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You can't let an event like the Superbowl come and go in your city without getting in on the action. We chose to go downtown on Monday evening. We knew we wanted to avoid weekends and decided that we would probably miss a lot of "out of towners" by going early in the week. From reports I've heard from friends, that was an excellent choice. We waited in line to get into the convention center for

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Ever feel like you do the same think day after day, somehow expecting different results? I'm going to guess every mom is answering a loud "Yes!" I feel like that's the kind of week I've had, same thing every day, same results. Delaney hates to get ready for school, so it's the same fight every morning. I love to sleep, but hate to go to bed, so I'm grumpy every morning. Carson is tired after

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You've heard people say, "Oh, life just got in the way this week." Unfortunately, death got in the way of our normal life. We received a phone call last Saturday evening informing us that our 72 year old next door neighbor had been tragically killed in a car accident on her way home from a funeral in Seymour. That same accident sent her 74 year old husband (of 51 years) to the ICU at Methodist

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Well folks (I write as if someone other than my sister is reading this....HA), I have made it past mile marker 84 on this endeavor. That is well past Franklin, but not quite to the outlet mall. I feel as if I should include some photos of myself with the nasty hair band half pony tail, sweaty face, and workout clothes. Instead, I'll save you all the visual and just let you read about my progress.

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In 2011, my sister had a word for the year. I decided to borrow this idea for 2012. My word is: JOURNEY. "A journey may be long or short, but it must start at the very spot one finds oneself." Jim Stovall My first journey began tonight. I am a "list maker" that desperately needs to mark off items that are finished. Matt says I write "make a list" at the top of the list just so I can cross

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Wow, what a weekend! We arrived in Madison on Friday afternoon (with our 8 month old niece traveling with us....that was FUN, seriously!!). Our first goal was to set up our sleeping quarters knowing that we wouldn't get back there till well after bedtime. Matt blew up 3 air mattresses and put sheets on all the beds while I gave Ainsley a bottle. Then we headed off to a cookout and to watch the

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.....and somewhere, in the middle of my eyes being closed, my baby boy turned into this handsome little prince charming. I feel so blessed that God gave me a boy. I had NO idea what I would do with a son, coming from a house of girls, but there is a very special bond between a momma and her son. Don't get me wrong, there are still some boyish things I don't understand, but I firmly believe I

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Delaney was named after a sweet song that states, "She's growing up too fast for me, asking lots of questions, some I know the answers too and some I'm looking for suggestions." I never thought I'd say that, but she is growing up too fast. She reads very well, she writes in her journal daily, and she is becoming very artistic. She still loves to be tucked in at night and have her back tickled.

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The end of an exciting school year and really noticing the growth that has occuredSuccessful finishes of a very hard year (on both mom and child)Cosmos and birdbaths that I can see from my kitchen windows Free snapdragons from greenhouse workers that know a sparkle in a 4 year old boy's eyes is far more important than a profit Window boxes filling up with color Dirty, sweaty little boys at

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I'll be honest, I dreaded this week for days before it happened. What were we going to do? All 4 of us at home, little resources to go do anything fun, and it would be this way for a whole week? I was sure someone wouldn't make it through the week alive....and, to be honest, I feared it might be me! So, I started off the week by getting a pedicure. I had been given a gift card to an nice salon

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A friend of mine emailed a few weeks ago to give me some very important information.....there was a breakfast with Barbie scheduled at a local beauty college. For a very reasonable price Delaney could have waffles, get a manicure, a make up application, and an "up-do." What mother of a princess wouldn't jump at that opportunity?!? Matt went to buy her a ticket while we were all at school and then

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I have not abandoned this blog, though it does seem that way. Life takes such twists and turns that lately I've just been holding onto the edge of my seat and hoping I'm still in it when the ride slows down. Matt went "back to school" last fall. He started a 6 month EMT class that met every Monday and Thursday from 6pm to 10pm and required hours of clinical work in Emergency rooms and on

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You know that feeling...you go on vacation, you come home feeling totally unrested and a little frazzled. Then, while trying to catch up with work, laundry, more work, life, and a little more work, you can't find the time to post pictures of your vacation. Then, a few weeks has passed and you think, wow, no one really cares now....well, whether you care of you don't, you are getting some

