tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-215088972024-03-29T02:13:24.362-05:00The Ivy FamilyWhat We Do Today Echoes In EternityClint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-2619663891719709272012-08-02T12:07:00.000-05:002015-06-26T07:30:37.900-05:00ABC's of the Summer- Part Two<br />
Here are just a few more of the highlights from our ABC adventures this summer.<br />
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L is for Ladies that are silver...also known as mannequins!! Raleigh loved getting her picture taken with all of these "ladies" every time we went shopping this summer.<br />
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Raleigh and the silver ladies.</div>
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M is for....Movies and Mohawks!!</div>
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We joined a movie club this summer and would go and see movies one day a week throughout the summer. It was super cheap so it didn't bother me much if we had to leave if Thad was having a hard time.</div>
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My cute little warrior rocked a mohawk quite a bit this summer!!</div>
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O is for...Outside.</div>
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Thaddaeus LOVED swinging and being outside so much this summer. We went to lots of different parks, but could only be outside in small time frames because it was so hot!!</div>
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My two monkeys on the swings.</div>
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Q is for...Quackers. We love feeding the ducks, also known as "quackers" in our family. </div>
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Ra feeding the quackers.</div>
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Thad honestly spent most of his time eating the bread instead of feeding the ducks. Ha!</div>
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S is for smart glasses....we read a lot around our house, but we found that our smart glasses really help.</div>
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I know you might have thought that was Clark Kent, but it is really Thaddaeus!!</div>
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Smart and Sassy Raleigh</div>
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W is for... wagon rides. Another way we can be outside is by taking a wagon ride in the evening.</div>
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Sweet loves!!!</div>
Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-67771945262283599182012-08-01T12:39:00.000-05:002013-01-02T12:40:32.962-06:00ABC's of the Summer- Part 1This summer has been full of so much fun!! We tried to go through the alphabet and do a fun activity and craft with each letter. We did manage to conquer every letter, although it sometimes got extremely creative, but we had a great time overall. Here is some of the highlights of the fun things we did...<br />
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A is for...animals. We went to several pet stores and saw all kinds of new animals.<br />
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Raleigh's favorite were the tiny mice</div>
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Thad's favorites were the g. pigs....he just kept laughing and laughing at them!!</div>
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Bis for...Bugs!!! We bought some bugs for the bath tub and watched them grow and shrink a ton of times. B was also for bath time...we gave Titus a bath (like I said, sometimes we stretched our creativity).</div>
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Raleigh and her favorite insect....the ladybug!!</div>
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C is for Cheetoes!!! This summer Thad discovered the wonderful world of Cheetoes and is lovin life!!</div>
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Serious about Cheetoes...</div>
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D is for a Dangerous new buddy named Skippy Jon Jones. This summer Raleigh really got into the Skippy Jon Jones books. Thad just simply enjoyed laughing at my attempt to speak in an accent.<br />
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Can you tell that we had to have our hair fixed to where it will match Skippy's ears??</div>
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F is for Funny Faces and Funny hats. Raleigh definitely went through a time this summer where she thought she was just like a dinosaur. She would copy their faces and try to make everyone laugh around her...silly girl!!<br />
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Dinosaur face!!</div>
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Thad also had to wear his funny hat this summer every time we swam...I thought it was precious, but everyone else thought it was ridiculous.</div>
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Finally in Brazil!!! So excited that are sweet friends Ben and Jen were able to go with us.</div>
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These are the hammocks that we slept in..the picture on the left is blurry, but that is how close we all slept together. Not bad and thankfully I didn't fall out!!</div>
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Clint speaking at one of the concerts</div>
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After each show all of the kids would talk to everyone and share "their story" and why they were here in Brazil. It was crazy how they were surrounded like they were celebrities.</div>
