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I think if I blog every day this week month, I just might get caught up on documenting life before everything fades into the abyss that tends to be my memory.  But that is overwhelming so I will just start with blogging today. Back to the sweetest wedding ever.  The day Lorie and Justin and Kiah became an official family was more precious than you can imagine.  Kiah holds a very special place

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 Since the salon where Lorie works was closed for Sunday, we had the place all to ourselves to get ready.  now THAT was cool.   We made a great team with those Cole sisters and busted out some serious hair make up and nails that day! Biggest wedding foul ever- asking the bride to please trim your son's unruly hair 3 hours before the ceremony.  Daddy arriving to pick up Lorie

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 Lorie decided to have a costume party for the rehearsal dinner considering it was close to Halloween and the fact that costumes are incredibly AWESOME.  Let me tell you, it was a great idea!  It was hilarious.......and fun........and how could anyone be anything but laid back and happy if the Easter Bunny is walking a cute 40's sailor girl down the aisle to wed a gorilla?  After we practiced the

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Moving right along through October festivities brings us to a highlight of my year, well, heck, a highlight of my entire life............. the wedding.  Lorie, Justin and Kiah became an official family on October 24th and it was the sweetest thing you could imagine.  The weather was about 20 degrees higher than the average in Boone in October making it a gorgeous fall day. But wait, I am getting

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The next noteworthy happening in October was our Cheshire Music Gig.  After class one day, a lady told me how much she enjoyed the last time we played there and then asked when we were doing it again.  I really start thinking and figuring on how we could make it happen this fall before the weather turned too cold.  The biggest obstacle was the sound system.  We borrowed a system from a church

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You know how it goes....the more you have to blog about, the less time you have to blog.  So October has come and gone and I have yet to record all of the happenings for the Harrisons.  Then the question is "where do I start?".  They used to say in the scrapbookers world to start with RIGHT NOW as to not get to overwhelmed, but I don't guess I am that far behind so I will start at the beginning

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Are you ready for some cuteness?   Annabelle has started taking dance from Ms. Kim on Thursdays.  She LOVES it and it is the sweetest, cutest thing you could ever imagine.  Annalee and Lucie are in her class so Amie, Lauren and I get to hang out and watch while they dance.  The grandparents paid for the dance class as Annabelle's birthday present so a HUGE thank you is in order for them! 

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September means it is time to go back to Dollywood.  We take the summer off to avoid the heat and crowds but as soon as all those kiddos go back to school, we head back over the smokey mountains for some fun.  Last week, we took a quick day trip with my friend, Lauren, and her two kids, Samuel and Annalee. We practically had the park to ourselves and the weather was perfect. Also,  it was great

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Quick overview on life over the past few weeks:  Jonathan and I took the kids to an extended family reunion down near Maggie Valley a few weeks ago. After getting a late start and then getting a bit lost (gasp, can you imagine ME getting lost!?),  we basically missed the reunion itself and arrived as everyone was packing up and heading out.  However, it turned out to be an awesome day because we

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Can you believe it is August already? Thanks to generous friends with boats to share, we've made a few trips to Lake James lately.  Talk about fun times!  One Saturday we went with the Rayments and The Kings and all piled into their boat to shuttle across the lake to a little beach where we played and swam all afternoon.  That night we dropped our kiddos off with Moma and Daddy and then went back

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I am relieved to say that Annabelle is done with her pacifiers!   Yes, I am aware of the fact that 3 1/2 years old  (okay, almost 4) is a ridiculous age to still have a pacie, however, the truth is I let her keep them that long so that you would feel better about how early you made your kids give them up.  All three of my kids took them until they were almost four years old.  Heck, we bribed Adam

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 Caleb turned nine years old yesterday.  Crazy, huh?   How could I have a nine year old?  I suppose everyone feels that way when their oldest child has a birthday.   Caleb decided he would like to celebrate by hiking to a waterfall with friends and family.  So yesterday afternoon we all met up and caravaned down to Old Fort to hike to Catawba Falls.  Caleb was so excited and talked non-stop on

