tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-371007602024-03-13T21:50:06.507-05:00The Burley BunchJanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.comBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-42245270355411679822014-02-22T17:59:00.001-06:002014-02-22T17:59:24.894-06:00Happy Birthday, Karson!!!!Happy 6th Birthday to our sweet little KARSON!!!!! <div><br></div><div>Basketball, baseball, guns...all things boy with a sweet, sensitive spirit. So thankful for our precious little man!!!!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dphK8PZOHMs/Uwk52ifH2RI/AAAAAAAAELA/PCb8bQIyj9w/s640/blogger-image-1784875857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dphK8PZOHMs/Uwk52ifH2RI/AAAAAAAAELA/PCb8bQIyj9w/s640/blogger-image-1784875857.jpg"></a></div></div>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-32789906589839339622013-12-24T23:24:00.001-06:002013-12-26T23:41:40.682-06:00The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!!!From our house to yours,<br />
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-65168961930961273172013-08-21T08:16:00.000-05:002013-08-22T21:54:25.160-05:00Another School Year Begins....<a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7X9ktf-5_IY/UhJ4vJxvQFI/AAAAAAAAEKY/i1ft5gtJKik/s640/blogger-image-84872945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7X9ktf-5_IY/UhJ4vJxvQFI/AAAAAAAAEKY/i1ft5gtJKik/s1600/blogger-image-84872945.jpg" /></a><br />
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Wow-- how is it time for school already?? Definitely seemed to be the fastest summer ever, for us!!! Oh, what a great summer break it was!!!!<br />
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Last Wednesday, Karson started his first day of kindergarten!! Khara, Kelsey, and Kaden had their first day on Thursday.<br />
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Karson meeting his teacher at Open House. Kelsey and Kaden also had her for Kindergarten.<br />
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Kaden with his teacher at Open House-- she was also Kelsey's 3rd grade teacher! <br />
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No Open House/ meeting your 'one' teacher for Khara and Kelsey-- just getting the whole "locker thing" down! :-) They each have seven different teachers and so far LOVE middle school!!! <br />
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Karson on his first day of Kindergarten--- (someone must have been walking up that he wanted to look at, I'm just glad for the smile) ;-)<br />
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18 anxious kindergarten's on that first morning.....<br />
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Wow-- for 13 years I've had the incredible privilege of being a full time stay-at-home mom. To see all four of my children head off to school to be gone ALL DAY was a very different feeling. I'm so thankful for all the books we read, picnics we took, games we played... So blessed to have enjoyed all of these special moments with each of my children, and one I don't take for granted!!!! Praying for a great school year-- and now I'm off to get this house cleaned, laundry done, and supper underway so that when they come walking in the door this afternoon I can still be a full-time MOM!!!! :-)<br />
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A flourishing garden...this picture was taken several weeks ago in the gardens beginning stages. We've enjoyed green beans, onions, zucchini, squash, cucumbers, and tomatoes already from this bountiful plot. Hopefully corn will be ready next week!! LOVE our garden!!! :-)<br />
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A wonderful visit from the Dickinsons.... loved having them in our home and at our church!!!<br />
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I got a call from the school office the morning of the awards assembly. Every year they choose a boy& girl student of the year. Students are nominated by teachers and then all school staff and faculty vote. The office called to make sure I was planning to attend the awards assembly. KELSEY had been chosen female Student of The Year!!!! What an honor!!!!!<br />
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Kaden was blessed with an amazing 2nd grade teacher!!! The last day of school as we were walking out, with tears in his eyes, he asked me... " Will we ever see her again????" Of course we have, she's called to check on him, come to his baseball games..... She truly is amazing!!!!<br />
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Khara had an awards assembly, too. She was so happy to receive top female P.E. student of the year!!! Khara with her P.E. coach. Again, what an honor!!! <br />
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Accepting her award for "Student of the Quarter".<br />
