tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46274950115697943592024-03-13T22:42:26.386-04:00Southern BabiesJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.comBlogger767125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-34482080230231895742018-05-27T20:27:00.000-04:002018-05-27T20:27:36.817-04:00Jamie's Birthday and SnowThe second week of January started and the kids had an early release. One week of delays and then an early dismissal. Not too bad a way to start back to school. I'm sure the teachers hated it!<br />
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On Martin Luther King Jr. day, I took the kids to see the Greatest Showman at the movie theatre. We met up with Katie, Micah and Claire at the movies. We enjoyed it, especially the music. We enjoy any day off of school and work!<br />
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The kids had school on Tuesday, January 16th and then were out of school for the rest of the week. A small accumulation forecast turned into a few inches of snow and days off of school.<br />
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That means I got to spend my birthday working from home, snowed in with two kids! Exactly like I dreamed it! ha! Exactly how I imagined 41 would start. We did venture out for dinner that night to the 66 Pizzeria. We had a tasty dinner and went home for cake. Drew made me my favorite cake, chocolate cake with rainbow chip frosting.<br />
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Friday the kids had to come to work with me for awhile and then we went out to eat with Ed, Jamie and Ellie. Jamie had a haircut in town so Ed and Ellie came to hang out and then we all went to dinner.<br />
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Saturday my parents came over to visit and to help us out with a Santa gift. Lindy received a robot for Xmas and Max had yet to be put together. I thought it something right up Papa's alley so they came over on Saturday afternoon. Four hours later, Max was put together. Papa worked so hard to get it together. It was in a million pieces and it would have been months before Drew and I would have sat down and done it! We were super super thankful for Papa! Mom and I went out to run some errands while Papa was working. We went out to an Italian restaurant for dinner. We celebrated my birthday and my dad's birthday, which was January 27th. <br />
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Snow cream!</div>
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Happy birthday to ME!</div>
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Papa working on Max</div>
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The birthday kids!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-52576735691010700232018-01-06T17:37:00.000-05:002018-05-21T21:51:45.591-04:00New Year's Eve and Birthday CelebrationsWe had a raging New Year's Eve at home. I think Drew may have stayed awake this year. A New Year's Eve miracle!<br />
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The kids didn't have school on Jan. 2nd so they spent the night with Lynn on the 1st and got to sleep in. We had a crazy cold snap at the beginning of the year and it was really cold so it was nice to not have to drag them out that morning.<br />
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It was Drew's birthday though! The old man turned 42 on January 2nd. Drew and I both worked that day but we went out to eat with Lynn, Ed, Jamie and Ellie for his birthday. 42. Man, that guy is getting old.<br />
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The kids started 2018 with a week of two hour delays because of the extremely cold temperatures. If you have to go back after Christmas break, then two hour delays help!<br />
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On Saturday, January 6th, Drew and I had a joint birthday celebration with our family and friends. For Xmas we got Ed and Jamie and Anna and Brian all tickets to an escape room. We asked Katie and Kris to join us for some birthday fun. We headed to the escape room at 5pm and we had so much fun! None of us had ever done one before so it took a little while to figure out what we were doing. Well it actually took 15 minutes and we had to ask for a clue because we couldn't figure out what we were doing. Once we got that first clue we were off. We did have to ask for a few more clues but we did break out of the room in 53 minutes and 42 seconds. All thanks to the clues. We would have never gotten out without them! We did the medium room and it was definitely hard but it was a ton of fun! It was a little cramped for 8 adults but it was okay for one hour. <br />
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We headed out to dinner after our escape room. We had called and made dinner reservations at J. Peppers and when we got there, they didn't have them?? We waited but then they ended up giving us the private room so it was okay. It was a fun birthday celebration!<br />
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We had a babysitter at our house and Micah and Claire came over so the kids had fun at home as well.<br />
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Our New Year's Eve!</div>
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Dinner out on Drew's birthday</div>
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Celebrating with brownies!</div>
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Our fun night out at Psycho 60 Escape Rooms</div>
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Dinner afterwards<br />
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Lindy and I trying to stay warm in our winter flannels!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-53091821597156644812017-12-29T16:34:00.000-05:002018-05-21T06:28:24.334-04:002017 Wake Forest Belk BowlTo cap off a good Wake Forest football season, they were invited to the 2017 Belk Bowl in Charlotte at Bank of America stadium. Our family of four and Grandbob were the only ones able to go but we weren't going to miss it! The Deacs had played - and won - in the Belk Bowl in 2007, the year the kids were born. I remember my parents were in town and Dad went with Drew and Bob to the game and mom and I stayed home with the babies.<br />
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10 years later, on Friday, December 29, 2017, they went back to the Belk Bowl and won again! They played Texas A&M on a crazy cold day in Charlotte. What might not have been so bad if you were in the sun, was a very, very cold day because we were in the shade the entire game!<br />
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Wake came out asleep at first and was down 14-0 in the first quarter. Things turned around and the Deacs were on fire on their next 5 possessions, taking a 31-28 lead into halftime. In true WF fashion, they gave up the lead in the end of the third quarter. The Deacs stuck in there and battled to end it with a win and a final score of 55-52. Whew! What a game!! <br />
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Will had started in with a cold a day earlier than the game and he ended up not feeling too great during the game. I also think he was extremely cold. The boy has not one ounce of fat on his body to keep him warm. Hand warmers in his shoes and gloves seemed to help and he rallied a bit in the fourth quarter so we could all stay and watch the game.<br />
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Lindy spent most of the game reading a book. I'm not sure if she knew she was at a football game and she never once got cold out there.<br />
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We spent the night with Grandbob and it took us all evening to warm up! GrandBob got Drew a little cake so we could have an early birthday celebration. It was a fun day!<br />
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-49049543453763904212017-12-28T15:55:00.000-05:002018-05-21T06:26:05.961-04:002017 Crozier Family ChristmasWe let the kids play with some of their toys and then packed up and headed to my parents' house for Christmas and a few days with my sister and family.<br />
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First up was Christmas with the Croziers and Beavers. We take our time and let the kids open presents first. Then we go around and let each adult open a present. We enjoying seeing what everyone thought to buy each other.<br />
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I took the prize for best present this year. I got my dad a sign for his shed and he loved it so much he shed a tear. I made my dad cry over a present. Either he's getting a little sentimental in his old age or I just did a really fantastic job at shopping this year. I think it was a little bit of both! It's usually my sister with the good presents so I'm going to be talking about "the Christmas of 2017 where my present was so good I made dad cry" for a long, long time. he he!<br />
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Now that I think about it, I had a couple other really good gifts for others, too. Hayley almost cried tears of joy from the socks I had made for her. Socks with her dog, Bella, all over them. I also practically made my sister cry happy tears when she opened up a Donny Osmond calendar. Hayley loves Bella like Amy loves Donny.<br />
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I think I reached my peak for gifts this year. Family - it's all downhill from here! ha!<br />
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Southerns before the Christmas present opening commenced</div>
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In their usual couch positions, Uncle Drew and Rylee</div>
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Hayley opening her pup socks. Bella faces all over them!</div>
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THE sign. He built a garage last year that he calls the Hut and he turns wood in the Hut ALL DAY Long. The sign says "The Hut. Eat. Sleep. Turn Wood"</div>
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Hard to catch the tear - but it was there.</div>
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We spent the next couple days enjoying time with cousins and sisters. Since my sister had arrived a few days before Christmas, they left earlier after Xmas. It felt like a short stay. The kids always have fun playing together, especially with new toys. We also went bowling because the year before not everyone got to go because a few people were sick. This year everyone got to go enjoy the fun.<br />
<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-9910089428187218392017-12-25T20:48:00.000-05:002018-02-09T20:36:49.587-05:00Christmas Morning at HomeWe were woken up to Lindy screaming from the top of her lungs, "It's Christmas!" Aunt Amy had told her to wake up at 5:30am so we were surprised she slept until 6:30am! We got everyone up and moving and then we finally let them run to the fireplace to see if Santa had visited.<br />
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The kids both asked for robots this year. Will asked for Cosmo and Lindy asked for Max. Both are very neat and fun but the main difference is that Cosmo was already together and Max was not. Max was in a million little pieces. Santa also brought Will the game Risk and Lindy a dog with some outfits you can change. Of course they got stockings full of junk too.<br />
