Timber!!!

Talk about a rude awakening.  Here’s the first thing we saw when we woke up this morning…                   
Yikes!  Half a tree fell down in our backyard!  Kari said she heard something in the middle of the night and got up to look out the window.  She was able to confirm that it was very dark outside but that’s [...]

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Pack rats

Our girls like to stuff.
If you have a purse, they’ll fill it.  If you have a bag, they’ll jam it.  If you have a pencil box, they’ll pack it so full of stuff that it explodes like booby trap when you try to pick it up. 
It’s really quite a talent.  I think they get it from their [...]

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Just a Swinging

So we’ve got this rope hanging from a tree in our back yard and all the kids in the neighborhood, including our own, love it.  The bigger ones jump up so they can sit on the knot and swing back and forth until they inevitably start going sideways and crash into the tree.  The little ones just [...]

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Peg leg Thomas

You know how last week we were so impressed that Thomas had learned how to crawl with his full leg cast?  Check this out!

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Emma the writer

We have been very proud of how hard Emma has worked in Kindergarten this year.  At the beginning of the year she knew all of her letters and could spell a few important words like D-A-D and I-O-W-A.  But now she’s reading whole books and writing whole stories! 
Here’s a page about bugs that she brought [...]

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Gone fishing

Kaylee was very, very excited this week to get to spend a day with Grandpa Boggess.  He was camping up at Clear Lake and, coincidentally, I had a meeting in the area so Kaylee came along to hang out with her Grandpa. 
Much to her excitement, Grandpa took her fishing!  And she caught one!  A nice sized yellow [...]

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Still truckin’

We figured it was only a matter of time before Thomas would adapt to his bum leg.  It took him about a week but he’s doing pretty good now, as you can see.  He’s even figured out how to get up the stairs!  The doctor said that after his cast comes [...]

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Peanuts, Peanuts…

Last year sometime, as our family was sitting in our minivan waiting for a red light, I had a vague recollection of my dad having superhuman stoplight changing powers when we were kids.  (I very well could have just dreamed this recollection, but whatever.)  If I remember right, he only chose to use his powers [...]

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Thomas’ New Accessory

Did you hear about the cool new trend of wearing green casts on your right leg?  It seems Thomas wanted to be the first to start the trend.  Thomas and I, his mom who is supposed to keep her kids free from harm, were sliding down a slide when Thomas’ leg slipped under mine and [...]

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First Post

So.  Umm.  Let’s see.  This being our first Blog and all, not really sure what I’m doing. 
Guess I’ll start out by introducing ourselves and playing around with how this thing works.
This is Kari and I.
 
This is Emma.
 
This is Kaylee.

This is Thomas.

While we love showing off our too cute kids to everybody, I think the real purpose of setting [...]

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