tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41864996403467868082011-11-27T20:43:28.707-05:00Leslienoreply@blogger.comBlogger951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-13251182201027338982011-03-27T23:50:00.001-04:002011-03-28T16:20:16.587-04:00

I have to write about something that isn't just about me, it's about all of us. Our Soldiers.  I watched the Latest Episode of Army Wives tonight. It was amazing and compelling, the best written show I have anticipated in years; frankly since the last Season of West Wing.  It was worth the wait. As it showed the hurt and next steps taken when a loved is lost in a Military family. How we take it

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 ~Life Happens~ That seems to be my lot in life; as if it’s something bad. To say living and those living around me is something to deal with rather than a life to live. As you can see, that yes, it has been awhile since I have last posted. We seem to have this revolving door of icky germs that gets passed along to every family member. I was down two weeks literally, and due to that, had an

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Where to start? I have so much to say, and so little time or room! Well tis the season of loving! It is the month of love, and it happens to be the month of my 10th wedding anniversary. Is it horrible to say I am just as surprised and impressed as you are that we made it as you are?! I am amazed and truly did not think we would make it, but we did! I am so grateful for the husband that I have

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Ok so after my last post, I couldn't take it anymore. Clutter took over since before Christmas. For those who truly know me, you will know this is something I have struggled with for years. When we moved here to VA, we have a much larger home and more space to store things properly. I have to say we have done pretty well, and most days I would not be embarrassed to have someone drop by.

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If this wasn't so close to reality today I'd probably cry! However, it wasn't the children running late today, it was I. I decided that since I only had one class today, I would go back to sleep after getting everyone up and let Daddy get everyone off to school. First mistake. 6:50 am : Jack Diamond Morning Show greats me. Potty, then stumble to the kitchen to make snacks. 7:15 am: Wake Hubby,

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Like, it's been busy people! I have no idea where to start other than, geesh, is break time yet!! I have been going nonstop since, well before Christmas and then took it up to crazy busy Since the New Year began. As you know, I've been taking classes at my Community College here (NOVA), and got a bit behind due to the crazy fall events. However, NOVA doesn't just have semesters; they do the

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It's a New Year! I have made a decision that with this New Year with Balance! As of late I feel as if my blogging has been muddled with hurt, regrets, and a bunch of whining.... as it was good for me to be able to voice my feelings, it was also not a great read. I liken it to using an old typewriter, typing away frustrated, only to rip it out bunch up the paper throw it in a basket and start

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I think I might survive Christmas! The house is almost in order again, and I'm on my way to getting my work done. The kiddos have done non-stop wii and caught up on all cartoons they think they'll die without. It's also nice to see them teaching each other about different ways to when they're games and see who's car fly's off the race track first! I've also been educated in all things Ben 10,

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~MERRY CHRISTMAS~ Merry Christmas to all of our friends and Family this Holiday Season! I am taking advantage of Modern Technology this year, and doing my Christmas letter via blog! Let me start with WOW!!!It's Christmas already??? I cannot believe how quickly the year has gone! I know, everybody says that this time of year, but I understand now! It has been quite the year

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The Christmas Season is Here!! I love the Holidays and all that it means and brings to the lives of others. The fact that it's about others and not you is the best part of all! I know to many that some it's nothing more than a few days off and some gifts, and to others it means a whole celebration of life! I myself love to go all out and dec the whole house if possible. However this year now

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  ThanksGiving Day is Ahead.....So I'm writing and trying to do some reflecting. I wonder how many have actually stopped to think about what they are truly thankful for at this time of year. It always seems to be over-shadowed by the impending Christmas Holidays and the First Day of crazy shopping. I am thankful for many things, and yes, even when it sounds cliché, my family, friends, and my

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Change is in the air once again.The crisp Fall air in the morning, mild days in the afternoon, and chilly evenings. Gone are the days of summers warmth and barefoot children, and mindless days... Like all seasons Fall is ushering itself out and winter is starting to blow in some areas. Fall is probably my most favorite weather. All the colors come out, the chilliness of rain, and the smell of