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The kids plowed through their presents from us. The wash cloths and clothes weren't too exciting for them. Parents get to buy presents they need! ha! But we did get them fun things too. Will's big present from us was a real cash register. He doesn't play imaginative play with toys or figurines, but he sets up all kinds of shops in his room. Restaurants, stores, breweries (?!). He is forever changing up what he is selling in his room. I thought he'd love a cash register and I was right! He does love it. He mostly loves printing receipts to give to people. He exhausted the first roll of receipt paper tape quickly and we had to make another order for more. We had to read the manual to figure the thing out because it is a real working cash register but we got it. He's learned how to program it and write messages on it. He's enjoyed it. We got Lindy a big vet set. It's technically supposed to be for an American girl doll to play with but Lindy never plays with her doll so she just plays with it herself.<br />
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Cosmo!</div>
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Max!</div>
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Saying Good Bye to Pluto the elf</div>
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Checking out the circuit set</div>
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<span id="goog_1953066157"></span><span id="goog_1953066158"></span><br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-3238421993762340282017-12-24T19:29:00.000-05:002018-02-09T20:32:53.522-05:00Christmas and Birthday with LynnSunday morning we got up and had church and then we headed over to Lynn's for Christmas with her. Her birthday is also Christmas Eve so we celebrated that as well.<br />
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We had a very traditional Christmas meal of Moe's Mexican food! ha! Lynn usually fixes a brunch but that was going to be tough with Christmas being on a Sunday and church on Sunday mornings. She decided to do lunch, and while the kids and I were in MO for Thanksgiving, the family decided on a taco bar lunch?? The week leading up to Christmas, Lynn ended up with a stomach bug and she didn't feel like cooking, didn't want to cook and we didn't want her cooking us food! ha! Moe's to the rescue. It actually turned out pretty delicious.<br />
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We moved on to presents which of course the kids were all about. They got presents from Mimo and from their aunts and uncles. They got lots of new games and books. Mimo sponsored a search and rescue German Shepherd for Lindy and she thought that was super cool. Will got a really neat circuit set he has done some really cool things with. They both got books they have really been wanting. One that wasn't out to the public yet - having your aunt run a bookstore has its perks!<br />
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We finished with Christmas and moved into birthday. Mimo opened her birthday presents and we finished the day with birthday cake.<br />
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It was another good Christmas celebration!<br />
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Christmas Eve church outfits</div>
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Lindy took our picture</div>
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and then Will took our picture!</div>
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Wall of presents!</div>
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Happy Birthday, Lynn!!</div>
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Ellie and I in our matching buffalo plaid!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-13620597411687178252017-12-23T19:07:00.000-05:002018-02-09T20:29:16.519-05:00Christmas with Bob and SuzetteSaturday, December 23rd, we headed to Mint Hill for Christmas with Bob and Suzette. Because Molly and Corbyn had to leave early afternoon, we opened presents first thing when we got there. The kids loved that!<br />
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The kids were super excited to open their first Christmas presents of the season. They were both super excited to get Amazon Echo Dots. I wish I could tell you how many times the word 'Alexa' has been uttered in our house since Dec. 23rd. I wish I got paid every time Lindy says it. She might possibly be ontrack to wear out her name. They love them. They play music and they ask questions and they talk to each other. They even learned to call people from them. (When they had friends over and they called their friends' moms. And Nana. And Lindy and her friend accidently called one of my high school friends and left a message - that went something along the lines of "Is this recording? I thought we were calling your brother. This is the Southerns. We can't answer the phone so don't bother us. Alexa, hang up." My friend forwarded me the message so we got to hear the whole thing!) Needless to say, calling is no longer allowed in our house! ha! They got other fun presents, like a laser game and a Barbie and dog that has puppies, but Alexa is definitely the fave present from GrandBob and Suzette!<br />
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We enjoyed a nice lunch together and we played with Ellie outside. It was a great first Christmas of 2017!<br />
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Suzette playing the VR racing game!</div>
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Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-17593288739603206652017-12-22T21:11:00.000-05:002018-01-29T18:13:39.304-05:00Almost ChristmasOur final and last activity in our packed Christmasy fun weekend was the celebration of Lindy's special day. Because her special day was on a Tuesday, we celebrated Sunday afternoon. By her choice, we did the same thing we did last year. We hung out with Ms. Marci and the dog she is training to be a guide dog. Last year we hung out with a dog named Daisy and this year we hung out with a dog named Mae. Mae is from the Guide Foundation for the Blind. Ms. Marci brought Mae over to our house and Lindy got two uninterrupted hours of training Mae and giving her lots of belly rubs. She pretty much asked Ms. Marci two hours of uninterrupted questions too! Ms. Marci is so very sweet and kind to spend time with Lindy and she is so sweet with Lindy. We are glad we've struck up a friendship with her and Lindy was so excited she was training a guide dog.<br />
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Lindy lost another tooth on Monday night, 12/18. It had been loose for a few weeks and it's shocking she let it be in there that long. Normally if she has a loose tooth she gets it out as fast as possible. She enjoyed getting her dollar from the tooth fairy.<br />
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Lindy's actual special day, the day she came home from the NICU, was Tuesday, December 19th. She woke to a handmade sign by daddy and balloons at her breakfast spot. I went and ate lunch with her at school. She chose her best friend, Josie, to sit with us. Josie did sit with us for about 10 minutes but then her dad picked her up for a dentist appointment. Then she went and got another girl, Sophia. That night Lindy chose to go eat at Wendy's for her special day dinner. I think she likes the Coke machine there - ha! At least it was something different than McDonald's, their normal choice. The kids sure do love their special days. It is a special day for Drew and I and it's a day all to their own - not one they have to share with their sibling.<br />
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Wednesday night when I got home from school Lynn and I took the kids to Greensboro. I needed to get a Xmas present from a store over there. We ate dinner at Panera Bread and then we drove through the Sunset Hills neighborhood. I've always heard about the balls they hang from the trees and wanted to see it. To say we underestimated the amount of Xmas balls in tree is a true statement. Street after street after street all had them up in their trees. Everywhere you looked there were balls in the trees! It was super cool to see them all. <br />
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Our dog, Aiden, celebrated his 3rd birthday on December 20th. Hard to believe we've had him almost 3 years. We got him special treats from the pet store over the weekend so the kids gave him one in the morning and that evening. I think he enjoyed his day. ha!<br />
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I finished working on December 19th for the year and the kids finished school on December 21st. We came home after school and I took Lindy to get her fingernails done. She had gotten a gift certificate for her birthday so I thought some Christmas nails would be fun. They did her nails with some cute snowmen and they made her wait for them to dry for ever. I finally made an executive decision to leave since no one was coming to check on them. They were super cute and she liked them.<br />
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We threw a change of clothes in a bag and we headed to my parents' house in Mooresville. My sister and nieces flew in that evening and we all got to their house about the same time. We dropped the dog off and then we all went out to eat. We spent the night and the kids got to play together on Friday. I think my mom, sister and I went and did some shopping. We ate dinner and then the kids and I headed home that evening.<br />
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For Lindy's special day we had Miss Marci and Mae over!</div>
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Sweet Mae was so pretty!</div>
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She enjoyed belly rubs more than she did training though!</div>
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Her actual special day!</div>
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Lunch with Josie</div>
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Dinner with Wendy. ha! Dinner at Wendy's! </div>
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A small sampling of the Christmas light balls we saw</div>
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Aiden's birthday! One of his treats. Practicing patience! </div>
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Getting her nails done!</div>
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Aiden got a haircut and looked so handsome!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-49946497896693539052017-12-17T21:24:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:37:16.313-05:00Packed Christmasy WeekendThe second full week of December was completely normal. We got the science fair projects turned in and over with. No one won anything, which is fine. We did them - which I'm proud of! ha!<br />
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Starting Friday after school though - whew, we stayed busy and did a ton of Christmasy activities! I knew it was my last weekend to get things done so we got them done.<br />
