tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14110884438123876482024-03-13T17:49:42.311-07:00Lincolns: Live, Laugh, Loveablincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456175142157518140noreply@blogger.comBlogger82125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411088443812387648.post-6268325385469520072013-04-09T16:15:00.002-07:002013-04-09T16:15:18.974-07:00Tyler's baptism and Easter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Tyler was able to be baptized on Easter weekend this year, which made it extra fun to have family come to visit.</div>
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My mom bought the kids cute, cute easter outfits and I almost forgot to take pictures of them. So here's the best we could get after church. </div>
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Seconds later.... this is what we got. This is more like it!</div>
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I love this picture of Tyler looking at the baptismal font before it started. (Wish I could get the pics to rotate on here).</div>
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In their whites.</div>
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Egg hunt time</div>
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Tyler with one of his best buddies, Collin that happened to be getting baptized on the same day.</div>
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Ty looking sharp in his suit with Grandad Butler</div>
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Some cuddle time with Gramma Suzie</div>
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McKinley got to go to the Olympic Training Center with Nate and cousins. As you can tell, she was pretty excited about it :)</div>
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The Lincoln girls are all champions in my book</div>
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OK, this was too perfect....caught red-handed!</div>
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What the?? This is what my kids do on spring break, how about yours? :)</div>
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Tyler entered the world of scouts this year, which brings with it the adventures of the Pinewood Derby. This is a day Nate has been waiting for. He and his dad made some epic cars back in his day. Unfortunately we didn't have hardly anytime to spend on it, but Tyler and Nate were still able to make a pretty nice car. Nate also helped four other boys make their cars. Our garage was hopping that day. Tyler's is the aero-dynamic looking one. He came up with the design and cut it by himself.</div>
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After all of it, Nate decided he had enough extra supplies that he made a car of his own for fun. His is the one that looks like a big toe. Get it... "Toe-truck" ? I like the painted toenail. It also has knuckle creases cut in.</div>
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Tyler and his friend Josh (one of the boys Nate helped) waiting at the finish line. Some of them were a photo finish.</div>
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Before his race</div>
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Tyler's is the one just pulling ahead. </div>
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It was a fun evenng, although a lot of people's emotions were quite high. Tyler ended up getting third place. Most importantly he had a great time and had some bonding time with dad.</div>
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In April, we decided to drive to Denver and surprise the kids by going to Disney on Ice. I think it was a success :)</div>
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On the ride home. I can't remember the last time all four kids were sleeping at the same time in the car. It was pretty awesome!</div>
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For Valentine's Day, my friend threw a Pinkaliscious party for her daughter and her friends. Well Colton and McKinley are good friends with her daughter so he was invited too. Everybody was supposed to wear pink and as you can imagine Colton owns no pink. So my super talented friend made Colton this "Real Men Wear Pink" shirt so he didn't feel left out. I warned Colton that she had made him this shirt and he didn't want ANYTHING to do with it. I never knew he was so vehemenently against the color. He did eventually warm up to it and had a lot of fun at this pink party. He then gave the shirt as a present to his brother Tyler who appreciated it very much!</div>
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On a very wet and cold afternoon, the kids and their good friends Charlie and Dylan got quite creative with all the things they could find outside and built a fort. Not sure it would be approved by any homeowners association, but they were sure resourceful.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPMVxjG9962_0KAiZQbmkJX6FR0BYNj2ffNhEhw38d7fCP7Qs7wL4gDIcMo5zbCT1CF7BiD4zxLGHBas6kNOdr42o0TQ20xNn5EbGgbV3m8Q8Z3O5WGSk21paWQy_2QU3eLuEguyBBOzk/s1600/P1050687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAPMVxjG9962_0KAiZQbmkJX6FR0BYNj2ffNhEhw38d7fCP7Qs7wL4gDIcMo5zbCT1CF7BiD4zxLGHBas6kNOdr42o0TQ20xNn5EbGgbV3m8Q8Z3O5WGSk21paWQy_2QU3eLuEguyBBOzk/s320/P1050687.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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Oh I love two-year olds and dress-ups</div>
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In February (on Lexi's birthday) we flew out to Phx and look who was there as the welcoming party....</div>
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We can sure bring in a crowd! Actually there was a family reunion going on of all my many relatives on my mom's mom's side. It was pretty neat how it worked out because we were only there for two days, so it was kind of like one-stop shopping to be able to see so many relatives at once. It was also neat because in this group there were four people whose birthday was on that day, so we all got to sing to them and have a big cake. Lexi felt pretty special.</div>
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One of the things I look forward to every year is our kids' school art show. The art teacher there is AAAA-MAZING!! We're always so impressed with what she helps the kids create. This year's theme was the history of Colorado. Lexi's class created things that the Ute Indians may have used. </div>
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She decided to sew this little doll out of canvas and then she just kept going and adding more and more and more... She made this cradle board and blanket for it and all sorts of other accessories for it. Lexi also made this little clay pot filled with rice and corn. She chose to really get in the spirit and dress up herself for the art show too.</div>
