tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135990692024-03-07T03:22:23.144-06:00pablitorunPablitoRunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03034066856851777569noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-24697361941547166522017-09-16T14:07:00.004-05:002017-09-16T14:07:37.465-05:00Lego ClubDecember brought more activities. Lego Club had their big competition that they had been working towards all fall. Paul is one of the coaches and Ben really enjoys building the robots and working on the coding for making it do the tasks it is assigned. Here they are getting ready to start their turn at the mission table.<br />
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Ben is praying it goes well!</div>
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Back at the table making a few adjustments with Coach and the rest of the team.</div>
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They did an awesome job and even won an award for their Core Values, which was an awesome win!</div>
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And when we went outside to leave, this is what it was like out!</div>
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Great job team!</div>
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I love this picture - this is what happens when you have two older sisters!</div>
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And the girls both performed in another play - this time it was Elf! I love watching them perform!</div>
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The kids had a chance to play outside in the snow finally. I did not want to go play in the snow (I really don't like being cold in the snow), so I watched them from our front window. This worked out great for me and then the kids got a kick out of it by throwing snowballs at me (the window)!</div>
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I love these next two pictures as you can see Matthew throwing the snowball! </div>
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Glad they had fun and glad I could watch from inside! Daddy is the one who plays in the snow with the kids! </div>
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They even made a little snowman for our front porch!</div>
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Since it was so cold outside, we did a lot of inside activities. Here is Matthew playing school and "reading" to the class!</div>
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Uno is always fun! </div>
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Guess what this girl wants for Christmas??</div>
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The girls' brownie troops went Christmas Caroling at the retirement home close to our house.</div>
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Juliette finished up her basketball season - a great team of friends! </div>
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Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-90191235637030023732017-09-16T13:32:00.002-05:002017-09-16T13:32:40.047-05:00Uncle Chris Turns 40!!!The weekend after Thanksgiving, we drove to Cincinnati to surprise Uncle Chris for his 40th birthday! He had been on working the previous day out of town and did not get back into town until the wee hours of the morning, so he was asleep when we arrived. This worked out well as the kids played around for a while first. Matthew had no problem jumping into play mode when he saw all of Brendan's really cool toys!<br />
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The kids loved playing around with Brendan.</div>
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Then when Uncle Chris woke up (probably from the noise of lots of kids in his house!), he came down to find us there as a surprise!</div>
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Hi Uncle Chris!!!</div>
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And Aunt Ginny got in on the fun too!</div>
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Aunt Ginny had bought some gingerbread houses for the kids to work on, which was a lot of fun!</div>
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And that night, Aunt Ginny had arranged for a surprise party for Uncle Chris with a few of his close friends and their families. It was a really nice evening celebrating, including Madgie's special Texas Sheet Cake!</div>
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Good thing Brendan was there to help blow out all of those candles!</div>
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The finished gingerbread houses!</div>
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The next morning, Uncle Chris opened up some presents and cards that the kids had made for him.</div>
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These kids love their fun Uncle Chris!</div>
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And their awesome Aunt Ginny, who planned a really nice weekend of surprises for Chris - well done!</div>
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It was a short visit, but really nice to have some family time with cousins and Madgie and Patch!</div>
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Thanks for inviting us Aunt Ginny - we had a great time! And Happy Birthday to the BEST big brother! Love you!</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-82440635210975016082017-09-16T10:44:00.001-05:002017-09-16T10:44:12.917-05:00Christmas TreeIn our yearly tradition, the day after Thanksgiving we went to pick out our Christmas tree. It was pretty cold, so we bundled up!<br />
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We took the wagon ride out to where the big trees were. </div>
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But we did see some Matthew sized trees too - he's ready to cut this one down!</div>
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We looked at a lot of great trees.</div>
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Before we finally picked "the one".</div>
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Then the boys got down to business in cutting it down.</div>
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What a good helper!</div>
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And the girls helped Dad carry the tree.</div>
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What a great looking group!</div>
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I just thought this was a cool picture.</div>
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While waiting for the wagon to come pick us up with our tree, we found another Matthew sized tree, although this one didn't look as healthy.</div>
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When we got home, we got the tree up and started to decorate.</div>
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We belted out Christmas songs too.</div>
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Ben put the angel on top this year.</div>
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Abbey decorating the tree.</div>
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And when Matthew woke up from nap, he helped too.</div>
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Love these two!</div>
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<br />Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-73050340187902457722017-09-16T10:24:00.002-05:002017-09-16T10:24:25.834-05:00Thanksgiving 2016November brings family time with Thanksgiving and Caroline's birthday! Aunt Domi brought over cupcakes to celebrate Caroline's birthday with us. Matthew played a critical role in getting the candles ready.<br />
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Happy Birthday Caroline!</div>
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We love cousin time!</div>
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Then it was time to prepare for Thanksgiving. Good thing I have such an excellent helper in the kitchen!</div>
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Ben wanted to make our turkey cake again this year, so we all got to work preparing it. I love baking with the kids - they have become so creative with decorating cakes!</div>
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This whole cake is edible, even the "stuffing" is toasted cake. Abbey made those awesome carrots out of fondant!</div>
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Thanksgiving morning traditionally means lounging on the couch in PJ's while watching the Macy's Parade.</div>
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Then we went to a family fun Flag Football Turkey Bowl. Matthew loved being part of the game, even if it just meant running around on the field. Luckily, nobody seemed to mind him playing and he didn't get hurt!</div>
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Then we headed over to Aunt Domi's for some family fun. The adults had family game fun too!</div>
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And we enjoyed a delicious feast as well!</div>
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Matthew got to spend some time with his Godfather.</div>
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Love this goofy bunch! The kids table looks like fun!</div>
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Juliette in the Thanksgiving dress that has been passed down!</div>
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Then it was time for the wishbone....</div>
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Gee, I wonder who won??</div>
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Matthew loved playing with Andrew and Jo.</div>
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The inside of our turkey cake also had stuffing! </div>
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And what Thanksgiving would be complete without some relaxing on the couch watching TV!<br />
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We had a great time - thank you Aunt Domi and Uncle Brandon for having us over!</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-81053874560261513592017-09-16T09:14:00.000-05:002017-09-16T09:14:02.247-05:00Jubilation and Fall FunIn November, Paul and I went to our Church's big fundraiser (Jubilation). It is always a fun time. We got all dolled up and ready to go have some fun with friends for a good cause! This year, I tried something new and rented a dress. It was a risk, but the day before the fundraiser, the dress I had chosen came in the mail (you could order 2 sizes) and it worked out great! I loved the dress and it was very inexpensive. The downside was I loved the dress but did not get to keep it! But, it worked out well and I would definitely consider doing that again.
