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He was dead.  That, I knew for sure. Where the body had gone, though, that was the disturbing question. It creeps me out a little, not knowing where the body is, wondering when and where I will find it, or would it be worse if I never did find it? And perhaps, the worst question of all: who moved it, and why? See, spiders don't really bother me that much.  Generally speaking, when I'm outside, they don't bother me at all.  That's their domain, and I am the guest there.  But in my own house is different, because that's my space.  And while I still don't really mind them, they do tend to startle me, the way they move so suddenly when their dark lairs are exposed. That's when I first saw this one.  He was hiding under something that I moved, and our eyes met.  Now the other thing about spiders is that some are quite friendly looking, with a sort of "hey, I'm the enemy of your enemy, so let's be friends.  You don't kill me, and I will...

photo courtesy of Everyday Adventures Photography

Today I have a few things from Hallie and a few things from Heather. Heather's new response to questions in the affirmative is, "Gracious, yes." Just picture it for me please. A tiny two year old, nodding her head, and clearly saying, "Gracious, yes." It's perfect. At church on Sunday we were about halfway through the sacrament portion of the meeting (the quietest bit, of course) when for reasons unknown to me she begins yelling at top volume: "Jesus loves you, Hanna! Jesus loves you, HANNA!" and when I tried to quiet her down, she began screaming, "Jesus loves me though! Jesus loves ME!" She likes to have her hair done like Ariel, and she likes to dance like Cinderella.  She alternates between pretending to be the mom, and a tiger. She insists that she is not anything you say she is. If you say, "Heather, you look so cute!" She will adamantly declare, "I'm not cute." If you tell her she is funny...

We had a family reunion with Devin's family in Salt Lake City in July so that we could participate in the Deseret News Classic Marathon (and 5k, though I no longer have photos of myself running the 5k.) Here is photographic evidence that we participated in these events: Devin ran the marathon.  He is now training for a 50k ultramarathon in October.

And just like that summer is "over" and another school year has begun.  It is still strange to say goodbye to her in the morning and not see her for hours and I get so excited when it's time to pick her up!

 Sometimes when Devin is in charge of Hazel, I will come and find her like this. And then, when my girls see that I am taking a picture, they have to jump in, like this. In real life, it looks exactly like this:  ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.  Then there's Heather. She's my little buddy, my little pal, my little friend.  One morning I came downstairs and saw this pony stuck to my fridge.  I began to panic because my girls are addicted to glue sticks and I made some assumptions.  Hanna jumped over to tell me that it was just a magnet in the pony's paw. Phew. And then there was Hazel.   Who, me? Well yes, I am cute, thanks. Sometimes they try to all fit on one chair and they do but then Heather gets squished so she moves but then Hazel keeps kicking her. It's hard to be the Heather one. (her words, not mine.) Teething? I'm not sure, but I've been hanging out until midnight every night with this face....