tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49294764040461945092012-02-18T05:48:00.171-05:00worshiping GOD, loving each other and watching the kids growHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.comBlogger16461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-76896027262203740382012-02-18T05:48:00.000-05:002012-02-18T05:48:00.278-05:00

Cailey drew the design for this door art and we followed it to a 't'. Braden and Kinsey decided what materials we should use and they all got to work. I thought it was very creative and loved that they took the reigns. They didn't want it to be 'too wintery' but didn't want it to be only for Valentine's day either. First they painted bubble wrap and used that plus glitter paint to create the

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While the girls were at AHG and then their lock in Braden had a sleepover of his own! Reece came home with us after co op at noon and stayed until noon the next day! It was pointed out to me by Braden that he got a 24 hour playdate. The boys had a BLAST playing with walkie talkies that Reece brought with him. They used them for everything...super fun! They played hide n seek, did puzzles, played

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feeding the ducks garlic bread....and a really sweet sisterplayground timeand hugsriding a horse

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Since I was already shooting pics of the princesses before their dance I had the boys come out and get some pics too (especially since it was E's gotcha day). They were dressed up for their date with me and Braden picked out their clothes. He was so sweet and every time I'd put him with Braden he would automatically want to hug and squeeze him:). Love my sweet boys!

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The kiddos had a great day being loved on by mommy and daddy:). It started with red velvet pancakes with homemade strawberry 'syrup' and pink or purple smoothies with red heart 'ice' cubes. Brian got me the pretty tulips that are on the table...along with another vase full (my fav flower:).after school they came down to a Valentine lunch of pears with craisin hearts (yep...i used a knife to dig

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this time it was Cailey's turn for curls! she had been looking forward to them all week! i quickly curled her hair after AHG and before the dance.Kinsey's flower came on her dress (which was a hand me down) and we decided it would be perfect for her hair. We tried it several places before realizing it look pretty no matter where it was:). The girls were ALL about a photo shoot...even though they

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Chick Fil A has a daddy/daughter date night in February that the girls went to with Brian. After school I curled Kinsey's hair for her date with Brian. Cailey wanted two braids pulled back since there wasn't time for me to curl both of the girls' hair. They were very excited about going out with him! They both picked out their outfits and were excited for daddy to get home and see them!We made

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i love when they go on the see saw...so cute!these boys are so blessed to have each other!ephram's been having lots of playdates with his buds lately! he is one blessed little boy to have such sweet boys to hang out with! surprisingly out of our four children he has more same gender friends his age than any of them did during their preschool years. i think it's really a blessing since he isn't

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Ephram had a GREAT 2nd gotcha day and knew that it was HIS day to celebrate:). We sang to him all day which started with his request of a choc-o-lit doughnut with sprinkles, mash browns, and choc-o-lit milk. He was so sweet to share with his siblings too!After breakfast his buddy, Alex, came over for the day then we left for co op. The older three decided that they wanted Ephram to be their "

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I had a great birthday being celebrated by the kiddos and Brian! It started with surprises in the homeschool room. Cailey spent a lot of time decorating and putting gifts together with Braden, Kinsey, and Ephram. They all gave me precious cards too..homemade of course, my favorite kind!Quick photo shoot before Brian went to work. The weather was perfect...COLD and SUNNY which was a nice change

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I got to take Braden on a date after his pinewood derby race and he chose to go to the bookstore to pick out some new books. His choices were a book on the Civil War, a biography on Thomas Edison and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Though he loves to read...everything... most things are well above his age level I loved to see him reading this transformers book:). He does love transformers and Star

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-2880279277120337342012-02-07T18:37:00.001-05:002012-02-07T19:32:11.273-05:00

After Cailey napped all day (from the lock in) the kiddos went to a birthday party. Ashton had her party at The Lil' Chef and it was very cute! After decorating chef hats and aprons the leaders broke the party into two groups and they had an 'iron chef' competition with the secret ingredient being tomatoes.The kids did pretty much everything except for take food out of the oven. My three got to

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kinsey and lily...........cailey with abby and ashleyThe girls are having a great time in AHG this year had a lock in night filled with crafts, games, lots of girl time and a movie (Ramona). Kinsey was able to go until 9:00 but then we picked her up..and Cailey stayed all night long. She said they went to sleep at 3:30am and we got her at 8. When she came home she went right to sleep and slept

