tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7248250545614977062024-03-12T21:47:07.772-07:00Life's A DanceLife's a dance, you learn as you go...Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-84235253001638075802013-08-07T14:21:00.001-07:002013-08-07T14:22:11.963-07:00The end of what I have know for the past 8 yearsMoments like this are what I will miss...it's not everyday that Captain America or Bumble Bee emerge in the mornings from the bedrooms!<br />
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Today is my last official day of being a stay-at-home mom and the end of what I have know for the past 8 years. Tomorrow I will report at 7:45am for new teacher orientation meetings. Even though I have spent many hours at my school trying to prepare for the new school year, I have yet to let the reality of what is about to hit tomorrow morning when my alarm goes off at 5:30am become a reality. I have spent the past few weeks trying to figure out how in the world I am going to balance both a career and motherhood. Will I be be able to be good at either one with so much on my plate? And those thoughts usually end in tears so I have just avoided them all together. I'm truly looking forward to teaching and coaching again but can't let go of the guilt that is surrounding me of not being at home and on call for my family 24/7. More importantly, I don't want to see my kids struggle or miss out on anything simply because Wes and I are too busy with our own doings to notice. I feel truly blessed to have been able to make the last 8 years at home work. Financially, at times it has been tough (really tough), but I wouldn't change anything about my time at home with my kids. I know in time, the new schedule will begin to feel "normal" and we will all adjust appropriately...
On a more positive note,the kids have enjoyed the last remaining weeks of summer and are looking forward to the start of school and meeting their teachers tomorrow night at orientation.
The kids all received little "Back to School" cards from Aunt Charlene in the mail...so cute! Levi thinks going to Kindergarten is big time!<br />
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SonWest Round-Up VBS Week
A fun filled week of Bible stories, crafts, snacks, singing and dancing! We were the first group to utilize our brand new building at church, so that was very exciting for all those involved. The kids put on a great performance complete in their cowboy/cowgirl get-up to close out the week!<br />
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Addy had her very first dance performance at Starlite Theater in Branson this past weekend as an ending to her summer dance classes. Her ballet group was the pre-show for the Branson show, Cirque Montage. She used her birthday money and paid for her dance class summer session. The classes consisted of ballet, tap and lyrical jazz. She loved every minute! For the performance she had to wear her hair in a bun and full make-up. The stage ready make-up was really out of my element, but I think I followed the print-off instructions I received well and she was just BEAUTIFUL! Beautiful, yes, but she sure didn't look seven!
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Addy had the opportunity to leave the audience seats and be on stage during the Cirque show for an act and because of her stage presence and outgoing "Gangnam Style" reinactment we were approached by a director of a Christmas play in Branson wanting her to come audition for a part in the production. I have since been emailed the script to look over and the part she was interested in Addy playing is a main character, if not the main character! Did she somehow not hear me when I mentioned that Addy doesn't really have any acting or stage experience?? :) Regardless of the outcome, we think we will let her audition as it will be a good experience for her.
On Monday, we were out running some errands with my never ending list of things-to-do in tote, but decided to completely ignore that list and instead spent an entire afternoon at Incredible Pizza. Yes, we are living on the edge! Ha! Levi and Reid have never been and the girls only a time or two so it was a treat for them all. Levi is already planning that his 6th birthday party will be celebrated there!<br />
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Addy had a big night at gymnastics! She climbed the rope all the way to the top! It took some coaxing from several watching as she wanted to quite about 3 feet away from the top, but she made it!<br />
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One of the last days of summer vacation was spent with one of Jaidyn's friends from school. They are both in the same class again this year. I do have several cute letters that he wrote her last year in class that I have saved and I think I will add this picture to my stash. You never know when they will come in handy! :)
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-418530424226457142013-07-24T14:06:00.001-07:002013-07-24T14:06:19.090-07:00Hot July Sun!It's been several years since I have had some fun in the sand! Wes and I couldn't have asked for a better "kid free" day...good friends, volleyball, food and beverages perfect for beating the heat! We, Team "Scared Hitless" was 3-2 on the day and in my opinion not too bad for our old selves!<br />
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The kids enjoyed a full day of Grandma all to themselves. :)<br />
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Nana kept our kids for a couple of days and it gave Wes and I a chance to go out and celebrate our 11th wedding anniversary. It was in June, but we'll still take the chance to celebrate a month later! I did my best to experience sushi at Wes's request and ordered a vegi-roll crammed full of cream cheese. It was "good" but honestly would be nothing that I crave! Just thinking about adding raw fish inside the rolls is just YUCKY!<br />
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Nana had a FULL agenda planned for the kids...picking blueberries, Pool, Storytime @ library with local weather anchor, and a Burger King play gym all to themselves!<br />
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Another weekend at the lake! So nice getting to spend time with both of my siblings and parents. I love these days of summer!<br />
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-33635088041588402692013-07-10T12:55:00.000-07:002013-07-10T12:55:11.959-07:00Summer Happenings!June is in the past and I forsee July being the same way...and in August I will be busy with my own back-to-school! Yes, I am going to be teaching junior high Physical Education and coaching jr. high Volleyball in the Fall. I'm still not sure how we will juggle it all and am sad that I won't get to spend long days at home with Reid (he will probably be glad as he is a Daddy's boy) but am looking forward to the change.<br />
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We are having so much fun with the kids and they continue to do some great things making us very proud of them.<br />
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Jaidyn attended a 3-day volleyball camp put on by the high school coaches and players. She came home with the "3rd Grade Camper of the Week" award and a baggie full of goodies.<br />
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Addy is continuing to enjoy her new dance class and comes away from each class telling me how awesome it is (or rather how awesome she is). Ha!<br />
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Levi enjoyed a "Wild West" summer camp at Wilson-Rutledge Farms with several of his buddies. And while it was a lot of driving for the week, the rest of the kids and I enjoyed hanging out with several other moms for some great playtime fun in the morning hours. Levi enjoyed riding one of the farm horses, but told me that they walked really SLLLOOOOW. He was a little disappointed that they didn't gallop with him on like he was anticipating.<br />
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And Reid continues to push his siblings buttons most of the day whether it be destroying a newly built train track or whacking them in the back of the head with his plastic golf club. The golf club spends most of its day up on top of the refrigerator and out of his reach. However, we all can't stay mad at him for long...he's just too dang cute!<br />
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A couple of weeks ago we had very high straight line winds blow through while taking with it our two lone trees. Now the kids will no longer have a tree with branches low enough to swing from, a tree to sneak peeks at spring time baby birds and Ray has lost his front yard shade and will now probably resort to digging down deep in to the dirt of our front flower beds.<br />
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Addy and Levi had received movie theater gift cards from friends for the birthdays back in May and they used them to go and watch the long anticipated Monsters University.<br />
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We finally found a decent morning at the lake to get Jaidyn out on the water to test out her new skis. She made it up a couple of times for a few seconds but after many more attempts she decided to just ride out her time on the knee board. However, she is determined to figure it out before the summer's end.
