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So... Kiara has been asking for a while to cut her hair.I haven't wanted to because I love her beautiful long hair and truthfully she does too. She just really hates having it brushed. Her hair was about an inch below her bottom. I was only going to trim it to just above her bottom, about 5 inches, and I was coerced into cutting more. So we decided if we were going to cut it we would at least

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It has been a while since I last posted and I have had so many things I have wanted to blog but I just can't seem to make the time. So here is my attempt to start blogging again. About a week and a half ago Denisa taught the Relief Society how to make Carmel apples. Then yesterday we had her come to Young Women's and do it again. We had a wonderful time with the girls. Well... I decided that for

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The day after school got out for the summer, the kindergarten teachers put on a Kinder Camp for the incoming kindergartners for the next school year. They all went to school for a couple of hours and played games.They sang songs and played outside. It is a great time for them to meet their fellow classmates. At the end they went on a bus ride to Dutch Treat and got an ice cream. Donovan had a

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A couple of years ago Christine, Miss Harrington to the kids, organized a Relay for Life team in honor of Savannah. It is called Princess Savannah's Court.This years theme was a Luau. We had the idea to make candy lei's to sell at our tent. Between the Jones' boys, Nicki and her kids and Kiara, Donovan and I, we made over 100 lei's. Dustin made a great salesman! He even sent some of the other

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My brother, Sean, moved to Arizona just after Christmas this past year. All of his stuff has been in a storage unit and he asked my mom to go through it all, sell stuff that he didn't need and store the rest of it. I spoke to him on the phone the other day and we were talking about it, he told me if I wanted anything to just take it. I said "Even the Carl Yastrzemski signed baseball?" He said yes

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Donovan came running out of the bathroom the other day and said "Mama, I have polka dots!" I said "What?" Then he proceeded to point to his nose and said again, "I have polka dots!"I have been wanting to blog it for quite some time now but I have been so busy with work that I rarely have time to do what I want to. I love my work, so it's ok, but it is nice to do something I want for a few

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Well this has not been the best weekend for us! And not a lot of it had to do with Memorial day. I should have known with the way we started it out!Friday evening I needed to get some work done, just ordering dance pictures for the school I photographed last week. I wasn't motivated staying at home so I decided to pack up my stuff and the kids and go to Marie's house to hang out. This way I could

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Tonight was dress rehersal for Kiara's dance recital. I knew going would be hard but I did not expect it to be as hard as it was. I decided to take Lady with me and I am glad I did. I walked in and immediately 3 people came up to me asking me how I was. Now don't get me wrong I like that people are concerned and aware that all of these firsts are very hard for me, but that is just it, they are

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Last Wednesday marked 8 months since Savannah left us. It was a really hard day for me. We have frequently driven to the cemetery and just look way out across the snow to where we could see her pink christmas tree and her kissing ball. The kids always yell from the car "I love you, Sissy" and blow her kisses.We decided this time to venture into the cemetery. The snow is all gone in our yard so we

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Someone very generously gave me 5 tickets to see New Kids on the Block at the Cumberland County Civic Center. I had heard they were back together and that they were touring but concert tickets were not a part of my budget. I called my sisters, Megan and Anganette, I also called Nicki and Beth to see if they wanted to join me in going. I didn't even ask Marie, I knew she didn't like them and I

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My sister was searching some blogs the other day and came across these additional verses to I am a Child of God. They were written for parents who's children pass away. For those of you who attended Savannah's funeral you may remember that we sang I am a Child of God at Savannah's request. To find the music and hear the tune go here.I am a child of God and He has called me home.My earthly

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I have been very busy working lately. My new website is up and mostly running!I am very excited about it and the promotions I will be running. You can check out the website for a sample of my work or go to my Photography Blog to check out the latest promotions I am running. I am gearing up for Senior Portrait Season as well as Dance recital season. I am looking forward to a very busy summer!

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I was awoken this morning by a very happy 4 year old at 5 am. OK, first of all my kids don't crawl out of bed until at least 7 and they are not usually very excited. Donovan tapped my chin and said "Mommy, Sissy is pink in the sky. It's a Savannah Sunset!!" When I mumble that was great and tired to go back to sleep he proceeded to pull me out of bed to show me the "Sissy Sunset."He tried taking

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Well, I am now back from the MPPA convention and it was awesome!!!! I went with the title "Love Clings to Life." I received an above average score (76) with the Red ribbon and the Purple ribbon is for a "Judges Choice Award." Each of the 6 judges is allowed to pick one print out of the whole competition (210 prints were entered) that is their favorite. The judge that chose my print is an

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OK, in no particular order these are the top 15. Please leave me a comment and vote for your favorite one, (if you are not signed up on blogger you may use the anonymous comment function, please just sign your name, I'd really love to know who you are.) And don't forget, your vote needs to be in by Friday!!!! Friendship: Above and BeyondOn This Blessed Day, For You I PrayWhen Angels Touch(Wedding

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I am entering this print into a competition next week and would love help on finding a really great title. This is exactly how it will look printed (except, of course, the copyright across the middle). I want it to speak about Savannah, her strength, her spirit, her relationship with Beka. Any of these things would be fine, I want it to be a title that grabs the judges attention. To give a little