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If anyone asks what we have been doing this summer, I just say swimming.  A friend called me up a few weeks ago and asked if I would be interested in picking up a couple of classes at another gym in town.  I immediately declined and told her my schedule was full.  She said, "Are you sure, because you would be able to use their outdoor pool?"  to which I  replied without hesitation, "In that case,

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We have been going strong for the last few days celebrating Independence Day weekend. FIVE cookouts, 2 sets of huge fireworks and 2 sets of small backyard fireworks, sack races and parades, plus some swimming made for a full weekend and exhausted kids.....and parents! Seriously, it was helpful to list all of those things because I was getting worried about how tired I felt teaching class on

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Since I haven't ventured out in the world to live anywhere besides the Asheville area, I try to redeem my coolness by telling people what a great place it is to reside. Asheville is beautiful. It has a great live music scene. It is diverse and artsy. It has good weather. And now it even has a little water feature to play in called "Splasheville". We took advantage of the downtown scene

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This year taught me, once again, that I should lower my expectations for accomplishing things on beach trips like blogging, or running, or learning to play the banjo (all things I really considered putting on the "to do" list that week). For some reason, I think, vacation equals free time sooooo, what can I get done? But then there are the three children that keep me pretty busy not to

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The first thing I thought when i saw this picture is "WHOA, the boys are getting so old and tall!" It seems like yesterday they were little toddlers kissing my pregnant belly with Annabelle inside in the picture on the beach. I think they will catch me in height within a couple of years.Can I just tell you what a sweetheart Lucie is? She is the kindest little helper and friend you can imagine!

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The Bartlett beach trip was wonderful as always this year. Aunt Leslie flew in from California for most of the week and Aunt Teresa came and stayed a couple of nights with us. Seth and Uncle Paul couldn't make it because they had to work and we missed them very much.This year we stayed in a house on the beach that had a POOL, a hot tub and a foosball table. wow. What luxuries! We divided our

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What a great time of year. Warm weather, pool time, less laundry, trips to Dollywood, trips to the BEACH, hiking, waterfalls, outdoor music, creeks, festivals, and on and on.....I suppose we wouldn't appreciate the warm weather if we didn't have to bear the winter as well, although I am not too sure about all that. All I know is to have a nice mild summer climate, you inevitably have to go

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The kids love to go down to the creek that runs near Cheshire after class. I use it as a bribe once in a while when they are cranky and protest childcare. A couple of weeks ago, they collected about a hundred tadpoles from a mud hole/pond down there and we've been watching them morph into frogs since then. Adam is particularly fascinated with them and is constantly feeding and watching them.

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Annabelle was a flower girl last weekend at our friends, Jon and Beth's wedding. She was precious and completely cooperative to my surprise and delight. The rehearsal/out-of-towners dinner was at the Grove Park Inn and was without doubt the best food I have eaten in years. We were the only natives had a great time meeting folks from all over the country. Annabelle was a dream child and she and I

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It's Friday. I taught class at the gym, came home and straightened the house, mopped the floors, and cleaned the bathrooms. Then, I took a long shower wherein I shaved my legs, deep conditioned my hair and even applied a bit of self tanning lotion afterward. What in the world you may ask? How is this done with three kids in the house? Well, they are not here. Folks, I just sent them off

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We played some music at the Francis's house a couple of weekends back when they had some friends over to hang out. I snagged these pictures from face book because they are just so dang cool. Jessie always takes incredible pictures and writes one heck of a blog. I love to read her thoughts and see all of the photos.I can't put into words how happy I am when I am playing music with these guys.

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Here are some Easter photos for you. Aren't they just the cutest things you've ever seen? Well, perhaps I am a little biased but they certainly looked nice that morning before church. It was such a treat to see Annabelle in a different dress from the two she wears EVERY day lately. I knew there would be a battle over the Easter dress so I planned accordingly and left enough time for the

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Annabelle has a few imaginary friends hanging about lately whose names are Kelly, Alice, Sarah, and most importantly, Ellis. She cracks me up daily with her conversations and descriptions of them. When one of my nieces was younger, she had an imaginary friend named Gally who was very misbehaved and always causing trouble. In fact, one time she even told us matter-of-factly that Gally was going