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This year Braden drew a design on his pinwood derby car to be cut into the shape of a whale. He had a vision from the beginning and I think it turned out great! He's so artistic and creative..and LOVES to draw. I think he chose a whale after studying so much about them this year in Science. I was surprised and totally expected him to want it to be a Lego car:). We are very 'hands off' when it

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Brian took the girls to see women's gymnastics at Carolina on Sunday. They just loved watching all the gymnasts and came home excited to tell me all the amazing things the women were able to do...especially on the beam. Cailey loves watching gymnastics (just like her mama) and Kinsey loves watching AND doing gymnastics (and is great at it!) They had a fun day out with their daddy:).look who came

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TOTAL LOL moment!! Ephram wanted a wagon ride and after a while cailey decided she wanted to ride her scooter...which made him sad. being the AWESOME sister that she is she figured out a way to do both which he thought was the best thing EVER:). love that girl:).

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mastering monkey bars, racing down slides, swinging SO high, tag, walks in the woods, playing in sand, climbing, laughing....THESE are the days to remember. blessed beyond belief.

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For some reason I have had this conversation with my friends lately and decided to do a blog post on an easy tip that has taken guess work out of dinner planning for us our entire marriage. There is no questioning what we are having or not knowing what needs to be thawed because we've done it the same for almost 13 years. Hopefully this will be helpful to people who have asked and be another

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January 1- took Christmas away (according to ephram), cleaned every room, organized the homeschool room including all the books, brian made chili, i baked cornbread, finally finished cleaning at 4:15 and got ready for our New Year's Day company, had a blast with the Klick's and Bradon's parents, gave a tour:), and crashed!January 2- last day with brian home, bought a new table for the homeschool

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The next day Nonny taught the kids how to make their own chocolate lollipops using a mold.they loved doing it and were totally focused:). this was a GREAT follow up toour field trip.they made teddy bears!they all loved their results...which they ate in the afternoon after they were set..while watchingThe Wizard of Oz. If we owned Charlie and The Chocolate Factory it would have been even better:).

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While mom was here we went to Videri chocolate factory for a private tour/field trip. The kids learned how to make chocolate starting from picking the cacao pod off the tree to wrapping the bar. Here they were smelling the beans and learning about the roasting process, then they moved to see where the bead was crushed and then turned into a chocolate bar.the giant roasterVideri chocolate is

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Nonny came for a surprise visit! The kids were totally shocked and couldn't believe she was staying "for a WHOLE week!" Having her here was such a blessing for us all..but especially sweet ephram who was played with all morning while I did school with the other kids. The day she arrived he was trying to teach her how to play angry birds..hilarious!Most days I'd do school in the morning while

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-1110343830962265142012-01-27T21:20:00.000-05:002012-02-01T22:35:37.552-05:00

Cailey had NO clue they were coming and wondered why I asked her to answer the door (because usually I don't let them answer it unless we know who is coming over or I am standing there).I pretty much keep it a secret every time they come. Most of all because I like to surprise people..but also because it helps them focus on getting their school work done before they come. This was our January

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These are my fav's taken with the ipad since last summer. LOVE reliving moments through pictures:)!caroline and kinsey grooving, ephram with his doggies on a road tripdress up? thanks to his sisters...and his new winter hat!coloring a pumpkin orange..and destroying..err...playing in the homeschool room while we were working.'helping' with kinsey's party favors, LOVE cailey doing word wall with

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-59637941791728820982012-01-25T22:59:00.000-05:002012-02-02T23:15:33.656-05:00

so this is a post about ephram's first time playing wii. eesh. feel bad even writing it since i'm not a huge fan of screen time but considering it only happens once a month i guess they'll be ok:). this was family wii night and ephram was THRILLED to get to play a game. he picked sword fighting and frisbee and loved them both. the important thing is that no matter what we do we like to be

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Ephram is way different than my other kiddos in that he actually knows HOW to play with his friends. They interact and do imaginary play together at such a young age which I just think is amazing! Ephram and Carter have a great time playing together every week..especially when they are in Ephram's room. They play LEGOS, farm, musical instruments and are just silly together. These silly boys

