tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25694947313419469322024-03-13T18:24:26.273-04:00The Dish!Charishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14224619652465107343noreply@blogger.comBlogger333125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569494731341946932.post-11588693144830702302016-07-26T20:22:00.002-04:002016-07-26T20:33:10.545-04:00Levi's 7th birthday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This year Levi wanted a Star Wars party at our house. So we rented a Darth Vader costume from Lucy's in Disguise and a friend lent us a Jedi robe for Ty. Jedi Ty led all of the kids in a lightsaber class before Darth Vader came out and all of the kids got to fight him. We also put up a backdrop with stars and photo props for everyone to take pictures. It was a fun party and the kids had a blast! Great ideas, Levi! </div>
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Uncle Emmit was gracious enough to dress up in the costume for us at the last minute. </div>
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Pool noodle light sabers were so much fun! </div>
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May the 4th be with you! (This is Levi's favorite Star Wars joke on the 4th of every month).</div>
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On Levi's birthday, I asked him how it feels to be 7. He said, "It's good! I don't have to lie at Disney now that I'm 7." When I took the 4 kids to Disney last fall, the rule was that you had to be 7 to ride the rides without an adult. But Zoe and Tatum were too little to ride on many of the rides he wanted to ride on and I couldn't leave them unattended, so he missed out while Colt rode solo. After a morning of this, I finally told him that it was ok to lie about his age. He is so mature that he wouldn't make a poor decision to stand up on a ride and is as tall as most 7 year olds. He is a total rule follower, so he was hesitant, but eventually did it and enjoyed several rides that afternoon. I haven't thought about this again until his b-day. Didn't realize how much it really affected the little guy!! </div>
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Cake time! </div>
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Thanks to Nana for taking most of the pictures! </div>
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Photo booth prop fun!!</div>
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Levi, </div>
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You are a good friend, helpful brother and affectionate son. You are easy going and love to play Legos, go swimming and see our extended family. You are our most adventurous eater, a rule follower and hesitant to try new activities that have an element of danger... so maybe I should say you are wise?! You love going on dates with either Mom or Dad, going with Dad to set up our church every Sunday and getting the kid's vitamins down from the cabinet for Zoe every morning. You continue to be my biggest helper and a leader to the other kids when asked to get ready for bed or do chores. You are a terrible joke teller... but we love to laugh with you when you read us jokes out of your joke book! You will learn to be a regular stand up comic one of these days, just keep on trying! You are gifted in social dynamics, but not so much at internal dynamic of humility. We pray that this next year you will work on using your strengths to help those who don't have some of your strengths and maturity, rather than thinking they are less than. We know that as you continue to develop your relationship with Jesus, He will guide and grow you in these ways as He makes you more like Him. </div>
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We love you so much! Love, Mom and Dad</div>
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Levi's 7 year old B-day survey:</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Favorite color? Blue</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Food? Macaroni and Cheese</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Book? Star Wars books</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Movie? I don't have a favorite movie.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Game on iPad: Smashy Road</span><br />
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Our friend, Sarah, was diagnosed with breast cancer last month. She was Levi's kindergarten teacher last year. She is embracing her new circumstance with great faith and decided to have a head shaving party when her hair began falling out. Here is Levi helping cut her hair off before the shaving. Since I am just now blogging about this in July, I want to give God the glory that she just last week finished her last round of chemo and her latest tests found NO cancer in her body. We are rejoicing in this answered prayer! </div>
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We went to the Mother-Son adventure that Westover throws every year. We had SO MUCH FUN!! The boys said they want to go on a date with Mommy every month, which was so sweet. We canoed, hiked, rock climbed and played soccer. </div>
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Here is Colt deciding which way to climb.</div>
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Levi spent his date time wiggling his bottom tooth that was so close to falling out. </div>
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On our hike we found a beautiful waterfall. Unfortunately, Colt fell and got some terrible rash so we had to end our hike early, but one of the moms had some hydrocortisone cream that fixed him right up! </div>
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Zoe is a crazy girl! </div>
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Grandad and Grandma came to watch Tatum's soccer game and the boy's baseball games! </div>
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They love their grandparents and would never want to hit them with sticks :)</div>
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All of the kids love running through the tunnel after the game - it's the best part! </div>
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Our neighbors found mold in their home and had to move their child's birthday party, so we let them have it in our yard. It was a petting zoo party and they were gracious to let our kids participate, even though we didn't really even know them. </div>
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Zoe also had a birthday and turned 3!! I honestly feel like this is a big milestone that has brought some relief to my stressful mom-life. She can buckle herself in her car seat, is potty trained mostly, can make her needs known, etc. She is still spunky and mischievous, but I already feel like the busy part of parenting toddlers for the past 8 years is passing and I am shedding no tears over it! </div>
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Tatum tested up to the next level of ballet! </div>
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I went paddle boarding with some girls from church. We love having the young professionals in our care group! This is a special group of women- Erica, Kayla and Dannelle.</div>
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Zoe does this funny thing where she always wants to put her head on my tummy... even in public when she's tired! I think she started it a year ago, about the time I weaned her. She just really loves the skin-to-skin contact. She wants to put her head on Ty or my stomachs at nap or bedtime and will pull up my shirt in public to snuggle up when she's tired. It's pretty funny and quirky!</div>
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Colt working on his Saturn model before running off to his baseball game. </div>
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Colt worked hard on a presentation and model of Saturn. His BFF, Matthew, is holding the model while Colt does his presentation. Colt is not a natural speaker, but diligently works at it and got a top score for this project. One of the aspects of Veritas that I love is that the kids are taught how to do public speaking/presenting from the earliest of grades which will continue until they present their Senior Thesis. </div>
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Nana captured these baseball images when she and Bang Bang came to cheer on the kids! </div>
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Levi was hanging out in the outfield, until he spotted Nana with her camera...</div>
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a flashed his cute little grin. </div>
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Ty was an assistant coach this year. This particular game the pitching coach was absent so Ty got the pleasure of filling in ;)</div>
