we would stand still and that is not what any of us were meant to do, we were meant to run, jump, soar.<br />
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-54941635450316756442015-09-07T22:28:00.001-06:002015-09-15T14:37:13.836-06:00Summer 2015<div><br></div>Summer went by so quickly there wasn't time to write about it.<br>
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Hobbes ran track this summer during the months of June and July. He loved it. It is his favorite and he is really really good at it. He received three ribbons in his age group for the 800 meters. His age group is 6, 7, and 8 year old kids so it is impressive that he was ever able to place in order to get a ribbon since he was running against kids two years older than him. But what I loved most was just how confident and proud it made him and just how much he enjoyed it. It was great to watch him run and love it and do well at it. It made my heart happy.<br>
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<br>August came and it was the month that I planned on just relaxing until school started and that is just what we did. We played at home and we took it easy. We went to the Davis County fair which ended up being a lot of fun. <br>
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Right before Teddy's birthday, on Thane and my 9th anniversary, Mieken had her baby. Nora Rose Campbell. I got to be present for the birth and will be forever grateful for that experience. It was miraculous and empathy poured out of every pore in my body as I watched her go through labor and then deliver. It is such a fantastic thing to birth a baby. Such a spiritual event. I wish that every one in this world was able to at one point witness a birth, other than their own. It changes you for the better. It validates the importance of life. The importance of each miraculously different human being that is brought into this world. It brings you closer to God than you will ever be and it shows the divine strength of a woman. It is amazing.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lcExA6P8RxE/VfXcM_uffdI/AAAAAAAAIBE/mwxRslFudmM/s640/blogger-image-1087426611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lcExA6P8RxE/VfXcM_uffdI/AAAAAAAAIBE/mwxRslFudmM/s640/blogger-image-1087426611.jpg"></a></div><br>
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Hobbes started 1st Grade two weeks ago and while he is doing really well he has a hard time going every morning. Hobbes is a sweet boy and anyone that has a chance to be his friend is pretty lucky. He is a good friend. However, he is still such a little introvert and I just love him for him so much. When we get to the school he will not run and play with the other kids. He wants to stay right by me. Then as he walks into the school he turns around and waves to me every 5 steps and it is just melts my heart. He never wants to go to school and I always have to tell him that he will be ok but if he really needs me he can tell his teacher and call me. He loves to be home. Is such a homebody. Has always been. He just likes to be with family and I like that. I like getting to watch him grow up. It is hard for both of us but we get to see him be and do amazing things every single day. And even if this is hard, he is doing it, and I am so proud of him.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sRb30-wAWNI/VfR2c5cCZxI/AAAAAAAAIAY/joqHqYlo3zE/s640/blogger-image--1454621546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sRb30-wAWNI/VfR2c5cCZxI/AAAAAAAAIAY/joqHqYlo3zE/s640/blogger-image--1454621546.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qJI7U21iYVg/VfR2h2VR7ZI/AAAAAAAAIAo/0w7vujc0prY/s640/blogger-image--412241384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qJI7U21iYVg/VfR2h2VR7ZI/AAAAAAAAIAo/0w7vujc0prY/s640/blogger-image--412241384.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EbRuMEwDkqM/VfR2QymIpPI/AAAAAAAAH_o/kq2Z7wI5sDE/s640/blogger-image--1777873930.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EbRuMEwDkqM/VfR2QymIpPI/AAAAAAAAH_o/kq2Z7wI5sDE/s640/blogger-image--1777873930.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>Then Gabriela Jane was born. Lauren had her baby girl. We are so happy for her and she is just perfect. I have two newborns in my life right now that are each such miracles and I am the lucky Aunt who gets to snuggle them. I am loving it.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Z0-7dDcxAA/VfXcRbIWWLI/AAAAAAAAIBU/izH-361cRqE/s640/blogger-image--1432451300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Z0-7dDcxAA/VfXcRbIWWLI/AAAAAAAAIBU/izH-361cRqE/s640/blogger-image--1432451300.jpg"></a></div><br>Alice started preschool at the beginning of September. She loves it. I knew she would. She has been waiting for two years to get to go. We ordered her a backpack and it hasn't come yet and again, she is so excited for when it comes and she gets to wear a backpack to preschool. Her enthusiasm for life is contagious and I love watching her be excited about everything that comes her way. Things are always just so amazing in her eyes, so exciting, and so great and I just wish for a second that I could see the world through her eyes, because she sees it in a way that is so unique and so full of joy and happiness and imagination. I love it. I love her.