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We started with decorating gingerbread houses right when we got home from school. I bought kits this year and they each had their own. We had to build it and put it together. I ended up having to super glue Will's to get it to stay but we got it. They had fun decorating them. A little later that afternoon, GrandBob and Suzette arrived and we went out to dinner and then to Korner's Folly to see it at night and all decorated for Xmas. We had been during the summer one year and really loved touring the odd, old house. GrandBob and Suzette had never been. Each room was decorated by some different business or community group and you could vote at the end for your favorite room. It was very pretty to see at night and all decorated up. You couldn't take as much time as you'd like because there were lots of other people there that night. They only do the candlelight tours two nights a year. It was a really fun night with the Old Man (GrandBob) and Suzette. We got home that night and decided it was going to be the lucky night for our annual Christmas tree camping night. We made up beds on the floor for the kids, Drew took the couch and I got the recliner. We fell asleep to the glow of the Christmas tree lights. I just love that once a year tradition. I'm also glad that it didn't end in puke, like it did last year!<br />
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We woke up Saturday morning and we headed to church to see Santa. The kids know it is a guy from our church but it's still fun to visit him. We came home and we started the process of making Christmas cookies. I got the dough made and we ate lunch and then we cut them out and baked them. I convinced the kids to use icing to decorate so we had to wait for them to cool off.<br />
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While they were cooling off, we ran up to the dog store in town so we could take Aiden to see Santa. This is not normally something we would do but our friend Ms. Jenny was taking the pictures and we wanted to see her. Aiden was a little freaked by the other dogs but we ended up getting a good picture of the kids, Aiden, and Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus!<br />
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We came home and we decorated the cookies. We used frosting and then they decorated with sprinkles and such. So many sprinkles and such. Lindy dumped a whole bottle of red on her tray. But they had fun. And these were by far the best cookies we have ever made. Normally we make cookies, because I feel like we need to. We eat a couple, put some out for Santa and throw the rest away. This year we had to set a couple aside so we had some for Santa. Everything just worked out right. Batter, thickness, time in oven, convincing them to use frosting. They were so yummy! It was worth the work this year!<br />
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Saturday night Drew and I went on a little Christmasy date. He had seen this woman, Dee Dee Bridgewater - a jazz singer, was coming to town to play with the Piedmont Wind Symphony. He really wanted to go. Very last minute, like that morning, we got tickets after Lynn said she could watch the kids. We dropped them off and went to the concert and I took a nap. The first half was great - the wind symphony played all Xmas music and it was fun. The second half Dee Dee came out and although she started out strong, she finished not strong. After a couple songs she said she didn't know the words to the next song and sat down and sang them. From then on out she was basically reading the music. She had a good personality but I would have been fine with just some more wind symphony playing Xmas music.<br />
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Sunday morning the kids had their children's Christmas program during church and it went well. Jess, Amy and I 'directed it.' Jess and I found two different things and pieced them together so there was a part for the little kids and then larger parts for the older kids. We had been practicing since October. After church a group of church folks and most of the kids met at a local nursing home and we sang Christmas songs for/with them. The children sang their Christmas songs from the program that morning and we all sang the good old, favorite Christmas hymns. They seemed to enjoy it so it was nice we could do it. We spoke with them after we were done singing and I hear Will got a big kiss on the check from one lady!<br />
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We had much fun participating in so many Christmas activities in one weekend! I'm tired just after writing that all - not sure how we did it all!<br />
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Completed science fair projects! Will's was called the Great Milk Soda Clash. He poured different kinds of milk into Coke to see what happened.</div>
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Lindy's was Sugar vs Teeth. She poured different kinds of sugary eggs on eggs to see what happened to them after sitting for 24 hours. </div>
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Gingerbread house construction time!</div>
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Friday night at Korner's Folly. </div>
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In the 5.5' tall room! </div>
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Annual Christmas Tree campout </div>
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Saturday morning with Santa</div>
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Saturday afternoon Christmas cookies</div>
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Saturday afternoon with Santa, Mrs. Claus - and Aiden!</div>
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Yay! We got to see Ms. Jenny!</div>
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Saturday night date night with Drew and Dee Dee</div>
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Christmas program at church on Sunday morning</div>
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Lindy saying her part about Peace </div>
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Will saying his part about Joy</div>
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The whole crew!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-57240211442143381882017-12-10T21:18:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:36:50.271-05:00 And Then It Was DecemberWe had an incredibly full and fun November but man was it busy! I essentially traveled for two weeks straight and it took me about two weeks to catch up. Everyone else had up Xmas decorations and we didn't and I felt behind until I did get things up.<br />
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Thankfully the last week of November was super quiet with not much going on. Gave us a chance to get back in the swing of things. And before we knew it, December was here! I have a love/hate relationship with December. It's one of the busiest times of the year but it's also one of the best. I love the Christmas tree lights and all the fun activities we find to do. Sometimes I find too many to do and stress myself out but they all end up so fun. And this year I discovered Hallmark movies. I'm not sure which rock I've been living under but I didn't know about them. I became obsessed with them. Like I watched one every single night after the kids went to bed. I even got Drew to watch a bunch with me. I think he secretly liked them but he mostly just liked spending time together during the holiday season. Some nights we watched and wrapped and a lot of nights I watched and did online shopping, but I watched so many during December! We had years to get caught up on! ha!<br />
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We started the month off with Lindy's yearly neurosurgery appointment. An appointment that literally takes 10 minutes with the PA but we were there for an hour, waiting. At 8:20am - how do doctors get off schedule so early in the morning?! She is still doing great and so often we forget she even has a shunt.<br />
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Saturday, December 2nd, I went with Lynn up to VA to Anna's house and then we went to a craft show in Danville, VA. We were not blown away by the craft show, but it's still fun to look around. I got both of them some presents so that was a good thing. We also walked around downtown Danville, VA, which is a surprisingly cute town! It has the quaintest little downtown - who knew!<br />
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Lindy had another appointment on December 5th - a nephrology appointment to check her kidneys. It had been two years so I was anxious to do the appointment and make sure everything was going well. She seems healthy so I wasn't too concerned but when you haven't checked for two years, you never know. Her first appointment was at 9:30am but we got there around 8:30am so we could get her blood drawn and get the urine sample. Getting blood drawn was a fun experience. She freaked out a bit and I had to basically restrain her with my body. I got a video up on my phone and before she knew it, the lady was done. We got the urine cup but it took a good while of drinking Diet Coke before we had success. Definitely our smoothest urine collection to date. At 9:30am we had her kidney ultrasound and we got to see our favorite ultrasound technician, Ms. Klista. She scanned the kids in the NICU and she is so sweet. She lets Lindy help her and then she let Lindy scan her dog! ha! We headed over to the actual nephrology appointment and had not even barely sat down when they called us back - before our scheduled appointment time. That's a rare treat! We were scheduled to see another nephrologist but we were excited when Dr. Lin walked in the door. He's been seeing her since she was a baby but we had not seen him two years ago. He is one of my favorite doctors. He has a pretty thick Asian accent, which Lindy can't understand, so I was basically a translator between the two, but he is so funny. I love seeing him! Everything looked great - which made everything better anyway. Both kidneys grew, which is great. She has a much smaller one, but it did grow some. He said the left is definitely doing most of the work but the right must be doing something to be growing. Her blood and urine all looked good as well so we will do it all again in two years.<br />
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Lindy had three outings away from school in about 5 days, which is unusual. Two appointments lined up a couple days apart but the third one was a fun one - her annual HI hearing impaired Christmas party. They invite all the HI students from the district, from preschool to high school. They do crafts and get to have lunch. A dance party, complete with a DJ and disco ball was just getting started when Lindy and I headed out. We didn't have time to go clubbin - ha! Back to work and school for us.<br />
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The biggest excitement for the beginning of December was that we got a snow storm! We got snow before my sister in MO and friends in NY! Totally unexpected and caught everyone off guard. They said it would snow but no measurable accumulation. For hours it was just beautiful - falling snow, but not sticking. I had the day off work and a hair appointment scheduled but kept waiting for an early release. They never did call it early so I got to school and everything was fine. Things went downhill quickly. By the time we got back in the car it was starting to stick to the road outside school. Then things went really downhill. A normal 22 minute commute took us 1.5 hours! It was awful! We took the road home that also had road construction on it and let me tell you, they don't mix well. We were so glad to finally get home. Drew thankfully was closer to home than us and ran a couple errands for us so we could just get home.<br />