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The 4th of July and the days surrounding it were low key and we stayed close to home, but nevertheless we enjoyed it to the fullest! Getting a new dishwasher (after washing a week of dishes by hand) was also part of that enjoyment!
Taking in a Springfield Cardinals Game
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Enjoying hot days at the neighborhood pool<br />
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BBQ with Friends<br />
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You'd think it was Halloween the way the kids were dressed!<br />
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The kids had a blast setting off our big combined driveway firework purchases of $40 total and being up on a high hill in a neighborhood allowed us to see big fireworks miles away in several directions.<br />
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Super quiet around my house today! I wonder if Papa & Nana can say the same? They were already out bright and early this morning picking blueberries and if the weather cooperated were headed to the pool this afternoon. They (Papa & Nana) should sleep well tonight!Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-12216786608368455052013-06-26T13:58:00.006-07:002013-06-26T13:58:50.516-07:00Jill & Ryan's Wedding Day<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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Going to the Chapel and she's going to Married! The countdown is on! Only 4 more days til my little sister gets married. This past weekend I celebrated one more wedding hoot-rah with Jill and many of her closest girl friends. <br />
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Aimee B's Tea Room, winery hopping, party bus, biker bar and some good ole country line dancing...<br />
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The Bridesmaids<br />
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<br />Because of the wedding festivities I missed my own 11 year anniversary and Father's Day! I'm so proud to have spent the last 11 years married to my best friend and am looking forward to many more years to come! Hopefully July will allow time for us to squeeze in a night out just to ourselves...<br />
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Jaidyn, Addy & Levi's Father's Day Interviews<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-73031470951069490112013-06-10T07:36:00.001-07:002013-06-10T07:36:30.712-07:00What Vacation??We are full swing in to our summer "activities" and it is very much just that as I dare not use the word "vacation".<br />
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Track Camp (Jaidyn & Addy)<br />
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Run Jaidyn, Run!<br />
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Wish I had a picture of Addy in motion as her tiny little legs have some quick turnover and she was entertaining to watch in the sprinting events.<br />
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Gymnastics Camp (Jaidyn & Addy)<br />
The camp was 4 hours each morning and with their regular scheduled classes in the week Jaidyn put in 26 hours and Addy 22. = Worn Out!<br />
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Jaidyn mastered the rope climb this week and has continued to do it several times since.<br />
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Go Addy! She is so close to the top, but gives up (in my opinion) too easily.<br />
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Papa Dave spent a day putting in a walking sidewalk beside our driveway so the kids will no longer have to pile out of the van in to the mud. I almost felt bad that he was working at our house, but he had two wonderful tag-a-long helpers armed with a sand shovel and pail that I am sure made his time go by fast!<br />
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Our Wonderful Dog!<br />
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Rodeo & Bull Ride Event<br />
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When Levi found out we were going to a rodeo he did his best to dress up for the occasion!<br />
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Headed out to join his dad mowing the lawn. He peeled his shirt off shortly after to match his dad!<br />
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An evening spent at DamJam with friends...band was good, food was sold out, lots of people watching to be done. <br />
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I meant to take this picture last month. Levi was sick from St. Joseph the Worker Preschool the day they took pictures of the kids in their graduation caps and medals. He is so excited about starting Kindergarten in the fall! <br />
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The 10 day forecast shows that summer has officially arrived! The days will be in the upper 80's and low 90's and the nights in the mid 60's. I have already promised the kids an afternoon at our subdivision pool and they put on their swimsuits first thing this morning. :)<br />
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Jill is loved by many!<br />
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Sisters!<br />
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The Guest of Honor and Me!<br />
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Thanks Dad for walking through a soaked field to gather the flowers for the vases. :)<br />
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If only they felt this way about each all the time!<br />
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The night is still young! I learned later that I am not! :)<br />
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We went to early mass this morning so that we could beat the heat and enjoy the early afternoon hours with a picnic lunch and trail walk around the lake at Nathaneal Greene park. It is such a beautiful park with many flower beds and gardens lining the paved trail. The kids were easily entertained with the unique climbing equipment placed in several nooks of the trail path. We didn't even make it up to the butterfly house and the upper playground so the kids have already made me promise to take them back soon.<br />
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Addy was invited to attend a swim birthday party in the afternoon of the last day of school. I'm pretty sure that was a great way to not only celebrate a birthday, but also the end of the 1st Grade! When I went to pick her up, all the girls were laying out on the cement sunbathing!<br />
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With the last week of school also came many end of the year awards and assemblies. Both Jaidyn and Addy received the Presidential Physical Fitness Award and were recognized at an assembly. And the day prior they were both recognized as a "Star Student" out of their class at the SOARing Assembly. Jaidyn was recognized for "always giving 100% in all that she does" and Addy was recognized "for always having a smile on her face and for always helping out her classmates when they are having a tough day". They both had a great school year and were blessed to have wonderful teachers!<br />
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And once back home, we had some Beyblade top spinning battles going on in the driveway! Addy was top spinning champ, while I came in a close second! Better luck next time Wes, Jaidyn and Levi! :)<br />
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Levi and his best buddy GONE MAD!<br />
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We are so proud of Jaidyn during her entire journey to make her very first Holy Communion. We pray that Jesus will continue to guide her heart and there forever stay to help her, inspire her and bless her every day! Congratulations Jaidyn!<br />
