tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42038291389261478592012-02-16T02:57:45.276-06:00Making Every Moment CountThe Wickenkamp's Grand Adventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06858257847640581649noreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203829138926147859.post-30432670019161383702011-02-07T23:22:00.004-06:002011-02-07T23:34:53.950-06:00

I believe we've now forgotten what it's like to go to school and work! They called another snow day tomorrow. The last time we were in school was January 31st. We have been enjoying the time off, but I have a feeling we will wish that we had been in school, come the end of May, especially when it'll be so close to a certain wedding date!Today the kids went and played at the Y and I went to lunch

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We are on day three of a week of snowdays. Tomorrow has already been called off too. Rather than going stir crazy we have been keeping busy. Every morning Jim sits down and writes up a to do list for the kids which includes everything from getting dressed to playing outside. We have cleaned rooms, baked, watched movies, gone sledding (except for me...I prefer to watch the beauty of the snow from

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I guess it's another growing season because our rough spot with Ryan hasn't seemed to go away yet. I really don't want to turn this blog into "all about our troubles", but could you keep remembering us? I try to get here to post a picture every day, but I'm just not making it. I'll keep making attempts though :0) Love,Yvonne and crew

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I know I've missed a couple of days posting. There really wasn't much to post. Ryan had a great weekend that was all dry and then at school today he's started in again so I'm thinking that something might be going on at school. I couldn't prove it, but I know that Angie had a similar circumstance when she was in pre-school as well (not this one). Anyway, please keep that in prayer. I need to look

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Missouri hardly ever gets snow and this winter we are getting a lot of it. I never realized how much I liked snow until we moved here and hardly ever got it. I know I'm in the minority when I state that I like it, but I really do. I'm of the opinion that if it's going to be cold, it might as well look like winter. Please don't throw stuff at me for thinking that way LOL! Because of the snow

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Hopefully you've all been called concerning Kayla's big news. She and Nathan are officially engaged. I knew you'd want to see a picture of the ring so it's the photo of the day :0)My birthday was wonderful. Jim took me to the Japanese Steak House for lunch. It was awesome! Best of all...Wii Fit says I didn't gain any weight! (I did my workout this afternoon before the ice cream cake that he

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Today was another rough day. I'm trying to find God's purpose in all of this, but some days it's hard. I have to just keep trusting that He has a plan even when I don't know what it is. His ways are way higher than my ways. Please keep praying for us. Much love and g'night,Yvonne and crew

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I was gone all day and didn't get a photo of the day. I went with my boss and another lady to a food expo for school lunch products that are made with commodities. Wii knew that I had been at a tasting thing because well, I was asked why the weight gain. UGH...it's my best friend and worst enemy. Tasting food was part of my job today...really! I guess the Coke on the way home to keep me

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Noelle was the photographer tonight for Jim's birthday. We had a house full :0) Joe, Charisa and Carson were here along with Joel, Kayla and Kayla's roommate Cathy. I was taking pictures as well, but I forgot that my disk was still in my computer from last night.Joe and Charisa were in town for Joe to go to the stock yard. Charisa and Carson spent some time with us. Charisa discovered the Wii fit

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Well, I'm late with the photo of the day, but I thought I'd take a minute to put it on here before I went to bed. It was a highlight of the day to have Joel and Kayla and my second cousin Jessica here for lunch. Here's a quick shot of the crew. Joe and Charisa are here tonight and we introduced them to Wii Fit. I feel really worked out now :0)G'night,Yvonne and crew

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Well, this Saturday wasn't a relaxing one...at least for me. I took an 8 hour training class (really 9 1/2 with the lunch break). The class was a requirement to be able to have difficult children come into our home. Jim will need to take it in a couple of months and then we can be licensed. We'll also have to complete CPR and first aid. Anyway, it was a LOT of sitting time and I think I'm

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I had a photo of Lucky Dog to share with you tonight and it's nowhere to be found on the memory card :0( She must have been sniffing around and somehow picked up the back of a photo sticker on her nose. It was cute. I guess you had to be here to enjoy it.Anyway, on to the day...It was Jim's day off so he and I went to Culver's for lunch and then ran a couple of errands; then on to pick up the

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Seriously...not much at all. It was hard to find a photo of the day so I'm showing you a picture of my desk at work. See that little space in front of the keyboard? That's where I count scads of money for deposits. I sometimes wish I just had a little laptop computer so I had more room, but I love my job and love the kids so I don't complain.I'm also posting a shot of my "office". It's full to