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zXJDQrMj9Iw/VfR2WrmSbbI/AAAAAAAAIAA/XmsEWyvWWpU/s640/blogger-image--746390174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zXJDQrMj9Iw/VfR2WrmSbbI/AAAAAAAAIAA/XmsEWyvWWpU/s640/blogger-image--746390174.jpg"></a></div><br>Now we just got home from a great Labor Day weekend in Saint George. We went with Mieken and Mike and Maren and Dustin and their kids and it was perfect. Lots of hiking and swimming and relaxing and laughing and bonding, and eating, and family time and it was just so so so so so so, ok you get the point, so great. Now it is back to normal life. Hobbes doesn't want to go to school tomorrow. He told me he doesn't like school, but I am pretty sure he will be fine, and have a good day.<br>
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<br></div>LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-67619152015947420772015-05-17T16:21:00.000-06:002015-05-17T16:21:30.495-06:00Cabin May 2015Each time we go to the cabin we are utterly aware that it could be our last. We have been enjoying it for just over 6 years now and we have loved all our time there. It has been the perfect getaway and we feel so blessed to have gotten to spend many weekends up in the mountains rejuvenating.<br />
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And so we enjoy every moment we have there. We explore and we feel at home and we take in the smell and the beauty and the wildlife that surrounds us.<br />
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We refresh and we teach and hopefully our children have learned to appreciate just a little more the beauty that surrounds us. The world is majestic. There is beauty around every corner. Beauty in the pathways the worms leave in the mud, in the feathers of wild turkeys, in the eyes of fawns. There is beauty in the cloudy sky, in the smell of the rain, in the green of the spring. There is beauty in the rocks and water and the dandelions. It is everywhere and we found it this weekend despite the rain. We found beauty in the earth and beauty in each other and if it was our last time at the cabin we enjoyed it and we are sad but we are grateful.<br />
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-14345685131101767742015-05-17T16:13:00.003-06:002015-05-17T16:13:44.738-06:00Spring 2015Spring brings with it the feelings of rebirth, of starting over. We all need that in our lives. Mother Earth is such a great example. An example of the ability we each have to start over. She shows us how resilient we are, how strong we are and it is a wonderful thing to learn this again and again and again with the change of the seasons. <br />
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Spring makes me grateful. I have so much in my life to be grateful for...<br />
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LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-38309044221491681802015-05-17T15:18:00.002-06:002015-05-17T15:18:29.281-06:00Dear Hobbes,<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Your birthday was a week ago and I didn't get time to write you a letter because I haven't had a moment to sit down at the computer, life just doesn't want to stop. But I am here now, writing to you to tell you what a lucky mom I am.<br />
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Hobbes, you are an amazing boy, you always have been. Sure there are days that are tough. Days that a rough. Moments that are hard, but that is all a part of life. You will understand that better as you get older but that won't necessarily make those hard days that much easier. However, it will help you realize that everybody has hard days, you are not alone and often we can overcome those hard days by changing our attitude and trying our best to be positive and optimistic. For the most part you are happy and you make other people happy and I am so grateful for your example not only to me but to Theodore and Alice. You are such an amazing example to them and they love you so much.<br />
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Hobbes this past year has brought so many changes. You started Kindergarten and went from thinking it was ok, to not wanting to go at all, to loving it so much that you wish you could stay there longer everyday. I am so glad that you love school, glad that you love learning, glad that you have been so brave and that you are now raising your hand in school to answer questions and feeling comfortable enough to talk to your teacher. You have grown so much and come so far and everyday I am proud of you.<br />
