tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8401025955097449212024-03-13T11:33:12.446-05:00KD's TribeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-25267347968125869252014-09-19T09:45:00.001-05:002014-09-19T09:45:11.737-05:00Catching Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We're always up for a new adventure! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V9x-5g5VMFE/VBxBa9kifgI/AAAAAAAABh0/M_aQ5aG99fM/s640/blogger-image-724173697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V9x-5g5VMFE/VBxBa9kifgI/AAAAAAAABh0/M_aQ5aG99fM/s640/blogger-image-724173697.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Strapping in. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XF_GiIsj2GI/VBxBdX3JSdI/AAAAAAAABh8/GFdJ-wZr2lE/s640/blogger-image-2041591918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XF_GiIsj2GI/VBxBdX3JSdI/AAAAAAAABh8/GFdJ-wZr2lE/s640/blogger-image-2041591918.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">About to go exploring! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NTxBWNawCnw/VBxBY0CAiiI/AAAAAAAABhs/gov7NiA-2Hw/s640/blogger-image--215255765.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NTxBWNawCnw/VBxBY0CAiiI/AAAAAAAABhs/gov7NiA-2Hw/s640/blogger-image--215255765.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Last weekend we spent some time relaxing on the lake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It was beautiful weather and the boys had a blast! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Probably going to have to repeat this occasionally. 😊</i></div><br></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-29311444007452514642013-09-20T13:36:00.001-05:002013-10-05T21:34:55.277-05:00Summer's ending<i> But not without a protest. </i><br />
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<i> Not without exploring.. jumping..</i></div>
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<i> wrestling.. </i></div>
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<i> searching for shells..</i></div>
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<i> The beach is relaxing and a great place to recharge. </i></div>
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<i> to discover new things</i></div>
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<i> to build relationships</i></div>
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<i>A place to let everything stop and focus on the little things for a while. </i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-91890086095374197892013-03-17T22:04:00.001-05:002013-03-17T22:04:03.905-05:00Haven of Hope ~ Texas tripI had a great trip to Texas <br />
I went to the Haven of Hope Retreat<br />
visited some great friends<br />
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the land, the scenery!! ❤<br />
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I was there on Boaz 6th birthday.<br />
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All of us at the retreat! <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The best book I've read in a long time! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Coming from a girl who loves to read, </span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">that says a lot! </span></span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">If your tired of "Christian" books that all seem to regurgitate the same concepts of how to achieve holiness and righteousness then <u>Simplicity</u> is the book for you! </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Caleb Thompson sheds light on how having a personal relationship with Christ can be the answer</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> to what's missing in your Christian life. </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Bible is not a list of rules and regulations for Christians. </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We don't need an appearance of righteousness, </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">we need an intimate relationship with Christ. <br />As I read <u>Simplicity</u>, hope dawns in my soul! </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not bound by men's philosophies, </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am freed by the word of God! </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Never more to be chained by the ideas of mortal man...</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I choose to live in Christ! </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The more I read this book, the more I want to pick up my Bible and devour this love letter from my Saviour! </span></span></i></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-75031629568263202502012-12-30T12:33:00.001-06:002012-12-30T12:34:27.546-06:00ChristmasWe had a nice Christmas<br />
Calm and well... (:<br />
Not TOO calm with six boys. <br />
The boys even got a<br />
little hunting time in too. <br />