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Today is Thursday. It is the one day a week I do not teach class, we do not have kids camp at Church, the boys do not have scouts and therefore we try to stay at home. About six weeks after having Caleb way-back-in-the-day Seth began calling me the "stay-at-home mom who isn't ever home ". In my defense, I was just getting used to being at the house all day and had been cooped from a horrible

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It is finally March and Asheville is possibly getting the last snowfall of the year out there today. OK, probably not but whatever. We have felt the effects of the plentiful snow this season considering when Seth (or me which accounts for a little income) can't get out to work, he does not get paid, and the electric and gas bills are through the roof, but whatever, the snow is so pretty

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February is a month I have to just endure and push through. It just is not my favorite month. Maybe I am writing this because we all have crummy colds and it is making me a little whiny this morning. Thank goodness for a netty pot and that I am not teaching aerobics today!We got a Monopoly game on Tuesday and have spent hours playing since then. Caleb is an exceptional player and has

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Monday was the big "unders" battle with Annabelle. Tuesday she wore them all day long with no spankings needed.....except she wore them right at the top of her thighs. That right there is proof that this is no comfort thing. It is all about control. So whatever, I let it slide. Sure she was walking a little funny but I figured that eventually (even if it took a month) she would get tired of

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Just in case you aren't from around here, we have had the coldest, snowiest winter in about 15 years in the mountains of western North Carolina. Our second big snow fell this past weekend. This time was so much better than the last (although I certainly loved staying with my folks) because we had plenty of groceries and ELECTRICITY!Friday evening was the best because our neighbors came over and

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So, does anyone want to take Annabelle off my hands for a week or so?Honestly, I need a little break from her. A recurring theme in parenting for me has been "this stage will pass" so I am constantly reminding myself to just hang in there and be strong. I have already said many times that Annabelle is different from the boys, but it needs to be said again. She is sooooo different from the

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Lorie has the coolest boots among us hands down.Some of my favorite shots were taken back in the vineyards. Aren't the colors gorgeous?I wish I had gotten the message "everyone look at the couple". What a goober!We were watching the guy shots here.I have always been a huge fan of black and white pictures but I have picked out very few to post here. It is just because the colors are so pretty

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If I don't get this weekend recorded on the blog there is a good chance it could disappear into the black hole that IS Julie's memory. I had sworn off the Harrison family's hunting land in south Georgia, Bear Creek, for Annabelle and me a couple of summers ago....at least for a few years. The last time we went down she was a about 18 months old and I spent the weekend catching her before she

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Gotta love the boots shots!

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Leslie and Paul wanted to get pictures taken care of before the ceremony so they had a special meeting time for them on this cool bridge where they would see one another alone (plus the photographer) for the first time that day. My Dad took Leslie there where Paul was waiting for his bride. She said it was the most incredible moment of her life.

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The reception included lots of DANCING!The Bartlett girls (along with everyone else) tore the dance floor up!

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These pictures take a really long time to load...partly because they are really great quality shots from the photographer herself and partly because my computer is pretty slow. I will just give you one at a time for now. Leslie's dress was a bit too long so she had the choice of either getting it hemmed or wearing very tall heels. She went with the shoes option and wore these super cute cowboy

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It is true. Despite the bitterly cold temperatures (especially this year), I welcome January because the holidays have come and gone and life can start functioning at a productive rate.... and my aerobics classes are packed. More than that, the new year seems like a fresh start and I am often (always) in need of that. I know that setting resolutions can get you down since they tend to set

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Last Thursday morning, we loaded up and took the "long-cut" (in the boy's words) over to Tennessee since I40 is still closed due to the rock slide earlier this year. We had big plans for a long weekend adventure full of Dollywood and outlet Christmas shopping. All was well Thursday--we rode the rides, saw the shows and were dazzled by a million Christmas lights in the park. When we arrived at

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Here are some more wedding pictures that Justin (Lorie's boyfriend) took at the wedding. I can't imagine how incredible the photographer's photos may be after seeing these.Sword Arch

