tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334172032024-03-13T22:52:50.842-05:00REENblackLife is crazy. Everyone runs from one place to another trying to get everything done and still have a little fun. Because we live far away from family and friends, I attempt to update this blog to help keep people in the loop of what we're up to.REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.comBlogger760125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-65583750722133340902013-03-31T20:31:00.000-05:002013-03-31T20:31:08.959-05:00P!nk !!!!!!!!!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Got Natalie tickets to see P!nk in concert when she comes to Lincoln, NE in November. Roby was AMAZING and got fabulous seats before they were sold out (seriously, they sell out in minutes!). I got a Pinkalicous book and had her read it out loud in order to find out what her gift was. On the last page I wrote:</div>
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Happy 11th Birthday! Hope you have a great time at the P!nk concert in November! Love, Mom and Dad</div>
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I, of course, took video to see her reaction. Its kind of long, so feel free to skip to the end! </div>
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Most of you know, I'm almost done with my bachelors degree - 36 days to be exact. Working full time, school, and family keeps me slightly busy. I have pictures from all kinds of things and still need to finish our family "updates" that I started a while ago. Soon! I hope...</div>
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Natalie is getting older, so the simple card Valentines that we used to get don't fly anymore. I saw an idea on Pinterest that I thought would be perfect for Nat's Valentines this year. I couldn't find a template so Natalie and I created our own. I thought I'd share (on Pinterest too!) so others could simply print how many they need. Hopefully it works! </div>
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REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-33632417508821515372012-12-14T21:00:00.001-06:002012-12-14T21:00:23.416-06:00December 14, 2012<p dir=ltr>Today is a very sad day. A very selfish and disturbed young man took the life of twenty innocent elementary school children and six adults. It breaks my heart. I can't imagine taking my kids to school, then having something like that happened. School should be the safest place your kids go outside their home. </p>
<p dir=ltr>It was a beautiful December day in Nebraska. Following the morning events, Farley and I walked to pick up Natalie from school. </p>
<p dir=ltr>As soon as she saw us, she ran to give me a hug. The joy of your child running into your arms is overwhelming. Especially after a tragedy like today's. </p>
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I've been told that I've lived in a constant state of stress for about fifteen years. And recently I had a conversation with someone else who has been told that. She said that even though her job situation has slowed down, she has found other ways to fill her time and has not yet figured out how to relax. She told me that I'll probably be the same way after I graduate. That I will need to work at being able to slow down and relax. Should be interesting. Only a matter of months until I graduate with my bachelor's!<br />
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I'm a couple days away from being done with another semester. I finished my online algebra class a couple weeks ago. When signing up for it, I was told it was probably the hardest math class they had online and I would most likely need to go to the math center for help. I got a B in the class, which I'm happy about. I'm even more happy that I won't have to take a math class online again! Student teaching in the clinic is a blast! I absolutely love it and look forward to my Friday mornings. I feel like I know what I'm doing and I do a decent job at it. I had to be late one morning and was told that about half the class asked where I was and if I was ok. I guess they don't mind me being there either! I'll be taking another clinical student instruction class next semester in which I'll have more freedom and responsibility. I hope I enjoy it just as much! <br />
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I've been working two days a week, sometimes more if I can find sub work. Although I thought I'd be working four days a week at this point, it has allowed me time to work on school work. (I'm often reminding that things happen for a reason and many I needed the extra time to not be so stressed.) Starting next week, my job situation is going to change completely. I hope for the better! If nothing else, it has helped me learn what I want out of a job and how I should/shouldn't be treated.<br />
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I haven't been taking pictures. Like at all. I don't know why. I need to get my camera all charged up and put it somewhere more available so I'll be more likely to grab it. <br />
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So, to start our updates, I'll start with Roby.</div>
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He PASSED his promotion test as well as his most recent PT test so should be sewing on TSgt in 13 days! I'm so proud of him!!! (Not to mention excited we won't have to worry about the stress of testing for a while!)</div>
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Roby recently completed his CCAF (Community College of the Air Force) degree. This is the equivalent of an associates, and I think he said he'll be getting a second one complete soon. His thoughts are now on what he would study if he (when!) he decides to work on his bachelors. Because he still has 2.5 years left of teaching, and no trips, it would be the perfect time to get that done. </div>
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He played summer hockey and is at a hockey game right now. His first game of this season, we thought he broke his foot. Luckily it was a deep bruise and he healed quickly. </div>
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Lets see...what else. For Halloween, I asked him what he thought about making our own tomb stones to put in our yard as decorations rather than the foam ones that you buy and fall apart. He thought it was a great idea, and we ended up going all out! He came up with a great design, executed it well, and put them all together. The only thing I helped with was painting them after they already had the stone paint. We had several comments on how great they look, and I think they are pretty cool!</div>