Oh yes, and a little indoor swimming! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nceCjGpwKzA/UOCIilO6SDI/AAAAAAAABZw/8evi9vv_8NM/s640/blogger-image--717634092.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nceCjGpwKzA/UOCIilO6SDI/AAAAAAAABZw/8evi9vv_8NM/s640/blogger-image--717634092.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MXK_WDWaqmw/UOCIRpKfTSI/AAAAAAAABZY/5dUM5sp5LHs/s640/blogger-image-1329889619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MXK_WDWaqmw/UOCIRpKfTSI/AAAAAAAABZY/5dUM5sp5LHs/s640/blogger-image-1329889619.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SH9pK222DV0/UOCIz8lnATI/AAAAAAAABZ4/NJeQ_B3pkbE/s640/blogger-image--485317714.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SH9pK222DV0/UOCIz8lnATI/AAAAAAAABZ4/NJeQ_B3pkbE/s640/blogger-image--485317714.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bc5_yesdylk/UOCI4o3pI-I/AAAAAAAABaA/hOVRsLw9mr0/s640/blogger-image--489073399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-bc5_yesdylk/UOCI4o3pI-I/AAAAAAAABaA/hOVRsLw9mr0/s640/blogger-image--489073399.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qHXbl7KwO8g/UOCIL7Dm3jI/AAAAAAAABZQ/TwpaWc12n_A/s640/blogger-image-1205541478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qHXbl7KwO8g/UOCIL7Dm3jI/AAAAAAAABZQ/TwpaWc12n_A/s640/blogger-image-1205541478.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-S2NhsXTPhIY/UOCIedGSTMI/AAAAAAAABZo/oeUOUyKUhTk/s640/blogger-image--599258089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-S2NhsXTPhIY/UOCIedGSTMI/AAAAAAAABZo/oeUOUyKUhTk/s640/blogger-image--599258089.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CHt5TCFBcAc/UOCIWz3v_qI/AAAAAAAABZg/Rc_HeLX-JKg/s640/blogger-image-1435189583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CHt5TCFBcAc/UOCIWz3v_qI/AAAAAAAABZg/Rc_HeLX-JKg/s640/blogger-image-1435189583.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-24767521279473965502012-12-08T11:20:00.001-06:002012-12-08T11:20:59.732-06:00Winter In the South <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PMqCvB0JtPk/UMN2-Rod7FI/AAAAAAAABY4/OxggfxrXQgo/s640/blogger-image--381797710.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-PMqCvB0JtPk/UMN2-Rod7FI/AAAAAAAABY4/OxggfxrXQgo/s640/blogger-image--381797710.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-25516228423305814302012-11-28T09:23:00.001-06:002012-11-28T09:23:14.057-06:00Christmas Is ComingThe Blackburn Tribe went<br />
to pick out a Christmas tree! <br />
It was a lil wet and rainy. <br />
The kids were a little crazy! (:<br />
But we had a good time <br />
and picked out a tree<br />
that everyone agreed on! <br />
Merry Christmas! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-W2O4gx4GT7I/ULYsX686sQI/AAAAAAAABYk/V3GFvADuN34/s640/blogger-image--1444706986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-W2O4gx4GT7I/ULYsX686sQI/AAAAAAAABYk/V3GFvADuN34/s640/blogger-image--1444706986.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-46185003142895544902012-11-24T11:20:00.000-06:002012-11-24T11:20:18.246-06:00November 1st ~ <div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">November 1st is always a bit hard. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe not the day itself, but the days surrounding it,</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the thoughts surrounding it, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the memories of that day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This November 1st we went to the beach.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We all took balloons</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">We wrote messages to Boaz on them. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Whatever we wanted, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">grief is different for everyone.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Then we all released our balloons</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">our messages to our Silas Boaz </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">the best little brother in the world</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Paige's buggy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">my little man</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Daddy's boy</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Stonewall's very best friend </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the most favorite brother</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">maybe because we knew he'd be the last</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">I took that yellow balloon </span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-31658192920527859052012-10-30T00:53:00.001-05:002012-10-30T00:55:49.425-05:00A busy weekendWe had a lot to do this weekend. <br />
It all started with the games, Jv and varsity football and volleyball games on Friday. Then we went straight to Panama City where Paige made this awesome cake for Aaron (actually for his soon to be wife, Lydia! Very soon!). <br />
Saturday we were outside all day. The children playing in the woods and eating (probably too much..but who's talking about that? I had two nice pieces of Paige's delicious cake!). A few of us played volleyball for a couple of hours, then the guys played football while I played with my camera! <br />
Sunday found us at church where a really cute little boy decided to sit by me for morning services, and another one for evening services. And you know kids love taking pictures, especially of themselves! (: <br />
Monday we were off to get Paige's license (YAY!) and then to vote before heading back towards home to another volleyball game. Where afterwards it has become a tradition for all of us to get a frappe before heading home. <br />