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-43664769408368464792013-05-07T07:17:00.000-07:002013-05-07T07:17:03.499-07:00School Field TripsI consider myself lucky to be able to have been able to attend each of Jaidyn and Addy's school field trips. You know the end of the school year is fast approaching when the last 30 calendar days are starting to fill up with school field trips, programs and field days. On Wednesday, the 2nd grade spent the day at the Robert Foster Museum on the College of the Ozarks campus and on Thursday, the 1st grade spent the day at the Dickerson Park Zoo. The boys even enjoyed the outings and Levi (skipped) took a day off from preschool to come along. <br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-15117571868983307652013-04-24T05:29:00.002-07:002013-04-24T05:31:23.317-07:00Jared & Carrie's Wedding<a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/jacy1034/media/2013/024-1_zps89872cf0.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 024-1_zps89872cf0.jpg" border="0" src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b39/jacy1034/2013/024-1_zps89872cf0.jpg" /></a> <br />
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It's always so much fun getting to spend time with family, but it is even more fun spending time together while adding (officially) another member to our family. Yesterday, my mom and I were looking back at a small wedding album that she had made of Wes and I's wedding and it had a picture of Jared and Carrie in it. At that time, who knew that nearly 11 years these high school sweethearts would be celebrating a wedding of their own?<br />
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I can't wait to see all their professional wedding pictures, but for now, I thought I'd share all the ones I took from my handy Iphone 4. :) <br />
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-36507432458784294112013-04-24T05:04:00.000-07:002013-04-24T05:04:36.052-07:00Gateway Gymnastics Spring Fling MeetEarly Sunday morning after an exhausting (but fun) weekend of wedding festivities we loaded the van to make our way towards St. Louis (Maryland Heights) for the Gateway Spring Fling. This was the girls very first USAG Competition. We knew going in to the meet that the competition would be much better than anything we had seen and even though the girls are on a rec style gymnastics team only practicing 1.5 hours per a week, they were excited about the experience of the competition. <br />
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Addy had a very good morning receiving first place on her floor routine, 4th on the vault and 5th on the beam. She started out and finished well on her bars routine, but fell midway on a skill she normally gets and this unfortunately took her out of placing on this event. She finished 5th out of 10 overall. <br />
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While Jaidyn's overall scores weren't as good as we had hoped, she completed all of her routines nicely. Artistically, the other gymnasts were much better and they were much more polished in their routines than she was. She did receive a 4th place ribbon for her vault, but didn't place in the top six on any other of the apparatus. Jaidyn being the competitor that she is is hoping that she will have a chance to compete again in the future as she too knows that she wants to top her previous scores and find herself on the medal stand a little more. <br />
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Hadley & Grandma Penny made a long trip to support the girls at their meet.<br />
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Love Jaidyn and Addy's gymnastics fan club! They all made a huge effort to be there after a long weekend of wedding fun!<br />
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Addy's Level 3 Team<br />
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Jaidyn's Level 4 Team<br />
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Completely Exhausted! Good thing her competition was earlier in the day as she didn't make it through watching all of Jaidyn's. <br />
Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-45068803551237242902013-04-12T08:05:00.003-07:002013-04-12T08:05:50.420-07:00Kids Spring SportsSunday - Tball Practice<br />
Monday - Tball Practice<br />
Tuesday - Gymnastics<br />
Wednesday - Soccer Practice<br />
Thursday - Soccer Practice, Gymnastics<br />
Saturday - Soccer Games, Gymnastics Meet<br />
Sunday - Church<br />
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The kids spring sports are in full swing and the above schedule is what a typical evening looks like for our family. Add in trying to get in practice for spelling tests, reading time, dinner and baths for four kids usually makes for a crazy evening. And we need to factor in an occasional spring concert, a friend birthday party or a doctor/dentist/haircut appointment. In my effort to stay organized and keep up, I had to go out and buy a new weekly planner to write down everything in because my old one was a huge mess of scribbled scheduling and I decided I needed to take the time to write a little neater and smaller in attempt to fit it all in to one block of space. And you should see the back of our van as it has become a traveling sport locker. Seriously, if you forget your kids shin guards or tball bat, I am pretty sure I have one stashed. Agh!<br />
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Regardless of the hectic craziness, I LOVE watching the kids compete.<br />
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Before rushing to their afternoon soccer game, both Jaidyn and Addy participated in a local tumbling meet and both received a 1st place trophy for their routine in their age division.<br />
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Jaidyn &; Addy with Grandma Penny! She was their good luck charm! <br />
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The girls with their #1 fan!<br />
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Addy's "Advanced #1" Routine<br />
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Next weekend should be an eye opening (hopefully good) experience as they will be competing with their competitive team on Sunday near St. Louis on all gymnastics apparatus including floor, beam, bars and vault.<br />
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Wes unfortunately had to miss the girls meet as we had to split ways as Levi's first spring soccer game was at the same time. I'm pretty sure Levi has the game of soccer figured out! Granted their isn't a goalie in the age 3-4 age group league, but Levi's team won their game 5-1...Levi scoring 5 goals! I told Wes to text me while I was at the gymnastics meet if he scored or did anything really good and it felt like I had a text coming through every few minutes. :)<br />
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While the girls didn't come out on the winning end it didn't keep them from getting in the middle of it all. Addy took a shot to the face, but it didn't stop her from volunteering to be goalie the next quarter.<br />
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Wes and I had the opportunity for a night out with great friends as their guests to the C.R.A.P (Colon Rectal Awareness Party). It was a very nice event and it was great to see so many doctor's banding together to raise money for the cause.<br />
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I even endured my first spray tan for the event! Yes, a friend encouraged me to suck it up and let go of all modesty for a few minutes and let someone airbrush me with cold (very cold) spray. So please tell me how "golden" I look in these pictures! And while the experience comes in to a close 2nd to a visit to the gynecologist, I have already scheduled another session next week before my brothers wedding. <br />
