tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329167602012-01-24T18:33:48.705-08:00Jason and Ruth, proud parents of the six cutest kids in the world! Keeping busy and loving every minute of it!jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.comBlogger1511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-9911194401758092782012-01-01T20:50:00.000-08:002012-01-01T20:59:39.269-08:00

One of the first things I learned as a full-time missionary was that God follows patterns. He follows a pattern for speaking to his children and calling them to repentance. He follows a pattern for teaching us divine truths. He follows a pattern in blessing our lives for our obedience to his commandments. This is a profound faith-promoting principle. With this fact planted firmly in our minds we

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This year Rachel completed fifth grade. One of the opportunities for fifth grade students is to participate in band. Pomo School's band includes trumpets, saxophones, flutes, clarinets, and drums. The school district is lucky to have quite an inventory of instruments.Rachel's first choice was saxophone, but there weren't enough initially so she chose to learn the clarinet. She did very well as a

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Ruth:We've never been the kind of parents to go up with our children to the pulpit and help them bare a testimony.At fast and testimony meeting yesterday, Rachel turned around (Yes, we are taking up two benches now) and asked me if I was going up there. I quickly replied,"NO" as I held Aaron in my arms and the other boys were close at hand needing to be reverenced. The meeting began,

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Hi, all. I've created another blog for myself. You can reach it by clicking on the link to the right: "What NOT to do."

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Saturday started very cold, 27˚ and clear. We loaded all our gear in our backpacks, ate breakfast and drove up the mountain to our traditional start point. The snow had definitely thinned since Wednesday and the day was promising to be nice.The trail up the mountain was easier where the snow had melted. The snow was still thick above Pink Rock though. We glassed up the hill but didn’t see

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Warning: This is long! and one sided...Lyman and Dad, you're welcome to correct/alter/twist my words or submit additions (editions?) here as you wish.On the Monday before my October deer hunting trip I went to a shooting range after work to make sure the .280 was sighted in. I arrived at 4:30 pm and the place was going to close at 5:00. So I had very little time. At 4:45 I had my target set up,

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Taking after Daddy!

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Jason had to go to Scout camp the week of July 5th -10th. So I decided that instead of hanging around my house, with nothing to do but take care of the kids and be hot, I would head down to SO. Ca. to visit our good friends the Bruschke's. I convinced my youngest sister Mary to tag along and help with the driving and the kiddos. And let me just say right now that it was wonderful having the

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(Rachel with two of her favorite things)What an amazingly wonderful big girl we have been blessed with! Rachel has been such a life saver with all the help she gives me and her family members! She is a joy to be around and loves her family. Today we will be celebrating her 10th birthday. Wow she's getting old! She requested Hamburgers for dinner and a cake that looks like a chocolate chip

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Hi all, have you missed me?.....(Crickets chirping in background)......Wow it's been a busy year! I really tried to do everything but I just found that I was stressing myself out too much! Homeschooling was a wonderful experience. I feel that I accomplished a lot that I wanted the girls to learn and experience. And now that School is out, I plan to get back into blogging! The cute kiddos

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Our comic in chief declared that "Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency."Mz. Pelosi promised “We will bring transparency and openness to the budget process and to the use of earmarks, and we will give the American people the leadership they deserve.”It isn't even debatable that these promises have been broken over and over. And I won't argue that

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J: Yesterday I had a FREE Saturday again. No plans to be anywhere but home and it went great.First: I took the Christmas lights down and put the last Christmas box away.Second: I cleaned up the willow tree cuttings that littered the driveway. We have a corkscrew willow that is very pretty when trimmed well and leafed out. Each year it puts out new long leafy branches so it has to be pruned or

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Aw, to be young again! Need I say more?

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Peach blossom on our third-year tree.Blossoms bud on the Purple Leaf Plum.

