tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60377683205626124192024-03-05T03:11:04.832-05:00Crawford Clan WeeklyStacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.comBlogger478125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-4975583683691186602020-08-02T15:28:00.001-04:002020-08-02T15:33:28.117-04:00Summer 2020, NC, Golf, MN, Showers, Kilts and a New Daughter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We decided to not let COVID ruin time visiting with family. We skipped spring break visit with Kayla and Sterling, and didn't want to miss anymore time with them.</div>
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So after I was finished with my school assignment for the 19-20 school year, we headed down to North Cakalatey, as they loving refer to it.</div>
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We were Kayla's dishes and lawn care service for the week. Giving her a break on some of her chores so we could get more visiting in when she got home from work.</div>
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Kyle bought Kayla a set of golf clubs for her birthday and brought them down early. Today, is her actual birthday.</div>
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Kyle asked Kayla to bake something for him, while he was there and she made him apple cinnamon and zucchini bread. Both were delicious for breakfast.<br />
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While down there we went to a metal makers shop and Kayla bought this cute little hot air balloon. We got a weather vane, but are not sure where we are going to put it right now.<br />
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It was a nice little visit at Kayla and Sterling's house. We thouroughly enjoyed visiting with the children. Once home, I was in and out of work. There are a lot of unknowns going into the 20-21 school year. Decisions that are difficult to make ... the principal asked if I would change offices with our school counselor. Now I am in the main office instead of the first grade wing, which makes sense with the new title of Assistant Principal. I never thought I would want to be a principal, but now, I think it will be okay.<br />
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While setting up this new office before going to visit Dakota and his fiance Erica and Kyle's parents and brothers and a sister; we get a phone call from Dakota. We have some news for you guys, he says, we glance at each other and were bracing ourselves for something bad. Erica and I decided that we are going to get married while you guys are up here visiting. 'WHOA.' We didn't see that one coming. Erica had brain surgery and they didn't think they could get married until after all of that was settled, but they found out it would not affect her current insurance at all. So, why not they thought.<br />
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We spent a lot of our two weeks in MN visiting the family and wedding prepping.<br />
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Uncle Kyle with one of the two newest editions to the family. Kory and Jessica has a set of twins three weeks before we came up. Kyle is holding little Laurel. What a sweet set of sister they are.</div>
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It's not a perfect trip without a couple visits to a lake. We ventured out to Ten Mile Lake this time with the soon to be married couple. We enjoyed some rays and Kota casted his pole a few times.<br />
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We all earned some sunburn from that trip. Even though Erica and I used lots of sun screen. You could tell the spots we missed.<br />
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With COVID restrictions and the size of Kyle's family, we held a small bridal shower for Erica at Robin's house. It was fun having my sister-in-laws and mother-in-law talk and laugh about marriage with Erica.<br />
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When up we always help with Kota's cabin some. This year Kyle helped with a chicken coop and splitting firewood.<br />
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This log was about 2 feet in diameter and had a hollow spot that made it like a chimney. It was a super hot fire.<br />
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Robin and Toby always have the prettiest gardens. I am not this talented or patient to grow a garden or want to harvest like they do.<br />
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We made time for another lake trip on Birch Lake in Hackensack this year. We went on two lakes that I had never been out on. <br />
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Robin, Toby, Kyle and I took time to go on a drive up to Leech Lake and our favorite beach there in Whipholt.<br />
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There is nothing like walking around on the beach that makes your feet so smooth. It was so beautiful up there mostly in the 70s with little to no humidity. We totally missed the Ohio heat wave being up there.<br />
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Even though the wedding was impromptu, Kayla and Sterling were able to pull it off to fly up and be a part of it. They got in later in the evening on Thursday night. We spent the morning together in Walker and stopped at our favorite pizza place up there Benson's. There is nothing like having all your adult children in one place, that makes my heart happy. I love them all.<br />
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Saturday, July 25, 2020, the day we prepped and talked about the whole trip was sweltering hot. But we got through it.<br />
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With all the restrictions, Robin and Toby opted out, but took some pictures with us before going up to the wedding.<br />
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Kyle is my stripling warrior...he is such a mama's boy. But, that is okay by me.<br />
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Kayla and Sterling got to stay at Grandma's house and truly had a great time. They stayed a couple days after we left and enjoyed Minnesota, Sterling's first visit.<br />
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Dakota feel in love with his Crawford ancestry. He bought the Crawford kilt pattern while living in Ohio and said he would get married in it one day. He kept his word. His best man Kalep also the father of the ring bearer.<br />
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Because of the restrictions, the kids got married in Erica's grandparents yard.<br />
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You may now kiss the bride...welcome to the family Erica Crawford.<br />
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The nice thing about the wedding, is that Erica was able to get baptized yesterday. Hopefully a year from now, they can be sealed. Our hearts are full. I now have four beautiful children and I couldn't be happier.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-88120041308028611012020-04-22T08:17:00.002-04:002020-04-22T08:17:53.032-04:00Crawford Home Ofiice during Covid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is my home office, I alternate between the dining table and couch. If it is a cold, rainy nasty day, I usually chose the couch. If it is a beautiful day, I usually chose the dining table so I can soak up some rays. Once, we get some consistent warmth and less wind, maybe I can move to the patio outback.</div>