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Where was I on getting the wedding covered on the blog? The Rehearsal I believe. The rehearsal day was filled with getting all of the loose ends tied up. Leslie and I got a late start out to Temecula, but thankfully Mom, Amie, Lorie and Beth were already there working hard to finish the place cards, welcome baskets, favors and all that stuff.Goodness, a lot goes into a wedding!I think this is a

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Alright, let me tell you all more about our California trip. I must start with the fact that we did not take our children. We are blessed that we could leave all three of them with Seth's family for five days and know they were not only safe, but happy as well. I was worried about leaving Annabelle because we haven't been a part for any more than a night ( and that was always with Mimi). Aunt

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This is gonna be short and sweet, but here are a few pictures that I snagged from facebook to share here on the blog. As more come in, I will continue to post them. The wedding was dreamy. I had four of the most fun days of my life on our trip out to San Diego, CA. I got tons of "Leslie time"and met so many awesome people. We danced and sang and ate good food. Leslie and Uncle Paul are just

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Wow, October flew by. It always seems to be that way for me. The fall colors come and go so quickly that I almost feel like I am holding my breath the whole month taking in as much as I can, knowing the ugly winter will soon follow. We started October with a fever running through the house and are finishing it out with another one. It really hasn't been all that bad, but it definitely put a

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The birthday party here in Asheville was somewhat spoiled when Adam came home sick on Saturday. After that happened, we decided it would be best if the Pittman family stayed away to hinder the spread of germs. The party went on as planned, minus the dressing up and dancing Annabelle had planned to do with Lucie. She took the news fairly well because I reassured her we would do something later

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Here is a glimpse of what a typical illness running through our house looks like for my children.Annabelle: a little more whiny, sluggish, and weepy. She has only thrown up once in her life so far and usually sleeps a lot when feverish.Adam: quiet and sweet, sleeps and rarely complains. Pitiful to see, but easy to look after.....takes medicine like a champ.Caleb: Any sort of minor fever

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I certainly never thought I would be "that mom" with the little girl wearing all of the weird dress-up clothes or nightgown out and about in public. However, once again, eat your words.......or thoughts...... Annabelle ends up going to the gym, grocery store, and park in some weird get-ups more often than I would like mostly because....... well, it isn't that big of a deal to me. I fight the

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I just realised that I hadn't put these pictures up on the blog. They are from the day we hiked up to Graveyard fields to pick blueberries. We went up there when we were kids each year and it brought back such vivid sweet memories of those times. The berries were quite "picked through" but we still were able to find a couple of buckets worth. Annabelle got a little tired after an hour or

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I have always loved folky-mountainy-roots type music. When I began playing the guitar a few years ago, I was especially drawn towards old time music. The chords are easy, my voice sounds best in that genre, but more than that, I honestly can feel it in my blood when I sing and play those old mountain songs or hymns.That is because it really is in my blood. Both sets of my grandparents and

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The boys have become official Cub scouts as of last Tuesday. Seth took them to the first meeting and all three of them were beaming when they got home that night. Wrestling, pledges, well-disciplined and organised, push-ups for misbehavior, and camping trips was some of what I have gathered from our conversations this week. They are all quite excited.I took them to get their uniforms Tuesday

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I read this to the boys last night int he 2nd chapter of Little Town on the Prairie. It brought me to tears. Such truth!Mary had always been good. Sometimes she had been so good that Laura could hardly bear it. But now she seemed different. Once Laura asked her about it."You used to try all the time to be good.", Laura said. "And you always were good. It made me so mad sometimes, I wanted

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We went up to Graveyard fields yesterday to hike and pick blueberries and my Aunt Teresa came along with us. Being with her reminded me of how I haven't blogged in about a month. She lives on the coast of NC and says when she misses her mountains or feels homesick, she reads the blog for comfort. And that was the first and foremost reason that I started to blog.....for my out-of-town friends

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The pictures in this post will just have to be out of order. I will not be spending any time arranging them at this time.They are from 2 different summer adventures. The first is last Thursday when we hiked to some falls with Courtney and 3 of her kids.The second is us riding bikes on the Biltmore Estate. Both days were awesome.Annabelle was such a good girl both days. She just goes with the

