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It absolutely kills me that when it's one of the happiest times in my life, I haven't had time to blog.  The other day I was out walking, and I had a very strong impression that I needed to stop my listening to scriptures (of all things!) and say a prayer.  I spent the next 30 minutes, thanking Heavenly Father for this season in my life where things are so sweet and so many prayers are being answered. There haven't been many happier times than the past few months with Glo making plans to marry Gordon.  He brings out the best in Glo, and we all notice a sweetness in her that hasn't been there before.  And watching her and hearing her talk about how excited she is to be "Mrs. Bridge" just fills me with so much happiness. Just days (possibly two) after Glo got engaged, Becky Mecham reached out to me, asking if she could throw Glo's bridal shower.  Per the usual, I was overwhelmed with the realization that my children are surrounded by a village of people who ...

I wanted to get some words down about today because it was crazy. We got tickets for this game seemingly for free yesterday when we signed up for a season-ticket holder parade around the warning track of Comerica Park. There aren't many chances to go onto the field, and the tickets seem to have been free, so I decided to take the kids. Plus, there was a bobblehead giveaway for Riley Greene. When we got there, it was starting to rain, but we got in line for the walk onto the field. We stood there, in the rain, for probably a half hour. The kids had such a good attitutde. Everett's legs were hurting him, so I lifted him onto my shoulders, but neither Annie nor Everett ever said: "Let's go home." WE then walked around the stadium, up to our seats, where we found out the game was delayed due to the rain. Again, no complaints from the kids. Everett played with the bobblehead, and after almost an hour I handed them my phone to watch a movie while we waited. The rain ...