All in all it was a fun weekend even if it was pretty busy! In between all of that the kids enjoyed visiting Grandma too (and the general spoiling that goes with such). (: <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mim4Tacyi9o/UI9rNzMbBoI/AAAAAAAABVU/KwPjX1f0VUY/s640/blogger-image-1563638404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mim4Tacyi9o/UI9rNzMbBoI/AAAAAAAABVU/KwPjX1f0VUY/s640/blogger-image-1563638404.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7hsbKHwLHn0/UI9rOpB06KI/AAAAAAAABVc/ssixF9cdUgo/s640/blogger-image--396942476.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7hsbKHwLHn0/UI9rOpB06KI/AAAAAAAABVc/ssixF9cdUgo/s640/blogger-image--396942476.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--l_BPN2ba4o/UI9rPbYoj_I/AAAAAAAABVk/-Q0JJiV7cM4/s640/blogger-image-1037246487.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--l_BPN2ba4o/UI9rPbYoj_I/AAAAAAAABVk/-Q0JJiV7cM4/s640/blogger-image-1037246487.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-17ctLwgJAyQ/UI9rQZa1dBI/AAAAAAAABVs/0c9UhIGsyHA/s640/blogger-image--206679841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-17ctLwgJAyQ/UI9rQZa1dBI/AAAAAAAABVs/0c9UhIGsyHA/s640/blogger-image--206679841.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z9TNoqHr9UE/UI9rRNVjGeI/AAAAAAAABV0/mi20MM6WX1s/s640/blogger-image--537566069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z9TNoqHr9UE/UI9rRNVjGeI/AAAAAAAABV0/mi20MM6WX1s/s640/blogger-image--537566069.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QE1LS-UiH7g/UI9rRkQEibI/AAAAAAAABV8/gXpUnOfy14Y/s640/blogger-image-9224550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QE1LS-UiH7g/UI9rRkQEibI/AAAAAAAABV8/gXpUnOfy14Y/s640/blogger-image-9224550.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AABGRmqpr4I/UI9ru460NDI/AAAAAAAABWM/u_0Mwhq1xbI/s640/blogger-image-2066194445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AABGRmqpr4I/UI9ru460NDI/AAAAAAAABWM/u_0Mwhq1xbI/s640/blogger-image-2066194445.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mpzy43zpdH4/UI9rSLpLgkI/AAAAAAAABWE/7K6p0bPw45s/s640/blogger-image-699158967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mpzy43zpdH4/UI9rSLpLgkI/AAAAAAAABWE/7K6p0bPw45s/s640/blogger-image-699158967.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-86853248081971823002012-10-22T23:18:00.001-05:002012-10-22T23:29:17.177-05:00Art dayI found this fall art project on Pinterest and knew we had to do it! It was so fun creating with the boys! I can't wait to try more and neither can they! <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Uy419hWPFxg/UIYdG6dVPsI/AAAAAAAABVA/lNFkURXVfxw/s640/blogger-image--331316501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Uy419hWPFxg/UIYdG6dVPsI/AAAAAAAABVA/lNFkURXVfxw/s640/blogger-image--331316501.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-81822668150690368072012-10-13T03:16:00.000-05:002012-10-13T03:16:56.229-05:00The rule book<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"> "No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear"</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;"> ~~~~~C.S.Lewis</span></span><br /><br /> Grief is consuming. <br />It
holds the rule book, and if you care to read it you will see there are
no breaking the rules of grief. The rules you have known all of your
life cease to apply. There are new rules. <br /><span style="color: #351c75;">1. You will live by these
rules the remainder of your life. Just when you think you will be able
to break these rules, grief will show you the truth. </span><br /><span style="color: #38761d;">2. Grief will
be the only thing you feel for a while. Hunger is gone, being tired is
gone, wanting to be awake is finished. Any feeling you think you have is
only allowed as it relates to grief. </span><br />
<span style="color: #bf9000;">3. Grief will rule your
thoughts for quite some time. You may try to think of other "normal"
things, but grief will rein. Pick up a book to read, all of the sudden
the pages are blank. If someone wants to hold a conversation...the grief
is there demanding it's proper attention. </span><br />
<span style="color: #b45f06;">4. Grief will rule your
actions. Just try to go to the store...it's not "normal" anymore. There
will be some mother decidedly rude to her small child, now instead of
being disgusted with her you feel an overwhelming nausea rise up and it
can't always be held back. Don't even let someone ask how many children
you have, there's no responding to that one for a while. Or the polite,
"have a nice day" is met with immediate thoughts of "NICE? There's
nothing nice about losing a child. Burying a child, or actually never
even being able to see my child before they were gone!" You may even try
to nod and hoping the tears won't spill over behind the sunglasses
before you can leave. Sometimes you make it through the store, sometimes
the list is forsaken for another time. </span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">5. Grief changes your life. When in doubt, give it a few days and you will realize it still rules. </span><br /><br />It
has been years, people who meet me never know I've lost a child. It's
not something I hide, my children do not hide it. It is just not always
as close to the surface as before. As we were sitting around having a
"normal" day with some friends..one mom reaches over and kisses the palm of her child's hand.