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Ok, so the tooth fairy forgot to come last night...oops! Angie remarked this morning that she was probably on the other side of the world. I told her that I would send her an e-mail reminder. Angie decided that she'd add a dime to the tooth under the pillow to sweeten the pot and make the tooth fairy want to come for sure. Sometimes she cracks me up. Here's a photo of the hole that she's pretty

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Ok, I know it's not March yet, but it's the photo of the day because we just booked a condo in Biloxi, Mississippi for Spring Break! We are so excited....excited for the following reasons:1. ALL of us are going which might be one of the last times.2. It's the BEACH!3. H. has never been out of the 4 states and we love grand adventures and sharing them with others.Here's the link if you're

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Well, the photo of the day presented itself fairly early in the day. Right after lunch Angie had a piece of candy that she bit down on pretty hard and she ended up with a loose tooth. You can't really tell in the photo so I've marked it for you. You might have to click o the photo to enlarge it. I'm sure within a couple of days it'll show up again as the photo of the day with a big hole.Jim was

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Ok, It's usually not hard to figure out the picture of the day and today is no exception. I was just surfing along in the kitchen when all of a sudden everyone in the living room started running in place. Jim is doing is Wii workout for the day and everyone decided to run with him. It was pretty funny. H. is in the group too, but again, I can't show him :0( We do love our Wii fit! Love,Yvonne

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It's been a wonderful break having the college kids home. They live 15 minutes away during the school year but sometimes it might as well be 15 hours since our lives and theirs are so busy. Joel moved back to the dorms last week for winter session and Kayla is starting that direction tomorrow. I don't know if a mom ever gets over missing her kids when they leave. Those two have plans to move to

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This has become a popular game at our house...mostly because it's so incredibly easy that even Ryan can play it. It's called Garbage. As soon as Kayla walks in the door, Angie is bugging her to play. The little kids are in bed now and now and the game goes on. H. is our foster boy and it's against the law to post his picture. That's why the photo looks so odd.Ryan had a better day today. There

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Sorry for not posting yesterday. It was another rough day with Ryan (and Angie). Please pray for us. It's not really fun potty training an almost 6 year old who doesn't care. I'm going to post a picture of the day for today later on so stay tuned.Love,Yvonne and crew

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Here's what's going on right now....1. Noelle is practicing her French horn.2. Jim is getting in his Wii exercises for the day.3. Kayla finished a painting. (She painted over the one I posted earlier.)4. The rest of the kiddos are in bed and I'm heading there shortly.Night, night,Yvonne and crewp.s. Please keep praying for Ryan. It was another bad day. He just does not want to learn to use the

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Tonight's post is Kayla's artwork. Right now Kayla and H. are doing paintings. Noelle is doing homework and Jim is on the Wii. The little ones are tucked into bed :0). Here's a list of good stuff that's happened today.1. H. made the A/B honor roll. We celebrated with Sonic Happy Hour drinks!2. Ryan stayed dry another day and had a good report from his speech teacher.3. I achieved first place on

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How much food it takes to feed our family? Well, tonight I made this pizza. Joel is at college already and Kayla and I had a meeting to go to right as this was coming out of the oven. That left five people at home...two of them little...which some nights makes no difference on the appetites between them and the older kids. Kayla and I had our taste buds set on a piece of pizza...even a small one

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Joel moved back to the dorms today to do a winter session class this next week. I've totally loved having the kids home and it was sad when he left. He'll be back though because I have this guy I'm holding for ransom. He left his favorite mug on the counter. It'll cost him staying for dinner one more time. I sure love it when all my kiddos are around the table together. Love,Yvonne and Crew

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My heart is heavy today for my best sistah friend who had to put her dog to sleep today. Lily was a constant companion through lots of ups and downs for her. It's hard to say goodbye. Lily will always be a wonderful memory. I love you Stacy! This photo wasn't taken today, but it is the photo of the day.Jim took me out on a date last night to see Blind Side. I highly recommend it! It was actually

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It's a pretty day here with light snow flakes falling. Jim took the kids to House of Bounce and I went to breakfast with my sistah Stacy. Makes you wonder why they called off school, huh? I'm looking forward to a date with Jim tonight :0)Until Next time,Yvonne and crew

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Jim read my last post and commented that it was kind of a downer. I apologize. I decided that with this daily journal of our lives via pictures there might be some good, bad and ugly. God didn't promise us all good days. The bad and ugly days are just reminders for us to cling even tighter. A good friend reminded me that we just have to keep knocking and seeking. Tears flowed down my cheeks as I