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In the villages we cut hair, did nails, handed out baby clothes, ran VBS and played lots and lots of soccer!!</div>
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One of our girls started her own company based off of her preemie days that is named "Wrapped In Him." She raised enough money to pay for her trip and several others. Here she is telling her story.</div>
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On the days we traveled on boat, we launched balloons filled with candy and soccer balls to kids that would come out on boat to see us from the smallest villages.</div>
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Baptizing in the Ocean...this is by far my favorite time of Camp!!</div>
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Phil, Chris, Clint, and Duke after baptizing in the rain. Poor guys were freezing!!</div>
Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-85861112034884554782012-05-31T09:31:00.000-05:002013-01-02T09:31:44.131-06:00Daddy/Daughter DateRaleigh and Clint squeezed in some extra time to go on one more date before daddy's schedule gets super busy. Where did she choose to go? To the movies of course!!! She loves going to the movies with her daddy. They get a HUGE icee and lots of snacks. I love when they go because it also opens up time for me and my little Thad man to hang out. The more they go on their dates together, the more "rules" Raleigh seems to come up with. Clint is such a good sport.<br />
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Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-3178680306830175182012-05-29T09:09:00.000-05:002013-01-02T09:10:56.360-06:00Build a BearWe went on another "Ivy Day" to Build a Bear. It was a huge success!! They both had so much fun building their new buddies and need to have them around at all times. Here are some pics from our fabulous day. We were a little camera happy..sorry.<br />
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Raleigh putting the heart in and stuffing her buddy and taking care of brother's as well</div>
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She was a little bit scared of the shower, but pushed through for the sake of her bunny buddy</div>
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Our favorite part...playing dress up!!</div>
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Our special day gets a big two thumbs up!!</div>
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Raleigh and her new buddy Daisy the Aggie cheerleader bunny</div>
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Thaddaeus and his new buddy Hulk the bear</div>
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Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-29397127805977894202012-05-27T08:45:00.000-05:002013-01-02T08:46:26.542-06:00Dallas AquariumAs the end of May is approaching, we know the summer is coming. For most people they view summer as a time of relaxation and rest. For us, it when the craziness around here gets kicked into high gear. Our kids are pretty flexible, but summer is pretty tough on them, especially the not seeing their dad a ton part. Raleigh and Thaddaeus are both in LOVE with their daddy (I can't blame them...I think he is pretty awesome also) and spending weeks a part is tough. We thought we would try to ease the pain of the separation by increasing our outings and daddy/daughter dates in the month of May. This plan could totally backfire on us, but we are hoping it doesn't. Our most recent trip we went on was a trip to the Dallas Aquarium. It was awesome!! I had remembered going on a field trip years ago when I was still teaching and loved how it was laid out by the levels of the rainforest and was so excited about taking the kids there. Raleigh thought it was amazing!! Thaddaeus was happy and smiled pretty much the whole time.<br />
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Raleigh's excited face!!!</div>
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Raleigh's favorite penguin in the outdoor exhibit. Of course she named it...Gertrude!!! Ha!! </div>
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Ra and me by one of the waterfalls </div>
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Watching the finger monkeys...they were so cute, but a little bit hyper, so Ra was holding on pretty tight!!</div>
Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-68937718938436952282012-05-22T08:07:00.000-05:002013-01-02T08:07:17.702-06:00Splash Day/End of the YearI can't believe that it is already May!! How quickly our spring always goes. We have had several events at our school to finish the year out. <br />
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They had a Mother's Day tea. It was so sweet. They did a little performance that was so precious of them reciting all their verses for the year. We also had a little brunch and Raleigh was very concerned with the fact that the "little honies" (that is what she calls children) needed to make sure that their mommies were taken care of. <br />
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My little honey</div>
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Raleigh's two teachers...they are awesome!! We have been so thankful for two ladies that love our daughter and just seem to "get her."</div>
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We also had Splash Day. For most kids this is a dream come true...if you know Raleigh....not so much. She spent most of her day eating a snow cone. Daddy did come and help her to be brave (something about trusting that Daddy) and then she enjoyed getting wet a little more.</div>