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Good looking boys!</div>
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Tatum was excited that Bang Bang and Nana could watch her soccer game too!</div>
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Tatum and her soccer team! We have a one sport at a time rule in our family and somehow we allowed Tatum to participate in ballet and soccer and swim lessons all at the same time. We have asked her to choose one sport for the fall and soccer didn't make the cut. We have loved our time with this team and getting to know these families. Coach Scott was a fun and patient coach who taught the girls so many skills - they were the best in their league! Hopefully if Tatum chooses to play again in the future, there will be a slot available on this team. </div>
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I think the only other noteworthy part of April was that Ty played in the church basketball league. He loves playing every Saturday night and we enjoyed going to cheer him on! </div>
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Our friend, Sarah, was diagnosed with breast cancer last month. She was Levi's kindergarten teacher last year. She is embracing her new circumstance with great faith and decided to have a head shaving party when her hair began falling out. Here is Levi helping cut her hair off before the shaving. Since I am just now blogging about this in July, I want to give God the glory that she just last week finished her last round of chemo and her latest tests found NO cancer in her body. We are rejoicing in this answered prayer! </div>
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We went to the Mother-Son adventure that Westover throws every year. We had SO MUCH FUN!! The boys said they want to go on a date with Mommy every month, which was so sweet. We canoed, hiked, rock climbed and played soccer. </div>
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On our hike we found a beautiful waterfall. Unfortunately, Colt fell and got some terrible rash so we had to end our hike early, but one of the moms had some hydrocortisone cream that fixed him right up! </div>
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Zoe also had a birthday and turned 3!! I honestly feel like this is a big milestone that has brought some relief to my stressful mom-life. She can buckle herself in her car seat, is potty trained mostly, can make her needs known, etc. She is still spunky and mischievous, but I already feel like the busy part of parenting toddlers for the past 8 years is passing and I am shedding no tears over it! </div>
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Tatum tested up to the next level of ballet! </div>
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I went paddle boarding with some girls from church. We love having the young professionals in our care group! This is a special group of women- Erica, Kayla and Dannelle.</div>
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Zoe does this funny thing where she always wants to put her head on my tummy... even in public when she's tired! I think she started it a year ago, about the time I weaned her. She just really loves the skin-to-skin contact. She wants to put her head on Ty or my stomachs at nap or bedtime and will pull up my shirt in public to snuggle up when she's tired. It's pretty funny and quirky!</div>
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Colt working on his Saturn model before running off to his baseball game. </div>
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Colt worked hard on a presentation and model of Saturn. His BFF, Matthew, is holding the model while Colt does his presentation. Colt is not a natural speaker, but diligently works at it and got a top score for this project. One of the aspects of Veritas that I love is that the kids are taught how to do public speaking/presenting from the earliest of grades which will continue until they present their Senior Thesis. </div>
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Ty was an assistant coach this year. This particular game the pitching coach was absent so Ty got the pleasure of filling in ;)</div>
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Tatum was excited that Bang Bang and Nana could watch her soccer game too!</div>
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Tatum and her soccer team! We have a one sport at a time rule in our family and somehow we allowed Tatum to participate in ballet and soccer and swim lessons all at the same time. We have asked her to choose one sport for the fall and soccer didn't make the cut. We have loved our time with this team and getting to know these families. Coach Scott was a fun and patient coach who taught the girls so many skills - they were the best in their league! Hopefully if Tatum chooses to play again in the future, there will be a slot available on this team. </div>
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I think the only other noteworthy part of April was that Ty played in the church basketball league. He loves playing every Saturday night and we enjoyed going to cheer him on! </div>
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Colt went on a field trip to Inner Space Caverns. Here he is with some of the boys in his class. </div>
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Tatum's preschool class received a visit from the Fire Department!</div>
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We enjoyed seeing Ty's parents, my parents, Alethea, Emmitt and Axel, and Abbey for Levi's birthday weekend. We took the crew to Hippy Church at Maria's Taco Express on Sunday morning. Axel was too cute dancing to the gospel music! </div>
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Tatum has been performing ballet in front of her doll audience in her room :) </div>
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Tatum's best friend from preschool, Skyler. We sure will miss some of Tatum's preschool friends when they all go to different kindergartens next year!</div>
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Aunt Ashley came to visit over Spring Break! We went out for ice cream, then to the animal shelter to begin the first stages of looking for a new dog! Ty wants to get a new dog for Molly, who is fairly well behaved at this point, to train. </div>
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For Christmas last year, our big gift to the kids was season passes to Sea World and Aquatica (the water park). This was our first time to go and we loved the shows! </div>
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Levi worked hard on his body project at school. Looks just like him, huh? </div>
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Levi also got to bring the class pet home one last time. He decided to bring him to his baseball game, because Moby is a big fan. </div>
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Colt's class is clowning around on Western day. We sure have loved this class! </div>
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Tatum participated in ballet for the first time this spring. She loved it! We found a Christian dance studio that we figured would be a good place for her to learn about dance. It was a great experience for her to learn to honor the strong body that God gave her and to dance for His glory. </div>
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Here she is as a flower in the Creation story. The ballet was the Gospel message. I thought it might come off as super cheesy, but it was actually very beautiful and moving. I was in tears during several scenes, namely one where the women of Israel were slaving and working hard lives, yet had so much hope that their Messiah would rescue them soon. Also a scene when Jesus healed the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years - she was so grateful and Jesus' humanity in that scene shone brightly.</div>
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Here is Tatum's tap routine as the rainbow at Noah's Ark. She was in the youngest age group and they were SO adorable! </div>
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This is the final scene where all the ballerinas were worshipping at the cross. </div>
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Post show hugs from Zoe.</div>
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And of course flowers from all of her family! Tatum was so excited about this show - she invited everyone! Nana, Bang Bang, Uncle Cody, Eliza, Grandad, Grandma, Alethea, Emmit and Axel and our friend Erica all came out to support her. </div>
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Levi wanted to have a Star Wars birthday when he turned 7, so we took some photos to put on his Evite. </div>