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And then another big event this school year.... my mom retired from teaching 5th grade! We (along with scores of others) will miss her being at school soooo much!!! Had to include a picture of her sitting at her desk one more time. <br />
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Karson had an amazing preschool year!!! Any teacher who can take 15-- 4&5 year-olds who have for the most part never been to school before, some that appear to have never been told "NO" and have them all very obedient and reading well in 9 short months is a hero!!! :-)<br />
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My picture of Karson giving his teacher his last day of school gifts is on a different camera : ( Karson with some of his buddies his last day of preschool.<br />
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<b>Sunday</b>: After a delicious lunch at my parents, took a walk with the kiddos. Enjoyed the beautiful weather!!!</div>
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<b> Monday:</b> Karson and I joined Kaden's 2nd grade class for a wonderful field trip. <br />
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Wagon rides, underground slide, hikes ... lots of outdoor fun PERFECT for energy filled 2nd graders<br />
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Friday: Kelsey had the honor of representing her 5th grade class at the Cedar County Spelling Bee. To say she was nervous would be an understatement!!! WHEW, glad to have that behind <strike>us</strike> her!! She made us proud!! :-)<br />
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Celebrating after the event with the family and Grandpa &Grandma Englund at a new restaurant!!! Notice that smile of pure relief on MY face!!! :-)<br />
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Khara finished up her 7th grade track season. She competed in the 800, 4x400, and long jump. What a fun season!!!<br />
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Kesley with her MAP Testing medals. She scored in both categories!!! YEAH!!!!!!<br />
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Khara showing me some of her work! First place poster in her category in English and First Place overall!!!! Another happy mama moment!!! :-)<br />
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YES!!! Karson found one in one of his eggs!!! His winning: this huge Easter basket!! HAPPY BOY!!!!!<br />
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Starting the morning off with birthday pancakes!!<br />
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Taking birthday treats to share with his class. His choice: camo plates and napkins to go along with his cupcakes, drinks, and treat bags!! <br />
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A family party that evening along with Gr.& Gr. Englund, Great Gr. Englund. <br />
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I think Khara, Kelsey, and Kaden were just as happy as he was for him to open up a Nintendo DS. :-)<br />
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After Karson finished with his gifts, Kaden got to open an early present from Gr. and Gr. Englund. Another happy boy... he got a cowboy hat, too!!! They have loads of fun with these!!<br />
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Birthday mail gifts from Gr. and Gr. Burley!! He can't wait to catch something to put in that little cage!! <br />
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Karson and Kelsey had to make Valentine boxes at home. Karson made a rocket, Kelsey a suitcase.<br />
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Kelsey's class Valentine party. <br />
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Passing out his cards and treats.<br />
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Pretty happy with all that candy that came tumbling out of his rocket!!!!!!!<br />
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We played a few Valentine games at home that I had ready for Kelsey's class. They look pretty intent in these pictures but they really did enjoy them!! ;-)<br />
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Getting ready for a fun Valentine meal at home!!<br />
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-5202848318426915802013-03-05T21:51:00.000-06:002013-03-05T22:18:02.400-06:00January 2013Just realized I never got this posted... Better late than never! :-)<br />
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Welcome 2013!!! <br />
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Eating lunch out of a box.... sometimes things just taste better.... :-)<br />
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Playing new games-- Karson especially, loves Headbands!!<br />
