tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980336786145336082024-03-07T23:59:04.336-08:00h0ldfasth0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.comBlogger639125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-34375658385087889902017-06-05T12:28:00.000-07:002017-06-05T12:28:06.082-07:00To .... Mother's Day ...<br />
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The music is playing loud on Pandora .... singing truths of how good & great God is.<br />
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Max just laid down for a nap.<br />
He's sleeping in his cradle still .... in our new room.<br />
It has thick, soft carpet. A hand me down dresser that reminds me of mom. There are new curtains hanging by a sliding glass door.<br />
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Ben is actually still in bed.<br />
After a swim meet that lasted all weekend, he is shot & needs sleep.<br />
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The little girls walked to swim.<br />
Morning practice started today, since school is now out.<br />
.... since we live in town & they can walk to their own swim practices.<br />
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Sailor is at the beach with friends. <br />
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Jack & Rex are at Butler .... finally moving the garage & school room.<br />
The thought just fills my eyes with tears. Sweet tears, but tears.<br />
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I'm sitting here in our new kitchen at an island on a bar stool.<br />
Our kitchen is big enough to have an island.<shocked emoji="" faced=""></shocked><br />
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The dishwasher is running.<br />
There's flowers & a picture of Rex & I on the windowsill.<br />
Clean dishes & a stack of books & paperwork on one of the counters.<br />
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Ben's breakfast is sitting next to me, waiting for him. <br />
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I pulled up h0ldfast & my header at the top .....<br />
I have to write about our move.<br />
I'm going to call it <i>when God writes in the sky</i> or <i>lego's in the windowsill</i> <br />
I can't decide which :)<br />
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Also - this is a Mother's Day post. So.<br />
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Mothering win right here.<br />
Fruit Loops for breakfast.<br />
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In spite of our morbidly bored expressions here, Max boy was dedicated on Mother's Day Sunday.<br />
I've been so challenged lately about how we're spiritually teaching our kids.<br />
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What am I doing on a daily basis that shows them Jesus.<br />
That gives them a love for His word.<br />
That let's them see how amazingly they are loved by Him.<br />
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Mother's Day is a good day to think on that.<br />
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Mom came to church with us.<br />
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We grouped up for a picture.<br />
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Amie was in town .... we went shopping.<br />
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We obviously took pictures.<br />
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It's been years since Amie was in town on Mother's Day.<br />
We clearly made the most of it!<br />
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Straight out of awkward family photos .... all I can say is, Amie.<br />
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We are laughing so hard here, we are crying.<br />
And now you can believe my Instagram when I say we could not produce a single decent picture of us.<br />
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They are some of my greatest joys.<br />
I'm slain & honored & grateful to have a front row seat to their lives.<br />
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in real time news -<br />
all their bikes just showed up in the back of the truck ... piled up like a lifetime of childhood memories.<br />
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why! am i wrecked so badly by the emotion of them.<br />
oh geesh.<br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-35750355394043858752017-05-18T23:59:00.000-07:002017-05-19T00:15:39.013-07:00To .... Eight Fast Years (or 9 counting kindergarten :) -<br />
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She graduated this week.<br />
8th grade.<br />
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And just like that she went from starting kindergarten 3 months ago to starting high school in 3 months.<br />
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I'm at this sentimental crossroads thinking about her education.<br />
It started around my grandparents old dining table.<br />
It spent a lot of years out in our school room.<br />
Huge parts were in the orchards.<br />
It was the last 7 years with CC once a week.<br />
It happened in the living room while she painted her nails & drew world maps & listened to read aloud's.<br />
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These are from the Challenge graduation.<br />
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These are from Mock Trial last month .... the swan song of her 8th grade year.<br />
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These are from nails & Starbucks with Lilly & Auntie Amie braiding her hair.<br />
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These are ..... please sneak out with me really quick, 'cause I want your picture even if the wind is blowing your hair & there is no good back drop.<br />
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This is the only shot of her giving her speech. Regan especially moaned our choice of seats.<br />
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There's a big part of my heart that knows now all those times she cut out for the orchard before school started .... all those times weren't a big deal after all.<br />
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Because for example .... <a href="https://h0ldfast.blogspot.com/2011/09/tuesday-september-13-2011_12.html" target="_blank">blink</a> or <a href="https://h0ldfast.blogspot.com/2012/09/wednesday-september-5-2012_4.html" target="_blank">blink again</a><br />
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We live in a little house at the end of a dead end, one lane road.<br />
We're surrounded by almond orchards.<br />
There's only 3 houses on the entire road.<br />
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Almond trees ... wait for it .... grow almonds.<br />
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A small oval-ish shaped nut that is really good when it comes in a can labeled <i>honey roasted</i> & you buy off the grocery shelf.<br />
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They're also actually remarkable good just straight off the tree.<br />
Raw & fresh.<br />
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Harvest time is a beast.<br />
The dust is insane.<br />
The flies ....<br />
The shakers, the sweepers, the tractors, the semi's.<br />
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Each winter the trees loose their leaves.<br />
They're pruned.<br />
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Each orchard is different.<br />
Some farmers keep the rows completely free of grass or weeds.<br />
Some mow the rows.<br />
Others let the weeds & grass grow.<br />
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The hundreds of acres around us to the west & south are immaculately cared for.<br />
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And every February ....<br />
Every February the trees blossom.<br />
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Almond blossoms are beautiful.<br />
For a few weeks they just explode with white blossoms that cover the trees.<br />
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Then it's our version of snow as they fall off and are replaced by the nut that begins to grow.<br />
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Everyone does it, Mom ... she said.</div>
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I'm not quite sure how as the 3rd girl Regan has no dress shoes.<br />
No little mary-jane's. No fancy church shoes ... or even nice sandals.<br />
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Hi-top converses with lacy socks, it is :)<br />
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We were at church by 8.<br />
Max came in 'jammies.<br />
Rex preached.<br />
We breakfasted with friends.<br />
We had church.<br />
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We helped clean up & took home leftover Easter lilies.<br />
Mom had an egg hunt for the kids.<br />
Aunt Shirley fixed enough food for a month.<br />
Dad & Ben took food to his homeless friend.<br />
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We watched 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.<br />
Max took a nap.<br />
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Chad told me walking into church that Jesus died twice.<br />
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No Bud, just once.<br />
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No Mom. Two times.<br />
1 time for our sins and this day.<br />
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Well then .... we have some doctrine & theology & gospel to still impart & teach & share!<br />
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How does the Resurrection change us?<br />
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I heard <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9UdI0CXbm0" target="_blank">this song</a> earlier today .... I'm playing it over & over as I type.<br />
My favorite line .... <i>I'm undone by the mercy of Jesus, I'm undone by the goodness of the Lord.</i><br />
A little bit of church for you on Palm Sunday eve. You're welcome.<br />
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Max is asleep on my shoulder.<br />
I dream of sleeping through the night again, I really do.<br />
To go to bed & not wake up or get up till the next morning ... sweet heaven.<br />