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It has been awhile since I last posted.I feel as of lately I have been pulled into many different directions as of late. Thus, I am posting a new updateAs of the semester, we all our in school. James is now a 2L at Georgetown Law, and I'm now at NOVA Community College , and the kiddos, well, of course they have school as well.Why as mothers do we think that we can do it all; have a spotless house

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I just wanted to say A BIG THANK YOU to all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice! I know that there are so many who have given of themselves for my freedom and I cannot express my gratitude enough. From our Founding Fathers to those in combat now. I am proud to come from a military family and pray that my children or their children will continue it on. For all those out their still serving

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I can clearly remember the first time I saw The Dark Knight with the amazing Christian Bale.I took my husband ou for his 30th Bday and we went to the very first showing in Spokane at 12am! It was amazing and we had such a great time, and yes I had a bit of a crush growing up on Mr. Bale dating all the way back to Little Women where I felt I had more in common with Joe March than I did with my own

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Hello Dear Friends and Family,It has been a few weeks. Since Mother's Day, I have been as busy as ever! My Mom came and went buy Mother's Day, but it was fun and the kiddos are now expecting to someone from out of town now all the time! First James' family, then my mother, then we got a few minutes with some friends from Spokane in bringing the Sr's on their trip from Faith. It was a busy spring

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It's Mother's Day today,As mother I think of all the wonderful memories of my children throughout the past 9 yrs. Ages ranging from 9-6 this year. It has been a joy and a blessing to be their mother. I can say hands down I don't deserve them.As a mother, I have seen my share of trials, and know there are more yet to come. So many Mother's have had their share of joys and heartaches and still

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After all the baby sitting and the many years of caring for sis and brother, and now having children for nearly 9 rs....I am making the same "rookie mistakes" still...as my husbands cousin put it today on fb...I had the boys lie down for a nap, then realizing my oldest had yet to complete his chores; had him come down and do them. After several hours of going back and forth and many I don't knows

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Ok, so my love affair with twitter and FB has taken hold of me; and I cannot give them up.Well, we had a wonderful start to spring so far. It got unusually warm and we enjoyed so very warm weather here on the East Coast, only for me to be unburned the first day back out in the yard this spring. I have learned I am getting to old for this, and that while I would love to be a golden tan color, it

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I know, I know, I've taken awhile to blog. I'm learning to balance all of this business of DC life, could stop using FB and TWITTER so much too!The end of February was good for us and was a great time of relaxing too. We were able to get some much needed time away from the kiddos when some new friends agreed to keep the kiddos for us. We attended the Federalists Society Symposium at the

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As I have gotten older, the meaning of Valentines Day have changed for me and what I thought was the ideal day....As many of you know, my anniversary is only about 1 1/2 weeks before V-Day. So as we've been married, we've always combined it; doing just a card or flower at best. I've never been offended or hurt. James has always spoiled me when it comes to our Anniversary-so it's always made up

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I've never seen DC so empty! It's so beautiful here! Yes we have snow, we're up to a foot and half now and it's so beautiful! I'm hoping we get to go into DC this week and see everything covered in it! Maybe tomorrow we'll go sledding! The kiddos are enjoying going at different times and playing and sledding down our little hill! We braved the stores the night before the "big snow". We've been

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9 Years and Counting...We've made it to number 9! James and I celebrated our 9th Anniversary this Tuesday and let me say, it was quite nice. We really didn't do too much-just got lunch and brought home a cheesecake to share with the kiddos; I think Stryder also got a pieces as well! I had a migraine the night before, so it was nice just to sleep in and let him deal with the kiddos that morning! A

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Hello to those of you who check our blog...With all the world looking on Haiti, our hearts break for what lies ahead, and the future of such a needy people. As a mother, I want to just scoop up those children and love them and tell them it will be ok; to hold a grieving mother as she breaks, to aide in anyway I can...It seems that no matter how much we'll give, it'll never be enough, no matter

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I have a laugh for all!As of late, my husband and I have put on some weight. And the real push came when we got on the scale just before Christmas. According to the scale, it seems as if had gained some 15-20lbs. I about died-and that was it for me. I was already feeling very swollen from all the salt and sodium, and didn't like to be in pictures anymore, a sure sign of needing change! However, I

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Hope you enjoy these-will work on getting a slide show up soon! The top ones are from a day skating at the ice rink in the Sculpture Garden across from the archives-beautiful there! And also the National Tree.