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Tyler's class did metallic paint landscapes of Garden of the Gods (he even included the kissing camel rocks)</div>
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As many of you know, February is our busy birthday month. We got to kick off the month with Tyler's 8th birthday!! </div>
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This is an important year for him because in our church at 8 yrs. old you can get baptized if you decide to. Tyler has chosen to be baptized and has been studying a lot to know exactly what this special promise he is making. We're very proud of Ty and the great kid he is!</div>
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Gramma and Grandad bought Ty this slick looking suit. He's been so excited to dress more like dad at church. Wish I could figureout how to flip these pictures on the blog, but he is pretty darn cute!</div>
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The lego cake Ty requested, complete with lego cangles and the kids' lego creations.</div>
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Tyler got to have a party with friends this year and he chose to go to Skate City after we did cake and presents at our house. While all the boys were out skating, McKinley was standing on a platform shaking her booty to the music and entertaining all the on-lookers.</div>
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Colton even gave skating a try this time. This was one of the brief moments he was actually up on his feet :)</div>
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Lexi's birthday was soon to follow a couple weeks later. This year we were actually traveling to AZ on her birthday then on to Disneyland, so we had a quiet celebration at home a day early. </div>
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I can't believe my first baby is entering the double digits. Madness!! She really is turning into such a beautiful, intelligent, funny and loving young woman. Now stop growing up, you!!</div>
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Here Lexi and Tyler are "jamming" with their paper jam toys they got for thier birthdays. Lexi got this cool microphone that has all these features like adding vibrato and harmony and even auto-tuning. So basically you can have the worst voice on the planet and this makes you sound like a rock star. Ironically, Lexi actually has a beautiful voice without this. But it is fun to play with!</div>
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Since she got to share a big cake with her aunt and cousins (that share her same birthday) at our family reunion in AZ, I made her a "pizz-ookie" at home before we left. I kinda wish my kids would request this instead of a decorated cake more often. </div>
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We were also traveling from CA to AZ on Nate's actual birthday. My mom was so nice enough to make Nate a cake, though so we could celebrate with them for the few hours we were together. When we got back to our house the next day, we celebrated with an awesome ice cream cake. Thanks Baskin Robbins :) </div>
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His big surprise were tickets for Nate and his basketball buddy to go to an Air Force basketball game. They had great seats and it ended up being one of the best b-ball games in Air Force history with them winning my 1 point at the buzzer. Nate even caught a ball that they threw out into the crowd.</div>
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Other Christmas adventures this year took us to our awesome zoo to see the lights and the new elephant habitat and newly arrived rhinoceros. The place stunk so bad, but was very impressive to see. </div>
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With this only being the second year that we've had Christmas at our house, we're still trying to figure out our own traditions. The kids acted out the Christmas story on Christmas Eve. The costumes they put together were great! Here's the angel visiting the shepherds.</div>
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We all received new jammies on Christmas Eve. It's one of the first actual pair of pajamas I've gotten in my adult life, usually it's just sweatpants and a t-shirt for me.</div>
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The Cinderella outfit was a huge hit with this little princess, Grandma</div>
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Everyone got robes too. I think this might have been Colton's favorite gift of Christmas, go figure!</div>
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Crystal growing set. This girl likes her some sparkly rocks :)</div>
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After our present-opening marathon at home....the kids weren't done. Early the next day we drove to Arizona to spend time with my side of the family. </div>
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Here the kids are about to enjoy Christmas morning Take 2 with Gramma and Grandad</div>
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Cuddle time with Gramma and Grandad :)</div>
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Another exciting thing that happened there was Nathan and I celebrated our 13th anniversary. I have to just brag about my amazing man. He sent me on this "scavenger hunt" with only a big envelope and a map. I went to the first location (which happened to be a nail salon) and handed the receptionist the envelope. The employees said you must be Alyssa and gave me a big ol' grin. The manager said your husband took care of everything, just relax! So I ended up having a manicure and a pedicure, but after each step there was another envelope with hints/ directions on what to do next. After the pedicure there was another map that took me to a place where I got a massage, again the employees expecting me and giving me the royal treatment. After that... a facial. Boy there was a lot of preparation and moving parts Nate had to figure out. It was so fun and I felt so loved and special. </div>
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Les Miserables. It was the perfect day and I feel so blessed to have this remarkable man as my best friend and eternal companion. Love you honey!</div>
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As always, December was packed full of activities. Some of the highlights included Lexi's dance recital and choir concert. She really seems to love to perform (I don't know where she gets that) and it's great to watch her.</div>
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Here's all of the classes in Lexi's dance studio at curtain call. Her teacher does such a great job putting on this huge production twice a year.</div>