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Jason: I finally had a Saturday to spend with my family at home yesterday and it was great. I've been ill the last couple days but woke up feeling considerably better. There was bacon in the fridge that needed to be cooked, so I got that started. I asked the kids to choose between pancakes, Swedish pancakes, and french toast. Pancakes! was the majority choice so Kaitlin came to help me make the

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jase:With six children and only a tiny yard for them, there is always something demanding our attention even/especially on Sundays. After church we return home and make lunch, ususally popcorn, fruit, cheese, and some summer sausage or salami if we have it. Following lunch is naptime for at least four of our family so that means "Quiet Time" for the rest. During quiet time the only activities

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Our family is currently reading in Alma, where the sons of Mosiah are teaching King Lamoni and his father. Every time we read the name Aaron, our Aaron perks up and says, "Aaron?"

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This was left as a comment by a "Claudia Lawrence":Hi, ur blog is really nice and interesting, I have bookmark it & anxiously waiting for ur new post. I just wanna suggest that u should go for blog advertising & marketing there is a website called thisisnotarealwebsite.com which is offering very unique features at affordable prices. There are Expert advertising teams of ThisIsNotARealWebsite who

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When our family lived in Auburn during the second and third year of our marriage I bought Ruth a rocking chair at an oak furniture store. It looked like a comfortable chair and was solidly made. But being it was made in China, it had some features that didn't belong.The chair didn't really rock. It had a distinct bump-bump in the middle of its rocking motion that has kept us from sitting in it

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...your children ask you to take pictures of them in funny poses or with their latest piece of artwork and suggest that you blog about it!...people who usually read your blog to "catch up" with you are sending you emails or calling you at home!...you are spending HOURS reading blogs of friends and family that you haven't been keeping up with!Oh, how I feel I have been slacking when it comes to

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Ruth:I know it's been a while since I've blogged and I apologize to those who I have given a hard time about not blogging often enough. I could give a list of all my excuses, but instead I think I'll just blog and then you'll know all the reasons I have abandoned the blogging world for sooo long.Here it goes, I hope you're comfortable, it's gonna take some time to get caught up!! :) Maybe it

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Jase: I started another project in wood this week. I’ve been thinking lately about the process that I go through in creating a piece of furniture or anything else for that matter. First comes the idea, whether from me or Ruth. Then comes the design, entailing several hours on paper and a few on the computer, making the best possible use of wood and still trying to maintain some sense of

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Jase: Tonight marked the beginning of our caroling adventures for the season. Ruth made zucchini bread, chocolate chocolate chip cookies, and toffee after church today. Fudge was made last week. We loaded up some plates and went out to howl at the people we love and even some that we aren't so sure about.We sung to a couple neighbors, tried to see the people we home/visit teach and a few others.

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Here's a link to an excellent article about further stimulus packages.http://blog.heritage.org/2009/12/04/morning-bell-the-definition-of-economic-insanity/

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One of the first projects on our home when we moved in four years ago was making the sump pump under the house operable. The pump had been replaced as part of the home purchase, but the knucklehead who installed it must have had too much to drink before or during the installation.For those of you who don't know, a sump is a low spot or hole where water collects where a pump is placed to remove

jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-55779039669289330522009-11-22T15:14:00.000-08:002009-11-23T12:57:12.763-08:00

Jase: Over a month ago our ward organist broke her finger. I'm the only other person in the ward who is known to play the piano. So I've been playing in Sacrament and in Primary for the last five or six weeks. She and I have had a standing arrangement before where I would play in Primary for her every third Sunday. Thankfully, she is playing the organ in Sacrament meeting again. However, piano

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For those of you who blog, and have not utilized the "Monetize" tab on your dashboard or post creation screen, blogging is about connecting with the people that mean the most to you who happen to be out of touch when you wish they weren't. Or its about voicing your opinion because this environment gives you complete control over your little corner of the blogosphere. Hence the title of this

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Jase:Thanks to Donny for bringing this to my attention. Apparently it was first shown on the Tonight Show.When I first heard that Barack was awarded the Nobel Peace prize I thought it was a joke. But it is actually quite fitting since the intent of the award is to celebrate those individuals who have labored towards reducing standing armies and propagating peace conferences. He is perfect. Of

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Ruth:Aaron had his birthday a few weeks ago (the 16th) so I guess it's about time I blog about it. The boy has been acting two for the past six months so we're already used to the terrible two's attitude. He's such a sweet boy when he wants to be or when he wants to get out of trouble. Which has been working lately. All he has to do is flash that adorable little grin and we (Maybe Jason's a