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She loves to give...just like her mama. We are the same in that way. She gives her own things away, she gives candy/gum, and she makes things for her friends/family. Somehow they didn't know I had a camera so I could get this great shot..i love that they didn't see me. Cailey was making bell necklaces for her friends a couple weeks ago and let her younger siblings help (which is rare:). She

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-62166978902331103012012-01-22T21:32:00.000-05:002012-01-24T21:36:17.422-05:00

the girls were at a sleepover and ephram wanted to have one too! we pulled down their sleeping bags and they went right to sleep...after giggling and talking for a bit:). ephram is SO blessed to have such a great big brother who loves him dearly and wants to make him happy. in return braden is blessed by having an adoring brother who looks up to him and truly cares when he's sad...plus gives

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Sonja was in town so it was a great reason to get together with the girls from my old Sunday school class. We went to Bone Fish Grill and had a great time chatting, laughing, and eating seafood:). Afterwards we went to Starbucks for more talking and TONS of laughing!

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These pictures are all great...and special to me for a few reasons. First of all we love this family and each of the children dearly. Can you see the love on the girls faces?? Love. Second, this was the day they were at the doctor finding out that the new baby (Charlotte) was a girl. So while the 'babies' were napping this was going on. Outside play, LEGOS, games, pretty/pretty/princess,

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-27539329845533081952012-01-19T20:25:00.000-05:002012-02-04T21:44:31.308-05:00

Kinsey opened a fat cat account with all the money from her piggy bank, Christmas, and money from chores that she's earned. She was SO excited and is joining the others in learning how much more fun it is to save money than to spend it:). Now she's always asking to do extra chores, pick up gumballs, and constantly on the lookout for fallen pennies outside.We were happy that one of our two

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We have had crazy weather this year...unseasonable hot weather. With it we've also had some GORGEOUS sunrises and sunsets (on the few COLD days, that is). One evening Ephram gasped with delight as he looked out the window and saw this sunset. It was amazing. We both ran outside to take it all it...with our bare feet...in the cold:). What a great talk we had about God's beautiful sky painting.

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-20569887581234498092012-01-13T23:41:00.000-05:002012-02-04T21:45:19.958-05:00

I usually see the gorgeous sunsets but rarely capture the beauty of a sunrise and boy it was beautiful! This picture doesn't even do it justice because off to the right it was blocked by a group of trees but I was in awe standing in our room staring at it until it was gone. I ran out barefoot (and it was a 20 degree morning) to capture it. SO amazing.

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Kelly gave me the AWESOME privilege of revealing the gender of their baby with a CFA milkshake:). The plan was to have the dr. write it down, then I would read it and order a cookies and cream milkshake if it was a boy and a strawberry one if it was a girl. Then Caden and Caroline drank it to tell everyone. Brandon is like me and just couldn't wait and peeked at the screen BUT he still let me

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Ephram was in HEAVEN when the pampered chef things came in because he LOVES boxes! He's got such a great imagination and pretends that it is either a boat, rocket ship, house for his doggies, place to play peek a boo, roller coaster (thanks to his siblings)...you name it! This all led to me making him his boat for Christmas which right now he's been saying is his doggie crib. According to him

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in the FREEZING cold or in the SUPER heat this boy keeps going. and going. and going. he just loves to run! the first picture was a REALLY cold day and none of the three brought the right clothes for running but somehow they made it through. poor braden (with no meat on his bones) was shivering and couldn't move his hands...it was in the 40's if I remember correctly and they had hardly anything

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Ephram loves playing with cars so one evening when I was playing with him I decided to make a road on his floor, wall, and bunkbed using masking tape. He was very excited as soon as he figured out what I was doing (as were the other kiddos) and couldn't wait to play.There is even a parking lot:). The kids have all had a blast playing cars with ephram! He loves playing with them by himself while

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Landon came over for a playdate and was loved on by ALL! Ephram wanted him to play Legos but he wasn't quite ready for that:). The girls were smitten..as they always are with babies and were begging to hold him whenever their arms were empty. ah..sweet kinsey just adores this baby boy! (as do them all:) i love the picture of kinsey sneaking a kiss.Braden and ephram would try to entertain him if

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On New Year's Eve I went on a double double date with the girls to see Dolphin Tale. We went with the Morgans and all agree we need to do it again! It was at the $2.00 theater and such a GREAT GREAT movie!