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We took a Saturday to clean out the garage. Car was a HUGE helper! I'm kind of embarassed by the mess behind him, but I promise it doesn't look that bad now.Delaney and I rewarded ourselves for a month of Kindergarten behind us and went to get pedicures. She did an awesome job sitting still. The super sweet lady put little daisies on a few of her piggies and fingers too! This was the creative

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3 out of 4 of us started school. Delaney started full day Kindergarten. She is adjusting well. The first few weeks were pretty bad as she was horribly tired when I picked her up. Now she is still tired, but she's learned to sit in silence instead of instantly screaming at me upon sitting down in the car.I went back to teaching this year. I am teaching half day kindergarten at Greenwood Christian

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One of our goals when moving to Old Towne Greenwood was to make our own traditions for our family that, hopefully, our children would remember and want to share with their families when they were old like us!! So, we loaded up in the wagon and walked to our first Greenwood Freedom Festival parade. Look at that crew.... Car was VERY excited by the blimp...it was very interesting and very quiet (

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Wow, what a slacker I am! Did you even know we had a summer? What fun we had...so much I never made it to this computer to sit down and write these updates. However, now I must do so before we leave for Disney and we come home and you think we've been living there for the last few months. Our favorite summer tradition is Regatta ~ the boat races in Madison, Indiana. We make a long weekend of it

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Carson didn't really want any pain inflicted on him for his birthday (although a few people have told me that he's told them he gets to get his ears pierced when he's 5...uh...no!) Actually he didn't really want much except a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and sprinkles and Car movie on top....ask and ye shall receive! Because we moved to an area where the kids can ride their bikes lots (we

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Delaney has asked to get her ears pierced for a few months now and because she was persistent and we could tell she really did want it done, we decided to let her do it on her birthday. I took her to the mall (after calling and having a nice chat with the girl working at the piercing place as to whether or not she could really handle my emotional daughter and get the second ear pierced following

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Okay, we already had the party, a few of them actually! We caved and had the family party at my parent's house b/c I just couldn't imagine having everyone at my house 8 days after we'd started moving in (and only 2 days after we'd actually finished moving out of the old house).....thanks mom and dad ~ don't we look well rested and happy, not stressed out or crazy at all! This year's party had a

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part of the house I want you to see. I love the character (otherwise read as "oddities") of this house. Some people would NOT put up with it, but I'm kind of fond of most of it. As we were going through the buying process and looking at houses that are not typical for a couple our age to look at, someone wise said to me, "just wait until people find out you use water from a well, your waste is

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My life is in a state of utter chaos...but, these things remain....Boys will be boys....they will make messes...even in their new bedrooms! Carson will wait for the trashmen with much anticipation....even if they don't do things like "our trashmen" did! Baby dolls will take naps on my couch....no matter where my couch is placed, they will find their way there. Delaney will play with Barbie dolls

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So, as I stated before, our house was sold, and the truth that we are possibly homeless was sinking in. Our realtor emailed us a list of 13 houses to check out. We also searched (separately) and came up with a combined list of 22 houses we wanted to explore. Matt and I took a Friday night to compile a list (based on internet information only) of our top 5. We called our realtor Saturday morning

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As most of you know, we put our house on the market in February. We had a "perfect" house in mind that we would be buying when ours sold. The "perfect" house sold approximately 2 weeks after the sign went in our front yard. I refused to look at houses b/c I didn't want to fall in love with another one, only to lose it too. So, we sat, we waited, and we got discouraged when our house wasn't

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Grandpa Bub (Matt's dad) gave the kids Easter baskets the Saturday before Easter. While he was here they had egg hunt after egg hunt. They had SO much fun and rehunted for empty eggs for the whole next week....SO fun!EASTER MORNING....wow, we were NOT being agreeable!!! Carson warmed up a little for the pictures at my parent's house. He at least was smiling by then, even if it did take some

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Sorry the last post wasn't full of stories, just had to catch you up on our early April happenings. This'll make up for it! Delaney, the awesome reader she is, saw a sign at the Y that was advertising soccer sign ups. Of course, not really understanding what soccer was, she decided she just HAD to sign up. So we trotted over to the desk after a workout and signed her up. Then we trotted to

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On Wednesday of Delaney's spring break, Matt took the day off work. We went to the Old Spaghetti Factory for lunch ~ we even got to sit in the trolley car!!! Then we headed to the zoo to be wild animals for the afternoon. I think he's way too cute to be a wild animal!! Maybe goats for our next house aren't such a great option...she really liked posing, but wasn't too sure about petting.On Friday