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Everything's more fun with a plate of delicious snacks!!!<br />
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Karson loved having spirit week at school. This day: Jersey Day!! (He also loves to try to throw things up into the air while I snap a picture... funny boy)<br />
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Career Day:<br />
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Trying out new Christmas presents!! The Chocolate Fountain was a HUGE hit!!!! :-)<br />
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Piano practice, and then some more piano practice!!! Wish I could get them to enjoy doing this!!<b> :-/</b><br />
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Yummy kitchen goodness!!! With cold temps, my kitchen THRIVES!!!! :-)<br />
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Just a small recap of some of our fun January. And now, on to February and March! :-)Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-78837973976580437972013-01-25T11:04:00.000-06:002013-01-25T11:04:00.977-06:00January 25-----Tis' a great day for popcorn and pasta art!!!! At least we think so..... :-) <br />
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L.O.V.E. being home with my little man!!!!!<br />
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Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-66498115332094567672013-01-23T20:40:00.000-06:002013-01-24T22:23:56.751-06:00December MemoriesWhat a wonderful December!!!! Parties, programs, family, friends-- enjoying life to the fullest!! I have so many pictures from this month, I don't even know where to begin. So, here goes... a complete hodge-podge of our happenings!! :-)<br />
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Near the beginning of the month, Mark celebrated birthday #36!!! So thankful for the man I married!!!<br />
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Karson-- ready to perform at his school Christmas program. They had a more casual program this year that turned out really cute!!<br />
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Kaden and Kelsey ready for their school Christmas program.<br />
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Kelsey going up to perform--<br />
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Kaden walking up to a packed house!!<br />
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We loved getting to know the Loper family and having them in our home!! A great family getting ready to leave for the mission field in a few weeks.<br />
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Karson and Eli-- IPad, IPod.....Life is sooo rough for 3&4 year-olds these days! ;-) <br />
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Santa showed up at Karson's Christmas party!!! Talk about some<i><b> thrilled </b></i>4 year-olds!!! WOW!!! :-)<br />
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Kaden at his class Christmas party!! 2nd graders with bags of frosting and lots of sprinkles, makes for some pretty interesting finished products!! :-)</div>
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Kelsey at her class Christmas party!!<br />
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LOVED having all of my siblings/in-laws/ nieces/nephews home this year. My parents had a full house for a week, GREAT TIMES!!!! The cousin total is now at 17-- big families are just the best!!!<br />
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Khara and Taylor(Englund) one of the happiest little girls ever!<br />
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Taylor seemed just as interested in that news as Mark. ;-)<br />
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Khara and sweet little Jackson(Vernon). <br />
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Game time!!<br />
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Little Miss Addyson(Herring) 3-- going on 13!! :-) Such a cutie!!<br />
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Kendall and Leanna after church Sunday morning.<br />
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We made a fun trip to Branson/Lamberts with Aaron and Brenda. Karson and Clayton look like they were happy to be there.<br />
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Kaley and Kelsey loving Lamberts.<br />
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Never know what will be used as chewing toy??!! EEEKKKK!!! :-) (No, it was not plugged into the wall, and was quickly taken away.... as soon as I could snap a picture!!) :-)<br />
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One of the many delicious meals!!!! <br />
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Karson takes his turn at holding Taylor. <br />