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So I picked about two gallons of grapes when I got home from work on Monday. I took some pictures of the juice making process. Removed the grapes from the stems, sorting at the same time. Washed the berries a couple times. Mashed with a pastry blender and my fingers for a while. Gave up on the manual labor and broke out the hand-held mixer since the Osterizer was dirty. This worked really well to

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Jase: Our debut post in 2006 was about our grapevine and so is this one. I don't think Ruth even knew we had a blog then. But, we have lived in Clearlake for four years now. When we bought this house it had a little Concord grapevine that was pretty much just a stump. It takes a few years to train a vine and ours has developed well. We had a good harvest this year. Here is Rachel with what's

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Jase: As I go through my day I often think "I should blog about that" when some thought crosses my mind. Whether its something fun I did, or about my wife or kids, or about our home or the area where we live. Since we live far from our families and old friends this is my preferred method of telling the stories of our lives (since I can edit and exaggerate and adjust history to my liking?). I

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Ruth: We planted our Cherry tomatoes a little late this year, so when we weren't harvesting that many I wasn't too worried. Well, now it's September and the tomato season is almost over. I was still wondering where my tomatoes were! Rachel has been such a wonderful helper this summer watering our garden, and I realized one day that it took her quite a while to turn off the water, so I asked her

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Ruth:Again, another e-mail sent from a good friend:Working people frequently ask retired people whatthey do to make their days interesting.Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town andwent into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes.When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket....we went up to him and said, 'Come on man, how about giving a senior

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Ruth: Our big boy turned Four on Monday, Sept. 7th! We had some friends over to share the cake and ice cream with us. He was so excited to have a train cake! The girls and I made a toy Dinosaur for him and they put together a treasure hunt to find the presents. The clues took us outside around the house and back to the living room where he found his gifts wrapped and set in the entertainment

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Why is it so much easier to sit down and read about what's happening in my family and friends lives? I guess I have a good excuse for NOT blogging as often anymore but I can't use the new baby reason forever! I had to take some extra time to recover this time around! Along with all the drama after his birth, I still had some retained placenta and had to have a D&C at six weeks postpartum. The

Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-16959675979319854572009-09-06T21:10:00.001-07:002009-09-08T16:44:44.809-07:00

Last weekend we split our family up. Rachel & Emily went with Grandma & Grandpa Christensen to Utah for Liz & Cameron's reception there. Kaitlin stayed with the Chapman's. And we took our boys to visit our friends, Brett & Rachel and their kids in SoCal. We had a most excellent time enjoying their company and home, good food, and a fun trip to Knott's Berry Farm. After our Knotts trip we went to

jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-82136550614347556302009-09-02T13:57:00.000-07:002009-09-06T20:35:28.445-07:00

Here are some pictures of David. He's a tummy sleeper.His blessing outfit: The CakeAnother shot of The CakeSome of the sunflower we grew that were vertically challenged:

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Ruth:I realized that it's been quite a while since we've posted pictures of the kiddos.Rachel, still goofy at 9Pretty Emily, 7 turning 8 in Nov., almost ready to get baptized!Silly Kaitlin, 5 starting Kindergarten this year!Christopher, 3 turning 4 in Sept., a picture IS worth a thousand words, and this one speaks for itself.Crazy Aaron, 1 turning 2 in Sept. This is his Alfalfa look-a-like

Ruthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10999324782722946345noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-16941499528170746612009-08-14T20:20:00.000-07:002009-08-14T22:21:49.117-07:00

My sweetie turned 33 today! Man is he getting old!He has spent the day away from home mostly. With work, helping Sarah and Joe pack the U-Haul, and helping another friend in our ward install granite counters. He's so busy, and I'm sure tired!We knew he was going to be busy today so we celebrated with the Chapmans on Wednesday evening. We had tacos, the way he likes them, and yummy cake and

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Ruth:I got this email from a friend, just thought I'd share! Enjoy!Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a Redneck? Here is a little test that will help you decide. You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children. Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you,