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I think the hardest thing for me is missing the students. Every Monday when we go into the building to get food ready for them for the week, the halls are so quiet. There is no one to tell, 'Use your walking feet.' There aren't any older students jumping up to touch the exit signs, showing their new found vertical jump is improving.</div>
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We have been forced into online distance learning, zoom meeting, google classroom soon to be experts. Our desks contents of what we might need is in a copy paper box, waiting to be useful.</div>
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It makes me think of the Sword and the Stone, Disney movie when Merlin gave Madame Mim the virus so he could win the wizards dual. I hope our students feel the love and energy the teachers are tying to create for them. I hope the parents aren't too overwhelmed with life and the addition of helping their students/children learn. I hope that life goes back to normal soon. I hope our scientist find a cure. I hope that my friends in the medical field stay safe. I hope that my family stays safe. Because that feels like all I can do is hope, pray and keep on keeping on.</div>
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Spring Break brought a little heartbreak for me. I was planning on spending a week with Kyle in North Carolina visiting my daughter and her hubby. Due to the virus, we opted not to go. Kyle instead picked two days to stay with me this week. We opted to do some social distancing, by having a driving vacation. </div>
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We ended up on Monday driving State Route 60 to Marietta, Ohio. We were in no rush to be any where so we just took the scenic route. You never know what you are going to find when you are on a drive.<br />
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We found some bison...</div>
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...flowering dogwood trees...<br />
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...beautiful architecture...<br />
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...song birds serenading us...<br />
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...old barns...<br />
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...murals...<br />
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...locks on the Muskingum River...<br />
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... a little park along the Ohio River, which was a perfect place to eat some KFC and watch...<br />
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river boats float by...<br />
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..and wave to West Virginia. It was a gorgeous 68* outside on Monday. So we decided to take a different route home, before hooking back up with State Route 60 in Zanesville.<br />
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We saw a covered bridge...<br />
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...took a small hike in Burr Oak State Park...and meandered our way through farm country in Holmes County...<br />
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and bumped into my new favorite cow, the Scottish Highlander. What an eventful Monday.<br />
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Wednesday, we started our day at an Ashland County Park. We were just going to hike on Wednesday. We hiked along 603 and found what old timers call the Steigerwalt bridge.<br />
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It is named that because the Steigerwalt's (my great-greats) had a farm close to here.<br />
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We hiked a couple of miles through the Black Fork River bottoms. Tuesday it rained a lot so it was pretty soggy.<br />
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Nothing some water proof boots couldn't handle though. We splashed through the park scaring away deer and ducks along the way.<br />
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We decided to get some lunch and weren't ready to go back home so we started driving through Amish farms north of Ashland.<br />
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As we meandered through the farms we bumped into ...<br />
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...the beautiful peacock...<br />
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...Canada geese...<br />
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We stopped at another Ashland County Park and hiked a bit more...then meander through some more farm country. We bumped into State Route 60 again and decided that we have never been to Vermillion, Ohio...so why not.<br />
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We bumped into Lake Erie.<br />
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Our drive cation took us from Lake Erie, to the Ohio River. It will be a spring break I will remember for a long time. I realized in all those miles, that I am grateful for a husband who knew I needed him to not leave me alone on a week where I could have been visiting my daughter. I am grateful that we still love each other. I am grateful that we got to witness a sacred General Conference to start our week and got to participate in a Worldwide Fast on Good Friday. Although I didn't get to hug my daughter, I got to experience a lot of love and happiness, for this I am most grateful.</div>
<br />Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-3899768930150406432020-03-28T19:23:00.003-04:002020-03-28T19:23:51.415-04:00Victorian House Fixer Upper: Steigerwalt Suite<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is our old bedroom. We lovingly call this the Steigerwalt Suite, after my maiden name. I am in the genealogy business by hobby only. So I have inherited some nice things from my grandparents. The quilt hanging on the wall was made by my Great Grandma Floy Witmer Steigerwalt. I have fond memories of my great grandma. She lived next door, and I would walk over there a lot. We would do chores around the house together, then I would get to play some games with her. She taught me how to cook and sew while I was there. I learned a lot from my Mom too, but great grandma was special.<br />
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This is the farm that I grew up on for most of my childhood. I have great memories of playing in the big white barn. I helped milk cows, collect chicken eggs with my sister, we would build leaf rafts and float them down the drainage ditch on the other side of the brick house. I remember mom making homemade black raspberry jam, we would pick the berries at the back of the farm. I remember whenever she made fresh jam we would have pancakes for dinner with the jam on them. The little white house in the picture is where my great grandma lived. She used to bring over a glass jar and 'dip' milk right out of the bulk tank to drink. There are so many stories, gravity wagon adventures, hay wagon breaking, 200 peeps one year, baby kittens in the hay mow, baby caves that would suck on your fingers, the list goes on and on...<br />
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Right now we have two double beds in there. We used a farm theme, because that is what my people were, farmers (and carpenters). <br />
