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Truth and Consequences

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Thanks for the well wishes on the pregnancy! We are all very excited. The baby is due on October 13th which happens to be my grandmother’s birthday. Mr. Ferrero Rocher and the kids all want to find out what it is but I prefer waiting until the baby is born. Chances are we’ll find out […]

Brown-Eyed Susans Cookies

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We made these cookies a couple of weeks ago at our Kentucky Derby party. It was easy and fun for the girls to shape the cookies themselves. These would make a nice treat for someone who is feeling blue! Brown-Eyed Susans 1 batch sugar cookie dough. We use this recipe.3 TBSP. cocoa powder (dutch process)1/4 […]

Wordfull Wednesday: Mothers

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“Female Family History Month” was a unit we did about six years ago for school. The oldest girls were showing interest in their grandmothers and great-grandmothers. I called my mother for ideas, sent e-mails to Mr. Ferrero Rocher’s aunt who is the unofficial family historian on the Crook side (nice surname huh?), gathered pictures, typed […]

I ♥ Faces Kids: Week 18 Laughter

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So hard to narrow down all the laughing pictures of my kids. I couldn’t resist the missing teeth in this one though. These two girls are such good friends they are always laughing about something! (I ventured from my usual straight out of camera shot and did some post processing with picnik) Visit I ♥ […]

Love Story meets Viva La Vida

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For your listening pleasure…we love both Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson. They collaborated on this piece. It’s a fun one to listen to. Bon Bon particularly enjoyed this as her favorite song right now is Viva La Vida by Coldplay.Enjoy! I have a piano student who is learning several of Jon Schmidt’s pieces. One […]

FHE Resources

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No new family home evening lesson this week. I’m still on a Mother’s Day weekend “vacation.” Instead here are some other great resources around the internet to find wonderful family home evening lessons. Idea Door FHE Center – You can find everything from FHE charts to lessons and games. One of my favorites is the […]

Next Wordfull Wednesday Topic for May 13

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May, the time for flowers, celebrating mothers, school winds down, and summer begins! There are so many topics to choose from for our Wordfull Wednesdays this month but I surely can’t pass by the opportunity to write about mothers seeing how Sunday is Mother’s Day. So break out the tissues, take a trip down memory […]

I ♥ Faces Kids: Week 17 HATS

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Saturday we had all the girl cousins over for a Kentucky Derby party. Before the race they each made their own fancy hats out of wrapping paper. It was so cute to see them all wearing their hats while watching the race and cheering. Of course, our personal favorite was Chocolate Candy. 😀 Head on […]