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Okay, first of all, nothing in this post really goes together.This is what I walked into the other day when the kids said they were going to go to Carson's room to play with some odds and ends. Our children are "honored" enough to live with two control freakish parents that like things in their place, so each bin has an assigned toy or group of toys that go in it. Well, one of them in Carson's

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Glenda the good witch and the scarecrow...constantly!!!We love to read chapter books to the kids at night. We have an obsession with finding books that also have movies. We read the book and then we watch the movie. A few books ago we read the Wizard of Oz. The kids LOVED the book and the movie, so when Matt noticed that his high school's drama department was doing the Wizard of Oz, we

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If you meet my handsome son for the first time, I can almost guarantee that within 10 minutes he will tell you what an "excellent puzzle do-er" he is. I am going to have to agree with him. The workers at church know that a puzzle will distract him on a "missing momma" day. Delaney's teacher knows they will keep him occupied while I help other kids in the class with reading. I know that a

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For some reason, which Matt and I will never understand, an American Girl catalog came in the mail the other day. For another reason I'll never grasp, I handed it to Delaney without thinking twice!!! WOW! I am all about encouraging reading and writing, but I NEVER would have guessed the amount of reading and writing this catalog would encourage. Delaney very carefully evaluated every picture

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The Lego castle is open and we love it! We have made it there twice now. The first time we went with Aunt Cara, cousins Seth and Luke, and Grammy. The last time we were able to take Daddy and Aunt Shannon. The area is, of course, full of lego areas where you can build, but I chose to highlight the other activities available. A very cool (all Lego) queen and king "picture" A magnetic castle with

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Matt had a GREAT idea to take Delaney on a date. She has been acting like a typical 13 year old girl trapped inside a 4 year olds body lately, so he thought a little daddy-daughter bonding might be good for their relationship. Delaney and I spent the afternoon getting her ready (notice the nails).When he came home from work they went to Pizzeria Uno. Her hilarious moment from the night was this

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Delaney has been begging to take dance again. We took her out because she showed very little interest in it. Then we had her in gymnastics only to have to take her out because my coaching schedule was too hectic to get her there every week. The child dances her way around the house singing and making up moves and songs, so we decided to give it another whirl, only we were MUCH smarter this time.

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well, not yet. But we are praying that the red Mike Sold Me sign will appear soon!We're on the lookout for a great young couple who'd like to buy our precious home. It has served us well for the 8 years we've spent in it, but we're ready to find someplace different to call home....somewhere with a play room and some running space (for the kids and, maybe, a puppy!!) Pray with us for the right

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For those of you who don't know, I coach cheerleading at Greenwood Christian Academy where I used to teach and where the kids do/will go to school. I love coaching and I love the girls that I have this year. They are from one of my favorite first grade classes!! Last Friday we had the chance to play and cheer at Conseco (where the Pacers play). It was a wonderful opportunity and tons of fun.

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Okay, my stories have nothing to do with my pictures, but I couldn't pass up these pictures and I couldn't pass up the stories.Carson is a big boy and Delaney is a tiny girl, but I always refer to Car as my puppy b/c he has HUGE feet and hands and I say that someday he'll grow into them like puppies grow into their big clumsy paws. Well, Delaney is a true techie like her daddy, so a few weeks

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I don't so much care for the cold weather. Matt and I ask ourselves every winter why we still live in Indiana. Then we remind each other of our house, jobs, family, church, school, and friends...seems kind of odd to start all of that over just for the weather....and to have to convince all of our family to come with us and start their lives over too :-)One stinkin' cold day we decided to take a

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One of the GREATEST treasures on earth is our family, both immediate and extended. We were blessed to have a birthday party for Jesus with some of my mom's side of the family. Nancy made a cake for the kids to decorate....so much fun!! Laney taking her turn with the sprinkles....there were very few left for the rest of the kids by the time she finished.Carson finally getting a turn...And then on

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Delaney's first school program was December 12th. The K4 and halfday K5 class sang two songs ~ Wasn't That a Mighty Day and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. Here she is before the program with 2 of her friends, Abby and Maggie. She was in the shadows of a very poorly lit stage....huge bummer for her first program!!We had gone to Target to buy her black dress shoes that morning. She told me they

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well, the process wasn't quite as cute!! Enjoy your trip through our morning photo shoot....I can enjoy it now that it's over. The progression is HILARIOUS!!!