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We made this shadow box. It has a cow hide print fabric backing...In there are pictures of my grandparents when they were first married (Karl and Normalea Barber Steigerwalt). My Great Grandparents (George Washington Steigerwalt and Floy Witmer Steigerwalt), plus their family, Verna, Walter and Ray (and my grandpa Karl). Also Charles and Mary Alice Steigerwalt my great-great Grandparents. The fair ribbons hanging on the outside are my grandpa's. He earned them when he was seventeen year's old in 1944 at the Ashland County Fair, he was showing a horse.<br />
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This clock as well as the picture frame on the farm picture are built with barn wood from Grandpa Karl's barn. Not the one in the picture, but from about 1/4 mile down the street from it. My sister and brother-in-law had it made for me for Christmas.<br />
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Lastly, my Grandpa Karl's diploma from 8th grade. In those days, you did not have to graduate from High School. He opted to work on the family farm. Lots of memories in this room. Some of the people I have never met (George, Charles or Mary Alice), but some day I hope to get to know them in heaven.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-52355525900592428252020-02-22T15:59:00.000-05:002020-02-22T15:59:30.395-05:00Victorian House Fixer Upper; Story of our Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
When you are in your young 20s and purchasing a house, you might not know everything about the choice you are making. The fact that it is larger, beautiful, and in the budget makes the most sense. In my foggy memories, I might remember something like, 'Dear, I just made an offer on a house, do you want to come see it too' </div>
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He might have been playing golf when I went with the relator, I walked in the house saw the beautiful chandelier and the spiral staircase and my mind was made up. Besides, my parents used to flip houses when I was younger, how hard can it be</div>
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So, good thing Kyle has some skills. Not like nun chuck, or bow staff skills, but like carpentry, painting, lighting, you know handyman skills. We have put those skills to good use for the 20 years we have lived in our 1874 Victorian home. </div>
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We litteraly renovate something every year. With the kids moving out our focus for 2019 was their old bedrooms. I am going to feature today what we call the Crawford suite. With out of state living children and Kyle's sibilings coming to visit, we started making guest suites. Suites are a stretch, because let's face it, we only have 1 bathroom in the whole house.</div>
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Dakota's old room has become a nice room. I just love the calm blue walls.</div>
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My Christmas present this year was the Scottish highlander cow picture. I absolutely love it. The Crawford's have Scottish roots and so we have a little bit of a Scottish theme, blue, white and outdoorsy.<br />
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My secret Santa at work made me the Crawford sign, which I truly adore. We aren't finished decorating, but have enjoyed getting things fixed up. We are working on our old bedroom which I will feature another day.<br />
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This spinning wheel is a family heirloom. Archibald and Nancy Crawford purchased it for their home. He is a War of 1812 veteran, so it has been around the family for awhile. <br />
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We have carnival and milk glass items from Grandma Crawford that we have featured in the room too.<br />
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Our latest find are the chairs. It is fun working on these rooms. Our guests sure have been enjoying them since we finished this up last September.<br />
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2020 has our focus from upstairs to the kitchen. A couple of weeks ago we started tearing down the pantry.<br />
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We are going to farmhouse up the kitchen. Removing old floors, planning on taking down wallpaper and painting.<br />
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We painted the blue and white check on the floor when we first moved back in 1998. We are cycling back around and redoing old things.<br />
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This is my work horse Kyle. My version of Chip Gaines in my Victorian Fixer Upper.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-83491458575390385392020-01-12T16:07:00.000-05:002020-01-12T16:14:05.760-05:00Chicken Wars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It all started with this cement chicken statue. Several years ago, Kyle showed me a hen just like this at the Town and Country store. Around mother's day they have several lawn statues to choose from. I liked it, but wanted to think about the price. Well, when we went back it was gone. So every year afterward for about 2-3 years I went looking for this chicken. Kayla thought his was funny, so where ever we were she would point out chickens to me. I told her (over and over) that I wasn't collecting chickens, I just wanted the cement one. The more I told , the more chickens were pointed out.<br />
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Hence, the chicken war. So, to one up Kayla, I bought her a T-shirt with a chicken and a kitchen towel for her bridal shower. I guess you could say, I poked the bear. I brought with me a chicken the first time Kyle and I spent the week at Kayla's. Well, maybe I brought 2. Anyhow, she has gone all out and bought several chickens. She hides them all over my house when she visits. She even left one in my office when they came up this fall.<br />
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Kayla, has an advantage. We have lots of hiding places in my house. She has a small ranch house that she rents, so I don't have the "in plain" sight advantage.<br />
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So maybe, I hide them in and around things at her house. This past visit, she brought back the stash.<br />
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I found chickens all over my hours, when she left. This chicken war makes me smile. It lets me know that Kayla has been there. Even though I miss her being in our presence more, I have these little bits of ornery girl.<br />
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What do two empty nesters do after all their children head back home from Christmas? We make sausage. Kyle bought me a meat grinder for my kitchen aid for Christmas. He likes to play with toys.</div>
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When we got our hog butchered they sent us home with 15 packages of pork steaks, that we would have had made into sausage. Bummer, so Kyle said we would just make it ourselves.<br />
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Growing up on a farm, we processed our own meat a lot. When Kyle and I were young married we did this with my dad and grandpa one weekend. My family did a salt and pepper sausage. Grandpa told dad that he should put enough salt in the bowl to track a rabbit. Interesting way to measure. <br />
