… in 15 minutes or less. She’s seven years old.  There are kids here half her age and a third her height riding circles around her. It’s time. First, You take the plastic pedals off the bicycle. Then the kid learns to balance on the new “glider” bike.  [Palm trees not...
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Another lazy post. Pictures Because that’s why you’re here anyway, right?  Sure, I could take the time to explain what happened, but I could just show you and spare us all a few minutes: Something you may not get just from the pictures, however, is that I...
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Guess what! School starts tomorrow. Huh?! Yes, you read correctly.  School in Hawaii starts August 1st.  Most of my brain is still reeling from that revelation. “WHAT?!! August first?! So… since it always feels like summer here they figure they don’t actually need to have a summer break?” Hmph. School...
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I wrote a posty over here while my hubby breaks then fixes updates smithfam.us. Thanks, Sweetie!  You’re amazing! Okay, the imbed link thing doesn’t work.  No problem.  I’m sure you’ll take the time to cut/paste this address because you know since I wrote it, it’s going...
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I have a funny story, and here it goes. Once upon a time… Mrs. Smith learned to make bread operate her bread maker.  She had fun experimenting and tried making plain old whole wheat bread a little more exciting by using an Italian-spices-enhanced macadamia-nut oil in...
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Just thought I’d share. This is a cute song that might actually have solved an annoyance.  You see, Creativity has had a couple of songs stuck in her head for about a month. They aren’t particularly evil, but they aren’t particularly uplifting, either, and I’ve been...
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But I don’t know. Probably not much better than this. Remind me of that when I wake up ornery, k?   Creativity and I were quite the pair this morning, until I pulled her onto my lap and tickled her, chanting, “Crank Number One! ...
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and Just a fever. I’m sure she’ll be fine soon. …
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Since moving here, we’ve had quite a few exciting firsts.  It will probably take an hour, but we’ve got sick (read: sleepy) children today –another first since moving here– and I have FOUR of the five SLEEPING right now. So!  Let the picture-loading begin! Our...
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The three year old climbs onto my lap.  I smile down at his big blue eyes while we both take advantage of my lap not being filled with the 4mo baby brother. “I’m a baby,” he says, assuming the rock-a-bye position.  “Really?” I ask as though...
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Because I can’t ever be truly Wordless, PS: Yes, Wendy, Hawaiians do indeed wear Hawaiian shirts, but here they’re called “Aloha” shirts. John can even teach in them if he wants to. It’s a much more relaxed atmosphere here than at BYU-I...
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I found this today and it jumped out at me.  I share it now so it can be just for you, too. If I could have found it Friday I might have saved myself from a rotten day on Saturday, but hopefully it will keep...
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The lazy man’s update. It’s all about the pictures anyway, right? For the record: That wasp nest housed about 25 wasps, and John made it through with only 1 sting. I aughta get a picture of said nest, where it is still sitting in...
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So maybe it’s a little silly, but I feel like I’m on top of the world. This is why: Thanks, OhNuts.com, for the awesome almond milk recipe! Now I need to crunch the math and see if 1.5 cups of almonds = 1 quart milk = good...
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