But .... sweet heaven, my baby is still little enough to be swaddled and sleep on my shoulder.<br />
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Tonight Rex & I went for a walk.<br />
Ben & Molly made brownies. They cleaned the kitchen. They had 2 paper plates, folded napkins with forks, Starbucks mugs filled with water, candles and notes sitting at the table.<br />
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Oh & fresh strawberries cut up with peanuts :)<br />
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There was a note on our bed written in cursive (it's national cursive month at #butlerroadacademics :) with a pencil that said:<br />
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<i>welcome to the master sweat</i><br />
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and then they each signed their names (Regan said in their best handwriting)<br />
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<i>Molly</i><br />
<i>Ben</i><br />
<i>Regan</i><br />
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there was little notes at the table that said:<br />
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<i>sterbearys and peanuts</i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>welcome to the great feats and sorry the brownies aren't really reatty</i><br />
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They lit candles.<br />
Regan told us not to look till it was all ready.<br />
Ben combed Chad's hair after their shower.<br />
It was parted on the wrong side & so plastered to his head that I could not look with out laughing.<br />
Now I almost cry.<br />
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They cut the brownies.<br />
We sat and ate ... overcooked brownies on paper plates with forks ... while they stood around.<br />
Sailor went to bed.<br />
Jack stayed with Max at the sink while he had a bath.<br />
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I didn't take a single picture.<br />
On purpose.<br />
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I'm undone by the mercy of Jesus.<br />
I'm undone by the goodness of the Lord.<br />
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Most of the rest of this was written quite awhile ago.<br />
Finally getting around to posting it.<br />
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Ben, (at a random stoplight in town today) 'hey Sailor, _________ said if he married you, his wedding present to you would be a goat.'<br />
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I die.<br />
Just die.<br />
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You can not make this stuff up.<br />
Why do I not blog every single day just to remember lines like this ???<br />
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Right now, Max boy is breathing heavy & sound asleep right on my shoulder, close enough to kiss ... maybe I'll never lay him down ....<br />
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Maybe I won't care how many times he wakes up tonight ....<br />
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We read about atomic bonding in science today.<br />
We did science today. Fist pump emoji for actually making it to science.<br />
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Atomic bonding is when an atom connects with another atom ... fyi.<br />
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Rex found this place on AirBnB.<br />
It looked like this out every west facing window.<br />
We didn't even have that nice of views on our honeymoon :)<br />
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These out of place pictures are from driving over.<br />
Our river is so so full. Our hill are so so green.<br />
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(who doesn't, but) We've had a busy month .... this trip just looking back this little bit is all the more special. I've been so challenged lately to love these kids well.<br />
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I'm undone by the mercy of Jesus.<br />
I'm undone by the goodness of the Lord.<br />
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h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-73974310798479806462017-03-24T13:27:00.002-07:002017-03-24T13:49:18.204-07:00To .... Max Boy at 3 Months - <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm pretty good at stressing out over all the things I haven't done.<br />
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Spring Break, for instance ..... it's already Friday & my desk is still a disaster, so is the cupboard where the peanut butter, powdered sugar & salt, etc. lives. Sailor's school reports aren't done & there are cobwebs in the living room.<br />
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That's just the <i>stuff</i> side.<br />
I can just as easily freak out that suddenly Max doesn't know how to take a nap on his own & I should read Proverbs every day. Or I should help Rex more with ... all sorts of life.<br />
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deep.<br />
breath.<br />
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Max & his laundry basket living life :)<br />
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.... can you say legs!!!<br />
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This was Chad's attempt to help him smile.<br />
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3 months .....<br />
He weighs about 15 pounds.<br />
He is used to noise & loud.<br />
He doesn't 'sleep through the night'.<br />
He smiles.<br />
He does lots of happy leg kicks.<br />
He is getting a lot better at holding his head & looking around.<br />
He likes to be held.<br />
He talks a lot to his Daddy.<br />
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He's been to the beach & a parade & on dinner dates.<br />
He's totally outgrown size newborn everything.<br />
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He's beautiful.<br />
He reminds me that it's not always as complicated as I want to make it .... hard sometimes, but not overly complicated.<br />
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He's still one of the greatest gifts.<br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-10724638290187430352017-03-20T23:40:00.000-07:002017-03-20T23:40:30.806-07:00To .... twenty16 Christmas Past - <br />
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Rend Collective played all morning on Spotify.<br />
I washed dishes, did laundry & realized they were singing Christmas songs.<br />
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It's the first day of spring.<br />
It's raining & overcast.<br />
We're going back to Christmas.<br />
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Joyful. Joyful.<br />
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Our Christmas morning was simple .... they slept 'in' surprisingly.<br />
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Sailor got Birkenstocks & a watch.<br />
Jack got an xBox, a hat & a football.<br />
Benny got a tent.<br />
Molly got a scooter & fabric :)<br />
Regan got a bike that was too big & an American Girl doll.<br />
Chad got Match-Box cars & a Rubics cube.<br />
Max got nothing.<br />
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I got Max :)<br />
Rex got Nikes.<br />
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Some of us went to church, some of us didn't.<br />
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She also got a map .... this is after she'd colored 1/2 of it.<br />
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She also got a puzzle.<br />
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We had a quiet morning at Mom's.<br />
We give each other really fabulous gifts like ironing boards, singing Frozen microphones, books. Super cute clothes, bath towels & baby dolls.<br />
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Mom got new knives .... and bandaids :)<br />
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Family pictures ..... by now it's just the obvious thing to do when all the Anderson's are in town.<br />
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Mismatched chairs.<br />
A 4 day old baby.<br />
Self timer.<br />
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And as these beauty's show ... several dozen to find the right light.<br />
Then there are several 100 more waiting for all 18 people.<br />
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... gosh i love them.<br />
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2016 was the 2nd year they had 2 grandkids born in one year. sheesh, that's a lot of kids :)<br />
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This is one of my favorites .....<br />
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December 21st made December 25th one of the sweetest ever ....<br />
We are just. so. over.the.top blessed.<br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-90497624108636444032017-03-19T17:07:00.000-07:002017-03-19T17:12:05.424-07:00To .... the Next 18 Hours Are Going to be A Lot of Work - <br />
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I sit night after night & feed Max, with my computer sitting next to me .... because <i>'i'm going to post tonight'.</i><br />
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I hold Max.<br />
I surf facebook & instagram.<br />
I watch tv.<br />
I read emails.<br />
I text.<br />
I listen to books on audible.<br />
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Then I go to bed.<br />
My computer is still there in the morning.<br />
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I'm falling asleep tonight sitting here ... but we will post first :)<br />
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Ben had a reward coming to him for some effort he showed in school last month.<br />
Pretty big effort ... pretty big treat.<br />
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We camped out.<br />
The field was green.<br />
The tent smelled like memories.<br />
We roasted marshmallows.<br />
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The whole nine yards.<br />
Except Max & I slept in the house : )<br />
So did Sailor .....<br />
Chad was in by 10:30, he wanted water.<br />
Rex was in by 2, his air mattress went flat.<br />
Regan was in by 5 something, she had a bad dream.<br />
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Ben loves outdoors.<br />
He loves to camp.<br />
