The Dodge Family Blog

The nights of tossing and turning, the achy mornings, the middle of the night let-the-dog-up-onto-the-bed -so-he-stops-barking interruptions are all behind me. Johanna and I finally went out and bought the new mattress we needed to get. Was it expensive? Was it King or Queen? Well…read on to find out!

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Saturday was my mom’s birthday, I still don’t know how old she is, when I asked my dad said, “I think she is somewhere in her thirty’s”. I let it drop, I took it as a subtle hint. Mike and I drove up to Logan to give her present to her. We were just chilling waiting for the rest of the gang to show up and my mom asks, “so are you pregnant yet?” I said “NO” something is wrong with Mike, we know I work it is all his fault. They all laughed and said I had a lot of tact. When My siblings showed up I asked my dad if he had any chocolate milk, he always has it so when he said he didn’t I was surprised. He said I’ll just run out and get some. later that day when I was happily drinking my chocolate milk my sister in law Rebecca and my dad were talking and he mentioned that I had a craving for chocolate milk and that he HAD to go get me some. Rebecca turned to me with a surprised look on her face and I had to defend myself once again. I am not pregnant where are you getting this. Finally it was time to open presents. We gave my mom a little bag that wasn’t very heavy, she grabbed it first to open. She rummaged through the paper having a hard time finding the gift. Finally she found it. Her eyes went wide and she started waving a little stick in the air. Yes, I lied we are pregnant. And it took all I had to come up with excuses as to why I was NOT pregnant that day! I hope you enjoyed this blog. We sure did!

Family is all about tradition, and there is one that I have had for a while which Johanna is happy to let me continue. No, I’m not talking about going to Arctic Circle for brown-toppers in silly hats, she’s not ‘happy’ to let me have that one, per se. No, I’m talking about my semiannual Conference Weekend Barbecue.

But this year, we have decided to put a little bit of a different spin on things. I don’t have a grill of my own that is worth of calling a grill (the Burgoyne’s are probably gonna need oxygen after hearing that one), so we have decided this year on Dutch Oven!

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We’ve been married a week! We got back from the honeymoon, hugged the kids to death when we got back, and got the honeymoon pictures developed…blasted fun-saver cameras take crappy pictures at night.

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I am sure that the last thing I thought I would be doing from my honeymoon was writing a blog entry. But believe it or not, Johanna made the suggestion that we could update you on the fun stuff that is going on…within reason, that is.

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