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Another exciting event in December was that after two and a half years, Lexi got her braces off (atleast the first round is done). She looks like such a lady! What a pretty smile :)</div>
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A few days later, Lexi's school choir put on a Christmas musical called "Broadway Santa". Lexi started the show as the snow globe and proceeded to make laps around the audience at full speed. Quite entertaining. </div>
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Then she became the prettiest reindeer I've ever seen ;)</div>
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Here's Lexi with all the other fourth graders putting on a muscial about Lewis and Clark. Lexi's the Sacajawea character in the back with the glowing racoon eyes.</div>
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A staple of childhood</div>
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For Thanksgiving we went to Utah. Our family there took us to a new awesome park with all the coolest state of the art equipment. Here's Tyler at the top of this impressive pyramid. Well I guess it looks like the side here and the world has flipped.</div>
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Cousins sleep over - so fun!</div>
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We later were able to go see the lights at Temple Square. It was gorgeous and cold and VERY crowded, but it was so cool to experience.</div>
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Back at home now putting up our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. This tree has been with us since we've been married and sadly (not really) it made it's last appearance this Christmas. It kinda bit the biscuit just as we bought a new one :)</div>
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I kept finding these two trying to waltz together complete with poinsettia boutineers during the holidays. It was so sweet.</div>
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Another little known dream of Nathan's was to get a really nice Wyatt Earp type outfit for Halloween because he has an affinity for the Tombstone era. He's been looking for a few years and this year he made it happen. Here he is playing dress up. I knew I kept that random handle-bar mustache for a reason. </div>
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The kids school has their field day in October and this year Lexi has a teacher that really gets into it. In fact he's a really amazing teacher and Lexi's grown a lot since being in his class.</div>
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Tyler the warrior</div>
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Here's a tiny example of some of our harvest from the green house. Our tomatoes and carrots went nuts this year, finally!</div>
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The kids' school also put on a fall carnival this year and it was a huge success and really cold!</div>
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McKinley and Colton went to a little Halloween party at a friend's house and paraded their costumes.</div>
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Check out the Cruella DeVille costume below. So stinkin' cute!</div>
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I had to find a costume that went with Nate's cool Wyatt Earp outfit. It was a challenge, but I got it done. Not too shabby of a couple if I do say so myself.</div>
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Some of my best girl friends</div>
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A recap of our September includes the famous balloon festival on Labor Day. It was our first time going to the lift-off. I'm shocked at how many people come to see them that early in the morning. It was really neat to watch the process of getting them in the air.</div>
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The kids' favorite was the Smokey the Bear balloon.</div>
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Another important thing that happened in September was that I got lasik surgery on my eyes. It was (and is) great! These were the awesome eye shields I got to wear at night for a week.</div>
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I can't get this pic to flip, but they're my cutie ballerinas.</div>
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A family bike ride on a lovely autumn's day</div>
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Diva!!</div>
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Colton took a crack at soccer in the fall. He wasn't that into it, but still entertained us with his antics.</div>
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We also finally decided to check out the Big Cat Sanctuary out in Calhan. It was really neat. It's a place for lions, tigers and other "big cats" to call home after their previous owners couldn't take of them anymore. A lot of these animals were in the entertainment industry, like circuses or even movies. There were some beautiful animals there.</div>
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This lioness lying on the platform behind Tyler was one of the lions in the movie "Second Hand Lions"</div>
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You can't quite tell, but behind Colton and I, lying in the shade, is a tiger on his back spread eagle totally relaxed. It was fun to see.</div>
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Lexi sporting her new haircut as she enters 4th grade.</div>
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It wasn't until I took this picture that I realized that both their first day of school outfits had electric guitars. Random.</div>
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Handsome Tyler on his way to second grade.</div>
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Colton started preschool the next week. Doesn't he look bigger than that?</div>
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Colton goes to Miss Marsha's preschool just like his brother and sister did. She's so wonderful!</div>
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Some of his preschool group in circle time.</div>
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I spent the entire summer working on painting and refinishing furniture for the kids' rooms and painting their bedrooms. I painted 2 desks, painted and upholstered 2 chairs, 1 huge dresser/ armoire and 2 bunk beds, 2 mirrors and countless frames. It was a ton of work and I'm in no hurry to pick up a paint brush again for a long time, but I'm happy with the finished product. Here's some of the girls room.</div>
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A pirate on his way to church</div>