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Today is a rough day. Ryan has messed his pants for the upteenth time. He will be 6 next month and I've gotten the run around on what the deal is. I keep getting, "He's a boy." I'm just frazzled with that answer. No kid does what he does and is "just a boy". Please pray that he gets this before I lose my mind.Angie is struggling in school. Her teacher sent a note home today to tell me that she's

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Today was a back to school day after Christmas break. It's hard getting back into the swing of things. I definitely need to get to bed earlier. We slipped into staying up way too late over Christmas break. Everyone is hoping for another snow day tomorrow. We'll see.Nathan came over for supper and he and Kayla made a spaghetti dinner for us. As soon as we put all of the little kids (aka those

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Today would have been our first day back to school after Christmas break, but they called a snow day because of the rural roads. So as tradition has it, I have to make a pan of cinnamon rolls. I barely got this picture before they all disappeared. Anyone have a guess as to who has a hard time staying out of them? I'll give you a hint....check out my post for January 2nd. She admitted to losing

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Finally, after several hours on the road with the band, Noelle made it home from the Rose Bowl parade. They were supposed to be home around 4:00 a.m, but because of weather it took them until about 8:00. We're glad she's home and it was good to have everyone accounted for around the lunch table today.Love,Yvonne and Crewp.s. Edited to add photos of the after lunch scene :0)

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Today a really good friend of Kayla's was married. Lyndi and Kayla have been friends since the fourth grade. It's so hard to believe they've grown up this much. Here's a photo of the pretty bridesmaid.Until next time,Yvonne and crew.

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I know I've let this blog thing slide and it was unintentional. Life gets kind of crazy around here. So here's to New Year's Resolutions...ok, well, I'm going to try...to post at least one photo a day. Here is today's photo(s). This is my office. You might think I would get upset about such a state, but I'm pretty laid back about it for two reasons. First, it means my college kids are home and

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I know I've been a bad blogger. I've been incredibly busy getting ready to go to the Philippines. I have finished writing the lessons that I will be teaching and now I'm concentrating on getting the family ready for me to be gone. I don't think any of us will be "ready" for it, but you know what I mean. There are just certain instructions that a mom has to go through, like what colors to wash

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We have been out of school for three days now and I'm happy to report that the electricity has stayed on the entire time. School has been called off because of ice on the roads. The funny thing is that most of my family has been to the mall a time or two. Still, I'm thankful for the time to get some stuff done.One of our family traditions and I've been held to it every year is every time school

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Today in first grade the kids got to vote for president. Much to our dismay, Angie voted for NO'Bama. She couldn't remember his name; only that it started with a "B". We just couldn't figure it out since we talk politics all the time around here. We finally asked her what made her make that choice. She said, "He has hair!" Ok, we want a re-vote. Seriously, if only it were that easy!Until

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I know...I'm a bad blogger right now. It seems like once school started we've been on a dead run. Here's an update on us.Joel is doing well in college. He absolutely loves his freedom and we're happy that he has it. He's earned it. Recently the dorm he's in had an open house night for parents to come see the rooms. Of course we jumped on that one. We got there and we were pleased that we could

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As you can see, I started this post a while ago and I'm just now getting back to it. First of all it was pretty emotional. I was working on it and started crying in my proofreading. Then the girls came over to see what was wrong and when they read it they started crying too. Anyway, we're doing a little better, but that doesn't mean we don't miss Joel because we surely do! Ok, here's the

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We are just a few hours away from seeing our Kayla again. It's so emotional I can't even describe it. I do know that the anticipation is better than Christmas! We leave at 2:00 today to go to the airport. I have tons of stuff I should be doing, but can't focus on any of it so I'm blogging :0) A couple nights ago we were talking about what we could do to welcome her home and I said, "We should

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Angie has been bugging me all summer that she wants to do the "lots of love" (Locks of Love) thing that Noelle did. Poor kid. Her hair is sooo thick that it's extremely hot. I finally gave in and let her. I do miss her pretty long hair, but now she has cute short, curly hair. It'll take me some getting used to, but she already loves it. I'm sure our morning brushings are going to be less tearful

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Joel recently started working full time at a place called Furniture Rescue. They basically take your beaten up old furniture and make it look good again. This involves a lot of grunt work which is where Joel is finding himself, but he likes it. It's a 40 hour a week job. Once school starts his boss will work around his college hours.Today I got a call from a gal in the office there saying that