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Ok, so on the way home from church Sunday my son James (8 going on 9) had an interesting question for us...Just love it when these come up, shows interesting insight to their little minds! James asked if we could get a disco ball for our house. You know, so we can dance, and have fun, and have a party! We just looked at each other and laughed and then tried to answer the question. The song on the

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Well Hello To All!I cannot believe it's already a New Year! Time has flown! I am excited for the New year!First I'll do some catching up. We had a wonderful Christmas thanks to all of the Grandmas and Grandpas! A BIG THANK YOU to all of you! We got a wii for a family present for everyone!Little did we know that all of our friends did so as well! Must have been on everyones mind I guess! We had an

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Ok, well, it's been awhile again-I know-I the who wants to write for a living should really keep up with this!It's been a bit crazy here lately! We all went through the various versions of the flu-don't panic-we didn't get the H1N1, but from what I've heard it isn't the bad for adults-just gotta watch the little ones lungs. That lasted several weeks-I being glad I got out with but a head cold!

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Where to begin? Let's start from the top...It's Sunday night, I check homework, watch a few funnies on FB with the kiddos, show it to my hubby, then go off to bed and slept like a baby; right? WRONG. I was awaken several times, resulting in my hubby reconciling to the couch; then I think I might get some sleep, nope. I toss and turn and really drift off about the time my alarm goes off 5ish

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I am trying to give a few quick updates!The kiddos as you can see have started school this month. They are attending Ad Fontes Academy, it's a classical Christian school and we love it! The people there are great and they seem to not even miss a beat. Its an adjustment with the new curriculum, but we'll get it and there's lots of chances to volunteer and get involved! The people really love the

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Well I'm now without a computer now days, go figure, I finally have to blog now! Oh well, I'm sure my readers have gone down due to FB-which I am guilty of living on...Anyways, I've loaded up the last of the summer pics, how sad it's come to an end-but it opens a new chapter! We went down to visit my Grandparents and Aunt and Uncle again, and James even got to go this time! We weren't able to go

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Hey to all! Here is some new pics of the kiddos-we took an afternoon and went to a state park done the road from us in Woodbridge, maybe it's Newport, I'm not sure. I found it thanks to a lady I met at ikea when I dropped the kiddos off to play. She told us about it, and we got to go this week when James had a day off. It was fun!!! There was no swimming due to all the boating and the fact it's a

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Ok, so I wanted to let you know this before I forgot. At one point in time our kiddos say funny things, well yesterday was the day for me. I took the kiddos to Wal-Mart and Target and we walked around several times in each store, looking and finding and comparing prices. Well, By the time we got done looking, and got to the groceries at Target, yes Target:), my kiddos laid there heads on my waist

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Ok, so I tried to get everything perfect the way i usually do- if you know me, you know I'll stay up till 5 am working on it; but alas in old age, and the fact my landlord is coming over in the morning- I'm posting the way it is; i will organize when i get the chance, probably tomorrow or the next day sometime. I took these on my blackberry, so no grantee about clarity. My digital camera died a

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So, we made it to fireworks yesterday! We got on the first train at 7, i know you should be proud of me! (For those who don't know me well, late is my middle name!)I even got up at 5 to get everybody going-and yes it was a long day. We got a good spot and moved a few times due to things being set up on the grass, but only about 50 feet- we literally were the first of two people setting up over by

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Oh my goodness, you think you know someone, then you take a road trip; then you really get to know someone! Well, the trip would not end!!! I thought I was going to die- poor Laura, she thought she was going to die too!Well, Let's start at the top! We lest Spokane around 3 or so in the afternoon on Sunday the 14th. About 3 hours late, of course! Laura Shearer, a High School teacher in Spokane,

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Hello To all!It's been about a month I know. Since fb I've been increasingly less of a blogger. But I won't have school for a year- so maybe I will be better at keeping up with it!Well, The kiddos are finishing school this week and I will be done on Monday. I can't believe it's almost moving day-11 days until we pull out of Spokane! I cannot believe James will be a Law Student this fall! At

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Ok, Let's Start with-I'm going to be very spoiled:) We are the end of the road-so unless you live there no one will be driving down the street-so the children are free to ride their bikes! Praise the Lord!The people are used to watching for our landlord's children-so I'm not worried. The neighbors to the left have children who are grown and nearly gone, with one at home who is a cop-I like that-

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Well as we begin into March, I thought I'd swing by and give a quick hey to everyone! The quarter is wrapping up soon and I love school-now that I've figured a few things out! 1. Staying up late and then trying to leave by six am never ever works. 2. Always prepare the night before for anything that needs to be done before you leave. 3.Don't think I'll do it later will come around, it never does!

