tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77707550730920972662024-03-12T22:55:32.542-04:00The Nye FamilyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14088884340691942623noreply@blogger.comBlogger1073125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7770755073092097266.post-6524173600602495362017-10-25T13:56:00.002-04:002017-10-25T13:56:57.637-04:00July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Bell Canyon Trail - 5+ hours of hiking and everyone did awesome! </div>
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One morning we ran around in the gym of Julie's church after visiting Scheel's and riding their indoor ferris wheel (which totally scared me!)</div>
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Oh how I love my girls. We shopped, got pedicures, and ate in Park City together and then some of us spent the night in Midway at Lindsey's cabin. Janelle made us delicious french toast in the morning.</div>
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Late night shenanigans at Smith's.</div>
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Swim day at Annie's in Ogden</div>
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I started coughing not long after we arrived in Utah for our summer trip and didn't stop til I returned to San Antonio. For the most part it was just a VERY annoying and persistent cough, but I did get a fever and felt really awful for the 4th of July. None of the insta cares were open, so Nate just ended up prescribing something for me and thankfully I got better pretty quickly.</div>
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We could not have loved Miss Axell more, and she was the perfect teacher for Natalie. This was a short play I attended.</div>
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Checking out dad's work</div>
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My forever friend Laney and her family came to San Antonio for a night and we went to Krause Springs together. Inside my head I was a bit of a wreck the whole time because it's extremely hard to keep track of everyone, there are no lifeguards, and you can't see the bottom of the water. There was a period of time when I couldn't find Jansen and I was in a panic. It turned out he had headed to another area of the springs, but oh the relief when I saw him. Water + children really gets me on constant high alert. </div>
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When we left San Antonio the weather was blue skies, so we hadn't thought much about bad weather ahead. We ended up in a pretty big thunderstorm and could see the lightning for miles. We had a luggage rack on the back of the car that was getting soaked. We tried to find a store that would have some sort of tarp, but when we finally did find a Wal-Mart it was closed. Jansen was sweating and crying and in a panic. He eventually zoned out with his music and head down, but it was a rough few hours for him.</div>
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This meal was at a funny little place called Owl Cafe in New Mexico. There were little and big owls all over the restaurant, and if you can figure out how many owls there are in total then you get a prize.</div>
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Aztec Ruins National Monument</div>
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Mesa Verde National Park</div>
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We spent a night at a little home/trailer in the middle of nowhere Colorado. </div>
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Beautiful Utah! This is Wilson's Arch.</div>
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Arches National Park</div>
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Ava the cat's 1st birthday party</div>
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One of our family outings after Nate returned was to the Guadalupe River where we rented kayaks and canoes. Emmy was probably the most nervous at first, but everyone LOVED it within a few minutes of starting.</div>
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Kuma - Hong Kong waffles topped with ice cream and other goodies</div>
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Big Lou's - biggest pizza in Texas</div>
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Leah's "pink book" she has loved to carry around lately.</div>
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Our church is at 1 o clock right now, which I actually really like. I am currently serving as the Compassionate Service Leader after several years in Cub Scouts, and Nate is the assistant deacon's quorum adviser.</div>
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Natalie's orthodontist gave out flowers the week of Mother's Day for the kids to give to their mothers.</div>
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Getting ready for his ultrasound test</div>
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Date night - we rode the Mission Trail </div>
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Dinner from a little taco truck on Culebra</div>
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Although she does not like the dinosaurs exhibit at the aquarium, she does love her T Rex.</div>
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Natalie drew this picture of Sariah to be used in the video of a song my friend Monica wrote. </div>
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"Mom! Push us off the bed!" They love this game. We are lucky no one ever got seriously hurt.</div>
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Natalie's Tower Bridge presentation for Alpha</div>
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Salt Lick in Driftwood, TX</div>
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Canoeing on Lady Bird Lake (the Colorado River) at Zilker Park</div>
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Torchy's Tacos and Gourdough's</div>
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McKinney Falls State Park</div>
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Texas State Capitol</div>
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Support for Venezuela</div>
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Train concert</div>
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Nothing better than having family in town - Alamo</div>
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Riverwalk</div>
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"Look mom, I'm a walrus!"</div>
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I watched anxiously as Jansen rode the Ripstik down a hill near our park. He hit some water and slid and crashed right into a muddy muck of grass and water.</div>
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Jansen had a great flag football season, and the girls did a good job playing and keeping themselves busy.</div>
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The homecoming! We debated whether or not to have pictures taken, and I had to kind of convince Nate, but we are so happy we have this day recorded. My wonderful friend Mandy Potter did a fantastic job and really captured the emotions and feelings of that day.</div>
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Leah still hates the car wash.</div>
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Jansen did an excellent job on his MSIP (middle school independent project).</div>
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Emmy and her bestie Kenadee at the Fiesta school party. There are only two school parties here in San Antonio: Fiesta and a Winter Party.</div>
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Jansen had a surge in interest in Rainbow Loom again this spring.</div>
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Natalie and Nate schemed a surprise birthday party for me. Nate's mom was so sweet and shipped some things to Natalie to help her with it all. </div>
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There were decorations, games, food, and some neighbor friends to help celebrate. Natalie did such a wonderful job with everything.</div>
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Scotty was in town for work and came and spent a night with us. I loved every minute of it! We walked along the Riverwalk and had dinner at Tiago's afterwards. I could talk with him for hours, and he is so good to me. It was like having a piece of home with me.</div>
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Bluebonnets will always remind us of Texas!</div>
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100th day of school - dress like you are 100 years old</div>
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I enjoyed my few minutes alone with Jansen every morning as I dropped him off at school. Most of the year he just wanted to get there right before the bell, but towards the end of the year he wanted to arrive earlier and earlier to secure a spot near his friend in the hallway to talk Rubik's cubes. </div>
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I took this picture because he was holding the door open for people. He did that almost every day. I was very proud of how he navigated his first year at middle school.</div>
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Leah just loves the zoo. I bought an annual pass for just me and her. Summer (I'm writing this in July) has been hard for her because she asks EVERY day to go to the zoo and I have to tell her we can't. It's too hot, and it's too expensive to pay full price for the other kids. I look forward to some zoo time with her this fall.</div>
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This picture belongs in last month's post, but this is Natalie and Miss Axell in the matching skirts Natalie sewed.</div>
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I knew the yard would be hard to keep with while Nate was gone, and I was right. We did our best to stay on top of the weeds, and the kids helped a lot.</div>
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Emmy's Valentine's Day box for school</div>
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Kiki's visit was just what I needed. She was awesome enough to come help me at a field trip I had volunteered for, and it ended up being a ton of fun. It was an "amazing race" with the GT kids in downtown.</div>
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She also got to see Natalie share her fabulous poem.</div>
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I took her to the Riverwalk and the King William district.</div>
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Jansen is always so patient and loving with Leah. She cuddled up with him in his bed one afternoon.</div>
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Leah's octopus...or maybe it was a spider.</div>
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Oreo loves to hide and burrow.</div>
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Put her shoes on all by herself!</div>
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Playing hide and seek</div>
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Jansen's Los Leones art entry for his middle school art class. He was really proud of it. Entries had to include only yellow, blue, and orange and elements of art and music.</div>
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We had the BEST couple days when Lindsey flew in. </div>
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There are pictures from Nate's deployment peppered throughout these posts. Maybe someday he can go back and include some text and explanations, but I wanted to make sure and include at least the pictures as part of our family stories.</div>
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Leah asks for a bell pepper almost every time we go to the store. She does not like to eat them. I think she just likes the way they look and I believe they were on a Daniel Tiger episode once.</div>
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Christmas choir concert</div>
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Leah brings all sorts of things with her in the car. I think she learns it from her sisters.</div>
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Natalie dressed up as Lizzie Johnson from Texas state history</div>
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Holiday party at the Hunter's</div>
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Emmy's Christmas class party</div>
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Oh how we loved this visit from Mom and Mike. They are so easy to have around and so much fun.</div>
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San Antonio Aquarium</div>
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Letters from Nate</div>
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A visit to the Alamo, downtown, and the Riverwalk</div>
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Swimming at the hotel</div>
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Early afternoon on Christmas Eve at the Knight's</div>
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Notes for Santa</div>
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Christmas Eve pajamas</div>
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The day we brought Oreo home :)</div>
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The elementary school does a very nice Veteran's Day assembly every year. Many veterans are in attendance as San Antonio is such a big military city. This year it was especially meaningful since Nate was deployed and Natalie sang armed forces songs with her choir. As I walked to my car after the assembly a neighbor saw me and gave me a supportive hug which made me burst into tears. </div>
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We are sure proud of, grateful for, and in love with our veteran!</div>
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Lexi and her kids came in November and sure brightened up life for us. We adore Addi and Gregory.</div>
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Some weeks at church were particularly hard.</div>
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Lunchtime with her bestie Adison</div>
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Emmy's turkey project that I could have easily picked out from the entire class. It's just so "Emmy."</div>
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Natalie has played on the same i9 soccer team for a few seasons and has really grown to love her teammates and coach.</div>
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We had to say goodbye to our wonderful friends the Dunlaps this month.</div>
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Emmy's Christmas wishlist</div>
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We had the teensiest bit of frost in November.</div>
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Natalie got her ears pierced. The plan was for Emmy to get hers pierced as well, but she backed out at the last minute.</div>
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Holidays puzzles were difficult with Leah around.</div>
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We had Thanksgiving dinner with a family in our ward. It wasn't a great day since Nate was gone and we had no family in town, but we survived and there are much worse things. I spent a lot of time reflecting on the people who spend holidays like this alone EVERY year for whatever reason. </div>
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I got the kids their own little tree for the space at the top of the stairs. It was a colorful little thing.</div>
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I stopped blogging after Nate left on his deployment. I hadn't intended to, but obviously my free time and my energy were on short supply during those months, and this was something I just couldn't find time for. Recording our life in this way is extremely important to me, so although we are already almost half way into May, I am beginning my attempt to catch up. I hope I haven't forgotten too much.</div>