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Jase:So the cooler is working great. Everybody is happy. I need a haircut so I ask Ruth to get up early one morning before I go to work. She happily agrees.The next morning we go out to the kitchen and there are ants everywhere. Instead of trying to squish them all or clean them up with a washcloth, I say "Let's break out the vacuums and suck them up." This works really well, avoids that nasty,

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Jase:Holy cow.....Ever since David was born nothing is working right or everything is breaking. We have been having a hard time posting because our computer died. We have lived in this house for nearly four years and the things that need attention keep calling for it louder and louder.When we moved in the previous homeowner, a kind older woman, left us her fridge, washer, and dryer with the house

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Sorry to all you avid readers of our blog. Since school has ended and David has joined us our lives have not been the same!We are still trying to get a schedule of our summer life and we are finally making progress. Everybody wants to sleep later than they should and stay up late. Daylight savings time definitely is against us as far as that goes.We have been neglecting family scripture reading

jasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014715036754221808noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32916760.post-53053174654177511412009-06-11T14:36:00.000-07:002009-06-24T15:49:55.672-07:00

David Almon Mavy(Yes that's a binky IN his mouth! First one of ours to take one!)As you all know by now, David has joined us! We've had an interesting few days since then.Labor and Delivery was wonderful. I had Jason, my mom, my sister Becky, and a good friend,Tonya there to help me through contractions and be a part of the blessed event. My contractions started about 2am on Saturday and were

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So we have a seven passenger van and a family of eight. We want to replace our van, but not with something more expensive.Yesterday the federal government gave us, and everyone else, the solution to this problem. The feds will give us $3500 if we trade in our van for a vehicle that gets 2 mpg better. First I've got to make sure our van doesn't get better than 18 mpg.Edit: Here's a link to an

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David Almon Mavy joined us today (6/6/09) at 8:33 pm. He weighs 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and is 20 inches long. Details and pictures to follow!

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Hey all, Ruth here! Last week at my appt. I was at 1 1/2 centimeters. I went to the dr. today. I'm dilated to a 3 now and am hoping this new little soul will join our family in the next couple of days!!! Just thought I would let you all in on the excitement that we have going on around here!This was taken 5/24/09 one of the few times I actually am picture worthy, before church! I finally got

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This is from an email I got from our bishops' wife. I thought it was too funny to not pass along!Childbirthat 65 With all thenew technology regarding fertility recently, a 65-year-old friend of minewas able to give birth. When she was discharged from the hospital and wenthome, I went to visit.'May I see the new baby?' I asked'Not yet ,' Shesaid 'I'll make coffee and we can chat for a

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The last Sunday in May, that is.Christopher, tired at bedtime.. This will be a great blackmail picture.Ruth was released from the Primary Presidency today after 2.5 years. She has done a great job and always tried to do her best. She has been called to serve as a primary worker in the nursery. When Sarah and Joe move away our Aaron and one other little boy will be the only children attending

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Ruth: I hardly ever mop.On Wednesday the nesting instinct took over and I mopped all the floors when the kids were at the computer. As I was rinsing the mop Kaitlin and Christopher came out of the bedroom, Kaitlin dressed up in her pretty pink-and-purple princess shoes and white gloves. The girls have some plastic shoes that they like to wear for dress-up. They are too small for Rachel and Emily.

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Here we are with about three weeks to go before this new little person will join our family and I'm starting to get anxious! I have been telling myself this whole pregnancy that he'll probably be late. But now that we are so close I have been hoping for him to come early. There are so many things that I want to do this summer that if he came early it would make them so much easier to do! I

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Here's an excellent parody of our Congress' top National Socialist at a news conference.

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I've had a bin of maternity clothes that I won't be wearing for the remainder of this pregnancy sitting in my room for quite some time. I finally got it out and asked Jason to put it under the house (Since I'm the last one left pregnant in our family,*sniff*) until I'm done with the ones that I am using. Jason enlisted the help of Rachel. She is what I think a really good reader and she loves

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A couple weeks ago I noticed some potatoes with eyes and leaves on them. So, i took the out and stuck them in the dirt, six pieces of potato altogether. This was right before the rains got here. I didn't realize potatoes liked water so much. They've really taken off as you can see below. A couple of the potatoes got dug up by who-knows-what before they could start growing, But we still have

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I don't know what else to say, but that we had fun this morning!