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Something about putting up a tree creates a kind of thrill and excitement that is unexplainable. This year Matt and I sat back and let the kids do the honors. I promise I only moved 10 ornaments when it was all over :-)Trying to stand still for a picture....they REALLY wanted to dance around the living room to the Christmas CDs we'd just turned on!!

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Our annual tradition, which was started before children, is to go downtown the day after Thanksgiving for the Christmas Tree Lighting festivities. It used to be that Matt and I would fight the crowd to get WONDERFUL South Bend Chocolate Company hot chocolate, but after Delaney's first trip with us, we decided crowds were over-rated with children and we'd just go to Starbucks on the way home. This

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I am biased, she is gorgeous! Carson was checking out her makeup.Isn't that a ferocious looking dragon? That is exactly what he wanted to be ~ a scary red dragon. I thought it would help him with his fear of things dressed up, not so much!!!I love this picture.Oh the crazy candy sorting that happened when we got home!!!

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Our church hosted a Fall Fun Fest. This is our first fall at the church and WOW ~ this event was much more elaborate than I thought it would be. There was face painting ~ a fire truck putting out a fire for Car and a glittery dolphin for LaneyLaney rode a pony when she went to the pumpkin patch with Aunt Shannon and Uncle Aaron, so she was totally an old pro at this!!Laugh if you must, but this

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I love this picture! I bought the kids Word of Life Quiet Time books for this year because our church doesn't send home anything for them to do during the week (we were spoiled at our last church!). We try to do this every morning after breakfast. This is Carson HARD at work...I love his face, oh the concentration! If you know me well you know I hate nothing more than spiders. We have this

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Indiana weather is bizarre and when you think you should be freezing and staying inside, we're out running like wildmen in the park...here are my wildman and wildwoman!!

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Sometimes, while working late in the evening, I have a NEED for chocolate chip cookies, not Chips Ahoy, I mean straight out of the oven chocolate chip cookies. The other night, last Tuesday night to be exact, I had one of those cravings (no, I am NOT pregnant). Wednesday morning as we heard the trash truck approaching, I thought...I have fresh cookies. I darted into the kitchen, grabbed the

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Carson has always had an obsession with the trashmen, I can't say I blame him, I remember watching them collect my trash from an early age. We stand outside in our jammies and watch them get our trash. We have our "normal" guys and then the "mean" guys ~ the ones that throw our trash can around! Our normal guys have come to appreciate our cheerleading style of watching them. They begin to honk

gretchennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-12706923693951523332008-10-22T07:47:00.002-04:002008-10-22T07:51:30.199-04:00

The competitive spirit runs thick in the Dillard genes (and possibly in their spouses too). Shannon and Aaron came over for a visit when we returned from FL and the visit turned into a Don't Break the Ice competition...notice who has the hammers...is it the child that the game belongs to? NO, it's the adult males...how does that happen?

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-56923743131852926052008-09-20T20:52:00.019-04:002008-09-20T21:49:14.224-04:00

I think the easiest way to tell about our vacation is with pictures...enjoy your journey! This is when the DVD player still worked. It went on this horrible skipping hiatus....which you can imagine only caused a few whines from the backseats and a few mumbles and grumbles from the front seats.There was a lot of time spent in the sand. Delaney adjusted to the ocean water fast, so her and Matt went

gretchennoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-30949048648075351962008-09-20T15:40:00.003-04:002008-09-20T15:57:25.980-04:00

We decided to surprise all of the grandparents with pictures of our gorgeous children (you know, the ones that are fighting behind me ~ screaming and slapping involved, thank you very much!). We tried somewhere new and it was great (Portrait Innovations)! Hopefully we'll be going back for Christmas cards too. Included are just a few of my favorites out of the 88 taken.