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The boys also played basketball again this year. Last year we played the city league, but we accidentally missed the sign ups this year, so a league at their school (Upward) was gracious enough to add us last minute. They had great experiences and really learned a lot this year. </div>
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Colt is really talented at basketball and will shoot for hours in the backyard. </div>
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Levi had a Valentine's celebration at school and stuffed his face :)</div>
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Zoe LOVED being able to participate and talked about this event for weeks afterwards. </div>
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Colt, while he doesn't complain about practicing the piano, prefers to create his own songs. This day however, he had perfected one of his practice songs and wanted to show it off. It really was beautiful!</div>
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At the bounce house one rainy day, a man brought lots of rodents and snakes to show the kids.</div>
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This is Tatum's friend Kylee, from preschool. She came over to play one day.</div>
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We finally made it and she was able to play on the swing set in the backyard. We went for a quick trip to drop off clothes for us to resell at Dittos for Kiddos. It's kinda a lot of work though, especially with the driving, so I'm not sure I'll do it again. </div>
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February also included year 3 of the IF:Gathering conference. This year our church hosted a livestream of the live conference. I was in charge of organizing a fair trade market for the women to shop at in between sessions. It was a fun, new experience for me and turned out really well. My big take away from this year's conference was that God cares about racial reconciliation and I am to gather women of various races to share their experiences and listen to those who might have a very different experience with life in America. </div>
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We celebrated Dishman Xmas over New Years in Marble Falls. Uncle Cody was a trooper and took the kids on a walk around the golf course. </div>
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Colt wanted to set up a lemonade stand in our front yard, but it was a pretty chilly day and we didn't have any lemonade on hand, so we had a Hot Tea stand! I can't remember how much money he made, but I think it was around $20, which is great for our sleepy neighborhood! The little entrepreneur is at work again :)</div>
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Levi has really taken an interest in rock wall climbing. Our gym takes the kids to do this every once in a while and he always jumps at the chance. He's getting pretty fast! </div>
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Tatum, Zoe and I drove to San Antonio to celebrate at Aunt Amy's baby shower. Harper Elizabeth is due in March! </div>
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We visited Westover one Sunday for a great class on the history of the Churches of Christ by a visiting scholar. Then we went to lunch with the cousins! These kids are gonna go places, I'm telling you :) </div>
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We hosted Ty's work Xmas party at our house again this year. Here's the whole crew! </div>
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We had a White Elephant gift exchange. Selfie sticks were the most common gift. The funniest was a Putt Putt game you play on the potty... the Sit and Stroke. I got a Sonic gift card in a heavy box weighted with a rock :-/ Ty got a high powered flashlight that he used to take everyone on the Bee Tour... a tour of our bee infested tree and the story of how they exited the hive, then froze to death and fell from the tree into the grass. Super crazy and very true. </div>
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We took a beautiful drive to Ty's cousin's wedding. It was so fun to get together with the Haire's (Steve's cousin is Linda) at Matt and Ann's wedding. </div>
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This month was filled with fun Christmas parties, Advent devotions, traditions and friends and family. Ty went on a ski trip to Utah with some guys from church. Then he and I went to San Diego for a few days while my parents watched the kids. Unfortunately, I dropped my phone in a swimming pool in January and hadn't yet uploaded any pictures from my phone, so lost all of the beautiful images!! We went on a whale watching cruise, attended Wednesday night church at the church my Great Grandpa Wilber and Grandad John Dillman helped to begin, ate at some delicious restaurants, slept in, ran along the beach, watched a San Diego State basketball game vs. the Kansas Jayhawks, and watched the new Star Wars (Episode 7) that was just released. </div>
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Colt was so excited Xmas morning was FINALLY here :) </div>
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Uncle Andrew and Aunt Alethea helping the kids with a new race car track. Oooh! </div>
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Stephen is in 6th grade this year!! </div>
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This month at school, Colt's class went on a field trip to the food bank. Each class had a contest to see who could raise the most donations to take with them. Colt really got excited about this contest and went around to every house on our street and many on the adjoining streets to hand out a flier he made that informed people he was raising money and would be willing to work for them to raise donations. He raised over $400 and tied for the top donation receiver with another little girl. It was very fun to watch Colt take the initiative and follow through with excitement and dedication. It was also a great way to meet our neighbors which is a really important value to our family. We are so proud of Colt! </div>
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For the last several years, our family has run the Run for the Water on Halloween weekend. This year, the 3 older kids ran the Kids 1K and our friend Erica joined Ty for the 5K while I ran the 10 mile. </div>
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Tatum running in her Elsa costume</div>
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Colt got 3rd place! </div>
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Levi ran in his Jedi uniform.</div>
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We went to Marble Falls for Thanksgiving. We always love getting together out there! </div>
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Unfortunately, Hazel tripped and hit her head, so had to head off to the emergency room. Kinda shut down the fun on our weekend, but fortunately, she was just fine after a few days! </div>
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Nana had the girls over for a girl's weekend! The girls loved dressing up like princesses and had a tea party!</div>
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In other family news, this fall the boys participated in Math Pentathlon. Levi had a real knack for it, but neither boy really enjoyed it, so we didn't go back for the Spring semester. The boys also took piano lessons (they were never excited about the lessons, but also didn't complain. I love that they are learning how to read music!). </div>
<br />Charishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14224619652465107343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569494731341946932.post-38420648500010989372016-07-13T22:38:00.003-04:002016-07-13T22:38:29.644-04:00Family Photoshoot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This year and last year we got our family pictures taken at the boy's school. The church that hosts our school was having a fundraiser for one of their ministries so we signed up for 2 10 minute sessions at $20 a pop. We love it because our kids probably wouldn't last more than 20 minutes anyways and the price is a steal of a deal. Anyway, here is what we got this year!</div>
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The kids and I accompanied Ty on a 3 day trip to LA in October. He went for a conference, so we had a free place to stay. We also had a ton of airline miles saved up, so the trip was pretty inexpensive. The only bad part was that Ty had to work the whole time, so it really was just me and the kids hanging out the whole time. I was even crazy enough to brave a trip to Disneyland as the lone adult! </div>
