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Ethan’s Second Birthday Party

Momma — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:14:32 +0000

For Ethan’s second birthday, Amanda threw his party at the Birmingham Zoo. We had cake and ice cream outside of the zoo with all of the friends and family before going in to enjoy the exhibits. I love my little nephew so much! I am so proud of what a nice young man he is growing up to be. “Me-Me” can’t take any credit for it, Amanda and Patrick are doing a great job, and they love him so much. I know he’ll grow up to be a good, honest, God-fearing man.

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New Method of Drying Laundry

Momma — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:00:18 +0000

Sunday afternoon I went outside to get some laundry off of the clothes line, and the girls and I wound up playing a few games with a big old sheet. Remember playing with the gigantic parachute in kindergarten where all the kids would hold it around in a circle then throw it up and jump under it? It works with 4 people and a sheet too! What started out as a 5 minute chore turned into an hour long playtime outside on a gorgeous Spring day. We had so much fun and it was so simple and spontaneous. Don’t worry I caught it on film.. er.. digital media. I even let the girls take a few shots of me.

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Here are videos of each of the girls making sure the sheet was plenty dry before we folded it.

New Pictures and Updates

Momma — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:00:59 +0000

I have finally added a boatload of pictures and wanted to write a bit about them. I suggest when you do view them to use piclens, because each gallery has over a hundred pictures.

First off, I was so blessed to have been able to go out to Oklahoma back in February to spend a few weeks with my family. Chris took me and the girls out and dropped us off, then came back and picked us up later. We had a great time visiting my folks and siblings, and it was hard to leave. I also enjoyed getting to sit under Sister Connie Wilson’s preaching (she’s their pastor) and my Uncle Don’s teacher (he’s the general HQ coordinator for ABM, an an awesome teacher). I really recieved a blessing and a refreshing. We had a lot of good times going out and just hanging out. But I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves:

Trip to Grandma and Papa’s 2-2009

Next up, I have added a gallery of the pictures taken when we had our first real snow in almost 10 years! It was so beautiful, and the girls had a lot of fun, considering it was one of the very few times they have ever seen snow in person. Everybody got out and we had snowball fights, made a snowman (he’s really short, because the snow was only about 4 inches or so), tried to sled down a hill, and just had a good time overall.

Snowstorm 2009

Finally, I have added pictures the girls’ birthday party. Everyone had so much fun with their animal masks, the craft, a special song by Eliana and Lydia (will load video later), presents, and of course, Cake! Eliana and Lydia were totally surprised by their bikes, and they told me over and over that they had a great time. I love throwing birthday parties! And even though I was dealing with a broken arm, it was a pleasure to have entertained everyone.

Eliana and Lydia 2009

Here are a few videos from the party:

More Beauty

Momma — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:37:35 +0000

I had to do one for Eliana and Chloe. I used a different technique this time, and I really like the results.

Eliana:

Chloe:

Natural Beauty

Momma — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:16:06 +0000

I was playing with Photoshop again tonight, exploring different filters and adjustments, and I came up with the following result:

She’s still just as pretty as she is in the original photo:

But you gotta admit that the extra focus brightens her up a bit more.

Reflections of my Inner Self

Momma — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:47:13 +0000

I was just in the kitchen a moment ago and looked out the window to see Lydia swinging by herself on the swing set. She never spoke to anyone, she barely looked around. She was quiet, no smile, no frown, just contentedness on her face. You can could tell her mind was off in some far away realm of thought. She swung by herself for several minutes, and she may still be there, she was when I walked away. She wasn’t lonely or disappointed at all by her circumstances, she was just content and happy that she was swinging. That is my Lydia, and that is how I was as a girl, and still am. We love people, we love spending time with them, but we are just as happy to have a few moments to simply lose ourselves in thought and enjoy the peacefulness of singularity.

Bangs! and other updates

Momma — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:56:29 +0000

No, it’s not me, and it’s not Denise. See the pug nose? That is definitely Lydia. I had the sudden urge to give her bangs tonight, so I did! It scared her at first, but when I told her she looked like I did when I was a little girl, she giggled and decided she liked them.

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In other news, I’ve added two new pictures the Chloe’s gallery. Papa, you’ll want to see these for sure.

Here are a few new videos on YouTube:

Lydia pretends to eat a pumpkin:

Chloe having fun:

Chloe says hi:

Girls singing at church:

Eliana playing torpedo ball:

And one last goody… I’m finally working on an update to the site’s design! Here is what it looks like in Photoshop so far:

We’re Having a Blue Christmas

Momma — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 07:47:24 +0000

We’re redecorating the living room, and the new color scheme is blue, and various shades of brown. Chris will be painting two walls blue for me next week, but I went ahead and put the Christmas tree up with Eliana the other night. She was a great help, and it was a lot of fun. I got such a great deal on all of these ornaments and accessories at Hobby Lobby, can’t beat 50% off! When the wall is painted and the tree is moved, I’ll get a better picture of the entire tree.

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Out of the Box

Momma — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 04:26:34 +0000

Back in October, the furniture store finally called to let us know our replacement cushions had arrived. What can be better than new couch pillows? Why a humongous box, of course! I’ll let the video and photos tell the rest:

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Chloe’s Third Birthday Party

Momma — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:48:16 +0000

It’s been over a month since the bash, and I didn’t forget about posting pictures, I just kept putting it off. Until now!

We had a fun pirate dress up party for her. That’s one of her favorite things to pretend to be is a pirate. Thank you TV. A lot of us dressed up, and we all had so much fun. We did a scavenger hunt and at the end was a treasure chest full of choclate gold coins. She got some great gifts, including several outfits and shoes, a new doll, and a few other things. We decorated everything in pink and black, and the loot bags gave everyone an eye patch.

I wanted to get a lot more pictures than I did, but my batteries weren’t as charged as I thought they were. Chris was able to get some for me, however. So here they are!

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