Growing up is tough stuff
It's not easy growing up, and it's not easy watching your kids do it. Worst of all are the life lessons that really seem unfair. In the last year or so, we've seen our children go through some rough...
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Back to school
Wow, things get busy and time sure does get away from me!!The kids are back in school now. But before they headed back, Dax wanted to do one last something-fun. Only Addison and Kirsten decided to go,...
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Labor Day Weekend
It was a busy first week of school. As you can imagine, there's a ton of paperwork to fill out, even though I filled out a ton online before school started.We spent the week trying to keep track of...
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The things kids do
Kids are crazy. That's just all there is to it.Recently Abigail decided she wanted to try a different kid of smoothie.So I made it for her.....Ingredients:Yep. That's it. She wanted a pizza smoothie....
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Time Flies When You're Having Fun
Well, I guess that's the excuse I'm going to use for not posting anyway.We have been very busy since school started.It's soccer season so we spend a lot of our weekends watching this.......and...
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The fun never stops!
On Saturday, while Kirsten and I made her costume for Friday's performance, Dax took the other three kiddos to ice skate.He got them all set up and watched them skate for awhile, and then walked down...
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Not my fault....
I know it's been forever, but this time it's actually not my fault. lol My computer contracted a couple of really nasty viruses. There were two different ones that are new that each did a lot of damage...
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Sweet 16
The kids turned 16!! How in the world did that happen? Times goes by so fast, but it's been a blast this far. We're so fortunate!The day started with balloons. Lots and lots of...
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Thanksgiving
Wow! I never got around to posting about Thanksgiving. Dax and I leave the day after and are gone for 10 days getting in a big chunk of continuing education hours. As you can imagine, it's crazy at...
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A great holiday
I hope everyone had a great holiday. We had a house filled with family and it was wonderful. There were lots of laughs, food, and gifts. We are definitely blessed.Earlier in the week we went to the...
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Happy New Year
I hope everyone has started their new year off in a good way. In my own family, we have lost a very kind and loving lady, and for those saying their last goodbyes, it's a tough way to start the...
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While in Vegas....
Tried posting this earlier, but it never made it. So... here it is....While we were in Las Vegas, Dax and I did take a little time away from the accounting excitement to do some other things too.We...
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Off to a busy start.........
Our year is off to a busy start.....as we've come to expect.This year we let the kids toast with actual champagne.It was NOT a hit. lol(Addison may have enjoyed it a little too much)The kids went back...
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The days of our lives
Schedules continue to be busy. Obviously very busy since it takes so long for me to update this blog. Even as I type this, I am sitting in the bleachers waiting for a soccer game to start. Gotta grab...
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Fun weekend
It's busy season at the office so we don't usually get much time away from the office. But, we had some friends come to see us for the weekend and it was a nice break.The weather was gorgeous so we...
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When girls get bored...
You never know what you might find when girls, who are super fans of hockey, get bored. Dax and I came home the other night to find these all around the house.That was on the front of the...
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Thank goodness that's over
It was a long and very stressful tax season this year. I'm still not sure we've recovered.....possibly because there is still so much work to be done.Some of what has happened in our lives:Two of our...
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Soccer Season
Soccer season is over for both teams that Addison played on this Spring. The high school team did a great job. They finished second place in the district. They did not advance in the Regionals, but...
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Love this place
We live in the best town!The last week has been pretty hard on our little town. It's hard not to have seen at least some coverage on the news about the devastation the weather has caused. We even have...
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Out with a fizzle
The school year didn't really go out with a bang this year. It was more like a fizzle. It was actually kind of a surprise because at the end of the day that day at school, they just announced that the...
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