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Our Saturdays were early morning flag football games and afternoon soccer. I didn't mind that (except the really early football games) because it broke up what could often be the longest day of the week. </div>
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Natalie began her orthodontic journey with an expander. She was a real trooper - I would not have wanted that at the roof of my mouth. I had to use a small tool to turn it every morning and night.</div>
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Always the messy artist - I just recently put that highchair in the garage. We used that highchair (given to us by my Aunt Robin when I had Jansen) for all four of our kids. It was the most simple and I'm sure inexpensive highchair out there, and I loved it. It was so light and easy to carry and easy to clean. I used to haul it upstairs when we lived in Ohio and would put Jansen in it while I showered. It's funny how "connected" you become to certain things that have been with you through the years.</div>
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Permanent marker finger nail painting</div>
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Jansen has a real eye and ability to create 3D objects using perler beads. He designed and created all of these.</div>
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Leah loves to play hide and seek. </div>
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Leah is really spooked by the "face" she sees in our dresser. It's the two big brown eyes and small nose turned sideways. She seems to notice and pick out things like that a lot. She gets creeped out by things that don't look quite right to her.</div>
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Leah's playgroup friends (Emree, Cooper, and Wes) painting the house with water.</div>
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Nate was able to send me pictures during his deployment, so they will be sprinkled throughout my blog posts. As you can see, everything was brown, brown, brown.</div>
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Emmy was able to dunk a teacher at the Howl a thon night.</div>
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Visitors were my lifeline while Nate was gone. It helped immensely to have something to look forward. My mom came not long after Nate left to help give us a boost as we started the long months apart. We visited a beautiful cathedral with her one afternoon.</div>
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She got to see one of Jansen's football games. </div>
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Leah attended a birthday party (for Evie) and loved learning all things princess.</div>
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I could do without all the dress up days that schools have now. Sure they are fun, but the juice isn't worth the squeeze for me. But we do it when we can, and Natalie loved dressing up as Mr. Popper.</div>
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I was thanking my lucky stars that Leah actually wore this costume. Looking at this picture reminded me that I am all about purchasing Halloween costumes. I admire people who plan months ahead and hit up every thrift store in the city to make the perfect costume come together. I could learn a thing or two from them, but in the end, I just want to have something delivered to my door.</div>
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Kim's visit during Nate's deployment was just wonderful. I feel like we had some wonderful days together. It was really a treat to have her here for Halloween. </div>
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I try to go jogging a few days a week. I have been mixing that up lately with some other exercise at home, but running is great because it's outside and I can listen to podcasts, which I love to do. Leah is usually up for it, and she loves to take some juice and Pirate's Booty. The little statue in the background is lovingly referred to as "the girl I love," and Leah loves to go visit her when we are out.</div>
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When she sees her up ahead she'll say, "There's the girl I love!"</div>
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I suggested that for Jansen's birthday he take a couple friends and go to Thin Air and then out to dinner. Nate took them, and I think they all had a great evening.</div>
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This is Dude. After much thought, prayer, and research we decided to try getting a dog. I say try because I still had reservations and we had 72 hours to see if he was a right fit for us. We loved him, and he was a very good dog, but having him triggered something in me and I just couldn't handle it right now with the deployment coming up. I think it just put me over the edge to have one more body and one thing to love, feed, and clean up after. It's hard for me to look at these pictures because I really wanted it to work out and he had already stolen our hearts. The timing just wasn't right though. We took him back to his foster mom on Labor Day and I cried and cried. It was very hard on the kids, but I will say they recovered pretty quickly. It sounds dramatic, but it was an incredibly hard weekend and I haven't cried that much in a long time. </div>
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The plan has been for the kids to only have birthday parties every other year, but somehow Natalie snuck another one in. She had a dog themed birthday party this year.</div>
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Everyone made their own pizzas, which turned out to be messier than I had anticipated. </div>
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I think it has been a few years in a row now that Jansen has requested this brownie trifle for his birthday. This was the year of the Rubik's cubes, and he got many different ones for his birthday.</div>
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Leah was so proud of this tower she built. </div>
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It was so nice to have Nate here for everyone's birthdays. I think Jansen used some of his own money to buy this game called Blokus. They played it many nights in a row.</div>
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Emmy had a combined birthday party with her bestie Story. Story's mom had all these adorable pillowcases made for the guests to take home.</div>
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It was a spa night of sorts, and all the girls wore their pajamas.</div>
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We used our free trip to SeaWorld before Nate left. </div>
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I can always count on Nate to load on the peanut butter.</div>
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This picture is a little funny. Poor Natalie is having a very hard time in the background. I think she felt like Emmy received better presents than she did for her birthday.</div>
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Emmy has been going through a phase where she always wants her hair in a bun on top of her head. I can't say I blame her.</div>
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I had a fantastic girls weekend with these two in September. Michelle flew into Houston where Becca lives, and then I drove to Waco and we met up there. We visited Magnolia Market at the Silos of course.</div>
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Waco has its fair share of ghetto, and we honored that by hitting up the local Dollar Tree. We all bought an embarrassing amount of junk, but we had so much fun. </div>
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We did more shopping and eating in Waco and then drove to Arlington for the Time Out for Women event.</div>
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I had so much fun. One night ended in my favorite type of uncontrollable laughter. I love talking fashion, parenting, marriage, kids, religion, food, anything and everything with these two.</div>
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I brought Emmy In n Out and had lunch with her on her birthday.</div>
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This little princess discovered she can use a kickboard as a nice tray to eat off of while she takes a bath.</div>
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I was so happy when she requested a donut cake for her birthday. That's easy!</div>
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Nate and I went on a date to the King William District and took a beautiful stroll along the river.</div>
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Fall always means some soccer.</div>
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And church always means some shenanigans.</div>
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I think Natalie will always remember her late night runs to Church's Chicken with dad. He has the special touch with her most of the time.</div>
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Jansen and Natalie love to visit Priya, our friends' German Shepherd. Natalie will even happily scoop her poop. They have fun throwing her ball and getting her good and tired, which is a a win-win for us and the Kartchners.</div>
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Nate's impending deployment really got us thinking about getting a dog. I thought it would either be the best idea ever, or possibly the worst. We did some reading, I listened to podcasts, we talked to friends, and we finally decided to go for it. More on that later.</div>
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Jansen attended the Folks Middle School open house in August. It was a little surreal buying him gym clothes, helping him with his locker, and walking the route of his classes with him. He is such a confident kid, and I'm grateful for that. He really wasn't too nervous about the whole thing.</div>
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Leah still loves her blanket. Lately she has been wrapping it around her neck like this.</div>
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When the kids caught wind that a dog may be on the horizon, they got to work making signs for the people from Alamo Boxer Rescue to see when they came for a home visit.</div>
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The kids made aluminum boats to race down the gutter one rainy afternoon.</div>
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I hadn't planned on letting Natalie have a party this year since she had one last year, but I caved. She created this invite for her party.</div>
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We had a fun Saturday afternoon at Culebra Creek Park. They have a giant metal soccer ball in the middle of a field there and everyone took turns playing king of the mountain.</div>
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It ended up getting pretty muddy and messy which just meant more fun for the kids.</div>
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These are the times you just cringe and let the memories happen.</div>
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Emmy is so proud that she can do one of these all by herself with a towel when she has wet hair.</div>
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The first day of school was a little rough here. Emmy was mostly excited all summer and all the days leading up to school, but I could also sense that she was nervous. When it came time to actually drop her off in the gym with her teacher and classmates she was crying a lot. I had to literally pry her off my body, and she was wailing. It was such a hard thing to do, and I just went to my car and cried too. That whole week was ups and downs. A few times I dropped her off and she was all smiles, but most days she was crying and upset.</div>
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Natalie loves school and was so excited about her teacher, so she had zero issues.</div>
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Being home with just this one ended up being easier than I thought. She is used to having her siblings home with her, but she keeps busy and we have a lot of fun together. After the difficult first day drop off with Emmy, we hit the donut shop together.</div>
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Dinner time sure is a hard time of day. I am always trying to think of things to keep the littlest ones happy and busy while I get dinner ready. Most of the time they just watch a show, but there's stuff like this that happens too.</div>
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August is an important month because of Natalie's birthday! I came to her school and had lunch with her on her big day.</div>
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She loved her gifts.</div>
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It seems like we had balloons in the house for a month between Jansen, Natalie, and Emmy's birthdays. Leah has set herself up a little picnic here.</div>
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I love my little errand buddy. She parked herself here after we made a trip to Trader Joe's.</div>
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The most peaceful sight at the end of the day.</div>
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Nate went on a guys' camping trip at the end of August. Of course I can't even remember now where he went, but it was in Wyoming!</div>
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July was a memory filled month. Our first stop was Oregon for Emily and Jason's wedding. Leah did surprisingly well on the flight, and she even slept a little.</div>
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Layover! </div>
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Kim and Tim picked us up from the airport and were welcomed with this sight. Leah is still young, and Emmy is still rather unpredictable, but the kids are slowly getting easier to travel with. </div>
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When you really boil life down to the most important and meaningful things, this is what you get:</div>
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I thank my lucky stars all the time that these two boys were born so close to each other.</div>
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Emmy and Braeden sure had fun buzzing around in this thing.</div>
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These two practically look 16 in this picture! Emmy had some allergy problems this day, but it was a quick fix with some medicine.</div>
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This is the beautiful park where Jason and Emily got married. As we prepared for the wedding we visited it a few times and also had time to fit in some fun there.</div>
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Swimming at the hotel - it was so fun to stay at the same place as these guys.</div>
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Setting up for the wedding</div>
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It was a beautiful wedding, and it was especially neat to see Nate marry Jason and Emily.</div>
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Next stop was Grandma Kim's and Papa Tim's house. The kids rode in the RV, and Nate and I drove Tim's truck with Leah.</div>
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Playing in the river behind Grandma's house will always be a favorite memory for my kids. </div>
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I loved having a chance to wear jeans in July!</div>
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Emmy and Ryder really formed a strong bond and friendship this trip.</div>
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We took a tour of CenturyLink Field, and I'm so glad we did.</div>
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Every time we visit Seattle we have admired these gates and this beautiful driveway. It just so happens there is a little apartment in there available on Airbnb, so we stayed there during our visit!</div>