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Four years ago today is when Jim fell through the ceiling at church and we started that huge stressful time. Joel and I were just talking about it the other day and neither of us could talk about it without choking up. How blessed we are to still have Jim here! I seriously don't know what path our lives would have taken without him. I do know that God would have been with us no matter what. I'm

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I thought I wouldn't have a picture to post, but this is a screen capture I did of Kayla when we were talking on the computer.I just wanted to catch you up on what Kayla's doing. We've been able to talk to her a handful of times (not enough for me!). We have downloaded Skype (free...there's other stuff on there that costs, but the part we downloaded didn't cost). The Pagels have Skype too so we

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Wow! I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. Let me catch you up on what's been going on. I'll try and find a picture here and there to post too.My grandpa is doing good in recovering from surgery. It'll take time to be 100%. It was a very precious time to all (or most of us) get to be with him the day before his surgery. He led us in a communion meditation from his bed in the

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If you would, keep my grandpa in your prayers. He's 84 years old and had a heart attack yesterday. He's having triple by-pass surgery on Monday and the doctor says his chances to not make it through are 30%.Until the Next Grand Adventure,Yvonne and crew

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Noelle has a new look! After quite a few years of growing her hair out she decided to cut 10 inches off of it for Locks of Love. That's an organization that makes wigs for cancer patients who have lost their hair. Whoever receives this hair is going to get curls! Noelle and Kayla poured over hair style pictures for quite a while, but when it all came down to it, Noelle's hair did it's own

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I grabbed this photo of Joel right before he went to work so you could see our good news. Sorry the picture is a bit fuzzy. A big whoop and hollar was heard after he opened that letter. We couldn't wait to share. We're very proud of him!Here's the letter:Dear Joel,Congratulations Joel, you have been chosen to receive the President's Scholarship from Ozark Christian College. Your past achievement

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Yesterday was a yardwork day. We got the kids to pick up all their toys in the backyard so Joel could mow. Then we sent them out front. Joel came in a bit later to get me because he wanted to show me something. I told him that if it was a critter that I didn't want to see it. He just smiled so I followed. What it ended up being was a bird's nest on top of one of the fence posts right by the house

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It seems like there's never enough hours in the day (and night in my case) to get stuff done. I'm way past due on updating you on our happenings so here's a brief picture update for you from the most recent and working backwards.Yesterday Angie went to "Aunt" Stacy's house and helped her plant flowers. Stacy even got her her own gloves! Stacy told me that she did the whole pot by herself from

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Today was a great picture taking day...lots to blog about. As one of Kayla's high school courses she is working with a lower grade school art teacher and learning how to teach...kind of like student teaching. One of the requirements is that she turn in a scrapbook of her experiences so today Jim met her there and took pictures of her with the class. She's going to be a great teacher in whatever

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I keep meaning to post pictures of Sea World and birthdays and whatever else we're doing and it seems like every morning I've been hitting the ground running.Sea World was very fun. It was a great mix of rides, animals and shows. There weren't too many shows that you couldn't see them all and they were such high quality that you did want to see them.Of course the first one we had to see was Shamu

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We are on Spring Break and we headed south to San Antonio. We left Missouri and it was only in the 30's. It was about 75 here today. It was a little overcast so we decided to do the River Walk and Alamo today. Let me tell you the WALK part is not an exaggeration. I think that's all we did today :0) First of all we saved $10 by not parking close. I think we parked a half a state away which was

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The teens are studying the book of Philippians for their youth group time on Wednesday nights. Last week the speaker challenged the kids to memorize the book (yes, I did say the BOOK) before the next youth group time (last night). Kayla took up the challenge, but couldn't get started until Friday. She actually studied all the way up to Kansas City for their guard competition. Joel was in his

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I had the great fun of going along with Kayla's winter guard flag corp to their regional competition. We left on Friday at 5:00 to drive up to Kansas City on a school bus (now there's an adventure for you!)We had reservations for 8:00 at a downtown Italian restaurant. By the time we got there we were all famished. It tasted good even if I'm not a big Italian food fan. Kayla, on the other hand is

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This mama couldn't be more proud of her daughter and her leading role in "The Wizard of Oz". I sat with tears streaming down my cheeks as she sang "Over the Rainbow". She has such a clarity and sweetness to her voice. We are just so proud of her and all the hours of practice that she put into this role. Besides Oz practice twice a week (and more at the end) she also had color guard practice

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You forget one! No, I didn't leave anyone at Wal-Mart or anything, but I did somehow miss posting Noelle's hat day picture! Here she is :0)Only 5 more days until "D" Day (Dorothy Day). She's doing so well on her lines for Wizard of Oz! I know I'll have some fun pictures to post after that!Ok, last post for the day LOL. Keep scrolling down. There's more.

