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Family Life

The Colorado Blizzard of ‘09

April 18, 2009

We spent Easter with family in California in nice 70 degree weather. On our trip back we squeaked in just as the leading edge of this blizzard hit. From Thursday night until about 4pm on Saturday we had non-stop blizzard conditions. The snow is still coming down a little but the storm is passing. The [...]

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New Rutherford Baby!

January 31, 2009

I can’t believe a week has gone by and I haven’t posted this yet. Thomas Edmund Paul was born on the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul three hours after Father came to bless our house. This was our seventh home birth and everything went as smoothly as ever.

Congratulations to the Willets on their [...]

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I’m Voting For Mr. Norris

October 21, 2008

Overheard in the car:
Lucy (9): “I want Mr. Norris to be president.”
“Who?”
“Chuck Norris. The pro-life candidate.”
“Do you mean Chuck Baldwin? Chuck Norris isn’t running for president.”
“Oh, I guess so.”
I’d probably vote for Chuck Norris if he was running.

Tags: 2008 election, chuck norris, constitution party

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Help The Brady Bunch With College

April 1, 2008

H/T to Shrine of the Holy Wapping by way of St. Mary’s Aggies.
Some friends who have a wonderful Catholic family of 9 kids, all home-schooled, are in the final 10 of a $25,000 college scholarship contest (and the parents are Aggie Catholics if you needed more incentive). They created a great video, but now [...]

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February Movies to Watch

February 19, 2008

My mom started posting lists of movies for each month related to the saints and feasts of the month. Here’s January and February.

Tags: family movies

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Geography Lesson

February 12, 2008

Andrew (6)
There are two dangerous places in the United States. Yellowstone and Iowa.
We later figured out that he meant Hawaii.
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Baby Phat

February 11, 2008

‘Nuf said.
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Another Reason Why We Homeschool

February 8, 2008

So our second graders don’t have to learn about this.

Tags: homeschooling, homosexual indoctrination

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Things I Learned on Our Trip to California (In no particular order)

February 5, 2008

No matter how many times the kids go to the bathroom before you leave the house, someone will have to go within an hour after you leave. Especially if you have just passed the last rest stop for 60 miles.
Expecting the kids to use the the trash bag you gave them for their snack refuse [...]

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