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Next stop, Utah! My cute nephew Gregory makes me smile every time I see him. </div>
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Nate and Jansen took an afternoon to do a little hiking and exploring together.</div>
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We had plans to go to the zoo one morning, but when we arrived it was REALLY busy. We went to the Church History Museum instead and had wonderful visit.</div>
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These little ones stormed Temple Square.</div>
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Since we were in Salt Lake already, we decided to hike Ensign Peak.</div>
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There was that time at the BYU Creamery that my mom decided to see if she could do a cartwheel.</div>
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My kids don't waste a minute making themselves feel at home at Grandma's house.</div>
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Uncle Don took us fishing one morning. It was beautiful...and cold to these Texans.</div>
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Emmy found a spot of sunshine to try and keep warm.</div>
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Nate and I went to a session at the Provo City Center Temple.</div>
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And what made it even better was having Christian and Julie there.</div>
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Nate and Brennon hiked Lone Peak together.</div>
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We had a special and too short visit with Grandma Nye and Dick. She gave each of the kids one of her special bears.</div>
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Some of my best Ohio buddies. Utah is the final resting place for all of us eventually haha.</div>
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These cute mermaid dress ups were given to Natalie and Emmy and they were WELL used.</div>
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Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point</div>
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Brennon's surprise birthday party</div>
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One morning Jansen, Leah, and I found these goats and some wild grapes.</div>
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Natalie got to sleep over at Brookie's a few times while we were in Utah. Julie found them like this one evening and sent me the picture.</div>
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Grandma has a "magic garden" at her house. Every morning a new flower appeared.</div>
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My best friends from high school - we celebrated Janelle and her little girl that was on the way at Brick Oven.</div>
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These girls could create anything out of...anything.</div>
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I love this shot of Leah with Grandpa.</div>
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The kids built this awesome fort at Grandpa and Grandma's. They could have worked on it for 5 more hours if we didn't have to leave.</div>
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Angie and Evie did us a huge favor and drove us all to the airport. We accidentally parked pretty far from where we needed to be, and I do not like to be late, so we were trucking it through the airport with a ton of stuff. Easy to laugh at now...</div>
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So hard to say goodbye :(</div>
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It was so wonderful to be back with Nate.</div>
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He had beautiful flowers waiting for us when we got home.</div>
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July was a memory filled month. Our first stop was Oregon for Emily and Jason's wedding. Leah did surprisingly well on the flight, and she even slept a little.</div>
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Kim and Tim picked us up from the airport and were welcomed with this sight. Leah is still young, and Emmy is still rather unpredictable, but the kids are slowly getting easier to travel with. </div>
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When you really boil life down to the most important and meaningful things, this is what you get:</div>
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I thank my lucky stars all the time that these two boys were born so close to each other.</div>
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Emmy and Braeden sure had fun buzzing around in this thing.</div>
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These two practically look 16 in this picture! Emmy had some allergy problems this day, but it was a quick fix with some medicine.</div>
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This is the beautiful park where Jason and Emily got married. As we prepared for the wedding we visited it a few times and also had time to fit in some fun there.</div>
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Swimming at the hotel - it was so fun to stay at the same place as these guys.</div>
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Setting up for the wedding</div>
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It was a beautiful wedding, and it was especially neat to see Nate marry Jason and Emily.</div>
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Next stop was Grandma Kim's and Poppa Tim's house. The kids rode in the RV, and Nate and I drove Tim's truck with Leah.</div>
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Playing in the river behind Grandma's house will always be a favorite memory for my kids. </div>
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Emmy and Ryder really formed a strong bond and friendship this trip.</div>
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We took a tour of CenturyLink Field, and I'm so glad we did.</div>
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Every time we visit Seattle we have admired these gates and this beautiful driveway. It just so happens there is a little apartment in there available on Airbnb, so we stayed there during our visit!</div>
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Next stop, Utah! My cute nephew Gregory makes me smile every time I see him. </div>
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Nate and Jansen took an afternoon to do a little hiking and exploring together.</div>
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We had plans to go to the zoo one morning, but when we arrived it was REALLY busy. We went to the Church History Museum instead and had wonderful visit.</div>
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These little ones stormed Temple Square.</div>
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Since we were in Salt Lake already, we decided to hike Ensign Peak.</div>
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There was that time at the BYU Creamery that my mom decided to see if she could do a cartwheel.</div>
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My kids don't waste a minute making themselves feel at home at Grandma's house.</div>
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Uncle Don took us fishing one morning. It was beautiful...and cold to these Texans.</div>
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Emmy found a spot of sunshine to try and keep warm.</div>
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Nate and I went to a session at the Provo City Center Temple.</div>
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And what made it even better was having Christian and Julie there.</div>
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Nate and Brennon hiked Lone Peak together.</div>
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We had a special and too short visit with Grandma Nye and Dick. She gave each of the kids one of her special bears.</div>
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Some of my best Ohio buddies. Utah is the final resting place for all of us eventually haha.</div>
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Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point</div>
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Brennon's surprise birthday party</div>
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We went on an awesome hike with Lexi and Brennon.</div>
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One morning Jansen, Leah, and I found these goats and some wild grapes.</div>
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For some reason it was so fun to just hang out in the shade and feed those guys.</div>
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Natalie got to sleep over at Brookie's a few times while we were in Utah. Julie found them like this one evening and sent me the picture.</div>
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Grandma has a "magic garden" at her house. Every morning a new flower appeared.</div>
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My best friends from high school - we celebrated Janelle and her little girl that was on the way at Brick Oven.</div>
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These girls could create anything out of...anything.</div>
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I love this shot of Leah with Grandpa.</div>
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The kids built this awesome fort at Grandpa and Grandma's. They could have worked on it for 5 more hours if we didn't have to leave.</div>
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So hard to say goodbye :(</div>
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It was so wonderful to be back with Nate.</div>
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He had beautiful flowers waiting for us when we got home.</div>
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They have a 5th grade promotion here in San Antonio for your goodbye and graduation from elementary school. Jansen's principal, Ms. Keairnes, retired after finishing up the year at Scarborough. She was a good principal for Jansen and will be missed. She took notice of him the first time she met us, and I know she worked hard to meet his needs. He often completes standardized testing early, and on at least one occasion she took him out to get some exercise after he had finished.</div>
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I adored Jansen's teacher Mrs. Martinez, and he really liked her too. I think they carefully chose who they thought would be a good fit for him. It can't be overstated how much a great teacher can change the whole school experience. She was positive, accommodating, and caring.</div>
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Jansen and his buddy Nolan</div>
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One of Jansen's friends had a birthday party after school on the last day. His mom also took some fun pictures. Jansen went to part of the party, but he ended up needing to come home before bowling because a storm blew in that scared him. I felt bad for him, but everyone was understanding and I was thankful for that. </div>
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Natalie finished up another great season with I9 in June.</div>
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Now this made me laugh. Emmy dressed up two pool noodles as a boy and a girl and they are engaged - notice the gold ring.</div>
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Rubik's cube mania continues </div>
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The missionaries (understandably) love Nate. He IS a great example of someone who goes out of his way to support and reach out to people. Sometimes I even have to reign it in a little. </div>
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Fire ants are still our big enemy at the park. They are the sneakiest and nastiest little things. Gone are the days of the harmless little ant crawling on your shoe.</div>
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We love Bahama Bucks. It's so nice to be at a stage of life where for the most part, no one is running around the store. We can sit and eat and enjoy. </div>
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Sometimes to keep busy in the summer we attend the Peter Piper Pizza activity days. There are some crafts, and then I let the kids play some of the arcade games.</div>
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Natalie loves to go shopping, and she really loves to go shopping with me. She has her own purse full of all sorts of things. I think she even has some emergency snacks and entertainment for Leah. She is going to make a prepared and great momma.</div>
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Our friend let us have half of her jackfruit. This thing was STICKY and not very tasty, but it was a fun way to add some excitement to our morning.</div>
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Happy Father's Day! I could certainly go on and on about the incredible father that he is. The girls had some heartfelt gifts for him this year. </div>
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We were so lucky to have another visit from the Nelsons. Our kids have always gotten along great, but it seems like the older they get the more fun they have together. We had crepes to celebrate Brinley's birthday.</div>
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Natalie has started to love Garfield. I was a HUGE Garfield fan around her age. For one of my birthday parties my friends contacted everyone coming to my party and had them wrap and bring a can of Garfield Spaghettios for my gift. They brought real gifts as well. It was so funny. I remember feeling amused at first, and then as I kept opening cans I was so worried that all I would get was Spaghettios for my birthday.</div>
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Emmy is still not swimming independently, but all of my kids have been slow to learn to swim well. She still loves the pool. </div>
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The kids had been begging to have a lemonade stand. We decided to do it one Saturday when Nate was working or something, and although it got a little rainy, it was a big hit. I posted about it on our neighborhood page and people were so supportive. It ended up being a fun morning, but still something I only want to do about once a year!</div>
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One of those, well, we will never do that again moments. It's wet sidewalk chalk.</div>
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Natalie took some sewing lessons over the summer. She happened to have a friend in the class, so that made it even more fun.</div>
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Emmy has phases where she wakes up a few times in the night. A sticker chart and bribery are usually my best bet at getting back on track. Emmy was picking out her "reward" for sleeping through the night for awhile.</div>
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Just a typical day in the life...which sometimes means faucets running when they shouldn't be, and children on the counter when they shouldn't be,</div>
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We had lunch with some other moms from church one afternoon. It was at a fun Mexican restaurant with a playscape for the kids to use while we ate. </div>
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May was a busy and big month for us. Nate was promoted to Major, and the kids and I attended the ceremony. We were a bit of a circus, but it was great to be there as a family.</div>
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I'm always so proud of him. He does the right things for the right reasons.</div>
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We "celebrated" that afternoon by taking the kids to Thin Air. </div>
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Summer time = s'mores and pizza on the grill</div>