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We went to the beach twice because the kids loved it so much! The boys body surfed the waves for hours.</div>
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Zoe was more timid in the ocean and mostly played in the sand. </div>
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Tatum, too, enjoyed the sand the first day. </div>
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The 2nd day she braved the water a bit more. We ran from the waves over and over again. </div>
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Even Mama enjoyed sunning on the beach!</div>
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Playing with Santa Monica Pier in the background.</div>
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Our crazy crew!</div>
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I can't believe how beautiful this LA beach was. </div>
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We watched a magic show on Santa Monica Pier that the boys were enthralled with.</div>
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We had a great time at the beach. Wish we lived closer so we could go more often! I was so impressed by how well behaved the kids were too. I was nervous about this since Ty wasn't with us, but they were troopers! </div>
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We went to Disneyland for one day of our journey. Colt was old enough to ride in the tea cup by himself! </div>
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Tatum and Zoe love the tea cups and we rode them multiple times.</div>
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The boys favorite part was hands down the Jedi Training Academy. They were chosen out of the crowd, given a jedi robe and light saber, then given a lesson by a Jedi on how to use the lightsaber. </div>
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Then, out of the ground rose a platform holding Darth Vader and Darth Maul. It was so dramatic and epic, as Levi would say. Both boys got to fight Darth Maul and haven't stopped talking about it since! In fact, Levi has wanted a Star Wars birthday party ever since this day. </div>
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What a cute Padawan learner.</div>
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The Force is Strong with This One. Tatum was a bit afraid during the presentation, especially when Darth Maul came close to us in the crowd. His makeup was TOTALLY realistic looking! Both girls hung close by me, but afterwards, Zoe has been saying for months that when she turns 5 years old, she wants to fight Darth Maul. Guess the Jedi Training Academy was pretty influential on her too. </div>
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Since we just went to Disney World not too long ago, we decided to skip some rides that we had already done and not enjoyed so much. There were a few characters that Levi wanted to see who weren't at Disney World, so we stood in line for a while to meet them. Captain America didn't fail to impress. </div>
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Other things we did on our trip: drove through Hollywood, swam at the hotel pool, and sat in lots of traffic. I wasn't a huge fan of LA, the city. Too much traffic. Just a fan of the beaches... they were beautiful! Minnie Mouse says "until next time!"</div>
<br />Charishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14224619652465107343noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569494731341946932.post-65498681963008373072016-05-25T00:13:00.000-04:002016-05-25T00:13:16.305-04:00Tatum turns 5!<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Who are your closest friends? Kylie, Skylar, Aliah, Maylee (from preschool), Zoe my sister, Ryla, Eliza, Hazel, Aunt Chez, </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">What are some talents you have? Ballet (to be fair, this questionnaire was given in December when she was 3 weeks into ballet). Gymnastics, soccer.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">What activities do you like to do with your family? Play games, paint, playing Dead Man, Dead Man come alive on the trampoline</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">What makes you sad? My brothers hitting me.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Favorite color? All the colors. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Sport? Ballet</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Book? My princess book</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">What do you like best about school? Playing on the big playground</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">Day of the week? Christmas</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="line-height: 20px;">When I grow up I want to be a Mommy, doctor, gymnastics teacher, ballet teacher, and swimming teacher. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">My goal for this year is learn to swim.</span><br />
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Happy Halloween from the Dishmans!</div>
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We decorated our car to join our friends with a trunk or treat outside our church. </div>
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Even Darth Vader (aka Colt) brought his car to participate!</div>
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The girls had fun passing out candy.</div>
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Sure do love all these ladies!</div>
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Zoe was checking out the goodies. </div>
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Pretty sure Anna ate a whole bag of chocolate by herself! </div>
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The Shea's went all out on their amazing costumes! </div>
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Luke Skywalker enjoyed passing out candy to the neighbors. This event was a fun way to meet some people who live near the church. Afterwards we went home, but it was dark and late, so the kids just got to Trick-or-Treat at our immediate neighbor's homes. They were a bit bummed about that, but they still scored tons of candy, played with their friends and had fun wearing their new costumes and saying hi to our neighbors. A win for all! </div>
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Compassion International came to Austin to set up a display that allowed us to experience a different culture without leaving the city. They had an 18 wheeler that transformed into 2 different countries. We were randomly channeled to tour the life of a little girl from Venezuela. We wore headphones that told us the story of this girl as we toured different rooms that described her life (her home, her bedroom, her school, her future). Her only toys were dolls she made out of mud.</div>
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Here the kids are exploring her bedroom. It really was eye-opening for the kids to see that not everyone lives like we do, that others have struggles that are different than ours, that despite our differences, everyone is loved and valued by our Father, and that we can play a part in loving and encouraging people in big and small ways. </div>
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Tatum was eagerly waiting for her grandparents to arrive and just sat at this window for 30 minutes looking for their car. We love to have visitors! </div>
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Tatum's 5th bday party was at a bounce house! </div>
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I was so busy and stressed out that I didn't make the cake like usual. Can I just tell you how freeing and awesome it was! I think making bday cakes for each kid might just be a thing of the past. </div>
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Tatum got a TON of Frozen paraphernalia for her birthday. Here is Zoe modeling one of the new dresses and crowns. </div>
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Levi brought the class pet, Moby, home for a week. He is dressed in his new Halloween costume, hanging out with Moby. May the Force be with You.</div>
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Levi also took Moby to the dentist with him. Looks like Levi's teeth are pearly white!</div>
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We also took Moby to church. We have been meeting at the Ann Richard's School for Young Women Leaders, so they posed in front of her pictures :)</div>
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Zoe is stylin! </div>