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I am proud of you for being kind to people in your class, You are kind. You have some close friends and I am grateful that you treat them with respect and kindness. I hope you will always do that. I am glad that you are a good example and are honest. You are so honest with me, even when it results in you getting in trouble. There have been multiple times where Teddy or Alice is getting in trouble and you step forward and tell me that it was not their fault, it was your fault. That is a hard thing to do. It is not easy. You do it despite it being hard. You do it despite the consequences and I love you for it. I love you for being honest and understanding how important it is. What an amazing example that is to your siblings and friends!<br />
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Hobbes. Everyday I look at you and think of all the amazing things you are going to do in your life. You are going to make a huge impact on the world. Right now you love animals and learning everything possible about them. You want to be a zoologist when you grow up. You hate the fact that people would hurt or harm an animal and can't wrap your head around why people would be unkind, because you are not unkind, it is not in your nature. Your passion for animals is beautiful to see. Your empathy continues to astound me.<br />
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Hobbes, you are good at math, soccer, running, reading, your imagination is beautiful, you are an artist, and a good friend, you are honest, you are kind, you are helpful, you are brave and I love you more and more as time goes on.<br />
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It has been six years since I first got to meet you. From the first time I realized how lucky I am to know you. I had no idea six years ago really how lucky I was. You are amazing and I will always love you.<br />
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Love, Mom<br />
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-36368651522303683642015-04-05T22:35:00.001-06:002015-04-05T22:35:34.823-06:00Spring Break 2015This last week was Hobbes spring break. It was not however, spring break for Thane. So we didn't go anywhere. We stayed home and made the most of our time with Hobbes home from school. It was a really great week and I think I wore the kids out as much as possible.<br />
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We went on a sunny beautiful day to Temple Square. Alice has been asking for awhile to go and we finally had to perfect day there. The kids ran around and played and enjoyed themselves and I enjoyed being with them and not being distracted by anything else.<br />
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Another day we went to the Aviary with Debbie and her girls. Hobbes and June have hair the exact same color and they are both tall and thin. When you look at them from behind they look like twins and that is so much fun. It was so nice to spend time with her and her children. I am so lucky to have such wonderful friends. We may not see each other a whole lot anymore with kids and busy life but we are comfortable around each other and that is so refreshing. I love the comfort I feel when with long term friends. I love the history. I love the depth.</div>
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Friday we were worn out and we were tired but staying home seemed to be making the morning worse. So I packed up the kids quickly to head to the bird refuge. I got lost and the car ride took much longer than it should have and as I was driving I started to second guess my inner voice that told me to take the kids out of the house. That told me to get into nature and let the kids explore, Was it really going to be worth it? I was tired, the kids were tired. We made it to the refuge only to find we couldn't drive in, the gates were closed. Luckily I wasn't disheartened for long, I found we could just walk in. So we walked down the long road to the trail and has a magnificent time together. It ended up being a perfect morning of exploring and watching the birds, we even saw a snake which made us all happy. We watched the geese fly overhead as the sun shined down on our faces and we played with rocks and dirt and ran along trails and it was just what we needed. I don't always listen to my inner voice, sometimes I ignore it because I think things will be to hard. It is hard rallying three kids to get out the door. But it was worth it and I am so glad I listened to me.</div>