His favorite part was setting up, he said.<br />
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It was beautiful.<br />
The light, the food, the fire, the kids, the memories .....<br />
It's all still up - he'll sleep out till the rain comes, he said.<br />
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.... back to my whole falling asleep bit, the rest of these are just going up.<br />
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On Friday afternoon when Rex got home he told me 'the next 18 hours are going to be so much work'<br />
He's a good dad.<br />
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(the computer was too sloow ... & I fell asleep again last night :)<br />
The beach, the orchards, Christmas, Max .... all still coming.<br />
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h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-38153361250378611582017-02-21T01:06:00.001-08:002017-02-21T01:20:10.985-08:00To ..... January Birthdays & the Christmas Card that Wasn't - <br />
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I like dryers that dry 15 pairs of jeans at a time.<br />
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I put Max to bed early tonight .... what that really means is I didn't sit and hold him for an hour + after he ate & fell asleep.<br />
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I scooped ice cream & folded laundry & am actually going to post birthday pictures.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5GbDeQvYKU" target="_blank">This song</a> is one of my favorites right now.<br />
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We're going to lump January into one - the 3rd, the 20th & the 28th. Molly, Jack & Chad each have a birthday.<br />
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Molly's comes so fresh off of Christmas that it's like another holiday :)<br />
She's historically gotten the short end of the party stick .... as in she hasn't eVer had one ... with friends.<br />
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She wanted to go to Funworks - the problem with that was she's not an arcade player, she's not tall enough to drive the race cars & it was too cold for bumper boats.<br />
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So the indoor trampoline place was the next best option.<br />
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She really wanted a cat calendar :)<br />
19 seconds after unwrapping it, she started filling in birthdays of brothers & cousins & friends & grandma.<br />
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9.<br />
She's a beautiful study.<br />
She loves order & a plan & knowing what time it is.<br />
She's plowing through 3rd grade.<br />
She loves animals & lollipops & trying to keep her fingernails as long as Sailor's.<br />
She mothers Max like a natural and says he's so cute to his face daily.<br />
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She likes her own tube of toothpaste and prefers sandwiches meatless.<br />
She has a wicked stink eye and slams doors when she's mad.<br />
She likes to bake and sew.<br />
She's tried to run away & has been spelling her name Molley.<br />
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She's officially the middle kid with an older sister & 2 older brother plus 2 little brothers & a little sister.<br />
She belongs and has a place and is perfectly beautiful .... it slays me.<br />
And the message on her shirt .... gah, Dolls ... you have no idea.<br />
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His birthday this year came & went surrounded by sick.<br />
All of us, except Max knocked out & shaking with fevers & chills.<br />
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We rallied the morning of the 20th for french toast & the inauguration.<br />
He got that red plaid shirt & concert tickets - he loved both.<br />
The video of him taking f o r e v e r to figure out what that piece of paper said was hilarious.<br />
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I was too sick on the 20th to take him to dinner .... he wanted a date at the Olive Garden.<br />
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He loves breadsticks :)<br />
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12 years with this kid.<br />
He loves not making his bed & putting too much sour cream on anything.<br />
He has successfully trained his hair to fall to one side.<br />
He flip flops his affections for whichever football team is winning.<br />
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He chews gum ad nauseam.<br />
He remembers things that are important to him like the buttons on the xBox controller & lyrics to Lecrae songs.<br />
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His heart is big & tender & bleeds with justice & affection.<br />
He can't wait for all things jr high.<br />
He can hit the fan faster than I can blink or breathe.<br />
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Gosh, I love him.<br />
Let Jesus be your righteousness, Jack.<br />
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Chad Calvin is 5.<br />
I remember thinking last year when he turned 4 .... 'gosh, next year he'll be five & we've never had the baby turn 5 before ....'<br />
lol :)<br />
we now have 5 years before that happens.<br />
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This kid is all delight.<br />
He loves snuggles and our bed and his cow blankie.<br />
He still sucks his thumb and fills the tub with bath toys.<br />
He's always hungry & is always changing his clothes.<br />
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He either says <i>I'm gonna miss you mom</i> or <i>I missed you mom</i> depending on if he's coming or going ...<br />
outside to play or to preschool or when the babysitter stays or when he's going to bed.<br />
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He called this 'my 5 birfday' for weeks before.<br />
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He wanted to go to McDonalds for his birthday.<br />
I know ..... ugh :)<br />
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Legos, hot wheels & McDonalds - he was tickled.<br />
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Chad-Chad, you're a treasure & we're so rich to know you.<br />
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So it was really cold & windy when we took these pictures ... the day before Chad's actually birthday.<br />
No one was really dressed up. It was over a month after Christmas, but ta-da & drum roll ....<br />
These are our twenty16 Christmas pictures :)<br />
The kids are aghast that we never mailed anything to anyone - not even Grandma ... horrors.<br />
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We took like 17 zillion. Merry Christmas.<br />
And in the spirit of Christmas .... in our next post we'll go back in time even further & tell you about ours.<br />
Jolly :)<br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-67510594910186626932017-01-10T23:32:00.003-08:002017-01-10T23:35:50.465-08:00To .... the Greatest of Graces & Baby Max - <br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />
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The name Max means <i>the greatest</i>.<br />
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I think he might be one of the greatest gifts of grace I never knew I wanted .... or needed.<br />
Here's a bit of his story ....<br />
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This was back in April on the day we bought a pregnancy test ... even though we already 'knew'.<br />
Rex called it .... totally called it.<br />
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But we still took the test.<br />
We were still totally shocked.<br />
He was super excited .... really I kinda was too.<br />
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My quick math said January .... December 22 was even more of a surprise.<br />
Merry Christmas to us.<br />
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Here's my random go at belly pictures.<br />
Mostly they were group texts to Amie & Lis .... with lines like 'what do you think' 'does this work' 'yes? no?'<br />
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16 weeks -<br />
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24 weeks -<br />
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27 weeks - my spoof on my 13 year old's bathroom selfie :)<br />
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30 weeks -<br />
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38 weeks -<br />
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I spent too much time laying awake at night overthinking every detail of labor & having a baby.<br />
Way too much time in my own head.<br />
Thinking of the pain & wondering when & how it'd probably be 2 weeks late & what was Christmas going be & more pain & those first minutes of brand new baby.<br />
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My water broke around 6:30am on the 20th.<br />
The 20th!<br />
Two whole days before Dec. 22nd. what?!<br />
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We ran errands & bought mostly little girl things & a little gray hat.<br />
I let the massage lady at the mall talk me into a 13 minute back rub.<br />
Rex got Chipotle.<br />
Amie flew in from Ohio - the kids were jazzed.<br />
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We finished our Christmas shopping.<br />
We showed up at the hospital around 6:30 that night.<br />
Rex asked on the way if we were ok with a boy .... you know, if it was a boy.<br />
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Yeah.<br />
I was.<br />
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I asked for drugs ... to start labor.<br />
I didn't want to walk the halls all night to start labor.<br />
For whatever funky reason, this was the second time my water broke with zero contractions.<br />
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It was about 9pm by the time the lab sent pitocin.<br />
Rex is good at watching the monitors & sleeping on hospital couches.<br />
Nothing really started happening till about 11.<br />
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The nurse waited to write the 20th or the 21st.<br />
It took less than an hour to go from 5cm to hello baby.<br />
The doctor didn't have time to put gloves on.<br />