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REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-75645485057440507292012-06-21T10:07:00.000-05:002012-06-21T10:07:40.786-05:007:59Making rank in the military is a big deal. When you make rank, you not only get more pay, but you have more seniority. In order to make rank, you have to get good reviews, have medals, get points from other things, and do well on a test. After taking the test, it's usually about four months before you find out if you passed or not.<br />
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The list saying who made Technical Sergeant this year was due to come out today at 8:00 central time. <br />
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Last night Roby was waiting anxiously for his supervisor to call him as they sometimes find out the day before. He didn't get a call.<br />
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I start my summer semester today, so yesterday I figured I would get a few posts together to catch up a bit on the last few months. I haven't taken a ton of pictures, but wanted to share what I have. </div>
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A couple weeks before school ended, Natalie's school had a carnival. Roby took Ethan to his bass lessons, so I took Nat to the carnival and helped out at a booth for a bit. This picture is not long after we got there. Natalie seemed surprised and annoyed that I would be taking a picture of her. Apparently she had forgotten the previous ten years of her life and my avid picture taking!</div>
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One of the biggest hits of the carnival every year is the jail. I still don't understand this, but kids of all ages think its absolutely fantastic! They put themselves in or get a "warrant" for someone elses arrest.</div>
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When the carnival was almost over, the lady in charge of the before and after school program was doing face-painting. Natalie adores her and asked if she would paint her face for the few tickets she had left. She did with a smile!</div>
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I was able to go with Ethan on his zoo field trip because it happened to be on a day I don't work. The fact that he asked me still surprises me, but I will take it as long as I get it! We had a small group and hung out with another group of boys. It was more fun than I thought. I knew the other mom from when Ethan went to a different school (when we lived in base housing). They had a required activity that took hardly any time/effort, so we were able to explore the whole zoo.</div>
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The week before school got out, Natalie's school had spirit week. She
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Towards the end of the winter hockey season, the kids started to come to the games with me. Once Natalie started to learn what was going on, she started enjoying herself a lot more! They bicker a lot, so when I catch rare moments like this, I just smile!</div>
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Since getting his mountain bike, Ethan has spent nearly half his free time on it. This makes the hassle of getting it worth it! A couple weeks ago, he asked me to go to the park where he and his friends spend a lot of time. He was eager to show off his jumping skills!</div>
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There was a massive storm a week or so before we went to the park. The kids wanted to show me a tree that had fallen during that storm. Ethan is much braver than I am!</div>
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Last weekend Roby took Ethan to a mountain biking trail not far from us. Ethan was beyond excited and seemed to show no fear. Within the first ten minutes of riding, he was going a bit too fast, lost control and crashed. Apparently he hit something, flew about five feet, hit his face against a log, leg against a branch, and his bike landed on top of him. Good thing he had his helmet on! He got back on and rode the rest of the trail!!! I guess scrapes and bruises are all part of the fun...</div>REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-58533277582131315262012-06-02T22:07:00.000-05:002012-06-02T22:09:50.609-05:00Mini Photo Shoot<div style="text-align: justify;">
Natalie's first BIG dance recital is next weekend. This morning I went to her dance school for a makeup tutorial. I was in dance performances and I do my own makeup, but I wanted to make sure I was doing it correctly for her. They had some great tips for stage makeup that I wouldn't have thought about. I ran to the store and got a few more supplies before getting Natalie ready for her dance pictures. (They had pictures this week so we don't have to worry about it next weekend.) Because pictures aren't entirely cheap, I told Nat that I would buy a group pic and take her somewhere to take our own pictures. She loved the idea. Here are her favorites from our little photo shoot.</div>
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We went to a park that the kids play at quite a bit and looked for "pretty" places for pictures.</div>
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I love her smile in this one!</div>
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We had fun taking a ton of pictures! I love her silliness!</div>
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One of Natalie's favorites is the one below on the right. She looks so grown up!</div>
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Yup, another amazing smile! I guess its good I can still make her laugh like that!<br />
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My adorable dancer. </div>
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Big yawn! These two pics remind me how much of a kid she really is, and I am thrilled to capture moments like it!<br />
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Today is the last day my kids will be in fourth and seventh grades! I can hardly believe the school year is over already! After the kids had their breakfast, Nat asked, "So do you want to take pictures now, or when we're all ready for school?" Yes daughter, you know me well!</div>
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Ethan has seemed much more excited about the last day of school this year than he has in years past. I'm not sure why, but he's been giddy and obnoxious for over a week! He got his year book yesterday (the first one with a hard cover!), and is having fun getting signatures. All he took to school yesterday and today was the yearbook and a marker. I remember how great those days were!!! I hope he has a blast today! Natalie on the other hand is bummed because she won't get to see her friends as often. Sounds like her auntie Catie to me!</div>