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I did this as a preschool teacher about once a month..and the kids would look SHOCKED as I dumped them all out on the table. But then they'd each take one at a time and start putting them together and loved it! Every year this would be such a great hit and it's so simple. I dumped out a couple for ephram and the big kids wanted in on it so I took every wooden puzzle we had and dumped them out

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That is her title in our family. This girl LOVES pepperoni... and Clementines. She has been known to eat an entire package of pepperoni before getting caught. It has to be rationed:). And her love for clementines has run deep for years too. One day she had both...and told me it was her dream come true and I should take a picture:). She doesn't really care about the pizza part (I recently

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-5434277974462711022012-01-04T20:28:00.000-05:002012-01-04T20:24:48.342-05:00

yep. that's what they said when they got home from their playdate with the corbett's. cailey got pooped on by a chicken, kinsey said she ate pig candy, and braden said he peed in the creek...all with HUGE smiles on their faces. laura was so sweet to take all THREE of the children for almost FIVE hours so brian and i could clean out the attic. they came home wanting to go back..talk about great

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Once I had a dreamThat I did not know,It had some sleetWithout any snow.Once I had a wishThat everyone was good,And knew right from wrongAnd did as they should.Once there was a manwho would never sin,He died on the crossTo make new life begin.Written by: Cailey Anne Barbour

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I was the sweeper as a kid...and the duster. (Then later earned my allowance by being the bathroom cleaner). And I loved doing it..there is just something about seeing dirt and dust disappear that makes me happy. Plus I'm type A and wanted things put back correctly after dusting. Anyway, my Cailey girl has never really enjoyed chores but the other day told me that she can 'finally say' that she

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We spent New Year's Day organizing, changing around the boys room, and "taking away Christmas" as Ephram put it. He was NOT happy to see the "Christmas" aka Christmas tree come down.That night we had the Klick's over (including grandparents:) for our traditional Chili and cornbread. Then everyone played and hung out..another fun night with friends.

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December 1- kinsey ran 3.2 miles for the first time!! (so did the others) advent!! started the Jesse tree and all of our other advent calendars, cleaned the kids rooms..well!, did school, wrapped lots of presents, played 'people' with ephram, ran errands, had the klick's over for dinner (in jammies:) and had a wonderful night of dinner/fellowship/catching up/bible reading/carol singing/piano

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we had TONS of time to play with and make all the gifts that were given to them for birthdays over Christmas break and had a blast! cailey got these silly glasses for Christmas from a neighbor:).ephram was looking longingly at cookies that were on the toaster:)sweet buddies playing...and my silly girls whose knew pose is this..then they say, "STYLE"sweet cailey beading with ephram..ephram reading

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We had a SUPER fun New Year's Eve this year!! The Morgan's joined us for Chinese food and games..and LOTS of laughter:). The kiddos ate in the kitchen while the adults were in the dining room with our carton take out on pretty snowflake dishes:). The kids played Jenga first...then war...then we all playedpictionary!The teams were split just like they are in the picture with me on Leslie's team.

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Ephram's fav...playing Vet for all the doggies, Cailey's fav...money room (or crutches downstairs), Kinsey's fav...anything, Braden's fav...building cars and woodworking. We had a great time at Marbles doing everything they wanted to do! Pirate Ship, water, Giant bricks, Giant Legos, Designing, painting, basketball, hockey, gymnastics, and more!After Marbles we went to Krispy Kreme and were able

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The kids did lots of Christmas crafts this December! Cailey made some fuze bead ornaments (very creative), braden did some salt dough ones (star wars, gingerbread man, and tarheel for daddy:), ephram made a Christmas tree (which the older ones did in years past), and our family one this year was the blue ball with everyone's thumb prints to make a reindeer. For Christmas at Awana Cailey got a

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The next place we visited while Brian was home was the Durham Science Museum...a family fav. We went in the Christmas train room which the kiddos all loved and were amazed that everything was made from nature.Next we had building block competitions with each other for the highest, strongest, and most creative design:). They did some exploring in the space area, walked around to look at the

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the last two were taken on Christmas Eve by Leslie afterwe got home from church and I LOVE them both!Even after scrolling through these I can think of other outfits all the kiddos had that I forgot to take a picture of:(. I LOVE the month of December and all the candy cane pants, present shirts, red/green, stripes that goes along with it!! Hopefully in my other blog posts I caught them all:).