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Ra and her best buddy. Poor girls, they are both supposed to be really tall. At least they will have each other when the boys won't ask them out because they are to tall. Ha!</div>
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I realized I haven't really given an update on our "little warrior" recently. Our sweet boy is doing fantastic!! He truly does have the most laid back personality and the happiest heart. He is a snuggle bug and is a daddy's boy for sure. We have ventured into the cereal/soft foods world, and he is in love!!<br />
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Every time we have a checkup, he is off the charts. We are pretty sure you are going to be a really tall boy, just like your daddy!<br />
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You absolutely adore your sister...we are hoping that lasts a long time! You want to be around her all the time and think she is pretty funny.<br />
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You have started to crawl some...and I am pretty sure that once you get moving you will be very hard to stop!!Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-12052158572296612232012-04-16T07:21:00.000-05:002013-01-02T07:22:07.251-06:00Girls Retreat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our Spring has been pretty busy!!! We just had our girl's retreat and it was awesome! It excites me to see so many of our girls desiring to get to know the Lord better. And of course we had tons of fun!! From One Direction to Cupcake Wars, the weekend was incredible. On Saturday we finished up with loads of break out teaching sessions from the best teachers around and sent the girls home exhausted. This is definitely one of my favorite events that we do and I am so blessed to get to work with Steph-the best girls minister around!! So excited about next year, but I so need some sleep.<br />
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Since we are home on Easter (kinda), this year we started some new traditions. The biggest one was the super awesome Egg Hunt!!! We hid four different colored eggs that gave clues about where to find the next egg and then the final prize!! Raleigh LOVED this, and Thad, well he didn't really care all that much. Ha!<br />
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Look who found the first one!!!</div>
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Happy Easter from these two cuties!!</div>
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So many Easter treasures</div>
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Nothing better to top of an egg hunt than a delicious snowcone!!</div>
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On of the things I wanted to make sure that we did was get Ra's hair cut for the first time. I wanted Tammy to cut her hair...she cut mine while we lived in Houston, and she is the sweetest thing ever!!</div>
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Here is Raleigh with her hair all brushed back and excited to get her hair cut!!</div>
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She did awesome! Thank you Tammy!!</div>
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Clint was in Brazil "roughing it" for his pre-trip. They stayed on the boats we will stay on when we take High School kids there this summer...I can't wait to go!!</div>
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The rest of the week we spent hanging out with Mimi and Pop. It was good for the kids to spend some quality time with my parents. They always love being with both sets of their grandparents!!<br />
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Raleigh and Pop taking a ride on the train</div>
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This is Raleigh's version of riding horses!! </div>
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We had a great time at my parents house, but I just have to share a story with you. We were on our way home to Dallas from Houston, which is a pretty far drive, which means you sometimes you have to stop quite a bit with kids. We were taking a break <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and Raleigh and I were eating a snack while waiting for Thad to finish his bottle. She noticed that there was a homeless man in the store also who had no food. She went on her own and gave him her French fries. He told her "thank you and God bless you." To that she replied, "you know God like me?? That is awesome!!!" She melts my heart with her ability to read people, but also her intentionality to take care of others. I pray that she will always keep this quality.</span></span></div>
Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-71530482497263612262012-03-21T11:15:00.000-05:002012-10-17T11:23:56.145-05:00Happy Birthday Clint<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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These two cuties want to wish their favorite man with facial hair a HaPpy BIrtHdAy!!!</div>
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For Clint's birthday, we celebrated by doing all of dad's favorites...eating at his favorite restaurant, shopping at his favorite stores, and watching ESPN all day!! We are so lucky to have such a wonderful dad and husband in our lives. I am so blessed everyday by how much you give to me and our kids. We hope your birthday was wonderful!!</div>