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I probably should write some sort of reflective post considering that tomorrow Seth and I will celebrate our tenth anniversary and Caleb is 8 years old, but truthfully, (and obviously) I haven't been in blogging mode lately. Don't worry though, I am one big phase so I will probably be back to it in a month or so. Until then, I give you another picture post. Here are some things we've been up

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We have the swim birthday parties at Cheshire down to a science now. Swim-cake-presents-swim again.......parents of non-swimmers must stay, some adults watch kids as others set up or clean up.......in and out within 2 1/2 hours. Aside from our normal neighborhood squabbles, the party went as smoothly as possible.Annabelle had some wardrobe issues at the party. I forgot her favorite swim suit,

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What is going on with us this month? Well, we have new neighbors and they are very, very cool. Our latest favorite thing to do is to hang out with them in the garage or by a backyard campfire after the kids are settled in bed. Sam, their 18 year old daughter, is an awesome singer songwriter and we take turns playing and singing for everyone. She is incredibly talented and hopes to make a

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Last weekend we camped out up near Mt. Pisgah for Mike and Denise's wedding. It was so good to be up in the mountains with great friends, good music, and yummy food! Here are some pictures for ya:I loved everything about their sweet mountain wedding. Here they are dancing to "Wagon Wheel" for their first dance.Isn't her dress the greatest?AND THE BOOTS! love 'em.Some of the galsThe

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Adam and Amy are just about the sweetest things in the entire world. They are such good buddies and have high hopes to run some sort of animal hospital or something along those lines when they grow up. They usually sleep somewhere together while Caleb and Walker sleep somewhere else when we visit. They were so precious that I just had to get a picture.Also this picture is a good illustration

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Thankfully we were able to go swimming this weekend while we were down in Georgia. I say thankfully because it was sooooo darn hot down there. I think it was right around 100 degrees midday with some serious humidity. The boys said I should put these videos on the blog so everyone could see there incredible flips off the diving board.Here are a couple of pictures at the church when we picked

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After class on Friday, Annabelle and I made the trip down to Acworth, GA to retrieve our boys. We arrived just in time to meet the bus that takes them back and forth to camp each day at the church. It was so great to see them! I think they both grew an inch last week.Aunt Angie went to camp with them and so there are lots of pictures this year. That and I get a better understanding of the

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Let me tell you (and as to keep a record) a little about Miss Annabelle these days. The child is quite a character and keeps me entertained and busy every day. She loves to make us laugh and is always paying attention to what we are saying even though it may not obvious at the time. For example, how she calls Granddaddy "Gran-Granny". She slipped up and called him that a few months back and since

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We all got settled back into the routine of life this week...... just in time to send the boys off to Georgia for the WEEK. They are going to "Camp Cherokee" with their cousins for the second year in a row and will be staying with Aunt Angie each night. It is basically a day camp sponsored by the Harrison's church where elementary school-aged kids will get to swim in the lake, hike, play games,

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Topsail Island Trip 2009:I had such great intentions for the beach. I was going to blog, run and play the guitar everyday. Yeah, it didn't happen. I ran a little, played a little and blogged..... none. I found better things to do.Like lying on the awesome beach and watching my boys have the time of their lives playing in the ocean.Or like eating lots of yummy dinners that each couple took a

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I have a fifth new favorite thing....... a hula hoop. Bambi, my boss at the gym, gave me one for my birthday the other day and said to go to hoopgirl.com to check it out. Apparently you can learn to teach a hula workout class. Honestly, I am a little skeptical that one can actually get a good workout from it, but I do know that we have had lots of fun with it this week.Our neighbor, Emily,

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I am going to join Courtney in her NEW favorite things list. Her rules were tell everyone about 5 new things that you are enjoying these days with photos. Here it goes:1. aprons: It is no secret that I don't enjoy cooking. I do it but I just don't like it. Lately I have been making a point to wear my cute apron when I cook which seems to help me enjoy it a little more......like being in

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The good news is that my camera is repaired, in the mail, and on the way to me. The other good news is that it was under warranty and there was no charge! I will get a new video up of Annabelle singing for you as soon as it arrives. Her Annie covers have come a long way in the past month or so.We celebrated my Granny's 80th birthday a few weeks back with a cookout at the 'rent's house. The