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I cried .07 seconds afterwards.<br />
And then really cried when we saw he was a he.<br />
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And then he was perfect .....<br />
And in waves the grace of him being here hit.<br />
Over & over.<br />
The greatest of graces.<br />
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Sailor came with Mom & Amie around 2:30 in the morning to meet Max.<br />
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They left .... and the next few hours were all sorts of hellish.<br />
Hemorrhaging was a new experience & every part of it I don't necessarily want to remember.<br />
Other than it's over & there is still sweet grace.<br />
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My eyes only hurt for most of the day from tears.<br />
I only cried when I held Max.<br />
.... and when the kids came.<br />
.... and when my dad came.<br />
.... and when they drew my blood for the 87th time.<br />
.... and every other time Rex kissed me.<br />
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Hello, hot mess :)<br />
gosh .....<br />
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Meeting Max.<br />
Molly was crazy excited .... and to date has done the best with holding & taking care of him.<br />
She liked the idea of a little brother & that he has the same first letter of his name as she does.<br />
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Regs is enamored .... she holds & flops him in every way a little 7 year old knows how.<br />
What she lacks in skill, she makes up for in high pitched conversations of love.<br />
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Chady brought Woofy to meet Max .... and since Max wasn't in his little bed much, it worked for Woofy instead :)<br />
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.... 7 kids.<br />
gee & wow.<br />
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We left the hospital on his due date.<br />
I can't even ....<br />
The more the grace of that gift was hit .... the more I cried.<br />
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4 days before Christmas.<br />
It was holiday bliss.<br />
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I could hold him & stare at him for days.<br />
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He's been to Grandma's & Auntie April's.<br />
Truth: he's been to the nail salon & multiple trips through the drive-thru at Starbucks.<br />
He's been to Mimi's & the wedding his daddy did.<br />
He's been held nearly 24/7.<br />
He's had a bath & been for walks.<br />
He's spent days at home without going outside once.<br />
Christmas parties & weigh-in's at the doctor & to Rex's office.<br />
At 15 days, he was an ounce past is 8 lb 5 oz birth weight.<br />
He slept right through New Years.<br />
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He completely dominated the whole best of twenty16 instagram .....<br />
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This was New Years Eve ....<br />
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He's sleeping on my shoulder now ... pretty much snoring, really.<br />
Little bitty newborn snoring.<br />
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I love everything about him.<br />
I love that seven kids in I'm finally catching on to the sweet gift of each day of the brand newness of newborn babies.<br />
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I love how his little arms still flail out wide & how tiny his legs still are.<br />
I love how he can't hold his head & his eyes still go cross-eyed.<br />
I love that he still wears the newborn diapers & onesies.<br />
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I can't totally wrap my brain around God giving him to us .....<br />
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Praise the Almighty .... He has done <i>great</i> things for us.h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-39318491373694397062016-12-11T16:17:00.001-08:002016-12-11T16:20:31.482-08:00To .... Catching Up - <br />
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The obvious goal is to baby spam this blog .... like tomorrow :)<br />
So I thought we'd play catch up on an entire season's worth of random life.<br />
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We live in California ....<br />
It doesn't snow.<br />
Shoes are never seen as necessary.<br />
And clearly playing in the hose is seen as a year 'round activity.<br />
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Usually immediately followed by hot baths ..... because even Californians still have the months of November & December.<br />
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~ pictures I found on my phone<br />
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Sunday night football ... I'm guessing .... but I really don't remember :)<br />
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Bless her .... this was some parenting moment she thought I was failing ....<br />
"mom do you know so&so is doing such&such"<br />
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We forget sometimes that a cart full of groceries from Costco doesn't all fit in the back of our little car.<br />
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Already edited selfies she leaves on my phone.<br />
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Pretty sure riding lawn mowers that are lined up outside of home improvement stores speak some kind of secret language to kids calling them to sit on them.<br />
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Here's a classic :) you'd never know it from his facial expressions .... but that's his favorite popcorn maker ever & he got a new one for his birthday.<br />
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They're not all pre-edited :)<br />
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Rex came home from work asking what in the world a cat barrel was?<br />
I was laughing too hard to answer.<br />
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It was a notice for a cat burial ....<br />
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The boys took a lego robotics class last semester from that nice man who explained all sorts of things I had no idea about.<br />
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Plaid on plaid on plaid ..... next winter.<br />
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black converses are almost as equally beautiful as red saltwaters.<br />
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Concert life.<br />
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Stolen :)<br />
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always looking back, I like pictures of pregnancy .... looking back is the key phrase :)<br />
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I can't decide if one day she'll accuse me with lines like 'why did you let me out of the house dressed like that' or if she'll always just own her own style. Rock on, Poppy.<br />
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Confession .... I never put them in water ....<br />
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Regan's random room photography.<br />
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again, stolen .... from Sailor's intsa .... where I first looked & thought gosh those are beautiful kids & then realized they were mine.<br />
Hashtag biased!!!<br />
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In my former days where I was perfectly full of all the things I'd absolutely never let a kid of mine do .... really high on the list was nEveR let them - EveR - wear socks with sandals. Even higher on the list was nEveR let them go out in public wearing said socks with saltwaters .....<br />
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one, never make a stupid list<br />
two, encourage independence & logic that says 'mom this way my feet won't get cold'<br />
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night 247 of we haven't had dinner & it's 8:30pm<br />
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She's completely enjoyed 90% of my clothes not fitting this winter - closet raider!!<br />
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Twinkle magic in the girls room ....<br />
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Seriously .... reason 99 to have found out already if this baby was a girl.<br />
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Thanksgiving twenty16 .... with a throw back to Thanksgiving twenty07 ....<br />
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Of all the millions of black Friday ad's Molly shows me the 70% off flannel ad & Regan finds the cheap drug store make-up.<br />
3 cheers for personality!<br />
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Dessert & whip cream for days.<br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-61251922324241173812016-11-23T18:36:00.001-08:002016-11-23T22:53:48.396-08:00To .... We're Going for a Walk - <br />
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Sailor wondered why I was taking pictures of dead things .....<br />
Not dead things .... November things.<br />
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I forced them all on a walk with me this afternoon.<br />
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Chad is stretching here ... I guess :)<br />
He's also a testimony to vacation attire .... truth, we were all in vacation/stay home attire.<br />
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For the most part they walked too close to me & laughed & joked with each other.<br />
Growing up kids are fun.<br />
They are completely different from little kids.<br />
I like them.<br />
My out of shape pregnant self tried to keep up with my skipping 4 year old & the conversation of my 13 year old :)<br />
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Thanksgiving Eve - Twenty16<br />
<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-65869897116208443062016-11-08T14:36:00.000-08:002016-11-08T14:36:16.149-08:00To .... Benny, ten.3 - <br />
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Ben-boy turned 10.<br />
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.... three months ago!<br />
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Sunday, when he was exactly ten years & three months old - I asked if he'd put back on his shirt so we could snap a few birthday pictures.<br />
