Emily

  • Good Night Scene

    Posted: 10 July 2009 at 11:29 p.m.

    Jeffrey: Mom, You sleep now?

    Emily:  Not yet.  I'm going to practice the piano, then I'll go to bed.

    Jeffrey:  And you be all done?

    Emily:  Yes, after tomorrow, I'll be all done.

    Jeffrey: That's exciting! (grinning from ear to ear)  Mom, You love piano?

    Emily ...

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  • 5 year Aniversary

    Posted: 30 November 2008 at 10:18 p.m.

    Ice Skating - We skated for about an hour and a half and had such a wonderful time. Our chins started to freeze and we'd laugh that we couldn't pronounced our words very well or move our chins as quickly as we are used to.  Daniel tried to teach ...

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  • Thanksgiving Delight

    Posted: 27 November 2008 at 11:11 p.m.

    Another delightful Thanksgiving within our own home and family.  The turkey was a success - I let it soak in brine all night.  Tender, tasty, and delicious - even still with leftovers.  Cambree hasn't eaten meat so well. 

    My stuffing reminded me of President Uchtdorf's Knusperchen in toasting my bread ...

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  • Japanese Cuisine

    Posted: 18 November 2008 at 10:39 p.m.

    Though it's not as fancy as it really is in Japan, I had so much fun making dinner on Monday.  I made Yakisoba - Japanese Stir-fry on noodles, Tempura - battered, fried vegetables, Oriental Salad, Rice and Egg Rolls.  It felt like a Japanese Thanksgiving.  I rarely make so great a ...

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  • To Bies, Daan & Emilie in Amsterdam

    Posted: 16 November 2008 at 9:27 p.m.

    A very unusual thing happened to us last week.  I received the following e-mail out of the blue, and didn't know what to think:

    You don’t know me, but I came across your site/blog through Google. My name is Bies Vermeulen and I live in Amsterdam, the ...

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  • A 440

    Posted: 10 October 2008 at 1:34 p.m.

    That's the pitch that my piano is now tuned to.  I am so excited!  I have been waiting a long time for the opportunity to have a piano tuning technician come tune my piano.  Now I can actually here the tones on each note.  I was so excited yesterday ...

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  • "Whatever She Wants"

    Posted: 23 September 2008 at 9:27 p.m.

    So while Daniel took Jeffrey to Wall-e, I had some Mommy-Cambree time.  Of course right after we finished dinner she said, "naps" which interpreted means "I'm ready to go to bed."  I had been looking forward to some one-on-one Cambree time all day.  An evening when she can stay ...

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  • Visiting Teaching

    Posted: 15 August 2008 at 2:23 p.m.

    I love visiting teaching.  I love the program.  I love my visiting teaching partner.  I love the sisters that visit me and that I get to visit.  In fact every time I go visiting teaching, I come out a much better person.  I feel like the message and visit that ...

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