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Well, It's a A New Year!I can't believe how behind I am already after it only being Feburary! Well, now that it is Feburary, I though I'd do some posting!Well, let's start at the top. In Janurary, I started college! I'm now a Freshman at Eastern Washington University! I love it and Jim is thrilled I'm doing somethin that I love. I'm doing okay for grade-I didn't realize how busy I'd become with

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Well It's now February so I thought I'd do some catching up-these pictures above are from December/January. We did a few projects withe the kids-I was brave or dumb; but we had some fun! We also went to the MAC Museum and the Cambell House with our friends the Cooleys-that was fun! And then on the First-Daddy took a night off and took us to hotel for New Years Day! We got to swim all night and

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Just want to say a big THANK YOU to all of our family for making Christmas so wonderful this year! Here are some pictures-couldn't do all of them-my computer kept feezing up! Love and hugs to all!

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-62737799017806139882008-12-27T14:04:00.000-05:002008-12-27T14:11:03.459-05:00

well, I'm a little behind on posting....We did have a great time at moms on Thanksgiving! The Chuns and the DeJulias were there also, as well as Tina Case dropping by! Talk about a full house! God richly blessed us and we had a wonderful time! After cleaning up Jim treated us all to a movie and we got the whole theatre to ourselves! Talk about feeling important! Everybody loved Madagassgar 2 and

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-67033743889502820402008-12-25T01:35:00.000-05:002008-12-25T01:47:20.674-05:00

We just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!Cards will be coming out around January!I hope to post more photos this next week as well! Enjoy the Holiday Seasonand May the Lord richly Bless you and your Family!

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…There it was the tiny tree no one had wanted…it was a sad little tree…As I was walking through the Christmas tree farm with my family I remembered a funny story a friend had told me. I’m sure I won’t get this right. She told a story of how this can of soup sat helplessly on the self pushed aside and unwanted due to its slightly torn and dented can. And the story goes on and was so funny I

Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-12669405716769608222008-12-17T03:24:00.001-05:002008-12-17T03:45:06.938-05:00

I know, I know, I said I'd stay on this and well, life has gotten in the way again...and oh, facebook.Life is always full of surprises and well mine is no different. As we enter the Holiday Season, barely done with Thanksgiving and it's already Christmas, then New Years, and then Valentines, then Easter, and then school is out, and then 4th of July and that's when it hit me. Exactly six months

Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-52361360298993268292008-11-11T22:37:00.000-05:002008-12-17T03:08:04.376-05:00

Today as many of you know was Veteran's Day! I love how this Country takes a side a day out of the year to show appreciation to the men and woman who have so generously served in wars and say thank you. It doesn't seem that one day is enough to say a thank you which never seems be strong enough to show the choked up emotion that we feel. And yet, why is it only one day that say, do we even take

Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-15164948051356755262008-11-10T21:36:00.000-05:002008-11-10T21:51:45.473-05:00

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, and Pumpkins! We carved Pumpkins! Actually, Jim carved pumpkins and watched and waited and finally the kids got bored and watched cartoons! Daddy didn't mind, actually preferred not having people huvering over him! James no surprise to us, got a scull and bones, and Megan wanted a Happy one, and Ethan wanted a scary face! They all got what the wanted, and Daddy's hand was very

Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-70456109092761124392008-11-10T21:33:00.000-05:002008-11-10T21:34:43.966-05:00

Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-750742238268906952008-10-31T20:56:00.000-04:002008-10-31T21:07:47.829-04:00