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I went totally hippie for a day and attended the Austin Fermentation Festival. This is the Kombucha Mama talking to the group. I learned a lot and am now trying to incorporate more fermented foods (kimchi, sauerkraut and kombucha) into my diet.</div>
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Erica ran the Run for the Water with Ty and I this year. She has joined our small group and church and has had a big impact on our family this year. We are so thankful for her!</div>
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Tatum wore her Elsa costume to run the Kids 1K. </div>
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Colt got 3rd place in the kid's race!! </div>
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Levi wore his Jedi costume and enjoyed the race as well. </div>
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Tatum has been into face painting of late. She loved this butterfly at the end of her race and wanted to show you as well. </div>
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Here's a pic of Colt's 2nd grade class. </div>
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Tatum loves painting nails. She's a sweet and helpful sister to Zoe! </div>
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Zoe showing off her color :)</div>
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We went on a hike with our friends, the Mullens. </div>
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And rode the Zilker Zephyr. We love the freedom we get on Fridays to hang out with other homeschoolers. </div>
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I found a recipe online for Mint chocolate shakes that are super healthy... like coconut milk, avocado, cocoa powder and gelatin. The kids LOVED them and asked me to make them every day for the rest of their lives ;) </div>
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We went to Marble Falls and went swimming at Aunt Pam's pool a number of times this summer. This was our last day. Tatum is SO close to learning to swim! </div>
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Zoe found Mommy's makeup</div>
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One of her famous faces... the Levi face. </div>
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I took Zoe to the daycare at the gym while I exercised and one of the childcare workers braided her hair into this precious 'do. Unfortunately, our next stop was to get her hair cut (It looked CrAzY when down) so we didn't get to keep it this way for long. </div>
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Tatum is playing fall soccer with her same team again (plus one new girl). She loves the girls on this team so much! Soccer began halfway through the month so we were at the fields every Saturday! Both boys are playing for the first time this season as well so we are at the fields all morning. Other activities we are doing this month are Math Pentathlon and piano lessons once a week. </div>
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Molly turned 11 this month! We had a small bday party for her where the kids bought her some tennis balls and dog bones. </div>
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Unfortunately this picture is not in focus, but I guess it's the best one we got. It has been several years since we've gotten together with Uncle Mark, Aunt Halley and my cousin Sarah and her family since they live in Florida. They finally came back to Texas to visit, so all the Dillmans who were available drove in from around the state to Waco for a reunion lunch with them. It was a fun, but too short of time with them. I personally am pushing for us all to take a trip to visit them in Florida for the next family vacation! ;) </div>
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It sure was hot in August this year. So hot that our indoor play turned into some serious shenanigans in the Dishman household. One night, when Ty was out of town, the boys were supposed to be asleep in their room. We play them audio stories on a CD at night and that was the only noise I heard coming from their room. About 10pm, they come out and ask for a towel to clean up some water they spilled. I went in their room with them and the carpet was SOAKED! Apparently, they were trying to wash their Hot Wheels cars and were pouring water over them on the carpet. <insert grrr....="" here=""> They said they probably poured 50-80 cups of water each. Needless to say, the carpet in their bathroom nook was ruined (whose idea was it to put carpet in a bathroom area anyways?!). I rolled the carpet and pad from their actual room back and think I was able to save it. The cement underneath the whole area was soaked and I made them give me their whole allowance to pay for the damage. Currently we have just the cement exposed but will probably put tile down soon.</insert></div>
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On a positive note, while I was at Whole Foods one day, I picked up this sweet potato side dish from the prepared meals section. It was like $8 or something crazy for a sweet potato, so I put it back and headed for the checkout. A store employee saw me do that, picked it up and followed me to the checkout, asked me if why I didn't buy it was because of the price (to which I said yes) and gave it to me for free. Yet another reason why I love WF! </div>
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I took the boys to the trail to ride bikes one day while the girls had a sleepover with Nana. </div>
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We had a blast and it was really fun to do some "big kid" activities without the younger ones slowing us down or needing to go home for a nap. </div>
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We went to the Zilker Summer Musical, Hairspray. I hadn't thought that the themes may be a bit mature for the boys, but I think most of the inappropriate comments went over their heads. Next summer is Shrek, so I think we will be safe there! </div>
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Levi's 1st grade teacher this year is Mrs. Bomar.</div>
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Colt's 2nd grade teacher is Mrs. Thompson. </div>
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The girls were excited to pick up their brothers after their first day of school. </div>
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We also attended a fundraising event for the Gazelle Foundation which builds wells in Burundi. I ran track and cross county with Gilbert in college. It's always a privilege to support him and the Foundation.</div>
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July is one of our favorite months of the year because it is Colt's birthday!! Can't believe he turned 8 this year. We had a water party at the house and he requested Oreo cake. </div>
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Colt and I were searching on Pinterest for some water games to play at his party (we had balloon launchers and water guns) and we saw this Dunk Bucket. Instead of a dunk tank, when the target is hit, the hanging bucket will dump water all over the person sitting beneath it. So we went to Lowe's and got the material and began building! We actually made 2 of them so you can sit under each one and throw at the person across from you so you aren't just a sitting duck. Hopefully we will have fun with these for years to come! </div>
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July also means lake trips! Captain Ty with his crewmate Zoe.</div>
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July 4th brings the Blue Lake golf cart parade. Nana is so excited that she lives there now so she can participate with her grandchildren, just like her mother did! </div>
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And, of course, fishing is always fun at Nana's too. </div>
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Fun with cereal. Nana lets him play with his food ;)</div>
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The kids went to one day camp this summer called Fit Kid Camp. It was a fun week of learning about how to make their bodies healthy through exercise and nutrition. The best part was that it was led by Tatum's favorite preschool friend's mom! This picture is from Crazy Sock day... Colt won out of all the campers.</div>
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Tatum really wanted to win Crazy Hair day. She had 1/3 curls, 1/3 pony tail and 1/3 braids with beads at the end. All morning she kept saying, "I'm gonna win! I'm gonna win!" I was really hoping she wouldn't be disappointed. Well, turns out... she won! Whew ;) </div>
