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Playing Catch Up

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Leah
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My oh so neglected blog. Is it COVID? Is it life stage? Is it competing interests? It is all of it. But I love printing my blog out as a photo journal so I want to have some updates in … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, daily life, Family, Memories, Mission, Parenting, raising kids | Leave a reply

The Last Time

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Leah
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The Last Time Poem From the moment you hold your baby in your arms, you will never be the same. You might long for the person you were before, When you have freedom and time, And nothing in particular to … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Family, Home, Memories, Parenting, raising kids, step family, step mother, step parenting, Stepmother, teaching kids, Thin places, top moments | Leave a reply

Leaving Fez and Heading to Erg Chebbi (the Sahara Desert!)

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Leah
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The next morning, we headed out of the Medina to meet our driver, Ali. I love following behind my gang… Ali does an awesome job of getting us all packed up. He was ready for the Sahara too! I loved … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Family, Memories, Morocco, Thin places, top moments, travel, travel with kids, trip of a lifetime, vacation, vacations | Leave a reply

Let Christmas begin!

Posted on December 6, 2018 by Leah
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The beginning of December marks the time we start our yearly traditions! This year, due to time constraints, we had to head to the Christmas market in November. We got to start the season off earlier! I’m not too upset … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Christmas, December Quote Wall, holidays, Memories, Traditions | Leave a reply

CDF 24 hours 

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Leah
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I’m getting a glimpse of our future life; the one where I am the crazy Mom who obsesses about having all her children together under one roof for a meal. Because that’s what I’ve become. We arrived home from our … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Ecuador, Family, Memories, raising kids, Uncategorized, Zach | 2 Replies

Getting Away

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Leah
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With Zach being gone, and Zandra heading off to YW camp, we decided to take  the little boys (ok, I know that they aren’t little anymore at 12 and 14, but they are always my littles….) away for a bit. … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Family, Gabe, Josh, Memories, Road Trip, Sam, Summer fun, travel, travel with kids, Uncategorized, vacation, vacations | Leave a reply

I Can Do It

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Leah
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My boys were very young when I got divorced.  In some ways it was easier for them that way, as they don’t really have much of a memory of ever living with both parents.  However,  it was initially really hard … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecuador, life lessons, Memories, raising kids, service, teaching kids, top moments, travel, Zach | 4 Replies

Cousin time 

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Leah
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We headed off to fly to Salt Lake City on the 30th where we got to spend some good cousin time before taking Gabe up to BYU-I in Rexburg, Idaho. We just hung out the first night and had some … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Christmas, Family, Memories, travel, Utah, vacation, vacations | 1 Reply

The final walk 

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Leah
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Yesterday we buried Rob’s Dad, Wayne. I am definitely not in the habit of taking pictures at funerals and burials. (Although there is a part of me that wishes I had a few pictures of my father’s burial: it was … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Grief, Memories, Uncategorized | 3 Replies

YLC 2015

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Leah
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Every year our church puts on a Youth Leadership Conference for our region. It has been a longstanding tradition for our region; young men and young women, aged 14-18 attend this conference for 3-4 days. By the time they are … Continue reading →

Posted in CDF, Family, Gabe, Kids, LDS, Memories, Summer fun, Youth Conference, Zach, Zandra | 1 Reply

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I am a Mom, Stepmom and wife who by day also doubles as a Speech Language Pathologist in private practice. I started this blog because I want to document our journey as a family as we grow, change and continue to “blend” into our blended family. This is the place where I share the amazing adventures of raising my flowers and skids. Click Here for more.

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