Wow, talk about an exciting two days. My accountant and good friend, Phill, received a phone call when in my office working on some quarterly reports. “There’s a rattlesnake in the garage!” his wife, Nancy, said. This only two days after Wendy killed her rattlesnake! Phill got into my car (we carpooled down to my…
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With all the rain we’ve been experiencing lately, we have had an increase in rattle snakes in the area. Sunday night I saw a rattle snake just off my back deck in my back yard. Yikes! I had 3 of my dear sweet children run right by it before I could stop them. Tabitha (6)…
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TIME magazine has made a significant splash with an article about sibling influence. While I chuckle at the title, “The New Science of Siblings” (as if this is something “new”), the article validates much about what Wendy and I have believed for a long time. We have been guilty as parents of thinking that our…
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For as long as I can remember, my family has attended a parade every July 4th. Complete with candy, advertisements, clowns, firetrucks, etc. It is one of my favorite times of year. Here in the town of Monument, CO the parade covers several blocks. The kiddie parade comes before the big parade, where children are…
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