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Never mind it's November & he's still shirtless - inside & outside.<br />
(they say Thursday could be record breaking highs here. ugh.)<br />
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So he did his best to get the spilt enchilada off the corner of the pocket & we spent 7 minutes by the barn wall.<br />
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He's classic for the really bad fake smile.<br />
He's always been the one to make or break a photo.<br />
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The kid is just ridiculously handsome.<br />
I let him do all of this .... not looking, turning around, no smiles and then I focused on his face & said jumbo shrimp & started clicking.<br />
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He didn't know what to do with jumbo shrimp :)<br />
But I knew .... eventually I'd get it.<br />
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His smile.<br />
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Back on his actual birthday ... we made them run miles :)<br />
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He opened packages from Grammy & Grandpa.<br />
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She recycled the box for his robot get-up.<br />
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Later his cousin & friend went swimming at Grandma's.<br />
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He wanted a waterproof watch & throwing knives ..... Amazon. 2 day free shipping. Win.<br />
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I love lit candles & deep breaths & pictures of my kids in front of their cake .... or pie :)<br />
.... swoon & all the love.<br />
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This post was delayed in part because his 10 year old Ohio trip happened last month.<br />
He's flown before ... but his excited was crazy beautiful.<br />
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We stole this one from Amie's insta .... she showed him a good time.<br />
They went to corn mazes, the football hall of fame, shopping. He helped her at church. He drank more gatorade in 5 days than he had the whole year.<br />
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He's learning & growing in so many ways this year.<br />
He's such a humbling reminder of grace.<br />
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You are loved, Ben.<br />
In wild & unexplainable ways by Jesus ... you are loved.<br />
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It's one of the those moments where I'm just .......<br />
gah, look what God has done .... what He's doing.<br />
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What He's showing us, what we're slowly figuring out.<br />
Rex is at a (fancy word alert) leaders summit this week.<br />
It's an awesome mix of suit coats & wingtips with tattoos & ball caps.<br />
Old New Balance tennis shoes & collared shirts.<br />
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The music is loud .... they're singing 'Jesus, I sing for all that you've done for me.'<br />
Amie keeps pointing out this person & that person. because. she's that in the know :)<br />
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She turned seven last month.<br />
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Rex took her to breakfast & she had a pretty lame list of her 7 things she wanted to do when she was seven.<br />
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Spending the night at Grandma's showed up like 3 times.<br />
She didn't even have a birthday wish list.<br />
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She was the first one up the morning of her birthday - it was quiet & she walked around the corner to see her spot at the table.<br />
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She lit up ... and I almost cried.<br />
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Grandma brought donuts for breakfast.<br />
She was tickled with a dyi pedicure kit.<br />
Then she turned around & spent her birthday $$ on more nail polish, a plastic crown & lipstick ...<br />
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Again her excitement level over a wrapped package of store bought cookie dough & a disney movie was simple & beautiful.<br />
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She had two red plate nights ... since Rex was gone for the first one.<br />
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you're loved, Roo.<br />
so radically by Jesus.<br />
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Several things.<br />
my sister was bald .... till forever.<br />
my mom was clearly in the red & festive spirit.<br />
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That has nothing to do with summer.<br />
Moving on.<br />
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This is a make-up post for <i>6 weeks of Summer</i> weeks 4, 5 & 6.<br />
Since it's officially fall now :)<br />
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Rex is doing homework at the other end of the table & I keep offering up random bits of conversation. It's not helping ... him .... or his homework.<br />
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So he's got his computer & I have mine.<br />
I'm just going to keep crunching ice :)<br />
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The art of the group selfie ... being mastered by the Rodgers kids.<br />
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Back when Amie was here & she helped me scrub every wall & ceiling in the house ... right as harvest was starting & way before any crazy clean-everything-before-baby hits.<br />
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Cheap summer bouquets & little kids in jammies.<br />
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One day when Mom made donuts.<br />
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Another day when Chad was totally ready to stay & swim at Grandma's.<br />
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The last bits of swim season ....<br />
I love how Ben's coach found him after his first race at the championship meet & coached him well.<br />
My flip-flop tan ... it's an art :)<br />
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<i>I meet famous people .... & wear the same shirt .... & take pictures in bad lighting :)</i><br />
<a href="http://www.gracetobe.com/" target="_blank">Amber</a> hunted me down in Toronto & we stayed till way too late at a downtown pizza place .... completely refreshing to meet real life people that are real. Thanks for the effort & the hours together.<br />
Jen Hatmaker .... was also a fun real life meet .... only she doesn't know me from Adam.<br />
Erika, my lovely cousin on the right, while not (yet!) famous is beautiful in very way - xo.<br />
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Let the recorded temperature be listed at wAy-too-hot-for-what-he-chose-to-wear.<br />
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Grandma's 'church wall'<br />
I was all swoony when they sent it to me ..... like they cared enough to do it on their own .... except for Chad, obviously :)<br />
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Random family strolls through town ... with balloon hats.<br />
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Some mornings we cook eggs or blend protein shakes .... or just feed our kids Fruit Loops :)<br />
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Some days 2nd grade is too much for Regan & she abandons school for stuffed animals .... who seem to have all endured too much mothering from her, lol!!<br />
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Sometimes I still sit & listen to him dry run a sermon to an empty room.<br />
His 'new' job is still amazing to think about as reality.<br />
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That wedding he did ....<br />
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No joke & I quote -<br />
'hey Pearl wanna talk?'<br />
'nope'<br />
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(math was not good today ----> i'm sorry mom)<br />
Thankfully we're learning more than math ....<br />
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He's actually learning continents & oceans, but what he's showing me here is where he has determined the pirates live.<br />
because.<br />
hello 4 year old.<br />
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My grandparents house sold this month & after decades it's no longer 'in the family'.<br />
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I drove the kids through In n' Out for fries & shakes and asked for 3 cups of ice water for me .....<br />
because.<br />
hello officially 6 months pregnant.<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/gracelaced/?hl=en" target="_blank">Instagram's</a> quote of the Sunday ....<br />
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and that's all.h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-7643273416300233642016-08-30T23:28:00.003-07:002016-08-30T23:31:43.733-07:00To .... This Year in School - <br />
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We're all of 2 days into the twenty16/twenty17 school year.<br />
So I thought I'd document it ...<br />
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We ( ... mostly rex & i) worked our butts off prepping for this year.<br />
We're starting in a better place than last year ... all sorts of amens for that.<br />
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There's a sentimental-ness to this year .... like it might be Sailor's last year at home or it's the last year before Chad starts kindergarten.<br />
Gosh, the years are truly long even though the days are short.<br />
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And then in the last 2 and a half days, I listened to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Rest-Homeschoolers-Guide-Unshakable/dp/1600512879/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472620291&sr=8-1&keywords=teaching+from+rest" target="_blank">this book</a> on audio & I'm challenged to all depths over everything school related.<br />
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Seriously .... what is with them.<br />
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We had every internet crisis in the world yesterday & that grounded several subjects.<br />
