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2025 brackets: Our picks

2025 brackets: Our picks

It’s bracket time! Avery has enjoyed displaying the championship trophy in her room for the past 12 months, so she is reluctant to lose bragging rights in the family. Maybe she will be a back-to-back winner! Chris and Damon were

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A different kind of bracket challenge

A different kind of bracket challenge

Gone are the days of ABC’s TGIF TV shows, so sometimes it’s difficult for us to find wholesome and entertaining shows that we can watch together as a family. We usually turn to cooking competition shows on Food Network. One

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20 questions with Avery :: 16 years old

20 questions with Avery :: 16 years old

My first baby turns 16 on Friday. Yes, I’m in denial that my firstborn is quickly growing wings to fly from our nest. And then Chris pointed out that we have only two more years of these 20 questions. Cue

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10-year doctor’s appointment

10-year doctor’s appointment

Yesterday Damon had his annual well-child checkup with Dr. Roscoe. Here are Damon’s current stats: Weight – 62.6 pounds, an increase of 6.4 pounds since last year (20th percentile)Height – 51 inches, an increase of 1.5 inches since last year

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20 questions with Damon :: 10 years old

20 questions with Damon :: 10 years old

Tomorrow Damon turns double digits. My baby will be 10 years old! Where has the time gone? Per tradition, here are his annual 20 questions. Not much has changed from last year! Check out his previous responses. 1. What is

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15-year doctor’s appointment

15-year doctor’s appointment

A mere 100-plus days after her birthday, Avery attended her 15-year doctor’s appointment. While she’s gained some weight in early puberty, we’re still waiting for her to gain inches. But Dr. Roscoe pointed out that she’s now 5 feet tall

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2024 brackets: Trophy presentation

2024 brackets: Trophy presentation

Avery is thrilled that her name now appears on the family trophy. She is proudly displaying this in her bedroom for the next year!

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2024 brackets: Championship update

2024 brackets: Championship update

For the first time since 2007, UConn became a back-to-back national champion by defeating Purdue. And for the first time ever, in her 14th year of making a bracket, Avery is our family champion! She is excited to have bragging

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2024 brackets: Final Four update

2024 brackets: Final Four update

Did anyone else expect the Final Four games to be more exciting than they were? Purdue beat NC State by 13 points while UConn bested Alabama by 14 points. I was expecting two beat-down kind of games! Now it’s Avery

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2024 brackets: Elite Eight update

2024 brackets: Elite Eight update

Since the whole famn damily was together for Easter yesterday, all nine of us watched Purdue win its Elite Eight game. While we’re happy to see an Indiana team and a Big Ten team reach the Final Four, we didn’t

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