Her child is the same age Boaz would be. Tears spill out before I can
turn away. Grief fresh and anew...I hold back sobs as I fight
thinking...WHEN will this be easier. And the answer is whispered to me
again...<span style="color: red;">"I am grief, I have changed all of the rules. Go back and read
the book!" </span><br /><br />It was a few days since Boaz had passed away,
maybe it was a few weeks...it was all the same to me. I was still having
a hard time breathing. I loved to read, it's relaxing, but now I cannot even see words
on the page, it is all white. I know the words are there, but my eyes
can not see them. My ears...they don't hear normal sounds, things are
fuzzy... You are talking but I'm not hearing, you think I'm not
listening on purpose. You think, she won't pay attention, she doesn't
want to do anything but think about what happened to her, like no one
else has had a loss before her. She's going to drown in her grief, and
she wants to. Believe me, grief seems much like drowning in an
emotional sense. The feeling of suffocating, there's no air, I can't see
clearly... <br />Or maybe that's not it. Now I can see so clearly. I can
see what is so important. I can see that most of what people talk about
is so trivial compared with what is really important. My son died, I'm
not concerned about trivial things... Like where should we go out to eat
or did I hurt your fragile feelings. My son died, I don't care if your
dog ran away. I may seem rude or indifferent, but I have learned the
rules have all changed. Nothing matters that might have mattered
before, <span style="color: red;">life has been brought sharply into focus</span>.<br />It amazed me how
many people (who had never lost a child) knew how I should be acting,
how much or little I should cry, or sleep, and when I should be doing
either. And the most surprising people understood enough to know they
had no idea, they accepted what I felt was normal, as we're my actions. <br />I
had "close" friends quit contacting me. Maybe they lacked the words,
maybe they grew tired of my missing. <span style="color: orange;">Maybe they didn't understand the
new rule book. </span><br /><br />In the beginning I though I was alone in these
thoughts. I didn't know the new rule book was for every parent who lost.
Even other people who have experienced a different loss may feel some
of these things to an extent. Someone said something that helped me in the
beginning. I was having a hard time with being "fine" one moment <span style="color: #990000;">
(understand this is a new fine, don't forget the new rule book)</span> and the
grief overtaking me within the next few moments. She (had lost her
mother) said the grief comes in like waves. As I thought back to that I
remember as a small child going to the beach and wading out until the
ocean was up to my chest. As the waves would roll in we would "jump"
them sometimes diving into them. Inevitably we would get out a little
further and the waves would roll in too quickly. We would barely have
time to get a breath before the next wave came crashing across pushing
us under and leaving is gasping for air. We would get a little closer to
land where we could touch better thinking it would be easier, only to
see the waves growing larger and crashing over our heads. Eventually we learned
to roll with the waves, accept them as they came, but it didn't change
the waves...and we still gasped for air. This is grief...coming in like
the sea waves roll. Sometimes all seems calm and breathing is
easier...you think you've got a handle on things. <span style="color: red;">Then life
whispers.."the rule book" as the wave comes crashing in. </span><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-26969675678141142752012-10-09T16:33:00.000-05:002012-10-12T07:35:25.846-05:00If You Really Want To Know<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Since the loss of my son I have had many people try to "make things better" by giving me their theology, "kind" words, and sometimes just not realizing they didn't need to say anything. After talking to many other child/baby loss parents I realized that I wasn't alone in this problem. So, this is for anyone who ever wants to be a real blessing to other parents who will lose a baby/child. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I never have blamed my God for "taking" my Boaz. Could he have prevented it, yes I definitely believe that. Am I mad because he didn't? If I was I would have to be mad about a few other things too. <br />
When God created us he gave us a free will to chose to do what we want. Right or wrong, helpful or hurtful. Over several thousands of years we have been making these choices, resulting in some problems on this earth. Pollution, poor eating r exercise habits, even "conveniences" such as microwaves and cars present a problem. How can we after generation after generation of such expect God to keep our bodies (or our children's) perfectly healthy when we have been using our own free will to ruin His creation since time began? We cannot have God's complete protection AND have our own will also, the two are incompatible! Is my God unmerciful because he doesn't override the evil in this world to prove to us He can? NO! Why did God give us a will of our own in the first place? Because he desires our fellowship, not because we have to, but because we also desire His fellowship. He gave us a free will so that he could have the pleasure of us choosing Him when we didn't have to. <br />
Then there is the question that has been posed to me before...Why did Boaz have to die? He has "good" loving parents that take good care of him, yet there are children with horrible parents and they get to keep their babies. I agree in our human minds that's a hard one to swallow. I loved my son, I did everything I could for him. And I'd have done anything to keep him. But I never felt like I "deserved" to keep him while someone else didn't. Don't mistake that for the thought that I'm okay with it. I guess it's possible for someone to bury their true feelings so deeply that you may not realize they miss their child. But I have never met anyone at all who did not miss their child and long to have them back. In fact normally if I met someone and it has been 15+ years the only way for me to know is if they tell me. The way they talk about missing their child is so vivid and the grief is so strong that it seems it must have been recent, and I am learning that's the way grief is. <br />