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In attempts to catch up on this family blog, I needed to add a post about our amazing Caribbean cruise that we took with my parents last spring. We took Lexi & Tyler and boarded the Norwegian Spirit for a Western Caribbean adventure. The kids were mostly excited about the endless food (who am I kidding, we all were)- so throughout the week, there was a lot of this...</div>
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We got to put on some of our spiffiest duds</div>
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This is out of order, but it's actually when we first boarded the ship after a full day of traveling.</div>
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We quickly found the pool...</div>
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AND the chocolate buffett!</div>
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BUSTED!</div>
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Funny thing is that people around us thought we were totally serious and just absolute pigs with no control or manners (maybe sometimes). Where's your sense of humor, people?</div>
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Mis Padres</div>
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(obviously a BEFORE shot)</div>
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This is priceless (check out the chocolate on his eyelid-ha!)</div>
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Anyway, moving ahead.... here we are at our first port - Cozumel, getting ready to swim with the sting rays.</div>
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a new friend</div>
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We also got attached to this little guy, you can see he only has a nub on one leg.</div>
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Lexi got her hair braided, beaded and wrapped. So much fun :)</div>
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Next stop...Belize. Here we are at Altun Ha, a massive site of Mayan ruins.</div>
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You can't quite tell, but there's a Mayan calendar inscribed on the rock (a popular topic of conversation recently).</div>
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The view from the top of the tallest temple</div>
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Here's Ty holding a baby alligator, he likes him some reptiles</div>
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This little toy sling shot we picked up as a souvenir for Tyler in Belize was quickly confiscated once we boarded again. Watch out....a 7 yr. old with a rubber band! Hey, at least they're thorough. It sure was a booger to get back after the trip though!</div>
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Now we've arrived in Roatan, Honduras. I had no expectations before getting there. And now I have to say it was one of my favorite places on earth. SOOO beautiful!</div>
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Here we got to go to a secluded island and meet Kenny the dolphin.</div>
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This was so neat. I know there's a lot of controversy surrounding dolphins in captivity, but this spot was really wonderful. Very open and all those working with the dolphins have devoted so much of their lives to the well being and safety of the animals. We were very impressed (unlike the dolphin encounter area in Costa Maya).</div>
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Hello gorgeous!</div>
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Definitely an experience we all will never forget!</div>
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Every night when we got back to our cabin there was always a fun surprise for us in the form of a towel animal. Here's our favorite :)</div>
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After we got back to port in New Orleans we were able to stay an extra day to tour around this fascinating city! It was crazy packed because of NCAA March Madness. I loved walking around and seeing the beautiful architecture and culture and to see how they're still rebuilding after Katrina.</div>
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Eating a famous beignet from Cafe Beignet. Mmmmmmmm, so divine!</div>
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The highlight for me....hanging out with these street jazz musicians! They were so awesome. I could listen to them all day.</div>
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Every time we turned around, our kids had made another friend ;)</div>
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Tyler's agreeing that the whole trip was AMAZING!! We loved being able to experience all these new things and places with our kids and my parents. Thanks mom and dad! We'll treasure this time always.</div>
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Coincidentally we ported in New Orleans the day before the NCAA championship basketball game was to be played there. This is like Nathan's dream!! So we stayed in New Orleans an extra day so Nate could go to the game and we met a friend at the airport that is an equally huge fan (he just returning from a cruise as well). It worked out amazingly well because as our friend arrived at the airport, Nate dropped the kids and I off at the same time so we could fly home. Unfortunately, right after we were dropped off, there ended up being a huge lightning storm, so our flight was delayed by about 4 or 5 hours. I always have THE worst luck when I'm flying with kids by myself. Anyway, the kids were very patient (considering) and eventually we did make it back to Colorado in the wee hours of the morning.</div>
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The boys had an awesome time at the game though, and I'm so glad it worked out of them to go.</div>
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On our way to Yellowstone we took a small detour to go see Martin's Cove in Wyoming, a place important to pioneer history. This was where a Mormon handcart pioneer company found a little bit of refuge after crossing the Sweetwater river from the horrible blizzards. Tragically, over a fourth of their company died on the journey across the plains. </div>
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We wanted to teach the kids a little bit about this pioneer heritage and let them pull a handcart for a little bit. Obviously there was no blizzard and they only pulled it for a little less than a mile, but it was still a good experience for us.</div>
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We all rolled up our pants(some more than others) and played a while in the Sweetwater River.<br />
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Nathan and I will be coming back here this next summer with some of the youth in our church for a week- long trek. We're really excited for the opportunity.</div>