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Zoe chillin' in the car. We are getting really close to taking her pacifier away at the end of this month. Thought I'd take a farewell picture :)</div>
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My Uncle Mark, Aunt Halley and Cousin Sarah and her whole family finally came back to visit us in Texas!! We all met up at Ninfa's in Waco for a long lunch. It was SO great to see them again! Maybe next time we can take a trip to visit them in sunny Florida!! :) </div>
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We hadn't seen Dad and Jennifer this month, so they brought Colt's bday gifts with them. Thanks for spoiling Colt with love and gifts! </div>
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Our care group when Putt-Putting, then ate at P. Terry's. Then a few of us went to hear Rob Bell at the Paramount. Fun night!</div>
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We went to the lake with the Beards, Campbells and Mullens. Love hanging out with friends. Scout brought her face paints and treated the girls. This was officially the beginning of Tatum's new obsession with face painting. Thanks, Scout. </div>
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So the bee removal box sat in our tree for less than a week. We had some major Memorial Day storms/floods that knocked the box out of the tree and shattered it. The bees all flew back to the tree, but were blocked out by a device installed on the tree, so gathered together in a huge bulge next to their hole. We called Austin Bee Rescue back out to assess the situation. Now that all of the bees were outside the hive in plain site on the side of the tree, they estimated we had 400,000 bees in our hive!! They brought a vacuum and sucked all the bees back into a new box to remove them. </div>
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We enjoyed a front porch viewing.</div>
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Some of the bees had actually relocated to a different tree, so he vacuumed those out as well. Unfortunately, since then, more bees have relocated to a 3rd hole back in the original tree. They are higher up the tree and haven't bothered anyone so far and hopefully that will remain so! </div>
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Here are some pictures from the Circle C swim meet. </div>
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Levi was chosen to be on the relay for his age group. </div>
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Colt was among the bottom of his age group every race, but that didn't stop him. He had fun and showed improvement over the season!</div>
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Zoe always wants to do what the other kids are doing... even wearing a swim cap around the house. </div>
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My friend Erica invited me to a show downtown with her. We listened to radio personality, Bobby Bones and the Raging Idiots. </div>
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It was so fun to hang out! </div>
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Here we are after the show. Bobby is in the middle and Carlos is on the right. Can't remember the girl's name on the left. She's an artist out of Nashville that they brought with them. This was a fundraiser for the Memorial Day flood victims. </div>
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Levi won his heat! </div>
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Levi lost his first tooth at a swim meet! </div>
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Tatum showing off at Uncle Dusty's graduation from Law Enforcement school. He is now a Sherriff's Deputy! </div>
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Jaclyn is going to have a baby! </div>
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We enjoyed a trip to San Antonio to celebrate the soon to arrive Leighton with the Hutchins family! </div>
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Dusty graduated from the police academy, so we made a trip to Sugar Land to watch his graduation! </div>
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We had a pre-ceremony dinner with Aunt Benny (Steve's sister). Tatum had been asking to see her for a long time and was super excited to sit by her during dinner. </div>
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Even Ed and Linda Haire (Steve's cousin is Linda) came to cheer Dusty on! It was great to see Ty's extended family. We are so proud of Dusty and his hard work! We look forward to seeing him serve the people of Houston :) </div>
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I decided recently to let the girls play with my wedding dress every year on our anniversary so this was the first year of that. I figure, I'm not going to wear the dress again, so they might as well have some fun with it! </div>
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Zoe claimed the veil.</div>
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While Tatum enjoyed the dress! </div>
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The thing was so big on her I had to clamp it together in the back! </div>
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She had so much fun dressing up for a few minutes before Ty and I left on our anniversary date. </div>
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Ty has been taking the kids to Friday lunch the last few months. They love this time with their dad on Fridays!! He makes a point to ask them relevant questions and engage them in conversation. He's such a great dad! </div>
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This particular week they went to Sonic and got Superman glasses in their Kid's Meal :) </div>
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When we were in Abilene for Abbey's graduation, I went for one last run at the ACU track. I spent countless hours here as a kid, high schooler and in college and have many memories here. ACU recently built a new (purple!) track and has demolished this one to make space for a new football stadium :( </div>
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This is Tatum with her favorite preschool teacher, Miss Kelley. </div>
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May is full of end of the year programs. Levi graduated from Kindergarten! </div>
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Here is his kindergarten class with Mrs. Windham.</div>
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Colt had field day. His teacher, Mrs. Cowan, came back from maternity leave to cheer on her kiddos. </div>
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We have had a bee hive in one of our front trees since we moved in the house almost 2 years ago. Since bees are beneficial to the environment but bee-ing killed at alarming rates, we never did anything about them. Until they started stinging Ty when he would mow the grass. We contacted a bee specialist who put this box into the tree to capture and rehome the bees. The box will stay in the tree for 3-4 weeks, then they will remove the box and take it elsewhere to give the bees a new home. He's guessing we have 100,000 bees in our hive. </div>
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The fam came into town. It was fun to be all together (some folks had left by this point on Sunday). We love family time! </div>
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We also took a trip to the Austin Botanical Gardens with some friends from school. </div>
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I love these pictures of Tatum. She is just looking so grown up!! (Insert tears)</div>
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We had some end of the year festivities, beginning with a music class performance for the moms, followed by a Mother's Tea in Colt's classroom. The kids showered us with gifts, self-made books and snacks. It was such a sweet time together. </div>
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Levi posing after a tball game. Such a cutie! </div>
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Ty and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary at our favorite restaurant, Uchi. No star spotting tonight, but we had fun celebrating us nonetheless! </div>
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Tatum's preschool class. She loves these kids, school and her teachers. She's similar to me in that she really likes to read, practice writing her letters and will spend hours doing so. </div>
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Levi hanging out with his friend Ashlyn at the swim team concession stand. This was our first year on swim team... practices were Monday thru Thursday with meets on Saturdays. It was a long but fun season! Swim pictures to come next month... but one of the kids favorite activities was to work the concession stand! </div>