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Christmas morning: posing for mama one more time before opening all the presents!!! Hope your Christmas season was Merry and Bright!!! I KNOW ours was!!!!! :-)</div>
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Karson's first class party: Thanksgiving!!<br />
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and even an edible turkey!!<br />
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Happy Preschoolers!!!!!<br />
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We were so happy to have Mark's family come and spend Thanksgiving week with us!!! <br />
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These girls played Dutch Blitz over,and over, and over!!! Lots of laughs going on with this group!!!</div>
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Cookie making at its finest!!!<br />
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Ready to enjoy the Thanksgiving Day meal!!!<br />
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And while the adults were capturing pics. of the children, I got one of them!! ;-)<br />
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At Silver Dollar City!!!<br />
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Roller Coasters!!<br />
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Meeting up with this friendly guy for the first time of the season!! :-) (I think Khara was still enjoying rides)<br />
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A delicious meal at Lamberts!!<br />
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Mark and I were Junior team sponsors at Youth Camp this year and LOVED it!!! Khara and Kelsey were both on teams, Kaden and Karson just hung with us!! A great way to spend a week!!!<br />
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This precious boy gave us lots of "memory making" events that week!!<br />
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Our great team!!<br />
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Khara with friends and one of her sponsors.<br />
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Scripture memorization is a big part of camp. This team member really started whipping out the verses. After he had surpassed the "100 verse" mark, Mark determined that if he could say 100, surely he could make it to 200!!!! And,,,, he did!!!! He was so proud, and so were we!!!<br />
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He ended up being top verse quoter for the Juniors!!!<br />
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Kelsey loved camp!!!<br />
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Another great week this summer, having the cousins visit!!!<br />
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Camen+Karson,+Kaden= 3 peas in a pod!!!<br />
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Girl fun!!<br />
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Cute little men, headin' to church!!!<br />
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The boys wanted to sleep in their tents one night, so we had an "indoor camp out" . The best kind?? :-)<br />
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"Push the pumpkin with the broom" relay game.<br />
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Pumpkin Carving: a well loved family tradition.<br />
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One side of the finished product. Khara and Kelsey wanted one design on one side, Kaden and Karson chose a different design for the other side.<br />
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A fun relay game of eating a doughnut off of the rope-- no hands allowed. As soon as it fell off, they ran back for the next person. 2nd graders loved this!!<br />
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LOVE having cousins visit. We have so much fun with The Rehfeldts and were so happy when they came and stayed a weekend with us.<br />
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Celebrated my grandpa's 88th birthday. I can only dream of being that healthy when I am 88. Still have cows, horses, a donkey...run the tractor, get hay....<br />
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Mark was happy to get this nice buck Saturday. 70* and very windy is much less than ideal weather for hunting but he was able to take this one down before 7a.m.<br />
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Just a little snippet of our recent happenings..... :-)Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-85480449776872196672012-10-15T22:29:00.003-05:002012-10-15T22:29:50.061-05:00Pictures By Brenda!!!!A couple of weeks ago Aaron and Brenda were able to come out for a few days. Sunday after church we made a very impromptu stop by the park for a few pictures. I'm so glad she happened to have her camera with her!! We had no intentions of having family pictures taken, but I'm so glad she offered!!! Talk about the most stress free pictures ever!!!!! :-)<br />