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So every time I dumped salt into a batch of sausage, I would say, enough to track a rabbit, but I measured with my teaspoon first. We did use the method dad and grandpa did by making a small patty and sampling until we enjoyed the taste. We only had to remove one ingredient to make it to our liking. It was kind of fun. We have 1/2 the steaks left to do this a second time in the future.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-20661057259728546452020-01-01T15:50:00.001-05:002020-01-01T15:50:37.700-05:00New Beginnings: Happy 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kyle and I decided that we will join in on the children and youth goals, that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are rolling out this year. Although are children and youth are grown adults we can still learn from this program and apply it to our adult lives.</div>
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1. To study the <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-individuals-and-families-book-of-mormon-2020/intro?lang=eng" target="_blank">Come Follow Me</a> Program this year.</div>
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2. attend the temple 12+ times</div>
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1. minister with my partner at least 6 times in person</div>
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1. to make better food choices and lose some weight</div>
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1. to develop new skills to be helpful at work and gain new experiences in leading a building</div>
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2. to gain new knowledge for genealogy research and clean up my family search account</div>
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The best part of New Year's Day is hope. Hope in a new you, new challenges, new living, but most of all, the ability to see a better you. I like learning to become better, I like goals, I like trying to become more like my Savior. I have learned that I can do that, one new year, one goal, one trial at a time; and with each baby step, comes more learning, more wisdom and quiet reflection on the blessings we have earned.</div>
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I love fresh starts, repentance for old habits, faith for better things to come.</div>
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Happy New Year, Happy New Decade, let's try and be better!</div>
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So, it has been a long while since I have blogged. My job got real busy and I just never made time for the blog anymore, but my daughter wanted to start her own blog; so I decided to pick it back up.</div>
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A lot has happened since my last post the summer of 2017. I have moved places in my administrative role. I was working for Mid Ohio Educational Service Center as a Special Education Preschool Coordinator. I moved to Ontario Local Schools to do the same position and to act a their Assistant Principal as well. It is a long story for the work journey, that I will post about later.</div>
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October 2018 Kayla and Sterling got engaged.</div>
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So from that time until the wedding most of 2018 and 2019 were spent wedding planning.</div>
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On Friday, April 19, 2019 our baby girl got sealed in the Columbus, Ohio Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I am so proud of her.</div>
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Our son Dakota flew in from MN to be at her sealing. Kayla married Sterling Carter, whom she met on the LDS Mutual dating app. He is from North Carolina. So, we had two receptions and ring ceremonies, so all family members could participate. That was a lot of work. But, I think they all enjoyed it.<br />
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This is one of my favorite pictures from the North Carolina reception. It was truly fitting. I left my daughter 8 hours away, not to be in her childhood home again, except to visit on occasion. Needless, to say, we have put over 20,000 miles on our car this year visiting the children who are spread out from Minnesota to North Carolina. It's an adjustment having an empty nest (at least in the beginning.)</div>
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So, Dakota took Kayla up on her challenge to bring a girlfriend home for Christmas. We met Erica Johnson for the first time this past week. However, we talked to her a lot on the phone with Dakota for the last several months. Dakota decided girlfriend, wasn't a good enough title for Erica.</div>
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Kyle's brother Kasey (#6 child), rented a cabin in Duluth. 5 of the 8 kids brought their families along. We pulled up our camper and Kota and Blair camped in a tent. We got to explore the North Shore of Minnesota. This was a first for me. The North Shore goes along with the point of Minnesota. We traveled from Duluth to Grand Marais.<br />
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I miss Blair. She was my favorite dog. She has such a good disposition and is very affectionate.<br />
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I miss this guy too. I'm glad he is getting established, but wish it was not 1,000 miles away in a place where the cell and internet reception sink. In a day where we could skype, but can't because of location...<br />
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Our cabin, was around the corner from Lake Superior. I don't know what it is, but I absolutely love that Lake. I love it from the Upper Peninsula in Michigan, all the way to the North Shore of Minnesota. Something about it draws me in every time.<br />
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We hiked into Gooseberry Falls, with the family.<br />
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Then we stopped at the Palacade. This was a super tall cliff over looking Superior. It was a little scary to be honest. The rocks were split and I felt that the rocks would slide of the cliff at any moment.<br />
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But it was beautiful! My favorite was Grand Marais. I wish we could of stayed here a few more hours, but it was about 3 hours north of the cabin.<br />
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Saturday, we spent some time in Two Harbors.<br />
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Kyle, still likes to skip rocks. There are no shortage of rocks along Superior's shores. There are tributaries flowing into the Lake, all over the area. I think this was the French River.<br />
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There also is no shortage of water fowl in the area.<br />
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Iron ore, is a big resource of the area and is mined in this area and sent out through the Great Lakes.<br />
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Superior is too cold to swim in here, but the Knife River. This was a natural swimming pool. It was about 4 feet deep and had a ledge to sit on. It was fun for the family.<br />
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We might had to look for land in this area, instead of where all the family is. I think I like this a little bit better!Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-48197604460268294212017-07-25T09:06:00.001-04:002017-07-25T09:06:18.089-04:00MN Trip 2017 - 2nd Leg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Robin is watching one of the littlest of the grands while their parents are working. His mom didn't bring him a hat so Robin made one out of a handkerchief so we could take him on a walk. The deer flies, black flies and mosquitos are relentless up there.<br />
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We to the short walk down to Kory and Jessica's house to visit.<br />