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<br />Because something happened to my camera on their first day of school, and I didn't get the traditional pics with mom, here they are on the LAST day of school! Always a good time!<br />
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<br />On the way to their last day of school!!! (I said, "Say CHEESE!" ... Ethan said cheese with a worried expression...)</div>
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I took today off work so I could take them and pick them up. Its still weird working all the time (although its almost been a year already since I've been working there!), and even more weird to not be able to go to most of their school events. I thought this was one thing I could still try to do with them. </div>
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Life around here has been pretty hectic and busy lately. I guess that's not much different than normal. School, work, kids' activities, school, etc, etc. I hardly have time (or desire honestly) to check my email, take pictures, or read books. Hopefully, someday, things will slow down enough to catch up on those things I enjoy doing!</div>
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Yesterday was Roby's TENTH anniversary of being in the Air Force! I can't believe its already been ten years! He is amazing and I couldn't thank him enough for sticking it out to support our family and allow me to go to college. He is also only a few weeks away from completing his CCAF degree! (I don't know what it s stands for although I'm sure he's told me several times.) His hockey team was in third place going into the playoffs. They are currently in first (on Sunday they beat the first place team!), with their next game being on Sunday. I think it's the final game, but he says there might be one after that. Either way, they should get first or second place! He'll be playing the summer league this year which will be fun! They kids have really gotten in to the games over the last few weeks!</div>
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Ethan is still loving bass guitar lessons. He's learning all kinds of new things and had fun showing off when he had some friends stay the night the other week. He's now saying that he'd like to learn the drums as well... we'll see about that one. He's been riding his bike constantly. This makes me extremely happy after the whole drama with FedEx loosing it, having to wait for them to "look" for it, and ordering a new one. I went to the park with him the other day and took some pics/video of him going through a wooded area and of a ramp of sorts. He rides much faster than I ever would! Don't tell anyone, but he finally asked a girl out. He's had a crush on her for over a year. She is adorable, and has never had a boyfriend. She turned him down, just like MANY other boys that have asked her. BUT she texts him often, so I'm glad she didn't break his heart. </div>
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Natalie's big dance performance is just a few weeks away. Her and her dance partner are doing brilliantly. The other two in their class...that's a different story. Nat gets frustrated with them because they don't listen. It's hilarious! Her teacher is having her go into the next higher class for the summer session, so I'm assuming it will be the same for next year as well. I'm hoping to get her into at least one other class as well, I'm thinking Jr. Contemporary. Again, we'll see! Her arm is almost 100%. At her last occupational therapy appointment a couple weeks ago her therapist gave us some exercises to do at home and said, "See you in a month!" She's still working on strength a little, straightening, and rotating out. But its all getting better daily! </div>
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I guess that's a quick catch up on our lives. Nothing too exciting, but that's good sometimes!</div>REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-5633690336082150982012-03-25T12:53:00.002-05:002012-03-25T12:53:20.779-05:00Nat's Creative Corner<div style="text-align: center;">
Check out Natalie's birthday blog post she created today.</div>
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Our BABY is now TEN years old today! </div>
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She is an amazing kid, who surprises me and makes me smile several times a day. Her pure joy and enthusiasm about life makes me so proud to be her mom. I couldn't imagine our lives without her.</div>
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Yesterday started her TENTH birthday party. Roby took the kids to see a movie Ethan has been dying to watch. This gave me the time to finish cleaning the house, decorate, and pick up the final details for Natalie's party (balloons, cake, ice cream, etc.).</div>
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Natalie and I threw around many ideas for her party before she decided
on going to Build-A-Bear Workshop. Several of her friends had never
been there, so that made it even more fun! I wasn't sure if they were
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Getting the breakdown of what they will be doing.<br />
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After they got them stuffed, the party coordinator had each of the girls grab two hearts. They each made a wish on one for themselves, then one for Natalie. They then put their heart with the wish for Natalie in her bear. She thought this was absolutely amazing! (I thought I took video of this, but it didn't work. I'm bummed.) </div>
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BABW works with St. Jude Children's Hospital (which we donate a small amount to every month). When you have a party there, you have the option to donate $10. This donation lets a kiddo at St. Jude to go to BABW and make their own bear! The girls each got to write their name on a sticker that they display in the store. Natalie was also given a St. Jude shirt for her animal. Not a bad partnership!</div>
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Then it was time to find clothes for their animals!</div>
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The party coordinator was amazing at having them tally up their totals to make sure they stayed on budget. The girls had a great time naming and dressing their animals. I wish I remember what Natalie was asking in the picture on the left, but I can't. She looks so serious!<br />
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They all got to dress their animals and choose bows for their ears.
