tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40604377285258852482024-03-13T19:58:22.978-07:00The Moore, The MerrierAbbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.comBlogger366125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-29501482977303202752019-04-27T17:44:00.000-07:002019-04-27T17:44:03.349-07:00Christmas 2014I'm determined to catch up, but it's taking me far longer than I ever thought possible. Here we are with Christmas 2014 ugh. I'm pretty much going to let pictures speak for themselves in an effort to catch up. Happy New Year 2015!<br />
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<br />Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-27835979538092117522017-04-18T20:04:00.000-07:002017-04-18T20:04:32.202-07:00Ava's Third BirthdayAva's third birthday was a fairy tale theme. We dressed up our Little Red as none other than Little Red Riding Hood to use as pictures for her invite. I think Dave really nailed the invitation to look vintage, storybook style.<br />
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For food, the star was the incredible Red Riding Hood cake made by the parent of one of my former kindergarten students as well as her beautifully delicious cookies.</div>
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There were Three Little Pigs sticks and bricks (shoestring potato chips, pretzels and pieces of chocolate bars) as well as Jack's magic beans (jelly beans). Sometimes having a Christmas birthday does work in your favor as we had a gingerbread house for Hansel and Gretel's candy house and trail mix to go with it. We threw in a gingerbread tree for good measure.The above picture shows the gingerbread cookies. <br />
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On the other side of the table were Goldilocks and the Three Blueberry Muffins that I put in a picnic basket as well as Princess and the Pea edamame. Of course, we had to have Snow White's poison Apples. The picture is missing the caramel dip that went in the middle. For decorations, the table was decorated with old books we already had plus some fairy tale dolls Ava had from her room.<br />
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When Ava's guests arrived, they could choose from a variety of fairy tale coloring sheets and then they made their own door hangers with fairy tale stickers.<br />
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I read the kids the story of the gingerbread man and then it was their turn to track down the different colored gingerbread men in the house. As a last game, we played a simple game of Princess and the Pea. I had the kids close their eyes and then I hid a wad of green paper (the pea) in a stack of pillows. Then I let the kids see who could be the first one to find the pea. We played this game several times as the kids really loved it. <br />
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For party favors, each kid received a pop up fairy tale book I found at the dollar spot at Target. <br />
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And lastly, I set up a photo booth complete with Red Riding hood capes, wolf gloves, wolf snout and signs. We may have had a little too much fun with this. While the theme wasn't something that I could readily pick up at the store, it was so much fun creating the elements and as usual challenging myself to create and use what we had on hand. The theme perfectly lent itself to a younger audience. <br />
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Happy Third Birthday Ava Grace!</div>
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Christmas decorating is one of our favorite family traditions. There is always nostalgia with the unpacking of each box.</div>
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There was so much crammed into this 31 day month from school Christmas parties, Polar Express Day and decking the halls to snowman pancakes, and cookie and gingerbread house decorating. That doesn't even include a birthday, Christmas Day celebrations, or New Years, but I'll get to that next time.</div>
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Ava's Christmas Party with Her Friend Adelyn and her teacher Ms. June</div>
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-59251150818491293572016-04-11T18:13:00.000-07:002016-04-11T18:13:58.924-07:00Church Christmas Program 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
This was Ava's first time to be part of the church Christmas musical, but Gavin is an old pro. Unfortunately, most of the pictures came out blurry due to no flash, but I love the ones we took afterwards. How cute is Gavin's toothless grin?!</div>
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<br />Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-14283004223032800122016-04-11T17:54:00.001-07:002016-04-11T17:54:57.451-07:00Family Pics 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-54541099151085643042015-12-31T23:26:00.001-08:002015-12-31T23:26:21.564-08:00November... Uhhh 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I'll make this short and sweet. November of well, 2014 continued with more costume wearing. </div>
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And someone moved from a crib to a big girl bed. </div>
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The kids continued to be their silly, goofy selves.</div>
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They enjoyed one of their favorite fall treats- hot chocolate.</div>
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Plus they made some really cute artwork.</div>
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-80601721319613050512015-10-10T09:45:00.000-07:002015-10-10T13:43:12.862-07:00October, Yeah the One Last Year<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's my favorite time of year! I
don't want to forget our fall fun activities from last year as we begin
to enjoy some old and new ones this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And I realized that there were quite a few iphone pictures from September I'm going to include as well. Get ready for picture overload. You'll be as tired as these two by the end of the blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We took advantage of the cooler days and walked to school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I guess we could have driven.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We took a trip to the Buffalo Bayou Arboretum for their Boo festival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gavin was Student of the Week for all of first grade.</span></div>
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September blew in somewhat cooler weather, school projects, routines, Awanas and a new adventure. </div>
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Brady Bear spent the weekend with us. </div>
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Awanas as well as children's choirs started. I taught Ava's Puggles class and Gavin began his second year in Sparks.</div>
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<br />Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-1564756618296662802015-08-20T21:29:00.000-07:002015-08-20T21:29:32.630-07:00I'm Just Going to Go For ItSo what if I have only blogged once since last November. So what if that one blog was only a year late. So what if no one, not even my grandmother checks to see if I have a new blog. I realized that I am just going to go for it and try to redeem a little of this blogosphere.<br />