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Paul is looking so handsome!</div>
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Every year one of the girls in our group has everyone over for a little pre-party at her house. Here is our group of girls this year (minus one that had to cancel last minute because of a sitter cancellation).</div>
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And the handsome men! There are several Paul's that we know, but this picture shows why our Paul is always called "Tall Paul"!</div>
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Every now and then we clean up well!</div>
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Just a shot of the fun at the event!</div>
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The next day the kids had some fun in the leaves. We raked them all up in a pile under our slide - great idea kids!</div>
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Love this picture - such joy in their faces!</div>
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And all the kids played basketball again this year. Juliette really progressed this year taking lots of shots and making lots of baskets!</div>
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Ben got to play basketball for his school this year, which he really enjoyed!</div>
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And Abbey got to play in a different league this year, which really improved her skills. Basketball is Abbey's favorite sport so it was a lot of fun to watch her play.</div>
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Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-3807251005442145982017-07-22T18:21:00.000-05:002017-07-22T18:21:09.717-05:00CUBS WIN!!!!Some very exciting things happened in the fall. First off, this guy went from this....
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3 Day Potty Training worked again and Matthew was super easy to train. He does not need diapers at night or nap either after 3 days and he's very rarely had an accident since then - awesome job buddy! The second exciting thing that happened is we grew some vegetables we have never grown before - like this awesome cauliflower! We also had luck with sweet potatoes and soy beans. Unfortunately our tomatoes were not as much as in previous years and our zucchini was also limited. But we still had a pretty good growing season overall. Thank you to Paul and the kids for tending the garden!</div>
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And finally, some would say the most exciting thing that happened in the fall was the Cubs winning the World Series!! We were all very into watching the game, so I got a few treats for that last game watching.</div>
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We let the kids stay up for the historic win, but it got very late, especially with the (much needed) rain delay. This was Juj towards the end of the game.</div>
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And Abbey too. We eventually carried the girls up to bed. Ben and Mom watched almost the whole thing, but started to get too nervous so we went up to bed while Dad kept the faith. He ran up to tell us when they had won. There were fireworks going off in the neighborhood and excited yelling. It was very cool to be awake and watch it! </div>
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A few short days later, the Cubs had a parade downtown. The kids happened to be off of school, so Paul took the day off and we went down the night before to sleep in a hotel right off the parade route. Paul got up super early to go secure us a spot on the parade route. The rest of us got up and met him there a little later. This guy was super excited!</div>
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Dad secured us an awesome spot and we thanked him with some coffee when we finally came to the spot.</div>
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We had to wait a while for it to start, but the crowd was excited and it was a fun atmosphere (minus the drunk teens next to us that Paul used his body to shield us from!).</div>
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They handed out signs and towels to everyone.</div>
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We all donned our Cubs gear. I told the kids to pack their clothes for the parade and Juliette came down with her pink sparkly dress. She said she would put her Cubs shirt over the dress and that is just what she did. The girl has her style!</div>
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Matthew didn't have a Cubs shirt, so he borrowed Daddy's hat!</div>
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She also brought her Cubby Bear with her to the parade.</div>
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The police were holding the "W" flag, just showing the really fun atmosphere of the crowds.</div>
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Waiting for the parade to start.</div>
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Finally big buses came by with the players on top decks. It actually went really quickly, but we were still glad to have gone.</div>
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Jake Arrieta</div>
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Rizzo!</div>
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Lester and Grandpa Rossi holding the trophy!</div>
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After the parade the police man got Cubby Bear for Juliette because she dropped it. Very nice!</div>
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Then we walked over to see that Chicago had dyed the river Cubby Blue!</div>
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The whole city was festive!</div>
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Then we decided to drive up to Wrigley to see the stadium.</div>
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World Series Champions!!!</div>
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It was a really fun day downtown after a really exciting World Series!</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-6618966356868136482017-07-22T15:31:00.001-05:002017-07-22T15:31:13.713-05:00HalloweenHalloween season was upon us again....I say season because even though Halloween is only one day, it gets celebrated for weeks leading up to the big day. We started with the Cub Scout Halloween party, which is always a fun event, but our last one for a while as Ben is in his last year of Cub Scouts. It is a family friendly party that all the kids enjoy. Matthew went as "Scary Bones" for the party.
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He matched Daddy!</div>
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Juliette went as a penguin (in a costume that Ben wore when he was 3).</div>
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Ben's pumpkin contest entry.</div>
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Ben went as Freddy from "Nightmare on Elm Street". Note - he has not actually seen this movie, but his costume is perfect!</div>
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Abbey went as a pirate.</div>
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At the party they decorated candy apples.</div>
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Matthew was a little unsure about it, but he liked the gummy worms.</div>
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They had "skull hockey" as a game, which Matthew really enjoyed.</div>
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There were also the school Halloween parties. Juliette went as a Notre Dame cheerleader and enjoyed her last year at the school fun fair, which is for grades PK-2.</div>
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Due to the scary nature of Ben's costume, he chose not to wear it to school and instead went as the Cubs "W" flag!</div>
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Somebody was very excited to dress up like Mickey Mouse!</div>
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Cheeeeeese!</div>
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Finally the big day came and we were ready to go trick or treating!</div>
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So we have Mickey Mouse, ND cheerleader, a banana (Abbey randomly said she wanted to go as a banana this year - I happened to be telling my friend this because I thought it was funny and she just so happened to have a banana costume that her daughter had worn in the past, so we had to borrow it at that point!), and Freddy.</div>
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It was a very fun night of trick or treating with the kids.</div>
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Mickey Mouse had great helpers.</div>
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Wait for me guys!</div>
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The "W" flags!</div>
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You can't read it from the picture, but this street sign is for Elm Street!</div>
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Matthew was such a trooper. He really enjoyed all the candy he got!</div>
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They came home with quite the loot and then proceeded to make their trades with each other. We had our traditionally chili dinner waiting for us in the crock pot too.</div>
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Happy Baby enjoyed Halloween :)</div>
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Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-74977861276655389852017-07-13T20:46:00.003-05:002017-07-13T20:46:42.790-05:00Pumpkin PatchAnother fun fall tradition is going to the pumpkin patch. Normally I take the kids on a random day they have off from school so the crowds are fairly small. It seems to work out well and it is something fun to do together on a no school day! This year, Juliette had Benny the Bull from school. This is when she gets to keep the bull for the weekend and take pictures with it and write in the class journal about what they did together. She was very excited that she got Benny on a 3 day weekend! And, ironically, we brought Benny the Bull to this same pumpkin patch last year when Abbey got him! Here is Juliette with Benny!<br />
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All 4 pumpkins (with our Benny holding Benny the bull).</div>
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Matthew was pretty excited that they had tractors you could climb in and pretend to drive!</div>
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My cuties :)</div>
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Matthew on the sea saw.</div>
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The big sea saws are pretty fun.</div>
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Then we rode the wagon out to the pumpkin patch.</div>
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And everyone picked out a pumpkin.</div>
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Fun times!</div>
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We came home with enough pumpkins to have our own patch!</div>
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Kids being silly - conga line!</div>
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Then of course we had to stop and get the apple doughnuts for our treat before heading home. It was a beautiful day and a really fun time with the kids!</div>
<br />Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-62972043202907895022017-07-13T17:41:00.000-05:002017-07-13T17:41:08.557-05:00Apple PickingWe continued our annual tradition of going to Elegant Farmer to pick apples in the fall - a family favorite tradition! These three were ready for the wagon ride up to the orchards.<br />
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Daddy and Matthew (and a photobomber!)</div>
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Sweet girl!</div>
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We got our baskets and were ready to go!</div>
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Riding the wagon...</div>
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Finally time to pick some apples - he was big enough to reach them this year!</div>
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The bigger kids liked to climb the trees or use ladders to get the high ones.</div>
