Monday, January 3, 2011

TOO young for a DS?

Is 2 TOO young to give a child a DS?  In my opinion Yes!  But when you have 3 older kids who have them the 2 year old is bound to find one. 

He hasn’t figured out any games but loves to draw on the Pictochat.

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Don’t worry we won’t be buying him one anytime soon.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Christmas 2010

On Christmas Eve I sent Stockton and Liz to the neighbors with a plate of fudge and they stumbled across a special visitor.  A few minutes later the doorbell rang and that special visitor was at our door and took the time to talk to each of the kids.  Shane was a little nervous so I joined him on the lap of the Jolly Ole Man.

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Before going to bed that night the kids opened the usual Christmas Eve gift of Pajamas and we all gathered around the living room brilliantly lit with an Aladdin lamp and Sean read the Christmas story from the bible.

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Christmas Morning was full of wonderful gifts and smiles!

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Christmas has come and gone as it does every year but this year I reflected a little more on the true meaning of Christmas and I am truly blessed with so many blessings.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

One on One time with Grandpa!

One night last week Grandpa Clark happened to be home alone and was going to take Cameron to dinner but I had plans and he had to stay home with kids so Grandpa took Liz to the Steakhouse. 

Liz came home and really enjoyed herself and the time she got to spend one on one with Grandpa.  Thanks to my friends at the Steakhouse I have an AWESOME picture to share.

Thank you Grandpa!

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Monday, September 20, 2010

First Day of School 2010!

I know I am about a month late but better late than never right?

Sean started 7th grade this year and technically this was his 2nd day of school. 

Elizabeth is a 4th grader and Stockton is in the 1st grade.

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Sunday, September 19, 2010

4th of July 2010

The 4th is always filled with lots of food, family and fun.  This year was no different.  There were several BBQ’s, lots of cousins and the kids favorite Pop it’s!

The kids went through probably about 20 boxes. Shane couldn’t quite throw them hard enough so he learned to stomp on them. 

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And Stockton learned how to pop them in between his fingers! (Thanks Aunt Bekah!)

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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Flag Pole Finally!

Cameron has wanted a flag pole in the front of the house for a really long time and now we finally have one thanks to the help of our friends!

After the help of the kids digging the hole, Dion came over and helped cement the support for the pole in the ground.

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After the cement had cured for a couple of days, Jon Pratt and his family came over and Jon did all the welding and used his crane to lift the pole into the hole.  Shortly after the pole was in place, we flew the flag for the first time.  (sorry the pics are a little dark) 

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Thank you to everyone for your help.  We LOVE being able to fly the American Flag in honor of our freedom.

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Also I have to thank Grandpa Potts for gluing & steri-stripping Stockton’s head after he ran into the pole for the first time.

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Baseball

After many years of no baseball season I have one that wanted to play this year.(Well 2 but we didn’t get Liz signed up for softball.)

This is Stockton’s first year playing baseball and we skipped the Tball stage.  He is playing coach pitch and he LOVES it.  Once he connects with the ball he can get a pretty good hit out of it.

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I love watching him play!