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That Moment of Hesitation of Stopping to ask if Someone Needs Help

brandyellen — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:03:53 +0000

I remember growing up, one time my Dad had picked up a hitch hiker. I have the worst memory ever, but for some reason this memory surfaces every so often when I see someone hitch hiking. The man my Dad picked up had this blue thing in the back of his pocket that looked, to me, as a handle to a knife. I recall being slightly scared but I also knew that my Dad had everything under control, should something bad happen. As a child I always remember my Dad being that person who everyone seemed to like, but piss him off or mess with him then all heck is breaking loose. I felt safe. No harm was done, the hitch hiker made it wherever and we made it home …

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Having Family Fun in the Woods is Great Exercise

brandyellen — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 11:03:00 +0000

One fine day I was having a bad case of the grumpies. My children, who love trying to make Mama forget her grumpies, because that is what I do for them, decided that going down to the river to skip rocks and see what we see would be a grand idea. Little did I know that when we arrived the kids would run out of the car, before I could even open my car door, and end up finding a trail to walk down. I suppose it was my daughters doing, getting her brothers to follow her towards the woods as a way for her to try to find the GeoMate capsule we found a year prior when they noticed the trail along the river bend. The kids and I …

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The Easiest Ways to Incorporate a Walk Into your Daily Routine

brandyellen — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:07:07 +0000

Fitness is very important to me, not only as an individual, but as a Mom. You see, I firmly believe in teaching through example and if I am not being active on my own then neither will my children think to be active on their own. That is why I spend quick moments making sure that I walk a bit more each day, these short walks really help to keep my weight going down, muscle tone building and of course walks are a great way to have a fun time with my children. Pictured above you will see my three children and me atop Mt. Kearsarge at the parking lot, ready to hike to the summit. Of course, this picture was taken during a hike up Mt. Kearsarge, but there …

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Taking a Hike up Mt Kearsarge at Rollins State Park in Warner, NH

brandyellen — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:03:37 +0000

The family had a last minute idea to take a hike, the wind was blowing keeping the hot temperatures from totally killing us and so we thought it was ideal weather for a hike. The question was, where would we go? We didn’t want to go to Mt Ascutney in Vermont for we hiked that when Aj was a baby, we thought about the tall trees in Bradford, NH but again we’ve seen them 100 times already. Since we wanted somewhere different that wasn’t too expensive, we decided upon Mt Kearsarge. I have never gone to this mountain and there’s a state park in Warner, NH called Rollins State Park that is relatively low cost plus we get to support NH state parks by going this route up the mountain. …

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Short Visit Makes For Not Enough Time

brandyellen — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:41:31 +0000

As most of you know, @MommaDJane visited my home this past weekend. @MommaDJane stayed in my home for three nights after we picked her up from the Manchester, NH airport. Most may not know she hates to fly but she flew on two planes to come meet my family and me for the first time! {Thank you BTW for braving that trip alone Dwan} Friday we sort of spent recouping from her trip from Texas to New Hampshire and Saturday we woke up ready to go visit my family farm. I was able to get @MommaDJane to sit on an old Oliver tractor found in my families back yard {our farm yard} and we took pictures. She was ready to go haying … or whatever it is this machine does …

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