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How to start each day with a positive outlook:1. Open a new file in your word processor.2. Save it as 'Barack Obama'.3. Send it to the Recycle Bin.4. Empty the Recycle Bin.5. Your PC will ask you: "Do you really want to get rid of 'Barack Obama?"6. Firmly click 'Yes.'Feel better?GOOD! - Tomorrow we'll do Nancy Pelosi!

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Is there anything cuter than a seven year old missing her two front teeth?Emily's first front tooth fell out during dinner one night a few weeks ago without any pain, and she was hoping that this second tooth would do the same. Much to her dismay, dinner was over and her tooth was still attached by the smallest string. So she mustered up the courage and pushed pulled and got that sucker out by

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Ruth: I've been wanting to rearrange furniture and change the decor in our home, since we've decided not to move. Last week I asked Rachel and Emily if we should get rid of the loveseat in our living room to make it more open and roomy. Rachel's response was:"Where would we put the clean laundry?"So, we're keeping the loveseat.

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So, what do you think of the Federal Reserve Bank now? Obviously they control the value of the U.S. dollar, now they've got their fingers in the every possible pie they can, what with TARP money being doled out to so many banks, and giving orders to the heads of banks to buy other banks and requiring their silence as well. The whole thing stinks to me.Anybody buying gold?

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Ruth: Easter: We had to be at our ward for this Easter Sunday, so we got to enjoy just our family for this special day. It was a nice quiet day. I cooked a little ham dinner and we colored 10 hard-boiled eggs. I hadn't thought that we were going to do a hunt this year, we were lucky I had the hard-boiled ones we did! Jason hid the eggs after they dried and the kids enjoyed finding them.

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Today the president noted that "tax relief must be joined with fiscal discipline. Americans are making hard choices in their budgets, and we've got to tighten our belts in Washington as well." (emphasis added)It makes me want to blow a huge raspberry at him. I feel like that is what he and the rest of our communist government are doing to us.We are no longer the United States of America. Our new

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Ruth: I'm here and feeling better, finally! I'm still fighting some kind of allergy but for the most part I'm better and have finally found some time to blog! I'm sure you're all so excited and can't wait to see how much fun we've been having over here and hear about my wonderful vacation!Warning!!! It's a long one and I talk about eating a lot! But I've included pictures and a slideshow so I

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editedRuth: We planted all of the young trees from seed, except the Apricot, that was a gift from a friend to convince us to stay here in Clearlake. And the cherry tree was transplanted from Jason's parents. And for those of you who may not know, Jason found a job in Nice. He's working for a family in our ward. So it appears that we will be staying for a while longer.

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I love this time of year! Everything is in the process of blooming, budding or growing. I don't know how to describe how it feels to be driving through the hills around here, just before everything turns green, when the the Redbuds are blooming. They are such a vibrant purple color it is amazing to see. The picture doesn't do justice. This picture is not ours. We borrowed it from the internet.We

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I was messing with our vacuum the other day. I remembered something that Mark (Ruth's brother) said about the height adjustment being a nonfunctional gimmick on most vacuums. This was when he was a Kirby salesman. So, I put our vacuum, a $40 Hoover Tempo Widepath, up on the kitchen table and studied the bottom. The beater was covered with hair thanks to the Mavy females in the house. I moved the

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Well, I just got back Sunday from the most wonderful weekend! I was able to spend time with family and friends. However, I am dealing with a very uncomfortable head cold so I am going to rest for now and wait until I'm better to spill all the fun details of my trip!

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From the "Greenie." Emily wanted to be dressed all in green today. I guess she didn't have any green socks, but everything else is green! I pulled out that huge bow to see if Rachel wanted any green on today (she's all in blue) but she was quick to say "No Way." Emily heard her say no and quickly agreed to wear it in her hair! Rachel agreed to wear a shamrock necklace, and she put on green

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Ruth: I had another ultrasound this last week. It's still a boy! For each ultrasound that we've had we were sent home with a disc containing pictures and video of the baby. It's so cool to be able to share this with you all! This one is of his cute little face and hand. The ultrasound is definitely my favorite part of being pregnant. My other favorite part is when The baby is finally out!