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Our good friends were sealed in the San Antonio temple during May, and Nate and I were able to attend. </div>
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Leah notices EVERY time we drive by the car wash, and I have to reassure her we are not going. (We could really do better at the frequency we wash our cars.) I think she's remembering this particular experience.</div>
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Goofing around at Jimmy John's one evening</div>
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I had a wonderful Mother's Day. I was served this delicious ham and egg and cheese omelet in bed.</div>
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Natalie made me my very own pinata!</div>
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It actually took some real effort and a little while to bust it open. It was a big (but fun) mess.</div>
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I had been looking forward to May for a lot of reasons, and one big one was my girl's trip to San Diego with my Ohio friends. This was dad's first day with the kids...</div>
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They certainly have a good time when they're with him.</div>
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I first flew into Las Vegas and was able to get some frozen yogurt with these friends I love and miss dearly. </div>
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The next morning Kiki and I drove to San Diego. I loved having hours to just chat with her and catch up. I could have done it for 10! We picked up Monica and Kara from the airport not long after getting into San Diego.</div>
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One of our first adventures was historic Old Town. I could have used some of this stuff to help us celebrate Fiesta in San Antonio!</div>
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This was the best Mexican food I'd ever had. We were entertained by birds who kept swooping in too close for Kiki's comfort. </div>
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Nothing beats the beach. I could stare out at the water forever.</div>
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This was our view from the back patio of the home we rented. It was really beautiful.</div>
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Seaport Village was a great place to spend a morning. No need for a real plan or destination, just beautiful scenery and my favorite people.</div>
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I was glad when Annie got into town so that I had someone to be weird with.</div>
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Annie got to spend her birthday with us, so we made sure to make it special.</div>
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I had to do a little convincing to get these girls to do a Segway tour, but I think they're happy we went for it.</div>
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I felt like I had the biggest goofy grin on my face the whole time.</div>
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There was a neat event going on nearby that had the coolest and cutest stuff. We stopped in and did a little shopping.</div>
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We all loved this market.</div>
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Coronado Island</div>
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Sunday morning it was just me, Monica, and Kara. We explored Balboa Park.</div>
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Meanwhile, Leah was ready for her mama to come home. Nate always does such a fantastic job when it's just him and the kids. </div>
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I loved Leah's fat little feet squeezed into these little dress up shoes.</div>
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The other thing that made May such a fantastic month was my trip to Utah for my mom's wedding. I got to meet my sweet nephew Gregory for the first time. </div>
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My mom's wedding was beautiful, and they snuck it in during the couple hours of good weather that day. I'm so happy for her, and we are excited to get to know Mike better.</div>
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Jansen and Natalie had their first piano recital. They have been playing for less than a year, but have made so much progress. I truly love hearing them practice, and I did not expect that.</div>
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I took Leah and Emmy to the zoo one morning before our annual pass expired.</div>
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The school Sock Hop was a big success, and Jansen seemed much more into it than last year.</div>
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Leah loves to try and store everything and anything in our pockets.</div>
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Proof of our wet month</div>
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My friend Tori took this picture of our church after a huge storm.</div>
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Emmy was sweetly scratching Leah's back.</div>
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"Look Mommy, I driving!" She loves to grab this part of her highchair and pretend she's driving.</div>
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And also in May...Leah turned 2! We had a really busy week, so we waited till the weekend to celebrate our little nugget and let her open presents and have cake and ice cream.</div>
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When Leah eats something she likes she says, "So nummy good!"</div>
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When we drive down small hills she exclaims from her carseat, "Woohoo downhill!"</div>
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And my personal favorite, although I have no idea where it came from is "Okay, let's do it!"</div>
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May was a WET month here in Texas. The wettest in history I believe. Luckily there were still some pleasant days to play at the park. Leah loves to hang like this, and she will find all sorts of funny ways to do it.</div>
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Just a typical day in the life...which sometimes means faucets running when they shouldn't be, and children on the counter when they shouldn't be,</div>
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We had lunch with some other moms from church one afternoon. It was at a fun Mexican restaurant with a playscape for the kids to use while we ate. </div>
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May was a busy and big month for us. Nate was promoted to Major, and the kids and I attended the ceremony. We were a bit of a circus, but it was great to be there as a family.</div>
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I'm always so proud of him. He does the right things for the right reasons.</div>
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We "celebrated" that afternoon by taking the kids to Thin Air. </div>
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Summer time = s'mores and pizza on the grill</div>
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Our good friends were sealed in the San Antonio temple during May, and Nate and I were able to attend. </div>
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Leah notices EVERY time we drive by the car wash, and I have to reassure her we are not going. (We could really do better at the frequency we wash our cars.) I think she's remembering this particular experience.</div>
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Goofing around at Jimmy John's one evening</div>
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I had a wonderful Mother's Day. I was served this delicious ham and egg and cheese omelet in bed.</div>
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Natalie made me my very own pinata!</div>
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It actually took some real effort and a little while to bust it open. It was a big (but fun) mess.</div>
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I had been looking forward to May for a lot of reasons, and one big one was my girl's trip to San Diego with my Ohio friends. This was dad's first day with the kids...</div>
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They certainly have a good time when they're with him.</div>
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I first flew into Las Vegas and was able to get some frozen yogurt with these friends I love and miss dearly. </div>
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The next morning Kiki and I drove to San Diego. I loved having hours to just chat with her and catch up. I could have done it for 10! We picked up Monica and Kara from the airport not long after getting into San Diego.</div>
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One of our first adventures was historic Old Town. I could have used some of this stuff to help us celebrate Fiesta in San Antonio!</div>
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This was the best Mexican food I'd ever had. We were entertained by birds who kept swooping in too close for Kiki's comfort. </div>
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This was our view from the back patio of the home we rented. It was really beautiful.</div>
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Seaport Village was a great place to spend a morning. No need for a real plan or destination, just beautiful scenery and my favorite people.</div>
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I was glad when Annie got into town so that I had someone to be weird with.</div>
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I had to do a little convincing to get these girls to do a Segway tour, but I think they're happy we went for it.</div>
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I felt like I had the biggest goofy grin on my face the whole time.</div>
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There was a neat event going on nearby that had the coolest and cutest stuff. We stopped in and did a little shopping.</div>
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We all loved this market.</div>
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Coronado Island</div>
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Sunday morning it was just me, Monica, and Kara. We explored Balboa Park.</div>
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Meanwhile, Leah was ready for her mama to come home. Nate always does such a fantastic job when it's just him and the kids. </div>
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I loved Leah's fat little feet squeezed into these little dress up shoes.</div>
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The other thing that made May such a fantastic month was my trip to Utah for my mom's wedding. I got to meet my sweet nephew Gregory for the first time. </div>
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My mom's wedding was beautiful, and they snuck it in during the couple hours of good weather that day. I'm so happy for her, and we are excited to get to know Mike better.</div>
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Jansen and Natalie had their first piano recital. They have been playing for less than a year, but have made so much progress. I truly love hearing them practice, and I did not expect that.</div>
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I took Leah and Emmy to the zoo one morning before our annual pass expired.</div>
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The school Sock Hop was a big success, and Jansen seemed much more into it than last year.</div>
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Leah loves to try and store everything and anything in our pockets.</div>
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My friend Tori took this picture of our church after a huge storm.</div>
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Emmy was sweetly scratching Leah's back.</div>
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"Look Mommy, I driving!" She loves to grab this part of her highchair and pretend she's driving.</div>
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And also in May...Leah turned 2! We had a really busy week, so we waited till the weekend to celebrate our little nugget and let her open presents and have cake and ice cream.</div>
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When Leah eats something she likes she says, "So nummy good!"</div>
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When we drive down small hills she exclaims from her carseat, "Woohoo downhill!"</div>
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And my personal favorite, although I have no idea where it came from is "Okay, let's do it!"</div>
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April has got to be the month of the Texas wildflowers. Emmy has an especially good eye for spotting them and loves to make bouquets.</div>
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Leah is testing limits and patience. She is drawing on things, throwing food, ripping everything out of drawers, climbing on counters, turning on faucets, raiding the pantry, destroying Littlest Pet Shop creations, to name a few things. She doesn't throw tantrums though, so it's not all bad. :) </div>
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Oh and I forgot to add that she is picking anything from the garden and trees that is within reach. We are down to one apple left on our tree.</div>
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Natalie is having a great soccer season. All of her games are right during Leah's naps, so unless Nate is out of town and I have the privilege of taking everyone, he usually stays home and I take her. I love watching her play. </div>
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Hanging out in the playset</div>
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It has been fun to bring Natalie to the church with us to do Activity Days while I'm at scouts with Jansen. We recently switched buildings, and church is now at 1. The ten minute drive to the church is a beautiful one, and I really enjoy it. </div>
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In April, San Antonio celebrates something called Fiesta. It's a really big deal here! It began as a way to honor the memory of the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto. Natalie had a fiesta themed activity at church.</div>
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The kids even get a day off from school for Fiesta and have class parties to celebrate it.</div>
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Nate and I really wanted to participate in and be a part of all the festivities, so we went on a date downtown to Market Square. Sadly, that was a bad idea! The traffic was absolutely crazy. I snapped this picture at some point just to help me remember the afternoon. We never left our car. We just got sucked into the traffic and then spent an hour trying to get out of it. After escaping we headed back towards home and had dinner at BJ's just down the street from our house. Live and learn.</div>
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It has been a little bit of a crazy spring as far as weather. There was a record breaking hailstorm one evening (I was at the stake center playing basketball when it happened). Lots of people had damaged cars (some totaled!), broken windows, etc. This was the hail at our house - which wasn't even close to how big it was at some nearby homes. </div>
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Our Cub Scout pack participated in Scouting for Food in April. One Saturday the boys left paper bags on porches, and the following Saturday they collected the filled bags.</div>
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We go through sidewalk chalk quickly over here.</div>