I just wanted to put a blurb in really quick. I feel like all that I say lately is, things have been a bit crazy here. Which is true, but really not all that bad.I uploaded a new cartoon to show just how it's been-I think I've lost the few brain cells that I had:) I think it's funny that before I was a parent I had this all figured out and now I know I truly had no clue. I read in my Devotions

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-90779543595815029842008-10-24T18:37:00.000-04:002008-10-24T19:23:21.640-04:00

Hello to all! Fall is here and I'm loving it! I love the colors and the crisp air and the kids begging to rake the yard so they can jump into the leaves! My heart couldn't bring itself to say no, so they raked quite a big area so they could have a good pile to jump into! I love watching them run across the yard and then stopping to jump in. It's so funny! Jim had the day off yesterday from all of

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Well this summer was started off with Jim turning 30 this July! He is officially old! I can't believe we are entering our thirties! I'm looking forward to thirty, we've learned so much over the last several years and that we've finally figured out who we are and where we're going-like our twenties were practice times for us. I can't wait to see what comes next always an adventure in our family!

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-8641588487983233382008-09-28T02:44:00.000-04:002008-09-28T02:53:39.238-04:00

Yes, I know it's been forever since I've posted! I've been so busy and things have been so wacky here! I just did some pics from the end of year from school. I hope you enjoy! I'm trying to do a little every night to get everything updated!

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-68577682865144127982008-05-16T20:49:00.000-04:002008-05-16T20:50:47.485-04:00

Well I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THIS AS MUCH AS I DID. THIS WILL BE MY SON IN A FEW YEARS-SCARY-I KNOW! THANKS TRINA FOR THE LAUGH!

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Well, after being gone for almost two weeks, the kids really needed some family time, and us too! So daddy took everyone on a "date", they think they're really special to go on a date with daddy. It's a big deal in our house! So daddy got they're tickets for reading, and we went to Pizza Hut. We split a pasta dish, and was it good! They were thrilled, and loved it, it was quite the night. They

Leslienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-1748348243672068122008-04-22T11:48:00.000-04:002008-04-22T12:29:12.031-04:00

And the winner is.......Georgetown!!!Jim decided on Georgetown for a Law School! It's been very hard to choose. We couldn't decide on this one or George Washington. It's been difficult, but praise the Lord, we did pick! Jim is so excited and so am I! They have a beautiful campus and the faculty is great-the faculty at the other one was great too-hence the hard choice. Georgetown is ranked

Leslienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-7543267783100350002008-04-21T17:27:00.000-04:002008-04-21T17:56:38.839-04:00

Hey to all! We've been back from DC since the 3rd; however, I've been sick pretty much the whole time. One or two days have been okay, but mainly pretty rough. So, sorry it's been so long. We did go to DC for the purpose of deciding on a law school. Well, we loved both, and I wonder if it made it a little harder to decide. DC was beautiful, the cherry blossoms were out, and it was everything and

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-11081520898629429152008-03-20T14:01:00.000-04:002008-03-20T14:57:57.057-04:00

Sunday was Ethan's 1st time singing in Patch Club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you tell I'm just a little excited!!! I'm so proud! What a goof though! God has been so good and given us such a good boy in him, we are truly blessed! He's really good at home, hardly ever gets in trouble-until his siblings come home! Then it's WW3 many times! It's getting warmer outside and that's helping a lot! Ethan is

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I tell yah, you ever have a rough day; please check out this blog! Well, there is a reason to have locks on the doors. As many of you know, Jim is gone about 80 hrs a week with school and work . So things get a little crazy, and as anyone who has children know, you must be creative to keep the romance alive. So, on certain days, when I know he's home, I try to keep it warm and fuzzy for him. The

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Well, i now can post my latest oops of parenting! Well, as many of you know, I have been losing weight, and very proud of it. Well, of course I decided to wear something I haven't been able to wear in quite some time. So, I thought I looked pretty cute on this Sunday in particular, I had to keep pulling it up, but didn't think anything of it. We then went to Wal-mart to get a few thing and some

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-30731663501633316282008-03-04T15:14:00.000-05:002008-03-04T15:25:57.994-05:00

Hey, I'm trying to update as much as I can today. This some of the pics from our anniversary. Jim spoiled me good this year as he usually does-it was a much needed get away! We loved skiing, I realized how getting close to 30 my body is changing. I had more fun in a quite rm soaking in a tub than on a hill-it used to be the other way around! We had a great time in Kellogg and are grateful for all

Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-3846976810003445702008-03-04T14:01:00.000-05:002008-03-04T14:10:28.709-05:00

Well, for all those who have an opion:)Ethan did get his haircut a couple of weeks ago, seeing as he was turning 4.It was a little shorter than I wanted, but that's okay. I guess I need to let go of the baby, and embrace the boy! He was excited to go with Daddy to his shop!