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Probably should have done these in the opposite order...oh well. Go down to the next post and then come back up :-) I never claimed to be perfect! Matt and Delaney on the free train ride Car and I enjoying the train We have this wonderful book that we read every night before bed that tells about an animal ~ some special skill or trait that they have and then compares that to how God develops

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-33943986935875173802008-08-30T22:31:00.003-04:002008-08-30T23:14:09.600-04:00

Why, thank you for continuing to read...I thought I'd scare some of you off with my title. We are members at the Indianapolis Zoo and in the late summer they always have jazz nights where the zoo is open late for members and they feature a free event every week. We decided to take the kids on a night when the free feature was train rides. The kids always ask to ride and we always say no b/c it

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-39474438355241856182008-08-15T14:17:00.003-04:002008-08-15T14:36:04.617-04:00

Finally, the day we've talked about all summer...the first day of K4. Matt took the day off work (trying to burn up as much vacation as possible before his last day....today!!!). We had a lazy morning together doing nothing but eating cinnamon rolls and reading books. She already has the school girl attitude going on....I won't let her know, but it looks SO cute! The big girl (mommy, not

gretchennoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-10471598000892170412008-08-15T14:04:00.003-04:002008-08-15T14:15:37.900-04:00

Welcome to August in Indiana...the State Fair! This year was double exciting...fried food and Carrie Underwear!! They had the wonderful Wonder Trail set up that took the kids on a farming adventure. In the end they earned paper money for everything they had collected and were able to buy a snack. They each bought a granola bar...that was the absolute healthiest thing they consumed the entire day!

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-31746513186314492822008-08-03T21:02:00.007-04:002008-08-03T21:33:53.373-04:00

Where does time go? It seems like just yesterday that Matt and I got married and we just celebrated 8 wonderful years! It also seems like just days ago that we brought our precious little bundles home from the hospital and now we're gearing up for the start of preschool. All of this is scary and exciting at the same time.We celebrated Matt's birthday in July. We bought him funny presents from the

gretchennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-8409048770029352842008-07-23T20:56:00.002-04:002008-07-23T21:08:49.888-04:00

The other morning Carson and I were having our typical bonding time (he is my early riser). Over our coffee and juice (and snuggling) he started an interesting, and then funny, conversation. They went to Vacation Bible School last week at the church we've been attending and they were learning a lot of new songs there. They asked us to buy a CD of the songs on Wednesday night, so we did. They

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For the 4th of July weekend we headed down to Madison (Matt's hometown) to enjoy the Regatta festivities. Matt's grandmother graciously allowed us to borrow her apartment which is just steps from the parade route and blocks from the river where the fireworks, boat races, and food vendors are located. We started Friday off with a trip down to the river to show the kids the boats. Carson hadn't

gretchennoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-17986275380282641002008-07-04T00:24:00.003-04:002008-07-04T00:31:43.730-04:00

Some things are just too cute to not share! Carson has become an early riser (6:45 or 7am) lately. Well, I am constantly trying to get him to go back to bed using, "It isn't wake up time yet." Matt has been home later in the mornings, so if he sees Matt up he is certain it is time to GO! This morning he woke up at 6:50, but Matt was already in the kitchen and I caught him in the hall, so I

gretchennoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-74628244983026355612008-06-30T15:08:00.004-04:002008-06-30T15:16:26.270-04:00

Matt was able to take a half day from work to spend the day at the museum with us. We met him in the parking garage, the kids had no idea he was going to show up, so that made it even more fun...they didn't even know where we were going until I drove past the dinosaurs coming out of the building. They have a new animation exhibit and a comic book area, so Car really wanted Matt to see the Batman

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-64215299132653472912008-06-30T14:59:00.005-04:002008-06-30T15:08:27.452-04:00

One day last week we woke up to a wonderful summer day. So, we decided to take advantage of it. Before breakfast we filled up the little plastic pool (you know, so it could warm up while we ate...HA). The kids had SO much fun outside! They played in the water, squirted me with water guns, and ran all over the backyard. I did not require the water wings that Carson is wearing, he loved them and

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Lucky for us, the PBS Kids Park (as Carson referred to it) happened to fall right on his birthday! So, as the announcer on the TV told him, he could go see all of his favorite friends in the park. Per the birthday boys request, we headed downtown to see all of his friends! It was a hot day and there were so many people it was crazy! Luckily our kids didn't want to have their pictures taken with

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-24462237021310431712008-06-17T07:23:00.003-04:002008-06-17T07:29:00.639-04:00

I mentioned in my last post that the kids received digital cameras for their birthdays. Delaney is really into hers and getting pretty good at it. We went for a walk yesterday and she had to take her camera with her. Here are some of the images she captured.