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Nate was at a sports medicine conference in Dallas for a week in April. He came back with a TENS unit which is something that sends electrical impulses and causes your muscles to fire. We had fun trying it out on Jansen.</div>
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I decided to just throw away Leah's bottles one afternoon. I knew that's what I would need to do if I was really serious about it. If they were accessible, then every time Leah asked for one I knew I would give in. The transition has actually been pretty smooth.</div>
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What Jansen does in his spare time...</div>
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Emmy's big, beautiful top permanent teeth are coming in. </div>
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Most mornings begin with some sort of art creation by Emmy. This trail of tiny cut up pieces of paper was not my favorite to clean up. </div>
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Jansen's class had a field trip to SeaWorld. His teacher texted me in the middle of the day and informed me that while trying to do the crab walk (or some variation), Jansen fell and cut his eyebrow. It was pretty swollen.</div>
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Jansen loves to have me take pictures of him making a catch. He has been really into his Rubik's cube lately. </div>
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I bought one of those vegetable spiralizers, and we've tried a few things with it. Perhaps the best part has been playing with the discarded vegetable pieces.</div>
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March started off the very best way it could with a visit from my mom. She got lots of attention and lots of sunshine - our Texas hospitality special. It was a very low-key visit without a lot of sightseeing or traveling. It had been a crazy week in our house before she arrived, and we were all happy to just hang out in the backyard or on the guest bed and take it easy.</div>
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One night she and I got to go out to "celebrate" my birthday early. We tried a Chinese place I'd never been to and then did a little shopping nearby. </div>
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Leah is the quintessential almost 2 year old. I'm wondering if she's holding out and will really blast us when she's 2 because right now she's mostly delightful. She is busy, and messy, and clingy, but SO cute and so sweet. She's stringing together some phrases like "I drank it all gone!" She likes frozen cherries, scrambled eggs, all types of noodles, and practically dances around the kitchen when she gets juice. </div>
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She has really started to love the book "Goodnight Gorilla." She also loves "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," anything Curious George, Little People open the flap books, and lots of others. She does not like shoes and really doesn't wear them much, not even at church. You can only put them on her so many times! She has been stealing every unripe strawberry from the garden that she can find and will happily gobble them down. When we get home from errands or any other car ride she loves to spend some time in the driver seat sitting on my lap.</div>
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All the kids have always been a big help with Leah, but Natalie has been a lifesaver lately. She plays will Leah a lot, and that is a total game changer for me. </div>
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Leah was trying to dig in our little garden a lot, so we decided to create a sandbox in the back corner of the yard. It is well loved, and has solved the garden digging problem, but it is also becoming a neighborhood kitty litter box sadly. We are working on a solution, and right now my vote is for Nate to pee in a cup and sprinkle it around the perimeter every week. BOOM! Best idea ever.</div>
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Emmy is working hard at learning how to roller skate and has these two cute supporters to cheer her on.</div>
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I'm not sure what it is about puddles, but kids sure LOVE them. I cringe a little as I think of the small mud holes it's creating, the grass that will be stuck all over her feet, and the dirty splashes that will get all over her clothes, but I cannot say no to a little backyard puddle jumping. </div>
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I can't remember who had the bright idea of playing ring toss with my head - it can't have been mine - but we got a few laughs out of it one afternoon.</div>
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We still like to go over to the middle school and play. Leah loves the bleachers, Emmy and Natalie love the sand, and Jansen loves the open football field.</div>
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It's a good way to tire everybody out.</div>
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Nate also introduced Jansen to wall ball. </div>
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Our sweet friend broke her foot and her dog needed some exercise and entertainment. We were happy to have Cougar over for an afternoon.</div>
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Leah loves the swings and can now swing on them all by herself!</div>
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I'm realizing March was a really fantastic month. We also got a visit from our dear friends the Nelsons who decided to come to San Antonio for spring break. It was the highlight of OUR spring break to have them here for a couple nights. Emmy and Marlee are two peas in a pod.</div>
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Becca has fond memories of Bahama Buck's from her high school days so she suggested we head there one afternoon - which was an awesome idea.</div>
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I happened to see $1.99 St Patrick's Day shirts with free shipping for the older girls, so we were sporting our green on March 17. </div>
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And I can't even tell how fun this day was. On a Friday, Tasha mentioned to me that the BYU women's basketball team was playing the next day in Austin. I really wanted to go, and it was my birthday weekend, so I proposed the idea to Nate. Long story short, Mandy, Tasha, and I made a very last minute outing to Austin the next day. We stopped at Buc-ee's on the way to stock up on some treats for the road.</div>
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BYU lost the game, but I had a blast. Watching a game with friends is definitely one of my happy places. </div>
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Even though it was a little late, we took a quick trip to Ikea that night after the game.</div>
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And then tried Torchy's tacos - which were so hot! Well, the one I ordered was. I took it home to Nate, and of course he said it was NOT that hot. The trip to Austin was about the best way I could ever imagine to celebrate my birthday. It truly blows my mind how young I feel even though my age keeps going up. </div>
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The pinewood derby also happened in March. Jansen modeled his car after a Corvette Stingray. He didn't win, but he was happy with how his car did.</div>
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My friend Emylee gave me the little push I needed to host an adult egg hunt with her. I think it is the 5th or 6th one we have done, but it has been a couple years since the last one. It was an absolute blast of course.</div>
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Nate and Jason put some of the eggs in the pool, and thankfully we have friends who are awesome and crazy enough to dive in after them.</div>
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I wore Peeps earrings again. My friend's toddler came up to me and was looking at them with such curiosity, so I asked him if he wanted a bite. He didn't even hesitate! Nate took a bite out of the other one. </div>
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The Saturday before Easter we participated in a neighborhood egg hunt and potluck. Leah was very unsure of that Easter bunny, but then called out for it all afternoon. "Bunny, where are you?"</div>
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I looked out the back door the other day and couldn't help but think how lucky I am. Seeing these four kids playing together in the backyard is exactly what I've always wanted in life. Our neighbors can attest that our kids have their share of screams, fights, and tears, but they love being together and I hope they always remember their happy Texas days in the backyard.</div>
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And the backyard got even better recently with the addition of a hammock Nate bought when he was on his mission in Venezuela.</div>
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We had a nice Easter Sunday, but pictures were comical as always. I honestly don't know where that face Leah is pulling came from or how I caught it on camera!</div>
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I love bedtime routine with this little bug. I know she won't need me forever, so I am trying to appreciate every book and song and snuggle. But yes, I also want to rip my eyeballs out after getting everyone to bed. Can those feelings coexist? They must, because I feel them every night.</div>
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I just adore Jansen's teacher. She has been SO good for him. There aren't words to express the appreciation a mom has for a great teacher who tried to understand her child. She created this certificate for Jansen after he spent a recess outside on a very windy day which was very hard for him.</div>
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Grandma Kim sent us a fun little package complete with dress up jewelry that the girls went gaga for. Natalie and Emmy wasted no time putting on the clip on earrings and adorning themselves with every ring, necklace, and bracelet they could.</div>
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I can finally pull Leah's hair into a little pigtail. I love the little curls she has on a humid day. </div>
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Nate is truly a superstar dad. He came home late from work one night and the kids were all ready for bed. Jansen begged to go throw the football, so they did that until there wasn't any light left outside. Then it was Natalie's turn for some alone time with daddy. She decided to dress him up. He is certainly a good sport. You can see from the smile on her face that it's the little things like this that mean a lot to them.</div>
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Texas is beautiful in the spring, and we enjoying a lot of time outside creating, collecting, playing, and...yeah, I have no idea what Leah is trying to do to Emmy back there...</div>
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Leah has been adding a lot of new words and two word phrases this month. She also loves to mimic things we say. When you give her something, she usually says "you're welcome" rather than "thank you." She joins the kids on the couch when they watch shows and now says "Sofia," "Wild Kratts," and "George." </div>
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She had a couple weeks where she was throwing some wicked tantrums. There wasn't a lot I could do except let it play out. They have pretty much stopped for the time being, but I imagine they will reappear in the near future. Leah says "hold you" (meaning she wants me to hold her) probably 50 times a day. She doesn't like to be too far from me. We had a few sleep struggles this month, but at the moment I lay her in her crib and she happily calls out "bye!" as I leave the room. </div>
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It's probably from excessive time (mommy fail) on the Starfall app, but Leah is very interested in letters and recognizes about 8 of them. She's also very intrigued by exclamation points and questions marks she sees when we read.</div>
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Jansen and Natalie didn't have actual Valentine's Day parties at school, but they were allowed to bring boxes and valentines to give out. I wrapped Natalie's in gift wrap and then let her have at it. I am particularly fond of her use of office supplies.</div>
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Jansen's box was supposed to represent his personality. Difficult (for a 5th grader) math problems, basketball, football, and origami made up the majority of his box. Jansen loves watching amazing football catches on YouTube and also loves to try and reenact them. One of his favorite things to do is catch passes while he is jumping on the tramp.</div>
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I found this note on the kitchen floor from his teacher. We have loved Mrs. Martinez - she has been a wonderful teacher for Jansen.</div>
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We received a Valentine's box from Grandma Kim full of the most delicious (and beautiful!) cake pops and cookies.</div>
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Emmy asks to have friends over all the time. She loves her friend Story, and they play happily together for hours. Emmy must be in a silly face stage - two pictures in a row with this face.</div>
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Nate and I went on a date to the Tower of the Americas, which has some similarities to the Space Needle. This place seemed to have a lot of potential, but fell flat in so many areas. It seems poorly managed. We still had a great time together.</div>
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It was SO windy up there! I was laughing hysterically. </div>
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The guy who took this picture was probably a little inebriated. We later saw him again at the elevator as we were trying to get down from the top. The elevator was so slow, and for some reason we decided to join him in taking the stairs down - which is not allowed. I am usually a very strict rule follower, but I honestly had no idea when the elevator would come again and felt justified in our choice. We got stopped by someone working in the restaurant a couple flights down and after our intoxicated friend rattled off something incoherent and untruthful we were led to another elevator (which still took forever). We eventually made it down.</div>
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I can't remember why, but Nate had the kids one Saturday afternoon. This is usually how those kinds of afternoons end: with McDonalds.</div>
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I pretty much have to just throw away Leah's clothes when she spends a few hours with daddy, but hey I'm not complaining.</div>
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We had a beautiful Sunday afternoon walk in February on the trail near our house. There have been some wild boars spotted there lately. </div>
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Leah lost yogurt privileges for a little while after this. It was the second day in a row that she had done it. She loves noodles right now.</div>
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Natalie has been enjoying Activity Days at the church on Tuesday evenings while I'm at Cub Scouts with Jansen. The girls learned some hip hop dancing this night.</div>
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Emmy continues to love to put together interesting outfits. </div>
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I ordered all the Little House on the Prairie books from ebay (cheapest option) for Natalie. </div>
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Leah still uses bottles and loves them. I just don't feel like messing with it, but I will probably need to make some changes soon since she bit a huge hole in one the other day.</div>