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Not long ago, I was looking through old blogs when Gavin was two and three. And man, I captured some sweet stuff. Poor Ava. I haven't hardly blogged anything and it's definitely not that she doesn't give some pretty good material. That girl keeps us rolling whether it's from something she says or a look she gives. So I figured I'll give at least one blog post for each month I am behind for the next several weeks. School starts for one next week and the other the week after. It's not that I'm going to have loads of extra time because my list of "oh I'll just do that once school starts" is off the chart, but at least I may be able to squeeze thirty minutes here and there. Some posts may be more pictures than words because my brain fails me. So without further ado long, long ago in a month named August, yeah, last August we.....<br />
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<br />Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-87522243893889989232015-05-04T18:44:00.003-07:002015-05-04T18:44:56.105-07:00May the Fourth Be With You<div style="text-align: center;">
What better day to talk about Gavin's Star Wars birthday last year than on the day labeled, "May the Fourth Be with You." Today we started the morning with Star Wars pancakes and are ending it with Jabba the Hot Dogs, Vader Tots and Yoda Soda. I think in the thirteen years I have been married to my husband, something is rubbing off. Even Ava was sporting a Star Wars shirt this morning, albeit a pink one. </div>
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Back to a galaxy and time far, far away, Gavin was dreaming of a Star
Wars birthday but I think his daddy may have been dreaming of it for
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There was a lot of work put into creating things for the party, but thankfully that and the fact that we had so many props in the attic saved on cost. I think besides the food, the biggest cost was the fabric for the jedi costumes but those also doubled as party favors. I am definitely no seamstress, so I'll just say the ruggedness made them more realistic. We also made light sabers out of pool noodles and electrical tape. </div>
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It's kind of nice to have something for the kiddos to do while waiting for all of the guests to arrive. We made an R2D2 pattern and cut out all of the shapes for the kids to make their own. </div>
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There were a few suspicious Storm Troopers and a Boba Fett.</div>
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We also managed to snap a few family pictures before the party began. This doesn't always happen, but at least there is proof of just how entertaining (weird) our family can be.</div>
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One of us is wearing a wig while the other watched YouTube tutorials on recreating Princess Leia's hair.</div>
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Later on, I also took pictures of our guests in front of a backdrop created with a black table cloth and a cut out Storm Trooper. When Gavin sent his thank you notes, he was able to include a keepsake picture. </div>
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The first game the kids played was pin the light saber on Darth Vader. Dave enlarged a picture of Darth Vader which we pieced together and then cut out individual light sabers for the kids. </div>
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We got the crew dressed up, took a few pictures outside and then they were ready for jedi training, aka the obstacle course. The jedis had to strap Yoda to their back, go through an obstacle course and fight Darth Vader with their light saber silly string. </div>
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Yoda Soda- Some cups I added Star Wars stickers and others I taped an R2D2 print out.</div>
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Princess Leia cupcakes were made from icing and Oreos while the Storm Trooper Cupcakes were created using marshmallows and a cake pen.</div>
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The kids took home their Jedi Knight certificates and a popsicle holder made out of felt to look like a light saber. My kids still use theirs all of the time for their yogurt. </div>
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The party was a lot of work, but to see the birthday boy's smile made it all worth it.</div>
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-48385448235745216892014-11-10T17:30:00.001-08:002014-11-10T17:30:31.210-08:00A Fall Tradition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love family traditions and one of my favorite ones is going to the Dallas Arboretum.We made our first trip when Gavin was just 16 months old. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421553768880084050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtfSUDC92XFWoyzPN-_QmVXlTAaQRxQ5tumbq-rPZ15mo3znjhsU7AUF8oJAKEsRBSwzyOI4oESnF4vo1RHS-x1qLG4LI_Jfc7ScUuNjFPVlnhLGZ0mP1hg32PfUzWuNSpxdZncGlDYbwC/s400/DSC_1124rev.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" />We have gone back every year with the exception of about two. Some years we make a weekend trip of it, but like this year, we just went up for the day. </div>
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This was our first family picture at the Arboretum.</div>
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And here's this year's picture. Things have changed quite a bit since 2009. </div>
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So I realized I did not take many pictures of the landscape like I usually do, but I was too busy coaxing these crazies to at least look at me. </div>
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I got lots of silly faces like these.</div>
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But eventually, I captured a few good closeups. </div>
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Ava is in the same flower garden, but what a difference two years makes. </div>
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And of course, here are the kids in 2012, 2013 and 2014. </div>
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Gavin pretended he was a "squarecrow" as Ava would say and he attempted to pick up a giant pumpkin when he wasn't running like the Flash.</div>
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-16388982402607251332014-10-23T02:00:00.000-07:002014-10-23T10:57:58.168-07:00Throw Back Thursday: T-BallTo be honest, I have never done a Throw Back Thursday or TBT picture on Facebook, but I thought it would be appropriate for my blog since I am so far behind. I am going to try to catch up over the next few weeks but there are absolutely no promises. To be honest, life is just plain crazy most days. Even on days we don't have commitments, I feel like I am playing catch up or working late nights. This mama is plum tired, but I still want to document these sweet moments with my family. And I have to remind myself that this blog is not my only means of documenting our life. I take tons of pictures or try to write down special memories, but mostly I want to live in the moment. As Mary did, I too want to ponder these things in my heart, but it's fun to share a picture or two along the way.<br />
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So today's Throw Back Thursday is going to be about that all-American kid sport: t-ball. We signed Gavin up with the YMCA in the spring. We didn't know how the commitment would be with his first year of school, but with just one weekday practice and one game Saturday mornings, it was perfect.<br />