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Wow - good picking Matthew!</div>
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Good one!</div>
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Abbey loves to climb up those trees!</div>
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It's a Matthew-sized apple!</div>
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Climbing trees!</div>
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Love this picture (and this boy)!</div>
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Double fisting apples....</div>
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Sweet Juj!</div>
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Abbey is always helping Matthew - she is such a good big sister!</div>
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Those baskets got heavy so we needed some teamwork to carry them.</div>
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Again, being a good helper to Matthew.</div>
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Matthew on the ladder - he looks so little compared to the big ladder!</div>
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Got a high one!</div>
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Awesome teamwork!</div>
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Abbey and I walked down so we took some pictures while waiting for the others to come on the wagon ride. She's so cute!</div>
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And she's getting so big too!</div>
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It was another fun family day - love these kids and our family traditions!</div>
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Both girls played Park District soccer and Ben played travel soccer again this year. Matthew, having been to a LOT of soccer games for his siblings, decided it was time to dress the part and join a team. Although he isn't old enough yet to join a team, we did let him wear the jersey so he felt part of his siblings' teams! Put me in Coach!</div>
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We celebrated Paul's birthday. For his birthday, I got him tickets to a cubs game to go with friends - Dads' Day Out at the Ballpark! He really enjoyed the game and it was on his birthday, which was fun. So we celebrated as a family that weekend with his favorite carrot cake, made with love by his kids (and me)!</div>
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Abbey and Juliette did all of the cake decorating this time - I think they did an awesome job!</div>
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Happy Birthday Paul!</div>
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Matthew had his own classes too. He loved his gymnastics class!</div>
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Ben played soccer for his school again this year (as well as travel club soccer). But he loved playing for school because it was with his friends. This year, they won the Catholic School JV Championship in an exciting shoot out! Ben and Daniel celebrating the awesome win!</div>
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The winning team!</div>
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Juliette crossed over from Daisy Scouts to Brownies. I continue to be one of her leaders, which is fun.</div>
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What a great group of girls!</div>
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Juj and some of her friends after her soccer game.</div>
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We love that our kids are active and involved in sports and other activities. It definitely keeps us busy! We are so thankful that Matthew is such an easy going and fun loving child - he loves to go along to all the games and be part of whatever his siblings are doing. It sure makes things a lot easier that he always wants to go too!</div>
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In the fall, Madgie and Patch came up to be present for Grandparents' Day at school. It is such a nice event where we all go to Mass together and then the grandparents can visit the kids' classrooms and do quick activities with them (and since they have 3 classrooms to get to, the activities really do have to be quick!). The kids enjoy showing off their classrooms and spending the morning with their grandparents.</div>
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After the Grandparents' Day festivities ended, we headed out to South Bend for the weekend. We were so excited to finally bring the kids to a Notre Dame football game! Abbey asked Santa for ND tickets last Christmas, and we were so thankful to Madgie and Patch for helping Santa get that wish granted! We arrived on Friday afternoon with just enough time to get over to campus to walk around a little bit.</div>
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We met up with Andrew, our nephew and Godson. He is a senior and it is hard to believe that we never made it to campus before now to visit him! The kids were all excited to see him and see where he lived - this picture is in front of his dorm. </div>
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And we found the bench where Paul proposed to me:)</div>
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And now we have 4 kids!</div>
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Madgie and Patch rested on a bench with Matthew for a bit.</div>
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We gave money to the kids to be able to light special intention candles at the Grotto.</div>
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Then we prayed. What a special place!</div>
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We were pretty hungry at this point, so we paid to eat in the South Dining Hall. The kids loved it because there were so many choices of things they loved. We went back there a lot over the weekend and the kids, to this day, have declared it their favorite restaurant - ha!</div>
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We tried to watch a little of the pep rally, but it was hard to see and we couldn't tell what was going on. The kids got bored and it was getting late so we didn't stay there too long. We headed back to the house Madgie had rented to get a good night's sleep for the big day ahead!</div>
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Finally, game day is here and Juj had the perfect outfit!</div>
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We got up early and headed over to campus to enjoy the day. Of course, we took the obligatory picture in front of the Golden Dome!</div>
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Cuties enjoying campus atmosphere!</div>
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Matthew was very excited!</div>
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As was Juliette!</div>
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Our whole group!</div>
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You really can't get enough pictures in front of the Dome!</div>
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Then we walked over to my old dorm, Breen-Phillips!</div>
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Touchdown Jesus!</div>
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Madgie and Patch had tickets to an exclusive tailgate, so we headed over there and had lunch. The cheerleaders stopped by, which was very exciting! </div>
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Check out Abbey in the background - she wanted her picture with them but was too embarrassed to go with Juliette. So she found a way to get in the picture!</div>
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The timing worked out nicely because it started to rain, but the tailgate was under a huge tent. So we ate, stayed dry, and then when it stopped raining the kids played bags and other lawn games that they had out before it was time to head into the game. Thanks Madgie and Patch - it was an awesome tailgate!</div>
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A quick stop at the car to put the stroller away and get our cheers ready.</div>
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Then it was game time! This is a very excited crew!!</div>
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I was a little worried about how long the kids would last at the game, but they did awesome the entire time! The weather cleared up and we had amazing seats (which turned out to be extra perfect because the people in front of us never showed up so we had some extra room!).</div>
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Matthew was awesome! He watched about half of the game and played with his cars for the other half (again, perfect that the people in front of us didn't show up so Matthew had somewhere to play with his cars!).</div>
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Push ups were done for touchdowns...</div>
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Matthew especially enjoyed doing the pushups with Daddy and Ben helping him!</div>
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GO IRISH!!</div>
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Abbey really enjoyed everything about it, which made me so happy as this was her Christmas wish!</div>
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She enjoyed watching the game, eating the food, and walking around the stadium just taking it all in.</div>
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These were out seats - perfect! We could not have asked for a better circumstance for our first game. THANK YOU MADGIE AND PATCH!!!</div>
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After the game we headed over to the JACC where we saw Patch's name on the letterman wall!</div>
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The kids thought that was super cool!</div>
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Just a cute shot of everyone holding hands walking into the JACC.</div>
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It was a very awesome day and we enjoyed every aspect. On Sunday, we headed back over to campus again before heading home. Yes, Juliette continued to wear her cheerleading outfit!</div>
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It was September 11th and the University had placed flags for the number of lives lost on that day. The crazy thing is that I was at Notre Dame on that day in 2001 when it happened - a day I will never forget. </div>
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Madgie and I on campus by the Fr. Sorin statue.</div>
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Madgie, Juj and I enjoying the beautiful day on a beautiful campus.</div>
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Ha - got a quick picture of Abbey before she quite realized it and ran off!</div>
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We met up with Andrew and Jo one more time before saying goodbye. It was so great to see them both - glad we were able to get there before they graduated!</div>
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Then, before we left, we played a little family football on the quad, which was awesome!</div>
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Go Matthew!!</div>
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Awesome cheering Juj!</div>
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It was really a perfect weekend - just what we had hoped it would be for the kids (and for me as it had been probably 10 years since I had been back to campus). THANK YOU to Madgie and Patch for making this weekend possible and for being with us to make it extra special. This was truly a wonderful experience the kids will always remember!</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-71392953330090007192017-06-17T12:19:00.003-05:002017-06-17T12:19:23.717-05:00First Day of SchoolAfter a wonderful summer of fun and relaxation, it was time to go back to school. The beginning of school is always exciting. While I mourn the end of summer with my kids at home, the structure of school and activities is also fun to get back into. It is hard to believe that we had a fifth grader, third grader, second grader and a 2 year old that thinks he is ready to go to school too!