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We spent the weekend playing in the snow and doing science fair projects. Uggggggg. The projects were actually done the weekend before but we had the dreaded boards to do. That took us the entire weekend to get them done. Ugggg to science fair projects. They are required in 4th and 5th grades so we had to do them. We powered through and got them finished. Church was cancelled on Sunday morning so that gave us extra time to work on the projects.<br />
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The other fun activity we did was on Sunday, December 10th and we went ate lunch and then saw a play in Greensboro with Lynn and Martha. It was called A Beautiful Star - An Appalachian Nativity. They do it each Christmas and I have looked at it for awhile so this year we decided to go. I like doing new things each year at Christmas. It had all bluegrass music - a lot written by a singer we had seen before. The theatre was really small and quaint and we were on the side and felt like we were on stage. We were surprised to see the songwriter was actually in the play that day. We all really enjoyed the play and although much different than I thought it would be, it was still good. There was one funny part when 'Satan' came out right next to me and was basically singing right to me. He tapped my head and was singing that he was going to take me with him. ha! Lindy looked at him with the funniest look on her face and then growled at him! He didn't hear her but it was pretty funny.<br />
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Looking good for the first Sunday of December</div>
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Lindy and Ms. Klista, her ultrasound tech</div>
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Scanning her dog!</div>
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Lindy at her HI party</div>
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At the party with Ms. Mary - one of her HI preschool teachers</div>
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And Ms. Asbury - her main HI preschool teacher</div>
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With Wyatt - one of her preschool HI buddies. They don't remember each other :(</div>
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The big early snow of December 2017!</div>
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Aiden kept finding the not snowy parts to hang out in</div>
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She loves to eat snow!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-60777122134011228702017-11-26T21:05:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:36:29.144-05:00Thanksgiving in MissouriWe met my sister's family and Shelly and Chris for dinner Tuesday night when we finally arrived in Kansas City. Stopping at the arch made for a longer trip but it was fun.<br />
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Wednesday morning we took the younger kids to Science City while Hayley had basketball practice in the morning. Science City is in Union Station in downtown Kansas City. Union Station is so pretty so that was fun to see it all decorated for Xmas. Science City was really neat and had tons of things for them to play with, interact with and climb on. We spent the morning there before heading out at lunch time. We met my cousin, Sandy, for lunch and it was nice to catch up with her. We headed home and got Hayley and we went out for some pre-Thanksgiving Christmas shopping that afternoon.<br />
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Thursday was Thanksgiving and my sister hosts a houseful of family each year. It was nice to be there and see everyone. My mom has one sister, Sue, and she has 5 kids. Four of the five were there and three of the four all have kids. My dad has one brother, Jim, and he was there, along with another one of their cousins on their side. I have a small family but most of them were there that day. It's fun to see your cousins all grown up and have adult conversations with them.<br />
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We enjoyed our day and then headed out to begin the Christmas shopping. I really didn't have a clue what I needed so I was mostly along for the ride. I did get a few things and got some ideas. We came home around midnight and slept for 5 hours and then we were up and out the door again. We were gone all day long!! I'm not sure I can hang with my mom and sister. It'll take two years to recover so maybe we'll go back to Missouri again in 2019.<br />
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My sister has season passes to their local amusement park, Worlds of Fun, and for the first time they were having a Winterfest. We decided to check it out Friday night. It was much different than I imagined. I thought it would just be lit up with lights and you could walk through. It was, but basically the whole park was open with rides as well. They transformed everything into winter and Christmas. Everything was renamed to do with Xmas. The lines were pretty crazy long so the kids only rode a few rides but it was really pretty and fun to experience.<br />
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We started the long trek home on Saturday right after lunch. We stopped to spend the night and got back to NC on Sunday. We dropped the parents back off in Mooresville and headed to home sweet home. It was a fun trip and it is nice to see my family. Lindy and Will enjoy going to the Beavers' house and playing with their toys. Thanks for having us Beaver Family!<br />
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Science City with Rylee</div>
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Look at the three of them at the top!</div>
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Inside Union Station</div>
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Taking rides in the dune buggy</div>
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Lee really didn't want us to go shopping that afternoon! ha!</div>
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Lindy was ALL over Bella the dog. Poor dog!</div>
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Thanksgiving with my mom and her sister, my Aunt Sue</div>
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Uncle Jerry, Aunt Sue, mom and dad</div>
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The 1st cousins - Lyndsey, Kim, Chris, Natalie, Amy and I</div>
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The second cousins - front - Ace, Trevor, Kylie, Archer, and Tinley,<br />
Back - Finn, Lindy, Will, Rylee, Gabe, Bailey, and Hayley</div>
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My dad's side of the family - my cousin Jim, my dad, Amy, me, and my Uncle Jim</div>
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Winterfest at Worlds of Fun</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-17279662670898187742017-11-21T21:00:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:36:05.321-05:00The Gateway ArchThis year we decided to join my parents in Missouri for Thanksgiving at my sister's house. We went two years ago and the kids have been wanting to go back. Plus it gives me a chance to see most of my family - since they all live in MO.<br />
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The kids went to school on Monday and Will had Battle of the Books practice from 3-4pm. Lindy and I went and gassed up the car and as soon as Will was done we headed to Mooresville to pick up my parents. We let them jump in and off we headed on the long trek to Missouri! We stopped around Nashville, TN on Monday night. We got up and headed to St. Louis to the Gateway Arch. Two years ago we drove right past it and I said if I went back that we were stopping at it. We got there right after lunch and although we didn't get a long tour of it, we did get to see it and go up in it.<br />
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Rest stop fun!</div>
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Dolly!</div>
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Traveling crew. Will is in the far back!</div>
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Hello St. Louis and the Gateway Arch!</div>
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Waiting for the little car to come take us to the top!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-87118298763596499632017-11-19T20:57:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:35:47.913-05:00TV and Callie VisitsTo say November was a busy month is an understatement. We got home from Chicago on Wednesday and had a crazy busy weekend. It started with the kids being little TV stars on World Prematurity Day. Our local news station let the March of Dimes Board chair and the kids speak on the noon news. We had practiced what they would say and they did really well saying that. Then they had some extra time and the anchor asked them some other questions. They had to go off script but they did well! They loved being on TV and they were excited to hear that the school secretaries and Lindy's class had all actually watched it!<br />
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The rest of the weekend was a fun one because my bestie from grad school flew in with her family! Her husband wanted to come back to his 10 year law school reunion so they made it a family trip. We met them for dinner Friday night in downtown WS and ate at Sweet Potatoes. We headed back to their hotel downtown, the Kimpton Cardinal, which is the new swanky hotel in town. It is actually a miniature version of the Empire State Building and was the original headquarters of RJR Tobacco. It has been redone into a hotel and apartments in the past few years. We had a babysitter come to the hotel and she stayed with the kids in the hotel room while the adults went down for a drink and to hang out. We were checking out the hotel and found a great play room - for adults and kids! We stayed there and bowled, play foozball, pool, and ping pong. It was a lot of fun! We had a drink at the bar and then headed home. Our kids stayed at the hotel with the Grecos for a fun sleepover!<br />
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Saturday morning I headed back to town to meet up with them. We headed to Salem College, where Callie and I met during grad school. We ate lunch and headed to Wake Forest to check it out. We played for awhile and then the kids and I had to leave to take Will to a birthday party for his friend, JT, at Rockin Jump, the trampoline park. Lindy and I got him checked in and then we went and picked up food for the football and tailgate. We got Will and then we headed to the football game. It was a crazy, late 7:30pm night game against NC State but it was great because they won! We saw Callie and family briefly during the game and said our goodbyes. They flew out Sunday morning while we were at church. We were so excited to have then in NC, even if it was just for a quick weekend. We hope they come back soon and stay longer!<br />