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Way back in July, we took a family trip to Yellowstone (6 months later,. We met up with all of Nate's family there and camped for a week. We had so much fun and saw gorgeous sights. We also saw a lot of wildlife...</div>
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and wildflowers. What we didn't realize was that technically the wildflowers are the park's property and so we were written up by the "authorities" for picking this pretty bouquet. She's a cute felon though, isn't she?</div>
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Some extended family shots around the park.</div>
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Isn't this gorgeous? This was after a fire a few years ago, but it's so neat to see the life budding once again.</div>
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Here's a typical scene around camp each morning. We had to have our planning meeting.</div>
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Monkeys!</div>
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Bears!</div>
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Bathing beauties! :) (it was stinkin' cold)</div>
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Coyotes!</div>
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Getting a steam facial at Dragon's Mouth</div>
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Here are the thieves caught in the act :)</div>
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We became quite close with the bison that week. We still write :)</div>
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Waiting for the "Old faithful"</div>
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For about 3 weeks in a row in July we were lucky enough to have friends and family come to visit. It's always a treat to have Gramma & Grandad Butler stay and play with us :) There were a lot of books read...</div>
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Parks visited....</div>
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On July 4th, after a lovely breakfast at our church, we came home and daddy set up the ghetto slip and slide. Water + soap + an old tarp = tons of fun!!</div>
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While we were there Gramma picked up a little souvenir. It really suits her don't you think?</div>
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A view of most of the dwellings</div>
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There was also a tee-pee there, so our kids were so excited to say they've been in a tee-pee. This picture cracks me up because apparently they all went in there to meditate. Check out Colton & Lexi - ha! (or should I say "Omm")</div>
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A week or so later, my brother Aaron and his family came for a visit. Although they weren't able to stay nearly long enough, it was so great to have them here. We went on walks, the girls & I did some shopping (can't complain about that). There was playing in the park, firing off rockets, games etc. We also took them to the penny arcade in Manitou with the antique arcade games. Some of the best moments, though, were spent just hanging out at home. </div>
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I love this picture of Aaron & Colton bonding over legos. </div>
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Kymble & Kinners are twinners - kinda. They're both super cute!</div>
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Precious!</div>
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Playing at the park, waiting for daddy to launch the rocket.</div>
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Yay!! Our great friends the Birds came for a visit this summer. It's been a couple years since we saw them last. Nate & Morris used to be roommates in college. We also got married within a week of each other and lived in the same apartment complex for a year or so. So many of our favorite memories in our early years of marriage were with Morris & Malea. Since we moved to Colorado and they to California we haven't been able to see each other very often, but it's so neat when we do get together to just pick up where we left off. We both have four kids now and they're all somewhat similar ages, so our kids had a BLAST together!</div>
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We thought it would be fun to take them to the penny arcade in Manitou Springs, which has such a vast collection of antique and vintage arcade games. There are some games from as early as 1910 all the way up to modern day. Our favorites are pac-man and the derby where all of us can play at once, and of course the hundreds of kiddie rides.</div>
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Gotta love her face!</div>
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We also took them to the Olympic training center to look around. I think there was an excitement there with the summer olympics about to begin. </div>
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I think some of the most fun the kids had was diggin' in the dirt! Covered in dirt, eating watermelon - now that's what summer is all about!</div>
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We were able to capture some awesome shots of the kids. First, the nice one...</div>
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Too much fun!!!!</div>
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That is such a fun show!! The funny thing about it was that I bought tickets for Nate for Christmas as a surprise and he apparently had the same idea and bought tickets for me as a surprise. Great minds think a like. It wasn't hard to sell our extra pair of tickets once we found out, though. This was my second time going and Nate's first. He wasn't disappointed.</div>
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Future rock star! Man, Colton looks like such a big kid here.</div>
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What's more fun than running in the sprinklers in the summer?</div>
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... and mowing a lawn with daddy?</div>
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... and soccer camp? :)</div>
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Lexi and Tyler both improved a lot with this soccer camp. They had many collegiate players as coaches. I was really impressed with how they ran it.</div>
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A friend at church came up with the brilliant idea to have a daddy-daughter ball in June. Lexi was so excited to dress up in her fanciest dress and go on a date with dad!</div>
