in the world this very minute?
A big, burly boy who will put together a backyard swing for his Momma…just because.
What’s right in your world this very minute?
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:: The Magical Scrapbasket ::
It all started with a little girl who wanted to play in her mommy’s scrap basket for bit. It was great fun making scarves and headbands and bracelets…for about 10 minutes.
Then a very strange thing happened.
No on saw it coming.
The silly boys came along…
and changed the game entirely.
How it went from sashes and bows…
to ninjas and bad guys…
is a complete mystery to me…although, I think, perhaps it had something to do with the bearded one.
Lucky for us, that in their quest for complete world domination–even He-Man and Mighty Mouse have room for…
a properly placed Wood Sprite.
Smart guys.
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Festival of Colors
Dane and his pal Tyson spent the afternoon at the Festival of Colors in Spanish Fork.
All I can say is…
wowwww.
Well, ok, that’s not all I can say.
Apparently, the way this event goes–is, everyone in the crowd has small bags of colored powder–not sure what it’s made from…maybe we should look into that–
and after a long, dramatic countdown, everyone tosses some of the color into the air in lovely, brilliant bursts.
The colors mix together on the way back down and turn the air gray and smoky.
Then, of course, the craziness begins and everyone starts throwing their colors at each other—kinda like a paint ball attack…
only with dry, colored powder. I asked Dane if he could even breathe, and he said, “Ummm, I don’t know.”
I don’t know?!
Yeah, now I’m REALLY thinking about that mysterious powder…in their eyes…in their ears…in their mouths…in their brains.
Very scary indeed.
Yeah, I’ll be on the lookout for any sign of odd or peculiar behavior from these nut jobs.
More so than usual, I mean.
~sheesh.
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Lake Front Property
If you’ve been around a while–around this blog, I mean–then you may remember a post about our silly, floody house–that all the kids grew up in. If you need a refresher here’s the very post.
At any rate–I recently found this picture of old Daney-boy doing a heroic dive and slide–on our front lawn–to prove to his posterity that we did indeed survive a couple of pretty terrific floods. What you’re missing is how much of that water was pouring into our basement window at the very same time. After a while we learned to set everything downstairs on 2 x 4’s so when the next down pour came along–it couldn’t mercilessly soak all my stuff—from the ground up.
Well, that is–except my kids.
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The Clean Water Movement
Just wanted to show you the sweet little article that Mindy Harward wrote in the local newspaper about a handsome young man that I know. Now, I must say that I’m pretty darn proud of this fellow. As many of you know, he started a “give up your birthday” campaign over at Charity Water and it has really caught fire. In fact, this campaign has already committed life changing clean water for over 50 people —for life!
It’s been so fun to watch the generosity of friends and family and even total strangers when they realize that literally– our pennies– can change the world and bring clean water to the people that have never known such a thing. A few days ago Justin Bieber announced that he would be giving up his birthday to Charity Water as well–and within hours–his fans raised an incredible $40,000!
Of course, our goal is a bit more modest–we’re shooting for $2,200–before the end of March and we’re exactly half-way there!
Thanks everyone for your sweetness to our cause. It and you–mean so much to us.
Read the article: The Ultimate Birthday Present
Watch Dane’s video: My Birthday Wish
Check our progress or Make a donation
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