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We celebrated Christmas with Brian's sister, mom, and Hunt two days after..on the 27th. We ate Granny's pastry and cupcakes prepared by Courtney:).It's been WAY too long since they've seen this side of the family..they were getting in extra snuggles!opening gifts...and then Courtney was entertaining the kids with her new laptop. They were making funny faces and taking pictures of them.Granny and

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This was our favorite week of the year!! Brian has a forced shut down at work and we spend the week going on field trips and spending lots of time together. Now that the kids are older they each get to pick a place and we throw some extra things in if there is time. First up was jumping beans which Kinsey picked. It was a super rainy day and perfect for being inside.After tons of jumping we had

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My kids have always enjoyed 'decorating' and undecorating this little tree that is just perfect for little hands! We got it when Cailey was yonger and it came with ornament sets and books that went along with each one. We have five book sets...and I just LOVE books that have something interactive for the kids to touch/do with them.Someone plays with this tree at some point during the day the

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We were invited to two Polar Express parties this year! Only one of them had seen the movie but they were excited to go to the parties! First up at Zackary and Elena's was cookie and tree decorating.Braden was meticulous with his tree and it turned out amazing! He made it look like lights wrapped around. Cailey did polka dots on hers and Kinsey put as much candy/frosting as would possibly fit

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Braden's group got to put on a skit at their troop Christmas party and it was cute! Then they went to decorate Christmas cards which they were sending to a nursing home.Two things with these pictures...first, cracks me UP to see the one of braden and cailey. my first glimpse of "really mom? you are going to take a picture?? i'm gonna give you a fake/ too old for this smile"Second, this was my

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The kids did great at their choir performance! The musical was "Miracle on Main Street" and Cailey had a small solo and speaking part. Kinsey was THRILLED to do her first musical with the 'big kids' this year and just beamed the entire time! She knew all the words and motions and did terrific! Braden loves choir too but isn't quite as animated as Kinsey so it was cute watching them standing

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Cheryl had no idea how much trouble we had with our gingerbread house but we had the same experience together a few years ago and bought the kiddos an awesome gift! It was a gingerbread house that can be decorated over and over...with a plastic base...that is dishwasher safe! We couldn't wait to try it after the other one fell apart:).It was just as easy as we hoped it would be! We took turns

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Christmas morning we woke up at 7am when Cailey came in to see if we were awake. Usually she is my night owl (therefore NOT my morning girl) and sleeps in the longest but she was very excited. Since we don't 'do' Santa we haven't ever had to worry about kids coming down or waking up early because they see the presents under the tree all month long. Eventually Braden and Kinsey woke up and they

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We went to church this morning then took turns running errands and playing with the kiddos. For dinner I made shrimp and linguini, baked ziti, bread, and broccoli...traditional Italian. this was our last night of the advent calendar and candle lighting, but we had one more day of the jesse tree. we sang carols, read Christmas stories, then popped popcorn, made hot cocoa and put in a Christmas

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We went to a live nativity tonight with the Morgan's at Hayes Barton church. Since we were there early they brought the donkey's over to the kids so they could pet them.Afterwards we drove to see the lights off of creedmoor which were crazy amazing! We liked them much more than the Lake Myra ones (and they were closer).

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One night we decided to have a last minute pajama pancake party and invited the Morgan's over for dinner....and they had to wear jammies:). Having them as neighbors and friends has been the biggest blessing in our lives over the past year! Emily Ruth was at gymnastics but the rest of them enjoyed pancakes (which i had to do 5x worth b/c of their appetites!), strawberries, and omelets.

