tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32970271318743296932024-03-05T10:32:39.770-08:00Burro LaneJack + Jenny LaneJenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-80366976625685345652021-06-19T15:10:00.004-07:002021-06-19T15:10:46.174-07:00What it means to be a Latter-Day Saint<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">When we decided to <u>not travel </u>to Utah this summer, the East Coast became our Oyster. We had some many different options and really wanted to do something with our kids that would compensate for lack of being with cousins.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">As you know, there is no substitute for quality time with family that you love and miss dearly, but we tried to fill that hole in our hearts and we decided to take them to some <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/landing/historic-sites?lang=eng" target="_blank">Latter-Day Saint Church History sites</a> that J, Talmage and Truman and I had never been to. <br /><br />I was getting pretty excited because I had visited places like <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/trek/pioneer-story-nauvoo-story?lang=eng" target="_blank">Nauvoo</a>, <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/historic-sites/palmyra/sacred-grove">Sacred Grove</a> and <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/historic-sites/utah/cove-fort/cove-fort-then-and-now?lang=eng" target="_blank">Cove Fort</a>. And each place I visited I experienced the spirit of sacrifice and God's love.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">But I had never been to <a href="https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/historic-sites/ohio/kirtland/kirtland-temple?lang=eng" target="_blank">Kirtland</a>, like Jack had. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To prepare for it, I decided to use the Church's most recent series of Church History books; <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/saints-v1?lang=eng" target="_blank">Saints.</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We started with volume one which covers early church history from 1815-1845. Even though I knew the ended, I couldn't wait to learn more and I was overwhelmed with surprised for the sacrifices my ancestries have made to build up the Church of Jesus Christ on the earth today. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">It is what it is today because of their single minded commitment to exercise faith.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We listened to it on audio. It's 18 hours long, so it's hard to put my feelings down on words and sentences that represent the summer transformation this gave me, but I will try. <br /><br />I love my husband, you all know this. But learning together on this trip, bonded our love together for the pioneers. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">We both share unique <a href="https://www.comeuntochrist.org/requests/missionary-visit?cid=505312302457&cpid=8719399101&agid=88040621916&kwid=kwd-1232069099902&iloc=&ploc=9014326&network=g&dev=c&clkid=CjwKCAjwq7aGBhADEiwA6uGZpyJF9W75G0uSpyzzngactnItCGtMAmc7Y4FdgAVwpyJQHYKHlDUQuBoCSNQQAvD_BwE&match=b&keyword=request%20missionaries&exid=&adpos=&clicktype=responsive-headline&gclid=CjwKCAjwq7aGBhADEiwA6uGZpyJF9W75G0uSpyzzngactnItCGtMAmc7Y4FdgAVwpyJQHYKHlDUQuBoCSNQQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">"Mormon</a>" pioneer backgrounds.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Jack's ancestor is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Stevenson" target="_blank">Edward Stevenson</a>, who was an incredible missionary for the church. He served more missions that any other missionary at that time. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">The early apostle <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parley_P._Pratt" target="_blank">Parley P. Pratt</a> is my great grandmother's grandfather. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lDvvtPHrSRji1Jkbu5Dvcu7rSH-owdm0AJpNhxmrgoLjcwcIMyjZ8XnRJOZea-F-WVzEZ-mker3dTgj6JGTW3ZvToj8Pho0rH-rjadxWpwSAvpZG1Blpf1lV0SKuA51EzD2pmUVrIWsV/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Parley P Pratt great great granddaughter Jenny Hansen Lane" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="1860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lDvvtPHrSRji1Jkbu5Dvcu7rSH-owdm0AJpNhxmrgoLjcwcIMyjZ8XnRJOZea-F-WVzEZ-mker3dTgj6JGTW3ZvToj8Pho0rH-rjadxWpwSAvpZG1Blpf1lV0SKuA51EzD2pmUVrIWsV/s16000/image.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br />I started a deeper study into Parley after Jack and I acquired my very own letterpress. Parley was a pamphleteer in his own right, publishing his core values and ideas for the world with the early presses of the world. </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">He was instrumental in his own missionary efforts and his own conversion came when he read the Book Of Mormon in two days and thirsted for more. You can learn about his <a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2007/04/the-extraordinary-life-of-parley-p-pratt?lang=eng" target="_blank">life here</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">My study of his life continues, and you'll see future posts about my learnings around his life and what this means to me.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">So what does it mean to be a Latter-Day Saint?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Those who came before us, made unbelievable sacrifices for our religious freedoms. Working with the government and the press media before they moved West was discouraging, yet they persisted. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Kirtland inspired me to learn as much as I can.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU42UKgUZOYXtL3YhRs_3djHIEpQnI9V4F1fVKcJSkSQBqtw-8-kd9JDkePKqTRc6_7U0A6AklIA4RBeWKxak3Vz95GxvJTWeww-OD4Og2lNgk2e2ovLCTGKQnNm5gTiUn4wmGKsmlK75G/s2048/IMG_3817.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU42UKgUZOYXtL3YhRs_3djHIEpQnI9V4F1fVKcJSkSQBqtw-8-kd9JDkePKqTRc6_7U0A6AklIA4RBeWKxak3Vz95GxvJTWeww-OD4Og2lNgk2e2ovLCTGKQnNm5gTiUn4wmGKsmlK75G/s320/IMG_3817.JPEG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KjQnUTDeumavWjeYd50_3i4yBrD5PH_UAzcIDSZDCmRYQnPsolnQ8Jee7bLoOrVLLxWEDGECI4wjeQmmp0mEYCeEun0SXj7XkOB1MMpJxGKlEyjWnRMd-NyDZpnt_CZJL_bVGxVIxR_U/s2048/IMG_3820.