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We also had a birthday lunch with the staff....and had to have cake of course!!! Thanks to Melody for making his cake. It is the app for the game temple run. What can I say, we always keep in interesting in the Ivy family! Ha!!</div>
Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-32133412279759931432012-03-19T18:33:00.000-05:002012-10-14T18:33:28.552-05:00Gap Kids<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nothing much to say, but aren't these kids PRECIOUS!!! I think they are cute enough to be in a GAP commercial...maybe I am a little bit biased!!Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-88820605584384159602012-03-12T18:10:00.000-05:002012-10-14T18:28:00.006-05:00The Heaven Phone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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We have been going through all of the items we collected from GranGran's house. Some of it is for us and some of it is for Clint's parents. As we are still adjusting to GranGran being gone and Raleigh grasping what that means, Raleigh has been talking a lot about on the "heaven phone." On her own doing, she kept going into a room and talking on a phone (that was Clint's grandmother's that we are keeping for Cindy). When I asked her what she was doing she replied, "I am talking to heaven." When we asked her to explain she said, "I am just talking to God and asking him about GranGran. You know you can talk to God whenever you want, so I am just checking on GranGran." At that moment I was so proud of her for having more understanding of who her God is, but I totally had to leave the room because I was crying uncontrollably. We are so thankful that we have a God that hears us when we pray...even if it is on a special phone!!</div>
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My goodness how time flies!! I can hardly believe that Thad is 5 months old. This boy has completely captured our hearts. He is the most laid back, go with the flow kid...such an opposite from his sister!! At his 4 month checkup he did very well, even with his shots. Here are his stats at 4 months... Weight: 14lbs and 11oz (55%) Height: 26 1/2 inches (99%) Head: 17.5 (97%). So to sum it up...he is going to be a tall skinny boy...sound familiar??? Clint keeps praying that God would make him 6'8.''...dear goodness, I can't even think about the size shoe someone that tall would wear?!?<br />
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You have always been so active, but you are becoming extremely mobile....if I had to guess, I would assume you are going to crawl in the next couple of weeks. You move like a little worm to scoot across the floor, but your favorite way to move quickly is to roll across the room. Firefighters would be proud! Ha!! I have to admit you have gotten stuck under the couch a couple of times (which you think is hilarious) because you are getting so quick. When you start crawling, I think we are going to be in big trouble!!<br />
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You are such a happy baby!! The only time you ever get fussy is if your having a bad acid reflux day. You have been known to growl when your sister comes in the room, but if someone stepped on me with their tap shoes, I think I might growl also!! Other than that, you love to laugh and especially love Titus. You have tried really hard to bite him, but have yet to succeed.<br />
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One of my favorite things is that you love people and love being around people...a trait you picked up from your dad! You have a way to flash your sweet smile and get everyone to fall in love with you. We only have to worry about the old ladies fighting over you in the nursery right now, thank goodness. I love that your sister calls you "Little Man" and that you laugh when anyone calls you "Thad the warrior." You have made our family more complete with your presence. We have been blessed by you in the last 5 months "Little Man."Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-70452260550833422162012-03-03T11:59:00.000-06:002012-08-22T12:24:07.060-05:00Raleigh is 3!!It is hard to believe that my crazy girl is 3!! It seems that only a couple of days ago she was making her grand entrance into the world...Raleigh style, of course!! Many people say that you are a complete duplicate of me, I totally agree, but you are a one of a kind in our book!! In this last year we have learned more about you. We have learned that you are very funny, still over the top girly/dramatic and very smart. Your vocabulary still somewhat amazes me...the things you say are so funny! You have a nurturing spirit and are very intuitive of others' feelings around you...and of course, we LOVE your crazy hair!! We went to the doctor and you are in the 50% for weight, and 90% for height.<br />
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We asked you some questions on your Birthday and here was your response:<br />
1. What is your favorite color? Pink<br />
2. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries<br />
3. What is your favorite game? Chase<br />
4. What is your favorite animal? Pigs...not surprising! Ha!<br />
5. What is your favorite thing to do? Ride in my car down the hill.<br />
6. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas<br />
7. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? PB& J sandwich, fruit and a cheese stick.<br />
8. Who is your favorite person? Kennedy<br />
9. What is your favorite toy? Cinderella<br />
10. What is your favorite book? The Bible<br />
11. What is your favorite T.V. show? Cat in the Hat<br />
12. What is your favorite snack? Cheeze its and fruit snacks<br />
13.What is your favorite song? Jesus Loves Me<br />