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Grandma helped Jaidyn create her banner for her 1st Communion coming up in two weeks. She had her work cut out for her with the hot glue gun as Jaidyn didn't go for a "simple" design and wanted to fit or rather cram in as many pieces from the banner kit as she could. It does look really good and I can't believe this date that she has been preparing for all year in her Sunday morning religion class is almost here.<br />
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Levi is so excited about starting Kindergarten next year. I think he is most excited about riding the big yellow bus! Gee, I wonder how long that excitement will last? <br />
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We are looking forward to next weekend and celebrating with both Jared and Carrie their (long awaited) marriage! I'm looking forward to spending time with my most awesome relatives! Good time to have and memories to be made! :)<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-50251998953669952792013-04-02T10:57:00.001-07:002013-04-02T10:57:49.401-07:00State Capital & Winter Snow & Egg DyeingJaidyn's "Owl" art drawing was on display during the month of March at the state capital for National Youth Art Month. Her drawing was one of four chosen out her school to receive this recognition. Papa volunteered (or rather was talked in to) keeping the boys all day so that the rest of us could enjoy a full day at the capital. The exhibit was really neat and it was neat to see the artwork of some REALLY talented kids in the state of Missouri!<br />
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Nana working with Reid on mastering the potty. He's had some successful go-abouts in the last week and is in fact wearing some Mickey Mouse themed underwear around the house (I told him I am out of diapers and he didn't have a choice). I think he just likes reading stories with her and therefor hangs out much longer than necessary.<br />
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Earlier in the week the kids winter wish of snow happened!! The girls had a 2 hour late start to the school day due to the snow and it was the perfect opportunity for building some snow friends and sliding down the hill on the side of our house with their sleds. And they took advantage of the opportunity to get a few snowballs thrown at their dad!<br />
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So I am pretty sure it wasn't the most exciting way to spend a birthday weekend, but Nana came to help one day with my garage sale and we got in a tiny celebration with some chocolate cheesecake and a birthday song serenade from the kids.<br />
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Jaidyn's teacher is going to be spending several weeks of July in Guatemala working with kids of the Shadows of His Wings Orphanage. Jaidyn (and Addy helped some too) worked hard and long at her soda stand during the garage sale so that she could contribute her proceeds from the sales to her teachers trip.<br />
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My camera phone isn't working and Wes had to do all the picture taking from the Easter weekend festivities. Hopefully, I'll have a chance to download them soon and post pictures from Easter. <br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-6625160405088326152013-03-21T09:27:00.000-07:002013-03-21T09:27:49.886-07:00Be Gone Winter!! <a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/user/jacy1034/media/2013/0092_zps0c67a6ff.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img alt=" photo 0092_zps0c67a6ff.jpg" border="0" src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b39/jacy1034/2013/0092_zps0c67a6ff.jpg" /></a><br />
The boys are disappointed that there is no snow to play in, so they are having a tea party to pass the time. haha! <br />
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Has it really been almost a month since I last posted? I think the continual days of cold winter weather have me lagging behind. Yesterday was the first day of spring and temps were in the low 30's with a supposed snow and freezing rain storm coming today. No snow or rain falling yet and I have some disappointed kids, but I am completely fine if we don't receive an ounce of it. I have removed my snow friend from the front porch, removed all winter clothing with the exception of a few long sleeve shirts and jeans from the the kids closets and we have cleaned out our entire garage while also airing up bike tires and sport balls in anticipation of warm weather here to stay. So, Mr. Winter, be gone! I have no use for you!<br />
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Lots of fun so far in March! Earlier in the month we celebrated Papa J.R.'s birthday and all of us adults were able to venture out for a night out of entertainment and dancing!<br />
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Jaidyn's teacher posts pictures of her class almost weekly. I look forward to these every week and seeing all the neat things they are doing in class. <br />
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Studying force and motion by building their own roller coasters. <br />
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Researching and preparing for their planet projects.<br />
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Before spring break the girls had Decade Day and also participated in a Silly Sock Hop dance during the school day. Addy like totally like rocked it out in her 80's attire while Jaidyn peacefully glided through the hallways in her flare leg pants and fringe vest.<br />
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And Reid just wanted in on the picture action...<br />
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Wes worked late the night before and therefor didn't have to be at work quite as early, so I was able to surprise Jaidyn and hang out with her during her sock hop. Wish I could have made it for Addy too, but hers was in the afternoon. <br />
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SPRING BREAK WEEK!!<br />
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Wes had perfect weather for his Gladiator Run that he participated in. The intense hilly 7 mile course consisted of many obstacles including wall and rope climbing, mud crawls and burpees. Wes and a buddy tore up their heat placing first. It was hard to actually compare times since there was no official timer and waves of approximately 100 people started the course every 30 minutes. Regardless, they earned bragging rights for participating as well as a tshirt and finishers medal.<br />
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Check out these stylish Gladiators!<br />
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Never a better way to unwind and relax than hanging with 8 kids in a hot tub!<br />
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To kick off spring break, Jaidyn, Addy, Levi and I ventured out to the theater and watched Oz, The Great and Powerful. Great movie! Here we are just messing around in the lobby before the movie started.<br />
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Jaidyn and Addy celebrated a friends birthday with an overnight slumber party in the church basement. This was Addy's first overnight sleepover and it was the highlight of her spring break (or started out that way anyways) as she was on a count down every day until it arrived.<br />
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Celebrating with the birthday girl!<br />