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KjQnUTDeumavWjeYd50_3i4yBrD5PH_UAzcIDSZDCmRYQnPsolnQ8Jee7bLoOrVLLxWEDGECI4wjeQmmp0mEYCeEun0SXj7XkOB1MMpJxGKlEyjWnRMd-NyDZpnt_CZJL_bVGxVIxR_U/s320/IMG_3820.JPEG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the <a href="https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/place/schoolhouse-kirtland-township-ohio" target="_blank">Kirtland Schoolhouse </a>used for learning, and Sunday ordinances like the sacrament.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The visitors center is well cared for and the grounds are restored to reflect the era, which I love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiraPznKwTn1giHSc0cUcMU-UnlF_05uQyGqiJ7hNfE-5p0jIVBJiXwdhyphenhyphenbNx39a_FHgbu9Hu5WgbfgSLozaM4QE0QmDMBF-90OJTlOFeuyiYs3wt-MXXUnOPRuVuEXC8tGUYqKhhJkkCW/s2048/IMG_3825.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiraPznKwTn1giHSc0cUcMU-UnlF_05uQyGqiJ7hNfE-5p0jIVBJiXwdhyphenhyphenbNx39a_FHgbu9Hu5WgbfgSLozaM4QE0QmDMBF-90OJTlOFeuyiYs3wt-MXXUnOPRuVuEXC8tGUYqKhhJkkCW/s320/IMG_3825.JPEG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_DTJj2ESghiFUDt6i7_YJcIG41o9oNeqp6kXBPGGpp_VSVN27UrEtSlOUYyRkH3Iv5D54SyncZrUpxReSzEM5iQrWNUaPVRRZ_UkxAGGgHpIZC2zV8IOCxeDD6J4ktG6eS-49MFG5UJI/s2048/IMG_3826.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="Of the 138 sections in the 2013 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants, 64 were received in Ohio between 1831 and 1838. Most of these were received in the homes where Joseph Smith was living. " target="_blank">Newel K Whitney Home</a>, where sections of the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/dc-testament?lang=eng" target="_blank">Doctrine and Covenants</a> were revealed to Joseph Smith.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCp7ue2kOpiDSUS6Gr1eZwFqoFNFsEVa5FyOw1l942gWwymtqTkXoccqt01N4NiMwsvqJarE0V_sy-K44jsockESpbZSrQQU25oxti1iiK8AmZT0m9CEK12aXofbbwnZDQMAfe1Ke12hY/s2048/IMG_3829.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirCp7ue2kOpiDSUS6Gr1eZwFqoFNFsEVa5FyOw1l942gWwymtqTkXoccqt01N4NiMwsvqJarE0V_sy-K44jsockESpbZSrQQU25oxti1iiK8AmZT0m9CEK12aXofbbwnZDQMAfe1Ke12hY/s320/IMG_3829.JPEG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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For months we tried to decide on a name.</div>
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I kept suggesting Talmage and Jack kept suggesting Joseph Smith, Don Carlos and Alvin.</div>
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I think that is such a fun part of being pregnant.</div>
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You comb over what it will be like and all your </div>
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40 weeks straight.</div>
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My due date was May 10th. Mothers Day.</div>
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It was a simple quiet UN contractual type of day.</div>
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The next day I went to the doctors to receive the news that I was dilated to a one.</div>
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I was disappointed and hoped that I would have my baby before my Mom flew out that Friday.</div>
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I cried on the phone to hear.</div>
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Then I met Jack and Jackson in the garden where</div>
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Jack asked me for help, so I took it upon myself to</div>
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fill up the water buckets over and over and carry them to him in </div>
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each hand, like some entry level crossfit workout.</div>
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I went to bed.</div>
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In the morning I was in pain. </div>
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I diagnosed myself with what they call: Pre Labor.</div>
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My contractions were 3 minutes apart at 9 a.m.</div>
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Jack told Jackson to school and cancelled his events for the day.</div>
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We figured it would be a day laboring.. that is what all the books say.. and all the </div>
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By 11:30 we were at the hospital and I was dilated to a 5 and screaming and moaning..</div>
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LIKE ALL THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIES that the BOOKS say it isn't like at all.</div>
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The staff prepared me for a IV and try to find a vein 7 different times.</div>
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Another 90 minutes pass, they get the IV in and send a blood test down to the lab to confirm that I </div>
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can receive an epidural... all the while I'm laboring...</div>
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LIKE ALL THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIES that the BOOKS say it isn't like at all.</div>
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The lab must have gone to lunch and a movie and perhaps a nap</div>
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because 90 minutes later I got the epidural.</div>
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Jack asked the doctor to check me, its 4:45, And I've dilated to a 10.</div>
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They tell me to "Labor down"</div>
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We aren't sure what that means, so I start practicing positions I want to deliver in,</div>
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the ones all the natural birthing books talk about... the positions not found in movies.</div>