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We ended the week with General Conference and Easter. It was perfect. I am go grateful for the gospel in my life. I am so grateful for a Savior. Because of him and his selfless actions I am able to be with my family forever. I am able to repent and forgive and learn over and over again how to be the best person I can be. I am so lucky to get to love people. To really love people and see them as Jesus Christ did. I don't always do this the best but am working on it. My calling as Primary President has helped me to love and not judge more than ever before. We are all working to be the best we can be and that is all we can do. We come from different places and have different pasts and history's. We are all working through trials and trying to understand this life, the gospel, who we are and our eternal purpose and we should be willing to love and help others through their earthly journey, Happy Easter!</div>
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Our Savior lived again. The most glorious, comforting, and reassuring of all events of human history had taken place—the victory over death." -Thomas S. Monson</div>
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-39612197833286300882015-04-05T22:07:00.002-06:002015-04-05T22:07:23.009-06:00Dear Alice, Today you are 4 years old. Lucky me! I get you in my life. I get to see your smiling face everyday and hear your wonderful thoughts. You are such an amazing girl! You bring happiness and joy to everyone you meet. You are like your Dad that way; full of happiness. <br />
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Four years old! I can't believe it! You are getting so big and while I love the person you are becoming, sometimes I get sad thinking of you growing up and not being my little Alice anymore. You are already so independent, what will it be like when you actually don't have to depend on me anymore? <br />
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Alice, we were in the car the other day, driving to Temple Square and you were doing your best to sing Praise to the Man. You had the tune down perfectly, but didn't sing a single word correctly. I listened to you sing and just smiled. You were so happy singing and that made me so happy. You have a sweet spirit, you are so close to our Heavenly Father. You make people happy. Genuinely happy, without even trying.<br />
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I am doing my best not to stifle your strong spirit, I hope you know that. I hope you know I am not trying to change who you are, you are wonderful, I am just trying to teach and guide you. You will do such amazing things in your life. You have the determination and the strength and you are so sure of yourself and who you are. I know a lot of that comes with your age, but I want you to remember as you get older that you are beautiful, you are smart, you are loving, you are kind, you are a good friend. You are a protector, you are creative, you are your own person. And you are magnificent! You still have a lot to learn and a lot of ways to grow but as you grow and change you will only become a more amazing person and I can't wait to see where life takes you.<br />
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Remember I always love you. Always, no matter what. Nothing will <span style="background-color: yellow;">ever</span> make me not love you. I hope you will always feel comfortable coming to me to talk. Sharing your feelings with me and asking me questions. I will continue to learn from you and love you more and more. <br />
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Happy Birthday sweet girl.<br />
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Love, Mom<br />
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<b>“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know the world and learn what is good for it.” </b></div>
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We spent the weekend learning about the world. Learning what it has to offer and once again immersing our children in the beauty of the wild where they can learn from each other, family, and the earth. <br />
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I grew up immersed in the heart and soul of mother nature and want my kids to see the stars, the sunrise, the mountains, the dessert. I want them to collect rocks, and get covered in sand. I want them to be muddy and dirty and build castles and fairy homes. I want them to run with the sun shining down upon them. I want them to throw rocks and watch the water ripple. I want them to learn how grand the earth is in all her glory but at the same time learn that it is this simple glory that will make them happy. That they don't need lots of fancy things, that sometimes being with family, under the rays of the sun, laughing, running, building, exploring the absolute perfect thing.<br />
