Random Picture Challenge

This week's challenge is:

August 2008

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16th picture folder

28th picture

This picture was taken at Grant's third birthday party. He had a dump truck party. During the party, a real dump truck came and dumped a load of red dirt in the yard. Don't worry, all the parents were warned ahead of time...and most of the kids came in play clothes. They had a blast watching the truck dump its dirt and then playing in it too! You can see the pile of dirt and all the dump trucks in the background.

Check out 4 little men and girly twins for more Random Picture Challenge!

Photostory Friday: SUPER Summer Kit

I figured I would post a few pictures of all the goodies that I will be sending Konnie's way for winning my SUPER Summer Giveaway! SUPER cute tote bag, sunscreen, flip flops, a water bottle holder, some crystal light packets, and Konnie's SUPER cute personalized towel!
Ice pops for the kiddos

Bubbles and a bubble wand....also for the kiddos

Flip flops, sunscreen, and the SUPER cute tote bag

Personalized towel made by me!

Because Konnie is one of my IRL friends and only lives about 10 minutes from me, I will be personally dropping off her prize {or giving it to her at the t-ball field}!

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That means I don't have to pay for shipping on this giveaway....which was nice {because priority shipping is EXPENSIVE}....but it also means that I am feeling just a little generous!
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SO, I am planning on doing another smaller giveaway {probably just a SUPER cute personalized towel} in a week or two...so keep your eyes peeled for another giveaway post in the near future!

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Have a great weekend!

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

SUPERSTAR BLOGGERS!

My SUPER bloggy friend Emily over at Powell Power sent this SUPERSTAR award my way!! Thanks a ton Emily!

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I have to say, you are going to have to put another copy of this award on your blog...because I am sending it right back to you!! Emily's blog is SUPER cute, as are her three kids! I am especially jealous of how SUPER cute her little girl Melody is {though Jack and Charlie are pretty cute too}!

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Now, I have a few more SUPERSTAR BLOGGERS to pass this lovely award onto!

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Amanda over at Proud Mommy of Four: Amanda is a young mommy to FOUR kiddos 4 years old and under. She has three precious little girls and one SUPER sweet little boy! I did a Pay it Forward with Amanda a few months ago, and she sent the cutest little gifts complete with a handmade card just for me!

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Alicia at More Than Words: Alicia is a wonderful Christian mommy to 5 kiddos who she homeschools! She always has SUPER sweet things to say! She host "Friday Photo Flashback" {which I have yet to participate in} on Fridays at her place, and it is always fun to see everyone's old school photos!

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Jennifer at The Life and Times of Mommy: Jennifer is my "In Real Life" friend! She is one of about 5 of my IRL friends that all started blogging {I think I talked some of them into it a little} around the same time! Jennifer is the one that has gotten into it the most...and I really enjoy reading her blog! She has five SUPER cute kids, three girls and two boys!

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Shasta at Crackers and Chaos: Shasta was one of my very first blog followers! She is such a sweet person and her blog is SUPER cool! She has 3 really cute little boys {just like me, the only girl in the house}, and her hubby is a BMX biker...how cool is that! She just got a SUPER new blog look and recently started hosting some great giveaways and a week Recipe A Week post on Sundays!

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Heidi at Blue Eyed Blessings: Heidi is a SUPER sweet blogger who is crafty, crafty, crafty! She is always posting stuff that makes me want to pull out my hot glue gun! She hosts a Monthly Craft Challenge {monogram is the challenge for May} that I can't wait to start creating stuff for! And she has two SUPER cute blue eyed blessings named Mikayla and Austin.

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Carrie at Martin Manor Happenings: Carrie is a new blog friend that I am just getting to know...but I like her already! She is SUPER honest {she showed us what was really under the seats of her car!} and she has a little girl that is the same age as Henry! We bonded a little over the end of preschool...though I think she was a little more sad than I was!

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I have had such a great time blogging over the past few months, and I am SUPER excited that I have gotten to know such wonderful people through my blog! Now go pass on this SUPERSTAR BLOGGER award to some more bloggers who you think are SUPER!

Wordless Wednesday: Remedy for a Busted Lip

For more Wordless Wednesday check out 5 Minutes for Mom!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. *

I was NOT just a little excited about Henry graduating from preschool this week. Mothers are supposed to be SUPER sad that their little boys are growing up, not excited that they will be going to all day Kindergarten soon!

I did NOT sit and watch my DVRed episode of The Biggest Loser while eating a very small HUGE piece of strawberry shortcake. I did NOT justify eating it because the delicious homemade poundcake that I had made for Mother's Day was going to go bad {after only 3 days}if I didn't eat it soon!

I did NOT stay up until after 1 am one night this week waiting on my hubby to get home from work. I did NOT stay up {blogging and watching tv} because I hate to go to bed by myself and I would NEVER rather be completely exhausted the next morning than get in that big bed without him.