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Braeden is tracked out and we were excited that he could sleepover and join us in some fun activities! I picked him up at noon and they spent the day playing outside in the HOT (73 degree) weather. After a quick dinner we packed up TONS of groceries together and went to deliver them to a family in need. We had to make lots of trips back and forth from the van to their house because we brought

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I took these pictures on a visit to China Grove at the beginning of December. It was a fun day of playing and catching up..but a 'too warm rainy' day too. The kids went to a homeschool PE class while Laura and I worked out then came home and played. Once again they paired off with Braden playing with Isaac, Hannah and Kinsey, Cailey and Rebecca, then Ephram and Samuel kinda floated around.these

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Our sweet friends, Tricia and Dave, became parents to Landon David on November 28th and I was blessed to be a part of it. I spent the day at the hospital praying for them and helping out whenever needed. It was a blessing to be there and to get to meet him when he was just born:)! The kids came to meet him the next day and were overjoyed! They all brought gifts for him and Ephram had decided

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I went out with some friends to Casa Linga the week before Christmas as a fun night out:).

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We use our celebration plate for more than Gotcha Days and Birthdays. For example...this particular day was worth a HUGE celebration for Cailey! She was BEYOND excited to have the 'B' plate and more importantly so excited about why she had it. It all started with the word 'test'. I'm not sure why but for some reason she gets very nervous (and quite frankly freaks out) when she hears that word.

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We have been getting together with the klick's for dinner for a few years now and these are some of the pictures from them. They start with the most recent (last week) and go back at least a year. We love hanging out with them and the kids have a blast too!singing Christmas carolscaroline and kinsey LOVE to make forts and play babies...while the big boys love to play games and legoscailey plays

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We went to our Annual night at CFA to make Christmas crafts and see Santa Cow with LOTS of friends! First up they decorated a picture frame with Christmas stickers and markers.picture with cows and Ms. Katherine:)it was such a fun night for us all because everyone had kiddos their age to play withthey sat according to age (which they did on their own) with the older kids on one end, then middles

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Braden has switched to Cailey's piano teacher, Ms. Jewel and is loving it! They had their Christmas piano recital and did a great job. We loved listening to all the Christmas songs...at all different levels and it was awesome for them to play on a grand piano just like they do at Jewel's house.gifts from their teacher...who we love!We forgot to take group pictures there so took a fewwhen we got

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nope...it wasn't a puppy party. BUT the williams DID get a new puppy and my children were in love! how could you not be with a teeny tiny cutie??I don't love making gingerbread houses...because it doesn't come easy to me and I don't like stressing out about the frosting being too hard or too soft so I quickly learned last year that Beth was the master and relied on her once again this year:).

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We had our annual Christmas get together...and though I didn't take more than one picture during...it was super fun! I added a new punch this year..Christmas Peppermint Punch. I'm not a punch fan but everyone else liked it. Of course we had tons of cookies and our four favorite apps (taco queso, bacon rolls, sausage balls, and sweet and sour meatballs).

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cookie baking took several days this year because I didn't have an open weekend to do it all. i started after I taught while the older two were doing independent work so these two guys were my helpers in the beginning:). everyone LOVES helping me with baking...and they really are GREAT helpers!and they do get rewarded:)Cailey's favorite: orange drops! Braden's lovesChocolate Bombs the most and

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We had a super fun Christmasy date with the Klick's that started at Chili's...with all 11 of us!after dinner we went on Sleigh Rides...after a lot of playing, running, and tagWe were hoping to go all together but it was a smaller sleigh so each family went together.Then we ran into Santa and went to the new Gigi's that opened in Briar Creek. Brandon and I had never eaten a "fancy" cupcake before

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We ran the Jingle Bell Run again this year as a family and were joined by Kinsey this year! She started training in October and ran the 1 mile race then and worked up to 3.1 miles. We were only able to go on a few runs because of sickness and Disney but by Thanksgiving at my parents house she had her first 3.2 mile run!! The poor thing NEVER had a run without falling (including race day) but

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we had the klick's over for dinner a couple weeks ago and made it a jammie night! even the mommies got in on the fun (but the daddies had just come home from work). it was super simple since we had just recovered from Thanksgiving and Disney so we ordered pizza, had veggies, and i made my yummy brownies. The kids had a BLAST catching up (as did the grown ups) then we all did the jesse tree

