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May 1, 2016

April's Antics

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April was full of fun activities...

{...YE OLDE RENAISSANCE...}
Lex being in sixth grade meant he had to participate in their Renaissance Faire. Thankfully this kid went with a simple 'project' and took drinks. However, his costume cost some money. He wanted to be a knight, so because I wasn't in the mood to be creative and we found a costume for a good price, he became a costumed knight. He made it look good.




{...CARTOONS OF THE 90'S, REBORN...}
There was a cartoon I knew about when I was a teenager, but I never watched it. However, there was enough advertising about it that an image stuck in my mind. And image that Lex inadvertently created one day during Spring Break...



{...CUTIES...}



{...NON-HIRED HELP...}
While cleaning the bathroom one day, Jace said, "I wanna help." So I gave him his own gloves and let him help me. How can you say no to that cute little face.





{...JUST BECAUSE...}
One day this appeared on the porch. It was delicious and so needed. Just wish I knew WHO it came from.




Apr 2, 2016

March's Mayhem

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Here's the quick recap of the other events that took place in March...

{...SWEET LITTLE BABY FACE...}
Why do we feel the need to take so many pictures of babies when they are young? I don't know, but I'm extremely guilty of it.




{...ARTSY FARTSY...}
Shaylyn is a great artist and shows such great promise. Here's a look at one of her first art assignments for a class in school. They worked on drawing pictures using a grid on the original. She hadn't quite finished the assignment when I took the picture, but it still looks good.


{...SO SLEEPY...}
I love watching babies sleep...no matter how old the baby is. Plus, sometimes you get some awesome pictures.



{...ZOOTOPIA...}
On a bit of a whim, we decided to take the kids to see the new movie, Zootopia. The kids all enjoyed it and Zach made it super easy on us and slept through the whole thing.





{...BIG SISTER SNUGGLES...}
If there's one good thing I can say about the age of selfies, it's that Shaylyn is good at taking some with her siblings. I wouldn't get some of these moments without her.




{...HE MAKES IT LOOK COOL...}
Shaylyn got a pair of costume glasses for a decades dance she went to at school. Since then the little kids have found it fun to put them on. Gotta say, Jace looks pretty cool with them on.


{...BROTHERLY LOVE...}
Sometimes Jace enjoys being with his brother...





{...DOWNSIDE OF THE DIGITAL AGE...}
And here's the downside of kids in a digital age. You find all sorts of fun things on your camera when you let the kids borrow your phone...


 




Mar 19, 2016

Perfectly Imperfect

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For a few months now I've been thinking I need to do more journal/diary type posts. This is really what this blog was supposed to be, but somehow it feels to me more like a storyboard scrapbook page. That's not really bad, though as it helps me when I do decide to scrap those pictures as I have a way to remember what happened. But some posts lack any real feeling, so I've decided to do something about it. Surprise, surprise!

I'm hoping this will be a way to be a little more truthful about some things as well.

I'm sure you know what's coming now...an introduction to a new blog. Well, make that 2 new blogs.

The first one is for my more journal worthy/thoughtful posts and that blog is called My Perfectly Imperfect Ruminations. As for now, it's an open blog but I will probably close it off as I get going, so make sure you leave a comment here or on the new blog if you want to be a part of it.


The second blog has been in a state of improvement for months now and it's still not complete, but it's got enough going that I feel I can share it. It's a place for all my crafty/scrappy endeavors. That blog is My Scrappy Crafty Life. I'll add to it and complete it when life gives me more time...and/or I feel motivated to do so. And that blog will always stay open.



Thanks for putting up with me and my crazy ideas.


Mar 5, 2016

1 Month Old

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It's crazy how fast a month goes by. Can't believe this little dude has been with us for a whole month now.

Eric bought this outfit and brought it to the hospital, but I had other plans so I didn't put Zach in it right away. I thought the outfit would work great for his 1 month pictures though. And I absolutely love the hat!












Feb 1, 2016

January's Junk

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And the rest of January looked like this...

{...SO SMART...}
For awhile, Eric had been toying around with the idea of getting a smart watch. He looked around and just never really found anything he loved. Then one day he discovered a type of watch that would talk to his phone and he liked everything else about it, so he went and got one.

When he got home that day, I decided I wanted one as well. I had decided I was going to get a Fitbit after baby was born, but this smartwatch was capable of most everything a Fitbit would do. Plus, the watch came in white and I can change the watch face as often as desire strikes. There's also a watch face that uses pictures from my phone! I was pretty much sold. I also like the fact that I can check the time again without pulling out my phone.


{...LIKE THE BIG KIDS...}
As long as we've had our 'new' car, we've had headphones for the kids to watch movies without us needing to listen. Jace was always a little too small to use them. But we recently discovered that's not the case anymore and he gets the idea now.


{...IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC...}
Nate got headphones and an mp3 player for Christmas and was over the moon about it. He would listen to music daily. One day, he was so tired that he fell asleep while listening to his tunes. It was quite a sight to see knowing that he was out cold.


{...WHO NEEDS A CHAIR?...}
Tanis really is a great big brother and super patient with most of his siblings. Especially when they do things like this:



{...THEY LIKE EACH OTHER...SOMETIMES...}
Another Sunday night at Grandma's and when I went to check in on the kids, this is what I found.


I can't imagine Lex's back is very comfortable, but to each his own...

{...A CLOSE SHAVE...}
There are certain dogs that need to be groomed regularly. Flower isn't one of those breeds. Domino is. But because we weren't used to doing it with Flower, we haven't been as on top of getting Domino taken care of either...and he was getting really past due. He looked like a stray dog and he had hair growing in front of his eye and we wondered how he could even see. His hair was so matted he wasn't even fun to pet. We decided enough was enough and took him in.

When I went back to get him, they brought Domino out I wondered if they brought me the right dog! He was so much smaller without all that fur and he just looked completely different. Sure enough though, it was Domino and he was a much cuter dog afterwards.




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