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August 4, 2013

kiana pic

myla pic

KJ pic

sela pic

a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.

kiana: this girl is adventurous. and will be lucky if she spends any days in twenty-thirteen not grounded.
myla: she has been working-working-working around the clock. including at her daddy’s company. she’s been saving (for months!) to buy all the parts she needs to build her own computer!
kj: earning his keep.
sela: turns seven in seven weeks. my baby will be seven!!!

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cross country Rhodes trip

August 3, 2013

cross country rhodes trip one

1: little miss six likes to travel like her momma… she takes everything but the kitchen sink!
2: holy holy holy, upstate new york is beautiful! (visiting the LDS church history sites in palmyra, new york.)

cross country rhodes trip two

cross country rhodes trip three

3: the kids loved taking turns driving with danny in the u-haul truck.

4: something about all that water and all its power makes me feel uneasy… small. weak. it’s amazing, but i’m terrified of being near it. same feeling happens to me on big bridges and in the ocean.

cross country rhodes trip four

5: we dined here.

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July 7, 2013

kiana in chicago via seejaneblog

myla in ohio via seejaneblog

kj in pennsylvania via seejaneblog

sela in new york via seejaneblog

a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.

kiana: window shopping on michigan street in chicago, illinois.
myla: enjoying the charming village of chagrin falls, ohio
kj: breakfast of champions in erie, pennsylvania
sela: little tourist in palmyra, new york

we have covered over 2,000 miles across america this week, and in just another day or two we’ll be in utah!

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June 30, 2013

kiana with bestie

myla lounging

kj my happy boy

sela setting the table

a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013.

kiana: has spent every last minute hanging out with her boston bestie, lucy.
myla: sobbed herself to sleep one night this week, she doesn’t want to leave.
kj: holds back tears at the end of every day, that it might be the last day to see his boston buddies…
sela: set the table for her and her friend. my little homemaker.

*all of these photos were taken at the beautiful home of our dear friends,

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…and just like that…

June 29, 2013

our boston adventure is coming to an end.

two years went by so quickly.
we had no idea how long we would stay,
no idea where we would live,
who we would meet,
and what we would explore while we were here.

but, we knew we would go to fenway. and this past tuesday, we took kj and myla to what was our last sox game, while we lived here… this time. becuase, y’know… we will be back to visit, and go to more sox games. and maybe, just maybe one day we’ll come back to live in bean town again.

fenway park via seejaneblog

inside fenway via seejaneblog

fenway team store via seejaneblog

to end on a high note,

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kj piano recital

myla piano recital

sela piano recital

rhodes girls piano recital

something cool happened with piano this year, my kids all became genuinely more passionate about playing. and, it wasn’t with just one kid or two kids — they shared this feeling. i almost felt like there was an unspoken competition with who could practice next. it was really cool to witness. they love playing piano and always want to learn more about the latest model of keyboard coming out.

because of this, everyone improved and everyone was excited about their songs for recital. i watched each of them shine just a bit, very proud of what they were playing.

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