We fought over math.<br />
We forgot times.<br />
We used brand new crayons.<br />
We started a new read aloud book.<br />
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(the girls weren't feeling the pictures like the boys. or really just Dolls .... who thought she'd be late for class)<br />
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Chad fell asleep on the way home today & never woke up.<br />
The boys in earth shattering shock came home & on their own did homework.<br />
Regan rode her bike for over an hour.<br />
Molly started writing a book.<br />
Sailor changed clothes & begged to go out with a friend.<br />
Rex had an all night meeting.<br />
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We bought churros at Costco just 'cause.<br />
And also ... a pumpkin pie ....<br />
It's not even September.<br />
I told the kids we couldn't buy one every time we went from now till holiday everything.<br />
But you know .... our baby is ok with pie, so there's that :)<br />
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Yeah, it's just day 2 but gah ..... they are fabulous & I'm slayed over the privilege of being with them during their school days.<br />
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Here's to #butlerroadacademics </div>
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8th grade</div>
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6th grade</div>
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4th grade</div>
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3rd grade</div>
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2nd grade</div>
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Praise God from whom all blessings flow<br />
Praise Him all creatures here below<br />
Praise Him above ye heavenly host<br />
Praise Father, Son & Holy Ghost<br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-20487388209665328732016-07-27T15:05:00.001-07:002016-07-27T15:49:55.773-07:00To .... 6 Weeks of Summer ::: Part 3 - <br />
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When I asked her to twirl .... she said 'Mom, I'm not 4.'<br />
My response was .... 'Just make sure I don't see your underwear.'<br />
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t h i r t e e n<br />
not 4.<br />
got it.<br />
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For a trip down memory lane when 4 was for reals .... <a href="https://h0ldfast.blogspot.com/2007/07/monday-july-16-2007_15.html" target="_blank">click here </a> : )<br />
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So we're like three weeks behind on these poor posts.<br />
Oh well :)<br />
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Birthday week for Sailor Jane!<br />
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It started off ridiculously sweet for these two.<br />
The swim team's annual swim-a-thon fundraiser's grand prize this year was 2 tickets to Disneyland.<br />
It was Ben's year to raise our family's cost.<br />
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But the lure of the prize was too much for Sailor & she talked Ben into letting her help.<br />
It paid off well for them & they won.<br />
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This is her <i>are-you-really-going-to-make-me-wash-dishes-in-the-back-laundry-sink</i> face.<br />
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Yes.<br />
Actually.<br />
We are.<br />
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Because .....<br />
Life, darling.<br />
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And birthday week is not all about thrones & tiaras.<br />
But way to rock that apron, babe < dancing girl, emoji ><br />
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The movies on a whim decision was a part of birthday week.<br />
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She was actually gone for most of her birthday & dinner was the meal we finally had her back for.<br />
A dinner of french toast & not enough candles.<br />
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A late night sleepover, ice cream, unlimited chocolate sauce & a chick-flick on the laptop.<br />
I'm so.so glad she has these girlfriends.<br />
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Next we have random pictures from her phone ....<br />
because, 13.<br />
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She hand drew & enter this poster in a contest & won ..... $100 bucks for it.<br />
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Her birthday treat was a check off on her bucket list of going to Great America.<br />
As told in her own words :)<br />
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<i>Great America was definitely an adventure mainly because dad literally can't go anywhere without losing his wallet. This time he lost his keys too. (grandmas keys mind you) And we didn't have any food and we were starving and it was 3'oclock and it was like a hundred degrees and all he had was apple pay... So we spent like two hours wAlKiNg to a tiny chevron store thing and got $40. Two of the guys from church drove all the way to great america to give us the spare keys. But we had fun and it great.</i><br />
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"but we had fun & it great"<br />
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I told her birthday snaps this year didn't have to be elaborate .... but I rEalLy wanted something.<br />
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Naturally she had nothing to wear, her hair wasn't done & it was too hot.<br />
How 'bout that cute dress you were just given?<br />
Your hair is amazing up, down or inside out.<br />
Yes it's hot .... but I'm sure I'll be hotter :)<br />
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It was 107 yesterday.<br />
It was sweaty where my nose touched the back of the camera!<br />
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You are beautiful in ways you will never know.<br />
You are loved & accepted & known by a God who has given you an identity in Him.<br />
xo, all the love Twinks.<br />
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' ... and may I be found in Him .... ' phil 3:9<br />
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I'm on laundry load one hundred and seventeen from a week at camp - 8 people times 7 days times camp equals 117.<br />
That's not counting load 3 from Regan getting sick last night & for the love not being able to make it any where sanitary before they throw up.<br />
It's also not counting the extra loads due to the sink backing up & flooding tonight.<br />
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'cause when it rains it pours .....<br />
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The kids are watching Pirates of the Caribbean .... it's become an after a swim meet tradition, when we're hot & tired & just want to do nothing<br />
Good grief the movies Chad has seen at age four that the other kids ...... parenting the sixth kid looks different than parenting the first.<br />
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exhibit A .... he got his own cup at Starbucks :)<br />
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We went to camp last week.<br />
A real for life family camp - with cabins & programs & activities & meals & friends & talent shows & ....<br />
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We'd never done anything like that before .... we didn't know exactly what'd it be like.<br />
Certain kids had very mixed emotions on what they thought ...... I blame Rex when it comes to their love tradition, must have routine sort of ness.<cough><cough></cough></cough><br />
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We were actually asked to be part of a team that ran the elementary age kids program.<br />
Games<br />
Crafts<br />
Bible stories<br />
Songs<br />
Live & pre-filmed skits<br />
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We said yes :)<br />
How hard can green screens & filming be? Or games for over 100 kids? Or a group of 37 3rd & 4th graders?<br />
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Camp t-shirts for all :)<br />
And <shocking> less flies & mosquitos than at home.</shocking><br />
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It was suppose to be Jack's week for my whole <i>6 weeks of summer </i>programming but this is about the only picture from the entire week I have of him ....<br />
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Over-exposed & blurry.<br />
He thrives at places like that .... tons of new people to meet, way too much to do, always something going on, no one monitoring what he eats or doesn't eat :)<br />
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He got stuck on the way up to hollowed out tree stump.<br />
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His little camp class made those little water bottle cozy's.<br />
Creative genius on the part of the teacher that came up with the idea.<br />
Pretty much his prized possession of the week.<br />
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My name tag is spelled wrong & we just had to endure the graphics of the camp shirt .... feel free to look away :)<br />
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As long as the helmet fit & the harnesses could be cinched tight enough they let him ride anything .....<br />
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And his I'm afraid of nothing attitude meant he tried it all.<br />
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After they zipped, they had to run the pulley back & then carry the rope.<br />
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The snack shake had great shakes & coffee.<br />
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It also seemed like the perfect place to take blurry pictures of us :)<br />
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Every year at camp they host a 'mountain goat run'<br />
Chad ran in the kid goat race .... he was convinced his too small hiking boots would make him run super fast.<br />
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The fair truth is Ben is a faster runner than Jack.<br />
They came racing around the last corner, pretty much stride for stride.<br />
Ben edged him out by barely seconds<br />