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Some people think I'm crazy, but if you are someone that has to attend the birthday parties, you think I'm sane. I don't do single parties for the kids. They get treated like royalty on their actual birthday, so their party is always combined the weekend between their actual birthdays. For the past 2 years they have "agreed" on a theme...or maybe Carson just didn't have an opinion until this year

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-43748619223756462842008-06-16T15:00:00.003-04:002008-06-17T06:25:42.280-04:00

Delaney asked to go to the zoo for her birthday, so that is what we did. We had a ton of fun going at our own pace and seeing exactly what the princess wanted to see. We stopped at one of those machines where you insert 2 quarters and a penny and it "presses" it into an animal picture...she thought she was hot stuff. For dinner, she wanted quesadillas, so we headed to Don Pablo's. The meal and

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-71482573174638337502008-06-10T13:51:00.005-04:002008-06-10T14:04:31.397-04:00

I can't think of a clever name for this post....so it is pretty obvious! Enjoy these pictures from the big recital. She did an AWESOME job!! I, unfortunately, had to be backstage with her, so I didn't get to see any of it, but there are pictures of her dancing...YEAH!!! I was so proud of her (but we still haven't signed her up for next year). Monkey DelaneyAfter the show, my mom bought her a rose

gretchennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-78152741957779636532008-06-02T14:29:00.004-04:002008-06-02T14:40:53.994-04:00

This past weekend was a big weekend for both Delaney and Carson. We'll start with Car b/c he so often gets to be second! He has been working very hard on potty training and his chart was a SLOW success....seriously, you can look back through this blog and see that we started a (what we thought would be) 30 day chart in February and he just finished it last week!!! WOW!!! But, I can now say that

gretchennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-27828575732366671402008-05-25T15:20:00.004-04:002008-05-25T15:31:44.717-04:00

I decided that this weekend we were going to tackle some of those projects on the "to do" list. So far we haven't done too shabby.Friday we stayed in our pajamas until almost lunchtime. It was the first day since I took the after school care job that we didn't have anywhere to be all day, so we took advantage of it. We made banana chocolate chip muffins when the kids first woke up. Then we

gretchennoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-37656384148348183452008-05-21T06:59:00.006-04:002008-05-21T09:35:01.687-04:00

My friend Gretchen does promotions for Backyardigans and she hooked us up with 5th row tickets to the Backyardigans Live show at the Murat. We decided to make a day of it and took the kids to Qdoba (beat out Taco Bell by my vote!!) for lunch. Then we went downtown. At lunch Delaney had told Carson that Backyardigans were coming, just like Sesame Street did (they had NO idea where they were headed

gretchennoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-50004833541970406672008-05-16T06:14:00.011-04:002008-05-20T13:44:48.676-04:00

I've been busy, but that is no excuse for not at least slapping a picture or 2 up here for all to see. You know, like what happens when you ask your almost 3 and 4 year olds to help you by getting all of their underwear and socks out of the clean laundry.Grandpa Dick and Anna Marie came to IN a few weeks ago for Shannon's graduation. We were able to spend a lot of time with them. Matt took the

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-17685210812663791142008-04-12T11:14:00.006-04:002008-04-12T11:27:46.300-04:00

Okay, Matt is trying to "teach me" about blogging ~ not that it's that hard, I'm just not used to updating you all that way! So, I will send this update out and then I'll try to adapt to the blog next time I update :-) I mentioned Carson's potty training chart a few weeks ago, well, it only has 11 stickers on it - not as much of a success as I had hoped!! He does great about peeing (loves to

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Easter was a fun celebration for us! We colored eggs, the Easter Bunny visited, we went to church and had lunch at my parents.

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Once again I have hijacked this list to let everyone know how much fun I had spending the day with Delaney and Carson. Even though it was rainy outside, the day flew by! We decided the best way to enjoy the rain was to have a breakfast picnic and watch the rain. Someone, , suggested that the best way to eat the cereal would be with our tongues. (I was eating some too. You just don't get to see it

gretchennoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-44874993727045468002008-02-27T20:12:00.002-05:002008-02-27T20:24:48.144-05:00

Hello! I wanted to give a brief update of the happenings in our home lately. It seems most fitting to do it with pictures...enjoy! My mom and I took the kids to meet Bob and Larry at a new Christian book store grand opening. Laney was NOT going to go up to get her picture taken with them, but Car watched a few other kids do it, noticed they came away unharmed, and decided to try it himself.