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I practice push for 45 minutes which I actually loved and was actually </div>
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5:39 Talmage is born.</div>
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The doctor calls him aggressive and Jack and I both smile.</div>
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We feel so blessed to be able to add to our little family immediately.</div>
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I used to believe that this was going to happen to my mother.</div>
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She wasn't perfect, but I believe she gave me a great environment to grow and learn</div>
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She raised 8 children, having them all in 11 years.</div>
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She is always looking her best, and a mother who was also always willing to </div>
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take us swimming, or make us clothing from the trendy patterns.</div>
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Throughout all of my childhood,</div>
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I can count on one hand, how many times my mom</div>
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She is always well kept, but never made a point to </div>
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show off how beautiful she is. We just kind of knew it.</div>
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They campaign.</div>
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They raise money for schools,</div>
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They feed 8 kids at once.</div>
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They are happy all the time.</div>
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When we search the scriptures, Compassion is usually followed by some type of healing.</div>
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that the Savior performs in our lives.</div>
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Compassion can be difficult to give to people who hurt us.</div>
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31 Weeks has been a sleepy time for me.</div>
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I've been taking naps- which is unheard of.</div>
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It catches up to me pretty fast and this lazy haze comes over me.</div>
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For the first time, I think I could know what it is like to fall asleep sitting up.</div>
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I don't have a wet suit like this woman- But I'm able to walk and sometimes job </div>
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I've been able to lift weights,</div>
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For a long time- I have always kind of thought about how</div>
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anything personal. Its just part of my package.</div>
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With that being said, I'd like my life to be one cohesive package.</div>
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You know, when you walk into an art gallery and view a body of work,</div>
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it all works together with its theme or in context with each other.</div>
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Each piece may have a new element that ties it to the next,</div>
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but overall, its one big piece or body of work.</div>
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I've thought about what I would write in this here blog-</div>
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It's suppose to be for my family.</div>
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as the author, being personal.</div>
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I have a textile private journal. I visit it, but not enough.</div>
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I have my private blog- for all the pioneer women in my life that have </div>
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been there from the get go-</div>
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One thing- My life- my passion- my family-</div>
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All in compassing with my theme.</div>
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Lately, it seems so seasonal.</div>
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The longest season was a theme of single womanhood.</div>
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I wore that badge long and hard, 31 years and 15 days to be exact.</div>
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It was the longest season of my life so far and I'll be 62 when I can say that I've been </div>
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married to Jack longer than I have not!</div>
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The dating, engagement and days up until marriage</div>
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taught us both that we wanted to do this Eternity thing together.</div>
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We were carried by our dopamine levels and emotional attraction to each other.</div>
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would be best met, by putting our temporal desires aside to start our family.</div>
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put the Lord first BY starting our family.</div>
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The moment you see two lines against a pregnancy test, you have your rite of passage to throw in the towel, but it doesn't work that way when serving the Lord. Especially if you feel like the immediate gift of pregnancy was granted so quickly- you feel indebted to Him again, and you want Him to know</div>
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So you repeatedly re visit all the invitations He gives you. Through the mouth of his prophets</div>