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Cheers to a great year ahead kiddos!</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-65516541272938009592017-06-09T10:56:00.002-05:002017-06-09T10:56:22.165-05:00Juliette's BirthdayThe end of summer also means it is time for Juliette's birthday! On her special day, she wanted to go to Build A Bear, so we went and let her pick out a new bear and an outfit. It is always a fun trip to that store where you pick everything out and then watch them fill the bear with life (i.e., stuff it!).<br />
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It was a fun morning and Juliette was very happy with her new bear.</div>
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That night, after her requested spaghetti and cauliflower dinner, we had a cookie cake for her (notice her still holding her new bear).</div>
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For her birthday party this year, she wanted to invite a bunch of girls to our house to play with their American Girl dolls. So, I made her this cake, which looks like the box an American Girl doll comes in (if you didn't know) with Juliette's face in the box! I think it turned out super cute - Juliette loved it and her friends all seemed impressed!</div>
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Each of the girls brought their own doll (although we had extras if someone didn't have one or forgot). We had a hair station (which was surprisingly the most popular).</div>
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She LOVED this party!</div>
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I was doing a lot of the doll's hair (in case you can't tell, I loved this party too!).</div>
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We had most of our AG toys out to play with too.</div>
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Then we did a few crafts. We had each girl decorate with fabric markers a t-shirt for their doll. They also made sleep masks for themselves and their dolls to match. </div>
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We had pizza while watching one of the American Girl doll movies.</div>
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And then it was time for cake! It was a really fun party and the girls all seemed to enjoy it. </div>
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It was a fun mommy and me time together.</div>
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She was happy :)</div>
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It was a great time celebrating our Juliette turning 7. Time flies - I can't believe she is 7!! Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!</div>
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When we returned home from TN, there was only a week and a half left before school started, so we got busy trying to get the rest of our summer bucket list in! First stop....Lego Land! Juliette made a turtle out of legos!</div>
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It's a super fun place to build whatever you want!</div>
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Matthew had fun racing the Lego cars down the tracks!</div>
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And it is always fun to see what they make out of Legos - really amazing stuff!</div>
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They have a few rides to go on, which Matthew seemed a little unsure of at first, but then enjoyed.</div>
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Cool tiger made of Legos!</div>
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This is what happens on a summer day when you have two big sisters....</div>
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We went to a farm and saw how you collect eggs from chicken nests.</div>
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We brought our lunch and had it in the outside rocking chairs.</div>
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Matthew was excited that they had real tractors you could climb on!</div>
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And the farm animals to see.</div>
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It was a fun morning.</div>
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This year we added some family service to our activities - we went to Feed My Starving Children to pack meals for third world countries. </div>
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It was a lot of fun - something we definitely want to do again!</div>
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Having fun at the party store with two clowns!</div>
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We went downtown for a day and enjoyed the spray park.</div>
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Matthew did not like getting all wet at first.</div>
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Tricky Daddy lined the kids up in a specific spot telling them I was trying to take their picture.</div>
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Then he quickly backed away when the water burst out - what a great shot of it hitting Ben!</div>
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Ha! That was not what he was expecting!</div>
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They made sure to get Daddy back after that though.</div>
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Totally drenched, Daddy and Matthew decided to lay in the sun to rest and dry off a little.</div>
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Well done - celebrate with a dab!</div>
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We brought a change of clothes for the kids so once we dried off, we went over to see The Bean.</div>
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Then we walked over to Maggie Daley Park, which is awesome!</div>
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This time we added mini golf to the fun too.</div>
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And we walked back to our car, taking in the sights along the way. It was a super fun day in the city and we finished it off with some true Chicago style pizza - perfect summer day downtown!</div>
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We had fun at home too - Matthew was so excited to watch some construction across the street from our house!</div>
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We made a trip down to Cantigny (with a stop for breakfast along the way).</div>
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The kids really enjoy climbing up on all the tanks.</div>
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These three made it their mission to climb aboard every tank there - and they accomplished that mission! Time to celebrate with a dab!</div>
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And we had to get some appointments out of the way before school started too, like the dentist. Juliette reading to Matthew while waiting. So cute!</div>
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We had such a fun summer. I love exploring with these kiddos! </div>
<br />Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-32477834533186542182017-05-24T12:39:00.001-05:002017-05-24T12:39:35.238-05:00TN Visit 2016We took our annual end of summer trip down to TN to visit Mama Kay and Papa after we left NJ. The kids really enjoy fishing off of their dock!<br />
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And relaxing with Dad.</div>
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We were excited that our trip overlapped with Uncle David and Virginia. Matthew was excited to help Uncle David cook on the grill.</div>
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Matthew also enjoyed swimming in the lake with Abbey.</div>
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And playing on the big floaties.</div>
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Juliette in a buoyancy suit to make swimming off the dock a little easier.</div>
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It's just fun to swim off the dock!</div>
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Matthew liked fishing too!</div>
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Uncle David teaching him how to fish.</div>
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And we got to play with their new kyacks! </div>
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While we were there, we celebrated the August birthdays of Virginia and Juliette with cakes of their requested flavors - thank you Mama Kay!</div>
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The fishing is usually pretty good off of their dock - nice catch Ben!</div>
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He was so cute fishing.</div>
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Even the girls agree that this is a very relaxing place to be!</div>
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Lunch on the dock.</div>
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The kids actually enjoyed tubing off of the back of the boat this year - something that they have been nervous about in the past!</div>
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Make smores by the fire pit - yum!</div>
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And we went to a little farm stand where you can pick your own vegetables!</div>
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Mama Kay and Papa had this really cool pool that Matthew enjoyed on the dock.</div>
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And we got to see Madgie and Patch and borrow their jet skis for a little fun too.</div>
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Juliette tried the water ski training float off the back of the boat - new this year to her!</div>
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The kids really enjoyed riding the "hot dog" behind the boat together!</div>
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Even Matthew tried tubing with Daddy!</div>
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Looks like he is enjoying it, but he quickly wanted to stop!</div>
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Ben and Virginia watching off the back of the boat. It was so nice to have some cousin time with her.</div>
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I guess tubing is pretty tiring because baby fell asleep in the boat after that!</div>
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Paddle boarding was a fun new thing to try!</div>
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But most exciting for Matthew was the house being built across the street. Every day he would watch the construction trucks come in and do stuff!</div>
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He got really excited when Mama Kay took him outside to watch it up close and the guy working offered to let Matthew ride on this!!</div>
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Matthew was SO excited about this!</div>