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Hello friends and family! I hope that 2008 is off to a great start in all of your lives and homes. We are having a blast and keeping too busy to sit still and do these updates as often as I'd like to!We went to the Children's Museum 3 times in 10 days! I took them with some friends from church, then we went with our friends from MOPS and then.....I feel like there should be a drum roll here...

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Christmas MorningMatt and Carson at Zoo Year's Eve. We bought tickets to this event in November, having NO idea that the evening would be WET and COLD! We spent a lot of time inside that evening - dolphin show, oceans building, even the gift shop, just to try to keep warm and dry!! The night ended with a fireworks display at 9pm. It was really neat, hopefully next year it will be much nicer

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Wow, what a weekend.....and it's not over yet! For those of you who have been involved in this weekend, you will agree that it has been quite the whirlwind. Let me recap for you all.Thursday started our weekend (Matt was off work on Friday - yeah!!). We went to dinner with Matt's co-workers for their Christmas party at 5pm. We hustled out of there a few minutes before 6pm to take the kids to

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Christmastime is a word used a lot in this house! The kids are starting to get the concept that just b/c the tree is up doesn't mean that Santa is coming tonight (or last night or the night before that!!). I am thoroughly enjoying this season with them - they are really "getting it" and that is FUN!! I know I mentioned we kicked off the season by going to the Christmas tree lighting downtown.

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Hello! Happy Thanksgiving a few days late! We've had a busy week and I'd like to recap it with some pictures! I apologize to those of you that have a slow connection, b/c these pictures will take decades to load - sorry!!! The kitchen is almost finished, so pictures of that will be coming at the end of the week (if Matt and Kevin are as productive tomorrow afternoon as I hope they are - I love

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It is definitely fall out there! I just returned from voting and it was a chilly little trip!!We went to the pumpkin patch last Tuesday with MOPS - it didn't rain, but it was still very muddy. We got to take a hayride to the patch, pick our own pumpkins, and see a pumpkin eating dinosaur - which Delaney was NOT a fan of. Actually we left about 2 minutes into his "performance" and she said she

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Enjoy the little Scarecrow and Pumpkin. Yes, Carson was the same thing last year, but he asked to be it again, not like we could say NO! However, I don't think it will fit again next year, so he's going to have to come up with something new. Happy November!Gretchen

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Good morning! They say when it rains, it pours, and this house is no exception to that "rule." Carson was up and running full force by Saturday evening. We had dinner with family on Sunday evening and then a lazy "catch-up" from the weekend Monday. We were supposed to go to the pumpkin patch on Tuesday, but it rained and rained and my MOPS groups decided that 40 preschoolers in a mud puddle

Pokeynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-76544001173232923792007-10-22T07:09:00.000-04:002007-10-22T07:16:12.382-04:00

I feel as if I owe you all a very long email to make up for the last few weeks. However, if you had endured this week with me, you wouldn't expect much! Our week started off okay. I had a retreat in New Albany on Monday that was disorganized and unproductive, but they paid me for it and provided breakfast and lunch, so who can complain? I returned home to two kids in a great mood! They had

Pokeynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-36908483775847198022007-10-10T07:26:00.000-04:002007-10-10T07:33:47.374-04:00

This week you are just getting cute pictures! As most of you know this past weekend was Matt's younger sister's wedding celebration in Chicago. These were taken there. Enjoy!! Love,Gretchen

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Hi all,I told Gretchen I might write a guest column. I had a great time with the kids last Tuesday. They had gotten up early enough that Gretchen already had them dressed when I arrived. We headed outside almost immediately after mommy headed for work.They were excited to see the "surprise" I had to show them in my truck. When I started pulling out my fire gear, however, Delaney informed me

Pokeynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-63405815450627178792007-10-01T06:54:00.001-04:002007-10-01T06:56:05.620-04:00

We went at a slower pace this week and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Monday we had a lazy day around the house. I got caught up on some laundry and cleaning. When Matt got home from work we took the kids to their first Greenwood Christian Academy sports event. (GCA is the school I used to teach at). We went to watch the girls that I had in first grade when I was pregnant with Delaney play

Pokeynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-19183202604806501692007-09-25T07:58:00.001-04:002007-09-25T07:58:49.163-04:00

I don't have much time this evening, but I feel bad leaving you all without an update for last week! One cute story on each of them and then I'm calling it a day!Today Carson was putting on a dolphin show for me. His arms were the dolphins and they were "kaplash"-ing all over the kitchen. He was carrying around a sand bucket (empty, of course) and giving his hands fish when they made big "