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This is a glimpse into our December nights as a family. We start in the living room where the kids take turns reading our Jesse tree scripture and devotion then answer a few questions about it. (Sometimes we read too...if it's super late or just really long).Then they hang the Jesse tree ornament on our tree in the windowto remember what it's really about. We start with Adam and Eve andgo through

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We went on a field trip to Oakview Farms with our co op on a gorgeous (chilly:) December day so the kids could learn about Christmas through through the years. First they started in a room set up like pioneer times and checked out the inside of the very small house. Next up was Christmas clue Bingo then 'name that tune' with Christmas songs AND they learned interesting facts about them.quick play

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Since we were in Disney during our traditional decorate the tree time we did it when we got home from nonny and poppy's house after Thanksgiving. The kids are always excited to see their ornaments given to them over the years and did a great job hanging them on the tree.Ephram...the baby of the family...got to put the angel on top and was really excited about it this year! This angel was on my

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Ephram was SO excited about showing his Puggle teachers his Mickey Ears! He had such a great time at Disney World and still talks about the fireworks at the king (Magic Kingdom). He also talks about Pluto, Cinderella's castle, and Mickey Mouse! Oh...and Nemo. His vocabulary made him so much fun there! He would constantly say, "ooo...gook at dat!" or "what's that noisy?" but my FAVORITE was (in

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It was like clockwork. Ephram would nap wherever he was between 1:30 and 2:00 no matter where he was. He fell asleep during parades, The Lion King Show, the Laugh Tank at MK, and The Little Mermaid Show, The Muppets, and just riding around. He would only sleep around an hour but then was good to go until bedtime...such a trooper! We weren't worried about naps while in Disney but were so happy

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woody and jesse were the first characters we metat Magic Kingdom...day 1! ephram wasn't so sure aboutthem but by the second day he was ALL about the characters.this was pretty cool for braden! he LOVES the cars movies!kinsey wanted in on it too:). this was at hollywood studios.while we were at Animal Kingdom we ran into these guys together with no waiting! ephram loved doing 'nosies' with them

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We found the PERFECT shirt for Braden and he LOVES it...totally awesome!

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as promised...we took Cailey back to Hollywood Studios (since she wasn't feeling good the first time) so she could ride Tower of Terror and the Rockin' Roller Coaster. the park opened an hour earlier that day so it worked out perfectly! cailey and i RAN from the entrance straight to the RRC and were tired when we got there! there was no wait...as in we went right on and i had no time to think

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CLEARLY our favorite 'all around' park is Magic Kingdom and we spent Friday there again. We went on Aladdin and the train for ephram...and he loved them:). Then we hit all of our other fav's. Friday was another super fun day..and a bit cooler (YAY).in front of Thunder Mountain...and waiting for a paradeWe were able to go from ride to ride with hardly any waiting! Teacups, Carousel, Snow White's

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Since we were staying at the Contemporary we would walk past Chef Mickey's everyday on our way to and from the monorail. We saw tons of people come to our hotel just to go there...and decided to see if we could surprise the kiddos with breakfast there. On Friday morning they had a reservation open for breakfast so we took it and boy were they surprised and EXCITED!! It was a buffet so they ate

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Magic Kingdom was opened an hour early for guests who were staying at Disney resorts so we took advantage of that hour before going to Epcot for the day (since it opened an hour later). The older two ran straight to Space Mountain while I stayed back with Kinsey and Ephram who wanted to meet tons of characters who were right by the entrance! We came through the castle on our way out to look at

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This was SO worth it for both the girls! I was afraid Cailey wouldn't like the princesses...and she's on the edge but she LOVED it! Kinsey just had so much fun and loved everything. She is what I think is the PERFECT age for Disney. At six they still love the characters/princesses and will remember how much they loved it when they're older. The lunch at the castle was so much better than

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November 1- School, gave out lots of candy as incentive to get school done quickly, laura came to spend the night with the kiddos:), hung out with her while the kiddos played outside in the beautiful sunshine, still a bad cough so no walking, great girl/kid time, laughed a lot, and realized yet again how thankful i am for her!**spaghettiNovember 2- Said goodbye to the welch's, school, more candy