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The girls riding the hot dog - a first for Abbey this year!</div>
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But they quickly fell off - perhaps 3 is too many!</div>
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And we got to celebrate Juliette's birthday again with a Texas Sheet Cake that Madgie made - a family favorite!</div>
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A little more time on the jet skis.</div>
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Matthew showing off his awesome lake hair!</div>
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Although I am not sure it can quite compete with Ben's lake hair!</div>
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As usual, we had an awesome trip. We love to come visit and relax at the lake at the end of summer - it's a perfect place to really relax and have fun together with family before heading back and getting ready for the start of school. Thank you Mama Kay and Papa for having us and always being so fun to spend time with!!</div>
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On July 8, my Grandma (Mimi to my kids) passed away. She was 101 years old and I really loved her. She was such a shining example of how I want to be when I am older. My grandfather died 13 years ago, so she learned to live on her own. She didn't like to accept help from people. She preferred to do things herself in order to stay active and self sufficient. Her motto became if she could do something herself, she didn't want help doing it. She lived independently until she died. Her only sadness was that her body was holding her back from doing things. She was mostly in a wheel chair and missed being able to move around the way she wanted. She was very strong in her faith, constantly trying to bring people back to the Church that had left it for various reasons. She was sharp and funny and I always loved talking to her. Nobody could ever believe that she was over 100 because her mind was fully in tact. She played bridge several times a week and even won a bridge tournament a few months before she died. She was always positive and happy. And she was encouraging. She always told me that she thought I was a good mother, which meant a lot to me. I felt close to her and cherish the fact that I saw her so much while I was growing up and that she was able to see all of my children and get to know them too. When we were in Jacksonville in March, we got to spend some time with her and celebrate her 101st birthday.</div>
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I am so thankful to have had her for so long in my life. Although I miss her and mourn her passing, I can only be thankful that she was in my life for 37 years. Not many people can say that about their grandparents!</div>
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Her funeral was in August in New Jersey so that her ashes could be put next to my Grandfather's ashes. Abbey was already scheduled to be in a play that Friday morning, so we decided to split up for the journey. I stayed with Abbey to watch her play and then we flew to New Jersey. Paul drove the other 3 kids to New Jersey. We were supposed to go to TN to visit Mama Kay and Papa after the funeral, so we needed to have our car there to make the trip down. So, we split up and I got to spend some girl time with Abbey.</div>
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Our time included some shopping, a movie, and some frozen yogurt!</div>
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She was in High School Musical with a bunch of friends and it was very cute. I always love watching her perform!</div>
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And flew to NJ.</div>
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When we arrived at the airport, we met my Mom there as she had just flown in as well. Her brother had arranged for a car to pick us up and bring us to Spring Lake. Shenanigans in the car with this silly girl!</div>
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She was pretty excited that the driver had all kinds of candy she could have in the car!</div>
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Meanwhile, Paul had taken the other 3 kids driving from home to NJ. Since driving was much less exciting than flying, they decided to have some fun and stop in Hershey, PA. Apparently, this guy was keeping everyone up at the hotel thinking it was play time when it was really sleep time! He needs a crib (and his own space) to settle down for sleep.</div>
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Looks like they had a good time at this restaurant/game place they went to for dinner.<br />
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The next day they went to the Hershey factory where they got to tour the factory and make their own labeled chocolates!<br />
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They met Ms. Twizzler!<br />
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They sent me this picture - check out that aisle of my favorite candy!!<br />
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Looks like they had a good time at Hershey's Chocolate World! Abbey and I were so jealous, especially since we are the only ones in the family that really LOVE chocolate! I promised her I would take her separately another time (because I really want to go too!).<br />
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We all made it to NJ on Friday. The funeral was Saturday morning. I guess Grandma knew we were all very sad and wanted to shake things up a little bit. The organist, as soon as we got there, had a seizure. He screamed from the choir loft and it was very scary for a few minutes until we knew what had happened. Luckily, my family is full of doctors that ran up and helped him while we called 911. The man was OK, but the problem was that they could not bring him down on a stretcher because the stair case was tiny and winding. So the fire trucks came to figure out how to bring him down. This was pretty exciting for the kids. While we waited, one of the firemen let the kids climb in and explore the fire truck. This was once we knew the man was fine, of course. In the end, he was able to sit down and come down the stairs one by one on his own with help from firemen and then get on a stretcher and go off in an ambulance. It is a funeral that we will never forget and it eased the tension of the morning - well done Grandma!<br />
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After the funeral, we went to the place where Grandpa's ashes were and watched them put Grandma in with him. It took 13 years, but they are finally together again.</div>
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There was a lovely lunch planned at a nearby restaurant by my Aunt. After lunch we headed back to the hotel to try to get Matthew to nap. After that attempt failed, they decided to play with Brendan for a while in the hotel and the pool. </div>
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The next day we left early to make our trip to TN. It was a very sad weekend, but so good to see some family I haven't seen in years and also spend time with my immediate family. We love and miss you Mimi!</div>
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We always go to the Irish Festival. This year Abbey's friend was Irish Dancing in the festival, so we sat down to watch her dance.</div>
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The Irish Festival has balloon art (Juliette's arm turtle was a big hit) and face painting.</div>
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This year for my birthday I got a bike. Juliette learned to ride her bike on a warm day in the winter, so I knew we were finally ready for some family bike rides. Matthew is in the trailer and we are ready to go!</div>
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We rode to the Frozen Yogurt place about a mile from us. It was really fun and helped work off that tasty treat!</div>
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It's a fun place because they had bags and games set up outside in their courtyard to play on a nice day while you enjoy your yogurt.</div>
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Summer is a great time for popsicles too - just ask Matthew!</div>
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And the big news that Juliette was waiting for - she finally lost her first tooth!!</div>
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The girls had their first sleepover with their friend Grace.</div>
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And the boys goofed off in the mall while waiting for the girls to finish up an event at a store.</div>
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We made sure to spend some time at the Acuff's, especially when they brought home a new puppy, Evee.</div>
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The kids really enjoyed holding and playing with her.</div>
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Having fun swinging in the backyard.</div>
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And relaxing in the hammock with the puppy.</div>
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It was really cute to watch Matthew hold and play with the puppy!</div>
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Awww, kisses!</div>
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Juliette liked holding her too.</div>
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And Abbey held her as much as possible too.</div>
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We went in reverse age (or height) order to ensure everyone got a turn. Some candy burst out, which sent the kids running, but there was still more batting to do!</div>
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The older kids had to put their head on the bat and spin around a few times before batting!</div>
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The Long twin girls watched on in amusement!</div>
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Finally it all came out!</div>
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Matthew was excited to find a lollipop! </div>
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Finally everyone relaxed on the couch with a movie.</div>
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I love summer fun!</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-5236920413967637342017-05-20T12:20:00.001-05:002017-05-20T12:20:30.631-05:00Abbey's Birthday!<div style="text-align: center;">
Abbey's birthday is July 7 and it is always a fun time to celebrate. On her actual birthday, all she wanted to do was go to Chuck E Cheese's, so off we went for a morning of fun! The kids loved playing all of the games and playing with Matthew too.</div>
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They had fun practicing their basketball skills.</div>