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.......and they all lived happily ever after!!!!!!Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-62693850570247226092012-08-24T11:56:00.001-05:002012-08-24T11:56:28.833-05:00Karson in the KitchenInterrupting the Summer Review series to post about Karson.....<br />
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I had a few bananas in the freezer so I asked Karson if he would like to make some Banana Bread. "No, I want to make ummm..." And he ran to his closet and came back with this shirt, "....this kind"<br />
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"OH...<b> Monkey</b> Bread"!!! :-)<br />
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Another Blog!! Now that school has started, I feel like I'm beginning to know my name again. :-? Routine and structure suit me real well!!! :-)<br />
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May 2012 seems like a long time ago. I'm going to jump back and give a few highlights from our adventures. <br />
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Kelsey had an early 10th birthday party celebration with some friends from school. Nothing like a houseful of giggly girls!! Fun times!! :-)<br />
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Kaden took birthday snacks to school to celebrate his 7th birthday. The day before his turn, a boy brought KU cookies. He came home just dying to take an MU treat!!! hahaha Request granted. Big rivals out here. His teacher thought it was great, she's a Missouri fan as well. :-)<br />
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Khara competed in math competition and we were very proud of her results!! That her grandma was the math coach, added to the happiness!! </div>
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Kelsey at her awards assembly. Both of the girls received awards for All A's all 4 quarters. A great reminder that hard work pays off.<br />
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We were so happy to have lots of family here to help us celebrate. Cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and greats.<br />
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The chickens were the pet of choice for that day!!<br />
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Wow, my poor, neglected blog... We had one of the busiest summers ever, so my blog got shoved to the back burner. Here's to hoping that will change in the next several months...<br />
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August 15... The first day of school for<b> ALL 4</b> of my children! 7th grade, 5th grade, 2nd grade, and K4 Preschool--- SOOOO hard to believe!!! They were all so excited to be going back to school which definitely makes it easier on this momma!!!<br />
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He has been counting down the days waiting for it to<b> finally </b>be his turn to walk into his own classroom!!<br />
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Karson and his wonderful teacher, Mrs. Jones. <br />
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Kaden: all ready for 2nd grade!!<br />
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We were thrilled when he got Miss Savinske for his teacher. He just knows he has one of the best teachers ever!!! :-) So sweet!!!<br />
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Kelsey-- 5th grade<br />
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and with her teacher, Mrs. Gooden. Another very good teacher.<br />
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Khara getting her locker all set up for 7th grade. <br />
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I had to throw in a picture of my mom's bulletin board. Kelsey is right beside her this year and will actually have her for math everyday. Pretty neat to have your grandma for your math teacher!! :-)<br />
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1st day of school-- ready to start the year!!! Wish every morning would go as smoothly as this one did. :-)<br />
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Looking way to grown up!!<br />
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Karson getting the day started at school. 1st morning!!<br />
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1st day of school + 12 4 year olds + water color painting=<i> incredibly brave most awesome </i>teacher!!!! :-)<br />
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Summer ball has begun and we have two boys well into the swing of it!!!! Karson plays T-Ball, Kaden-- coaches pitch.<br />
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Seems like those Sonic drinks make practice sooo much more enjoyable!!! :-)<br />
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Karson: up to bat!!! <br />