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I must make note that Angela was the most sought after person of the whole trip. The kids wanted nothing to do with anyone else. Where is Angela? Is Angela going? I want to sit by Angela, Can Angela come in our car. At times is was necessary to give Angela a much deserved break. She is wonderful so we can see why the kids are drawn to her. She will be an amazing mother one day. At one point of the trip while we were playing at the park Alice told me that she would love me more if I had curly hair and a voice like Angela's. I am just glad I am loved. I am also glad that she feels so much love from others. We are lucky as a family to have such a wonderful support system.<br />
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As my kids get older I see their love for family increase and this is such a great thing. I love to see them feel comfortable around others and how others help their self esteem and confidence grow. How they learn to laugh and joke around and feel confident in their own skin because they have so many people letting them know ever so subtly that they are loved, that they are important. There are few things greater than watching your kids interact with others who love them and care for them, It brings a warmth that rests peacefully in your heart and the world feels good and happy.<br />
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And so we played. Because of the unusually warm winter we have been having, the first two days we were in Moab it was 70 degrees. It was beautiful. (except for the third day when we hiked to Corona arch and it was sunny and warm, windy, rainy, snowy all in one hike) It was also Valentine's Day. I am always happy to get to celebrate Valentine's day in the great outdoors as an entire family. What other way to celebrate love than spending time with the ones you love with no interruptions. I wouldn't have it any other way. Thane wrote me a nice e-mail, a sweet sentiment.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">"It's hard to believe that 9 years ago we became engaged! We are coming up on double digits w/ this marriage thing. And to think about this last year, it has been the most challenging and stretching yet. In the last year we considered moving to New York. I started school along w/ Hobbes. We have spent a lot of time away but it really has drawn me closer to you. In all the challenges, joys, hardships, and happiness I'm incredibly blessed to share it all with you. You are the most beautiful, capable, intelligent, hard-working, creative, and loving woman. I love you.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Love, Thane"</span><br />
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I am really lucky to be married to such an amazing and understanding person . He is right, this year has been a struggle so far. It has taken us physically away from each other more and more and has been hard and has been lonely and has been frustrating. But through each hard time we grow closer together. We learn to rely on each other, to rely on others, and we learn our true capabilities and strengths. I want my children to know, to really know that life is not all about what is easy and what makes us happy now. It is about struggles and trails and how we learn from them and how we grow, We can not reach our full capacity as human beings without going through times that are tough and days that are trying. I hope that in the end we will all find true joy but that comes from learning and experiencing and I really want to experience life, not just the good, but all of it. <br />
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<b>“I see that the life of this place is always emerging beyond expectation or prediction or typicality, that it is unique, given to the world minute by minute, only once, never to be repeated. And this is when I see that this life is a miracle, absolutely worth having, absolutely worth saving. We are alive within mystery, by miracle.” </b></div>
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<br />LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9221629279426852347.post-70852333375076204132015-01-13T21:21:00.002-07:002015-01-13T21:21:22.248-07:00Second SemesterSo Thane started his second semester of school yesterday. This is going to be a really busy next four months. Thane is going to be gone a lot but I am prepared this time. I have registered the kids in swim lessons and Alice in dance to help get us out and about in the cold weather that usually keeps us in. While I still like a schedule I have really learned to let it slide a little in order to provide me more opportunity to do what I need at a slower pace and not feel guilty. <div><br></div><div>I keep telling myself that getting few the next few years is going to bring about our dream life. And I really do believe that. Great things are in store for our little family.</div><div><br></div><div>We took a short weekend trip to the cabin last weekend. We spent lots of time together really just relaxing. It was great. We don't know when our portion of the cabin will sell so try and treat each time there as our last and really not take it for granite. We feel so lucky to have such a wonderful place as our home away from home. