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(I will add more to this later but here is a beginning of Lucy's baptism day.) Lucy turned 8 in October and was baptized on November 1, 2014. It was a really nice day with lots of family events. Lucy got to go shopping with Grandma Egbert to pick out her white dress. The most important thing was the shrug she got. Once she saw that she wanted it the dress was almost an after thought. When you take silly selfies on Mom's phone, sometimes she uses them. Evelyn and Lucy on her baptism day. Karen Gibson and Lucy. This is the shrug.

So I am going to try and do some catching up.  I always think that printing my blog would be a cool thing and worth the money because it is like a journal. I know there is a lot missing so I am going to be going back and putting stuff in. I will do some more present stuff just to try and keep with what is happening now, and put some old stuff up too and then change the date in a little while so it will be in the right order. Since I read Heather's post about what is new in her life and I am in a purging mood I will throw some stuff out on the table. In no particular order here are some things I like or am doing or trying. Eating better- I have been reading, mostly just glossing the surface, about different diets. I have been trying to make better choices and have done a few sugar free week challenges. I can totally tell a difference, but I am still not very good being a consistent good food eater and preparer. In fact my body has been craving healthy stuff since the holidays. ...

Balloons? Didn't happen.  A great big sign? No. Bunting and streamers and confetti? Not here. So how did our little boy celebrate his fourth birthday?  By visiting and playing with lots of people he loves.  We started out the day by walking up the street to visit Denny, because sometimes you just need a Denny day. Denny and his wife Dian were in nursery with Daryl and he has remained one of Daryl's favorite friends and buddies. It helps he has a cool swing set, a horse and pony, a puppy and an old dog and a cool John Deere riding lawn mower, fun toys inside, a good treat stash and a super fun personality. Next we went to visit Gwen, another neighbor friend. She lets us help feed her chickens and has fun toys to play with sometimes. She is really nice and gave Daryl some bubbles.She is like a neighbor grandma. She even walked us back home (probably because Daryl wasn't ready to leave yet or he had something really important to show Gwen.) After all tha...