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Forever friends!<br />
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Addy was the Twister Tournament winner! Go Addy!<br />
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All was well until Addy decided that she needed to get in one more dance twirl in before crawling into her bed for a movie. This move in slippery socks resulted in me getting a 10:30pm phone call suggesting that she needed to go the emergency room. Addy fell on the cement floor splitting open her chin. Of course this would be the night that Wes was out of town for work, so I had to wake the boys and my once peaceful evening to myself was instead replaced with all of us in the ER until 2:00am. Fun time! Poor Addy, but she was a trooper and very brave through it all.<br />
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She did shed some tears after seeing this picture as she was extremely worried about everyone making fun of her for having chin whiskers...<br />
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The girls were festive for St. Patrick's Day with their freshly painted green nails and toenails.<br />
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Enjoying the couple of nice sunny weather days of spring break with a picnic out in the yard and a hike at Buseik.<br />
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As if the hilly 3.1 mile hike the day before wasn't enough we talked the girls in to participating in the local 5K fun run. Wes kept up with Jaidyn on his bike carting the boys behind him and I stayed with Addy. Addy ran her 2nd ever 5K and beat her previous 5 year old time over a year ago by 10 minutes. <br />
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We finished up spring break by attending a Dancing with the Stars project graduation fundraising event with Papa and Nana. I knew when I found out that my BF from the school days was participating that I wouldn't miss it! She would have never stepped foot out on the dance floor with the exception of an occasional slow dance.<br />
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Addy made her a good luck sign to text her a picture of before the event. It is both she and Addy out on the dance floor. Notice the disco ball?? :)<br />
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Before the event started all the kids were allowed out on the dance floor for some Cupid Shuffle and freestyle dancing. Jaidyn was out there adding some of her gymnastic flipping ability to her dance, Addy was as always making the most of it and used the opportunity to twirl, pump her arms, and even spin on the floor, and I was impressed with Levi as he was out on the floor the entire time trying to keep up with his sisters. One of the judges of the event even made it a point to find me after the show and tell me that we needed to get Addy in dance lessons as she is one of the most naturally talented dancers that she has seen. So maybe we need to let her lay low in the sport scene for a couple of months and get her in some dance lessons.<br />
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With probably 1000 people in attendance, the event raised over $18,000!! What a successful fundraiser! I am so proud of Lesley as I know that was a huge step out of her comfort zone. Actually, I should say leap as most of the time her feet were spent off the floor. It's no doubt she had many bruises from the training. <br />
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Found this in Jaidyn's backpack yesterday. I thought it was super sweet of her to nominate her sister for the March word of the month at school. Courage!<br />
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Levi and Reid are giggling over the noises Levi is making with his frog puppet from preschool. <br />
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March came in like a lion with snow, so here's to hoping the ending of the month goes out like a lamb! Although looking at the 10-day forecast doesn't look too promising. :( Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-937363548915937002013-02-27T14:30:00.000-08:002013-02-27T14:30:28.715-08:002013 Goals Update<a href="http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b39/jacy1034/2013/?action=view&current=284360163941976588_tdXHsZ6T_c.jpg" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b39/jacy1034/2013/284360163941976588_tdXHsZ6T_c.jpg" /></a><br />
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It's two months in to the year and so in keeping myself in check with <a href="http://lifesadance-collins.blogspot.com/2013/01/2013-goals.html" target="_blank">my goals for 2013</a> I am giving an update on my progress. Some, I have achieved and many are right on target to be achieved. And of course there are a couple that probably shouldn't even be on my list to begin with as I am quite sure they will remain just words on paper for the entire year.<br />
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<b>Career </b> <br />
Obtain a teaching job in the local school district. <i>Unfortunately, I'm a little down on myself in my attempts to achieve this goal. I did get a call to do a pre-screening phone interview a couple of weeks ago and I wish I could say that I felt good about it, but in all honestly, I was just sick to my stomach after hanging up the phone. Even though I felt like I had prepared for the interview, I don't think that I highlighted any of my strengths. I just don't think I did well with the rapid-fire situational types of questioning. It's not that I hadn't experienced about every one of the situations that were presented in my prior years of teaching/coaching, its just that I am laid back in a sense that I take the time to fully evaluate a situation before immediately reacting and therefore it made the instanct need for a response, especially under the pressure of a recorded interview hard. Maybe by the grace of God or through my fantastic references I have listed I won't automatically be discarded from the possible candidates for any jobs that I am qualified for. Reminding myself to keep my head up...there's still lots of time before the next school year rolls around.</i><br />
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<b>Education</b><br />
Read 20 Books <i>- I am at 6 books for the year and they can be viewed on <a href="http://pinterest.com/jacy1034/books-read-in-2013/" target="_blank">my Pinterest board</a>. So far all of the ones I have chosen have been </i><b> </b><i>in my opinion good reads. </i><br />
Review CPR<i>- Not Yet</i><br />
Attend 3 Local Fitness Clinics/Workshops - <i>(1) The Running Nutrition clinic that I attended in January was informational and a nice review. While some of the information was stuff that I already knew, I did enjoy getting a more in depth approach to running nutrition in regards to different calculators regarding the types of foods/drinks needed to maintain a specific threshold. </i><br />
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<b>Faith</b><br />
Continue to participate in St. Anne's Guild children's activities at church.<b> </b><i>Ongoing and we just had our Bunco round-up event at church.</i><br />
Attend 2 days of Holy Obligation/Saint Masses this year - <i>I know Stations of the Cross isn't a Holy Day of Obligation and even though I had good intentions to go one night, I let friends talk me out of it (and they know who they are :) </i><br />
Read booklets in drawer on Catholic Faith - <i>Nope, not yet.</i><br />
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<b>Health</b><br />
Reach & Maintain pre-Reid weight of 130 - <i>constantly ongoing, but I'm headed in the right direction.</i><br />
Schedule Annual Exam - <i>blah, but I really need to get this done. It's just to easy to put this one off.</i><br />
