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CBS Christmas Program

Dec 10th, 2013 by

Since we’re currently without a church home, our only Christmas program this year was the one the kids did at CBS.

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Janie had a meltdown in the nursery, so I had to hold her during the program and couldn’t inch around to get good pictures.  Good thing everyone else in the world has smart phones that can email pictures to me immediately.  Elizabeth (in red near the back left) sang pretty well, Susie (just to the right of the microphone, with green under a sweater) kept turning around to look at her sister a couple rows behind her, and Tommy (bottom left) read Isaiah 9:6-7!

tommy reads isaiah

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Uh-oh…

Dec 10th, 2013 by

So Janie has been vomiting since waking up covered in vomit this morning.  Is it even worth me bleach cleaning the house while she’s still throwing up?

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Monterey

Dec 8th, 2013 by

The kids and I just got back from a long weekend in Monterey, visiting the DeBords.  We missed their wedding because we were flying to Switzerland that week, so I had never met Tristan!  It was a pretty low-key visit, mostly hanging out, playing at some local playgrounds, and watching football.  The big kids and I visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium with guest passes, and Janie stayed back to nap and initiate Regina into the wonderful world of cloth diapering before their baby comes.

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You know, we’re just not big animal people.  It was neat to see everything, but we were done in a couple of hours.  Tommy liked the jellyfish.  The girls’ favorite part of the aquarium was the hot chocolate at the end…

monterey hot cocoa

I just didn’t pull my camera out much, but we did get a quick shot after church to prove we were actually together!

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Yay for good friends!

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Tommy and Jonah

Dec 4th, 2013 by

This morning, Tommy got to go all by himself to see “A Christmas Carol” with Jonah.  He’s getting so big!

Jonah and Tommy

Afterwards, the girls and I met up with everybody at CPK for lunch.  5 moms and 21 kids…it’s gotta be a homeschool group!

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Overwhelmed

Dec 2nd, 2013 by

When multiple older siblings are feeding you, mealtime can be kinda overwhelming…

overwhelmed

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Getting Our Christmas Tree

Nov 30th, 2013 by

We walked down the road to get our tree again this year.

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Outtake of our Christmas card photo

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The kids were helpful, as always.

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And Susie screamed all the way home and for the next 45 minutes at home.  Good times.

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Photo by Lizzie

Nov 29th, 2013 by

photo by lizzie

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 28th, 2013 by

thanksgiving

drumstick

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Tommy, Author

Nov 27th, 2013 by

Tommy is writing his own mystery novel this week.

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The Case of the Ginia Pigs

Retold by Tommy

(He explained that it’s retold, not told, because he’s going to use Boxcar Children plots for his stories.)

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Tabel of Contents:

1. The First Clue

2. New Frends

3. A Secrit Closit

4. A Note

5. A Paw Print

6. The Letter

7. A Gun

8. A World War II firstade kit

9. At last!

10. A Reporter

11. “A Big Step forward”

12. The Ginia Pig’s

(Once he got the table of contents written, he got writer’s block.)

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End of the Soccer Season

Nov 25th, 2013 by

Phew–soccer finally ended.  Tommy is very excited about his participation trophy.  And they even won their last game on Saturday!

soccer trophy

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