A Topsy-Turvy Month of March

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Topsy-turvy...that's the only word I can think of to describe the month of March. It's been disorderly, chaotic, and a bit out of joint. There have been ups and downs. Highs and lows.  It all started out well enough. My dad celebrated his 75th birthday. This was an especially big deal as he gave us all a scare last month when he came down with a staph infection, which entered his bloodstream. He was very sick and his doctor said if he would have waited 1 more day before going to the ER, the outcome might have been different.  Celebrating my dad's 75th birthday!  On his birthday, we just had a small party as he was not yet feeling 100 percent. A couple of weeks later, when Dawn was here with Faith and I stayed with my parents, I noticed he seemed like he had more energy and was feeling better. I am very thankful for that!  Another person in my family (my sister Tesa) also had a milestone birthday this month. She turned 50! We were all hoping it would work out to have ...

2011 Christmas Moments

Though it wasn't a white Christmas - not too many people minded considering the astronomical amounts of snow we have received the last three winters - it was definitely a Merry one! Following are some photos of some of our special moments this Christmas.

Our Happy Birthday Jesus cupcakes that Rob and Faith delivered to
Faith's teachers and therapists at school. 



Our little family

Faith enjoying a special visit from Auntie Barbara and Uncle Todd

Faith's new hat!

Faith finally reaches December 24th on her LEGO Advent Calendar!

Faith's personalized cupcake painting to match her cupcake room!

Riding along with Todd and Barbara on the way to Watford City.

The Lawlar family on Christmas Day

Happy to have Barbara and Amber join us as sisters!

Funny boys - Donnie trying to take a picture of the inside of Preston's mouth!

Me and Dad - 2 NDSU Alumni who will cheering for the Bison
to win a national championship in January!

A beautiful Western North Dakota sunset - the perfect ending to a wonderful Christmas Day!

We truly hope everyone had a safe, wonderful, joyous, peaceful Christmas this year and will have a very blessed New Year!

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  1. Wow - Faith, you are really growing up! It looks like you had a fantastic Christmas - and I hope the new year brings with it all yours dreams and wishes Xx

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  2. Hey Cari, it's Tes, I read your blog on Mom's computers. Neat pics and little story to go along with them. It was so nice seeing you and Thank You for the gifts you brought for the boys. They played with those Legos all day!

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