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August has been a great month, celebrating the end of summer. Mark and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. We went back to St. Louis where we had spent our first anniversary. It was nice having a night away from the kids. We visited the Botanical Gardens, and got bunches of ideas for our new home.
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My Jessie girl turned three today. It seems like just yesterday my bald little baby girl was crawling around on the floor underfoot. Jessie has such a strong personality. She is strong willed, but can be oh so sweet. She very much wants to help and please. The other day she helped Grandma do some
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As part of Ally’s Birthday we got tickets to a performance of Roger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Grandma, Aunt Linda, and the cousins, all went. We had dinner at Panera. When we got to the theater Ally dressed up in her Cinderella Dress. She got several compliments on her dress. She loved it. When the
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WE CLOSED ON OUR HOUSE!!!!! Friday afternoon we finally closed on our house. With the help of some great friends (one who’s birthday it was) and family, we got beds set up and ready to sleep in. We are so thankful to those who God has placed in our lives. They are so giving of
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It has been a rather stressful, frustrating last two weeks. We are in the middle of purchasing a home. We were told we were going to shoot for July 13th, and close no later than July 19th. Here it is July 20 and still no official time to close on the house. In other news
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During Ally’s Birthday Party, Grandma got a wild idea. She asked me if I would go to Holiday World with her the next day, taking five of the grandkids. Ummmm…. seriously, Holiday World with 5 kids, and two adults. For those who don’t know, Holiday World is an amusement Park/ Water park. I was able
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Ally was planning her birthday for weeks. One thing about Ally though, she is like her Daddy, and loves surprises. So we didn’t tell her anything about what was going to happen for her birthday. We started her day taking her to breakfast at Bonnie Cafe. Where she “always wanted to go”. We let her
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We spent the afternoon at the Grandparents house swimming. Then went to Uncle Eric’s Plane Hanger to eat and watch fire works. Jessica wouldn’t open her eyes to see the fireworks. Ally kept screaming at certain ones, she finally climbed up in Grandma’s lap, and enjoyed them after that. Teagan thought it was pretty cool,
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June has been a month of traveling so far. Traveling with 5 kids has it’s challenges but we really enjoy it and so do they. The first weekend of June we went to Ohio. A friend of ours graduated from high-school, and we didn’t want to miss his graduation party. Plus we missed all our
Life is a journey, not a destination ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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