35 weeks 2 days

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All business

This is how Ben dressed yesterday to go to my Midwife appointment with me. This is one of his favorite outfits.

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Our traditional family Valentines dinner

This started 6 years ago and continues today. It is now as looked forward to by the older kiddos as it is by us. We had salmon with dill cream sauce, potatoes, green beans almondine, PINK sparkling juice, brownies with ice cream (both homemade and delish), lots of candy, cards, roses, gifts, but most of all a table filled with happy, laughing, precious little people who fill our lives with constant joy! Jimmy and I have so very much to celebrate on Valentines... Our deep, strong love and the five lives our love is represented through! Happy Valentines to the six most incredible people I am blessed to love!!

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This was our bed at nap time today!!

These are the days to be cherished .... They are fleeting and pass like the blink of an eye.

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A visit to Granna for Valentines

Jimmy drove the girls and I up to see Granna at the nursing home tonight. She was so happy to see the girls (and me) and receive their handmade Valentines cards and some yummy dark chocolate candies (not handmade).

The girls are learning a lot about life outside themselves by their visits to Granna. It is teaching them many things like how to make engaging conversations, how to politely listen to and enjoy stories from days gone by, how to have compassion for those who may be sad or lonely, how to use those manners we practice so much at home... Etc. The list goes on. The girls will be better people for these times with Granna and will forever carry with them fond memories of the relationship they built even at such a young age.

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No more cast!!!

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So grateful for JZ

I have been overwhelmed today at how incredibly blessed I am to have my amazing husband! I never could have imagined finding someone to have so much fun with, laugh so hard with, be so madly in love with and just enjoy the reality of everyday life with.

He is such an unbelievably dedicated father. He loves playing with the kiddos, always thinking up new games... Oh and somehow he always finds a way to weave a math lesson into just about any activity (a huge plus for a homeschool mom)!

He wont run a single errand without taking his little carbon copy Ben with him. He loves having him around and Ben knows it! He is building relationships with each of our children that are so real and make such a difference in who they are becoming.

I am just so proud of the kind of person he is and is ever learning to be. He is so generous with his time and resources, always willing to help in any way. He is incredibly unselfish and blesses my life in countless ways.

Mostly I just love how much he makes me laugh... At least once a day I am hysterical over something hilarious he says or does... It's just a fun life we live!

Love you JZ... Forever!!

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