14. What is your favorite thing to wear? Dresses...any kind<br />
15. What do you want to be when you grow up? Doctor<br />
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<br />Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-52643095517210827252012-02-24T11:11:00.000-06:002012-08-22T11:52:28.897-05:00Happy Birthday Raleigh!!We have a 3 year old amongst us!!! Princess has officially turned 3!! She was soooo excited to have her special day. Per her request, she wanted to invite only family, Kennedy and her high school girls (which she somehow thinks they are the same age. Ha!). We had a Tinkerbell party at the house that was VERY low key. Let's start at the beginning...<br />
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Raleigh's choice for her special birthday breakfast??? A Hot Donald's hash brown!!! We continued the tradition of singing Happy Birthday at every meal...so fun.</div>
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Ra and her best buddy Kennedy</div>
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Opening presents...it's a Tinkerbell!!</div>
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A rule of thumb when buying a present for Ra...if it sparkles...GET IT!!</div>
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Her big present from her grandparents and parents!!!</div>
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Ra and K giving it a "test drive"...they might have run it into the fence or a car...</div>
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Singing Happy Birthday</div>
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Making lots of wishes!!</div>
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Raleigh and Pop reading one of her new books.</div>
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I seriously forgot to take any pictures of the decorations...this is all we got. Oops!! I guess we were having too much fun! </div>
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Here are Ra's owl cupcakes that we made for her class...her class theme was owls...hence the NEED for owl cupcakes!!</div>
Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-66400375163676147342012-02-18T18:30:00.000-06:002012-06-02T18:33:01.697-05:00Freedom- Rap BattleDuring Freedom there are tons of fun things going on constantly. One video series set that they did was Rap Battles. It was crazy to see the kids react and get so excited (plus any time you take something from You Tube or Facebook and make fun of it...instant success). This was the third video and had Pastor Mel in it. We love Pastor Mel, we also love how awkward he is. HA!!<br />
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Here is one of the kind of videos that was included in Freedom. It is called a Spoken Word video. Pretty amazing to sit and listen to, plus we kinda like the guy in it a little bit.<br />
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Here is the video from Freedom Weekend....it shows a little bit of the craziness and amazing things that happened. It is kinda long.....but kinda AWESOME!!<br />
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The wall outside the sanctuary....it looked awesome!!!</div>
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Some of the set design inside the worship center.</div>
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Some of the crew setting up....view of the stage.</div>
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Our sweet family on Sunday morning after freedom....the only one who doesn't look tired is Thad!!</div>
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You hear the saying, "He gives and takes away," a lot as a Christian. I think it is really hard to understand the true meaning of that statement when we look at the sovereignty of God. We have really tried to focus on the end part of that statement, "my heart will choose to say, Lord blessed be your name." I get that we will not always understand God's will, but we are learning how we respond to His will is what seems to be the hardest sometimes. It is still a little surreal to think that Gran Gran is gone. Only six weeks after Christmas, things dramatically changed. I am so thankful for him and the legacy that he left with my husband and our family. I am thankful that Gran Gran immersed Clint with hymns as a young boy, that still hold a special place in his heart so much that he sings them over our kids. I am thankful that Gran Gran not only taught Clint about the Lord, but also did the fun things like teaching him how to ride a horse, watching wrestling on t.v (even though it was totally not allowed by his parents), and showing Clint how to, "punch it," aka drive real fast in his sports car. There is one thing I loved about Gran Gran...his ability to love hard. He not often spoke of the love he had for you, but showed it. Once he allowed you in his heart, you were there surrounded with unconditional love. You were then his to nurture, guide, and provide for. That I will never forget. There are so many memories we have for him and we could go on for days. Thank you Lord for giving us Gran Gran, our heart's are choosing to bless you because even though he isn't with us anymore, He is with you, which is a blessing.Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21508897.post-74385410960460059512012-01-22T14:29:00.000-06:002012-02-20T14:31:29.179-06:00Genesis 111<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is sassy pants saying her memory verse for the month...she truly brings so much joy to our lives.Clint and Laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256415879588352270noreply@blogger.com0