When they were done, it was time for a group photo. They took one and
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Getting their animals "birth certificates" and boxes before heading out.</div>
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They were all smiles and giggles as we left the mall.</div>
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After presents, they decided to play hide-and-seek for a while. I just thought Nat looked cute in her dress, counting on the stairs while the others kid.<br />
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As I was taking pics of the girls, I told them to say "CHEESE!" At that moment, Roby decided to get in on the picture action! The next few pictures crack me up! I love the girls faces (and Roby's smile!)<br />
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Happy TENTH birthday my amazing, kind hearted, inquisitive, intelligent, silly, and beautiful daughter! I love you!</div>REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-79681447207106450772012-03-24T00:14:00.002-05:002012-03-25T11:31:56.458-05:00A Lot Happens In A Month...<div style="text-align: center;">
Like our THIRTEEN year old son waking up to a room full of balloons! Roby and I took all the balloons from his party to his room while he was sleeping.</div>
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After we got home from ballet, she went to play outside because it was so nice out. Not long after, a neighbor boy ran up to our house and told us that she had fallen down and was hurt really bad. I ran down the street to see the kids dad, mom, and grandma trying to console her. It didn't take us long to realize that she hurt herself more than a bonk on the arm. I took her to the ER, they did xrays, tried to move it around, etc. The doctor there said she couldn't see anything on the xrays (although she admitted that she couldn't see everything she wanted to see because Natalie couldn't move her arm how they wanted), said that Natalie seemed like she was in more pain than just a strain/sprain, put a splint on her arm, told us to keep it wrapped and see her primary doctor within a week. Roby took her to her pediatrician on Monday where they took more xrays. The doctor said that it was fractured, to keep it in the splint, she will most likely need a full arm cast, and to see a doctor at the "fracture clinic." Yesterday I took her to THAT doctor who told us that she fractured a small piece of her radius, it had dislocated 1mm (4mm = surgery), and keeping it immobile was causing more harm than good. He said that he could already see signs of damage caused by keeping it in the splint for so long (he usually only wants patients with that type of fracture to keep it immobile for 3-4 days). Because of the damage, he put in a referral to see a physical therapist, and instructed Natalie to try to straighten/rotate her arm several times a day and to try to do minor action with it (ex: write at school). He did say that where the break is should heal nicely. She shouldn't have any long term problems such as arthritis in the joint. Natalie was EXTREMELY upset that she wasn't getting a cast because she thought it would protect her arm and make it heal faster. We spent a good 20 minutes in the car with her crying and me trying to reassure her it would be ok. She has been having a hard time not doing her usual, almost ten year old, things. Just an hour before she went to bed tonight she tried to grab something from Ethan and he accidentally bumped her arm. Instant crying. </div>
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Last weekend we took the kids to the Joslyn Museum in Omaha because they were having an Ancient Egypt exhibit. Several of the gallery rooms had artifacts and mummies brought in from another museum.<br />
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I can hardly believe our "little" boy is is THIRTEEN today! This is something I never fathomed when I was pregnant. Yes, I knew he wouldn't always be a baby...but thirteen? That is something hard to comprehend. I couldn't be more amazed and proud of him. He is growing into a wonderful young man. He has his moments, as we all do, but I couldn't have asked for a more perfect son.</div>
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First game: Every man for themselves!</div>
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Of course we had to play arcade games!</div>
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They entertained themselves most of the evening!<br />
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The next few rounds were boys against girls (with some other girls that were there).<br />
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Roby left for a bit to play in his hockey game. When he came back he returned to the fun, playing one of the trampoline games with one of Ethan's friends and pool with Ethan.<br />
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The girls got all the tickets from the arcade games and got some goodies. Natalie is obviously a baton master!</div>
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We were at the lazer tag place for about 4 1/2 hours before heading home. I think they had a pretty good time! They didn't play lazer tag as much as I thought they would, but they played the other games more than I thought! </div>
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Nat and her friend decided to stay away from the boys and do make-up and hang out in her room. Good choice I think!<br />
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When I got home he showed it to me in person and was just a weeee bit excited! I love that he still loves Legos and plays with them ALL time time! I know he's going to be 13 in a few weeks...but I don't him to grow up any time soon! </div>REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-55094745714295511812012-01-22T11:49:00.000-06:002012-01-22T11:49:11.464-06:00No Pics For Now<div style="text-align: justify;">