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have from the Holy Ghost, and to top that off- You are even accountable to the promptings you should be having.</div>
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Thank goodness that is no end to the opportunities we have to learn and do and become.</div>
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Well, for all the throwing up you do- at least you get a baby at the end.</div>
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Its interesting to see moments or situations where I submit because Im pregnant.</div>
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I've appreciate opportunities to try and do normal things while pregnant.</div>
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Sometimes I fail and other times, I laugh because the failure isn't really a failure anymore.</div>
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This started almost immediately after my long season of single life ended.</div>
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The transition of selfishness to selflessness does not end just because I saw two lines on a pregnancy test.</div>
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Sometimes I think the Lord wants us to be pregnant for 9 months for US to prepare for that transition </div>
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I've been mentally preparing myself for a Mother's Day baby. But I've also been preparing for a pregnancy of 41 weeks.</div>
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I don't have any expectations. I can't demand that from unborn baby.</div>
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The day I first found out I was pregnant.</div>
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We had been married less than a month. </div>
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We tackled a massive renovation in my attic apartment.</div>
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I did my part of late night sanding, painting, base boards..</div>
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You name it, I did it. But Sept 2nd, I felt like I got a virus or something.</div>
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I felt sick. So I made a doctors appt and took a pregnancy test... FOR FUN.</div>
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It was positive.</div>
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I told Jack. He smiled and said: "Already!?"</div>
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Before we got married we talked about when we would start our family and it seemed like the Lord was prompting both of us not to wait... so there was the verdict.</div>
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When I got to the doctor, I was informed that there was no medicine to cure this virus I had</div>
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3 weeks pregnant.</div>
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We broke the news by video tapping our first ultra sound.</div>
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We notified all of our siblings, parents first.</div>
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Then we sent the message viral.</div>
Jenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-41287387345111745012015-02-19T16:21:00.000-08:002015-02-19T16:21:33.037-08:00Overloaded<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">To be given an extra added measure of overload... Overload of Love...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Its debilitating sometimes right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Everything makes you cry. But you are never said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The overload of emotions is something I've wanted so long to fill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">You can't stop, yet, you can't control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">What can you do about it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Embrace it. Be grateful for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The the feelings of overloaded emotions wash over you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Focus on the peace of the baby inside of you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I feel the tiny movements inside of me,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">and this is not something I could produce myself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This is left me wanting to know about whats on the other side of that veil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">For the overloaded feeling I can only imagine is the veil not being lifted but maybe just bumped into.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Like the baby inside, bumping into your tummy, just to let you know, he is there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Or she.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">To be more involved with the needs of someone other than me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">To have a duality to protecting and caring for my temple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I have felt Heavenly Father's love more- through this little piece of Jack and I growing inside of me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Overloaded and In Love.</span></div>
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I've gained 12.3 lbs.</div>
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I passed my glucola test after the second time..</div>
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here was the first experience:</div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">You decide to walk to your appt. You began a slight job- You only have a half a block to go- you feel great 26 weeks pregnant- then you get a whiff of the McDonalds across the street and barf up all 10 ounces.</span><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">No big deal- You've thrown up 346 times in the last 26 weeks.... Except you get to the doctors and they look at you weird when</span><span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;"> </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">you tell them you jogged over to take your test and you threw up-</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">Expect this passage to be in the book I write called: WHAT NEVER EVER TO EXPECT WHEN YOURE PREGNANT. ha.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">No complaints. I'm tired and happy. </span></div>