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Matthew loved any games that had balls, but the trick was getting him to not throw those balls around Chuck E Cheese!</div>
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I love this picture because it really shows how much fun Abbey is having!</div>
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Matthew was very unsure about the mouse!</div>
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Then we had a pizza lunch and went home. It was a very fun morning!</div>
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Later that afternoon, Abbey got to open some family gifts. </div>
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She was excited to get the money from Mama Kay and Papa!</div>
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After a spaghetti dinner (her choice), we had a cookie cake for her.</div>
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Abbey wanted a pool/water birthday party, so we set up our backyard with some water fun and invited her friends over for an afternoon of fun. She also wanted it to be basketball themed.</div>
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We had our inflatable pool set up in front of the swings for the kids to swing into and the slip and slide at the end of our slide.</div>
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Juliette ready to swing into the pool.</div>
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Ben tests out the water slide-slip and slide.</div>
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Caroline swinging into the pool.</div>
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Then we had several water games planned, which were a lot of fun.</div>
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We separated the girls into teams and did the sponge relay.</div>
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And the pass water back in a cup relay.</div>
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The two teams passing water back - it was funny to watch!</div>
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Then some more free play with the slides.</div>
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We also had a craft planned where you decorated flip flops with cut out fabric. It turned out really cute.</div>
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While the girls were doing their craft, Matthew finally felt comfortable getting in the pool to play.</div>
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After pizza, we had her basketball cake all ready to go (this was one of the easier cakes I have been asked to make - thank you Abbey!).</div>
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It was a fun party. Once all the girls left, Abbey opened up her presents.</div>
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You can see the finished product of the flip flops on Juliette.</div>
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We continued the celebrations of Abbey's birthday with a Mommy and Me date to the American Girl store. Abbey kindly lent me a doll to take as well :)<br />
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I always look forward to some one-on-one time with the kids as it is scarce to come by with 4 kids in the house!</div>
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Abbey was very excited and really looked adorable in the outfit she picked out for herself and her dolls. While we were there, she used a gift card and money that she had received from her birthday plus her allowance savings to buy the new doll of the year, Leah.</div>
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For her birthday, I told her I would let her take one of her dolls to the hair salon to get her hair done. So Abbey brought her doll that had the most tangled hair - smart move! </div>
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They did an awesome job - look how beautiful it looks now!</div>
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This was Saige, the first AG doll Abbey ever got. It was so nice to see her pretty again and Abbey excited about her again!</div>
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We also had breakfast at the cafe, which is always fun (and delicious). Abbey wanted to take a picture of me, after I had been taking pictures of her all morning! </div>
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Then she took a selfie, which turned out super cute!</div>
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Happy Girl!</div>
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It is always fun to celebrate birthdays. Happy Birthday pretty girl!!</div>
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July 4 is always fun by us. We decided to start the celebrations on July 3 with a BBQ with our good friends. Juliette clearly dressed for the occasion!</div>
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Paul grilled up some delicious meats for everyone!</div>
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The boys hanging out.</div>
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Nice grilling!</div>
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Matthew enjoyed playing some backyard basketball with Charlie!</div>
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And there was some yummy desserts too.</div>
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Matthew charmed Mrs. O'Connor into giving him lots of cookies :)</div>
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Then we got out the sparklers.</div>
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We are lucky Paul didn't burn any fingers in this process...</div>
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or worse!</div>
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My good friends!</div>
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Once it got late, the kids settled in to watch a movie.</div>
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It was a very fun evening. The next day we got up and went to our favorite teacher's house for the parade. Matthew found Mrs. O'Connor right away!</div>
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The kids all waiting for candy to be thrown!</div>
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Michael and Ben</div>
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Abbey giving Ellie a hug.</div>
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Abbey really looked adorable in her festive outfit that she picked out herself.</div>
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Matthew looking at his candy with Uncle Brandon and Andrew.</div>
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Back at the house we had some lunch.</div>
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After lunch (and nap), we headed over to Frontier Days, which is the annual July 4 fair in AH. The kids love it because of all the rides and festivities. Caroline and Juliette liked this ride!</div>
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Going down the big slides in a race to the finish!</div>
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It was a close one - photo finish!</div>
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Matthew mostly enjoyed riding on Daddy's shoulders.</div>
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or drinking the iced lemonade and Uncle Brandon bought him!</div>
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He did happily go on this spinning ride with Aunt Domi and the kids. He did not get off of it very happy though!</div>
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He decided to sit out the next few rides with Uncle Brandon.</div>
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He eventually went on another ride, but didn't like that one much either.</div>
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And this year we did not come home with any fish. Instead, we came home with a hermit crab. So off to PetSmart we went to get his habitat set up and $100 later, we had a home for Sushi.</div>
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July 4 is always one of our favorite summer times!</div>
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This was the day Ben became interested in photography and borrowed our camera to get all kinds of neat shots. </div>
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Super Dad, again!</div>
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Family picture!</div>
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Tired baby.</div>
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Abbey is queen of the mountain!</div>
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Aww, cute couple!</div>
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My baby!</div>
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I love my baby's hugs.</div>
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One last stop to see some wildlife. Be careful of this one...she's crazy!</div>
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We found some bison that you could get really close to, while having the comfort of being across a small river from them (feeling somewhat protected).</div>
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And our last few cooking adventures over the fire. Hanging around the campsite, cooking and relaxing were a really fun part of this trip!</div>
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Madgie and I in front of their little RV.</div>
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Here's the whole group!</div>
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We took two separate paths out of Yellowstone. Chris and Ginny went straight back to Salt Lake City, but we took the longer route in order to make a quick stop in the Grand Tetons. On our way out of Yellowstone, we stopped to get a picture by the sign.</div>
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We made it to the Grand Tetons (which was not far)!</div>
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Madgie and Patch decided to come along on our route for some extra sightseeing. </div>
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Absolutely stunning views from the drive.</div>
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We got to the visitor center, which was under construction, and decided to take a quick boat tour.</div>
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On the boat.</div>
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Playing by the lake.</div>
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On our drive back to Salt Lake City, we had to go through a totally desolate area where we got no cell phone coverage and saw no people (or other cars). We did see cows grazing everywhere and no fences to keep them in, so we had to stop and wait for a few to cross the road. It was, as Paul says, an adventure! Finally we made it back to Salt Lake City. Madgie and Patch left the next day as they got a call that Grandma was in the hospital and not doing well. So they rushed back to Jacksonville to be with her. We spent the morning cleaning out and returning the RV's, but then in the afternoon, we decided to relax and take the kids to see Finding Dory in the theater. It was Matthew's and Brendan's first time in a theater and I think they enjoyed it!</div>
