Yeah.
I may have ruined any chance they had of getting into an Ivy League school. EVER.
Vot-tech, here we come.

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Ok.
Ya’ll?
LOVE YOU!
Mom is doing much better…her meds appear to be working (although the doctor’s refuse to do more tests, calling them “unneccessary” and expect her to just “know” that the clots are passing because she’ll “feel better”…MEH! I want tests!)…she is actually FEELING BETTER…and my sister drove down with three of her four daughters and [...]

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Once upon a time…
There was a sweet little girl who liked to read.

And because she likes to get in character, she started wearing this bonnet everywhere.

And she was very cute.

When her mean mama said she couldn’t wear it to school, she wore this headband instead. Adorable, no?

Only she was covering up THIS.

Curse you, scissors.
Does anyone [...]

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Peyton’s last day of chemo picture (taken with my awesomely new and fabulous camera!)
Peyton’s announcement:
“I showed all my friends my port at school today and Hayden didn’t believe it was a port.  He says it was my boob and it’s not a boob, it’s my PORT. So I showed him that it wasn’t my boob [...]

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The temperature was a FRIGID 73 degrees.
The fighting began the moment we got in the van.
Rachael wraps up in a blanket sitting in the back of the van.
Peyton counters by grasping the edge of the blanket and whipping it away from her.
Peyton snaps: It’s MINE!
Rachael whines : Mommmm, Peyton just grabbed that blanket that belongs [...]

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