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February was a month of sickness for us. There was a stomach bug that hit everyone but Leah, and there would be several days to a week between each case, so it seemed to drag on forever! I was so tired. </div>
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One day at the end of the sickness palooza I kept everyone home just to make sure we were all the way better. We had a pet show featuring many accessorized stuffed animals.</div>
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Leah loves to play in Nate's car after he gets home from work.</div>
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Nate built a beautiful little garden where we have some strawberries, 3 kinds of tomatoes, and some peppers growing. We also recently bought a grapefruit and an apple tree.</div>
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I love this curious little nugget who continues to love making messes. </div>
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We went to Pedernales State Park on President's Day, and for some reason I mostly only have pictures of Leah.</div>
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January has been beautiful this year. Lots of days in the 60s and 70s and lots of sunshine. It really is so good for the soul. I think I may be converted to San Antonio's climate. It does start out in the 30s in the mornings, but Jansen and Natalie both refuse coats or jackets most days because they just hate to bother with them when it warms up later.</div>
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The older three kids like to treat Leah like royalty. They'll create blanket and pillow nests like the one in this laundry basket and then bring her favorite stuffed animals and get her a drink. She is 20 months old now, and they still just want to be with her and around her.</div>
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I looked up one afternoon and saw this hilarious sight. Jansen got this blanket for Christmas, and we love to make each other laugh by creating funny moments like this with it. </div>
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Poor Natalie, this is about as close as it gets for her as far as a pet. Natalie continues to leave me notes everywhere about getting a dog. I find "get a dog" on my grocery lists and to do lists all the time. </div>
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Like many other people, I was motivated to do some decluttering when January hit. Between a couple books and a podcast I was listening to, I was really feeling it. Our master bedroom closet was in sad shape (and still is), but I made some progress.</div>
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For better or for worse, Emmy cares very much about how she looks. We were preparing to leave for church, and she came downstairs with this fantastic butterfly carefully positioned in her hair. I like to let my kids express themselves and choose what they wear for the most part, but I felt like this was...a little much. I did end up letting her wear it, and thankfully she took it out after not too long because it was hurting her.</div>
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I thought the trampoline would be a little problematic once Leah was old enough to want to jump, but surprisingly it hasn't been. Jansen and Natalie enjoy having her on the trampoline, and I rarely hear them ask me to get her off.</div>
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A favorite January morning moment was Leah placing this blueberry in her ear and then going on with her breakfast.</div>
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I wish I could have taken a better picture and captured these models a little better, but this is a collection of some of Jansen's latest origami.</div>
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We rented Cinderella and watched it a few weeks ago. Natalie LOVES the song "Lavender's Blue." She often wants me to play it for her when she's going to bed. Emmy got dressed up during the movie and wanted to dance with Nate.</div>
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Nate had another quick deployment in January, and he brought back a few sodas from Ascension Island. Talk about gross. Points for daddy for thinking of the kids and knowing they would love it though. </div>
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We spent a few hours one Saturday morning at Government Canyon going on a small hike and looking for rocks to put in the rock tumbler. It was a windy day, and Jansen really struggled. I am proud of him for each time he faces his fears, and we are continuing to work through things. I think Emmy won the "most prepared" award as she brought half of her room with her in her backpack.</div>
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Jansen still loves football. He has never been on a team, and I don't know that he ever will be, but he could toss the football and run plays all day with anyone who is willing.</div>
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At school he plays four square though. He will often come home and tell me how no one could get him out and he "was a boss" today.</div>
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We have church at 11:00 now. That helps a little with the morning craziness of getting us all out the door (without Nate's help since he has meetings) and looking somewhat presentable. Leah usually naps at 12:30 though, so waiting till 2:30 to go down can be rough. It's working out though. Leah is very upset when I leave her in nursery, but she is getting better each time.</div>
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I knew Leah would love this hat when I pulled it out of the little bit of winter gear we have. She saw herself in the mirror and grinned just like this picture.</div>
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Emmy had her 5 year well check. The doctor is not too concerned about Emmy's headaches, and she is working on drinking more water. We have a different pediatrician than the one we started with when we moved here, and I really like her. </div>
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Emmy also lost her other front tooth. That's four teeth now that she's lost!</div>
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She really wanted me to take a picture of her eyes "all white."</div>
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We had a wonderful visit from Steve and Jody in January. Emmy made sure she looked her best before we went and picked them up from the airport.</div>
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Four square still rules our afternoons (after homework, piano, and jobs) and Grandpa and Grandma got to see it in action and also played.</div>
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Natalie and Emmy loved playing Pet Shops and creating all sorts of things with Jody.</div>
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This was one of the creative projects that happened. You may not be able to tell from the picture, but this was a MESSY one.</div>
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Nate and Steve took the kids over to the middle school one morning to play on the basketball courts. Emmy LOVES the sand pit for the long jump.</div>
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Natalie writes a lot of stories, and sometimes I don't get a chance to read them all. Jody was reading this one and recommended I check out chapter 2 as I may "get an education." </div>
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We spent the Saturday afternoon of Steve and Jody's visit at the Sn Antonio Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately it was another really windy day, and Jansen wouldn't leave the building. He wouldn't have stepped outside even if I handed him a $100 as he did it.</div>
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I stayed with him, and we made the most of having some time with just me and him. He also had a talk in Primary the next day, so we worked on that. </div>
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Leah warmed up very quickly to our visitors and loved having them here.</div>
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I took this picture of Steve admiring one of our awesome Texas sunsets.</div>
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We went to Castroville Regional Park on Martin Luther King Day to look for more rocks and let the kids run around. It's so fun to see what rocks they pick out and deem beautiful and worthy to bring home.</div>
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Leah would find rocks and then tuck them in the sleeve of her shirt.</div>
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There's a bakery not far from the park, and we stopped there on our way home. I made Nate stand in front of this mural that was painted on the side of the building. I thought it was so cool!</div>
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I'm so mad I didn't take any pictures, but Jody and I had really fun morning together shopping and having Thai food for lunch. It went by way too fast.</div>
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For Steve's upcoming birthday, Nate treated him to a guided birding tour at a place called King Ranch. It's the largest ranch in the United States, and they are well known for their conservation efforts. They left at 4am and returned at 9pm and had an epic day. </div>
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Emmy's pictures are always covering our refrigerator, and I love seeing what she comes up with. I've loved the extra time with her at home this year, and her reading is coming along great.</div>
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Maybe I just don't remember, or maybe the other kids didn't have such ready access, but I swear Leah loves pens and markers more than any of the others. She loves to climb up on the bar stools and scribble on paper (and herself) while Emmy is coloring and drawing.</div>
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Some words we have heard Leah say/use lately: Jesus, camera, cold, tub, watch (as in "watch me"), guys, Ice Cube (the name of Emmy's stuffed penguin), socks, Leah, juice, kiwi, cow, and pop. </div>
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Another poem Jansen wrote:</div>
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Natalie LOVES to play in the vacant lot across the street from our house. She built this little "nest" over there.</div>
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Our rock polisher finally completed its last cycle. The rocks turned out really beautiful, although they were not as shiny as we thought they would be.</div>
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And then a few final random pictures from last month...</div>
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This was an assignment Jansen had for school in December that I got a kick out of. No pun intended. Funny side note and memory, when Nate and I were dating, I had a really great roommate named Rachel that we both loved. One time Nate said, "She really gives me a kick." </div>
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"You mean you get a kick out of her?"</div>
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"Yes." :)</div>
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Emmy has had a few days where she meticulously and happily makes her bed.</div>
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This is a close up of our Christmas tree this year. Lots of homemade creations.</div>
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Natalie and Emmy made macaroni and cheese all by themselves one Saturday afternoon.</div>
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Natalie must have been very tired this night, I found her asleep with a Go-gurt still in her mouth.</div>
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Nate was out of town for a few days in December, and I was really feeling down about the absence of that "Christmas feeling." The weather was so warm, and we are far from family and what I feel like are all the fun Christmas-y things. I was telling Nate all this on the phone, and he reminded me that there's a lot we can do in our home to make it feel more like the holidays. I put on my big girl pants, and the kids and I decorated cookies to get in the spirit.</div>
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And now an assignment of Natalie's that I also loved reading.</div>
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Leah was seated way too close to the silverware drawer, and she jumped on the chance to pull out almost every fork. </div>
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You can see a few moms in the distance of this picture. They all live in the neighborhood, various ages, some work and some don't, all of us in very different stages of life, but we have a great time chatting while the kids play outside when it's nice. It really helps my afternoons pass by as we wait for Nate to get home from work. </div>
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Natalie was a sheep in the ward Christmas party nativity. </div>
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The kids loved wearing their pajamas to the activity. It was a Polar Express themed night.</div>
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The next morning it was our family's turn to help clean the church.</div>
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That weekend was the busiest of the month for us. We went to an ugly sweater/white elephant party Saturday evening. This is the creation I came up with for Nate's sweater. I specialize in this kind of ugly crap.</div>
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Nate ended up winning the ugly sweater contest.</div>
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It was a hilarious and fun night. We have been very lucky to have "silly" friends everywhere we have lived. These parties are some of our favorite memories from all the places we've called home.</div>
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This was the white elephant (unicorn?) gift I brought to give away, and it was the last gift opened. I had to get a picture of Nate in it before it went to its new home.</div>
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Emmy complains of headaches almost daily. Luckily there are no other symptoms, and for the most part it really doesn't affect her day TOO much. Before taking her to the pediatrician to get her looked at I wanted to check on her vision. We took a trip to the pediatric optometrist, and she is a little far sighted. We aren't going to do glasses just yet.</div>
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Emmy loved setting up all the little nativity figurines we have. Some are breakable, but none were expensive, so I like to let the kids play with them.</div>
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I don't even think this little munchie broke any this year!</div>
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I'm including this picture because it shows one of the disgusting corners of Leah's blanket. She has always loved chewing on the corners of it and still does when she is going to sleep. I wash it often, but it always looks gross.</div>
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We took a trip to Bass Pro Shop with a friend to see Santa, but when the line was just too dang long we consoled ourselves with fudge.</div>
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Nothing makes my mother head spin like a request to set up a sale on the sidewalk. I want to support and encourage their creativity and entrepreneurship, but it's a lot of work, and there are usually no customers. This one happened over Christmas Break. The recorder and other instruments/noise makers were to attract people to the sale.</div>
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Bless you San Antonio for allowing us to spend time outside over the winter break. We visited the San Antonio Botanical Gardens and picked beautiful, fragrant lemons and oranges.</div>
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Jansen's always excited about a chess game.</div>