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These hollow logs greeted us the whole way up the drive. :)<br />
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My nieces River and Ashley followed us back up to Robin's house and I let them us my camera to keep them busy for a little while. Here is what they found interesting.<br />
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So most of our vacation was spent putzing around this place and visiting with the "old" people. Life is much slower in Minnesota than it is down here in Ohio. I'm sure if I lived up there it would be busy too.<br />
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I wish I had more pics of the lakes, but when you are kayaking on giant lakes I didn't want to risk my camera getting dunked. We did several lake excursions, that I don't have photo evidence of, but that was my favorite part of the trip - besides seeing that son of mine.<br />
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Kota is in a tough transitional phase. I hope he finds what he is looking for soon.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-53495803158494221312017-07-23T19:27:00.002-04:002017-07-23T19:27:16.751-04:00MN Trip 2017 - 1st Leg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We left Ohio on July 6th and traveled to a place with limited cell reception and little to know wifi. Sometime that is nice to be unplugged, but other times I missed being connected.</div>
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Kyle came to me a year ago and said he was thinking about building a camper. It should only cost around $700 - $1000 since he already had the frame for what used to be the scout trailer.</div>
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I thought, why not, and he ventured in a year long task.</div>
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We were supposed to take it out on Spring break (April 10), but it wasn't done yet. Then Mother's Day weekend, still not done. It was finished (at least 98%) on July 4th.</div>
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So we left Ohio in pursuit of seeing our son in Minnesota country. We always travel by way of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. This time we decided to try a new stop in Wisconsin. We were on the edge of the Apostle Islands. We will need to plan on spending a couple of days here on the next trip.<br />
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The micro-camper as we came to call it (queen size bed on wheels) kept us dry and warm on the trip. We ventured into a small campground in Washburn, WI and enjoyed our evening.<br />
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We had beautiful view of Lake Superior right from our camp site. At only $25 a night we were pleased.</div>
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I woke up to Canada Geese sleeping on the beach close to us. It was fun to watch.<br />
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Rise and Shine. On to Minnesota to see our son and make our niece's graduation party.<br />
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Things were supposed to slow down when school is out. I actually think I've worked just as hard while the teachers have been gone on summer break as I do when they are there.</div>
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So I taught my first class to adults who paid to come see us. That was scary, but the class went great.</div>
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Kyle and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary on June 4. That same day he was sustained as second counselor in the Bishopric at church. </div>
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After one long day at work this month, Kayla asked me if I'd take Dixie on a walk with her at Byer's Woods. I was tempted to say no, but went any how. I'm glad I did.</div>
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We got to see this guy up close. Although he looks pretty far away in this shot, he just stood there watching us.<br />
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There is a nice pond that we walk by, Dixie enjoyed getting in an cooling off.<br />
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Can you see them ducks? Them are ducks! (haha)<br />
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My last day of work was June 21st. June 22nd, I spent cleaning getting ready for some MN guests coming in. My neice Autumn is going to go to OSU this fall. They have to come in for an orientation this week.<br />
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Then I spent the afternoon with this guy, so his mom could take his baby brother to a well baby check up. It was a lot of fun. His little sister slept through the whole game playing activity.<br />
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Then Friday, I got to watch this pair while their mom went to pick up the YW from camp. Lots of service in the first few days off of work!<br />
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We sure got to enjoy a rainy Friday, playing with homemade playdough, indoor noodle hockey, board games, and we even baked a batch of peanut butter cookies. <br />
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Then Saturday, we volunteered time for Mid-Ohio Preschool to have a booth at the Children's Festival over by the carousel. We made individual bags of flubber with the children.<br />
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I worked from 8 am to 3 and ended up with a sunburn, despite two applications of sunscreen.<br />
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It was a fun day, I walked away tired and stiff. My arm is still sore from all the pouring of glue from gallon containers. It was worth the effort we earn some money for our family involvement fund.</div>
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Every Memorial Day, Hayesville has a parade. Living on State Route 60 we always have front row views.<br />
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This year Dixie joined us for the parade. She really enjoyed watching everyone going by.<br />
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It always starts off, by the boys in blue flashing their lights and leading the way to the cemetery.</div>
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Our local veterans are right behind the boys in blue.<br />
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This year there was an active duty soldier marching too. It is good to see the young men of our nation still wanting to protect our freedoms.<br />
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The parade isn't complete with out the Hillsdale Marching Band. They march both ways, going to the cemetery and coming back from the cemetery. I love hearing the drums.<br />
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This year our niece's softball team rode in the back of a military truck. She threw some candy to her sister.<br />
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This old dusty car had a sign on it that said my first car, 51 years in the barn.<br />
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I love the old red "Cruella Deville" style car. Our neighbor behind us in the alley owns a bunch of old cars, we see this one driving around town on occasion.<br />
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Our village counsel made an appearance. As well as a Cub Scout Pack.<br />