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This last Monday, Kaitlin and Christopher's school readiness teacher made "Flubber Gak." While she was mixing it up, neither Kaitlin or Christopher wanted to touch it, but when it was at the point where it didn't look as messy, they played with it for hours. O.k. maybe it just seemed like hours. Anyways, they had a blast blowing bubbles and using their cookie cutters. Rachel and Emily got

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So I was looking at one of my favorite blogs this morning http://www.beingfrugalisfabulous.com/ and saw this amazing cereal deal at Safeway this week! I just wanted to share with everyone my excitement on how much I saved! It felt so good to stock up and save so much! She also had some printable coupons for Bagel Bites and Bagel-fuls which are on sale at Safeway this week as well.I returned

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Ruth: Take a minute and laugh! Jason is so good, he's never reacted like this, that I know of, but maybe you know someone who has!? I laughed so hard all three times that I watched this!Babies and Fathers @ Yahoo! VideoThese are hilarious too! I found them on a friends blog. 9-1-1 What is your emergency?These were sent to me from my daddy! I've just about died from laughing so hard! These

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Jase: This was in an email my dad sent. I remade it and thought I would share it with you all. This is me to a "T".

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holds 100 compact discs. Tells only part of the news in order to cast itself in a good light (spins). Maple-looking.

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Jase: For all you collectors of fine antiques we have a Radio Shack ATV1000 TV antenna (bunny ears). It is in very good condition, lightly used. Our only broadcasting station in our area has gone digital. So, the antenna is no longer useful to us. Maybe it can help you for the next four months.We also have a queen bed frame. It isn't broke. I don't know what else to say about it. It's hard to

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Jase: When we lived in Auburn we attended a ward dinner where one of the members provided kettle corn. It was the first time I had ever tried it and I was immediately hooked. But I never got to have the real thing again until recently. I have had the microwave version and it is a far cry from the real thing.Growing up we often ate air-popped popcorn with butter and salt. We had pan-popped popcorn

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Hope you all had a happy Valentine's Day!This morning Ruth made Valentine cards for our kids and put them on their bedroom door while they were cleaning their room before breakfast (Swedish pancakes are the best!). Kaitlin had lost her card by picture-taking time.After our late breakfast we got our snow clothes out and bundled everybody up and drove up to Boggs State Demonstration Forest. This

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The Sun was out, warming up the day. We were in the van driving home. I had Kaitlin Christopher and Aaron in the car with me and all of a sudden I hear Christopher start belting out: "It's raining, it's pouring the man is old and snoring!" WHAT? Where did that come from?! Cute, and totally out of the blue! Aren't kids great!? They make my life a fun musical! I LOVE that my kids enjoy singing.

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Thanks to those who commented on the last post on the bowl. Here is an update. The bowl is in its final shape. I need to put a finish on it still. The center portion of the bowl that is spalted is very fragile as it has already begun to decay. It would make a very nice decoration.

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Welcome, Kip, to the blogosphere. I've added my brother Kip's blog to our link list here. You can navigate to his page by finding the link in our list below or click here. Now if we can just get Lyman to blog, we will all be on here.Dad says I am an artist. I disagree, although I enjoy beautiful things and try to make nice stuff out of wood, I never feel like I've created anything original, just

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O.k., maybe just a couple of hours. Yesterday was my 29th birthday and I decided to celebrate with a princess party! A couple of weeks ago Emily brought home an invitation to a princess party put on by the Girl Scouts where they would be able to dress up, have their faces painted play in a castle, etc... but the cost was $15 per child and I'm sure I couldn't send Emily without sending Rachel as

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So, I've put this off long enough! Sorry it took me so long to get this on here! We had a great Christmas thanks to our family and friends this year! A couple of out friends from the ward (Their identities remain partially secret) acted as Santa for our family, since Jason has had very little work. We came home from caroling one night to a bag FULL of gifts for the kids and us! We spent time