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I have obtained more pictures from the events surrounding Leslie's visit. On that Thursday, Amie called me around 9amish and said sleepily, "uh, do y'all want to got o Dollywood?" I was taken a little off guard, but I truly love spur of the moment plans and told her "absolutely".In a couple of hours we were all off to the state of Tennessee where the country music is sweet... as is the syrup at

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Let me set the scene for you. I just got Annabelle down for her nap and told the boys I was taking a shower, so play nicely in their room for fifteen minutes and then we would get to work on school. Of course, then, I thought to myself, "I should probably check in on my facebook" as I am horribly addicted to it. So I sat down and wrote a comment or two to my friends when I heard these little

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Last Monday, Leslie and Paul treated us to a day up at Chimney Rock park. It was beautiful weather and a very fun day. Here are the pictures:If there is a tree, the boys will be up and in it in no time!It has been too long since I got to hike. It was much easier than I thought it would be with the three kids. Well, Annabelle was the only one I worried about, but she walked the whole trail to

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While I am waiting for a few more pictures from my sisters, I wanted to write about something I have thought a bit about lately. We went to bed much later than normal during Leslie's visit which led to some major bedtime meltdowns (and a few during the day as well) for the kids.....in particularly my Caleb. One night after we had a horrible episode of flipping out, spankings, and desperate

Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09798025598607753140noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3335644898084413859.post-5232715505348757272009-04-26T20:42:00.002-04:002009-04-26T23:21:40.428-04:00

I have been on a blogging hiatus for the past two weeks because we have been totally preoccupied with spending time with our dear Aunt Leslie. She came to visit us from California and we had to soak as much of her in while we could. There are lots of pictures to post and outings to record on here so it may take me a day or two to get everything in.We started it all out with a post-Easter Egg

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We finally made it down to Georgia to visit with the Harrison side of our family this past weekend. Uncle Johnny and Seth spent the weekend building a little garage type building for Prather Electric to use as their shop, the kids played tirelessly with their cousins and I just hung around the house and talked "homeschool" with one of my greatest mentors, Aunt Angie, for a few days.Walker, who is

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We had a fun, fun, very full weekend.Let's see, Friday started with me teaching our Zoology co-op which was a grand success. The kids all had fun and were excited about making boxes so they could observe crickets for the next week. I did everything to prepare for the class that morning. .......Well, I HAD thought about what we would do and read the chapter with the kids all week, but as far as

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You'll never guess where we went on Saturday night! The Rodeo. Yep, my dad called me that morning and asked if we wanted some tickets to go see Joey and Rory (from Can You Duet on CMT......he and mom loved that show) in concert that just so happened to be the opening act for the local rodeo at the Ag Center. Hhhhhmmm, let me think... free live country music? Oh yeah, count me in! So, I put

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The goal for this week is to get bedtime schedules under control. Homeschooling doesn't demand a super strict schedule so I find my little laid-back self being much too lax on the kids in ways.......especially bedtime. You may know how this goes, a beautiful harmonious tone comes over the household and everyone gets along and plays quietly as bedtime draws near........knowing that if they act up,

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I have been meaning to blog all week long, but just haven't gotten to it until today, especially since the last post was such a downer.Let me start with Becky's blog game.Here are the rules:write 5 "beliefs" ...rules you live by and you are not allowed to get serious or preachy, political or religious! These are just for fun and to see if other people are as quirky as you!1. I "believe" in

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Ah, the heartaches of selling a house.The prospective buyers are not interested at this point because they wanted the master bedroom on the main floor.How lazy.Everything else is fine and dandy here with us.I don't have much else to report at this time.Thanks for reading!