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Hope everyone is having a good January, and that the crazy weather isn't too bad where you live!</div>REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-52742547503645647722012-01-21T07:00:00.000-06:002012-01-21T07:00:07.125-06:00A Few Randoms<div style="text-align: justify;">
I'm getting closer and closer to being caught up! These are still pics from before fall though...The good (or not so good, depending on how you look at it) news is that I don't have many pictures to go through from the time of Ethan playing football to Christmas (most pictures from in between I've already posted). There are a few things I'm not 100% sure if I'll post about (ex: Natalie's Girl Scout bridging ceremony), but I feel that I should because its something that happened in our lives. The next big event is the cruise we went on to celebrate Grandma Harris' birthday over Thanksgiving week. As I make this post (on January 2nd), I have a lot starting up again soon, and am not sure when I'll get the time to make more posts. We'll see!</div>
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These pictures were from a weekend or two after school started. The weather was perfect and Natalie was bored. I suggested she take her tent into the backyard and play for a while. She ended up having a blast with whatever she took to play with in her tent, and the dogs had fun just having her out there.</div>
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Ethan played football for his middle school this year. I'm still not exactly sure why he all of a sudden wanted to play after not playing sports for so long. But if he wanted to play, I was all for it. He had several days of try-outs to see what team he would be one, then practice every day after school for a couple weeks before their first game. He was number 19 and he was an alternate defensive safety (yes, I had to ask Roby).</div>
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Although it was hard, Natalie did a good job waiting around for his games to finish...not her favorite thing to do.</div>
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He seemed to have fun, but didn't like how he would get punished (by having to run/whatever) when other kids wouldn't do what they were supposed to. We tried to explain that that's how team sports work, but he wasn't a fan. He also wasn't a fan of getting home after six pm every night. I have encouraged him to participate in other after school activities, but I don't know if that will happen any time soon. I do know that there is a type of jazz band or jazz choir that he could play bass guitar in. I'm not sure if its something he'll do, but something to think about.</div>REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-61545080311604681842012-01-18T07:00:00.000-06:002012-01-18T07:00:11.496-06:00First Day Of Fourth and Seventh Grades (five months later)<div style="text-align: justify;">
Yup, now that the kids are half way through the year, I figured first day of school pics are in order. Roby didn't have to work that day, and I requested to go in late so I could take the kids to school. </div>
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I'm not sure what brought it up, I'm pretty sure it was Natalie, but the kids and I decided to make some tie-dye shirts. We did this on on of their last summer evenings before school started back up. We got a kit, some shirts, and watched a few videos online for ideas. </div>
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Ethan wanted to do swirls, Natalie just wanted to make pretty patterns, and I made some smile face shirts (that look like fish when you make them!). </div>
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Braces. Oh how most people loooove them. I know I'm funny. The day finally came for Natalie to get her first set of braces off! She was just a tad excited! We decided to take a few (aka a LOT) of before and after pictures. </div>
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Yup, that's our girl!</div>REENblackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16159287629794420038noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33417203.post-17611733710235764222012-01-16T00:29:00.001-06:002012-01-16T00:29:23.320-06:00We Love CollegeI just completed creating my first lesson plan. I have one more to do this semester. Ugh It was a LOT more time consuming than I imagined it would be! I worked on it a little here and there, then ALL day yesterday and today. I will be presenting this lesson on the 26th, so I have plenty of time to stress if it will work out well or not. <br />
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Roby is in his second week of his classes. He completed his first speech today (I think it turned out really well!). He cracks me up with how stressed he gets right before something is due. I'm sure I was 100 times worse my first semester back in school!<br />
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After five weeks, Grandma and her brother drove the kids back home. I know they had a great time visiting Grandma and other relatives, but I'm sure they were happy to come home too. We didn't do anything very exciting the few days Grandma was here, but it was nice to just hang out. The kids showed her some games on the Wii, we played board games, and just hung out. It was weird and wonderful having Grandma in MY house for the first time! </div>
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The kids really wanted to show me their
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Check out these swimming skills!<br />
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We taught Grandma how to play Pictureka!</div>
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My grandma and me.<br />
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