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Sunday we had church and then we had the church Thanksgiving potluck supper. We have it at a VFW that also is a dance hall on the weekends. It's great because there is a big place for the kids to play and run around. Will shocked everyone when he got the juke box working. It was super loud but he got a few up dancing! ha!<br />
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Callie and I at Salem College at the May Dell Amphitheatre. This is where graduation took place - except I didn't get to go. I was put on bedrest with the kids. </div>
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A couple Southerns and Grecos hanging together!</div>
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These girls had fun together and got matching hats that said, "Fight Like a Girl!" </div>
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These two are long lost sisters. Never know what's coming out of either one their mouths! ha!</div>
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Beautiful selfies! ha!</div>
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Playing with toilet paper from a rolling of the quad at Wake.</div>
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Sweet girl looking so cute in her fall dress.</div>
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Lindy dancing with Ms. Linda from church at the Thanksgiving pot luck! </div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-1248177265210494712017-11-16T20:53:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:35:26.989-05:00Chicago with DrewDrew and I decided to jet off for a couple of days away from life and reality. In May we celebrated our 15 year wedding anniversary and we didn't really do anything so maybe this was a late anniversary trip. Really just a chance to see somewhere new and to forget about life's responsibilities for a couple days. While we were gone, my mom came and stayed with the kids. She handled the running around perfectly and we are thankful for her help.<br />
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We flew out on Sunday, November 12th and came the closest we've ever been to missing a flight. We made it, but with only about 10 minutes to spare. We got to Chicago and we decided to ride the train into town. We figured out where we needed to get off and knew we needed to transfer to the red line to get to our stop. All was fine and dandy till we get off and see the red line is being detoured. We follow all the signs and not till we were on the train do we realize they detoured us to the brown line and they skipped our stop! We had to get off again and go south on the red line and we finally made it!! Sunday was a little bit of a crazy traveling day but we made it safe and sound! We went to dinner that night and then attempted to go to the John Hancock building. We did go up and we were going to get a drink in the bar on the 93rd floor but when we got up there, it was crazy foggy and you couldn't see anything. So we rode back down and called it a night!<br />
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Monday morning we just set out on foot and walked all over the city that morning. We looked for public art and for historical buildings. We stumbled upon First Methodist Church. We had deep dish Chicago pizza for lunch and it was delicious!! We spent our afternoon checking out Millenium Park, which has the famous Bean in it. We did the obligatory tourist pics and then we spent the rest of the day at The Art Institute of Chicago. It was a great museum and we enjoyed our afternoon. Drew and I do museums very differently. Like I enjoy looking and Drew enjoys reading every plaque on every statue or painting in the place. I'd take my laps and then chill and wait for him. We saw many famous paintings which was very neat. I personally liked the bottom floor which had the paperweight collection and the 68 miniature rooms. I have always liked doll houses and these were like the neatest and most ornate dollhouses ever.<br />
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Monday night we had dinner at a pub and then we saw an improv show at the famous Chicago comedy club, Second City. We enjoyed it and are happy to say we have seen a Second City show, but Drew and I both agree that improv is not our favorite form of comedy.<br />
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Tuesday morning we went out to look at more architecture around Chicago. We walked all around and we headed to the Sky Deck at the top of Willis Tower, aka the Sears Tower. We headed up 103 flights for a great view of the city. We got lucky and went in the morning when we could see because it got cloudy in the afternoon and the visability would not have been good. They have the windows that you walk out over the road below and I went out on it. I couldn't get Drew to go with me! The first step kind of made your heart skip a beat but then I was fine. I thought it was super cool and got some fun pics! Drew did not agree! Tuesday afternoon we took an architecture boat tour around the rivers and thoroughly enjoyed it. We got to see them from different angles and hear the guide tell you about them. After the boat tour we walked to Navy Pier, but we wish we wouldn't have. We can only figure that during the summer there is more to do but all we saw was a ridiculously long building with restaurants in it. We wish we had not wasted our time there but we can at least say we've been. Tuesday night was my most favorite night because we saw the Broadway show, Hamilton. I have been wanting to see it and it did not disappoint. It was awesome and everything I hoped it would be. The music is just incredible. As much as we enjoyed it, the two people sitting next to us did not! ha! They both fell asleep and at intermission they said they weren't enjoying it and wished they had gone to the hockey game. ha! I can't imagine there are many people who see it and don't enjoy it but we sat next to two of them!<br />
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Wednesday morning we made our way back to the airport and we headed back to NC and reality. We really liked Chicago and are glad we could get away for a few days.<br />
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John Hancock Building in the fog</div>
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While we were there they were decorating all the trees on the Magnificent Mile with Xmas lights. See the guy in the tree decorating it? They worked all night! We missed seeing them all on though. </div>
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The Macy's was all decorated for Xmas and the windows were so fun to see.</div>
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Pigeons getting warm by the fire. ha!</div>
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The Bean!</div>
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Delicious pizza! </div>
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The Art Institute of Chicago</div>
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Marc Chagall's America Windows</div>
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American Gothic! We listened to a discussion on this painting and it made me think about it in lots of different ways.</div>
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One of Drew's fave paintings.</div>
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Andy Warhol's Liz #3</div>
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Monet!</div>
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A Crozier standing by a Crozier!</div>
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The art was neat but so was the building!</div>
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Part of the paperweight collection</div>
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One of the miniature rooms</div>
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Monday night at Second City </div>
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One of Drew's favorite buildings - Marina City</div>
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View from the Willis Tower</div>
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Out on the Sky Deck! agag!</div>
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My view!</div>
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On the Wendella boat tour</div>
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One of my favorite buildings</div>
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Navy Pier - never again. ha!</div>
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Our hotel for our stay</div>
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Yay - Hamilton!! </div>
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We were on the last row but so happy to just be there!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-79654169081083384072017-11-12T14:46:00.000-05:002018-01-21T21:35:12.255-05:00Moving On Into NovemberNovember 1st was picture day at school. It was tough being the night after Halloween because it meant the kids had to take showers, no matter how late it was. Lindy forgot to take off her coat - again! She did it last fall too. She said they made one last call for pictures at the end of the day and she remembered she didn't take her coat off and convinced her teacher to let her go take another one. When we got them back though, it was the original one with her coat on. At least it was open, was just a plain coat and kind of matched her shirt. I wish teachers would take a quick look at what the kids are wearing and suggest they take off coats, etc.<br />
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We had Family Fun Night at the kids' school on Friday, November 3rd. It's one of the highlights of the school year. It's a big school carnival where they can play all sorts of games and activities. Lindy's group of friends met up and she palled around with them all night. She wanted to do it by herself but the other moms were with their girls so I stayed with her too. Drew and Will ended up hanging together most of the night.<br />
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Saturday, November 4th, our family and my mom walked in the JDRF walk in honor of my niece Hayley. She was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 6 years old - she is 14 now. She doesn't remember a life without it. We wish we could walk with her but we show our support walking here.<br />
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That afternoon I went to Raleigh for the night for a reunion of sorts with some college friends. Not everyone was there but I got to see some friends I don't see very often. It was fun to catch up and funny to figure out that all but one of us has a 4th grader - mostly girls.<br />
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Sunday, November 5th, we celebrated Will's Special Day. His true Special Day, the day he came home from the NICU, was on Monday but we let them choose an activity to do and he chose going to Celebration Station in Greensboro. It's an arcade, go cart track, putt putt place. Right up Will's alley. We did it all too. Will rode with me in the go cart, he played putt putt with Drew and then they both played a bunch of arcade games. Will's day was made when he hit the jackpot, 1000 tickets on this one game. Glad it happened to him on his special day or he would have been mad if it happened to Lindy on his special day! ha!<br />