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On my birthday, another generous friend offered to watch our kids so Nate and I could go out. While we were out, our friend had the kids "help" her make a cupcake bouquet for me. So sweet!! As you can see they were A LOT of help :)</div>
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This summer we decided to become members at a community pool instead of doing swim lessons for the kids. It has been so great! There's a full size pool and a little kiddie pool. All the kids have gotten sooo much better at/ more comfortable with swimming. It's been a fun family activity , especially when we grilled up something yummy and had dinner there. It's been really nice that we have some friends that were also members so the kids always had someone to play with. I think we made a great decision.</div>
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Mr. C has turned 4 and he also got to have a party with friends this year. I bet you have no idea what his theme was...it's really subtle :) </div>
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Colton never ceases to amaze me. He's such a strong, manly-boy, but he's my biggest cuddle bug. He's very tender- hearted and continues to have such a great attitude when it comes to his dietary restrictions. Possibly my favorite thing about Colton is his awesome sense of humor. He truly cracks us all up, he's like a miniature Chris Farley (with much better moral character) in his mannerisms etc.</div>
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Watch out! Colton's got a weapon (everything is a weapon to Colton) and he let loose.</div>
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The loot :)</div>
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He thoroughly enjoyed all the great gifts his friends gave him!</div>
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Here's the quieter, just-family celebration:</div>
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These two really are great buddies. They love to play together and apparently don't mind snuggling either. These pictures melt my heart a little....</div>
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Ms. Cutie-Pants is 2!! (has been for a while now)</div>
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For McKinley's cake, I decided to make a cake looking like her favorite thing to cuddle...her "wuh-wuh". It was convenient that I had some left over black and white fondant in the freezer from Lexi's birthday cake ;)</div>
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I was able to whip this one out quickly as well. Far from perfect, but I'm getting better.</div>
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This is her "stink" face. We sure love this little girl and all her many expressions. She's spunky!! She's a smart little cookie and brings us all so much joy. I love how she says "I wanna hold you" when she wants me to pick her up. Her favorite show is Dora (ai-yai-yai), so you can often hear her say (or yell) "Wiper, no WIPING!!!" (instead of "Swiper , no swiping"). She does it complete with hand gestures and she often does it towards strangers. You can imagine the reactions we get - priceless!</div>
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Happy Easter! The Saturday morning baskets (Easter Bunny always delivers by Sat. morning in our house).</div>
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Now for the egg hunt...</div>
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The joy of confetti eggs.</div>
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dinners of champions :) Hey, they're not complaining. Good job, daddy!</div>
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At the beginning of the year, Tyler started a break dance class that was so much fun to watch. He really did improve a lot. Here's the beginning of a back spin.</div>
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Here's the cool pose when they're done with their routine. Don't mess with these guys!</div>
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I might be 6 months late, but I'm finally getting around to posting about some special birthdays. Here's Ms. Lexi on her 9th b-day. </div>
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This year she got to have a party with friends and she wanted to do a music theme. So I played with fondant once again (although I don't have a great relationship with it) to try to make a music note cake. It ended up cooperating quite nicely- yay! </div>
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Piggin' out on pizza at her pajama dance party.</div>
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All the girls playing "Just Dance" on the Wii - so cute!</div>
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I guess she was excited about that present</div>
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Hooray!</div>
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What's a party without a little twister?</div>
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A few days later, it was Nathan's turn to be birthday boy. Although not as much "hoop-la", he's still just as special!</div>
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What's a birthday without .....pants??!!</div>
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Daddy's ice cream cake, I guess McKinley wasn't fond of it.</div>
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Here's the annual school art show that impresses me every year. I wish you could have seen what some of the older grades did. Wow! Lexi's picture is the one in the middle with the sidewalk.</div>
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Tyler's picture is the top middle</div>
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This was one of Tyler's writing examples that was hanging on the wall from the beginning of the year. I think it's funny because he doesn't have a cat or a dirt bike. And he doesn't actually even like cats either. Haha :)</div>
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Lexi joined the school choir this year. They only had one performance and they were joined with all the other elementary school choirs and one middle school choir in the district. </div>
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Can you tell Lexi's choir did a pirate song? :)</div>
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The lovely singer!</div>
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February is kind of a crazy month in our house. Tyler got to kick off the month by turning seven!</div>
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that looks like a Wii remote or some kind of device he actually uses, but he dedided he wanted to go old school and have a game boy cake. He's never actually used a game boy, but whatever the birthday boy wants! He also said he wanted me to make it red and this was as red as I could make it, so he had to settle for more of a coral color (yeah, it was pretty much pink) :)</div>