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The next day Uncle Chris, Aunt Ginny, and Brendan left to get back to Cincinnati. We had an extra day to spend seeing Salt Lake City, so our first stop was going to see the Great Salt Lake.</div>
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We were surprised at how far out the water was and also how shallow it was. There had been a low snow fall that winter and they get all of their water from snow melting from the mountains, so the lake level was really low.</div>
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Matthew was excited to play in the sand.</div>
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It was a long walk out to the water's edge - probably about a half mile on hot sand!</div>
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Finally we got to the water. It was so shallow that we had to walk more to get out to where we could float. It was a little chilly.</div>
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But finally we got in and were having fun floating in the salty water.</div>
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Matthew wasn't such a fan of the chilly water, but he did enjoy looking for rocks on the beach and throwing them into the water.</div>
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With the high salt content, we found that we were able to skip rocks really easily, which was fun for everyone!</div>
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While we dried off we noticed that the salt just stuck to our bodies. It was a little gross to have salt dried on your skin - so much that it was visible and hard to brush off. A shower sure felt good!</div>
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We also decided to go see Temple Square, which is the big Mormon Church. It was beautiful, although you are not allowed to go inside the Church if you are not Mormon. We did take a tour of the grounds though and learned a lot about the religion, which was very interesting. There were also excellent museums there about Mormonism. It was very informative.</div>
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This is inside the Tabernacle where the famous Tabernacle Choir sings. We were unable to hear them as their practice times didn't coincide with our timing in Salt Lake City, but it was still neat to see.</div>
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The tour got to be a little too much information for Matthew, so I took him outside to just walk around the grounds. It is really beautiful there with a lot of statues and fountains and gardens.</div>
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And the next day we headed home. We had some flight delays, but everyone was so good. Here's Matthew and I hanging out at the gate waiting for our plane.</div>
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Once we got into the air, this poor baby passed out. He wanted so badly to sit in my lap, but the flight attendants would not let him for take off. So after a lot of crying, he finally settled down like this and fell asleep. Sweet sweet baby!</div>
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What an awesome trip we had!! I can't even describe how great this trip was. The kids got to be outside, run around with their cousins, see amazing sites, and just relax and have some quality family time without any electronic distractions. It was great that Paul didn't have to check in with work because of the lack of connectivity too! Thank you to Madgie and Patch for this trip! And thanks to Aunt Ginny for going along with the camping. Next trip choice is yours!! Love you all.</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-8291695327507120652017-03-01T16:30:00.000-06:002017-03-01T16:30:23.347-06:00Yellowstone Part 4One night we went to a Chuck Wagon dinner, which was so fun! We could have ridden a horse or taken a covered wagon. Nobody in our group was interested in riding a horse, so we all took the wagon ride.<br />
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All the wagons lined up once we got to the camp.</div>
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Madgie bought us all Yellowstone shirts and we got a great group shot.</div>
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We tried to get a shot of the cousins, but this was the best one. It's hard to get everyone smiling and looking at the camera, but I think this turned out pretty cute!</div>
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I love this picture of Paul looking at me - we are finding something very funny!</div>
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And of course, our silly picture!</div>
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Madgie and Patch - love these two!!</div>
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Then we went over to say hi to the horses.</div>
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Matthew was a little unsure, so his siblings helped to introduce him to the horses while making sure he was comfortable. Matthew is a lucky baby to have such awesome siblings that love him so much!</div>
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Tried getting a shot of the kids, but Matthew couldn't take his eyes off the horses!</div>
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Uncle Chris was introducing Brendan to the horses too.</div>
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Aww, Brendan likes the horse!</div>
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Ginny and Brendan with the horse.</div>
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Love this picture of Matthew and Madgie!</div>
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Then the boys started playing in the stream. They were throwing rocks and then started to build a dam.</div>
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I love this picture of the boys being boys!</div>
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Ben showing Matthew and Brendan how it's done.</div>
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Matthew could not get enough of playing in the stream. </div>
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On the ride back, the kids got to sit in front with the driver.</div>
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It was a really fun evening.</div>
Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-36284924428170311832017-03-01T16:29:00.000-06:002017-03-01T16:29:15.274-06:00Yellowstone Part 3We saw lots of wild life in the park and the kids loved pulling the RV over to look and get pictures. We even saw a mama black bear and her 2 baby bears up in a tree, although we didn't get pictures of those. They caused quite a traffic jam. We showed them to Matthew and he said, "No, that's a moose!" It was very cute! One day we pulled over and watched his herd of Bison move across the plains.<br />
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Any time we were driving we were on the lookout for wild life. Sometimes it was easy to find because cars would be stopped and people out of their cars taking pictures! That was the case when we saw these elk very close to the road.</div>
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We went to Yellowstone Lake and while we waited for a guided tour to start, we had a picnic!</div>
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Yellowstone Lake was beautiful and we enjoyed the tour and walking around the lake.</div>
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My monkeys checking out the hot springs.</div>
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While we were checking out the springs, a bison just walked right down in front of the path and settled in by the hot springs!</div>
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It was so close to the people and it made me so nervous. So we walked quickly by and then once past him, we got a few pictures before hurrying on our way!</div>
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This one was one of the kids' favorites - called the Dragon's Mouth because of the steam it released.</div>
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Matthew fell asleep on the car drive there, so Paul and I took turns walking around with the other kids viewing the sites while the other one stayed in the car to let him sleep. Baby was such a trooper, so when he fell asleep, we tried to let him sleep.</div>
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Back to the campsite to play!</div>
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Aunt Ginny told the kids ghost stories with a flashlight around the fire! I love this picture of her having so much fun with the kids!</div>
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I really loved the cousin bonding time.</div>
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One of Matthew's favorite camp ground activities was digging in the dirt with the tongs! He would pick up rocks and move them to different spots. He spent most of his time playing with those tongs!</div>
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He had a lot of fun, but got really messy!</div>
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The next day we went to Mammoth Hot Springs. When we parked, there were elk all over the town!</div>
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At the visitor center, Ben turned in his junior ranger notebook and earned his junior ranger badge from Yellowstone (he has one from Alaska too). Here he is taking the oath!</div>
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Good work Ben!</div>
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Then we went to hike the springs. They were amazing - one of my favorite sites of the trip!</div>
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The coloring and hugeness of the whole thing was amazing.</div>
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Uncle Chris checking out the view from the top!</div>
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Paul hiking up all those stairs with Matthew on his back - check out that strength!</div>
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Half of our group continued on while the rest of us went back down to try to get some naps in.</div>
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While I tried to get Matthew to nap in the RV, these three played in a stream they found.</div>
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<br />Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-28561911189915973592017-03-01T16:27:00.000-06:002017-03-01T16:27:11.680-06:00Yellowstone Part 2We went to visit Old Faithful and all of the other geysers around that area. What an amazing place - just nothing like it anywhere else in the world!
