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Sean is such a wonderful uncle! Emmalia enjoyed playing with Uncle Sean! Aren't they just so cute?!?

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When we got to Megan's this morning, both the girls were looking so pretty in the dresses I got for them! I made Kaira's dress (the little one) and bought Emmalia's. I need to make Emmalia a matching dress, like Kaira's! Aren't they so cute?!?

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We head to Phoenix this evening to spend a week with my family! We'll get to celebrate my niece's 3rd birthday!! Before we left, I put the finishing touches on Emmalia's birthday present... a custom-made memory game!!

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Tonight, I gave Sean a pedicure. Our orange kitty, Seal, loves running water.... he kept trying to lick the water from the foot spa! Silly kitty!

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Today we took the mobile ultrasound clinic out to Dinuba. They are just starting a new Pregnancy Care Center there, and this is the house where it will be. Cheryl, their new director is on the left, followed by Debby and Sara, whom I work with on the MUC. It doesn't look like much now, but it is an incredible God-send. The house is kinda run-down and has been completly gutted on the inside. It is owned by the public school in town... and the high school is right across the street. Yes, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. As in, you can see everyone outside at lunchtime from this front porch. Imagine all the young men and women they will be able to serve! They're projected to open their doors at the end of October. I'll keep you updated!

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Its been a crazy day! An insane Monday. My morning got off to a start with a guy who had apparently not had his coffee yet. I was driving to work and this guy (a Vanilla Ice lookalike, btw) started to get all road-ragey... ugh. Too early for cutting people off, shouting and flipping the bird, dude. Seriously. I was cranking out stuff at work like a crazy person so I could leave at noon. It was nuts. But, alas, I got out of the office aroun 12:30 then mom and I went to Chick-Fil-A for lunch. Mom's been working on a quilt for David for years, and needed to find someone to quilt it. So after lunch we went to a lady's house for her to look at it. This lady's entire liviing room was filled with quilting and sewing machines! How amazing! For dinner tonight, we went to Wahoo's! Yum! I'm so bummed mom has to leave tomorrow... but we will see her again in less than a week! I can't wait! Its been a great time having her here!

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Since we went to church on Saturday night, Mom and I went to see "Eat Pray Love" at the theater. It was a pretty good movie! I loved the scenery and the food... it was all so pretty! Definitely boosted my wanderlust. For dinner, we cooked out brats on the grill. It was so beautiful outside, we pulled our table in the back and played a game of Carcassone. I'm so ready for Fall to be here!

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This morning, Mom took us out to breakfast... we went to Huckleberry's. It was so yummy! When we pulled back into our driveway, we saw about 6 kids playing in our front yard. I've never seen these kids before in my LIFE! And here they were building a fort and playing "survivor" in MY flower beds. After the initial shock of their brazenness, I was actually amused! They played out there for hours! ha! For dinner, mom made some DELISH fish! It was such a great meal! Thanks MOM!

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This morning, I had an appointment with a new doctor, Dr. G. I was a little irked because I had to wait quite a while, but once I got to see the Dr., everything was good. I hated the Dr. I had when I was pregnant with Whitney and just did not want to even see him at all anymore. So this new Dr. is a family practician, which means I can take care of my allergy issues with him, too! He is a great Christian, and I absolutely LOVE his nurse. I am so glad to have found him. After that, mom and I went to Old Town to a quilt store. OH! The fabrics! We bought a pattern and some fabrics for me to make a dress for my littlest niece! This is the first time I've really sewn in a while, and I think it came out pretty good! Its also completely reversible and has a little headband, toO!

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I've been working on a month-long teen devotional book that will accompany a new youth/parent program we're starting at work. I stayed home and worked on that this morning... I could really get used to working at home. Believe it or not, I actually got a lot more done than I would have at the office! This afternoon, my mom came into town!!! I picked her up at the airport and it was so good to see her!! We went to Pismo's for dinner. I, of course, had cioppino. Delicious! It is so great having mom here! She had all kinds of goodies for us from Egypt, including a beautiful Eye of Ra necklace!! This picture for today is just mom and I being silly... she had these puppets for my sister, and we thought they were kinda creepy.

