Archive - Aug 21, 2009

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Spiderwebs and Encyclopedias

Sara already wrote about this briefly; I'll elaborate.

Our kids are pretty well read for a 5, 7, and 9 year-old. To one degree or another, each kid is a replica of Sara: a walking encyclopedia. Often, I must be very cautious and selective of my words when teaching or parenting the boys.

Apparently, Maxwell had a disturbing dream last night. It was so disturbing, that it also disturbed my sleep.

Sexy, sexy man.

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Sexy, sexy man.

I married a very handsome, manly man. This is our first official vacation picture. He safely drove us through many states and was a great support and help to maintaining vacation sanity.

Elijah's Birthday Rush

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Elijah's Birthday Rush

Elijah was excited that the day after his birthday we were leaving town. This meant a lot of his birthday was spent with last minute preparations. I love his big lips and bright, green eyes in this picture. He is my sweetheart.

Elijah's Summative in June

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Elijah's Summative in June

Elijah's Summative was an Arizona Visitor's Center. It was a lot of fun to see the different sights he had learned about over the quarter. Because of his 4th quarter Project Group I read a few Zane Grey books and we went to the Strawberry School House and Meteor Crater.

Xander's Summative in June

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Xander's Summative in June

Having such a hectic end of school, summer, and start of school has left me behind in posting pictures. Here is Xander's Summative. They did a weather report and two weather related song and dance routines. I was delighted. It was quite entertaining.

Today we are tired.

Last night, Maxwell came into our bed disturbing our sleep. I was too tired to come fully awake to kick him out so Jared was pretty grumpy this morning. After we were all awake we asked Maxwell why he came in to our bed. Maxwell had a nightmare where he got caught in a giant spider web and then a black widow bit him. After this he woke up and came in our bed and refused to leave. Jared was telling Maxwell that there aren't any spider webs that big and Xander was helpfully correcting Jared. I was pushing Jared's back to keep him from falling into a trap that could easily be disproved.