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Jan 2nd we spent the day with my sister and her family. We decided to take the kids bowling. They had a GREAT time. Kiara asked if we could go with Auntie Moo Moo and her family again. Out of the 9 of us who played (Trew is still too little), Donovan got the highest score (68), Kiara was next (67) and Daddy was LAST (44). Needless to say we were all pretty excited. (Daddy is the competitive one

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We had Christmas Eve with my Mom and Dad and all my siblings. We don't usually exchange gifts with all of the cousins but this year we gave everyone a gift from Savannah. Monday Marie and Betsey helped me go through all of Savannah's things. We laughed, we cried and we packed a lot of it up for gifts, just a small remembrance of Savannah for everyone. I, of course, kept most of it for my

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This year we have been able to get ready for Christmas before Christmas eve. The last 2 years we were in the hospital until the day before, so putting up a tree and decorating it has been a last minute thing. Pulling all of the ornaments out of the attic was a task. Kiara and Donovan argued just a little but it was only over who was going to put Savannah's ornaments on the tree, in the end they

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I received an email from a friend a couple of weeks ago, someone she had met online had painted a portrait of Savannah. She lives in Texas and Karen is her name. She was able to get the painting to Freeport and we went to pick it up.It is quite large, 30x40!Karen had heard about Savannah from Lorri and she often paints portraits for families that lose children.I love how well she captured her,

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It is so hard to believe it has been 4 months today since our sweet Savannah went to heaven. We miss her so much. Donovan prayed the night before Thanksgiving that Savannah would come home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We will try to make the holidays special for Donovan and Kiara, but it just won't be the same without her here. Her stocking will get hung with the rest of the family's. Her

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This past weekend was our scrapbooking get-away. We had a great time! Megan, Nicki, Marie, Joy and I went to a cabin, pulled out ALL of our scrapbooking stuff and scrapbooked all weekend long.I completed 30 pages, I scrapbooked all the way up to Savannah's last week with us. A lot of it was very emotional. I scrapbooked some family outings and all of the events of Beka and Danny's wedding.This is

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and yes that is the correct order.We found out a couple of weeks ago that my dad has a tumor in his left kidney (Savannah's was in her right). This is why I have been a little MIA in the blogging world. Everything I have wanted to blog has been down right depressing and really who wants to read all of that.He had some additional tests and found out that there is also a little spot on his right

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Well, we have been crazy a wreck MIA busy lately. I have been up to my eyeballs with work but so emotional I haven't been able to focus on it. Brian's company has been offering overtime lately(something they never do) and has been putting in 65+ hours a week. He had almost 2 months off from work after Savannah died, now we are trying to catch up.He was supposed to go in tonight but Kiara, Donovan

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When we went to Florida last November every time we saw a crocodile or an alligator this is what Donovan would say... If you didn't catch that he said "croco-lator."

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My girls are very easy going. They love to play and it is very girly. They love girly movies, girly makeup, girly dress up and anything else girly you could think of.Donovan on the other hand is ALL BOY! He loves all things boy; trucks, cars, and much to my chagrin guns and bow & arrows.Papa Jon loves to hunt and was getting ready for his caribou hunting trip in Canada. He asked if we would let

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With scrapbooking comes lots of sorting pictures. When I was photographing in film I would scrapbook almost every picture I took. With digital photography I take so many more pictures (the cost of film and developing is irrelevant now). I no longer scrapbook every picture so sorting through them is a task. I have to decide which ones NOT to put in my albums. Now if you scrapbook like I do

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There are all kinds of therapy. My favorite kind is scrapbooking. I have immersed myself in my pictures since Savannah's passing. I have scrapbooked approximately 80 pages since her funeral. With all of the pictures I take my family album for the year has been divided in half (Jan.-June and July-Dec.) I have completed the first book of the year and am well into the second.Marie, Nicki, Christine

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Today has been a rather hard day. Two months ago today our sweet angel returned to heaven.I miss her love.I miss her laughter.I miss her smile.I miss her grumpy face.I miss her hugs.I miss her kisses.I miss her voice.I miss her snuggles.I miss her smell.I miss her pinkie promises.I miss being in the hospital with her.I miss changing her dressing.I miss flushing her tubes.I miss her bald head.I

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Yesterday we learned that the Jason Program (http://www.jasonprogram.org/) is closing it's doors. The Jason Program is the only one of it's kind. They help families with critically ill children live as normally as possible. They have lost their funding and were unable to find a new sponsor to help with their operations cost.They have a wonderful nurse, Greg, and social worker, Shelly, and doctor,

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Every September Papa Jon and Nanny rent a cottage on Popham Beach. We all go for a day and spend it with the rest of the extended family. We eat, walk the beach, eat, play games, play in the water, walk the beach, oh yeah, and eat!Every year we always do a family picture on the beach. (Another one of Savannah's requests is that Lady, her bear, take her place in all family pictures.) At first I

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On September 1st, one month after Savannah died, we took Kiara and Donovan to the cemetery to plant flowers for her. One of the many requests Savannah made before she died.We planted 6 pink tulips, 6 pink hyacinths, and 2 pink lilies. Kiara and Donovan loved digging in the dirt and planting something pretty for Savannah. She loved pretty pink things. They were very proud of the work they had done

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Ok, since people have been hounding asking me to start a blog, here goes. I have put it off because I have always had Savannah's carepage (www.carepages.com, site name PrincessSavannah) to keep people updated with how the Hurley's are doing. Since Savannah's passing I have not posted there much. We will be closing it soon, since we are having it published into a book, and we want it to represent

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