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A couple of months ago we thought it would be fun to introduce our
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Karson and I went to pick them up and the fun began. <br />
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A few supplies and we were ready to begin.<br />
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Poor chicks got quite the squeezing those first few days!!<br />
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After several days of living in a box, then being moved to a big tote, they were ready for a new home. Mark used his wonderful handyman skills and built this ever so handy chicken coop. <br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--q4GJgCaqe0/T7T4WK-2ADI/AAAAAAAADbs/TzFW0IK6-Pk/s1600/729.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a>Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-86146079500616416832012-04-10T22:25:00.003-05:002012-04-10T23:00:24.586-05:00Kaden's Easter PartyLast Thursday was Kaden's 1st grade class Easter party. I was so happy to be "Room Mom"for it. I enjoyed spending an afternoon dyeing eggs, decorating Easter baskets, and just having fun with some pretty special 6 and 7 year-olds. I boiled more eggs and cut more craft foam that week than I have in a loooong time, but LOVED doing it!!!! Brings back so many wonderful memories of my classroom days!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1B-KcMMQs5o/T4T75Kl4RbI/AAAAAAAADa0/dVBpudKiwJU/s1600/DSCF4517.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1B-KcMMQs5o/T4T75Kl4RbI/AAAAAAAADa0/dVBpudKiwJU/s320/DSCF4517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729981585436460466" border="0" /></a>I emptied out my apron drawer and let these little ones wear them while they dipped eggs. So adorable. <br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lKnbs0RU0gk/T4T76Jtk24I/AAAAAAAADbA/1BkCNUOlJ_w/s1600/DSCF4518.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lKnbs0RU0gk/T4T76Jtk24I/AAAAAAAADbA/1BkCNUOlJ_w/s320/DSCF4518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729981602380176258" border="0" /></a>Karson joins in with the best of them!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ji9tzKexG8o/T4T76ivYcAI/AAAAAAAADbM/c_kZCN4GL70/s1600/DSCF4515.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ji9tzKexG8o/T4T76ivYcAI/AAAAAAAADbM/c_kZCN4GL70/s320/DSCF4515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729981609098637314" border="0" /></a>Cut, cut, cut... glue, glue, glue!!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBjBl-19FWo/T4T773vi1-I/AAAAAAAADbg/g3wiqZetsys/s1600/DSCF4525.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fBjBl-19FWo/T4T773vi1-I/AAAAAAAADbg/g3wiqZetsys/s320/DSCF4525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729981631916333026" border="0" /></a>Having their Easter Egg Hunt!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZR4YrrELbg/T4T77PTXiMI/AAAAAAAADbY/ctA-VgfnDwo/s1600/DSCF4523.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jZR4YrrELbg/T4T77PTXiMI/AAAAAAAADbY/ctA-VgfnDwo/s320/DSCF4523.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729981621060733122" border="0" /></a>Kaden's 1st grade class with their baskets. What an enjoyable afternoon!!!Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-39983102974299654272012-04-10T20:13:00.011-05:002012-04-10T22:13:09.566-05:00Easter 2012What a great Easter weekend we had!! I think we crammed more Easter activities into Easter this year than ever before. What a beautiful time of year!!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dqSshr1shPg/T4Tg3IC83hI/AAAAAAAADXo/vvNGGcXIqaE/s1600/DSCF4483.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dqSshr1shPg/T4Tg3IC83hI/AAAAAAAADXo/vvNGGcXIqaE/s320/DSCF4483.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729951863579401746" border="0" /></a>Local hospital Easter Egg hunt.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KK4myvhvhbg/T4Tiq3PkqNI/AAAAAAAADYA/IZ_C1wcUuy0/s1600/DSCF4478.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KK4myvhvhbg/T4Tiq3PkqNI/AAAAAAAADYA/IZ_C1wcUuy0/s320/DSCF4478.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729953851933763794" border="0" /></a>Karson ran into this cute, cuddly critter. :-)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zYc2d_TtCCk/T4Tg2H_iKkI/AAAAAAAADXQ/tfUU-C01lFw/s1600/DSCF4504.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zYc2d_TtCCk/T4Tg2H_iKkI/AAAAAAAADXQ/tfUU-C01lFw/s320/DSCF4504.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729951846385199682" border="0" /></a>Easter sugar cookies. Karson saw that his cousins Clayton and Addy had made cookies, so he thought he needed to make some, too. His siblings were very glad he did. :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--8YXjLrneqc/T4Tg2gT7nlI/AAAAAAAADXY/b1AXdEMLR9w/s1600/DSCF4506.