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After school YMCA

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Our wonderful after school director sent me these great photos of Andrew and Emily.  

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Visit with the cousins

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Aunt Carol, Uncle Lance, Ben, Helen, Myer and Sal came for a visit and John met them at their hotel where they swam and ate to their heart’s content!  It’s hard to believe how big Myer and Sal are getting! … Continue reading

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Carter cleans the apartment

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CW is expected to come home from the hospital soon so as a surprise, Carter cleaned the kitchen and dining room so he could come home to a clean house!  

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CW has surgery

CW had surgery on this leg today.  The doctor’s removed a large hematoma and left the incision open so that any infection would drain out.  He will have to have daily packings and wound washes (ouch)!

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CW gets admitted to the hospital

It turns out the bruise on CW’s leg from the ATV accident was worse than we thought.  His leg has gotten a lot worse and his doctor decided to admit him into the hospital tonight.  We went to ORMC but … Continue reading

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County fair

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We went to a county fair today and had a lot of fun.  Emily, Andrew and Collin won some great posters throwing darts at balloons.  They also had a ton of fun in these gigantic balls that floated on water. … Continue reading

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Andrew turns 10!

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Although Andrew’s birthday was yesterday, he chose to celebrate tonight so his friend Damarre could join us.  He chose Friday’s for dinner and we all pigged out on flat iron steaks!  Yummy!    

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Mom goes ATV’ing

CW and I went to Hog Valley this weekend to visit with Sandy and Michael.  We had a blast!  We spent the weekend ATV’ing through the Ocala National Forest.  We did have one mishap when CW flipped the ATV onto … Continue reading

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Thursday, February 3, 2011

I’ve been fighting a bug for a LONG time and today I hit a wall around 1:30 and ended up coming home and passing out. Andrew has a bug too because he’s been home for two days. I slept until … Continue reading

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Playdough time

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One of the many gifts that Emily got for her birthday was a Playdough ice cream set.  She had a blast making us all ice cream sundaes.

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Emily turns 6!

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Emily decided that she wanted to go to Sweet Tomatoes for her birthday celebration and she asked that her friend Trinity be able to come along.  Miss Gerry joined us too and it was a great celebration!  

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Carter and Nathan turn 12!

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We scaled down birthday celebrations this year and just let the kids choose where they wanted to go for dinner.  Carter and Nathan chose Olive Garden and it was delicious!  

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Emily’s got mail

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Emily was so excited to get a letter from Poppy & Nana today!

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Peace and transquility

CW and I went to Lake Dorr for the weekend and did nothing but relax!  There’s nothing quite like sitting by the fire doing nothing while listening to the birds and crickets play a symphony!

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Emily lost a tooth!

Emily was so excited to loose another tooth.  She couldn’t wait to put her tooth under her pillow for the toothfairy!  

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Ringing in the new year

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What a wonderful night!  We sat around the campfire eating marshmallows and telling ghost stories.  I have to say that it was really hard staying up until midnight when you’re in the woods.  When you go camping, you get up … Continue reading

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Camping at Lake Dorr

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We decided to buck tradition and start a new tradition …. ring in the new year under the stars.  The weather was perfect so we headed to Lake Dorr in Ocala for the long weekend.  The children tried starting a … Continue reading

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Buccaneers win 38/15

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The Buccaneers played the Seattle Seahawks today and Andrew was there for the win.  John was able to get 2 tickets to the game and Andrew is as big a fan as his dad so they went and had a … Continue reading

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Christmas 2010

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We had a fantastic Christmas this year filled with PSP’s, a book reader, new bike, scooter, Barbies, airhogs, XBox Kinect, Nerf guns and a whole lot more!  This year Santa decided to make the gifts even more fun.  After the … Continue reading

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Cookies for Santa

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Is there a better way to spend Christmas Eve than making cookies for Santa?  We cheated and used pre-made cookie dough but we added our own flare by sculpting the dough into different shapes.  Regardless, we had a blast!  We … Continue reading

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All things Mac

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If you had asked me 10 years ago if I would ever own a Mac, I wouldn’t have hesitated to say no.  I am happily eating those words today.  I can’t imagine a better product than what Apple produces and … Continue reading

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Santa photos 2010

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We had another fantastic photo shoot this year!

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Tree is finished

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Doesn’t the tree look beautiful?!?!?!?!?

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Trimming the tree

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We finally decided to trim the tree this evening … nothing like waiting until the last minute.  That’s okay, we’ll enjoy the tree on the flip side – we’ll not take it down until February!  LOL

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Looking good

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Nothing special going on today – Andrew and Emily just looked too cute not to take a photo!  🙂

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iPad Fever

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We got an iPad today and the kids are enjoying it as much, if not more, than mommy is!

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Thanksgiving 2010

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When you have divorced parents, you get to celebrate Thanksgiving several times so we call it Extended Thanksgiving!  This morning we celebrated with a large breakfast for me, CW, Carter, Nathan, Andrew and Emily.  My kids then went to John’s … Continue reading

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Pedicure

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I needed a fill on my nails so I decided to make it a girls’ evening out and took Emily to get her nails painted.  She decided to have her toenails done too.  It amazes me how she can be … Continue reading

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Emily lost her first tooth

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Emily was so excited – she lost her first tooth tonight!

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Straight hair

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While the boys were playing video games, Emily asked me to straighten her hair.  She looked so adorable with her long flowing hair, I couldn’t resist a mini photo shoot (and she couldn’t resist posing like a professional model).

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