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One Year Older and Wiser Too…Happy Birthday Jammers
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One Year Older and Wiser Too…Happy Birthday Jammers

ByShawni June 26, 2024June 26, 2024

Welp, today is the day. The day that my middle child turns twenty-three. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE JAM!! I feel so lucky not only that I get to be her mother…

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Grace and Shawni together on the couch
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Grace Jam Here in the Desert

ByShawni April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

Before Easter we had a pretty joyful reunion with Grace. Oh we sure love that girl. We were wishing everyone else could have joined us too, but man alive, there’s…

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Grace crossing the finish line with added willpower
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how to develop willpower and Grace’s big race

ByShawni November 3, 2023November 3, 2023

Lu and I are working on gratitude. In the midst of lots of things she’s dealing with, we decided we’re going to each share one thing we’re grateful for each…

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Happy Birthday Grace-Jam!
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Happy Birthday Grace-Jam!

ByShawni June 26, 2023

From the moment she was born, this girl has spewed out enthusiasm and light and happiness. She is incredibly thoughtful. Always thinking of others and trying to lift and selflessly…

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"big" girls home for a visit at a restaurant
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in the wake of having my “big” girls home

ByShawni May 12, 2023May 14, 2023

This whole last week has been filled right up. My girls were in town for my niece (their cousin)’s wedding. So, I have to say all last week was like…

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moving and transferring and volleyball all smooshed together: college life
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moving and transferring and volleyball all smooshed together: college life

ByShawni August 31, 2022May 1, 2023

Our college girls have a whole lot of life-moving-pieces going on up there in Provo, so let’s do a little update on that. Because we got to do a quick…

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we got to be with the birthday girl on the big day
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we got to be with the birthday girl on the big day

ByShawni July 1, 2022May 1, 2023

We were still up in Utah (dropping Claire off for college) intentionally so we could be there to celebrate this girl: I wrote about her on her actual day back…

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how a little spitfire can grow into a beautiful young woman
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how a little spitfire can grow into a beautiful young woman

ByShawni June 26, 2022May 1, 2023

GRACE TURNS 21 TODAY!! This post is to offer other moms of spitfire daughters hope. Because phew! Kids can be a handful sometimes, and this girl was one of those…

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another step into the big wide world for Grace
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another step into the big wide world for Grace

ByShawni May 12, 2022May 1, 2023

I am up in Utah with my Grace moving her into her new apartment up here. Letting her go. Again. Gosh this motherhood dealio sure is chock full of “letting-gos.”…

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