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Of course the kids got a kick out of seeing these huge Buffalo Chips everywhere.</div>
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Walking around the boardwalk to see the various geysers.</div>
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Our group</div>
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We were very lucky in that we happened to come across some knowledgeable people that told us the indicators for the Beehive Geyser were started and that it would likely erupt very soon. This geyser is not nearly as predictable as Old Faithful and goes off once every 18-24 hours. It is larger than Old Faithful as it shoots water about 200 feet in the air. So, we decided to wait around and see this thing go off!</div>
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It was incredible! So much water came out and with the wind blowing, you just couldn't escape getting wet!</div>
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Paul tried to get Matthew away from it, but there was nowhere to go as the wind kept shifting.</div>
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They enjoyed watching it though.</div>
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Ben really liked it!</div>
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After that, Matthew was pretty upset that he was drenched and started getting cold. It really wasn't cold out, but if you were wet, it started to get chilly. So I gave him my sweatshirt to wear.</div>
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That made him happy again.</div>
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Cousins!!</div>
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The Beehive went off and while it was going off, Old Faithful went off too. We saw it, but not up close, so we decided to wait around for another hour or so to see it up close. We got some lunch and put Matthew's shirt out in the sun to dry off. </div>
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I just think this picture of Paul smiling at Matthew is really cute.</div>
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And then we got to see Old Faithful go off too, which was exciting, although not as exciting at the Beehive! The kids liked it though.</div>
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Juliette got a little tired of walking and she is very lucky her Daddy is so nice and agreed to carry her in Matthew's backpack while we walked in another area to look at the paint pots.</div>
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Wow, Daddy carrying two kiddos while enjoying the view of bubbling mud!</div>
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These two just leaned on a tree for a rest.</div>
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After a long day of walking, we went back to the campsite to relax and cook dinner over the fire. These two need some cuddle time.</div>
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I think Paul's favorite part was cooking over the campfire!</div>
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Matthew was such a trooper on this trip. I got him to nap some days, but other days he just skipped it or fell asleep while we were driving. He was pretty happy most of the time, but enjoyed some downtime with his cars at the campsite. Tired baby!</div>
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<br />Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-82714213081842766852017-03-01T16:25:00.000-06:002017-03-01T16:25:41.247-06:00Yellowstone Part 1Last June, we took an amazing trip with Madgie, Patch, Uncle Chris, Aunt Ginny and Brendan to Yellowstone National Park. There was a government program where 4th graders got into all National Parks for free, so we took advantage of that since Ben had just finished the fourth grade. We flew into Salt Lake City and rented 3 RV's to travel up to Yellowstone. It took a little getting used to driving the big RV (for me, as the passenger, ha!), but once we got used to it, things felt better and off we went! Paul was an excellent driver, although sometimes he drove a little faster than I would have liked and I had to remind him that we were in an RV, not a sports car :) But I can't complain because he got us everywhere very safely (and efficiently). Thanks for driving Paul!
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The kids loved it because they got to play card games while we were driving.</div>
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Once we got to Yellowstone, we had three connecting campsites that served as home base for the week. We had so much fun cooking over the campfire and just playing around outside in the woods.</div>
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Patch enjoyed cooking over the fire again, just like we did on our trips growing up!</div>
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The kids even got in on the cooking! We made biscuits and hot dogs on sticks over the fire.</div>
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And Matthew really enjoyed eating all of the hot breakfasts we made!</div>
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The kids really had a lot of fun around the campsites just running around together being outside - the best kind of fun!</div>
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A little brotherly love :)</div>
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King of the Mountain!</div>
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Our first full day we went to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and saw the big Yellowstone Waterfall, which was beautiful.</div>
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We took a little hike to see the falls better.</div>
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We packed a picnic lunch to enjoy at the lookout point.</div>
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This shot would have been awesome, except we cut out Matthew from Paul's back!</div>
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There he is!</div>
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Love this shot of Abbey girl.</div>
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Back at the campsite, Aunt Ginny brought out some coloring supplies for the kids to make a card for Grandma as she was in the hospital.</div>
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I love camping because the men do all the cooking!</div>
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<br />Katherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18059599465977519240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599069.post-13713653940726427982016-12-29T09:36:00.001-06:002016-12-29T09:36:50.546-06:00Spring into Summer!With the end of spring came the end of school time activities, which meant some performances for the girls. After being in a jazz/hip hop class all year, Juliette got to perform in her dance recital and show off her awesome moves! Doesn't she look ready!<br />
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Sweet girl</div>
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Juj and Mommy before the big show.</div>
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The whole gang is excited to watch her.</div>
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Here she goes!</div>
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Check out that footwork!</div>
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The routine was super cute and she did great.</div>
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Flowers for her great performance!</div>
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We actually had to leave the recital a few minutes early to get to her next performance! The girls had been rehearsing all spring for the play "The Lion King". Juliette was a lion cub and Abbey was a hyena. </div>
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Little lion cubs!</div>
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Abbey had some great lines in this play - silly hyena!</div>
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Both girls did awesome and it was really fun to watch them perform. They loved it!</div>
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In between all 3 kids playing soccer, we do get a little downtown to relax and read on the couch. These kids LOVE to read!</div>
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Ben is also into magic and he is training this little apprentice!</div>
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Matthew is quite the fan at the soccer games. You can often hear him cheering for his siblings on the sidelines. He has his own little chair and is often happiest watching the games when he has some food to eat while watching!</div>
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The girls walked in the Memorial Day parade with their Girl Scout troops.</div>
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One of the big parts of the parade is the village trucks that go by. The day after the parade I was out walking with Matthew and a village truck was driving by. Matthew was pointing at it showing it to me. Then the truck pulled over and this guy got out and gave this little replica of a village truck to Matthew! It was so sweet and Matthew was really enamored. What an awesome village we live in!</div>
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And spring time meant some summer hair cuts for the girls. Abbey had been growing her hair out and decided she wanted to chop it short, so she decided to donate her hair to Pantene, which collects hair to make wigs for kids with cancer. Here is her before picture...</div>
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Juliette also wanted a shorter cut, but her hair wasn't long enough to donate. But here is her before picture (with wet hair).</div>
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Cute!</div>
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Yikes! Look at all that hair Abbey donated!</div>
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Adorable.</div>
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And the start of summer meant our good friends, the O'Connors, came home from Singapore for the summer. One of the first things they did was their (now) annual lemonade stand! It was a highlight from last summer, so they decided to kick off this summer by doing it again.</div>
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I heard about a scavenger hunt around Arlington Heights that the local running store sponsored, so I got a sitter for Matthew (because it involved a lot of walking around the city) and the older 3 and I followed clues around the city, learned about the history of Arlington Heights, and had a really fun morning. Check out these guys being the statues by the library!</div>
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At North School Park.</div>
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In front of the statue of Dunton, who founded the city!</div>
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We then had lunch at the Irish restaurant in downtown. </div>
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And the scavenger hunt ended at Berry Yo with free frozen yogurt. It was a really fun adventure!</div>
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The start of summer also means our annual tradition of going strawberry picking. Matthew loved it, but most of his basket ended up being the tops of strawberries that he had eaten!</div>
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Ben and Matthew filling up their baskets.</div>
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Looking good Abbey!</div>
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Juliette and her strawberry load!</div>
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Check out our loot! We ended up having to freeze some of them (we use them in smoothies) because we left for vacation before we could finish them. But mostly, the kids just ate them up!</div>
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And of course we got apple donuts and frozen strawberry lemonade slushies for all our hard work picking!</div>
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Yum!</div>
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And to finish off the school year, we went out to a special dinner to Benihana (where they cook in front of you hibachi style) to celebrate an awesome school year these kids completed!</div>
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Matthew trying to use chop sticks.</div>
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The kids had a great school year and we were all excited for summer to start and to have some family downtime. I love when the kids are home for summer!</div>
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