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Du Quoin State Fair
We the kids, along with Grandma and Grandpa Black and Aunt Olivia, to the State Fair on Saturday. It was nice having the extra hands. We of course ate some corn dogs, because who can go to a fair and not have a corn dog, and a funnel cake too!…
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Happy 4th Birthday Timmy!
Timmy turned 4 yesterday. He had been planning for days how his birthday was going to be. How he was going to be in charge of everyone, tell everyone what to do, no one is going to be mean to him, etc. He was a little sad to learn that…
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Balloon Festival
Saturday night we got to go to a local Balloon Festival. I’m not sure the kids understood what we were talking about until later in the evening when the hot air balloons were being filled and they got to see them. I have never stood next to a hot air…
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Timmy’s Birthday Wishlist
Timmy’s birthday is coming up on Tuesday, so tonight I asked him what he wanted and his answers were such that I felt I must write them down. Frog Pillow pet Penguin Pillow pet Sword that turns into a car Just a plain old sword A real car that’s really…
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A Night of Bowling
We took the kids bowling tonight for the first time. It was a fun family time. Jayden at first didn’t want to bowl because he didn’t want to wear the shoes, but by the end he was bowling and in the shoes. Timmy was big on doing it himself. At…
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Nine Years
Yesterday was Mark and I’s 9th anniversary. I am still wondering where the last nine years have gone. Wow. He took half a day off of work to celebrate and we headed for St. Louis. We decided to go to Six Flags, I have been wanting to go to an…
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Teagan is Crawling
Well it’s offical, my baby girl is crawling now. She has been getting up on her hands and knees for weeks now. Last week she was figuring out how to move her legs but couldn’t get her hands going. Today she was crawling for real, not far but it won’t…
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Jumping in with Both Feet
Well it’s only the 7th of August and this is already a crazy month. Last week we had VBS, I was the co-director so it was a bit crazy for my family. Jessica turned two last Saturday, for her birthday she got a VBS family night, complete with carnival. She…
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A Cow on our Roof
The kids were eating dinner tonight at the counter, since Daddy is painting late tonight. I was sitting in the living room feeding Teagan and listening. Ally says she feels some water dripping on her head and decided it is because the roof is leaking. Timmy says no it’s…
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A Conversation with Timmy
Here is a conversation I wrote down that Mark and Timmy had in the car the other day. Mark is italicized. We’re Here! Where’s the deer? There’s no deer, I said we’re here. What did you say? I said there’s a black bear. Where’s the bear? He rode the frosty…
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