Category Archives: Captured Moments

Dress Up

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My law firm is moving to a beautiful new down town office space and we spent the bulk of the day boxing up everything.  One of the girls found a bag in the supply closet that had two dresses that … Continue reading

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Dylan’s sleepover

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Andrew has been asking for Dylan to sleepover for a while and the timing finally worked out on one of John’s weekend. John had to pick up a friend from the airport so I took the kids to a park. … Continue reading

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Final report cards

We got the final report cards today.  Carter has a 4.0, Nathan has a 3.5, Andrew made 1 B this year and Emily made one B this year.  We are so proud of everyone!

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Emily’s long hair

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Emily’s hair is finally long enough to French braid!  Okay, it’s been long enough for a while but the front pieces were always too short to stay in a french braid.  Doesn’t it look amazing?!?!?!?  

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Andrew won a medal

We are so proud of Andrew.  He won a medal in school today for academic excellence.  He only made one B this year – everything else was straight A’s!

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Birthday parties galore

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We had double parties to attend today.  Andrew’s friend Dylan and Emily’s friend Gabriella both had parties today.  Luckily the parties were at different times and John was available to chauffeur Andrew and Emily to their parties while I entertained … Continue reading

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Nathan playing online

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Friends are always as close as the internet!  Nathan is playing online with Jacob & Collin even though they are across town!

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Swaziland flag

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Carter’s class was assigned the project of making flags for the countries in Africa and I do believe Carter got the hardest flag – Swaziland.  I think he did an incredible job!  The second photo is a picture that Emily … Continue reading

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Very sad goodbye to Prissy & Kali

I went to the doctor the other day and found out that I have a bad sinus infection and double ear infection.  He informed me that it was an allergic reaction to the cats.  I argued that I had had … Continue reading

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Gotta love technology

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I just figured out how to update my blog from my iPhone. There truly is an app for everything! 🙂 Emily and Andrew had their checkups today and everything went well.  It looks like Andrew might be joining his brothers … Continue reading

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Up a tree

The 8 of us headed to the “lincoln log” park today and had a great time despite the heat.  We threw the football and frisbee and watched the kids run through the wooden castle.  Nathan had fun climbing a tree.

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John showing off his birthday presents

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John is sporting his new birthday shirt and the tie Emily picked out.

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John turns 66

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The kids spent a wonderful evening with John eating at Fridays.  They got him a new work shirt and a tie that Emily picked out.  Andrew bought him Buccaneer playing cards.  While the kids were celebrating with John, CW and … Continue reading

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Helping out at YMCA

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The camp director has helpers in the car pool line in the afternoon and Andrew was chosen today.  You can tell he enjoys his job.

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County wide math competition

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Carter was invited to participate in the county wide math competition.  There were 5 children picked to represent 6th grade gifted and he was one of the 5.  They competed in an individual competition, group competition and in an engineering … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day 2011

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It was a great day! For starters, Collin served me breakfast in bed. Then we went to Taco Bell (yummy). For dinner, we went to one of my favorite Italian Restaurants, Scampi’s. I’d love to say it was a perfect … Continue reading

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Trinity spends the night

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Emily is on cloud 9 – Trinity finally had a sleepover last night. I asked Emily where she and Trinity were going to sleep and she said that Trinity would sleep in her bed and Emily would sleep on the floor … Continue reading

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Our sweet kitties!

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YMCA science nite

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Andrew and Emily had a wonderful time at science night. We learned about the solar system. They had several stations set up so that we could learn how far the planets are to the sun, about eclipses and about day … Continue reading

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More pictures of Kali

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Picked out Kali

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Since my allergies have been under control with Prissy, we decided to add a kitten to our family.  I went to the shelter today and picked out a beautiful calico kitten that we named Kali.  Isn’t she beautiful?

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Mama turns 42 (gulp)

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It was a great day to turn another year older. We met up with Marcia and had a wonderful lunch at Chili’s. We were a little limited on what we could do because today was also Easter but we had a … Continue reading

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Birthday wish granted

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I really didn’t want anything fancy for my birthday. I just want to take all six children out for a photo shoot and I couldn’t be happier with the results. We went to the St. John River and had a … Continue reading

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Google maps

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I always wondered how they did the street view on Google maps and now I know how!  Look at what I passed on the road … the Google Maps car!  Look at the cool camera(s) on top of the car. … Continue reading

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Boredom = non-boredom when you head to the pool!

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The kids all seemed bored and I was a little bored of watching them play video games when it was a gorgeous afternoon. So, I surprised them by taking them to the pool. As you can see, they had a … Continue reading

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In love with technology

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We had the good fortune to get a great check from insurance to help with our expenses since CW’s ATV accident and my 26 day stay in the hospital. Of course we caught up all of our bills but then … Continue reading

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Emily crushes cans in style

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She likes crushing the cans in the middle and then using them to slip/slide around the apartment. This time she decided to accessorize! I can’t imagine a more beautiful can crusher! 🙂

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Gorgeous day for a picnic

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It was a gorgeous day today and I just couldn’t stand the thought of being cooped up in the house (not after 26 days in the hospital) so we went to McDonald’s and had a picnic in the park.  After … Continue reading

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Home and feeling much better

I couldn’t believe how much better I felt when I woke up this morning.  I felt like a new person full of energy and bouncing off the walls.  I begged the doctors to go home and they agreed to send … Continue reading

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Finally some answers

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My lung doctor was eating his words today when he told me that they found a “significant colony of strep inside my lungs”.  He admitted that such a significant amount of strep would indeed make me quite ill.  Gee, I … Continue reading

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