2 Dental Visits a Year - <i>just went two weeks ago for a check-up and cleaning.</i><br />
Running - <i>got my feet molds done last week and waiting for the orthotics to be done. Seriously hoping this helps my foot issue.</i><br />
Add 30 minutes of Yoga weekly to normal workout activity - <i>I just need to delete this one from the list. It is seriously not happening and I am not putting an effort out to get it done either. </i><br />
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<b>Financial</b><br />
Pay off desk & girls bedroom furniture - <i>DONE!! :)</i><br />
Save $1000 to put in to 2014 or 2015 summer beach family vacation fund - <i>DONE, hopefully we won't have to dip in to it!</i><br />
Reduce grocery & eating out bill by cooking 10 freezer meals a month. <i>Did awesome in January and did come up with 10 freezer meals!! It was so nice to have them to pull out and fix and it did help keep our food spending down by quite a bit. February wasn't as good, not horrible, but still need to get back on track for March. And sadly, I would have thought February would have been great since it a shorter month. </i><br />
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<b>Kids</b><br />
Schedule 1 game/movie night with kids monthly - <i>Done! In January we had a night of Uno card playing and if I remember right all the kids were mad at me because I won most of the games<b>. :) </b>In February it was a Redbox movie night.</i><br />
Run 3 5K's with Jaidyn - <i>Haven't been able to participate in any yet this year, but he local Nixpo is coming up and since it is a non-competitive 5K fun run event, the entire family is participating. Wes is going to pull the boys behind his bike and probably keep up with Jaidyn while I run with Addy. <b> </b></i><br />
Continue gymnastics, soccer league, softball baseball league, volleyball league and summer camps with kids. <i>It's about to get crazy!! Gymnastics is in full swing and outdoor soccer starts next week. <b> </b></i><br />
Design a scrapbook photo book for Reid on Shutterfly. <i><b> </b>I have yet to even think about completing this...a summer project perhaps??</i><br />
Potty Train Reid <i>- I've attempted to lay the ground work...reading potty books, pulling out the big boy undies, and bribing with M&M's, but he is just not interested! We will revisit this in a couple of months.</i><br />
Increase Addy's Reading Level <i>- She's doing fantastic with the extra help that she is receiving at school and she has worked extremely hard here at home also. She is back on track and is so much fun to listen to as she reads! </i><br />
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<b>Social</b><br />
Attend 8 different Missouri Wineries. <b> </b><i>One down, seven to go! I've had to put this goal on hold for 40 days as I gave up alcohol during the days of Lent. I did have a friend tell me that it was nice knowing me until after Lent. Ha! </i><br />
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<b>Giving</b><br />
Fill with the Kids 10 Operation Christmas Child Shoe boxes.<b> </b><i> We continue to collect things throughout the year to fill the boxes in November.</i><br />
Make with the Kids 5 Blessing Bags and distribute to the homeless throughout the year. <i>We've made two and have had the opportunity to give one. This was a big deal for the kids to be apart of. We have another in the van just waiting to be given away when the opportunity arises. The kids now have full radars on for people standing on the side of the overpass. </i><br />
Sponsor a Child through <a href="http://www.compassion.com/Default.htm" target="_blank">Compassion International</a>. <i>We are fairly new to this program and so far it is a great organization to be a part of. We (even Jaidyn gets involved in the writing) have written several letters to our child and have received one letter from her and one from her Pastor involved with the Compassion developmental center our sponsored child attends. I have learned that she lives in one of the poorest provinces of the Philippines and the province is considered as the gateway to child trafficking. I'm so grateful that she has the support of a 2 parent household, but it's my hopes that with our sponsorship she will gain self esteem and gain skills to be able to avoid the hazardous situations that she is probably faced with daily. </i><br />
Continue to Tithe Monthly to Church - <i>Ongoing</i><br />
Pick a monthly charity to give to - <i>Ongoing - many opportunities, and I sometimes wish I had a full pocket to give away freely. </i><br />
Give our children a better earth to live by recycling - <i>hopefully I will have taken some steps next month in getting this goal in to action. It's on my to-do list. I just need to make some phone calls. </i><br />
Complete a volunteer opportunity with the kids. - <i>hopefully this summer we will participate is several things. The girls are begging to be involved with the local animal shelter in some way. </i><i><br /></i><br />
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Overall it was just a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon getting to hang with family. <br />
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Jaidyn wanted to so badly to attend the shower dressed in this Southern Bell outfit! I told her to save it for their wedding day! Ha!<br />
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Reid and his new tball bat and ball glove he got from Aunt Jill, Ryan and Conner for his birthday! It's a great gift as he will be able to carry his gear along to all of his siblings games this summer. <br />
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All bundled up and ready to play in the snow! Levi was sooo excited about seeing the little bit of snowfall covering the ground yesterday morning. I personally was less than thrilled but was able to keep the front door open and watch the boys play from the house. Reid lasted about 10 minutes, but I had to make Levi come in for lunch after an hour. His attempt to build a snowman failed, so I filled water bottles with colored water and he was easily entertained mixing the colors and making snow art.<br />
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Some of Jaidyn's winter art projects<br />
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Levi and his dinosaur hat from preschool.<br />
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Is it Spring yet? Come on already! I'm trying to hurry along the warmer months and thought that by bringing out the Easter decorations early it might help. Unfortunately, not so much as the last few days have been all WINTER! I'm giving my snow friend a few more days on the front porch and then he will be taking a vacation to the shed!<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-15013532379654672532013-02-19T08:28:00.000-08:002013-02-19T08:34:09.591-08:00February HappeningsGood news to report! My grandpa has healed and has had his feeding tube removed just in time to celebrate his 89th birthday today! Happy Birthday Grandpa! Hopefully he feels up to his morning Brandy and his favorite lunch...a McDonald's Cheeseburger and Fries! I can't think of a better gift for him than good health! Thank you God for healing him and blessing him once again with strength!<br />
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On February 10th the St. Anne's Guild at church hosted a Bunco Round-Up event. After spending all day Friday preparing to feed over 100 people and decorating the church basement in western flair, I was ready to pull on some cowgirl boots for a night of fun!<br />
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Reid is sporting a new "high" styled haircut these days! It definitely fits his rambunctious personality!<br />
