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Mother’s Day

14 Sunday May 2017

Posted by lvaletutto in family, Holiday

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family, home, Mother's Day

It has been a long time since I posted anything here. This year we have had quite a few major things going on…
January– Ben and Lukas celebrated their second birthday the first week of January.
February– We moved into our new house (with a yard, yay!).
March– We unpacked and settled into our new house and prepared for Lukes upcoming hospital stay.
April– Lukas had open heart surgery just a few days before Easter (to correct a heart defect that he was born with) and is doing very well right now. We still need to go in for regular check ups with him but he has been doing great now and it’s been 4 weeks post surgery .
May– Spring has sprung and we are fixing up our yard and planting flowers and grass and putting up raised beds for vegetables, which I will post about soon!

Happy Mother’s day to all of you and a happy planting season too!

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A Merry Little Christmas

25 Sunday Dec 2016

Posted by lvaletutto in family, Holiday

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Christmas, family, New Year

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Lukas, me, Ben & Anna

Seasons greetings! Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a safe passage into the new year. We enjoyed ourselves today at home opening gifts and then spending some time with Thomas’ family this afternoon. We are looking forward to the new year and some birthdays coming up in early January. I’ll be back again after the new year with some more pictures and posts hopefully. Until then be well and enjoy the holiday season!
~ Laura, Thomas, Anna, Benjamin and Lukas

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A fawn that I made for Anna for Christmas.

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Anna was handing out the gifts.

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The boys are helping to open their present.

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Luke is left and Ben is on the Right.

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Lukas

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Ben

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Anna seriously unwrapping her gifts.

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Merry Christmas!

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Rhubarb: Rheum rhabarbarum
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