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Jenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-44195581019275390942015-02-05T11:33:00.003-08:002015-02-05T11:33:58.708-08:00A mothers womb<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-64456763343001199222015-01-30T05:55:00.002-08:002015-01-30T05:55:33.819-08:00Pregnancy Cravings<div style="text-align: center;">
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They are real.</div>
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I had one yesterday when my husband asked me what I wanted for lunch.</div>
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I thought Walnut Shrimp.</div>
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This morning I wanted Orange Juice so we drove a couple blocks to grab some.</div>
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These pregnancy cravings were better when they were a grapefruit and salad.</div>
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I don't know who I am anymore.</div>
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I haven't really written about this before.</div>
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I've told my husband about it, and I can't really </div>
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First of all, when you are pregnant, your emotions are heighten. So often- </div>
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with all these transitions, I'm wondering if things would be as amazing, as hard, </div>
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as beautiful and as frightening. Alas, all I can do is accept what comes and </div>
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learn to love it.</div>
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When I moved across the country, I went with my love.</div>
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Weeks before I met him and for much of my adult single life,</div>
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my family had been fasting and praying for me to </div>
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find someone I felt eternally compatible with.</div>
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I had no fear to cleave unto him. So we made the 1,500 mile trek.</div>
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When you move across the country, you leave behind part of your life.</div>
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And for me, there really wasn't anywhere for me to cope in a manner that</div>
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felt right, so I cried, mostly at night or in the shower where </div>
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the ugly cry could emerged from its ugly place.</div>
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There was a yearning I experienced that </div>
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was different than losing someone to death.</div>
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This yearning was more bearable, yet- painful.</div>
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I missed one particular little girl so much, that I cried.</div>
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I would dream about her weekly, and in each dream,</div>
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she would demonstrate her independence.</div>
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She was doing things in the dream that she never did around me </div>
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in real life, and it taught me how to cope with progression and </div>
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In my dreams, she didn't need me like I thought she used to.</div>
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This is Liz, one of my nieces.</div>
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When Liz was about a 7-8 months old, she always came to me. crawling or reached for me</div>
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She in a lot of ways- added purpose to my life as a sister, an aunt and </div>
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She will be 3 this April.</div>
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So when you move across the country, you cannot fill this void immediately.</div>
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She could barely talk when I left and so communicating over the phone </div>
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"Yenny, When are you coming to my house?"</div>
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I dreamt about her weekly and woke up in tears because I missed her so badly.</div>
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I missed all my nieces, but this one had a special place in my heart, for the way she loved me back.</div>
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I know that Heavenly Father was aware of this hurt. He knows what it is like to have </div>
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My heart of hearts had it all figured out.</div>
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He DID NOT</div>
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The perks of living far away means you get awesome FB messages from your dad:</div>
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Jenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-39739144282297081322015-01-28T11:34:00.000-08:002015-01-29T12:00:53.612-08:00Letters to my Baby | I<div style="text-align: center;">
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but I know you are there.</div>
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I took you and Jackson swimming last night.</div>
