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Sick

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That is the word of the week.  Lily, Kendall and Zach all have strep throat. I have the cough, snot, runny nose crud. Haley is exhausted and says her whole body aches.  I barely am able to work all day. So in a world we area all

SICK

Visit with Santa

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We were excited to visit with Santa at Bronner’s as well. The system that they used was so nice and made the day much easier. First, an adult, regristered each child that wanted to see Santa. Next they were provided with a name tag, each tag had a different symbol. Ours was a gingerbread cookie, others included a santa hat and holly. We continued to shop Bronner’s until the overhead page announcing that Santa was now seeing kids with the gingerbread cookie was heard, approximately 45 minutes after we regristered.  Next we stood in a very short line for approximately 5 minute before seeing Santa. Lily had already been questioning me if this was the “real” Santa and Zach even checked his beard to make sure. Santa spent lots of time talking with the kids and even shared a secret about Rundolph. Here are a couple of pictures.

Bronners 2012

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Most people know that Matt introduced me to this awesome store on our first trip to Michigian, 9 years ago. I still love wandering through it today as much as I did that very first time. I am also so very impressed with their customer service! Enjoy a couple of other pictures from Bronner’s today and check back tommorow for our awesome visit with Santa.

Huge Santa outside. This is becoming a traditional shot for us each time we visit

 

 

Random Thoughts Tuesday November 13th

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  1. This weekend 3 out of 4 kids developed strep throat, only Kendall remains healthy. Zach also had an ear infection and Lily has a major eczema flare up.
  2. I have started working on assembling my Snow Village, I am putting it in my bedroom this year so the layout will be total new. I plan to have it finished before leaving for Michigan.
  3. We leave in a week. I still need to make reservations for Tuesday night. I am trying to accomplish one thing a day so that we don’t get overwhelmed this weekend. So far so good. I have gotten all the presents wrapped and the food is packed for the trip.
  4. Work is really slow this week but I am actually excited to have the extra time to spend on organizing for the trip and on my Snow Village.
  5. Lily got her first report card for 2nd grade last week, she has only one 2 on the whole thing the rest were 3.
  6. This coming Sunday at church, I am in charge of a Spaghetti dinner.
  7. I don’t really  have a seventh comment but thought it was a cool number to end on.

 

 

Wordless Wednesday -Family Photo

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We had my whole family pictures made last Sunday. We decided after a couple of attempts at a studio in the past to try something new. A photographer came to their house and then we moved to my brothers for some. I am ending up posting 12 different shots this week with more next week. Leave a comment with your favorite!

Granny and Pawpaw
Married 43 years
Survived 2 teenagers/kids and enjoying 7 grandkids

Hanging Around

The Gang is all here!

Same trouble different view. Amazing that we got several good group shots!

A good family pictures YAY! YAY! YAY!

Could not resist that stair steps
Amanda 21, Haley 17, Lily 6, Kendall 4 and Zach3

I liked the look and feel of this in black and white. My own edit!

Zach and Pawpaw who is having more fun?

This is so a typically Zach… he didn’t want his picture made for about half of the time!

I just like this picture!

Fall Festival- Kids having fun

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Everyone is trying to find the “treasure” hidden in the corn

Kendall LOVED this slide, I think she went down it 10 times but because of the sun I could not get a picture of her. Lily only like the slide, which means 5 or 8 times down!

Pumpkin Bowling… Kendall threw a strike!

Lily’s turn at pumpkin bowling

Face Painting was our first stop.

Lily chose a butterfly and Kendall got a crown! Zach watched, next we headed to the color hairspray. Lily ended up with purple streaks and Kendall with green hair.

 

Kendall in the Bounce House. Zach and Lily joined her on our second turn.

 

Zach’s favorite thing of the whole time was the “tractor” I even managed to get in this picture!

End of our Fall Festival Fun!

Random Tuesday Thoughts

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  • School mornings have not been the problem around here. But school evenings are a whole different story. Zach has been so bad the last couple of evenings. I want to leave. I am hoping that once we get into a good routine he will settle down if not then I may just cry all evening too!
  • Speaking of school, the traffic at both the elementary and High Schools this year has been awful. To pick up from both school is taking Matt close to 2 hours. Part of the issue is that the Elementary school, is forcing everyone to sit in the car lane and pick up kids from the sidewalk.
  • On a positive school note, Lily has had 2 “gold” behavior days. This is the best she can do!! I hope it continues! Haley has spent time doing homework 2 nights in a row, this is a huge positive as well!
  • The goal for preschool this year is 3 days a week. Kendall is working on learning to write her last name as well as recognizing all the letters. Zach is definitely a lefty and working on recognizing colors and some letters as well.
  • We are continue to try and limit our grocery spending by eating food we have and  only purchasing things we are out of! The plan is to go to Costco on Thursday.
  • I am attempt to get my weight under control again. I have been counting calories today on an app. I did 30 minutes on the Will last night and will do another 30 tonight.