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Monday was his true special day and he woke up to balloons and a sign. I went and ate lunch with him and his buddy, JT, at school. I had a little experience trying to get him lunch. He requested McDonalds so I pulled up at 10:20am to get his cheeseburger, only to find out they don't serve lunch till 10:30am. He eats lunch at 10:40am. I walked inside and they let me order and it was ready at 10:30am. I got to school about 2 minutes late, but I made it with his McDonalds! He eats the very first lunch at school - more of a brunch! We let him choose a place to eat dinner and he chose the Waffle House.<br />
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It was a good Special Day - until bedtime when it turned into a bad Special Day. Will and Drew both ended up sick that night. Right at bedtime, Will was crying about how bad his stomach hurt. Before we knew it, he was getting sick. He threw up a few times and thankfully rested the rest of the night. He did not feel great that morning though so we decided to let him stay home. Early that morning, Drew started getting sick too. It's still undecided whether it was a bug or the Waffle House. Lindy and I ate the same things they did so I don't exactly know how it'd be the food. Thankfully the girls didn't get it though.<br />
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I had meetings for both the kids on November 8th. Lindy's annual IEP meeting was first thing that morning and Will's end of quarter conference was that afternoon. Both went well. Nothing much changed for Lindy's IEP but they do throw in words like, next year when we write it, we'll have to put stuff in for middle school." AGAGAGAG. I cannot handle talk like that!!<br />
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The kids were out of school on Friday, November 10th so I took off another day to stay with them. We didn't do much but the dog had a vet appointment that morning. That night I went with Lynn and Jamie to a pottery class and we made a lidded jar. I made a lidded jar! It was fun to do and I like how it turned out.<br />
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The next day we went to the Heart and Stroke walk in memory of our friend, Cory, from our old church. He was 27 years old and died of a heart attack this summer. It was so sad to think an amazing young man is gone. We met up with friends from our old church and walked with them. It was so incredibly cold out that morning. We bundled up and made it but brrrrr!!<br />
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That's Lindy shooting the principal with silly string! ha!</div>
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Lindy with Josie, Audrey and Harper</div>
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At the JDRF walk for Hayley</div>
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We saw our friend, Miss Marcie, at the walk</div>
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The NC Branch of the Beaver Bunch team</div>
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My mini college reunion! Cathy, Mandy, me, Heather, Nicole, Anita and Amber</div>
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Will's special day activity</div>
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His actual day, November 6th.</div>
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Lunch with this handsome fellow</div>
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Boys being silly at lunch!</div>
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Dinner at the Waffle House</div>
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The pottery class with Lynn and Jamie</div>
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At the Heart and Stroke walk for Cory </div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-44985531666587749632017-11-01T14:26:00.000-04:002018-01-21T21:34:50.987-05:00Halloween 2018Halloween Day was wacky tacky day at the kids' school. They couldn't wear their costumes but they were able to dress funny.<br />
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That night after school they were able to change into their costumes. Will was a Rubix Cube and Lindy was Super Corgi. It took forever to figure out something for Will. For awhile he didn't want to dress up. I saw a Rubix cube somewhere and he agreed to that. It was a super easy costume to make and super original! Lindy knew she wanted to be a dog and she had a game she plays with her friends at school where she is a Superhero Corgi dog. We went with it and got her a dog costume and made her a cape. A bit random but she loved it, which is what matters.<br />
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The morning after Halloween is rough! She got dressed and then laid back down and went to sleep! </div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-14158698482093233222017-10-29T14:24:00.000-04:002018-01-21T21:34:36.745-05:00More Fall FunBefore we got to Halloween, we had a couple events happen. I had a big work event that the Bryants were at and Katie and I were in our matching ruffles. We had a home Wake Forest football game that day and they pulled off a big upset against Louisville. Wake Forest has a tradition of rolling their quad for big wins and that definitely qualified as one. Drew had to return a book to the Wake library so we randomly ended up on campus. The kids and I have heard about it but never experienced the rolling of the Quad so it was neat to see. There were tons of people out there celebrating so that was fun. Then that night the Bryants came over and we headed to a corn maze in town. I found one that said they did it at nighttime, but it wasn't scary. You just used flashlights to get through the maze. We had never done one like that so we tried it out. It was fun and a different spin on it. Each maze we do is different - some have questions you answer to know how to go and some have check points to find. This one had nothing. You literally just wandered around. I don't know how you would ever get out during the day, let alone at night. We took a picture of the maze and we followed it on Katie's phone - which Drew and Kris said was cheating. They wouldn't go back and do it with nothing so they couldn't really talk much.<br />
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We finally found time to carve pumpkins on Sunday the 29th. Will did all his own carving this year but he still doesn't like cleaning the pumpkin guts out! I helped Lindy some and she still loves to play with the pumpkin guts!<br />
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The kids were out of school on October 30th so I took the day off to hang out with them. We had to do some grocery shopping but at least we weren't at school and work!<br />
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Katie and I at the Chefs Auction</div>
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Lindy and Ellie at the football game</div>
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Rolling the Quad after the big win!</div>
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Corn maze fun with the Bryants</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-46837772124115039772017-10-21T14:19:00.000-04:002018-01-21T21:34:12.549-05:00Fall Family FunWe started the month of October with one of our favorite fall activities, the Dixie Classic Fair. It definitely signals fall is here when the DCF is in town. We went straight after school on October 4th. Mimo joined us and Drew met us there. The kids had unlimited ride wrist bands and they got to ride, ride, ride. The kids were finally tall enough to ride some of the bigger rides. For years they have been bored by the kiddie rides but they weren't tall enough. They were tall enough for one ride, the Cobra, that I swear I thought Will was going to fly out of. It was terrifying to watch. He was sliding down and because of the centrifugal force, he couldn't sit up. I about lost it when I saw him wrap his foot around a lower bar. I don't know for sure but I think they stopped it early after they heard me screaming for him to sit up. He was scared when he got off so I know I wasn't just imagining the whole thing. We ate dinner and headed home.<br />
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That weekend Lindy had her first friend spend the night at our house. It was the same friend she had stayed with in September, Josie. They had a fun time and she was sad when she went home.<br />
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I had a random day off in October that the kids didn't have off. I spent the day getting stuff done. That weekend, we went to my parents' for the day to celebrate my mom's birthday. We hung out and ate and just celebrated another year of her loveliness!<br />
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We got into the slime business when my sister sent the kids a slime kit. Will's worked relatively well but Lindy's turned into a big mess. I hadn't planned to get into the slime but the poor girl needed help.<br />
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We spent the third Saturday of October at Kersey Valley with some of the Southern Family for a Fun Fall Outing. I think Bob had the most fun. We met up with Anna, Lynn, Bob and Suzette and we conquered the corn maze and checked out all the other activities. There were a million photo opportunities and for some reason my family pretty willingly did them all. It was a Halloween miracle!<br />
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Lindy and her friend, Josie</div>
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The dreaded Cobra ride. Never again! ha!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-49109584864480658442017-10-14T16:05:00.000-04:002018-01-21T21:33:44.495-05:00Finishing Out SeptemberLindy had her first ever sleepover with her friend, Josie, on Friday, September 22nd. She was super excited and did fine. She called one time but otherwise she did great. I wasn't really worried about her getting homesick though. That same day Will went home with his friend, Luke, but he didn't spend the night.<br />
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Bright and early Saturday morning we picked Lindy up from her sleepover and we headed to Boone for the Wake Forest versus App State football game. We met up with most of the Southern family for a good show down since Anna went to App State and Drew and Ed went to Wake. We had a fun tailgate and a fun football game that Wake squeaked out a victory in by blocking a field goal. Football games at App State are always fun so it was a great day. We sat on the hill and that was interesting. We fought gravity the entire game because the hill was steep! Will and I came back from getting a drink and we both bit it on the hill. He fell into the guy in front of him and I landed on my butt. We tried to entertain everyone. ha! Old Bobby Southern's birthday was the week after the game so I made a cake and did a little decorating for him. Just trying my best to embarrass him.<br />
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Sunday, September 24th we went back to a past church and Drew preached and we stayed for the potluck afterwards. It's always fun to catch up with people. We were at this church when the kids were born and moved when they were three so everyone loves to see them.<br />