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-32171339026998099212007-12-01T00:34:00.001-05:002007-12-01T00:37:44.347-05:00

Yes it's time to get ready for Christmas! We''re almost done getting the house ready, and the kids are getting excited! I love Christmas! The post below, is my true nature showing through-I'm not against Christmas-but many of can relate-so I hope you laugh and don't take offense to what seems to be my life towards the end of the month!

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i showed our kids the pic. of belinda's new baby sarah, and megan asked if the babies come out of the mommies tummies with clothes on already, or if you buy them when you buy them at the hospital. i told her that sadly no, they don't come clothed, but they come out with nothing at all, and that God gives us the babies, not the hospitals. she was quite perplexed by the whole situation, she still

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This was the first school outing that we went too-the kids had a blast and picked there own pumpkins and went through the maze and got their own apple they picked themselves! It was a long day-but lots of fun-they do it every year at school! Gramie even got to drive the bus- they were thrilled about that! Enjoy!

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-6982273192516775142007-11-17T02:06:00.000-05:002007-11-17T02:14:00.624-05:00

hey guys,just trying to do some updating-we finally had our first college date!!!!!we went to hoomecoming game! we won after a great 2nd half!!!!!!!!!!!!enjoy the pics!!!!!!!!!!!les

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Leslienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-91752570271230496022007-10-21T04:22:00.000-04:002007-10-21T05:44:15.875-04:00

well, hello to all..............yes, do not remind me of how much I haven't blogged in the last month.there has been much going on lately...for those who don't already know, Jim, my husband,got a the score of 169 on his LSAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!we can finally breathe, and the weights have been lifted.........we are still seeking the Lord's will to see were we'll be for law school, prayerfully the

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I could not for the life of me figure out why my hair was so greasy, I just washed it yesterday, and only put a tiny amount of mousse. I styled it today like any other day and used the same amount of product. Thinking that because I switched to this cheap new shampoo, that I would only then use it until the next payday and then replace it with the normal Biolage that I used. I will never again

Leslienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-84126999319966540832007-09-01T22:54:00.000-04:002007-09-01T23:30:59.480-04:00

We made it through the first week of school! Nothing too serious to come up, and they're still alive! However, Jim started his LSAT Prep class today, and did pretty well. They go through the test - of course not the actual test- but a mock up, and help them to better prepare for it-Jim's score was a 160, most got in the 140s-50s, which is pretty average-180 is the best. Jim is killing himself for

Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-35356025256013287112007-08-29T01:59:00.000-04:002007-08-29T02:12:57.714-04:00

We did survive the first day of school! I cannot believe I'm now old enough to have two children in school! James is now in first, and Megan in K-5! When we got back from taking them to school we where so amazed at how quite it was! Ethan misses them, but loved having us all to himself! I curled Megan's hair last night and it turned out really cute, and she was all about having everyone check out

Leslienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-24437737129239653492007-07-21T17:47:00.000-04:002007-07-21T17:55:53.208-04:00

Hey, Just wanted to post an update real quick. We just finished VBS on Thursday, and now we're settling back into our routine. We had so many children this year-what a blessing! The kids totally loved it! And love to repeat their mixed up story of the day- however-they are starting to understand salvation a little more everyday! It's hard to gage sometimes what they really know- but hearing what

Leslienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186499640346786808.post-37955849254601765152007-07-03T03:17:00.000-04:002007-07-03T03:21:43.658-04:00

Wow!I have arrived-why I have not done this sooner-it's beyond me-but Kelly had a great idea!This is my first " official " entry into this blog! I hope that you find it enjoyable and that you have many laughs at my expense-it's what I'm good at! Love to all, and pray as I take on this new challenge!

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