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Chad jumped in & ran the final stretch with Molly.<br />
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Camp friends.<br />
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Cheesy 4th of July parades are a perfect camp-ish sort of thing.<br />
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We marched as a parade of nations.<br />
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Never mind it being the 4th & not wearing anything patriotic, or even wearing camp shirts .... we were the live skit actors for the week - athletes from Slugovia, lol and had to wear our 'team uniforms'.<br />
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With friends .... the personalities between those 3 was bigger than life.<br />
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Another stellar picture of us ...<br />
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Great friends to spend a week with -<br />
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Molly's camp commentary.<br />
My favorites are all her 'and then's', followed by her meticulous detail to timing & numbers :)<br />
Her words are in italics.<br />
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<i>the best part of camp was the singing and the dance party and movie night and the carnival.</i><br />
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<i>we woke up at 7:30 and got ready to go & went to breakfast at 8.</i><br />
<i>then at 9 we went into the fireside lodge and we did songs and we counted slugs.</i><br />
<i>and one guy brought in 27 slugs!</i><br />
<i>then we went to classes - first we did art, then we did story time, then we did games & snacks.</i><br />
<i>then we went back to the fireside and we sang more songs till the parents got out.</i><br />
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<i>we ate lunch at 12:30</i><br />
<i>after lunch we got to play and find slugs.</i><br />
<i>we ate dinner at 5:30pm</i><br />
<i>and then we went to our other class.</i><br />
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<i>after our class, there was always something special.</i><br />
<i>my favorite was the dance party. </i><br />
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<i>done.</i><br />
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alrighty then, done :)<br />
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<i><br /></i>h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-54250036101882144952016-06-30T10:42:00.001-07:002016-06-30T10:42:21.015-07:00To ..... 6 Weeks of Summer ::: Part 1 - <br />
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So we're a bit into summer already, but I wanted to have the kids guest post a week each .... a through their own eyes, sort of thing.<br />
It should fun :)<br />
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Regs won the pick-a-number-between ... and got to go first.<br />
She didn't quite understand the whole 'through your eyes' idea.<br />
So these were just snaps during the week of different things she did, followed by her detailed & descriptive explanation of each picture .... lol.<br />
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Her words will be in <i>italics.</i><br />
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<i>we went shopping at costco, i mean win-co. we had a fun time. Chady & i put gatorade and yogurt in our own brown bags</i><br />
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That shopping trip was a circus.<br />
Rex was a hero & I barely kept it together.<br />
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<i>me and my sister was peeling corn for dinner. we had beans with the corn. we had hot dogs too.</i><br />
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This was Friday, I'm pretty sure.<br />
During dinner Regan was eating corn & comments 'this must have been one of the pieces I did, there's lots of strings'<br />
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<i>me and my mom was walking to church.</i><br />
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So often on Sunday's she asks to walk from the wall.<br />
So often on Sunday's we're busting it to be on time & answer with we have to drive the 3 minutes instead of walk the 10.<br />
We were a few minutes late but that was ok :)<br />
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<i>i was painting the pool at my swim. after a couple minutes my sister comed in and painted with me.</i><br />
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Per the life of a kid - these ideas always strike them at the worst possible times - or the most inconvenient for the parent times.<br />
Also paint on carpet ..... we moved to the table.<br />
And naturally I now own more masterpieces :)<br />
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<i>i was painting my nails with watching the olympic trails.</i><br />
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Perks of an almost 13 year old sister & her nail polish collection.<br />
She's actually getting better .... at least it doesn't look like her poor little toes went through a meat grinder & came out bloody red.<br />
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<i>me and my brothers and sisters was playing in the sprinkler.</i><br />
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Followed by moving the whole show to the trampoline.<br />
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<i>i was drinking lemonade at the um ... what is it called, mommy what is it called.</i><br />
<i>water slides.</i><br />
<i>our whole team was there.</i><br />
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Wristbands that allowed unlimited fountain drinks :)<br />
Also this was recovery mode, as she was the lost kid from yesterday.<br />
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Jack is scheduled to be up next.<br />
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..... let me be singing when the evening comes .....<br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-28014931622970361362016-06-22T23:15:00.003-07:002016-06-22T23:18:12.172-07:00To ..... Capturing Us - <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Never in our vast career as a family have we ever had professional pictures taken.<br />
Being familiar with us .... you'd know we're the tripod, timer & bribe folks.<br />
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But last month we had the sweet opportunity for the real deal, thanks to some ridiculously talented friends.<br />
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Plus bribes .... we're still the bribing type.<br />
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Brace yourself ..... I'm probably going to post most of them.<br />
My only regret is forgetting to change my flip flops :)<br />
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I could canvas them all .....<br />
Some sort of 'hey, here's life' post is coming soon.<br />
Tonight Rex wins all sorts of awesome points by staying up late typing school papers.<br />
I <strike>could</strike> should be folding laundry.<br />
The kids are all sleeping.<br />
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h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-38186055660667766832016-05-30T22:25:00.000-07:002016-05-30T22:39:07.056-07:00To ..... Memorial Weekend - <br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-52571862151796981412016-04-02T22:54:00.000-07:002016-05-09T15:56:27.574-07:00To ..... a Whole Mess of Life - <br />
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I never even instagramed one single blossom picture this year.<br />
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Gah, it was gorgeous.<br />
Breathtaking, really.<br />
God is ridiculously artsy & amazingly creative.<br />
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That picture doesn't do justice.<br />
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Meanwhile - we're way past that.<br />
The lawns are freshly mowed & the A's are playing the Giants.<br />
I love the sound the game on in the background.<br />
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Rex is reading textbooks.<br />
His life right now is eat, sleep, read, read, read, repeat.<br />
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I, on the other hand, while being stupidly productive during the daylight hours have spent my nights in Stars Hollow with the Gilmore Girls.<br />
Episode after episode after episode after ......<br />
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Must. Stop.<br />
:)<br />
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The birds are loud in the trees above.<br />
The wash is going.<br />
I told Molly she could watch a movie.<br />
Sailor is once again refolding the clothes in her closet.<br />
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'Cause I just can't quite let my good upbringing of perfectly folded laundry set in perfectly neat drawers go to a complete waste.<br />
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Chances are she will never thank me for it - ever.<br />
:)<br />
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And does this post have a point . . . ? ? ?<br />
yes, this. obviously.<br />
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bahaha.<br />
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I was going to blog a post a day about all the different #lifewithwe events.<br />
bahaha<br />
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Here we are - it's going to be one big soup pot of random.<br />
The kids & I went to see Zootopia today & I'm playing <i>try again</i> over and over.<br />
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I will never catch up to my kids in their music culture - but every now & then I'm cool :)<br />
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I wanted a title called the last fourteen years & the next fourteen years .....<br />
Living here is a dream.<br />
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I love that God's dreams are bigger than ours.<br />
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Continuing the we-aren't-actually-taking-birthday-pictures-this-year tradition ..... Jack is eleven.<br />
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We went all out on celebrating.<br />
popcorn. dr pepper. star wars.<br />
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And cousins, cause they're always up for a party.<br />