If you want to help someone who has lost a child there are some things you shouldn't do:<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">1. Never, ever tell them you know how they feel if you haven't lost a child, because I promise you have absolutely NO idea what they are going through. It doesn't matter if you've lost your parent, sibling, or best friend. You do NOT know how they feel. </span><br />
<span style="color: #38761d;">2. Do not tell them they didn't "lose" their child because after all their child is in Heaven and if you know where something's at it isn't lost. They are having a hard time breathing at the moment! If you care then understand that you can not understand.</span> <br />
<span style="color: #741b47;">3. Do not decide how they should grieve. Not how deeply, or how long, or how publicly. It has been three years since my boy passed.... The other night as my boys were kissing me goodnight (at least the youngest ones) as the youngest left I felt an intense sense of missing...there should've been one more running in to kiss me, giggling as he did, and saying, "I love you too mommy"..but there wasn't. My soul ached and my eyes teared up. My arms never get that privilege again. I could see his shining eyes and infectious smile as he would have hugged me..and his beautiful blond hair and bouncy tripping step as he raced out after the others. But it will not be...<br />
I am not depressed, I am mourning. Mourning the loss of my child's life, hopes & dreams, events and milestones we would have shared. </span><br />
<span style="color: orange;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">4. Do not tell me "at least you still have __ children". I personally have seven children living. When Boaz first passed my house was SO empty! I let the children have friends over all of the time just as I always had, but that house was still too empty. It doesn't matter what you think, it matters how I feel. You can't know, your children are still alive.</span> </span><br />
<span style="color: #351c75;">5. Do not tell me it will get better. If the grief is fresh then believe me I do not want it to get better. If its been a little while I have realized it probably isn't going to get better. But since you have never been there, chances are you have no idea what "better" means in this situation. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We know you're just trying to help, but take it from someone who's been there, it's not helpful. It only makes us see you in a different light...uncompassionate. Even an animal can sense when to have compassion, so when people don't it isn't that they don't know how, it's more of they won't. We can see that it takes too much effort and you know SO much that you've lost the ability. Compassion is not puffed up. It's okay with us if you don't understand how we feel or if you don't have the right words to say. Just listening is sometimes a blessed thing. <br />
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Still if you have lost a child and do not feel this way, understand that everyone grieves differently and that's okay. Some of you are grieving your pet you had to put down a month ago, forgive me if I don't see the comparison. People are complex, grieving can not be defined in your textbook, it's not four easy steps...it's a lifetime process. <span style="color: #cc0000;">I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.</span> Every day there is something vital missing from my day. At every event there is one person missing out...and that missing is felt deeply by all of us. Every once in a while while we are doing something special one of the boys will remark, "Boaz would have liked that" or "Boaz would have laughed his head off". It hurts that they are missing him too, but it is so nice to know they remember him...that is comforting and I smile as the tears form in my eyes. <br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you truly want to be a friend and want to help there are a few things you can do.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">1.</span> Listen without judging. Let them talk about their child, even if they only carried the child in their womb they had hopes and dreams for their child. Their feelings are real and normal. <br />
<span style="color: red;">2.</span> Offer to do things for them, or just do something for them without asking. Take their other children for a few hours. Cook dinner and drop it by. Wash their clothes. <br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;">3.</span> If you want to have a better idea of how they feel and what they are going through get a few books written by people who have lost a child and read them. Find a few blogs written by parents who have lost children and read them starting a little before they lost their child to present. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">4.</span> If they chose to confide in you and tell you how they feel, keep it to yourself. If they didn't broadcast it chances are they didn't want to. Realize they felt intimate enough with you to bear their heart. Respect that and realize it is a thing to be valued. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">5. </span>Realize that you understanding their grief is not what is needed to validate their feelings. Their feelings are valid, however off they seem to you. <br />
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I realize occasionally people quit living when their child dies. Quit judging every child loss parent by this. Realize it's not your job to correct them. If you want to continue to be a friend...refer to the above article. </span></span><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-72329656218362656382012-09-03T16:48:00.001-05:002012-09-03T16:48:53.338-05:00Our week in picturesAs the tropical storm/hurricane<br />