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Gavin had such a sweet coach, who not only taught them the basics of t-ball, but made sure the kids treated each other and the adults with respect.<br />
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Here Gavin is on his first day of practice. </div>
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The team may have had an honorary team member in the form of a red head. Can you spot her?<br />
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Practices were fun and hard work. This one really worked on tucking those arms when he ran.<br />
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And then it was game day. Here's Gav with one of his biggest fans.</div>
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And another...<br />
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And another. Dave had fun helping on the field and I helped out as much as I could when I wasn't chasing Ava.<br />
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I don't think there were any wild flowers picked and he got to where he was catching several balls throughout the season. </div>
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Gavin was also the only leftie on the team which often threw off the other team. </div>
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Sister was looking awfully cute in her blinged-out Baseball Sister shirt I found for $3.</div>
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Gavin had a lot of fun playing with some sweet team mates. He enjoyed it, but has decided he wants to try something else. We are fine with that and only asked that he stuck with it for the season. </div>
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We can't help but be a little proud of him. His coach handed out year-end awards for things like most energy or fast runner, but she chose to give Gavin the award for best all around personality. We kind of like his personality too. <br />
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We usually take a couple of pictures on the stairs and opt for outside. </div>
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-4535863906005421502014-07-05T22:04:00.000-07:002014-07-05T22:04:22.881-07:00My Gav<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This has been a big year for Gavin. He started and finished Kindergarten, grew a bit, lost two teeth, performed in two choir performances, pretended to be countless super heroes, and played t-ball for the first time. I'm so proud of him because some of those things, especially going to school and playing a team sport for the first time, took lots of courage and hard work. </div>
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The top pictures are from Gavin's first day of school and the bottom are his last day. </div>
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That grin never changed! I can tell some physical change in him, but nothing compared to sister's first and last day of "school."</div>
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Gavin had an awesome school year with the sweetest teacher, but after countless packed lunches, forms filled out, and mastering the pick up line, I think this picture sums up how we all felt. <br />
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One of the things that most excited this little boy was his first loose tooth. I remember taking this picture thinking it might be one of the last before his first tooth fell out. This smile gets me every time!</div>
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And before we knew it, this happened.</div>
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His first tooth came out while he was eating an apple. I was upstairs at the time, and as he was coming up to tell me, he dropped his white tooth in our off white carpet. I was literally on my hands and knees with a comb trying to find it. I did find it several hours later during search number two. </div>
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I think I have made the shocking revelation before that we don't celebrate Santa at Christmas. Well, Gavin also doesn't believe in the tooth fairy, but he was excited to see what was under his pillow the next morning. Both Dave and I wanted to go in his room, so we decided one of us would remove the tooth while the other put the money under the pillow. As I walked into Gavin's room, I looked behind me and see Dave crawling on his hands and knees like it's some covert operation. I nearly blew that operation because I trying to stifling my laughing. Let's just say we were successful and the Tooth Fairy has officially been demoted. </div>
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Gavin and I also went on our first mommy/son date while Dave and Ava went to a daddy/daughter dinner at church. Went to see the Lego movie.</div>
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He also played his first organized sport- tball, but I'll save more of that for later. However, this has to be one of my top favorite pictures of this kiddo. </div>
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After a rough time the first year Gavin did church choir, he had a much better time this past fall and spring. I think he was more comfortable on stage this go around. Something about this picture makes Gavin look eight and I'm not sure I'm ok with that. <br />
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One of Gavin's greatest accomplishments was memorizing 35 Bible verses in Awanas. He actually finished a little early in the year, so we added our own at home. Usually we worked on the verses together, but one day, I saw him reviewing the verse on his own. Oh how I hope he does this all his life!<br />
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Brother and sister went on many adventures this year. These two love each other so fiercely but also know how to push each others buttons. It looks like we might have a backseat driver.</div>
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No child is perfect and Gavin certainly isn't but we are blessed that he desires to do what is right, is learning what is means to follow Christ and has a cheery disposition about 99.95% of the time.</div>
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-76723605135272527292014-06-22T18:44:00.002-07:002014-06-22T18:51:18.334-07:00Celebrate with Tigger and PoohA little note ~ I started Ava's birthday post months ago, probably not as punctual as six months ago when Ava's birthday was BUT I did at least start it. And I realized it never got published. I figure that before I post Gavin's birthday pictures, I should give sister some bloggy time. <br />
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Ava's second birthday was a lot of fun to plan and thankfully fairly inexpensive as we either had or made many of the decorations. The biggest expense was going to be the cake but at the last minute our cake lady had a family emergency. So, I did not break my streak of making the kids' cakes. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, but a big thanks to Pinterest and my husband for being there every step of the way.<br />
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For the invitations, we took pictures of Ava in the backyard with a few 100 Acre Wood friends. Dave then used his creative genius to design the invite. Several pictures were in the running, but we settled on this one. <br />