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--8YXjLrneqc/T4Tg2gT7nlI/AAAAAAAADXY/b1AXdEMLR9w/s320/DSCF4506.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729951852913204818" border="0" /></a>Finished product, oh so yummy!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3FN43MCuRfc/T4TiqgYbDHI/AAAAAAAADX0/wSETC-by4D8/s1600/DSCF4539.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3FN43MCuRfc/T4TiqgYbDHI/AAAAAAAADX0/wSETC-by4D8/s320/DSCF4539.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729953845796867186" border="0" /></a>Community Easter egg hunt. Khara was great to help out w/ Kaden or Karson since she is now to old to participate. :-( Thankfully, she has some very sharing siblings!!! Not sure where Kesley was when I took this pic. so I had to get one of her--<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9X6XJcJkvM8/T4Tir4yp2aI/AAAAAAAADYI/ioEomj6-Mx4/s1600/DSCF4540.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9X6XJcJkvM8/T4Tir4yp2aI/AAAAAAAADYI/ioEomj6-Mx4/s320/DSCF4540.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729953869529209250" border="0" /></a>Kelsey with her basket. This was her last year to be able to participate. She'll turn 10 this summer.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-agqYAnxvHGI/T4TisPifdrI/AAAAAAAADYU/GZxZQZYKKJ8/s1600/DSCF4543.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-agqYAnxvHGI/T4TisPifdrI/AAAAAAAADYU/GZxZQZYKKJ8/s320/DSCF4543.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729953875635435186" border="0" /></a>A trip to Wal-Mart and... another Easter Bunny!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hkp4Xz0DBEA/T4Tr7C5YciI/AAAAAAAADZs/WxW7uD4WdcY/s1600/DSCF4544.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hkp4Xz0DBEA/T4Tr7C5YciI/AAAAAAAADZs/WxW7uD4WdcY/s320/DSCF4544.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729964025544471074" border="0" /></a>We went to a farm store's Easter Egg hunt this year and... wow.... they had a lot of eggs!!! Karson is standing in front of the starting line. Check out those eggs!!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8-DMEiOnFAE/T4TiskX-ENI/AAAAAAAADYk/Q-m5SDWt1ic/s1600/DSCF4551.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8-DMEiOnFAE/T4TiskX-ENI/AAAAAAAADYk/Q-m5SDWt1ic/s320/DSCF4551.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729953881228447954" border="0" /></a>Grandma helping Karson open his eggs to check for prize slips. Yep, those eggs were the ones HE picked up and they were still working on them.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iib8T6G9uj4/T4Tr66__ZeI/AAAAAAAADZg/e5cwPe3v-9w/s1600/DSCF4553.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iib8T6G9uj4/T4Tr66__ZeI/AAAAAAAADZg/e5cwPe3v-9w/s320/DSCF4553.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729964023424706018" border="0" /></a>Khara, Kelsey, and Kaden each won prizes. Karson had so much candy he hardly thought twice about prizes. ;-)<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N5JZCAqiATA/T4TpN1M-LRI/AAAAAAAADZI/0MYqD5Sg-m0/s1600/DSCF4555.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N5JZCAqiATA/T4TpN1M-LRI/AAAAAAAADZI/0MYqD5Sg-m0/s320/DSCF4555.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729961049751170322" border="0" /></a>Yeah, Karson thought we had a LOT of candy!!!! :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lC18PHuq1J0/T4Tg1uugk2I/AAAAAAAADXE/cWNK7hl1sCo/s1600/DSCF4533.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lC18PHuq1J0/T4Tg1uugk2I/AAAAAAAADXE/cWNK7hl1sCo/s320/DSCF4533.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729951839602905954" border="0" /></a>Dyeing eggs-- our Easter tradition.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uucPc_65QxQ/T4Tg1eBIcxI/AAAAAAAADW4/JAt8e7ljA98/s1600/DSCF4531.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uucPc_65QxQ/T4Tg1eBIcxI/AAAAAAAADW4/JAt8e7ljA98/s320/DSCF4531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729951835117613842" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jBEzmGCQpk8/T4Tr7-VALeI/AAAAAAAADZ4/OzRTnUgfoC0/s1600/DSCF4532.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jBEzmGCQpk8/T4Tr7-VALeI/AAAAAAAADZ4/OzRTnUgfoC0/s320/DSCF4532.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729964041498013154" border="0" /></a>I think Kelsey and Karson had about as much dye on their fingers as their eggs. :-)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--YximqhaR4g/T4TcQrycY5I/AAAAAAAADWs/0Dxw_Kak0y8/s1600/DSCF4559.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--YximqhaR4g/T4TcQrycY5I/AAAAAAAADWs/0Dxw_Kak0y8/s320/DSCF4559.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729946805112431506" border="0" /></a>Sunday Morning Easter baskets!!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!!! They were up EARLY that morning to check out the surprises.