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Even a few alpacas made the parade. This is the only time Dixie barked. We were impressed.<br />
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Our fire department as well as, Mifflin and Jeromesville, came out to throw some candy.<br />
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I love that they have In God We Trust painted on the vehicle representing small town America and the trust we place in God, in living our lives, raising our children, and having a sense of community.<br />
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I'm proud to live in this little village. It has been a great place to raise my children. Like everywhere it wasn't perfect, but we have a wonderful home with lots of fond memories. I am so thankful for the Veterans that have made this possible in my life.<br />
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Grandpa Richard Souleret fought in WWII for the Marines<br />
Grandpa John Benninghof fought in WWII for the Army<br />
Grandpa Paul Sindeldecker fought in WWII for the Army<br />
There are more, we have Civil War, War of 1812 and Revolutionary War veterans in our family. I'm sure Vietnam and Korean War veterans too. To all of you related or not, Happy Memorial Day and Thank You for your service!!!!Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-11917843675636048432017-05-28T20:01:00.001-04:002017-05-30T06:59:28.204-04:00May Flowers and Maybe a Gnome or Two <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kayla and I decided that we would try our hand at making fairy gardens. Although we fell in love with the little gnomes instead. So we have two gnome gardens instead.</div>
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This one is mine, I really liked the fox family to go with my cottage.</div>
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Kayla made this one, she went with a log cabin and raccoon. I think they are both cute.<br />
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So, I did get a little fairy to add to my backyard planters.<br />
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Kyle and I started working on the front yard to get ready for the Memorial Day Parade on Monday. So Friday after work we finally, got the yard work started. We weeded the front flower gardens and mulched the bed. It looks so nice.</div>
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The Madison Preschool Teachers got me this planter, that I added to my front stoop. Impecable timing. I was asked to look at a different position for next year. One that would bring more money, and headache, but they were impressed with my work and wanted to move me ahead. I decided just the day before receiving this that I needed to do at least one more year at this job. I worked so hard to build relationships and understand the job. I want another year of working in this environment that was created with a lot of hard work and dedication of many.<br />
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We even got the side yard looking better, although not completely finished. The woman who sold us the house was a master gardener with a giant green thumb. She had so many flower beds around the house. We are not master gardeners, nor do we want to be tied down to so many plants.<br />
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Over time we scaled back. This year we are taking out three more flower beds and going to grass. Sounds crazy to some I suppose, but I am excited to get our yard looking nice and manageable for us.</div>
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Kyle is hobbling around like an old man after this apparently back breaking work. I feel bad for him. Hopefully it heals soon without needing to much rest. So many projects to tackle right now.</div>
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Karter Kincaid Crawford was born early on March 31st. Mom and Dad Kasey and Jayna.<br />
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April 21st I got a call from an emotional husband on a very busy day at work asking me to take a minute to pray for my sister-in-law Nicole. She was hemorrhaging and fighting for her life. She had an emergency C-section and was life-flighted to the next town over. Kaleb my brother-in-law went from thinking he'd loose his son, to thinking he was going to lose his wife. He spent the weekend driving between the two hospitals.<br />
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Baby Jax Caspian Crawford and Mama are home and happy now. Miracles can happen when God is willing and a family unites in prayer across the miles. Heavenly Father's will was to bring this little baby into the world, with the blessing of getting to keep his Mama.<br />
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We are all grateful things worked out this way. We are happy that this little guy has got his parents thinking about God again. It's the little things that matter.</div>
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We started the final day of our vacation at the Palmyra temple. I loved all the windows.<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
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On the way home from Palmyra, NY we pass by Buffalo, NY. Buffalo is 30 minutes south of Niagara Falls. Kayla has never been, so I was convinced to take her up there by the lets be spontaneous.</div>
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We arrived. My only request was we get in and get out. So we were only doing one thing. We were going to ride the Maid of the Midst so we could see all of the falls from the American side as we were both passport less.<br />
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Here was our boat view of Canada, Aye!<br />
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It was only 55 degrees that day. Cold and beginning to rain in addition to the midst. And a crazy wind picked up the closer we got to the horseshoe falls.</div>
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We got to see them up close and personal. Which is very interesting on a cold, rainy, misty, spring day.<br />
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BRRRR!<br />
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The American Falls were beautiful from this point of view. So was it worth the 30 extra minutes and $50 for the 2 hours we were there.</div>
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Sure, I'd do it all over again to give my Fidgy another first, while I still can!</div>
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Kayla and I traveled to Palmyra, New York on Sunday after sacrament meeting. We stayed two night in Upstate New York to visit the site of the Restoration.<br />
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In a cabin, much like this one a 14 year old took to heart James 1:5, knowing he lacked wisdom on which church to join, he asked in faith, Heavenly Father, which church was the right one to join.<br />
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Young Joesph pondered and prayed over this decision for awhile. One morning, walking out into these woods to try and figure out, which church he should join. Going in with a complete trust in the Lord that he would receive an answer.<br />
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He received an answer that spring morning.<br />
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He learned that he should join none of them.<br />
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He learned that Heavenly Father knows us by name. That God and Jesus Christ are two separate beings, and that we have a purpose on this earth.</div>