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Guests were greeted by the dancing and talking Tigger and Pooh my mother in law let us borrow. </div>
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We may or may not have an assortment of large Winnie the Pooh stuffed animals. Each kid took their picture and got their copy in a thank you note. </div>
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Ava is holding the only surviving Tigger from my toddler years and I had many. </div>
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The party favors were bags of Honey Combs. As a parent I am realizing that less take home items, means less little toys to pick up everywhere. Excuse the Nutcracker in the background. It was four days before Christmas. </div>
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A lot of the food items came from various Pinned items. For the food labels, I took two Popsicle sticks, broke one in three pieces and hot glued them together on a cardboard base. Then <span style="color: #0000ee;">I</span> covered the base with moss and borrowed Pooh Bear's fancy writing style. </div>
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Here's Rabbit's Vegetable Garden and Roo's Ranch Dip as well as Piglets in a blanket. </div>
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The Hunny Bee cakes were simply white cupcakes I picked up and added white sprinkles and candy bees to the top. </div>
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And while the cake did not look professional looking, I managed to hide some of the imperfections with ribbon and fresh flowers. The honey infused cake tasted pretty yummy though. So that the plush Tigger and Pooh could sit on top of the cake, I cut out a piece of cardboard into a circle and hot glued more moss to the top. </div>
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One of my favorite ways to decorate for parties are with flowers, pictures and books that tie into the theme. I have even snuck in some flowers for Gavin's parties before.</div>
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Since this was a party for a two year old, we tried to make the activities toddler friendly. First up- coloring pages. I bought a couple of terra cotta pots and painted them yellow on top to look like honey. Then added the word Hunny in black paint. Some of the pots were also used to hold utensils on the table. </div>
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It was cheap/cute decoration and one of these pots is currently used as decoration in our play room. <br />
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And of course there was pin the tail on Eyeore.</div>
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<br />Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-40593057171854749992014-05-07T21:29:00.000-07:002014-05-07T21:29:01.103-07:00Bluebonnets- A Texas Tradition<br />
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Oh, how I just love these two. They really do melt my heart. My sweet husband offered to take us to the Hill Country for Bluebonnet pictures, but I decided I really wanted to take pictures of the kids in the patches of bluebonnets at my grandparents' house. It made the pictures all the more special. My grandfather was in the hospital at the time, but my grandmother was able to watch the craziness that goes on taking pictures of these two. <br />
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And while one of these two is a little less affectionate, they do love each other. </div>
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I got a few pictures of them together, but we find it's usually much easier to get separate shots.<br />
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This year it had been on my heart to make Easter more intentional. I wanted it to be less about rabbits, chicks, and candy, but more about our Savior. I barely put out any of the decorations from our Easter box and instead D and I tried to center our conversations and even our activities around the glorious and gruesome days that come to mind during this Easter season. <br />
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We missed being able to celebrate with our family because Ava developed a virus with symptoms of a high fever and soar throat that simply had to run its course. Thankfully she had been fever free long enough for us to rejoice in Resurrection Day with our church family. And quite honestly, I was sad that we did not get to be with our families, but it gave our core family sweet time to help our kids focus on what Easter truly is about. We had more time to read the Easter story in our Bible. The kids played with the 12 day countdown to Resurrection Day Eggs. Gavin's excitement about Easter transformed from looking for eggs to the fact that Jesus has risen. Even Ava at two years old, seemed to understand. One night, it was her turn to pray. She usually just repeats what we help her say in short phrases. We started with, "Thank you, for Jesus, dying," and she without help finished, "on the cross." It melted my heart. <br />
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Before lunch, we took a few family photos. Ok, we took a lot but it's hard to get pictures of a busy two year old. <br />
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We didn't do away with all Easter traditions though. Each kid still had an Easter basket which we explained that just like God gives us good things, Mommy and Daddy like to give good things to our kids.<br />
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We all ended up having so much fun because a few confetti eggs were thrown into the mix. We all got "egged" but D and I got an unexpected treat as we watched Ava being delighted with the confetti flying out of the eggs. She would shake the egg and squeal with delight.<br />
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<br />Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-31284540318446084222014-02-14T20:31:00.000-08:002014-02-20T18:52:42.698-08:00Part Two: A Love StoryI am dragging my feet as I write the Part Two of Dave's story. Here's <a href="http://themoore-themerrier.blogspot.com/2013/08/god-is-in-control-part-1.html" target="_blank">Part One</a> if you missed it. Surely, a year's time would make it easier. And most definitely knowing God was and still is in control gives me peace. In the weeks leading up to the one year anniversary I was having a bit of tough time, but by God's grace, I do feel that peace this morning. <br />
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I last left off with us heading to the doors of the Science Museum to leave last Valentine's Day. Dave had just told me he felt light-headed. As we reached the doors, Dave didn't understand the building manager telling him to use the other door. I'm pushing the stroller, trying to grab Dave's arm and frantically trying to recall the contents of my purse. Do I have a snack for what I thought was him having low blood sugar?<br />
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As soon as we step outside, Dave stumbles back towards the glass doors while making erratic movements with his arms. I started asking him what's going on and even at one point before he fell down asked if he was joking around. I'm frantically grabbing things from my purse, the first being a candy cane from Christmas and a granola bar. All the while I start beating on the glass window for help. Some people come rushing out including the building manager named Bill who stayed with me the entire time. <br />