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I think this type of jelly fish was called "Moon" something. Anyway, what beautiful specimens.</div>
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One of the highlights on our trip was the mermaid show. It was very entertaining, then the kids got to meet them afterwards, except Colton & McKinley were totally freaked out. Poor kids are so confused. Just when they were told mermaids weren't real...</div>
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TJ - the survivor!</div>
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<br />In January, Nate was able to take Lexi & Tyler to an Air Force basketball game and the kids had a blast and met a giant blue bird :)<br />
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On our day off we took the family to Manitou Springs to the penny arcade which we haven't done in years. It really is such a fun little place with some neat antique arcade games, some dating back to earlier 1900s.<br />
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<br />There are dozens of kiddie rides to choose from...<br />
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<br />and crazy giant sculptures of bikes. I think it's a pretty good fit, don't you?<br />
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The kids had way too much fun with the paint one night...<br />
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<br />Later in the month, Kinners had a nasty fall and ended up with quite the boo-boo on her lip. There was plenty of blood, but luckily no ER visit. Now you can only see the scar if she smiles real big.<br />
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This was what remained of our mailbox after New Years Eve. Good news is I have a handy husband!<br />
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At the beginning of the year, Tyler decided to give break dancing a try. He liked it so much we decided to enroll him in the class. This video clip was from his first class during the "freestyle" circle. He has since learned so much. It is super entertaining to watch these 6-10 yr. olds do their tricks and the teacher is awesome. Nate and I fight over who gets to take Tyler each week.<br />
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<span id="goog_28569936"></span><span id="goog_28569937"></span>ablincolnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15456175142157518140noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1411088443812387648.post-46941019484214541072012-03-02T13:22:00.002-08:002012-03-02T14:28:36.220-08:00December 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />One day I discovered McKinley doing this (above). No one even showed her how to correctly hold a pencil. I was impressed considering the struggle I've had with some of her older siblings (and am still having). <br />
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Later in December, my parents were able to fly out for a few days to have a mini Christmas with us. It was so wonderful. We were able to fit an many things, yet still had time to just relax and chat. During our gift exchanging, Grandad was our santa, passing out many fun things...<br />
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<br />like this dinosaur that growls and stomps...<br />
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this collector's book of UofA basketball (very exciting for a certain big fan)!<br />
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A friendship bracelt maker - we've had many fun hours using this (sometimes I let Lexi use it too - haha).<br />
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<br />A remote control dragon, complete with stomping and growling so he can battle the dinosaur.<br />
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<br />The brightest, prettiest, sparkliest light up shoes you ever seen! At first when McKinley wore these in the car at night we thought we were being pulled over because of these really bright flashing lights we saw out of the corner of our eyes. They're so fun!<br />
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And my elegant diva mom apron :)<br />
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We also went to our church Christmas party while my parents visited and we were able to take this nice picture.<br />
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As I said in the last post, we stayed home for the holidays for the first time ever. It was definitely different not traveling or being together with our extended family, but it was nice just taking it easy here at home. We actually had to try to figure out some of our own traditions. <br />
Here are the kids sporting their new jammies that they opened on Christmas Eve.<br />
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<br />Lexi & Tyler playing a very "serious" Mary & Joseph as we acted out the Christmas story.<br />
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<br />1st official Colorado Springs Lincoln Family Christmas Eve<br />
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<br />Bright and early Christmas morning. We decided to open up our stockings before we went to church.<br />
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<br />The loot!<br />
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<br />After church the gift opening marathon began :) McKinley in her fairy princes, butterfly costume. She recently developed a thing for butterflies.<br />
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<br />It's Woody! Colton still loves him some Toy Story.<br />
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<br />Tyler and Lexi scored some new scooters.<br />
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<br />What's Christmas without some snow?<br />
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<br />We were able to get out a few times and sled. Luckily our street is a pretty sweet sledding hill.<br />
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<br />Spending some time with friends: McKinley & Skyler (the baby that was born in our basement last spring). Sadly, Skyler & her family moved away to California a few weeks ago and we will miss them dearly!<br />
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It was magical!! Although, I don't think we'd be able to surprise them again with a show in Denver- they're on to our schemes. I think this show is like constant eye candy. There are so many amazing and creative costumes everywhere you look and the music is glorious! We also are so thankful to our good friend Katie Clifford for watching our little munchkins while we went and did this!<br />
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Our quick post-show dinner! <br />