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We walked in those footsteps this week. Learning about the history of the church. Finding answers to prayers that we in our hearts.<br />
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Finding peace that only Heavenly Father can bring. <br />
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On this trip I learned a lot of history I did not know. I did not have a faith defining moment, I just felt at peace.<br />
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Sometimes, just knowing you are on the right path is enough.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-67908235908778418392017-03-30T07:09:00.002-04:002017-03-30T07:09:55.601-04:00A little of this and that<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I get the opportunity at being a youth leader again. Sometimes that is a good thing, sometimes I am pretty busy at work and don't want to be bothered. The night of this cake decorating activity was one of those nights. I had a work meeting until 5 pm, it takes about 30 minutes to get home. So I decided to stop at the Hayesville Subway to get dinner as I did not want to be rushed before leaving for the activity at 6:30, still having to pick up frosting at Buehler's because 3 girls decided they were coming after I had already made my frosting and I knew I didn't have time to make more. I waited in line for 25 minutes and had to leave as it was 10 minutes til 6 and he had 2 more subs to make. Mind you it took 20 minutes to make 3 subs. So I ran home changed clothes, grabbed the supplies and Kayla and headed to McDonalds instead. Then to Buehlers, then to church with 3 minutes to spare. Phew! I was stressed and grumpy and really cursing the fact that I am in YW now, when my daughter is not! I said a quick prayer to get over myself and let the activity go smoothly and to be able to find some joy in it. These girls made beautiful cakes, the laughed and joked and worked, and my mood melted into contentment. Isn't interesting how Heavenly Father knows what we need more than we do ourselves? I am busy, always will be, but I have time to sacrifice for Him, and he knows that sometimes I need a responsibility to rise to my potential. So much more fulfilling than watching TV.<br />
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Kyle has the opportunity this past weekend to baptize our nephew Koltin. That picture sums up those two. Ornery boys, that like to laugh and joke.<br />
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Coming to church with family support is the best. I'm glad Kim and the kids are making a go of it again. So many blessing from trying, giving, serving the Lord. I realized that I might not have had the opportunity to be in YW with Kayla, but I do have the opportunity to be in YW with my niece, Kamryn. Koltin, leaned over to Kyle later that night when we were at Grandma Benninghof's visiting with Robin and Toby, Uncle Kyle, I'm baptized. Yes, you are, he said. Such a simple phrase, with so much meaning.<br />
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Kayla learned to knit from my class. She is much better than I am, natural raw talent. So we found a pattern on pinterest, if you knit squares you can make them into bunnies. Kayla went to town making squares and has decorated my mantle for Easter. I have a bunny parade.</div>
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So our friend Matt, planned a surprise party for his wife Connie, who turned 50 last Saturday.</div>
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She was surprised! It was a lot of fun to go. We got to catch up with some old and dear friends.<br />
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What a great day. Tuesday we had a snow day Tuesday at the district that I was working at on Tuesday. Administrators report even though the weather is not okay for the buses, but this day I was told to stay home and man the computer from the home front. I did that and a little bit of organizing when I didn't have enough work at home to do.<br />
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You have to love pinterest. I learned to fold clothes a little differently to make a lot more space.<br />
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I love it when I'm organized.<br />
So, Kota has been gone about a month. I went into his empty (dirty) room on this organizing day. I couldn't do it. I miss him. Being true to his normal personality he doesn't talk much. I asked him before he left to call home weekly and let us know how things are going. He has yet to call. We text on occasion, we have called a few times when details of bills need worked out. But, yet has he called to just let us know how things are going. Why? We've given him the world...I try not to take it personally, but I just want a glimpse into his life. I care.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-34859887217588033382017-03-10T20:51:00.001-05:002017-03-10T20:51:32.144-05:00Not As Expected<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I went to bed last night wondering if we would get the 3-5 inches of called for snow. Hoping that we wouldn't. We had a busy day scheduled at Mid-Ohio with 4 children coming in to have a play-based assessment. They are hard to schedule. So when I could hear the traffic driving by my bedroom window at 6:15 this morning. I knew it was not what I expected, that we had less snow.<br />
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Mind you, we had enough that I had to brush off the car before I could make the trek to Ashland.<br />
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As I drove down the beautifully snow covered back roads on my way to Hawkins Market before work. I could not stop smiling and thinking just how beautiful the snow was. The thick, heavy flakes coated the trees and were just beautiful.<br />
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It was not all that I expected. I made my way across the backroads to Hawkins Market to pick up cake donuts to celebrate Lillie's 70th birthday at work. Lillie and I have a spunky relationship at work. She is our school psychologist and she comes on play-base assessment days to help in the assessment of the children. Every time we meet she tells me how old and tired she is. We laugh and joke. She was so happy with her cake donuts to celebrate. A lot of things in life aren't as I expected, and most times they are much better.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-31551483058214102592017-03-02T19:00:00.001-05:002017-03-02T19:00:29.273-05:00MN the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes and 1 Moose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some where in Crawford family history they gave each other nicknames. Toby my father-in-law wanted to keep that tradition going, so he nicknamed all his kids and grandkids. They wear their nickname with a badge of honor. Kyle nicknamed our kids too. Kota, is lovingly known as the moose. He was always big for his age when he was little. He even is an inch or so taller than his dad. Anyhow the Moose stuck.<br />
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We did a major cannonball run with his last weekend. A long exhausting trip. We left for MN after my parent teacher conferences 2/23. We headed northwest trying to beat a major snow storm that was going to hit the upper peninsula of Michigan. At 7:30 pm we began our 19 hour quest in two vehicles bogged down with 22 years of accumulation and one canoe strapped to the top of Kota's car.<br />