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After Bill came to help, one of the first ladies to come through the doors had to be about eight or nine months pregnant. I later found out her name was Dee Dee and she was visiting from California. Dee Dee was a paramedic. She immediately said to stop giving him anything to eat and to roll Dave on his side. He was having a seizure. Someone called 911 while Bill helped me hold Dave on his side. My hunny is pretty strong to say the least. I just kept praying and talking to Dave because at times he would close his eyes. Another sweet lady scooped up Gavin as he was crying so hard and eventually he and Ava were taken back inside. I can't tell you how grateful I am to these kind strangers who helped me and our kids. I'm not sure who did it, but someone gave Gavin a stuffed Stegosaurus that he named Petty.<br />
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The ambulance workers arrived and started working on Dave. They asked me a ton of questions and all the while Dave kept fighting with them. He did not like being constrained but he couldn't communicate at this point except to try to pull away from everyone. One of the hardest parts was having to tell them which hospital to take Dave to and not be able to go with him. I had to get our kiddos for I couldn't just leave them. God is so good for so many reasons but 1) Dave was not driving when this happened. We were walking to our car to leave. and 2) For those of you not familiar with the Houston area, the Science Museum is literally blocks away from the nationally known medical center. I could actually see the Med Center from the steps of the Museum.<br />
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So many visuals come flooding back. That along with the knowledge of God's goodness has left me sitting here in a pile of tears as I write this. As soon as I could, I rushed back to the kids and Dee Dee helped me load them up in the car. Even though the hospital was only a few blocks away, I was a nervous wreck but knew I had to hold it together for Gavin. Thankfully Ava was too young to understand anything that went on. I had already called Dave's parents and called mine as I was on my way.<br />
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We found our way to the hospital parking lot. I loaded up the kids in the stroller and practically ran until I came to a large outside staircase. I remember thinking, "How in the world am I going to get this stroller up there?" At that point a lady in scrubs came out the door at the top and asked if I needed help. She helped me carry the stroller up all those stairs and then took me right to Dave's ER room. I couldn't have told you what door or elevator or hallway we took. Seriously, God sent her my way at the exact time I needed her.<br />
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About the time I got to Dave's room, my father-law and brother-in-law met me. They had already left work and when my mother-in-law called them, my brother-in-law was able to take the exit he needed right then, right to the hospital. I answered another hundred questions from the ER staff and at that point knew for sure that Dave had suffered a seizure and had another on the way to the hospital. At that point they told me they were going to intubate him to protect his airways. They had also given him medicine to prevent more seizures.<br />
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I am so thankful for our family - my parents, my in-laws, and my brother-in-law. My in-laws were with me throughout all of this; my parents took such awesome care of our kids and my brother-in-law was there to do anything from move car seats to go on food runs. <br />
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Eventually they moved Dave to ICU. We didn't know what was causing his seizures. We hadn't been out of the country recently or camping, so until blood work and spinal tap results came back, Dave was under quarantine. Anyone who went into the ICU ward had to suit up from head to toe as he was quarantined. Dave of course, had his clothes cut off him and his watch, wedding ring, and everything else removed. But before I saw the one thing that was left on, I already had this phrase firmly planted in my mind, "God is in control." The one thing he was allowed to keep on, was his rubber bracelet that said, "God loves you. Always has and always will." What a testament to every single nurse that had to check his hospital wristband throughout his stay.<br />
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Dave did have some paralysis of his left side due to the seizure but thankfully he fully recovered his movements while in the hospital. For a couple of days, Dave had to have several procedures done from MRIs to CT scans and even a couple of failed spinal taps before one was successful. He also had a fever and had to be sedated at first.<br />
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By the second day, they were able to take him off sedation and off the breathing machine. Several of our friends from our Sunday School class wanted to come up to the hospital but not knowing what Dave had, I just couldn't bare risking someone else catching it. However, one of our pastors and his wife came up just minutes after they got Dave off the ventilator. I was rushing out of ICU to tell our family as removing the ventilator had been a hard process after some failed attempts. I think I surprised our pastor when he saw the big smile on my face! Along with Pastor Greg we had another sweet pastor friend of ours willing to suit up in the quarantine unit so that he could pray with us. <br />
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It wasn't until the third day, that a med student asked Dave who I was that he whispered my name. And oh what a feeling that was! Up until then, he had not been very responsive. Later on that day he was able to squeeze my hand. Finally, during the morning rounds of the fourth day in ICU, the doctor told us Dave probably had viral meningitis. Most of the time when a person contracts this, they will have a bad headache, fever or stiff neck, but there is also the case where a person can have a seizure as the first sign as it was in Dave's case. <br />
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By the fifth day, Dave was moved out of ICU into a regular room, but by then we could tell he was in a lot of pain especially his back and head. Physical therapy came to help because Dave literally had to gain his strength and ability to brush his teeth, walk, and eat. Thankfully learning the abilities was a fairly quick process but getting through the back pain is even sometimes still an issue today. We think he may have pulled his back muscles during the time of the seizures. We were also concerned that his headaches were a result of several failed spinal taps.<br />
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We both got a boost the next day when my parents brought Gavin and Ava to the hospital. Oh how I had missed those two. I remember thinking that Ava had grown so much in just a few short days. Gavin was really leery about coming in the room at first because he was concerned his daddy was still bleeding. He had seen blood on Dave's face at the museum because he had bitten his tongue during the seizure. Once we reassured him there was no blood, he was excited to show Dave the card he made for him. <br />