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I think you are going to really like your older brother.</div>
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He has suggested we name you Super Diper- But that is only </div>
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Don't worry- that is a normal name referral from anyone </div>
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about that age. And as thoughtful as it may be, </div>
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we will not be naming you Super Diper- </div>
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But you may hear it more in the next couple months.</div>
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I have craved grapefruit and citrus throughout this entire pregnancy.</div>
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And it's amazing. </div>
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When he was little, everyone asked his mother </div>
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if he was her Mexican Baby. </div>
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He has olive skin and darker hair.</div>
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This was much different from the other 5 children she raised.</div>
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They had lighter skin, lighter hair and eyes.</div>
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This is a photo of your daddy 4 weeks old and 2 days:</div>
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Because he was Jack the third, he was nicked named:</div>
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My favorite photo of your dad is this one, he was two here:</div>
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I want you to know that if you don't look Mexican, it will be okay.</div>
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If you look like a Hansen, I think we will survive.</div>
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I just wanted to write you and let you know, </div>
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your daddy will keep practicing his voice over talent</div>
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Jenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-38882120853160014562015-01-23T05:39:00.000-08:002015-01-23T05:39:03.388-08:0024 Weeks<div style="text-align: center;">
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I don't feel like I've had my body tell me it's hungry until now.</div>
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I've gained 2 pounds so far- but lost 10 in the first trimesters.</div>
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8 more pounds and I'll be back to the weight I was before pregnancy.</div>
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I crave salads all the time, I eat three to four different types of citrus daily.</div>
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My day is not complete without a grapefruit and biotin pills.</div>
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I'm not drinking as much water as I would like, but I'm eating well.</div>
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I was able to get on the Erg last week and do some rowing- I am out of shape in that department,</div>
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I also lifted some weights while my husband did free weighs, he is a beast- in a good way.</div>
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I'd like to get back to the gym, I just need to schedule it in.</div>
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We have the crib put together, except for the bottom drawer, we need a part for that.</div>
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I started feeling my body move- he feels so tiny- but I'm expecting to deliver a large</div>
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bundle of joy. So I'm preparing for that mentally.</div>
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Jenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-21670575933202200272015-01-09T07:02:00.003-08:002015-01-09T07:02:44.242-08:002015<div style="text-align: center;">
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Negative 5 degree, with little to no snow. Jack flew to Utah this week to put up our </div>
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I'm 22 weeks along and finally feel great.</div>
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Jenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-34189178451461256492014-12-11T07:27:00.001-08:002014-12-11T07:29:17.687-08:00The blessing of Morning Sickness<div style="text-align: center;">
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Lots of new firsts for me,</div>
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With Jack and Heavenly Father.</div>
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Jenny Hansen Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616905624552805241noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297027131874329693.post-56690678545045249962014-09-20T06:58:00.000-07:002014-09-20T06:58:03.121-07:00Once upon a time <div style="text-align: center;">
Once upon a time we decided to finish our attic before we left for Kentucky, days as we got married.</div>
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Do a remodel together.</div>
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Madly, yes.</div>
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We accomplished our goals, two weeks late, but it turned out great.</div>
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We arrived in Lexington, KY last Friday.</div>
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I've been battling a nasty cold for the past couple weeks</div>
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so I've let it derail my whole to do list pertaining to unpacking.</div>
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I have 3-4 boxes left to unpack.</div>
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I have a billion thank you letters to write and send from our wedding.</div>
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