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copied from http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/commentary/church-clarifies-proposition-8-filing-corrects-erroneous-news-reportsChurch Clarifies Proposition 8 Filing, Corrects Erroneous News ReportsSALT LAKE CITY 2 February 2009Today The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints clarified erroneous news reports following the filing of its final report on donations to the ProtectMarriage.com

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I LOVE FUN and this is FUN! DO IT! Pay it Forward ExchangeI copied this straight from my Mom's blog and I was the first to comment on hers so now it's your turn! This is how it works:Pay it Forward Exchange is based on the concept of the movie "Pay it Forward". I will send a hand made gift to the first three people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join the PIF exchange. All the gifts

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It's a BOY!

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So I (Ruth) must start by apologizing for boycotting the blogging world for so long and for not keeping you all posted on the family's adventures. I will get to that in another post, I promise. But as for now this will have to do. As most of you already know we are indeed expecting our sixth child! We are excited and a little bit nervous about what will happen during the next few months

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This last Wednesday I smoked a 14 pound turkey which turned out really good. It took eight hours and I didn't have enough charcoal. So I used some willow wood from a tree here at home. Willow make a huge amount of smoke! I must say that you can slow cook great food with with or without smoke. I won't use willow again though. The meat had a little too much smoke flavor.Back in August I mentioned I

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Alas, this was a gift that is not receiving proper use, nor do we have the space for it. It sits by a door and collects a multitude of things other than bottoms. Its growing very sad because it spent its youth rocking out, but is now neglected and holds up the wall like a shy young man at an LDS dance.Please let us know if you can give it new home. It is not exactly like the one pictured but very

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We've added a page element to our blog, all the way at the bottom right. We are going to list some things that are still useful/in fine shape that we no longer use/can't use. This is in the traditions of freecycle.org. If you have questions ask. If nobody claims anything, we will rid ourselves of the stuff after a completely arbitrary period of time. First we have a christmas tree stand used once

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Darwin is going to get this guy

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We watched Freedom Writers the other night. Ruth was afraid it was going to be another cheesy gangsta movie. I think it was pretty good. I would recommend it.If you haven't found Pandora radio you should try it. Go to http://www.pandora.com/. You type in a song you like and it creates a "radio" station that plays similar music. We've been playing Christmas music from the site almost non-stop for

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Check out these videos of Aaron. They were recorded at Ruth's parents when we visited for Thanksgiving.http://voteforplato.blogspot.com/2008/12/aaron-being-cute.html

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Hurry before this offer expires!

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The photograph below captures a disturbing trend that is beginning to affect wildlife in the US.Animals that were formerly self-sufficient are now showing signs of belonging to the Democratic Party... as apparently they have learned to just sit and wait for the government to step in and provide for their care and sustenance. This photo is of a Democrat black bear in Montana nicknamed ' Bearack

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Last week at Church I was pleasantly surprised when the Bishop announced that they were releasing Jason from Young Men's President! He had known for about a month and never said anything or acted like anything was going to happen. He sure knows how to keep a secret! I wonder if there is anything else he is keeping from me! :) He did such s great job with the Young Men and I hope he knows that

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Hey everyone! My family has started a new Halloween tradition. Sarah has posted all the families 2008 costumes at http://sandjchapman.blogspot.com/2008/11/halloween-costume-contest.htmlcheck out her blog to vote for the different categories. Voting ends on Saturday Nov. 15th. Come see how creative and funny my family can be!

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This was sent to me by our bishop's wife. More proof that the Lord really does speak to our loving prophets.

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This Week Emily has been the special student. Last week she was sent home with a poster to fill out with information about her and she had it back to her teacher the very next day. She was so excited that she was going to have her week to shine! Thank-goodness I didn't have to pull my kids out of school on Wed. to start Homeschooling. Monday, I'm sure she arrived at school to see her

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It is election day. It's now or never. This year we are voting upon one of the biggest moral issues that our country has ever faced, that of the definition of marriage. Eight years ago we voted on this very issue and were able to succeed with a 61% victory to define marriage as being between a man and a women, yet in May of this year with a 4-3 vote the California Supreme overturned the

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