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Go Colts is a phrase I've heard a lot today!! From EVERYONE in my house! Delaney was heard yelling it from the bathroom, Carson was heard mumbling it while eating lunch and Matt was heard uttering phrases about the Colts (only occasionally under his breath) throughout the entire game. Carson was very focused on football during lunch - as was Matt, so I couldn't really say much. I think I

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This week started with a lazy Monday - having daddy home on a weekday is always a special treat. Carson, Delaney, and Mommy went to the store mid afternoon to get items typical of a cookout while Daddy fired up the grill. We had a wonderful dinner.On Tuesday, we started MOPS (Mothers of PreSchoolers) at a church nearby. We will meet every other Tuesday for 2 hours. Childcare is provided

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Wow - what a weekend!! Carson managed to get in a fight with a park bench - the park bench won - big time!!! I describe his injuries as looking like he got hit by a train, Matt describes it as looking like he took a right hook. I'll attach a picture that doesn't really do it justice, but looks too cute! This happened Sunday at about 5:30, we were in the ER until 11:35 - UGH!!! He slept

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If only I could stick to a workout plan for 2 weeks :-)Okay - let me recap this very fun week for you all.Sunday evening we had a birthday celebration for my father and grandma at my sister's house. Carson never did eat his cake and ice cream. That child is so odd. Matt and I are all over sweets and Delaney definitely is following in our footsteps. However, he couldn't care

Pokeynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-51837606197239893432007-08-28T12:03:00.000-04:002007-08-28T12:09:04.757-04:00

Okay, I am going at this with some dedication now. I have heard from 3 people this week about how much they enjoy and appreciate getting these updates, so I am going to try to be more faithful to you all :-)This week was another fun one - full of new discoveries. Matt and I had the opportunity to use Kevin's tickets and go to the Colts preseason game on Monday night - that was FUN! We rarely

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Delaney's photos from her modeling debut can finally be seen at www.poutyprincess.com She is featured in the toddler section under bowbands, flower headbands, bows, and flower clippies.If you know anyone that has little girls, please pass the webpage along to them - their products are adorable!!!Have a great week!Gretchen

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I have to recap 2 weeks this time - I really need to get on the ball.I will start with the highlight of going to the State Fair!! We took the kids Monday afternoon/evening and we had so much fun! We started by walking through the kids area where they, of course, found a play set to climb on. Following that we decided to walk to where all of the animals and food are. We stopped to see

Pokeynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-64306903612576189982007-08-06T08:30:00.000-04:002007-08-06T08:34:38.812-04:00

The week has come and gone and it has been fairly uneventful. It has become very steamy here and we have been avoiding the heat! Yesterday we played outside for about 45 minutes from 9:30 to 10:15 b/c it was so stinking hot I couldn't bear it. I bribed them inside with the promise of Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers - big time excitement in this house!!!On Sunday we took a day trip to

Pokeynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2310596705352179993.post-88268022360720844202007-07-30T06:25:00.000-04:002007-07-30T06:31:11.832-04:00

Busy we are indeed, however, I have found time to sit down, relax (not really), and write an update nevertheless. Today was fun filled - we signed Delaney up for a class at the Children's Museum about Healthy Bodies. The class was pretty much a waste of $10, but she didn't see that - only the teacher in me did :-) Matt took Carson and did some museum exploring - they went to all of the

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Since I did just send an update on Monday, this one won't be as long as you all are used to. However, it is only fair that Matt gets pictures of himself sent out close to his birthday. We used the time while he was at work to make him brownies for his birthday treat. Enjoy the picture of the kids during this process - hilarious!!!! They were very into making them special for daddy, so they

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Okay, I have been a slacker. I have no excuse except it's summer!! We have been having so much fun I haven't even had a chance to sit down and type an update. But, I thought our doctor's appt last week deserved one!! Delaney weighed in at 29lbs 8 oz and was 35 1/2 inches tall. Carson weighed in at 29lbs 13 oz and was 36 inches tall. I think their heights are reversed b/c I think she is

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Carson woke up yesterday asking if it was his birthday. No, sorry buddy, not for another year. What a let down! After all the build up of a party the weekend before and talking about what he wants to do on his special day and then it's just over. He had so much fun though! We had a normal play in the backyard morning, because that is what he asked for. After naps we went to Steak 'n'

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