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Our night owl son only made it until about 10:30 when mom had to take over driving. (He thought he'd be able to drive until about 4 am. Ha!) We took one whole family snooze at about 5 am for 30 minutes. When we left at about 5:30 the sunrise was just coming up. So running on less than an hours of sleep we resumed the quest to Klayton and Trisha's house where Kota is going to be living.<br />
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We made it at 2:00 Ohio time on Friday. Kyle and I helped him unload with the help of Tricia and Kaleb. Even little Kenzie and Kooper helped carry things upstairs to his new room. We visited awhile then went to Robin and Toby's house to crash. We were dog tired. We took a couple hours snooze and enjoyed dinner and conversation with "the old people" and Kota.</div>
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The plan was to get back to Klayton and Trisha's house to help Kota organize his room before half of the family came to visit Kyle. When we got there to organize we were told no. He didn't want help. He'd do it himself when he felt like it.<br />
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So, I swallowed my frustration and just said ok. What do you do, he is 22?<br />
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So we visited with Trisha and the kids while we waited on everyone to show up for a lasagna lunch.<br />
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They trickled in, we had half of the family here to make it easier on one host. We visited the other half that evening.<br />
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It is great to see the nieces and nephews. Brothers- and Sisters-in-law all came and chatted.<br />
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So many Crawfords, all with a nickname...I can't ask for a more loving family to leave my first born with.<br />
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Mabel is the youngest at just 1 years old. She won't be the youngest for long, two of the sisters-in-law are expecting, one boy in April and a surprise due in May. That will put Robin's grandkids totaling in at 25.</div>
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I was so tired that I forgot to take pictures that evening at the other 1/2 party. Such a big family, so <br />
much love shown. I feel like I left a piece of my heart in Minnesota this time. I thought I was an old pro at this, but I guess I am not. I left my Moose in Minnesota to become a man. At least I don't have to wait until Mother's Day to talk to him.Stacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02011480058598809782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6037768320562612419.post-60984727043255830472017-02-13T21:13:00.002-05:002017-02-13T21:13:56.031-05:00Ponderize<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We downloaded the ponderize app a few weeks ago. It is a free app to my frugal friends, but it reminds me 3 times a day to read my selected scripture of the week.</div>
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We have been taking turns at our house choosing a scripture of the week. This has become our adult FHE for the week. It has been good for me because my phone buzzes during the work day everytime I get an email. Sometimes it is a reminder to ponderize. Often I take the minute to read that family chosen scripture and it makes a difference in my day.</div>
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Our family has chosen to ponderize these scripture references over the last several weeks:</div>
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<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ezek/37?lang=eng" target="_blank">Ezekiel</a> 37:15-17</div>
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<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/37?lang=eng" target="_blank">Alma</a> 37:35-37</div>
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<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/luke/2?lang=eng" target="_blank">Luke</a> 2: 7-14</div>
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<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/3-ne/11?lang=eng" target="_blank">3Nephi</a> 11:3-11</div>
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<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/109?lang=eng" target="_blank">D&C</a> 109:7-9</div>
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They come from lessons we felt the Spirit in or personal study, but it has been fun reading together and learning what each other find important in the scriptures. We can see the lines each other have gained and enrich our own study. I've enjoyed this in our lives. More than that I enjoy when the kids come with a scripture when it isn't their turn, when they say I have one to share tomorrow, without being asked. It took a long time to get people in the family want to study together. </div>
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I had the opportunity to go to BGSU to do some special education coordinator training. It happened to be the day after Kyle's 45th b-day. So I talked the old guy into going with me and getting a hotel room the night of his birthday.<br />
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It was fun getting away for a night. We went out to dinner and just relaxed without kids and animals. It was nice to just hang out and talk for awhile. Kyle dropped me at BGSU the next day for my training. This one was not the best I've been to, but not the worst either.<br />
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So I got picked up by Kyle and had a nice lunch and we went home. What a great way to spend sometime, trapping him in a car with me for a couple of hours.<br />
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Before heading home we stopped in Bass Pro Shops and did a little shopping. I told Kyle to pick out somethings for his birthday, but he waited for me to actually purchase them. He ended up getting some things for the camper he is building for us. I can't wait to see it finished. </div>
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We got to enjoy our niece and two nephews Saturday. It was fun having them over after the YW fundraiser. The energy of younger children in the house is stimulating.<br />
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It is nice to see cousins getting to know each other and share talents with each other. Kayla did Kamryn's hair before church today.<br />
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It turned out super cute. She's turning into a beautiful young woman. I remember keeping her when she was a baby, so her mom had a break. She was very colicky and cried a lot. <br />
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Kadin is a freshman in high school now. He is interesting in history. Boy after my own heart! He is very interested in wars. He is really mature and easy to talk to.<br />
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Kolton, also know as, Kole train, was lively. He really loved our dogs and had them working out.<br />
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They wanted to follow him where ever he went. Kolton asked, when can we come again and stay more than one night in a row? We might have to grab them this summer for a bit.<br />
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It was a fun weekend with the extended family hanging out. There is nothing better than family time. </div>
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