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We got a new car the end of September. We traded in the 10 year old Honda Odyssey for a new one. It pulled a little heartstring to let the old van go. We got that van when the kids were in the NICU and Lindy and I spent a lot of time in it driving to all her appointments. It took us on many great trips to Missouri, Florida, Ohio. The kids grew up in that van. It was a long day and long night and we were really tired when we left the dealership with the new van. The new van took a long time to get used to. We didn't get a loaded van but all the computer stuff and safety features were not on my old van!<br />
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Will had a book report due the end of September and he ended up doing a great job. You had to decorate a cereal box. Will's box was a mystery that took place in the Met in NYC so my friend Callie, who lives in NYC, went and got us a bunch of brochures from the Met. We used them to decorate the box. It turned out great!<br />
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Drew and his buddies did a big hike up in Stokes County on September 30th. It was called Reach the Peaks and they hiked to 5 peaks all around Hanging Rock State Park. We had one more home football game that afternoon and then we called it a month.<br />
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Bobby's birthday!</div>
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The whole gang!</div>
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Saying goodbye to the old blue van</div>
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Hello New Van</div>
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Will's cereal box book project</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-48952101204346566332017-10-13T16:02:00.000-04:002018-01-21T21:33:08.022-05:00Goodbye August - Hello SeptemberWe made it through the first week of school. Lindy loves her teacher and wants to stay in 4th grade forever! I'd be fine with that! Will had the same sub the first four days of the week and then another one started that Friday and stayed the next four days of the following week. Neither had homework the first week which was great.<br />
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We had our first Wake Forest football game on Thursday, August 31st - except we didn't end up going. We went to the Bryants' house after school and we were planning to go tailgate before the 6:30pm game. We had planned to stay until halftime - but it started pouring rain. Katie and I didn't want to take the kids out there in the rain so we decided to go eat dinner at the Mexican restaurant and see what the weather was like after that. We ate and it was still raining so we went back to their house for a little while. Of course it cleared off and ended up being a great night for a football game. grrrrrrr.<br />
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We didn't have a busy weekend which was nice. Drew took the kids to the Bookmarks store for story time on Saturday morning because they had a police officer and K9 dog there. They also went to check out the brand new library that reopened downtown after a couple years of construction.<br />
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Sunday after church we headed to my parents' house to visit them for Labor Day. The Bryants showed up soon afterwards and we just hung out and the kids swam in the pool. The weather had cooled down the week before and the water had cooled off so just kids swam.<br />
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On Labor Day, we got out on the boat and enjoyed the lake. It was pretty choppy with the Labor Day traffic and for the first time ever someone flipped out of the tube. My dad has tried for years to get an adult out of it and without really trying too much, he got Kris out. And Micah landed in Kris' seat. The kids had fun out there together. We swam in the pool for the afternoon, had dinner and headed home for another school week.<br />
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Later that week on Friday, September 8th, Drew took the kids to the National Folk Festival that was taking place in Greensboro. I had my kids clothes consignment sale so I couldn't go. Drew loved it and the kids had to go! ha!<br />
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Saturday, September 9th, was the annual Bookmarks book festival that Aunt Jamie runs. We got there early so the kids could be recognized for participating in their summer reading program. They didn't really participate very willingly but they did it and they wanted their recognition! ha! Will and I had to leave and go to tennis and Lindy stayed with the Bryants and Drew. Will and I came back to Bookmarks and we listened to the author, Michael Fry, speak about his book. We got Will's book signed and headed home. That evening we went to the park across the street for our neighbor's birthday party.<br />
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Lindy started up her art classes again on September 12th and we had curriculum night at school on September 14th. Drew went to Lindy's class and I went to Will's class.<br />
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We had a Wake Forest football game on Saturday, September 16th and it was a blowout for Wake. You don't say that too often in regards to Wake Forest and football.<br />
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Both kids were on the school news program, Eagle Eye News. Lindy was an anchor during the second week of September and Will was on tech crew the third week of September. He won't get in front of the camera but he enjoys helping run the cameras.<br />
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Cute Lindy in a cute dress</div>
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Labor Day at the lake with the Bryants<br />
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Drew and the kids at the National Folk Festival</div>
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Early morning at Bookmarks getting their participation certificates</div>
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Ellie and Jamie</div>
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Will started tennis again</div>
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Aiden enjoying tennis practice</div>
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Meeting Michael Fry at Bookmarks</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-10932119051050675812017-10-12T05:40:00.000-04:002017-10-12T05:40:13.386-04:004th Grade?!?!How the kids got to 4th grade already is a mystery to me! I wish I could slow down time but I can't so 4th came.<br />
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The kids got teacher letters when they were in Charlotte. We had heard Lindy was getting Mrs. Perkins, and she did. Will found out he got Mrs. Gordon for 4th grade. We didn't know anything about her, except that she had moved down from 5th grade this year.<br />
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We had Open House on Thursday, August 24th. We met Mrs. Perkins and we immediately knew we would like her and we were sure it was going to be a good year and better than last year. Lindy was excited to find her best buddy, Josie, was in her class again.<br />
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We met Mrs. Gordon as well and we found out that although she came to Open House, she was actually going to be on maternity leave for the first two weeks of school. She seemed sweet but Will had to wait a couple weeks to have her! Will was excited that one friend, Jackson, was in his class all day and his other best buddy, Luke, was with him in ELA and math. Will changed classes last year for AG but this year he gets to stay in Gordon all day long.<br />
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Lindy and Mrs. Perkins</div>
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Will and Mrs. Gordon</div>
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Lindy and Ms. Donna</div>
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The first day of school was Monday, August 28th and it came bright and early. Ready or not, it was here! The kids were half excited and half dreading it. I was kind of the same. I don't like the homework that comes with school but I like the consistent schedule.<br />
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Big 4th graders!</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-26642429638935804992017-10-12T05:38:00.000-04:002017-10-12T05:38:24.038-04:00The Rest of AugustThe kids spent two more weeks at summer camp. They went to Imprints camp the 2nd and 3rd weeks of August. The 2nd week, during VBS, was the Wide World of Sports themed week. They went bowling, to play kickball and to Tanglewood pool. It was the first time Lindy had gone. She took the swimming test and got the yellow band. That meant she could do the whole splash pad area, the lazy river and the slides. She could not go in the big pool - which was fine with me! They had a blast and were exhausted by the end of the day. That weekend the kids got to go to Macy's with me for the Shop for Cause event that benefits the March of Dimes.<br />
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The 3rd week of August the theme was Around the World in 5 days. It was kind of like the VBS week. They made passports and played games from different countries. They went to a splash pad one morning and had a pizza party there, went to High Point City Park, and back to Tanglewood pool. We went to the Honeybee Festival at the park across the street on Saturday afternoon. We didn't stay but an hour because it was so crazy hot out there.<br />
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The 4th week of August was grandparent camp. We are thankful to have grandparents around to take the kids a couple days so they don't have to go to camp the last week of summer vacation. We like to share the wealth though so they spent from Sunday evening till Tuesday with Bob and Suzette and then from Tuesday to Thursday with my parents.<br />
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GrandBob took Will back to the Nascar Hall of Fame, Will's new favorite place. He likes doing the simulator. Lindy and Suzette hung out at home and visited with the dogs next door and a neighbor as well.<br />
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Monday was also the once in a lifetime Solar Eclipse! There was so much press leading up to the event that we of course fell into the hype. Part of me hated to not be with the kids to experience it together but it just didn't work out. After the event, I totally regretted not going to SC to witness totality. WS was in 95% totality and Charlotte, where the kids were with GrandBob and Suzette was in 98%. We thought that was pretty dang close to totality. But we all underestimated 3-5% of the sun. I watched it in a parking lot with my co-worker, Meghan, Lynn, and another guy that works for JDRF, Eric. Eric and I had a meeting at 3pm we had to go to so we were outside watching the whole event and we just walked in after the peak. The kids watched with GrandBob and Suzette. I threatened them with their lives not to burn my children's retinas. I had glasses that were safe (which was a story actually. The local Science center sold uncertified ones - which I had bought when the kids were in camp. Thankfully they were able to replace them for us for free) and I made a few different pinhole projectors. I also made the paperplate glasses holder so they wouldn't look over the glasses. I was seriously concerned about Lindy. I could just see her taking them off or looking above the glasses. I was concerned about Will too but Lindy has enough vision issues that I wasn't playing around with her vision. I'm happy to report they came home with no damage - well done GrandBob and Suzette. It was neat but I wish we had gone to SC. Videos from totality were so neat. It just seemed like the beginning of dusk around here. It was kind of an eerie light but we were definitely underwhelmed. The neatest part was watching the moon inch in over the sun. Totality was a busy for me. Drew was up in Stokes County at the Walnut Cove Library and ended up watching in the parking lot with some random people who had driven over from Greensboro because it was raining in Greensboro. My sister and family were in totality in Kansas City. Lucky ducks!<br />