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Below is a picture of Dave two days later when he was being discharged from the hospital. He has that wonderful smile that first attracted me to him. I have to say it was a little bittersweet going home not really knowing what to expect, but the best birthday present I could have ever received. That and our moms had picked up at our house, decorated for my birthday and left us sweet flowers.<br />
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Dave was going to have a long road of recovering. He wasn't himself mentally for a little while. I think that had to do with the healing his brain was undergoing from the infection. And, he was in so much pain from his back. Every little bump on the way home was excruciating. To go through something like this with your best friend and they not remember any of it is so surreal.<br />
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Sometimes I add the Proverbs of the day to my Bible reading as I had started for the month of February during that time. But this go around I decided to read the corresponding Psalms as well. On February 18, Psalm 18: 1-6 says:<br />
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<span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-18-1">I love you, O <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, my strength.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-18-2" id="en-ESV-14121"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-2">my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-2">my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-18-3" id="en-ESV-14122"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>I call upon the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, who is worthy to be praised,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-3">and I am saved from my enemies.</span></span> </div>
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<span class="text Ps-18-4" id="en-ESV-14123"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>The cords of death encompassed me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-4">the torrents of destruction assailed me;</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-18-5" id="en-ESV-14124"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>the cords of Sheol entangled me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-5">the snares of death confronted me.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-18-6" id="en-ESV-14125"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>In my distress I called upon the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-6">to my God I cried for help.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-18-6">From his temple he heard my voice,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-6">and my cry to him reached his ears.</span></span></div>
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How awesome is our God! What an encouragement that was to me during Dave's hospital stay. The last two verses of the Psalm read (49-50):<br />
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<span class="text Ps-18-50" id="en-ESV-14169">Fo</span><span class="text Ps-18-49" id="en-ESV-14168">r this I will praise you, O <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, among the nations,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-49">and sing to your name.</span></span><br /><span class="text Ps-18-50" id="en-ESV-14169"><sup class="versenum">50 </sup>Great salvation he brings to his king,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-50">and shows steadfast love to his anointed,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-50">to David and his offspring forever.</span></span></div>
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<span class="indent-1"><span class="text Ps-18-50">I know Dave is not the David mentioned here, but how sweet to know that God showed His steadfast love to us. </span></span></div>
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Dave ended up doing three months of physical therapy. We also found out that Texas law would not let Dave drive for six months from the date of his seizure. Our kids were such troopers. They would go with us early to Dave's therapy. I would either take them to the park or to Chick Fil A. Then we would all make the hour drive to Dave's work and drop him off before heading home. In the afternoon, the three of us would pile back up in the car to meet my father-in-law. We would spend about five hours in the car Monday through Thursday, but the kids were really so good as long as we had plenty of books and snacks. After Dave's therapy ended in May, my father-in-law picked Dave up in the mornings and we would meet him again in the afternoon. What a blessing that was to us!<br />
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(The day after Dave came home.)</div>
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Last Valentine's Day, a popular song kept playing in my head and it truly summed up God's gracious love for us. I remember just weeping when I heard it on the radio driving home from the hospital.<br />
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Higher than the mountains that I face<br />
Stronger than the power of the grave<br />
Constant through the trial and the change<br />
One thing… Remains <br />
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Your love never fails, never gives up<br />
Never runs out on me</div>
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On and on and on and on it goes<br />
It overwhelms and satisfies my soul<br />
And I never, ever, have to be afraid<br />
One thing remains<br />
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In death, In life, I’m confident and<br />
covered by the power of Your great love<br />
My debt is paid, there’s nothing that can<br />
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I have listened to this song countless times, but it wasn't until several months after Dave's illness that one phrase stuck out and it was like a kick in the gut. We were singing the song in church and the part that says, "In death, in life, I'm confident and covered by the power of Your great love." You see, even if God had chosen that Dave's life would have come to an end on that day, I am confident that God covers us by His great love. He paid my debt and that is the greatest expression of love I could ever receive.<br />
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And here we are, one year later on Valentines Day. By God's grace He has fully restored and we are together- all four of us.<br />
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-69146192034611120972014-01-01T13:54:00.002-08:002014-01-01T19:31:58.508-08:002013- A Year of Love, Healing, Growing and Costumes2013 is not a year we will likely forget. With an ICU stay, 2 ER trips, three near fainting spells, and a possible concussion for our unit of four, it's a year I feel like I have aged and not in that cute let's grow old together kind of way. It's definitely been an emotionally exhausting year, but there is one thing that has kept us plugging along and even joyfully. It's knowing that God is in control. He always has and always will be. With that I find rest. <br />
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All of the following pictures are from my iPhone. I finally got around to downloading them which was kind of a walk down memory lane. Gavin suddenly turned from a toddler to a boy this year. He loves his superheros and villains from Darth Vader to the Ninja Turtles, Batman, Superman, the Hulk and the list goes on. He is either playing with them or pretending he is a Superhero. Even sister gets into the action. Mustaches were big around here.<br />