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Worn out!! Some days are just exhausting! <br />
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Inexpensive entertainment! The boys enjoyed a warm afternoon running through the rain and stomping in the rain puddles. <br />
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Wes and I's Valentines! We love them all sooooo much!<br />
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Getting tattooed up at his preschool party!<br />
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Jaidyn and Addy were super excited about their 50's themed sock hop Valentine's Party at school! They rocked the poodle skirts that Nana made for them!<br />
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Sunday we spent an afternoon with friends and the girls thoroughly enjoyed riding their dirt bike. Jaidyn thinks she has found a new hobby...not! <br />
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Levi spent two nights at his Papa and Lala's house with his cousin. This was Levi's first time away without his sister's so I wasn't sure how he would do, but he ensured us when we picked him up that he wanted to go back to his Papa and Lala's house and that he didn't really miss us (insert my hurt feelings here). Regardless, I sure missed him and it felt weird only having three kids with us all weekend.<br />
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Wes and I enjoying the bottle of wine we won at Bunco.<br />
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Reid snuck up on top of the table to get his fill on strawberries. Yummy!<br />
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The boots are made for walkin! And that's just what I'll do!<br />
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Wheeling around the house on his new scooter that I found at the center indoor garage sale. And I also found enough treasures to fill the kids Easter baskets!<br />
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<br />Bass Pro Trophy Bear!<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-54202170793619854282013-02-06T18:07:00.001-08:002013-02-06T18:08:39.538-08:00Strength & OptimismWith the recent upsetting news about the health of my Grandpa, I haven't felt motivated to post on the blog. For the past several days, I continue to download pictures on my desktop and each day continue to think that I'll wait to post them on the blog when my spirits are higher. And yet, the past couple of days have come and gone and the little pictures continue to stare back at me each time I sit down at the computer screaming at me to do something with them even though I feel its hard to be celebratory. It didn't help that this morning was one of those that would normally seem like a pretty crumby start to the day...Jaidyn waking up at 4:30am crying of an ear ache, an unplanned trip to the doctor's office squeezed in to the little time between a dentist appointment and Levi's preschool, and the van not starting for the 2nd time this morning resulting in moving car seats all over the trailblazer. And quite honestly, I feel horribly selfish to even think about complaining because in reality my morning is GREAT in comparison to the feeding tube that my Grandpa is scheduled to receive probably at this very moment. I'm so saddened about how much this will take away from the normal routine as he knows...morning Brandy, McDonald's lunch, park walks, & afternoon drives. I still have trouble wrapping my mind around the only choice that has been given to him. To me, its almost like he has been given a prison sentence, its horrific to even think about. Aging simply (for lack of better words) SUCKS! However, I am optimistic in hoping that he will heal and be able to have the tube removed. I continue to pray that God will heal him (fast) and pray for the doctors and nurses who are caring for him daily. I pray for my Dad and my Aunt who have had so many tough decisions to make and have had long days watching him suffer through this pain. Grandpa is healthy in so many other aspects and we all need to band together and help keep him in the mindset that he can pull through this tough road that he is about to endure...AND he better fight for his health to improve as Jaidyn is ready to challenge him in another game of shark marbles and he will need to bring his "A" game!!<br />
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Again, finding strength to post the following has been hard this week, but I do thank God for the continued blessings in our life. And just as the side bar in my blog states, we will endure the hard times and continue to dance for JOY!<br />
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Reid tells me that he is my baby boy and Daddy's big boy! He just turned two and I agree that he is every bit of both! He will always be the baby and yet he has graduated out of about everything "baby". Reid has really started talking a lot in the last couple of weeks and at times I have to turn up the radio to drown out his constant questions. I promise I am not being mean as he likes to ask the same question over and over even though I have answered over and over! And his favorite phrase to shout continues to be "Beer, Daddy's beer!" And it doesn't matter how far over next to the yogurt and cottage cheese I get the shopping cart he always scopes out the shelves of beer lined up across the isle. And to tell on myself, we were in the potpourri/candle isle and he saw the bottles of liquid potpourri lined up and starts pointing saying, "Mama's wine!" Ummm, not quite, Reid! Geesh, he makes it sound like Wes and I are every night of the week lushes! Reid is very independent and is definitely a Daddy's boy, but I have still managed to sneak some late evening cuddle time with him right before bed. Reid's favorites include Mickey Mouse, Trains, boots, mWes's travel coffee mugs, Wes's camouflage St. Louis Cardinals ball cap and an empty laundry basket used as his boat.<br />
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His birthday party was a simple celebration with grandparents staying for dinner, an ice cream cake and presents. He only requested balloons for his birthday and I was completely good with the $3 receipt on 3 helium balloons from the Dollar Tree. Happy 2nd Birthday Reid!<br />
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Jaidyn sewed him a night cap! Who does she think he is, Wee Willy Winkie??<br />
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Papa gave the kids a dollar if they could catch it between their fingers. He was pretty tricky and wasn't playing nice, but they all got a dollar out of him eventually.<br />
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The girls participated in a Block Kids Contest hosted by the National Association of Women in Construction. They had 45 minutes to create something using 50 legos, a 12" piece of string, sheet of aluminum foil and a piece of cardboard. Once they were finished they were interviewed about their creation. While they didn't place they did enjoy the building activity and also received a shirt, hard hat, snack and participant medal. And I loved that it was a quality free event! Papa, Lala & Grandma cheered them on silently from the sideline seating. <br />
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Jaidyn's version of the state capital. Look close and you can see three points made of aluminum foil. The foil square hanging by string is the governor's secret entrance. The big foil sheet is the parking lot and the little legos on it are the handicap parking spaces. She also had a duck pond over to the side of the building. While the structure itself was "interesting", I thought she did a great job putting some thought in to the extras.<br />
