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Dear Hot Tub, We Miss You

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Grandma's hot tub was roomier, and had jets and cool cushions. But we just make do with what we have.

At Home At IKEA

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Don't you sometimes wish you could live at the IKEA showroom? We were just making ourselves right at home there today.

Around the Temple Home

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We got a big white board.  Just for this. Smoothie-'stash. "I'm Tony Stark." "Mama, I'm meditating"  ...Uh, ok! Practicing patient care He did an experiment and dried some apples in the yard. It took about 12 hours. (Wonder if I could get him to sit outside and stir the wet clothes in the laundry basket until they dry?)

Surface of the Sun

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UT to AZ: The Move

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We've known we would be moving for a long time--since August.  So we've been preparing for it by packing boxes, house hunting, etc.  But when the time finally came, it didn't seem real.  It felt right, but not real. We loaded the moving truck Monday.  Here's it's ready to be filled.  Filled the truck and said some goodbye's to friends.  Tuesday morning we said goodbye to Grandpa (Grandma was in KY). Then we hit the road.  Ephraim drove the truck and towed his car, and I drove the kids in the party van.  We watched 7 movies!  It took us 13 hours, and we drove through breathtaking desert scenery. We finally arrived at 8:30 pm.  We got in the house, Ephraim made the kids make-shift beds, I went out for groceries and essentials, we realized the water wasn't turned on and the AC wasn't working, and then we slept.  We've been settling in and making our new house a home.  It's a fun process.  We know how to li

Mission Call

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My parents got their mission call on Monday! They are going on an agricultural mission to CA for awhile then Florida for a year! They are so excited and we're excited for them too. It will be fun to see what they will do there.

Ironman

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My cool nephew Connor made his own Ironman suit. Being by him was quite a thrill!