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And while Gavin is helping me in the kitchen when he is not fighting crime, Ava went from a baby to a toddler/preschooler. She definitely doesn't
toddler around here. In fact, she is our little monkey. She will find
something to climb on. That girl is fearless. She has also taken off on
her language development. We are pretty sure we have a talker on our
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These two love each other fair and square, well, maybe one more than the other. A certain red head needs her space sometimes. I have so many pictures of Gavin leaning over to kiss his sister on the forehead, none of which we prompt him to do. In fact, two hugs, a kiss on the head and a rub of the head are a nighttime ritual of theirs. Gavin tells us Ava is his best friend and that he needs four more sisters just like her. <br />
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Hands down the hardest time this year was when Dave got sick. I still need to finish up part two of that story, but let's just say we are so thankful he is well and with us still.<br />
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These little faces kept us laughing in the hard times.</div>
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Some outdoor fun did us well too.</div>
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I just know I can't get enough of these three. We truly enjoy being with each other: playing, laughing, singing, dancing funny, reading, watching movies and exploring. </div>
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During Dave's hospital stay, these verses from Psalm 18 were part of my reading. I believe this has been the anthem of 2013. I am not sure what 2014 will hold, but we will continue to believe God is in control. <br />
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<span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-18-1">I love you, O <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, my strength.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-18-2" id="en-ESV-14121"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>The <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-2">my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge,</span></span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-2">my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-18-3" id="en-ESV-14122"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>I call upon the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>, who is worthy to be praised,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-3">and I am saved from my enemies.</span></span> </div>
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<span class="text Ps-18-4" id="en-ESV-14123"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>The cords of death encompassed me;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-4">the torrents of destruction assailed me;</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-18-5" id="en-ESV-14124"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>the cords of Sheol entangled me;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-5">the snares of death confronted me.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Ps-18-6" id="en-ESV-14125"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>In my distress I called upon the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>;</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-6">to my God I cried for help.</span></span><br />
<span class="text Ps-18-6">From his temple he heard my voice,</span><br />
<span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-18-6">and my cry to him reached his ears.</span></span></div>
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-44662688239612639022013-12-24T09:08:00.003-08:002013-12-24T09:10:51.016-08:00Happy Birthday Little Girl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">You
certainly know how to light up a room. In two short years, you have let your
spunky personality shine. You love fiercely and get upset fiercely. Perhaps it
has something to do with the firey red hair of yours. I love how some mornings
or after naps you need a few minutes of snuggle time with me in the rocker. You
pull that thumb and Mia’s ear up to your mouth and all is well as I sing to
you. Music is your calm and music is your excitement. Often you tiptoe in
circles around a room to the beat of a song and you already have picked up on
tunes and words when you sing. Those dancing feet remind me so of when you were
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last night it was hard to keep a straight face when you decided to “tickle,
tickle” mommy during nighttime prayers. When it’s your turn to pray, you
consistently thank God for apples and pumpkins as you fold your sweet little
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I know this next year is going to be such a
year of growth as you develop into a little girl. I pray that you will
continually “grow in the <span class="text">grace and knowledge of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). My hope is that you will receive grace and
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<span class="text"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Happy 2<sup>nd</sup> birthday my sweet girl. I love you to the moon and
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<span class="text"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mama</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div>
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-42697937548046598812013-10-23T23:00:00.000-07:002013-10-24T03:35:25.799-07:00What's Going OnI am giving myself five minutes to blog because it's late and I should either be A) sleeping or B) working. But I figure if I could give myself five minutes I could get a few things written and appease my grandmother. Hi Nana!<br />
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We have been under the weather around here. Among the four of us we have had six trips to the urgent care/pediatrician, one visit may or may not have been the result of an iron catapulting through the air. This is my absolute favorite time of year, so I have been a little bummed to have had to cancel some fun fall outings. I keep reminding myself there is still time to get that pumpkin patch visit in. <br />
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Gavin is still loving school. He is student of the week this week and of all weeks he has had to miss two days. I have enjoyed snuggles on the couch with my little boy while watching
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Thankfully Boot Scoot, AKA Ava is well and as spirited as ever. Her language development amazes me. I have a list of words I wrote down that she could say three months ago and since then its grown into phrases she spouts off. My favorite words are "huggy" for hug and "buggy" for bug and she often says "here you go" and "more please." She constantly makes us laugh with her faces and smooth dance moves.<br />
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We are gearing up for the holidays. I can't believe we are already planning dates in December including a certain little girl's second birthday.<br />
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-36909136839032832782013-09-16T21:30:00.001-07:002013-09-16T21:30:42.648-07:00Go Texans!We have been so busy around here, it has been hard to get a word, or blog post in. However, I thought I would share a few pictures I took Sunday of the kiddos sporting their Texans colors. To be fair, I didn't associate their red and blue wardrobe with the Texans until after we got home from church, but hey, it's nice when those things work out.<br />