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Last day of school froyo with Brady and Jackson! </div>
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Abbey graduated from high school!! </div>
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We loved getting to celebrate Abbey! </div>
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The whole fam :) </div>
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Abbey is Baylor bound. We are excited to have her a bit closer to Austin next year and hope to see her much more!</div>
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What's the best way to kick off spring? With baseball of course! This year we switched leagues and played with a less competitive league a bit closer to our house. This was Levi's last year of t-ball and Colt's first year of coach pitch. They had good seasons and learned a lot but surprisingly didn't seem to love the sport. Part of this might have been due to not great coaching, so hopefully they'll try again next season. </div>
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Tatum spent the spring playing soccer. This was her first season and she loved it! Here's a funny story about her season: We signed Tatum up to play with her friend Wesley (on the left below). Wesley had signed up to play up an age group, so these 4 year olds were playing with 5 year olds who had all played soccer before. It took Tatum and Wesley several games to catch on to the game, but they had so much fun anyway! On the last game of the season, Tatum had only scored one goal in the previous 7 games. Uncle Dusty came to the last game and I brought my camera to take pics of TaterTot since I hadn't taken any previously. During the first half of the game, Tatum played like normal (lots of assists, but not any goals). I told her that I wanted to take a few pics of her scoring a goal, so this crazy girl went out and scored FOUR!! Guess someone likes getting her picture taken :) We are all signed up to play with the same girls again this fall and Tatum can't wait! Here are a few shots from that game: </div>
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Woohoo! :) </div>
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Zoe also really likes soccer... or at least dressing up in Tatum's soccer uniform. She has been in a phase where she ONLY wants to wear Tatum's clothes so walks around in baggie clothes all the time :) </div>
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Easter Sunday picture at Westover. I sure do love these cuties! </div>
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Zoe came with me for lunch duty at Veritas. She loved sitting next to her brother to eat her lunch! </div>
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We also took a trip to the Capitol. </div>
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We went to support International Justice Mission as they had an anti-slavery rally on the steps. It was fun to show the kids the capitol and teach them about who we can try to influence change in the world. </div>
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Granny Rae came to visit... we went to Rudy's...</div>
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and had tea parties! </div>
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Colt was student of the week and brought Biscuit home again.</div>
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He wanted to take a picture with Biscuit and all his animals. Colt is funny b/c he NEVER plays with these animals, but likes to keep them on his bed during the day and on the floor at night. When we travel he takes them ALL with him... and still doesn't play with them :) </div>
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Zoe turned 2! </div>
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Happy Birthday to this spunky toddler! Mmm... cake! </div>
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Zoe, You are the funniest of kiddos and crack us up each and every day. You bring so much laughter to this house! You are already working on your independence... "I do it!" is a common phrase you utter. You are a great sleeper but are starting to not be a great eater :( You are a fabulous communicator and have lots of words to use. Even when you get frustrated, you are easily redirected. You love to watch movies on the iPad... your favorites are Lion King and Big Hero 6. You also like to give high-fives when you do something you know we approve of. You are a social butterfly and know all of our friends names. You always greet the adults with a hug around their legs. Your love language is physical touch, especially sleeping on my stomach. You frequently lift up my shirt and put your cheek on my tummy when you are tired. </div>
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We love you so much! -Mom</div>
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Tatum is a big girl! She wanted a picture with her bunny in her bed. Shortly after this picture, she moved out of the boy's room and this toddler bed and into a room with Zoe in a twin bed. She's also working on getting out of a pull-up at night. She's really growing up! </div>
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Tatum and Zoe playing on the playground at pre-school. Tatum is the BEST big sister! She is so nurturing and helpful and loving and the list could go on. </div>
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I participated in a Bible/book study this spring with some friends from church. The study was led by Jennie Allen, the author of the book, Numb. I'd never done a study that was led by the actual author... and it was a great study to awaken our spiritual eyes and live fully in the moment where the Lord leads us. I changed and grew in many ways over the 8 weeks. This is the last night of the study... we worshipped outside, had a carnival, desserts and released these lanterns into the sky. It was beautiful and I'm so thankful for the friendships that were created during this time. </div>
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We took a trip to the Austin Zoo! </div>
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The peacocks were showing off. The boys thought this was so awesome :) </div>
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Levi spent the spring working on an animal unit at school. He chose zebras to study for his project and was proud of his final result. </div>
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I took Tatum and Colt with me on a photo shoot downtown (I think Levi had a tball game). Afterwards, they got to play in the splash pad. We love this town and all the fun things we get to experience here! </div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">You are such a sweet, thoughtful and smart kiddo. You are so mature for your age which sometimes throws your Dad and I for a loop :) You have been learning to present your side of an argument, which is fine except we need to teach you better about how to do that respectfully and tactfully! You loved kindergarten this year and excelled in every area. It's a joy to watch you learn to read as this will unlock many worlds of imagination for you! You are developing a faith in Jesus and genuinely love and care for others. You are still a great helper around the house and a leader for your siblings and classmates in many areas. It has been fun cheering you on as you tackled new sports this past year... some you liked (basketball) and some you didn't (golf), but either way you stuck with it and had a good attitude. Your dad and I are your biggest cheerleaders. We love you to pieces and are so thankful that God placed you in our family. We pray that you will continue to grow in love for God and through that a heart of service towards others will also be nurtured. Love, Mom</span></div>
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Ty and I took a short trip to Little Rock, Arkansas at the end of March. Ty had to go for business, so we went the weekend before his meeting and enjoyed some time together without the kids! <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3opT17LW-qs/VZoAU2rp_aI/AAAAAAAAGNg/O2Rgn_y06us/s1600/IMG_8829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3opT17LW-qs/VZoAU2rp_aI/AAAAAAAAGNg/O2Rgn_y06us/s320/IMG_8829.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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The first day we drove out to Hot Springs and enjoyed some food and drink on their main strip, followed by a trip to a bath house where we received the royal treatment. There was still snow on the ground when we landed, which was a treat for me since I haven't seen snow in about 5 years. But it warmed up quickly and we enjoyed some sunny days while on vacation! </div>