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Addy made a playground. She had several climbing toys, a swing, and a bridge to climb under and over.<br />
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Grandma Penny treated us out to Hu Hot for dinner and the kids were spoiled getting to make S'mores over a fire at the table. It was definitely the highlight of their meal. <br />
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And just some additional pics from our week...<br />
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Reid loving him some McDonald's icecream!<br />
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Levi hopped 242 times in two minutes in his MDA Hop-A-Thon! Thanks Papa & Nana for sponsoring him.<br />
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Jaidyn all decked out for "Tropical Thursday" at school.<br />
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Jaidyn's owl sketch was one of four art pieces chosen from her school to be placed in the Youth Art Month Capital Exhibit in Jefferson City during the month of March. We are going to take a family trip soon to see her art showcased along with all of the others.<br />
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Just a few pictures of the kids that I am hoping to use to make up their Valentines for school.<br />
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<br />Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-16129497383547802162013-01-23T06:14:00.000-08:002013-01-23T06:14:05.693-08:00Slow Days of JanuaryThings have slowed down from the craziness of December and I am actually enjoying a little bit of the down time. With the exception of the girls having gymnastics twice a week, we don't have any other regular weekly activities going on. Our weekends have been nice and other than attending 5 kid birthday parties so far for the month of January the weekends have also been pretty uneventful. This past Saturday we took advantage of the above average warm weather and spent an entire afternoon with friends at a local park. The kids were highly entertained climbing the cave rocks, jumping rocks at the bottom of the waterfall and feeding the ducks. The kids muddy tennis shoes and pant legs were proof of an enjoyed afternoon out in the sunshine. <br />
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Last week brought the 100th day of school for the girls! To celebrate Jaidyn dressed up as a 100 year old woman and Addy made a "100 Days Smarter" crown at school.<br />
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I found this note in Jaidyn's backpack. Sweet, yet hilarious! The boys are always so nice to include her in their daily recess soccer games. <br />
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Levi found himself quite funny imitating his Papa Dave! For pictures, Papa always has a big smile, but 9 times out of 10 his eyes are closed. <br />
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Tuesday was a big mail day for Wes as he has been anticipating the arrival of his new hunting bow for over a week. Jaidyn is becoming his right hand man with all this hunting business. She is even took time to target shoot with her pink BB gun using the shed to lean her targets up against. <br />
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Just enjoying each other...yes it happens occassionally!<br />
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We had a nice low key night with friends ringing in 2013 with some wine, great food, champagne and games of Catch Phrase. All the couples chipped in to hire babysitters so that way the kids were entertained and not bugging us every minute throughout the evening.<br />
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Addy filled up her chore chart and chose to have a date night with Daddy. They went out to eat at HuHot and had a fantastic time. I really got the short end of the stick with this one as I was stuck at home eating frozen pizza with the rest of the kids. :( <br />
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Jaidyn felt the need to come up and model the fact that she was able to wear every pair of underwear in her drawer at once. She's crazy!<br />
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The kids worked incredibly hard to build this little snow guy! They were scraping snow from all directions to make a pile big enough to work with. <br />
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They both chose to wear their "fashion" glasses on the first day back at school hoping to fool their classmates and teachers in to believing they got the real deal over Christmas break! Poor Addy, hers are about 3 sizes to big for her tiny face!<br />
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Jaidyn bribed Levi in to eating a huge piece of broccoli out of his cheesy noodle broccoli soup and succeeded! <br />
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A birthday party with great friends for Levi's best buddy and his younger brother at the fire department! <br />
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What kind of parents let their child play on an obstacle course with a sucker in his mouth??<br />
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Holly was found hanging from the fan in our room. She hid so well that it took quite a while for the kids to find her. Both the girls became upset as they thought that she had returned to the North Pole a few days early.
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Holly was left in our bedroom when we left for the day to go to Papa & Lala's house and overnight she must have decided to stay and play in our room dragging out both Wes and I's underwear from our drawers. Reid was not thrilled seeing all his Dad's undies thrown out and hanging from the drawer.
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Jaidyn slept with Holly and on her last morning with the kids she was found rocking Baby Jesus in the Stable (don't have a picture of this). Holly chose to save her sweetest and most meaningful gesture for last, reminding them what Christmas is truly about.
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We kicked off Christmas break celebrating with friends over some Mexican food and drink. It doesn't get any better indulging in chicken enchiladas, guacamole dip and some 5-star worthy margaritas! The kids decorated cookies (lots of cookies), smothering them in icing and chocolate M&M's. Super sugar overload so we saved most for Santa and his reindeer!
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The next 2 days were spent at Papa & Lala's house...presents, Christmas lunch, Play-doh creations, ornaments, Pinterest handprint Christmas tree & hot tub.
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Christmas Eve at Papa & Nana's...jacuzzi bath, Christmas lunch, Santa scavenger hunt, presents, Fashion Glasses, Christmas Eve Mass, Fried Frog Legs, marbles with Great Grandpa & an evening with great friends.
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Christmas Morning at home & Days after
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Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12289755798961856657noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-724825054561497706.post-59829914768774828982012-12-21T11:24:00.002-08:002012-12-26T17:57:24.357-08:00Holiday MottoSaw this on Pinterest yesterday and it has now become my motto for the remainder the holiday season. I really had to work hard at it this morning when I searched high and low for an hour for a missing Christmas present that I knew I had wrapped a couple of weeks ago. Ends up, I just forgot that I already sent it with my mom to her house, so I wouldn't have to pack it later. So much for trying to be over-the-top organized!
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