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It doesn't take long for little ones to turn the place upside down! Ryan was home this week with bronchitis and he decided to share the love with me. I should have just been checked out the day I took him in because I ended up going the very next day (yesterday). I'm happy to report that the $125 worth of drugs are working (thank goodness for insurance!). Valentine's Day was a bit of a bummer

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This week we bought a big appliance so we kept the box for the little ones to play in. It's been moved all over the house and has created lots of hours of enjoyment. Today it was being colored to look like a house. This picture warms my heart because Kayla, grown up as she is, is still my little girl. Last night she announced that she was sleeping in the box. The big kids used to do that when

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Last Saturday our Little Man turned 4 years old! Thank you to grandparents and friends who made the day special with your cards and gifts. He loved it all! Unfortunately for Ryan he also got sick on his birthday and is still feeling puny :0( Lots of crud is going around. We celebrated his birthday a day early because the older kids were all going to be gone on Saturday. His birthday is really

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I can't believe January is almost over! We've just been plugging away. Here's what we've been up to:Joel: Job hunting and Wii since he's now done with High School. He's also started a college English Composition class. He did get a job and will be a server at a very uptown restaurant here called Timberline Steakhouse. Here's a picture of him when he returned triumphantly from landing this job.

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Well, I have my family and this guy to thank (new Spidey underware!). Ryan is well on his way to being potty trained! Over Christmas break we went to be with my family. We figured out that Ryan responds to huge praises so while the whole family was together we worked on the potty training. Every time he had success the whole gang would erupt into WILD cheering. By the end of the day anyone coming

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It's been a month of milestones here. Noelle turned 15 which means we are now in driving mode with her (so far only in the empty church parking lot). She is going to wait to get her learner's permit because she has a lot of lines to study for in Dorothy (by the way, her performance date has been moved to February 21st.) She also has some big parts to practice for with winter guard so studying for

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Hello friends and family,As many of you know we had an ice storm hit our area last Saturday night and we were without power from Sunday morning at 6:30 until Wednesday afternoon around 2:00. It was a grand adventure to say the least. The adventure was fun for about 12 hours and then we were ready for power. Joel and Ryan keeping warm --->We hung out in the living room to stay warm and we cooked

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Lots has happened since I last wrote. Here's a little recap.**Noelle made the lead as Dorothy in the Jr. High school musical Wizard of Oz. We are all very excited for her. Her performance will be February 22nd if any of you are able to come.**Both Kayla and Noelle made it into their respective Winter Guard squads with positions on rifles.**We travelled to Holyoke and saw Jim's family for

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About a month ago there was a banner in front of one of the huge old houses in Webb City that said it would be auctioned off and there was to be an open house. Jim and I went for fun because we knew that house had been listed at around $250,000. It was just a cool house that was over 100 years old. It had a lot of Webb City history attached to it and well, we were just "Lookie Lou"s as Jim called

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Tonight was Joel's soccer awards banquet. He played all four years in High School and actually started on a city league in Junior High. He was privileged to be coached all through those years by a very godly man, Kevin Greer (who happens to be his best friend's dad). Coach recalled for the group when he first recruited Joel to play and sent him out to play on the left side (yes, I'm a soccer mom

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Hi Family and Friends,I was going to write this up for the first entry and Joel's haircut just overruled it. If you're new to blogs then here's a quick tutorial :0) By subscribing (in the right hand column) you will receive an e-mail every time we have posted a new story to share. It's free. All you have to do is put your e-mail in the box and click "Keep it Fresh". Follow the instructions

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Tonight was the culmination of what Angie has been waiting for and talking about and singing about for many days, even weeks...the school carnival. It's an evening of chili dogs, wall to wall people and carnival games. We've been hearing snippets of songs for a long time, but not really knowing what they were until tonight. We kept wondering how she knew the phrase, "They're playing my song." and

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You can always tell what sport Joel is in by the length of his hair. For soccer he has longer wild curly hair. For wrestling he gets it all cut off (I love wrestling!) to a shorter haircut. Kayla has usually been the one to trim his locks. She has a knack for it so we let her. Normally he turns out pretty good. We're not sure what went awry this time. Well, ok, we have an idea where the wrong

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