<br /><br />Sunday Morning Easter Services-- the true reason we celebrate!!!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3lxNi8LgmJk/T4TcP6x8YcI/AAAAAAAADWQ/R22Fyx8PP2s/s1600/DSCF4575.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3lxNi8LgmJk/T4TcP6x8YcI/AAAAAAAADWQ/R22Fyx8PP2s/s320/DSCF4575.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729946791956996546" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1PRDbymBrnk/T4T2MxmpiAI/AAAAAAAADaQ/Tq3_a2hh_Q4/s1600/DSCF4573.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1PRDbymBrnk/T4T2MxmpiAI/AAAAAAAADaQ/Tq3_a2hh_Q4/s320/DSCF4573.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729975325256419330" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vr3KmUDE2rA/T4TcO7BEPRI/AAAAAAAADV8/1tHKiswXl_w/s1600/DSCF4585.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vr3KmUDE2rA/T4TcO7BEPRI/AAAAAAAADV8/1tHKiswXl_w/s320/DSCF4585.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5729946774840556818" border="0" /></a>Hope your Easter was a special one!!! We are so blessed!!!!Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37100760.post-17795716051604641722012-02-23T20:01:00.001-06:002012-02-23T20:09:01.732-06:00Happy 4th Birthday, Karson!!!!February 22, 2012 my baby boy turned 4!!!! (gulp, gulp...) Being our caboose, each of his milestones seem to hit me just a little harder. :-) What a privilege to be a parent!!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7oquts_ViBw/T0bL-LgXSNI/AAAAAAAADUo/NIhuK572lP8/s1600/DSCF4351.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7oquts_ViBw/T0bL-LgXSNI/AAAAAAAADUo/NIhuK572lP8/s320/DSCF4351.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712477446466914514" border="0" /></a><br />I like to let my kids choose what kind of cake they would like. He has been telling me for several weeks that he wanted a monkey cake. Thanks to pinterest, that request was granted!!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--KYOwiVqxCo/T0bL-kEzitI/AAAAAAAADUw/zCh29ODZd9c/s1600/DSCF4349.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--KYOwiVqxCo/T0bL-kEzitI/AAAAAAAADUw/zCh29ODZd9c/s320/DSCF4349.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712477453062212306" border="0" /></a>Every monkey needs a few bananas.<br /><br />Karson brings so much joy and happiness to our family!!! He loves to keep things very neat and organized; loves to help out around the house with laundry, dishes, cleaning; is his brothers biggest fan; loves popsicles and icecream sandwiches; loves his BB gun; and is just such a sweet little fellow!!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-arwq85bnjVk/T0bMAKhBbDI/AAAAAAAADVY/NDPMLfqGpW8/s1600/DSCF4369.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-arwq85bnjVk/T0bMAKhBbDI/AAAAAAAADVY/NDPMLfqGpW8/s320/DSCF4369.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712477480560978994" border="0" /></a>Khara, Kelsey, and Kaden were out of school on Monday, the day we had his party, so they had fun making some cute birthday banners. <br /><br />Oh, and the air compressor in our dining room?? :-) Well, Mark is working on putting new tile in two of our bathrooms. He volunteered to move his equipment to the garage but I figured the least I could do was encourage him to keep his tools close and handy while the project is being completed. ;-)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3jkP-d0DGdc/T0bu1tOWDyI/AAAAAAAADVk/qvxRANh7uLk/s1600/DSCF4370.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3jkP-d0DGdc/T0bu1tOWDyI/AAAAAAAADVk/qvxRANh7uLk/s320/DSCF4370.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712515783806291746" border="0" /></a>The sign Kaden made for Karson.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JuM8S4uoMLI/T0bu1wU6HiI/AAAAAAAADVw/hwomRv-2JiM/s1600/DSCF4371.JPG"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycaTSygDLVQ/T0bL-3BZ_BI/AAAAAAAADU8/voL0eLcSdwo/s1600/DSCF4359.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycaTSygDLVQ/T0bL-3BZ_BI/AAAAAAAADU8/voL0eLcSdwo/s320/DSCF4359.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712477458148228114" border="0" /></a>Karson is at a great age for gifts. I think every gift he opened was met with a very enthusiastic, "AWESOME"!!! :-)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ycaTSygDLVQ/T0bL-3BZ_BI/AAAAAAAADU8/voL0eLcSdwo/s1600/DSCF4359.JPG"></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8j5wV6YLk8c/T0bL_UAQDUI/AAAAAAAADVM/OTW97KeXOUA/s1600/DSCF4373.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8j5wV6YLk8c/T0bL_UAQDUI/AAAAAAAADVM/OTW97KeXOUA/s320/DSCF4373.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712477465928011074" border="0" /></a>HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KARSON!!!Janahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15971175145049266913noreply@blogger.com4