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While the kids were gone Drew and I ate out a couple times and we went to the Winston-Salem Open tennis tournament on Tuesday night. We wish we could have taken Will again but it didn't work out this summer. We still enjoyed our night out.<br />
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Bob and Suzette met my parents on Tuesday and my parents took over after that. They did a good amount of swimming while with my parents. I can't remember what else. My parents met me in Clemmons on Thursday afternoon for the hand off.<br />
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I grabbed the kids and we headed straight to the kids' 10 year well child check ups at the pediatrician's office. Everything checked out well and we had some of the most exciting news ever. Will gained 7 pounds since last year's visit!!! That is the biggest weight gain either of the kids have ever had. I don't see Will really eating more at meals, but we did add a protein bar and glass of milk as a bedtime snack and I feel like that may be making the difference. We do let him eat more 'crap' with calories than we used to which has helped I'm sure. Lindy measured in at 52lb 3.2oz and 4'1". She gained and grew as well, the pretty standard couple inches and couple pounds my kids normally do. Will measured in at 46lb 3.2oz and 4'0.43". Will closed the weight gap a little but Lindy officially passed him in height - she is a 1/2 inch taller now. She has started looking much taller and leaner the older she gets. Many people commented on her growing over the summer. It wasn't some huge growth spurt over the summer but she is looking taller and leaner. No shots this year. No boosters needed and flu shots were not in yet. The kids were happy about that!<br />
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I took the kids to the Greensboro Science Center on their last day of summer break. I took the day off to spend with them. We headed there in the morning and spent a few hours exploring. It was hot out so we didn't do the whole outside zoo part but we made it through most of the inside. The kids definitely like the hands on things better than the animals there. They liked to play more than look.<br />
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Saturday we celebrated Ed and Brian's birthday at Mimo's house - except Brian wasn't able to come because of work. We had dinner and just hung out. It was nice to see Corbyn and Molly and they allowed me to take a picture of all the grandkids! A miracle to get them all together and capture it!<br />
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'Working' at Macy's</div>
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Trying school the old way in the one room school house at the Honeybee Festival</div>
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Solar Eclipse!!</div>
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Lindy and the neighbor's dog</div>
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At the Nascar Hall of Fame</div>
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Meghan and I watching the solar exclipse</div>
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At the tennis tournament</div>
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Friday at the Greensboro Science Center</div>
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Lindy looking sweet for church one Sunday moring</div>
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-61869967893879667252017-10-10T05:46:00.000-04:002017-10-10T05:46:42.524-04:00Vacation Bible SchoolThis year we did vacation bible school in August and we won't do that again! It was looming over us the entire summer. Next year we will do it early in June and be done with it.<br />
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It did turn out to be another great year for VBS. We did the Everywhere Fun Fair theme and ended up with 22 kids each night. We picked it based on the Fair theme but once we got into it we realized that we also traveled to different countries each night. It felt a little bipolar but we made it work and it worked well! Some rooms were fair themed (snacks), some were country themed (science) and some were both (rec played a game from the country and then a fair game).<br />
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Drew was Telly Ticket, the emcee for the week, and I did the Bible Story again this year.<br />
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It's a fun but exhausting week. This year we planned a whole other event on Sunday after church. We did VBS Sunday during the service and then afterwards we had a hotdog lunch and we had all the fair games out for kids to play. It was a good time and great fellowship.<br />
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<br />Jamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10494075543289865004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4627495011569794359.post-2740129715323893842017-10-10T05:43:00.001-04:002017-10-10T05:43:58.446-04:00A Dog Named PoeWhile we were at the Humane Society for Lindy's birthday, she fell for a dog named Poe, who was born deaf. When she saw that on his name tag she just had to play with him. He was a Great Dane/Dalmatian mix so he was huge! I went with Lindy and the birthday party coordinator, Rex, and we got Poe out to play with him. He had treats with him and Lindy started doing tricks with him. When we did our puppy training with Aiden they taught us to always do hand movements as well as say the command. So she was doing the hand movements and Poe was doing almost every command. The Humane Society guy was amazed and didn't know he could do any of it. Poe had been at the shelter for like 4 months. He had been adopted once and brought back. I'm sure his size and being deaf made him hard to adopt. Rex was telling us that he had taken Poe to the local TV station twice to do the weekly segment of animals at the Humane Society. He kind of jokingly said, "If I take him back, can Lindy come with me?" Not thinking it would ever happen, I said sure. Well on Monday my phone rang and it was Rex and he was taking Poe back to the TV station that Wednesday and he really wanted Lindy to go! He had a script and we had practiced what she was going to say. Another Humane Society volunteer had taken him home to foster him and she was going to be there on TV with them as well. <br />
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They did a short clip teaser of Lindy, Poe and the foster lady and then they got them ready to go. They started out great but then the TV anchor asked Lindy a question and it opened the door for Lindy to go totally off script. I mean totally. ha! She ended up doing amazing and what she said was even better than what was scripted! She talked about her connection with Poe and she said, like her, it sometimes just takes a little longer and Poe will just need more time. She ended with, "Poe is a really sweet dog.....and I'm a pretty sweet kid" It was so funny and cute! She stole the show! She did a trick or two with him but he was on the ground already and was just chilling. He did lay his head in her lap and show how sweet he was.<br />
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That afternoon Rex called to say they had a couple calls already about Poe and one person was coming in to see him. He forwarded me a voicemail of an old lady saying she had seen it and "that little girl did so good with what she said. She needs to be on there more." ha!<br />
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We are happy to report that Poe got adopted!! About a week after the interview on TV he found his forever home. He was a very sweet dog but there was no way we were getting another dog. We were not in the market for another dog, and a huge dog at that. The foster lady said he would do best in a home without other dogs. We never even considered adopting him, but we were more than happy to help him find his forever home!<br />
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Lindy, Rex, and Poe at the Humane Society on her birthday party day</div>
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Reunited at the TV station</div>
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Doing the teaser clip</div>
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During the interview</div>
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Saying their goodbyes</div>
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To see the video - click this link http://www.wxii12.com/article/noon-pet-of-the-week-poe/10403241<br />
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The kids spent the first week of August in camp at Sciworks - now named Kaleideum North. The theme for the week was something to do with aerodynamics. I don't know that either kid loved the theme but that is the week that worked best for them to go to SciCamp this summer. They go every year and always have a blast so we wanted to fit it in the schedule.<br />
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Thursday night we headed to downtown WS because there was a big festival going on and Drew wanted to check it out and people watch. Unfortunately there wasn't much going on that night so we went and got a milkshake.<br />
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Friday night we had a date night with the kids. Will and I headed out to eat at his choice, Wendy's, and Drew and Lindy headed to Cookout.<br />
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Saturday of that week, Drew and the kids went to Charlotte. Lindy hung out with Grandbob and Suzette all day and Drew took Will to a Minefaire convention. Anna and Brian had gotten it for Will for his birthday. They had a good time but I think there were a lot of people and they spent a good amount of time in lines. Will was able to listen to some of the YouTube people he always watches and he was able to play against other people. Lindy enjoyed meeting the neighbors' dogs and hanging with GrandBob and Suzette. While they were gone I was at the church all day decorating for vacation bible school.<br />
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Lady and her Tramps. ha ha!</div>
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My dinner date</div>
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Minefaire</div>
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Lindy wearing a dress my mom made for Hayley when she was young!</div>
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