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In November Lexi started this little basketball challenge where she played a few games after school over the course of the month. It was a great introduction to the game for her. Basketball is the favorite sport for Nate & I (and grandad & uncles etc. etc.) We hope our kids will learn to love it and play it often. <br />
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There was also an arts contest for the school district that Lexi chose to participate in and there was a little ceremony at school for everyone to highlight their work. There are some talented kids at that school!<br />
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Nathan finished rebuilding our shower in November and here it is. We found this cool shower heard you can pull out, so it's kind of like a dual shower head. We're definitely enjoying all his effort.<br />
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I decided to run in this year's turkey trot 5K. It was good motivation to try to stay fit going into the holidays. Luckily, the weather was great! For this race, you had to make a guess as to what you finishing time would be and whoever got closest to their estimation won. I ran this race about a minute faster than my last, so I was quite pleased - but I was way off of my guess. <br />
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After the race, they randomly picked a few people's numbers and they got "door prizes". I was one of those lucky people and won some banana bread - Woo hoo! Also my sweet family came and surprised me again and met me at the finish line (hence the pictures).<br />
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One day I found McKinley playing with the phone and she was having such a lovely little conversation with no one. It was SOO cute! I had to take video too. Fast forward four months and she's talking a ton more, quite clearly. She's also singing a lot and it melts my heart every single day!!<br />
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Some "wrestle" time with daddy. Actually I think he might have actually been sleeping in this picture :)<br />
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Cuddle time with daddy... and he's close to sleeping :)<br />
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My lovebugs!<br />
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Here's a little clip of Lexi's first game...<br />
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We also stayed at home for the holidays for the first time, well ever. Although we missed our families greatly, it was nice to have a quieter, relaxing celebration at home. We were able to spend Thanksgiving with our good friends the Bass family. It was a nice little feast.</div>
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<br />Here are some pictures of some home improvement projects that have been going on in the Lincoln house the last few months. </div>
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The first is the green house that Nate & his dad built. I wasn't fully on board when Nate first told me the idea of using our old sliding glass doors and creating a green house. But as always, it turned out great! We still have some tweaking to do with temperature, but we hope next summer it will flourish. The raised beds and automatic watering system are especially nice.</div>
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Another big project was tearing out the old nasty shower in our master bath and rebuilding it. This has definitely been something I've wanted to do since we moved in, so we're super excited it's almost finished. So here is the before picture. Pretty, huh? ;)</div>
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<br />And here's the almost finished product. Nate worked his usual magic!! There was a lot for Nate to learn as he worked on this one. It was especialy hard to get the right slope in building the floor. Also notice the new vanity counter and sink. Woo hoo!</div>
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Now for the biggest undertaking this fall..... Goodbye carpet! When we went to AZ, Nate flew home for 3 days and worked his lil' booty off to tear up the flooring and start laying down as much of the new hard wood as he could. All this while working full-time. He stayed up until about 3am each night and lived on Little Ceasars I think.</div>
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<br />After a week or two, he had finished the family room and most of the dining room. Go Nate!!</div>
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<br />We had the MDF as a kitchen floor for the last 3 months and we got pretty used to it. But I have to say now that the wood is laid in there, it's way nicer to look at easier to clean :)</div>
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<br />After about 2 months we finally found a rug. It was hard to find one that was super plush and looked decent. Alas, Home Depot came through again... We very much enjoy having somewhere soft to lay down and wrestle on once again. The kids have fun each picking a flower to kneel on when we have our family prayers.</div>
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<br />I'm so thankful for and amazed at my husband's ability to do all these things to improve our home. He's saved us sooo much! I'm looking forward to hopefully being done though so that we can play more on the weekends :)</div>
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Sibling bonding while carving pumpkins. This year we actually tried baking the pumpkin seeds. The kids seemed to love them, at least at first. I guess we might make that a new tradition.</div>
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Lexi- a vampire queen?? Her invention. She looks pretty cool though, I think.</div>
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<br />McKinley as pretty princess (of course). I couldn't decide which picture was cuter, so I posted them both :)</div>
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Hands down....best costume EVER!!! This is my friend's little girl & she made this costume. Isn't it amazing?! Ooompa- doompa- doompa-dee-doo</div>
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<br />The kiddos were happy to pass out some candy at our trunk-or-treat after their buckets were full.</div>
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<br />Tyler's the cutest toothless Harry Potter I've ever seen :)</div>
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<br />We went trick-or-treating with a few friends in this awesome neighborhood downtown. All the houses in that area get sooo into it (as you can see).</div>
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<br />It was so much fun! And maybe a little freaky at times.</div>
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