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<br />Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-78599540376953248492013-08-27T21:49:00.002-07:002013-08-27T21:49:52.907-07:00First Day of Kindergarten<div style="text-align: center;">
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The day came, a little too quickly if you ask me. To be fair it didn't creep up on me. In fact, I've been thinking about Gavin's first day of kindergarten for quite some time. Last year we did pre-school in a homeschool format, but for kindergarten we and I mean D and I, were not sure what we were going to do. Some days I would have knots in my stomach as I worried about this seemingly huge decision. Well that worry started melting away the more I gave the question over to prayer. A wise friend also told me that I just need to take it one year at a time. What may work for this year may not for next year. So with that being said, we decided Gavin was going to attend public school for kindergarten.<br />
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We prayed that Gavin would get the teacher that was the best fit for him but I also added in that it would be nice if he got our church's worship leader's wife. That didn't happen but the teacher he did get seems so very sweet.<br />
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Being a former kindergarten teacher I tried to prepare Gavin as much as possible academically and what he should expect to do, but as a mama my priority was to prepare him spiritually with lots and lots of prayer as well as reminding him who he is (kind, sweet, honest, caring, helpful, loved by lots of people, and created by God). I also thought it would be helpful if he knew how to open his cheese sticks, button his shorts, and well we'll get to tying the shoes later.<br />
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We took a few, ok a lot, of pictures on Gavin's first day. Pinterest has to be thanked for most of these ideas.<br />
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It felt a little like Mayberry taking Gavin to school his first day. Parents were walking wit their kids to school from every corner of our neighborhood. There were strollers and bikes and scooters with crossing guards ready to protect these wee little ones. Our neighborhood even created a tunnel that goes under the very busy street which runs in front of the school.<br />
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Gavin was all smiles as he held mine and Dave's hands all the way to his classroom. He put his backpack up, took a picture for us with his teacher and made a beeline for the playdough. We took a few more pictures, I fought back tears and we said our goodbyes.<br />
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I was trying to not be that clingy parent I had so often assured I would take care of their kiddo. It was bittersweet. I was sad because I can't believe my sweet baby is old enough for school and I'm going to miss having him with me all day. See, this was just yesterday.<br />
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He was glad to see his sister after his first day and the feeling was mutual. However, I think she liked having a little mommy time too.<br />
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As much as we missed him, I have peace knowing that he is going to flourish this year. And after the first two days, he is still all smiles. <br />
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Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15989350920733390750noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4060437728525885248.post-61185487239922762382013-08-25T20:15:00.001-07:002013-08-25T20:15:24.178-07:00I'll Eat You Up, I Love You So! After I wrote part 1 we headed out for a little family vacation and since getting back we have gone nonstop. I will finish part 2 with a possible part 3 more than likely next week but for now I am going to post something I had already started writing.<br />
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Summer has zoomed past for us with lots of playtime, projects and fun, but one of my favorite times was celebrating Gavin's fifth birthday. He<span style="color: #0000ee;"><u> </u></span>picked a Wild Things theme over a Super Hero party although I have a feeling there will be a Super Hero theme in the future.<br />
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At first I was not very inspired about a Wild Things theme. I kept getting lost in a forest. You'll understand if you have read the book. But once I perused Pinterest for an embarrassing amount of time, I started to pull it together. You can go <a href="http://pinterest.com/abbeylayne/wild-thing/" target="_blank">here</a> to see my Pinterest Wild Things board. I love being able to use the creativity of others and add in my own ideas. I might as well not recreate the wheel in the process. <br />
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Here's some pics of the birthday boy and his Wild Crew. I was so impressed that even the grown-up Wild Things participated.<br />
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I reused the banner from birthdays past and added the Wild Things cut outs. I am not ashamed of the fact that I took current pictures frames, and filled them with print outs of quotes from the book. I figure the print outs are only used for a few hours. There is no sense in buying frames just for that time frame. I bought one cheap table cloth for the Wild Thing making station but other than that I tried to use what we had on hand. It helped that Gavin's Me Me gave him three stuffed characters from the book in Christmas' past, we already owned two copies of the book (one for guests to sign), and my husband had the Wild Things figurines in the attic. <br />
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I keep being reminded that I don't need to feed everyone anything beside cake and something to wash it down with especially when the party is at three in the afternoon, but I just can't help myself to serve something to nibble on particularly when the food can be part of the decor. We had Peanut Butter and Jelly crowns, red jello boats, and a dirt cake. My favorite part where the palm trees on the cake made with fruit slices and pirouette cookies. I also added fruit skewers and a new recipe for Reese's Peanut Butter fudge which was so stinkin' good. <br />
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For activities, the kids dressed up as Kings of the Wild Things, created their own paper Wild Things, and played pin the tail on Max.<br />
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I also read to them the story and on the second read gave each kid a Wild Thing Mask and whistle to let the Wild Rumpus start. The kids had fun roaring their terrible roars and gnashing their terrible teeth.<br />
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We sent each kid home with a Wild Things bag (scored these for 10 cents a while back) with Wild Things pencils and stickers (also on clearance) and a monster rubber ducky for the littlest Wild Things while the older ones received a pack of candy (I went easy on the sweets) and a Wild Things sticker scene. <br />
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Gavin had a pretty <strike>sweet</strike> wild birthday with some pretty <strike>sweet</strike> wild friends and family. <br />
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