Raising Us

Our evolution, herein contained

Funny sayings by a 2 year old

Posted on April 27, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Maggie says last week when we are outside, “I going in to find peace of mind!”
Jason was telling me about a study done that concluded that pregnant women who gain excess weigh have a higher chance of having a boy.  I said, ” if that were true, Maggie should have been a boy.”  From the […]

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Happy Birthday Maggie!

Posted on March 15, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Today was Maggie’s 2nd birthday! We had a nice quite day - just Mama, Daddy and Maggie. I still can’t believe she is two years old.

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Gone, Mama, gone–part 2

Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

That’s right, Erin’s off on another adventure. She leaves Sunday for the great state of Oklahoma for a work-related conference; she’ll be gone until Friday afternoon. Despite what I said about people should confidence in a child’s father being able to care for him/her while the mother’s away, I will freely admit this next week […]

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I’m back!

Posted on February 25, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Hey everyone. Yellowstone and snowmobiling was awesome! I have put up photos and will continue to add more. If you click on the photos and scroll through there are more photos to view. I will also be putting up some video & more photos from my co-pilot, Denise, when I get them. She […]

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“Somewhere a senator sits in a leather chair/…The caribou we killed mean nothing to him/He took his money just like all the rest”*

Posted on February 16, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

*Prairie Wind by Neil Young…enough said. 
I don’t consider myself to be an overly emotional person, though I know that I am in my own way. What I mean is, I don’t get ‘weepy’ very often, especially when watching the 10 pm news. Well, I did tonight; here’s the backstory.
I am really looking forward to getting […]

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Being (slightly) involved

Posted on February 6, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

In line with yesterday being ‘Super-duper Tuesday,’ I thought I would post about our recent flirting with the political process. Barack Obama came to Boise this past Saturday to speak at a rally of his. (If you would like to see what we did, watch the video here.) I have to admit–it was pretty exciting […]

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Maggie update

Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 3 Comments

I thought I would write a post, after not doing so in a very long time, regarding Maggie’s development. I know many of the people who will read this have experienced all of this through the development of their own children and therefore, may find this just a bit boring. However, what they have also […]

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If you are interested…

Posted on January 6, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

According to www.talkinpets.com these folks test their products on animals. What can be done about animal tests required by law?
Although animal testing of pharmaceuticals and certain chemicals is still mandated by law, the arguments against using animals in cosmetics testing are still valid when applied to the pharmaceutical and chemical […]

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Oh Baby Baby Baby!!!

Posted on November 16, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | 5 Comments

My lifelong girlfriend, Jill,  just gave birth to her third child.  Carson Charles was born this morning at  8:35 a.m and weighed a healthy 8 lbs 1 oz!  Congratulations to her and her family!

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Cross-country trip

Posted on October 23, 2007 - Filed Under Travel, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Maggie and I just got back from a two week trip to Florida. The flights to Florida were absolutely horrible. From Idaho to Denver Maggie and I had the window seat. The woman setting next to us (middle seat) was probably close to 400lbs. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Maggie decided to […]

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