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dGf2_LWc2-Q/VLXuKabXptI/AAAAAAAAHZE/oYMNBwcREXg/s640/blogger-image-1603637376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dGf2_LWc2-Q/VLXuKabXptI/AAAAAAAAHZE/oYMNBwcREXg/s640/blogger-image-1603637376.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YczXn6M4w7s/VLXuF579SMI/AAAAAAAAHYs/XzplR3xj83w/s640/blogger-image--692834762.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-YczXn6M4w7s/VLXuF579SMI/AAAAAAAAHYs/XzplR3xj83w/s640/blogger-image--692834762.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8Y2CpJyW_qI/VLXt-22wKyI/AAAAAAAAHYM/ciHefFPEMXQ/s640/blogger-image--1869753785.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was a magical fall. The sun was shining. It was warm. The colors were magnificent. I can't believe we are now starting November. 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It is all the kids talk about now. They had so much fun playing with the cousins. Teddy was so excited to look out the window every morning and see the neighbors sheep and alpaca. Across the street were the chickens. It made me really want to move somewhere where we could have more animals. I think it would be so fun for the kids, teach them hard work and also teach them about the nature of mating, birth, and death. I don't know where we will end up after Thane is done with school but I hope it is either in the city and if not then I hope we can find a place with a decent amount of property. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The kids still ask constantly to go to Logan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h4DRnWzSXgY/VKwM7bBZNNI/AAAAAAAAHR4/0rUNEqf436c/s640/blogger-image-452905625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h4DRnWzSXgY/VKwM7bBZNNI/AAAAAAAAHR4/0rUNEqf436c/s640/blogger-image-452905625.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jh4-LN4tk9s/VKwKCYM9LZI/AAAAAAAAHOc/bcrEgxjnJLo/s640/blogger-image--923806123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jh4-LN4tk9s/VKwKCYM9LZI/AAAAAAAAHOc/bcrEgxjnJLo/s640/blogger-image--923806123.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H-K4M0Qfsfw/VKwKPeG-9cI/AAAAAAAAHPk/URNxuxzDDkk/s640/blogger-image-120812774.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I made her dress and wig and am thrilled with how they turned out. Hobbes hulk costume turned out perfect as well. It was a decent amount of work but so much satisfaction came from making their costumes. Halloween was beautiful and warm. We were running around the neighborhood without jackets, talking to all our neighbors and friends. The kids never wanted to stop. It was perfect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lCVDE0tOJH0/VKwJ_W4rTOI/AAAAAAAAHOM/RnGPnoSpOVI/s640/blogger-image-676170571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-lCVDE0tOJH0/VKwJ_W4rTOI/AAAAAAAAHOM/RnGPnoSpOVI/s640/blogger-image-676170571.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TQyrTZIGE98/VKwJvUe4Q_I/AAAAAAAAHM0/82FugfsJREY/s640/blogger-image-282272977.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TQyrTZIGE98/VKwJvUe4Q_I/AAAAAAAAHM0/82FugfsJREY/s640/blogger-image-282272977.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gDr837HMCTo/VKwKLJu6ikI/AAAAAAAAHPM/3feClR8i0cQ/s640/blogger-image--1055778398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gDr837HMCTo/VKwKLJu6ikI/AAAAAAAAHPM/3feClR8i0cQ/s640/blogger-image--1055778398.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UxYE2RzFYzg/VKwJw_35zWI/AAAAAAAAHM8/VDSVwPtAxjM/s640/blogger-image-697253756.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UxYE2RzFYzg/VKwJw_35zWI/AAAAAAAAHM8/VDSVwPtAxjM/s640/blogger-image-697253756.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9zzR3Sy1DbY/VKwJzkdwU1I/AAAAAAAAHNM/VOXDr4hwVfE/s640/blogger-image-1454469518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9zzR3Sy1DbY/VKwJzkdwU1I/AAAAAAAAHNM/VOXDr4hwVfE/s640/blogger-image-1454469518.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qI1rzRerFFI/VKwM40fLbAI/AAAAAAAAHRw/aizm_1T50Wo/s640/blogger-image--1499993130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qI1rzRerFFI/VKwM40fLbAI/AAAAAAAAHRw/aizm_1T50Wo/s640/blogger-image--1499993130.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kFv9WWXpJNk/VKwKMkC9B-I/AAAAAAAAHPU/ZNSYjUSGQjc/s640/blogger-image--2117392073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kFv9WWXpJNk/VKwKMkC9B-I/AAAAAAAAHPU/ZNSYjUSGQjc/s640/blogger-image--2117392073.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wDlObNGQ93w/VKwJ30LsGkI/AAAAAAAAHNk/HXM7e8o6ZXw/s640/blogger-image-306541461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wDlObNGQ93w/VKwJ30LsGkI/AAAAAAAAHNk/HXM7e8o6ZXw/s640/blogger-image-306541461.jpg"></a></div><br></div>LAINAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01990290215110626295noreply@blogger.com0