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this cutie's scowl

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getting the sillies out
before church with Nana and Papa J

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cousins

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This was not supposed to be my picture for today.
I was just messing around with my camera...
but it got rainy and nasty and dark.
And I didn't get my camera out again.
So, this is my picture for today.

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Mr. Ponch.
Pancho Villa.
Ponchy-Ponch.

He totally won't look at me because he's afraid of the camera.

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What is up with blogger? It keeps cutting off my words...

Anyway, the next post should read, "TODAY we went swimming".

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Today we went swimming.
He said he was a "diver man".
I love how he doesn't quite get the goggles on right,
and they pin down his ears.

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Hunter and Madison while watching a movie

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Today we have been homebound,
due to a sick boy.
So what to do to pass the time?




Clean out my closet, of course!
I purged....
these bags are just the "donate" bags.
They don't even include the things I threw away!

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patriotism project

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He has my sunny disposition...

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Headlock or hug?! You decide...

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tasting honeysuckle for the first time

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Happy Mother's Day to my mom. Most people don't want to turn out like their mothers, but I would give anything to turn out half as great as mine!

Happy Mother's Day to my mother-in-law, too! I am lucky to have a mother-in-law that is so wonderful to me.

I consider myself double blessed!

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We went down to the creek today.
I had to try really hard to let boys be boys
(and not worry about dirty water, snakes or any of that stuff)...
I think I did a pretty good job, though
because they all came home soaking wet.

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Hudson's field trip to the Botanical Gardens

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more fun with lights

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A cat decided to have babies in our backyard, which is fine, except the mama cat was terrorizing our dogs. So, Eric got the mama cat and one of the babies and put them on the other side of our fence. But two of the kittens scattered, and we could not find them.

Last week we found another one of the kittens, and were able to take it to the humane society. Since then, the last one appeared, but we could not catch it! We've tried for several days, but was a little hard since Eric was out of town and all I had were three little helpers. Well, yesterday it went into the neighbor's yard and their dog got a hold of it. It seemed a little traumatized, but alright (and no, even with the neighbors help, and it being stunned we still couldn't catch it).

Well, being caught by the dog must have done some damage because this morning we found the little kitten dead in our yard. Not knowing what in the world to do with it, we had a little burial. Carter decided he wanted to to write a little note and put it on the grave. Everyone made up a few sentences (so it was quite redundant), but I was so impressed with the compassion of my boys. Who says boys can't be kind and caring?



And yes, his name was Chase...because we had been chasing him around all week. ;)

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This should be a throwaway,
but I just can't do it.
I rarely capture a real smile from this one.