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He told me he's looking forward to getting older.<br />
And driving.<br />
So he can drive faster than me.<br />
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And I'm like what am I? some old lady!?<br />
In the meantime he'll continue to compete in rock. paper. scissors. with his brothers & sisters for the front seat and have his mom drive him :)<br />
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This was also a sweet highlight of year eleven.<br />
He's been asking & asking.<br />
He told me driving home afterwards that he fights less.<br />
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And I marveled at the tangible way he sees Jesus.<br />
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Do you have any idea how overpriced & creepy carnivals are ......?<br />
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Red velvet .... on Valentines<br />
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School, in the valley, in the spring<br />
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She seriously could not believe that was once a real phone.<br />
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matchy-matchy sister friends<br />
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One of those really enjoyable family shop trips<br />
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Back in the day .....<br />
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Shopping with one kid - in too short pants -<br />
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After school imagination<br />
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Do you see how his ribs are all sucked in as his head is just hitting the water .....<br />
July, dude. not February.<br />
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Wrapping up with the last birthday in January.<br />
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He wanted a bed.<br />
Don't judge - the highchair & crib left the house.<br />
After nearly 13 years ......<br />
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Now he sleeps on the bottom of a triple bunk with his brothers above him.<br />
Plus he sits at the table in a little youth chair.<br />
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Bam - the kid is a man.<br />
Yet he comes in the morning and burrows his way between Rex & I. <br />
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You make me brave<br />
You make me brave<br />
You call me out beyond the shore into the waves<br />
No fear can hinder now the promises You made<br />
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h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-44200504850656314492016-03-28T00:27:00.000-07:002016-03-28T00:32:17.722-07:00To ..... Easter -<br />
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And I quote 'this is not how egg hunts are suppose to be' - Sailor<br />
.... totally implying or pretty much admitting her dad & grandpa did a professional job of of hiding :)<br />
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We overslept our alarm ... on Easter morning ..... a troubling side effect of the 'new' job<br />
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alarm? what alarm?<br />
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Rabbit trail.<br />
Moving on.<br />
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It sent our all-planned-out-ready-to-go-be-on-time-Easter-morning ...... somewhere else.<br />
We woke up about 17 minutes before we wanted to leave & you multiply that times 8 people and<br />
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He is still alive.<br />
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And we had a bit of church on the way to church.<br />
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Christ is Risen from the dead trampling over (get this.) death by death.<br />
(who does that?!)<br />
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Trampling over death by death.<br />
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Jesus does, so forever let the church proclaim ....<br />
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Christ is risen from the dead.<br />
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And after church in the car we had church church.<br />
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And after church this ....<br />
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To life.<br />
<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-87611925886246711332016-03-12T11:33:00.001-08:002016-03-12T11:38:11.432-08:00To ...... the Sisterfriends - <br />
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The girls have this wall in their room with pictures in frames.<br />
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We picked random snaps & just framed them.<br />
That was way back when Regan was like 3.<br />
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This time we took pictures on purpose just for the frames.<br />
Plus Molly's painted rainbow art & Regan's handwritten <i>be kind</i> script.<br />
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Giving some time perspective - we doubled these up & called them Molly's birthday pictures.<br />
She's eight now.<br />
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And I am just in love with her.<br />
She has such built in - straight from Jesus - qualities about her that are so foreign to my sin nature that I am wrecked by His sweet grace.<br />
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She's disciplined & responsible & generous.<br />
She manages her time well & thinks of others before herself.<br />
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We were in Disneyland on her actual birthday.<br />
She picked a wallet as a treat & we bought a funnel cake & sang happy birthday to her around a little table in FrontierLand.<br />
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My favorite set, by far, are these .....<br />
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let your heart keep His commandments<br />
for length of days & years of life and peace they will add to you.<br />
do not let kindness & truth leave you - <br />
bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart<br />
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so you will find favor & good repute - in the sight of God and man<br />
trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding<br />
in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your path straight<br />
do not be wise in your own eyes - fear the Lord & turn from evil .....<br />
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keep sound wisdom & discretion, so they will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck<br />
then you will walk in your way securely and your foot will not stumble ...<br />
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for the Lord will be your confidence & keep your foot from being caught<br />
do not withhold good ....<br />
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for He, the Lord, is intimate with the upright<br />
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<br />h0ldfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04227566993215051583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2298033678614533608.post-46319524546013021662016-01-30T00:25:00.002-08:002016-01-30T00:49:34.030-08:00To ..... Magical Vacations - <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love family.<br />
and vacations<br />
and Disneyland.<br />
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I love family vacations.<br />
and seriously we are just suckers for Disneyland.<br />
suc.kers.<br />
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Like the whole nine yards.<br />
Like sure the ears & the cotton candy & the every. last. souvenir. you walk past ....<br />
gah, who needs a savings account.<br />
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Let's keep it real .... family vacations are full of family.<br />
And family is full of people. People are full of themselves.<br />
And you get the idea.<br />
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Our vacation - even our Disneyland, happiest place on earth vacation - was not 24/7 happy.<br />
In fact for the first couple of days it seemed the fights & grouchy & it's not going my way & why can't you just get along & for the love does that have to be a big deal & that totally didn't need to be said & tears & no one is having any fun .... all that seemed especially more.<br />
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Like, gee we could have stayed home & done all that & saved a whole lot of money.<br />
And I was stupidly starting to think the kids would remember this as the worst vacation ever.<br />
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And just a word about my kids & the way they ride roller coasters.<br />
They are thrill seeking, the faster the better, dna copies of their dad.<br />
For reals - they all ride with their hands in the air & by the second ride know when & how to pose for the camera.<br />
And I'm all holding. on. for. dear. life.<br />
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Also that trio of Chad with the cowboy .... it's the magic of Disney.<br />
We walked past & he started playing Star Wars on his fiddle & they talked like they were old friends.<br />
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When we first looked at the weather it said sunny & seventy's.<br />
The closer we got to going the colder the temps dropped and the more the rain increased.<br />
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It poured for 2 days.<br />
Poured.<br />
Soaked, drenched, dripping, wet poured.<br />
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And they made a small mint selling these ponchos :)<br />
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When you're six spending your money on a Dumbo necklace & clip-on earrings is the obvious & magical thing to do.<br />
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They don't actually remember it as the worst vacation ever.<br />
They talk about how the rides were so much fun in the rain.<br />
They say remember how .... and remember when ....<br />
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And it was all worth it.<br />
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