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It looks more like fall in this picture doesn't it?</div>
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It was a great place with lots of space for the kids to explore, so we bought a year membership. We are looking forward to going back!</div>
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Queen Emmy ruling on her purple throne.</div>
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This picture was actually taken on Christmas Eve morning. Nate had to work part of the day, and the weather was nice, so we went to one of the kids' favorite parks for a couple hours. They helped make this amazing stick fort even bigger and stronger and spent lots of time pretending with buddies.</div>
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We spent Christmas Eve with friends and had a wonderful evening at the Knight's home. Natalie was Mary for the nativity.</div>
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Following tradition, everyone opened a gift from "Mom and Dad" and got new pajamas and a book. </div>
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Big smiles from everyone on Christmas morning</div>
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This was a gift to the kids from me and Nate. It's currently rumbling and rolling in the garage. It's testing their patience as it takes about 4 weeks, but the rocks are already looking really cool.</div>
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A few more Christmas morning pictures</div>
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Emmy loves her hat. She says it's her "Seahawks hat," but Santa made it pink with a heart because he knew that's what she likes. </div>
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Nate's grandma has kept all the artwork and other special papers and notes he has given her over the years. She sent him the binder of all of them for Christmas this year. </div>
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Leah was always trying to sit in a little friend's camp chair at Natalie's soccer games, so Santa brought her one of her own this year.</div>
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Later in the afternoon on Christmas Day we visited a nursing home near our church. Christmas can be an extremely lonely day when you are far from family, and things like this help brighten our holidays.</div>
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She has become quite the climber, and I often have to turn the bar stools on their side to prevent her from getting on the counter.</div>
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Emmy lost a top tooth.</div>
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We hadn't used our almost free visit to SeaWorld yet this year, so we made a trip at the end of December. It was fairly crowded but a beautiful day. </div>
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They did it! They were both pretty scared, and I'm not sure they'd go again, but Nate needs roller coasters buddies since I won't go, so I hope they get braver. </div>
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As part of our efforts to make the backyard a great hangout spot, we decided we needed a picnic table. A wonderful and talented neighbor and friend custom built it for us. It's a little smaller than a standard picnic table because it's mostly for kids, but also big enough that adults can eat at it without any trouble. We love it, and unfortunately, Leah really loves to climb and stand on it. </div>
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Nate found a great deal on a grill because it was missing a small heat shield that goes over one of the burners. I'm determined to become a grill master, but so far I still haven't used it. We've loved having it to help simplify dinners on some nights and have had grilled salmon, chicken, pizza, and of course hot dogs. </div>
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We do not have a sandbox. But we do have piles of gravel in the middle of the road, and Leah is perfectly happy with that. Our cleanliness standards are dipping pretty low these days, but I'm ok with that. That's what bathtubs are for.</div>
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Seeing these pictures make me want my mom and Aunt Robin back with all my heart! They came to visit at the beginning of November, and they are so laid back and happy and easy to have as guests. I could not have loved their visit more. We had some rain, but we also enjoyed some beautiful Texas days. </div>
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I had never been to Old Town Helotes, so we all went together one morning to visit some of the antique shops. </div>
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I will have to come back sometime when I don't have this little one on my hip. </div>
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We decided to push our luck and try a little taco truck on the side of the road near our house. I thought our food was delicious, but I eat at places like this with a lot of trepidation. </div>
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I took them to the Riverwalk of course. We had a nice dinner together, walked around a bit, and hit up the gift shops. They are such a hilarious and fun duo to be with.</div>
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Natalie and Emmy loved trying out Grandma's makeup. </div>
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We drove out to Bandera on Saturday afternoon and found a small Mexican restaurant that we ended up really enjoying. The drive was pretty, and it's fun to experience places that feel like "Texas."</div>
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Nate and I took advantage of having built in babysitters and attended a dinner celebrating a highly competitive congressional research grant the Air Force and University of the Incarnate Word received. </div>
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She's a great grandma!</div>
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We visited the San Jose Mission which is beautiful.</div>
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Jansen brings a football with him almost everywhere we go.</div>
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We visited The Frontier Times Museum in Bandera one day after school. It's such a small and quirky little place, but definitely worth a visit I think. </div>
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I mean, who doesn't want to see a two headed goat? Strangely enough, I have seen two of these in the month of November alone.</div>
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The museum made the experience a lot more fun for the kids by providing a list of items they are supposed to find. It was like a little scavenger hunt. </div>
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Jansen wrote a poem and shared it at his school's Veteran's Day program. Later he was holding the door for people and a US Marine "coined" him.</div>
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It's not so easy hefting this cute chug a lug.</div>
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We babysat our friends' kids one afternoon and they really beat up on Nate. ;)</div>
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Nate does a wonderful job of spending time with the kids when he is home, but after they go to bed it's often back to work for him. He spends a lot nights kneeling at our bed like this (I'm hoping and assuming that's because it's comfortable???)</div>
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There have been some gorgeous November days. Emmy loves her little friend Gabriella that lives next door. She's 3, but they get along so well.</div>
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Sometimes an idea hits Emmy and she just sets to work creating. This is a maraca she made for Leah. She took note to put the pencil erasers on the inside so Leah would not eat them.</div>
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Because Leah very well may have eaten them. Like she did this marker I gave her. That's the tip of it hanging out of her mouth.</div>
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"Mom, take a picture of me."</div>
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Natalie has had a lot of rained out soccer games, so we will still be playing into December.</div>
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Oh how we love BYU and Ohio State football in this house. We love this time of year.</div>
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A celebratory photo for making it to 9 am church not only on time, but like 5 minutes early!</div>
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I finally decided I wasn't ok with it, but for awhile our kitchen was a makeshift four square court. Jansen is really into four square right now.</div>
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One of my very favorite pictures of Leah. </div>
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Emmy drew and colored this beautiful mermaid picture.</div>
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I've been trying to make this a fun and kid friendly neighborhood. We play outside after school almost every day, and try to recruit any and all friends we can.</div>
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We visited a store here that resells Legos and Jansen was in heaven. He kind of stopped doing Legos for awhile, but has gotten back into it lately.</div>
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He built this Lego chess board.</div>
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He also worked hard to memorize the Articles of Faith and has them down! That's motivation for me to brush up.</div>
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Natalie's Christmas list this year...</div>
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Leah and I both love this page in this book. Whenever we get to it she nuzzles me and expects me to do the same. Then she likes me to "sniff" her like the dogs in the book are doing.</div>
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Her new favorite way to read books.</div>
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Thanksgiving was awesome. Our friends the Nelsons so kindly hosted us in Houston, and we had the best time. We drove up Thanksgiving morning and drove home late the next night, but we packed in the fun. Dinner was delicious of course; Becca is a fabulous cook.</div>
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On Friday we visited a wildlife park. I am not sure what got into me, but I was being quite friendly with the animals as we pulled into the park. </div>
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This *%#! ostrich bit my ear! I mean looking back, duh, why did I have my window down and why was I courting an ostrich? Well, for an epic selfie I guess. I got a bruised ear AND a memorable selfie.</div>
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This place was really neat. They drove us around and we got to see the animals really close up and were able to feed most of them.</div>
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Sweet, sweet llama. Literally the ugliest thing I think I have ever seen.</div>
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This is Emmy's brave/scared face.</div>
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Can you believe that thing? We had to be careful to keep our distance.</div>
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Later that day after naps we visited a state park that is known for it's plentiful gators. The Nelsons have seen 20 or so at times when visiting. We didn't have that kind of luck, but we did see this guy. </div>
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After stopping and checking out a couple possible places for dinner (one that didn't allow kids after 8), we stopped and ate at the Jay Cafe. We were a circus, but we are a cute circus. </div>
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As I've mentioned, we like to spend a lot of time outside. Jansen has been into football, and I love playing catch with him. He has a really good arm!</div>
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This little one literally cheers when I tell her we are going outside or to the park.</div>
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It's been almost a year since we bought the trampoline and the verdict: definitely well used and worth it. </div>
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And now we are gearing up for Christmas. Natalie and Emmy adore this snowman Grandma Kim made years ago. I feel bad that it has become more of a toy than a decoration lately, but they seriously love to dress it up.</div>
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Nate was brave and got our Christmas lights up on the house this past (cold) Saturday. It's not for the faint of heart, and he did a great job. We all helped from inside the warm house by untangling and stretching out the icicle lights.</div>
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Jansen has been creating some origami ornaments and also folded this gift box. It's made from ONE sheet of paper (one side is foil), and there are no cuts, glue, or tape. Pretty cool!</div>
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The first weekend in October always means General Conference for our family. I would say at this point the two biggest "traditions" we have are cinnamon rolls and Perler beads. During one of the Saturday sessions I had Jansen match up Tupperware containers with their lids so that I could get rid of all the stragglers. I LOVE conference, but I also try to think of ways to keep me/them busy while also listening. I'm one of those that can actually listen better if I am doing something else mindless at the same time.</div>
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We took an afternoon walk at the Stillwater Ranch walking trail that weekend. I can't wait till the trails in our neighborhood are paved.</div>
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Leah loves playing in the street. She loves the freedom of trekking down the road and exploring. This particular afternoon was filled with sidewalk chalk, dirt, bikes, stains, and chunky little legs. </div>
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October 13 was Nate's birthday. These girls and I took him a couple balloons and a few snacks and spent some minutes with him. It was the first time I had seen his office, which is so ironic since he spends so much time in it. It's funny to think that we share practically all of life together, yet he spends a HUGE chunk of his in a place I am completely unfamiliar with. At least I've seen it now.</div>
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Littlest PetShops are one of those things that my girls have just really latched on to over the years. I think that Emmy "learned" to love them because Natalie already did and had so many. They still create big "circles" and love to play with them.</div>
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This month we discovered a nest of baby jackrabbits in our backyard. The nest was in a peculiar place - right where the kids get off the trampoline. At first we thought they were mice, but it instantly became cuter and more fun when we realized they were rabbits. We checked on them daily, sometimes several times a day, and loved watching them grow. They were unexpectedly gone one morning, and while we were sad, we hope they hopped off to start "real life!"</div>
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Our school's Howl a Thon was in October, and the carnival type event to culminate the fundraising is always a lot of fun. This a great community and school that has a lot of support from parents.</div>
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Leah wearing Emmy's shoes. Leah calls shoes "ish."</div>
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We tried one last swim. As I recall it was a bit of a failure as the water was cold and there was a scorpion spotted in the pool. When you have a pool and the weather is nice enough, you gotta go for it sometimes though.</div>
