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Adventures in Homeschool
In case you haven’t heard, we have embarked on a new adventure this year. We are homeschooling Tatie. Using the BYU Independent Study High School program Tatie now works online to complete her sophomore class schedule. So far it is going very well! She gets done in plenty of time to exercise, practice piano, take […]
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Senior Living
Sydney is a senior! And true to form, Sydney is following her own road. This year Sydney will finish up her remaining credits at the university of Louisville. She attends classes (which includes a Ballroom Dance Class) just 3 times a week. It’s quite a change for her. She feels a bit betwixed and between. […]
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You light up Rotary
Sydney recently won the South Oldham Rotary Speech contest and earned herself a cool $300! She did an incredible job. Her speech was so inspiring in garnered enthusiastic applause when the audience was supposed to remain silent. She wrote the speech herself. It is a completely memorized 5 minute speech without notes. The theme: Light […]
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But did you get a chance to eat?
Tatum and I had a chance to travel to Washington, D.C. What we learn? We learned it is hard to find a bad meal in the nation’s capital. Here are some photos of the culinary delights we shared:
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Happy Disney Birthday to Me!
Disneyland is the happiest place on earth. We got up early on Saturday, January 10th (I know. My birthday is the 13th. However, I will celebrate when I want!) to leave for Disneyland. Nicole and I were on a trip to San Diego. Since Anaheim is only 90 minutes away from SD, I decided there would […]
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If I could turn back time.
I woke up this morning with the chorus “If I could turn back time.” going through my head. I am clearly lamenting the fact that it is now August. I think I say it every summer – but it just all went by too quickly. I had dreams of adventures and long porch sits. I […]
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No photographs please…
Kinsey has been getting missed calls on her phone for weeks. And the person never left a voice mail. She brought me her phone one day and asked if I could look it up. She was getting calls from a local prison. I figured who ever was calling her must have been calling a wrong […]
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Not sure I like that…
Lately I have been seeing all these cute little quizzes pop up on Facebook. What Disney princess are you? What novel are you? What decade are you? ect. I can’t resist. I love taking these things! Of course they are far from scientific. But they have a way of making me smile or cringe in […]
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The Distinctly Above-Average Tatie Bright
The class assignment: Make your parent write an essay about you in 1 million words or less. THE ESSAY: There is a strange phenomenon in Crestwood when people learn my last name. The first question they always ask is: “Do you know Tatie Bright?” The cashier at Gustavo’s, my phlebotomist, teachers, coaches, my green grocer; all […]