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Last night, while I was at my HOW dinner, Sean had a carnival for some apartments our church supports. They gave away 120 backpacks, and still needed more! I helped him stuff them with school supplies... what a task!

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Some of the "Leading Ladies" from womens' minstry went out for a Helping One Woman dinner. Its basically a dinner that is held every month and all who attend contribute money to be given to a woman in need. This month's dinner sold out 2 restaurants and raised over $4,000 for ONE WOMAN. It was incredible. I picked up another friend, Tiffany S. and we went to dinner at the Daily Grill. It was so much fun! I'm looking forward to next month's dinner!

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One of my projects for work is getting together our conference stuff. We finally got the banners I ordered! They look great! It took forever for me to find the right pictures to use and stuff but they're here and we love them! The purple and green backgrounds are so much more vibrant in person and at more than 6 feet tall, they definitely catch your eye!

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I tried to get all fancy making some pretty sugar cookies this weekend. Gorgeous decorated cookies are all over the blogosphere, and there are multiple tutorials that make it look effortless. Let me just tell you: It ain't easy. No matter how many step-by-steps you give me. I had a few turn out ok though.

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A purrrrrrfect Saturday afternoon.

(You're thinking: Oh no she di'int just make a cat pun.

I tell you: Yes, she did.)

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Tonight we went out with Josh & Kirsten for dinner and a movie. We ate at California Pizza Kitchen then saw "The Other guys" with Will Farrel and Marky Mark. The movie sucked... it wasn't even stupid funny. It was just... not funny. And the sound in the theater was horrible, so after complaining several times, we all got free movie passes for another day! woo hoo! We had a great time hanging out with the O'Bars.

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Look at how many passion flowers are on our vine today! Its getting pretty out of control! Tonight was the first meeting for our women's leadership team that I am now a part of. I am really looking forward to meeting new women and being a part of the new direction our womens' minstry is starting to go!

Women's Ministry meeting

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Duke LOVES tuna. I barely crack a can and he comes running from whatever corner he's sleeping in. He licks the can completley clean!

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Its been pretty hot here lately. Seal seems to have found a position in which to stay cool though!

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Today I got to play with my new Cricut cartridge, Heritage. It was so much fun!! It can do all kinds of great things... my favorite is this cameo thing it can do! I made a card for a friend. Later this afternoon, we went to Anthony and Kimberly Doi's house for Kimberly's birthday. They made so much delicious food... grilled veggies, shrimp, tritip... all kinds of yummies! It was a great time!

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Another wonderfully lazy Saturday! I got my hair cut this morning... yay! I love the girl who cuts my hair, Katy. Hi Katy! :-) She's crafty, like me... we're going to get together hopefully soon to sew or something fun like that! After church tonight, we went over to the Chapman's house to watch a UFC fight... it was Silva vs. Sonnen... and it was a GREAT fight!!

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Sean was at a church conference today, so I met him for lunch at Sequoia. Then, I got crafty and had fun making this card for some friends.

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I searched high and low for the right things to use to make this birthday gift for my niece and couldn't have been happier when I found these cute ladybug coasters! I'll post a fill picture of what it is after I give it to her! But here's a little teaser!

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Tonight I went to a movie with a couple of my friends, Christin and Mandy (and both their little buns in the ovens). We saw Charlie St. Cloud... it was pretty good. Sad, but good. I used a free movie ticket Sean had gotten from his Regal rewards card, and then, I even got a free popcorn with our reward points! A free movie midweek?! Fantastic!

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Rotisserie chicken for dinner... yuck. I need to get back to grocery shopping and cooking REAL meals!!

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Tonight we went to dinner at our friends' house, the O'bars. Josh loves to cook and everything he makes is delicious! Tonight he made cioppino... and we ALL had our fill of it! YUM-O!