came rolling in<br />
we headed out to take pics,<br />
look at the waves, <br />
and see how much the water was coming up. <br />
We also took the extra time inside<br />
to goof a little & paint my nails. <br />
We caught a great prehurricane<br />
sunset and the blue moon too!<br />
We had so much extra time <br />
we headed out of town <br />
to tend some things...<br />
where a few of the boys & Nick<br />
were able to go fishing,<br />
we did some work around my moms,<br />
and cleaned up around <br />
my Silas' spot.<br />
It was a pretty busy week <br />
but we got a lot done! (: <br />
<br />
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From playing at the beach, giving Panzer some much needed exercise, and just hanging out at the house (me painting nails...the boys showing off their muscles)! 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-We have a great time swimming, <br />
With the summer coming to a close<br />
(that means school is starting lol)<br />
we wanted to get a little <br />
more swim time in. Stonewall was splashing Paige! :D<br />
-The little boys wanted proof that I <br />
took them to the store in their pj's. <br />
Which I technically didn't cause <br />
they didn't go in. But I guess it was good enough for them. <br />
-A selfie picture <br />
-Stonewall has decided to "sign"<br />
his school papers with a self <br />
portrait...notice the muscles! Haha<br />
-MORE swimming! Hunter is standing on Josiah's shoulders. <br />
-The handsome little one of a friends that sat with me (and slept on me) in church Sunday. <br />
-Great clouds! If you can see there are three Army helicopters in between the power lines. Still an awesome sight to me any day! <br />
-Nocturnal visitors<br />
-My three youngest looking good! <div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CXk-tIbtad4/UDmszVquV5I/AAAAAAAABTA/Qz6PAD7TekU/s640/blogger-image-1383139411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CXk-tIbtad4/UDmszVquV5I/AAAAAAAABTA/Qz6PAD7TekU/s640/blogger-image-1383139411.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-48374594343060163262012-08-17T23:44:00.000-05:002012-08-17T23:44:30.030-05:00Camera Phone Friday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>1. Stonewall & Timothy enjoying a </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>snowcone at the water park.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>2. I missed Josiah and his awesome</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>cooking, so I was enjoying my</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>grilled burger & Texas fries!</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>3. Ball practice has started again, </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>I'm enjoying our two hour workouts, </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>helping the girls condition,</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>& improve on their skills.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>4. Only my boys play "salmon"</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>on the lazy river. (:</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>5. Free haircuts from Penny's! </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>They like the special treatment, </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>I like the break. </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>6. We completed our summer</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i> reading program and the </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>boys got their free books! YAY!</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>7. Banana snow cone ~ yum!</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>8. Stonewall loves snuggling </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>in my fleece blankets. </i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Its adorable!</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>9. Southern pines and a beautiful sky.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">I hope to keep up with this every week! </span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">Paige and a few friends sang at church</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">the other day, </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">and so I wanted </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: red;">to share it with you. </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">If your looking for a great way to introduce art to your young students
then you need to try Artobet. My younger children watched very attentively and
now we have a good reason to pull out those print outlines of the great
artists and have at it with our own brushes! We are using Artobet to
study the artists of different time periods with our geography and
cultures study. Artobet is a DVD by Little Great Thinkers geared towards young children. It goes through each letter of the alphabet combining the letter with an artists name to introduce art while reinforcing the alphabet. It would be a great way to have art class with pre-K or K-5 children while learning the alphabet. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">We began studying history/geography together this year, as we have never done much of the notebooking or combined classes for school, so I was a little excited, but also apprehensive about how it would go. When I received Artobet for review I knew it would go great with our studies! We have created art before, but never actually studied artist or their work (excepting the one art museum we visited in Philly once which was an epic failure :o). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Keep in mind I do have all boys that would fall into the age range (3-8 years) for this video. God didn't exactly make little boys with an inclination to sit still for prolonged periods of time. I'm always a bit skeptical at how they will pay attention through something that doesn't have the flashiness of Cars 2 or excitement of Braveheart (LOL), so when they sat intently watching through the entire forty-two minute DVD I was pleasantly surprised. That is always the measuring stick for me: Is learning about this subject going to be drudgery, or fun? Not only did the boys pay attention but wer able to answer questions about the vidoe also! :) I have been collecting material to study artists and their work to the children, and this was the perfect introduction! As we study each area in our geography we will watch the DVD for artists living in that area, then we will begin to have a springboard to study their paintings/sculptures etc. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Overall we found Artobet to be interesting, informative, and now we can't wait to study art a bit more indepth! If you'd like to check out Artobet for yourself go to <a href="http://www.artobet.com/">www.artobet.com</a> and see some of their ideas! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">You can see our group review at</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://heartofthematteronline.com/review-artobet-is-best-for-art/">Heart of the Matter Online</a> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">I know I haven't updated very much</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">life just keeps getting in the way</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">but it's hard to complain when </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">this is my life.....</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">So, here it is!!!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d;">Josiah turned 14 this year</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d;">and outgrew me </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #0c343d;">(which isn't saying much I know lol) </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Hunter will be 8 this year</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">and at camp I heard all about </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">his fearless gaga ball games</span></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Stonewall is our clown, </span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and he knows it at 6 years old</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #073763;">Levi turned 12 </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #073763;">my thoughtful "quiet" one</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #073763;">that is a relative term you know :)</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Caleb, will be 11 soon</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">the mini me in every way</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Timothy is 9 now</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">at camp they told me he was quite the leader!!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Paige turned 17 last week</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">where has the time gone???</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">She and Panzer are a great team.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Paige is my awesome girl!!</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Then there's me, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">Mommy of the Tribe </span></i></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-70584001477790973292012-03-12T21:16:00.000-05:002012-03-12T21:16:46.511-05:00Happy 5th Birthday Boaz<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>The other day would have been </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Silas Boaz 5th birthday.</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Though there a lot of things to miss</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>I am thankful I have so many</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>awesome memories. </i></span></span></div>
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<i> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">investigative</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>mischievous</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>sweet...</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>For Boaz 5th birthday we put up a fence </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>around our Silas spot...</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>and his friend Carolina Faith</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>(who is next to him). </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: red;">I love it!!! </span></i></span></div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-81403371411975082922012-03-12T20:48:00.000-05:002012-03-12T20:48:47.897-05:00the new Rebel<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: red;">I am having such a good time</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">with my new Canon Rebel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Learning all about it will surely take me a while!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I will enjoy every minute of it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">More to come..... </span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840102595509744921.post-86718876438661531072011-11-09T14:59:00.000-06:002011-11-09T15:00:56.752-06:00Wrestling<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='400' height='326' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwfWtvqX8uNhVziJFWA-NdKSE_Qhg0eSyh3uuVQCmUy930wTNTf9q5Dwc4QqMJmRTGXkEwhcQGNrlP5BsYY2g' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Hunter and his friend <br>found the perfect <br>place to wrestle! <br>But maybe we should<br>tie it down next time! LolAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10766990125374389386noreply@blogger.com0