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We went to Magic Kingdom all day Wednesday until closing....the girls had a princess lunch while the boys rode on their favorite rides:). It was another super fun day!this sculpture was outside of our hotel and cailey automatically layed down in the ear...which i loved:)race cars! ephram LOVED his first ride in it!ephram really loved the teacups and would just belly laugh when brian spun them

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we took a bus from Hollywood Studios to Downtown Disney for some dinner and shopping. love this picture of the girls..my dream for sweet sisters (though a RARE moment). cailey was teaching her a hand game.we didn't have to ride the bus much this time since we could get most places by the monorail but when we did they sure loved it:). so funny!ephram wanted to do 'nosies' with pluto!kinsey loves

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-7977655184476159792011-11-27T22:15:00.001-05:002011-12-02T16:29:10.087-05:00

We went to Hollywood Studios on Tuesday and did everything we could possibly do! We watched The Little Mermaid, went on the backlot tour, did the Toy Story Ride, watched The Muppets, saw the parade, watched the Beauty and the Beast Show, did the Star Wars ride plus everything else...covered it all!I don't do Tower of Terror. Brian doesn't do Tower of Terror. Cailey was feeling sick that whole

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On Monday we went to Animal Kingdom for the morning/day and then headed over to MK for the night parade and fireworks.We went on the safari first thing and saw all the great animals..ephram LOVED it! At one point an ostrich was blocking the way of our vehicle...but I'm sure it was there to see me:).Afterwards we RAN to ride Everest (running was a theme this year because the kiddos wanted to

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-30215066632284246562011-11-25T15:56:00.000-05:002011-12-01T23:46:52.817-05:00

We had a FABULOUS time in Disney World a couple weeks ago! Every day was full and busy from wake up to bed..we go hard while we're there going to the earliest park and staying until the latest one closes. The first night (I didn't take my camera the day we arrived but we went to MK that day too) Magic Kingdom was open until 3am but since we had been up since 4am and drove all day we decided it

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-44215708583738023752011-11-24T19:03:00.004-05:002011-12-14T12:09:05.889-05:00

We are having a great time at Nonny and Poppy's house celebrating Thanksgiving:)!No family picture today because Nonny was so busy cooking and we were helping clean and by the time I thought about it ephram was napping...then company came....then yumminess....then jammies came on....then lots of playing together:)but i love these shots...and love these guys:). very thankful!we stayed with nonny

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-46867505518189984072011-11-23T10:04:00.002-05:002011-11-24T22:25:33.412-05:00

ephram cracks us up by crossing his ankles when he sits. one day i walked in to find him waiting patiently for his lunch (while eating a lollipop) in this chair after church:)! the other pictures are from soccer where he spent his time walking around looking for sticks to hold and rocks to put in his pockets.he gets lots of wagon rides from his siblings!...and he loves eatingpeanut butter and

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-42185462496518060842011-11-22T11:18:00.000-05:002011-11-22T11:18:00.309-05:00

The day before we left for Disney we were in the middle of doing English and I decided it was the perfect time to drive to Shelley Lake for a photo shoot surrounded by the gorgeous fall colors! Fall is by far my favorite season (though would love for it to be cooler here:) and though I say it every year the leaves were just amazing! We spend so many days walking or driving around to look at

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-77320534538953908662011-11-21T12:09:00.001-05:002011-11-21T21:57:43.964-05:00

ephram makes me smile. one night he decided he was going to help me with the laundry and took some clothes out of the dryer by himself and put it in the basket.then i guess he decided it would be more fun to climb in:). he DID end up taking the rest of the clothes out and 'helping' me fold them though.another time he asked me if he could 'help' me make kinsey's party favors. i said "sure" and

Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12788861456512796647noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4929476404046194509.post-22472013061031292332011-11-20T12:06:00.000-05:002011-11-20T12:06:00.123-05:00

We had a random cold day (but it's already back to 80) so we all put our jammies on and decided to have Brian bring home Boston Market Chicken home for dinner and then have a game night. It was so much fun doing that on a 'whim' in the midst of a crazy week (this was when I was doing party/shower stuff). We also asked each other some 'dinner questions' which were fun. There was game playing,

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