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Can you believe the beautiful weather we had here this weekend!? Both Saturday and Sunday were dreamy days of 70 degrees with a lovely breeze. The kids spent Saturday at Mimi and Grandaddy's house while Seth and I cleared out, cleaned up and painted the house for our showing on Sunday. Yep, that is right, we had a showing of our house on Sunday. I debated on whether I should post about it,

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"Then what is the use of repiningFor where there's a will, there's a way,And tomorrow the sun may be shining, Although it is cloudy today."And as they sang, the fear and the suffering of the long, cold winter seemed to rise like a dark cloud and float away on the music. Spring had come. The sun was shining warm, the winds were soft, and the green grass growing. The Long Winter, Laura Ingalls

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Saturday was a nice break from normal life. We had our annual womens retreat for church at the Biltmore. The speaker was incredible. As always, it was just a lot of fun to hang out with everyone.Julie, Kristen, Kathy and I lead the music.Alright, brace yourself.I had never been to the Biltmore house before this!Yep, lived here all my life, never gone.Obviously, I was very excited to tour the

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Papa sent me a few pictures from their visit last week. I thought I would share:Saturday night we hung out at the fire pit until the very tired little ones had to call it a night and go to bed. Not Adam though, he is our little "night owl." Caleb and Annabelle are not pleasant to be around after 8:00 pm on most evenings.Event he pacie wasn't working to well.Annabelle loves Max, Nana's dog.

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My dad called this afternoon around 5:00 and got a tired, frazzled gal on the other end who was just about at the end of her rope with three rowdy kids. You see, I was trying to practice the music for the womens retreat tomorrow with my kids plus a neighbor kid running around, asking me questions, getting into squabbles, etc. etc.. Nothing was getting accomplished at the that point. So Dad

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Last week I told Annabelle that Nana and Papa were coming up to visit us for the weekend and she said, "Nana bring me prize!" She was quite right. Nana does something special for every holiday throughout the year so this time she brought Valentine gifts and candies. They arrived Friday afternoon and immediately took the kids off my hands and began their weekend of spoiling them. (in a good

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I just finished up stuffing the boys clean laundry into their drawers. My philosophy for the boys' clothes is, "they are BOYS, they don't have to match or have any variation in their wardrobe....just as long as the clothes are relatively clean." Also, I refuse to have more than one dresser in their room, so when the laundry is almost caught up, the drawers are bulging. Which reminds me how

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Annabelle and Lucie came inside that evening for a bit of dress-up and dancing.Caleb roasted lots of hot dogs....for others to eat.Looking at the stars with MimiAnnabelle can be a little contrary at times.Mimi's got the whole little set-up worked up now for the cookout.Jonathan and Beth were up for the weekendOne tired little gal

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Caleb is friendly.That is putting it mildly. I mean, I am almost baffled at how much he loves to be with others. If you speak to that kid and by chance he doesn't respond, he is either not listening (most probable) or just being a jerk (Okay, equally as probable) But, most likely, he will speak to you first because he just loves people. The house next door just sold recently and Caleb was

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After my sweet comments from some of you on my last post I wrote a comment that needs to be included in a post:I feel like I need to clarify that EVERYTHING I say in regards to parenting, homeschooling or whatever else is 100% regurgitated from what others have said or written. AAANNNDD that I don't do that great of a job practicing what I preach. I think I appear to have it together more than

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In the past week Annabelle has potty trained and moved into a toddler bed. How about that? I have been waiting for her to climb out of the crib before moving her, but then realised that she might never try it as she tends to be so cautious. So we went ahead and moved her anyhow for no real reason aside from wanting rid of the crib.Here is the astonishing thing: she hasn't gotten out of her bed

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I am pretty pumped about homeschooling right now. I attended a conference on Saturday up in Ridgecrest and went away feeling excited and not overwhelmed (which was what I expected to be) about it all. Let me share some of the things that I learned.....well, not all of it was new info to me, but what great reminders! The first thing that comes to mind was this:Do not do for your kids what they

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I am trying to keep Face book from killing my blog, no matter how much it wants to. It is just so much easier and takes so much less thought. (though sometimes I don't feel like I put much thought into my posts) Of course there is all the feedback one gets through face book versus blogging. I can't tell you how much I love to get comments on my blog no matter what they say. On face book,

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Yesterday Caleb's face started looking kind of red and splotchy around noon. "Hhhhmm, that is weird. No big deal though.", I thought to myself. By that evening it was worse. Then we discovered that his torso was also covered in this familiar-looking rash and that there was even a visible hand print right on his stomach just the size of his own little hand.What in the world? How could he have

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