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That night we headed back into Little Rock and attended a New Moon festival at a local park. It was so much fun! Here we are kissing in front of the new moon. The festival had several stations along a candlelit hiking trail... each station was a different country where you could stop and buy food and drink from that country, experience music and entertainment from that land or make crafts, etc. It was very family friendly, but fun too for those without kids (us on this particular night!). This kind of thing in Austin would have been jam packed, but in LR was really enjoyable and relaxing to not walk in a sea of people. </div>
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We visited the Clinton Presidential Museum! It was a great place and we learned a lot. I know that all Presidential museums make their guy out to be a champ, but Clinton really did a ton for this country and abroad. I've always been a fan of his politics and visiting here reinforced much of that. </div>
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We took a whisky brewery tour. Some pretty strong stuff! Not our favorite tour but a nice place to spend a rainy afternoon :) </div>
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We toured Central High School, the school where the Little Rock Nine were the black first students to be integrated into a public school. It was sobering to see what these brave young students underwent to make great strides for equality for a people who were (and continue to be) kept in unequal positions. This was probably the most impactful part of our trip. The tour guide had some culturally relevant social commentary, including that the architecture on the outside of this school is an example of institutional/systemic racism that many of us are unaware of -a new level of racism I've just started learning about. I've been moved lately to pray that God will use his people to bring love and understanding and justice to those who still live life having started on a different rung of the social ladder simply because of the color of their skin. Even though segregation ended 50 years ago, there is still much self-imposed segregation in our country, in my life, in my church, etc. I hope to see greater strides taken to change this in the remainder of my lifetime and am committing to doing my part to help.</div>
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My mom and I toured the kids museum at Heifer International Headquarters. I would love to bring my kids here someday and teach them about how people live in developing nations and the struggles and successes they have found in their lands through the help of organizations like Heifer. (They started by giving cattle and chickens to villages, which then bolstered their economy.) </div>
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Ty and I stayed a few nights at the Capitol Hotel. They had this enormous elevator that was said to be built by President Grant for he and his horse to be taken to his room! There is a lot of history at this hotel! It was fun to stay here, but now I think I'm over staying at fancy places and will opt instead for a normal hotel in the future and to save the dollar bills for other fun adventures :) </div>
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My mom lives outside of LR, so we went to her house one day for a delicious brunch (thanks Mom!). Then she came to LR one day to have dinner with us at a farm-to-table restaurant we found. It was good food and good company. I'm glad we were finally able to see your stomping grounds after all these years of you living in Arkansas! This was a great trip!! It is always nice to get away with Ty and, especially with young kids, I am in need of a break every once in a while. The kids were lucky enough to stay with Grandad and Grandma while we were gone... their Christmas present to us all. Thank you guys SO much for the gift. It truly was priceless! </div>
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The boys got to dress up like cowboys for Western Day at school. </div>
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Granny Rae sent a fun fireman water hose for Levi's birthday. This will be much loved this summer! </div>
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Ty 's birthday treat for me. He knows me so well. </div>
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Plus, I love Ty's sense of humor and creativity. When we first started dating in college, his 9 year old brother couldn't remember my name or maybe he just thought it was funny, but he would call me "Carrots." </div>
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Zoe hanging out at one of the boys basketball games. </div>
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A little dirt never hurt anyone.</div>
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Levi loves the dirt! Here are the kids helping prepare our garden. </div>
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We have spent many hours our here preparing the soil in this bed that has been full of weeds for many years. </div>
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The kids have been so helpful out here (and Ty for tilling the weeds out and pouring all the compost on top). </div>
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Another trip to Wheatsville. This time with all of the kids. Not sure we will do that again anytime soon. Lots of chaos ensued with all 4 having a shopping cart ;) </div>
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We took the kids to the Austin Fair one night. They had a blast on the rides and keep asking to go back. </div>
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Zoe and I on the carousel.</div>
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Colt worked all trimester long on his body project. It turned out great and he received the highest mark for it, an E. He learned about each body part represented, wrote a few sentences about each one in his best handwriting, colored the body part and assembled them on the board. Then he got his hair cut and glued it on the body to make it look like him. :)</div>
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Levi was excited to see Hazel at Westover one day. We love anytime we can get together with Eliza and Hazel! </div>
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The boys had a recital at their piano teacher's house. I am so proud of their hard work to learn this instrument and hope it benefits them in the long haul. </div>
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We found this new grocery store, Wheatsville Coop, that has little kid shopping carts. Zoe loves coming here now. She does really great pushing the cart around the store, until we get to the cracker aisle. Then she abandons her cart to grab a box of crackers and won't let go of them until we get to the checkout, which leaves me pushing this tiny cart around till then :)</div>
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One day Zoe spilt her milk on the floor. She immediately dropped to her hands and knees and started to lick it up!! It was so hilarious. She got mad at Molly for joining her. </div>
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We busted out the potty to begin pre-potty training... just introducing it to her and letting her become curious about it. </div>
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This is the picture of Levi I took for his evite birthday invitation. He's so handsome!</div>
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Levi and Colt are both playing basketball this year. We've seen a definite improvement in both of them over the course of the season. It's fun watching them learn new things. Colt is out shooting baskets in the driveway almost every afternoon. He always tries really hard to master something when he knows he can do better. I love that quality about him! </div>
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Tatum is playing soccer for the first time. She hadn't had any practices before her first game (they kept getting rained out), so we dropped by the field in the literally freezing weather so I could briefly explain the game to her. She was so excited to be on the field that she didn't want to leave even though Zoe and Levi promptly gave up and returned to the car. More on her season in next months' post :)</div>
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Our church hosts an annual Daddy Daughter Date that Ty took Tatum on this year. She apparently didn't want to dance with Ty though, only with her friend London :)</div>
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