Archive for July, 2010
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Saturday, July 31st, 2010Thursday evening we got dressed in our bathing suits and headed down to the public pool. The kids were excited to go swimming and I brought my camera to capture video of Paul jumping off the diving board. When we got to the pool clouds were rolling in. Unfortunately they pulled everyone out of the [...]
Underestimate
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Never underestimate what your children can do. As I mentioned in the last post I didn’t know fully how good of a reader Madeline had become. If I had sat her down to read to me I would have given her a easy reader. At the beginning of summer I had enrolled Paul in the [...]
Avid Reader
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Madeline is becoming a very avid reader. She has the drive to push herself to read at higher and higher levels. She brought a couple of Little Critter books over for me to read the other day. She said she wanted to try reading them but might need some help. I told her we could [...]
Bill’s Movie Debut
Friday, July 23rd, 2010In case you ever wanted to know what Bill does for a living.
A Father’s love
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010There is nothing in the world that compares to love. Love is such a strong emotion. It gives us great hope in life and brings us great sadness in death. One thing I have realized is that the relationship I had with my Father was unique. Many people have issues and strained relationships. I was [...]
Birthday Party Favors
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010I was recently asked to create 15 of the reusable bags for a birthday party. The mother wanted to use them as the gift bags. I thought it was such a neat idea. Last night with the Bill’s help I finished up the order and got them ready to be shipped out. I hope they [...]
Alive and Well
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010I know I haven’t been posting to the blog lately. It doesn’t have to do with anything in particular, but a lot of little things. Summer is a very busy time for me and we mainly swim, eat, sleep, repeat so there isn’t always so much to blog about. Swim lessons are going very well. [...]
Just Like Old Times
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Yesterday Bill and I had the opportunity, thanks to Grammy, to go for a drive up to Prescott, AZ and have dinner. This is one of those things we used to do when we were married without children. It was nice to have this experience again. The drive up was nice and peaceful. Just Bill [...]
Rounding the corner to school
Friday, July 16th, 2010There are only 30 more days until school starts. We have lots of school supplies to gather, new school outfits and shoes to find, and I need to wrap my head around the fact that all three Girls will be gone all day. The last one is going to be the hardest to come by. [...]
Reusable snack bags
Thursday, July 15th, 2010I have been trying to find time to make reusable snack bags for the kids for school and in the van. I finally found time and made 10 bags! I did them assembly line style and Kimberly helped with cutting strings. They came out really nice. They are cotton outside and lined with PUL on [...]
Genetic Testing Results are in . . .
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010They came back 50/50. There are two indicators they look for in the test and Paul has one but not the other. Basically this test didn’t give us any conclusive information. That news was hard to take. We were really hoping for a definite yes or no.. At this point we know he is growing, [...]
Playdate
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010The other day we enjoyed an afternoon playdate with Mikaleigh. You may remember her from back when I used to care for her while her Mom worked. The kids were so excited to hang out with her and I enjoyed catching up with her Mom. We had a pizza lunch and then took a swim. [...]
Animal Kingdom
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Lately our backyard has become a place for desert animals to go. Not sure why since we had the yard and house sprayed recently which would diminish their food supply but still they keep coming. Several weeks back we had a medium sized snake under our grill. We moved some things around on the sideyard [...]
Little Einstein Quilt
Monday, July 12th, 2010I was recently asked to create a quilt for a co-worker of Bill’s. I always get nervous when creating something for someone, since they have an idea of what it may look like in their own mind and I may not live up to that. I was excited to see the fabrics and pattern she [...]
Growing Boy
Monday, July 12th, 2010Last Friday night we had the Adam’s Family over for dinner. They are a special family since Stephanie and I waited together for the referrals, and our boys are all from the same small town. When Stephanie first walked in she said, “wow, he has finally grown!” She is right Paul is finally growing at [...]
Birthday Girls
Monday, July 12th, 2010Over the weekend we celebrated two very important birthdays. We celebrated my Mother’s and my best friend, Steph’s birthdays. These are two very important people in our lives. Annie and Kimberly share middle names with them for this very reason. I love both these ladies and I am glad we had a nice day together.
In Motion
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010I love to sit back and watch my children in motion. Each one is so unique and different. They all are getting exactly what they want out of a particular experience and yet not one is the same. There is Annie, often off on her own but playing right by everyone. She wants to be [...]
Mothering
Sunday, July 4th, 2010Some days I search for meaning in my life. I am a very purpose driven person. I make goals and achieve them on a constant basis. If I am without a life plan I flounder. I need the focus and drive that I get from setting and achieving goals. Consequently Mothering has always been a [...]
Allergy Alert
Sunday, July 4th, 2010When faced with a possible celiac diagnosis for Paul it was important for us to find out if Kimberly was allergic to tree nuts or just peanuts. (Almond flour is often substituted for all purpose flour in a celiac’s diet.) We had the nut panel done on her. The good news is she is not [...]
To the Top
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010Kimberly is an amazingly driven child. She works diligently on something until she masters it. At gymnastics last week she was bound and determined to make it to the tape on the rope. Low and behold she did it.
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