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People often talk about Rudy's BBQ out here. I hadn't had a chance to try it, so we had lunch there one afternoon. Honestly the most memorable part of my lunch was probably my root beer. The food was great, but man, that was a good root beer haha!</div>
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That same day we did a little downtown exploring with Emmy and Leah. This is the Riverwalk in the day time.</div>
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There's a new area called Yanaguana Garden, and we were impressed. It was a fun place that we'd love to go back to.</div>
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Leah had her 18 month check up this month, although she is only 17 months. I had skipped her 15 month appointment simply because it seemed unnecessary. She is still in the 99th percentile for height and weight. And probably shoe size. She has the same size shoes as some of Emmy's friends. And Leah loves to blow bubbles.</div>
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We've had some very rainy days lately. Jansen took it upon himself to set out all these containers, and once they were filled, he ran and dumped them in the road. It made absolutely no sense to us, but it kept him busy and moving. And he did it all in his pajamas.</div>
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I love everything about my squishy little Leah. She loves to "play" Starfall on my phone and calls it "E." I think the word she says more than any other is "Emmy." One of her newest is "Stop!" She absolutely loves to Facetime and talk to people on the phone.</div>
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Nate had a couple days long work meeting in Chicago at Naval Station Great Lakes.</div>
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It was time for cleanings and check ups again. Everyone did so well, but Emmy's morning ended in tears when she got a bear ring instead of a jewel one. Trips to the dentist sure have changed - these kids get balloon animals, special coins to insert in a machine to get a small prize, video games to play out in the lobby while you wait, movies to watch while you get your teeth cleaned, etc. We really like Dr. Eddie. </div>
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Our car had a headlight that needed to be replaced, so the girls and I hopped over to Dunkin Donuts while we waited.</div>
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We purchased a tree. We spend a lot of time in our backyard, and we want it to be a fun, happy place. It needed a tree. Hopefully we will add more over the years, but I can't believe how much it adds to the feeling of the yard. I have taken trees for granted in our other yards, and now that we don't have many, this one is like our little baby!</div>
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We have so many fights over who gets to sit where at dinner. I had a little system going, but it just got hard to keep track. I resorted to taking a picture each night so I had proof of who sat by dad the night before.</div>
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We made it to a pumpkin patch, but they are pretty pathetic out here in my opinion. Not to mention over priced. We even ended up haggling a little with the lady on the way out because I couldn't believe the price she quoted me for our pumpkins.</div>
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Nate and Natalie attended a daddy/daughter dance hosted by the stake. It was a tropical theme. Emmy was invited too, but I knew she wouldn't love it and that Natalie would, so just these two went. They had a great night.</div>
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We did a short night hike at Government Canyon for a date. It is not easy to get out. The whole process of getting a babysitter, getting out the door, planning a date, spending the money, and then worrying about how it's all going at home gives me quite a bit of anxiety, but I believe in it (date nights), so we are trying to be better at it. </div>
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We also grabbed burgers at Bobby J's in Helotes that night.</div>
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Natalie begged and planned for a "party" for weeks. She created a menu, a list of activities, planned decorations, etc. Truthfully, in the end, it was just a big playdate, but I hope she enjoyed her "party." We won't do it often, so I tried to fulfill a few of her requests like "balloons that float," and fruit salad and banana bread.</div>
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The party was supposed to be centered around our neighbor's dog Tater, so of course he was invited. My mom says Leah is like the little spider in the Mercer Mayer Critter books that is sort of "hidden" on every page. Can you spot her here?</div>
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Leah loves to throw blankets or washcloths over her face, wait for me to say "where's Leah," and then flings it off while singing her cute little version of "there she is!"</div>
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We had a happy Halloween. Emmy was a monarch butterfly, Leah was a mouse, Natalie was a macaw, and Jansen was a ninja. Halloween is not one of my strengths. I don't plan costumes ahead very well, and we certainly never have a family theme. We just kind of...get by. Feeling pretty proud of myself for the haphazard red spray paint that made it onto Natalie's hair. That's going above and beyond for me! Leah only wore her costume for a short time on the night of the ward trunk or treat.</div>
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I felt bad that Natalie had a "sick" Halloween, but I love this sweet picture I caught of her all curled up in her costume.</div>
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Jansen turned 10 about a month ago. We thought Nate might not be around for his birthday because of a deployment, but he was, and we were so grateful and happy about that. Jansen wanted a trifle for his "birthday cake," and his birthday gift hopes were few but specific including a very complex origami book and some foam shields and swords. He and Nate and a couple friends played baseball on a nice field at Lackland Air Force Base the night before his birthday.</div>
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This has been a great year for Jansen. I love who he is and who he is becoming. He is still in GT at school and really enjoys that. We recently started a basketball season that he looks forward to every Saturday, and he is playing the piano. He is my most mellow and "easy" child right now. He LOVES playing Boom Beach, playing basketball/soccer/baseball, watching sports, and origami of course. He is still a voracious reader if he is into the book/series he is reading. He looks forward to PE at school, and his teacher Mrs. Martinez has been outstanding so far. She has been very accommodating and understanding of Jansen's abilities and his need to move around a lot. He would wear basketball shorts to school every day if he could, and he absolutely loves time with Nate throwing the ball around or playing soccer. He loves anything with Nutella. </div>
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Here are a few of his creations from his new origami book:</div>
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They are pretty incredible, and so is the book!</div>
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And our sweet Emmy turned 5 last month as well. She decided that instead of a birthday cake she wanted to create a tower of donuts.</div>
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Emmy is more shy than she used to be, and sometimes she struggles going to Primary or other people's houses, but it's not too bad. She still loves to play "hairstylist," loves to color, dress up, and play with Play-Doh. She probably suffers from some 3rd child problems - I think we expect and ask less of her than we do or did with Jansen and Natalie. We work on reading for about 15 minutes every day and she's doing great! </div>
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She is following in the foot steps of her older sister and lost a tooth a few days before her 5th birthday. The new tooth had actually come in behind the baby tooth before it fell out, so she had both for a couple weeks.</div>
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These butterfly wings she got for her birthday have been a big hit and will double as her Halloween costume. :)</div>
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She came in the room like this on the morning of her birthday and said, "Mom, do you like the new me?" </div>
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This girl loves to create. If there is an empty cardboard box she will swipe it and be heading up the stairs to cut it up before I can count to 5. She loves to make houses for animals.</div>
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Or skirts for friends...</div>
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Or a big frog with a tongue..,</div>
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Natalie is playing another season of soccer and loves it of course. It's only on Saturdays, which is really nice for this stage of life. They have a short practice and then a game. People often comment on how tough she is, and she seems to be gravitating to more of a defensive player.</div>
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The other day she figured out how to blow bubbles using some soap and her hands.</div>
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Friends are really important to Natalie, and she loves to have them over to play. Our neighbor Adison often comes over and brings her little Chihuahua. They build houses, create capes, and make toys for the dog to play with.</div>
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One Sunday afternoon Natalie and Emmy had a fashion show. They laid out all these outfits and then modeled them for me out in the family room.</div>
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We are having some nice Texas evenings. The area around our house is developing fast, and it's driving some wildlife our way. There are always smashed frogs in the street, and we found a baby rattlesnake on our driveway the other day. The fire ants out here are absolutely awful, and I'm so tired of their bites!</div>
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I found this cute email Natalie wrote to Nate and had to include it here.</div>
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Natalie split the area below her eyebrow open while Nate was out of town, and I had to send him a picture to get his opinion about whether or not she needed stitches. She didn't, so he walked me through cleaning it up and using some steri strips to help it heal up well.</div>
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I can't forget about a Leah update. She is still a really big girl for 16 months. I have had a really hard time finding shoes wide enough for her fat little feet. Her words are mama, dada, book, ice, no, baba, baby, two (she says "twooooo" for 1, 2, 3), doggy, bath, shoes (pronounced "ish"), up, eye, and a few others. She is on the top bunk of Natalie and Emmy's bed in this picture, and she loves to get up there. Her favorite foods are mandarin oranges, frozen mango, noodles, and pizza. Lately when she has a dirty diaper she will just go lay on the floor to be changed. Other times she is a crazy rolling acrobat when I am changing her. She loves her bottle still. She loves to be read to and adores all animals although seeing them in real life kind of freaks her out. </div>
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Sometimes people mistake her for a boy, and she has the least hair of all the kids at this age. She loves to look at belly buttons. She will lift up her shirt and show you hers and then motion for you to show yours. She doesn't really have any interest in TV, although I wish she did haha! She is still learning how to go down the stairs. She loves to steal markers, crayons, and pencils and run off with them because she knows she isn't supposed to have them. She loves crushed ice and is always finding containers of every shape and size and then asking to fill them with ice.</div>
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Lately she likes to put on headbands or Natalie's underwear or something and then go look in the mirror. I feel like one of her favorite things to do is go walk in the street in front of the house. I don't know if it's the freedom or what, but she loves to take off down the road.</div>
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She loves being on the tramp with the big kids, and they are really good and patient with her.</div>
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As can be expected, she makes after school and dinner time is pretty crazy. Here she is blindly pulling things out of drawers and then throwing them in other drawers.</div>
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I long for the days that she will be more independent and less needy, but I am also really soaking up her every word, smile, and kiss. She sleeps in a very dark room and sometimes when I am holding her in the rocking chair at bedtime she will move her face towards mine waiting for a kiss in the dark. It's so sweet.</div>
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Before moving to San Antonio we were under the impression that Nate would not deploy for a few years. He has been asked to accomplish some specific things here and has unique responsibilities at Lackland, and for those reasons we were basically told and assumed he wouldn't deploy. To make a long story short, we found out around Christmas that he was supposed to deploy for 6 months in April. Then it was moved to July. Then it became more of an on call deployment. There were many, many changes, and the communication about all of it was pretty poor. He eventually did deploy in late September for only a week, but when he left we thought he was leaving for months. Again, just some poor communication. I was beyond thrilled to get a phone call from him that he'd be home in a few days. We have some amazing, thoughtful, supportive friends who surprised us one night before his deployment with a little get together. Everyone was wearing red, white, and blue. It was so kind of them.</div>
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I'm including this picture because it was a sweet moment that really made my day and shows what a wonderful man I married. I was bathing the kids one night and Nate came in and sat in the dirty clothes basket and told me he wanted "to be by me" while he worked.</div>
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My awesome friend Mandy took some family pictures for us a few days before Nate's deployment. She did an incredible job, and I'll have to create a post just for those.</div>
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It was at the San Jose Mission, and it was a beautiful place.</div>
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These are a few pictures from our "goodbyes" to Nate. </div>
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We had stake conference the Sunday after he left, and I was just not up for braving it on my own with all 4 kids. We broke up the Sunday with a trip to feed some ducks. I was so amused that the ground was littered with tortillas rather than bread here.</div>
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We had a deck built, and we love it. There was a lot of space where the deck is that was pretty much unused before. The grass here is not soft, and there can often be fire ants on the ground, so it's wonderful having a space out there to sit and relax without worrying about those things.</div>
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And this is exactly why I keep blogging! I just had 2012 printed, and Jansen was so excited to read it. They love the blog books. </div>
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