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Thanksgiving Thursday

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Busy Busy….wish I could just push a button and be rested. Sleeping takes too much time. I feel like my feet literally hit the floor in morning…in a full speed run. But I am loving it..

1. I am thankful for me and my hubby taking the time to go on a date tonight.:)
2. I am thankful for Wednesday night Bible study….Ezra, Nehamiah and Esther..have been much more interesting than I expected.
3. I am thankful I blogged 5 times today!!!!
4. I am thankful for high speed internet on my phone!!!!!
5. I am thankful for ebay….finding the odd and ends.
6. I am thankful for the short visit I was able to squeeze in on Saturday to visit my parents and grandparents.
7. I am thankful for cooler weather!!!!!
8. I am thankful for great friends.
9. I am thankful for our outlet mall’s awesome clearance!! Cant bea 1.99 specials!!!
10. I am thankful for Starbucks!!!

First Game of the Season….:)

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This is my favorite season ..Fall..Autumn. Whatever you choose to call it….it just so happens to coincide with my favorite sport to watch, my kids Soccer games!!! I am in my element as a soccer mom on the sidelines!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!

This is our second year of playing on the Homeschool Hornets, but the kids love it!! Chloe and Blake play on the middle school team 6th-8th graders, they have allowed Blake to play this year with the understanding he may not get as much playing team as the 8th graders. Well, he played almost the whole game last week!!!

And we won!!!!! 6-2….!!!!!YAY HORNETS!!!

Blake turns 10!!!!!!!

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My little boy turned 10 on Sept 11th!!! I just cant believe the great son that I have!! He is just a blessing to us. Blake’s actual birthday was an extremely BUSY day to say the least ( first day of co-op, his birthday party, soccer game, Lads to Leaders scrapbooking….which we missed because we were wiped out!!

Below is Chloe giving Blake some loving …which in front of his friends, he didnt respond well.:)

Blake with his “slingshot cake”….his dad made for him!:)


Blake and Caleb enjoying his new chair..


Blake and his friends…he had a great time!! Thanks!!!

Idlewild~~SoakZone~~~Storybook Forrest

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Our family headed to Idlewild/SoakZone/StoryBook Forest Labor Day weekend….the Saturday before Labor Day is known as “Church of Christ” day. So a bunch of us take advantage of the discount and head that way every year. This is our 4th year to go!! We all take crockpots of food and set up in a pavillion, so we eat for free all day!!!

Our family standing outside the entrance of Storybook Forrest:)


The FIRST and ONLY request for Paul of the day…I need to get in the balls!!

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe….


Paul pulling a heavy load…

Blake having fun at Soakzone!!!


Camye jumping around..:)

My kids and Adam and Jonah Armstrong!!!

Thanksgiving Thursday

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Well I havent posted in awhile so I thought I would do a Thanksgiving Thursday blog. We have been super busy since school starting, but as of right now we are done in April if we keep up this pace. I am very thankful for this time in my life, I am doing exactly what I have been wanting to do since I was a little girl.
Here is a top ten:

I am thankful for: (in no particular order)
1. My husband…especially this evening!! He is helping create an AWESOME powerpoint presentation for my Medieval Times co-op class.
2. Co-op…it starts in the morning. I am teaching 6th-8th and 4th-5th grades Medieval Times. I am very nervous but I am feeling confident.
3. Kids…they are just the best!!! They give me so much joy!!
4. For my mom who came up to help me…with co-op preps, Blakes birthday party tomorrow, kids first soccer game of the season and helping get my house cleaned for all my company!!!
5. Soccer- I am just ecstatic for Chloe and Blake’s 1st soccer game tomorrow !!!! Yes on his birthday!!!
6. God- because he is such an AWESOME God
7. G-2 Pilot Pens in every color….that my hubby got for me.
8. My nails..because they are really long right now!!!! I dont know why…but they decided to grow for me!!
9. Starbucks…have I mentioned how much I love Mocha Frappuchino Lite’s
10. Homeschooling…LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!

Ocean City, Maryland!!! Awesome time!!

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Kenny and I have been thinking all summer we needed to take a REAL family vacation!! We usually just spend our off time visiting family. And they dont live in vacation spots!!!LOL!! But if my sister in law would EVER move to back to the states….she will live in a vacation spot!!! No pressure..I just know her well.:)

Anyway so we polled all our family and friends and went with the majority vote of Ocean City, Maryland!!! It was alot of fun. Although the rip tides were very strong from Hurricane Danny but for my wild kids that just made the beach more fun!!

Although they did close the beach on Saturday night…

Our underwater camera is the best!!

Chloe standing onherhead!!


Blake showing me some Karate moves…

Playing on thebeach!!

Blake…


Paul!!!


Camye!!

Just the 6 of us!:)


Chloe!! I think she looks so much older here!!!

Pool Fun at the Bairen’s

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Our great friends the Bairen’s got an awesome new pool this summer!! We were dieing to go over and visit, but I couldnt just up and invite ourselves. My friend Tammie and her husband kept posting the progress they were making on the pool and how great it felt and whoever wanted could come on over!!!

Well I kept biding my time…and sure enough, she called andinvited us!! I almost forgot to take some pics but I threw my underwater camera to the kids and they took care of it for me.:)

Paul loved it!!! And would like to move there he said!!

Nathan Bairen!!


Paige Bairen!!


Jacob and Blake….as you can see…my kids had the camera most of the time!!

Church Family Picnic

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Life has been crazy busy here!! But we have alot of fun!!! In the summer our church tries to plan at least one picnic per month. We meet at this great park way out in the middle of nowhere!!!

Here is Paul being silly with his friends..always posing for the camera!!!

Camye and her friend Jesse teeter-totering..okay I have no idea how to spell that..!!LOL!!

Blake had a great time finding all sorts of goodies..what you cant see in there is minnows and crawdaddies….

Chloe plays with the adults now…she loves volleyball!!! I know this a short and sweet blog!! Just catching up:)

Trip to Pittsburgh Zoo

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Last Saturday we headed to the zoo with several friends from church!! It was a lot of fun..but very HOT!! We are all a little spoiled with having such a great summer that when it got to the 90’s for one week we all were ready for Fall.

Below is a picture of the shark tunnel…it is new at the zoo this year. It is really neat!! Our new family picture was taken in the same spot.

Below is one of the few pictures I have of Chloe at the zoo. She stayed a bit ahead of us with some of her friends. That is a monkey peaking over the tree at us.


We got to see the lions at an awesome time. But this lion was growling at the crowd. It went for several minutes….very neat.

Below is a place to measure how tall you to an elephant or a giraffe. Or Ben Roethlisberger …of course…only in Pittsburgh..LOL!!

Paul and his little friend Hannah pulling him along….

I think the polar bears were the best thing to see at the zoo!! They kept swimming around and we could watch them!!! They are soo cute…behind glass walls of course!!

Camye on a camel…

Kiddy Kingdom…here Paul comes!!