I did NOT have to hold back my giggles more than once this week as Jason was just a little SUPER loopy after having his wisdom teeth removed! He was NOT a little out of it as we left the doctor's office, and I would NEVER find that funny! I also did NOT laugh at him as he dozed in and out of medicine induced sleep for the majority of the day after his surgery! I am a much more sympathetic wife than that and I would NEVER laugh at my hubby....and hope that he was too out it to remember!

I am NOT going to remind everyone one last time to enter my GIVEAWAY that ends tonight at midnight!! I am NOT SUPER excited about this giveaway, and I am NOT ready to pick a winner so I can start putting together all the cute personal touches {monogramming, picking out flip-flops, and maybe a few goodies for your kiddos} for whichever SUPER blogger wins!

I Heart Faces Week 19 Blurb Book Photo Contest

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This is one of my favorite pictures of Eli. He was playing really sweetly by himself in his exersaucer....just babbling and blowing raspberries all over himself! You can see the baby slobber all over his chin, and he has his lips pierced together ready to let more slobber fly!

For more SUPER cute faces, check out the I Heart Faces blog!

I am submitting this photo into the http://www.iheartfaces.com/ Blurb Book photo contest. I am granting I ♥ Faces permission to use my photo in a printed version of a book for commercial use and possibly advertising of a photo book on both the Blurb and I ♥ Faces web sites.

Random Picture Challenge

9th picture folder

or September 2008

18th picture

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Big brothers Grant and Henry getting their first look at their new little brother Eli. Jason took this picture of the boys from inside the newborn nursery.
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For more Random Picture Challenge check out 4 little men and girly twins!

Photostory Friday: Field Day

Henry's Preschool celebrated the last day of school with FIELD DAY! It rained early that morning, so the 'events' were held in the gym.

Each class had matching shirts made....with a bag full of games that matched their shirts. Henry's class color was yellow.

The first game was the Potato Sack Race.

Then all the kids got a bag of popcorn and a bottle of water.

The next game was Over and Under.

Then everyone enjoyed SUPER messy yummy snowcones!

The last game was the Spoon and Egg Relay...which Henry said he had been practicing at school! He did really good and only dropped it twice!

Finally, all the SUPER sugared up kids enjoyed a bag of cotton candy!

Henry had a great time at Field Day...what a wonderful way to end the preschool year!

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programming....

...to remind everyone to enter my SUPER Summer Fun Giveaway!

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I have acquired {YAY} a few new followers over the last few days, and I wanted to make sure that everyone knew about and had a chance to enter my giveaway before it ends {on Monday}!

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All you have to do is leave a comment {telling me what you are looking forward to this summer} on the original GIVEAWAY post, and you will be enter to win a SUPER Summer Kit to help you get ready for summer!

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Now back to our regularly scheduled program!

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{Okay, I know I am a dork....I just didn't want anybody to miss out, plus I haven't posted anything else today!}

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And just for fun....here is a little sneak peek at the SUPER cute beach towel that I will be monogramming for the winner!

Wordless Wednesday: History Does Repeat Itself!

For more Wordless Wednesday go check out 5 Minutes for Mom!

The {Preschool} Graduate

Henry graduated from Preschool tonight.

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I can't believe he is already 5 years old and getting ready to start Kindergarten in the fall.

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I know a lot of people were sad tonight, but I have to say I was more excited and proud than I was sad!

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I know that I will go through Preschool graduation at least two more times, and I am sure I will be sad when I sit in that audience for the last time.

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But for tonight, I was SUPER proud of my little big boy for doing such a great job in school all year!

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And even more excited to see what the future holds for him!!

Henry: Class of 2022

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For the first part of the program the 4 year old classes did a "What I want to be when I grow up" skit!

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Henry was a Train Conductor.

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He said:

I am going to be a Train Conductor

Along the rails I'll ride

Please stop when you see me coming

So we will not collide!
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I Heart Faces Week 18 Laughter

Go check out the I Heart Faces blog to see all the cute faces in this week's contests!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. *

I am NOT SUPER excite that summer is almost here! We did not spend most to the weekend enjoying the beautiful spring/summer weather!
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I did NOT take some SUPER cute pictures of the boys outside just playing in the yard.

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I did NOT spend almost all day Saturday at the tball field while Henry's team played two....yes I said two games back to back! I do NOT dislike tball {and spending all day at the ball field} a ton just a little.
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I did NOT go out with some of my SUPER friends Saturday night, and I most definitely did NOT have an AWESOME time!! It was NOT really nice to be feeling good enough to hang out with my friends, do a little shopping, and eat dinner!
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We did NOT go swimming for the first time this year! We did NOT have a blast in the pool. Eli did NOT LOVE the water and have a great time swimming for the very first time!
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I did NOT forget my camera when we went swimming! I am much more organized than that, and I would never miss documenting any of my baby's third child's FIRST's! I am NOT hoping that my sister Kerri ended up with some good pictures of Eli in the pool for the first time!

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Have a great week!! And don't forget to enter my GIVEAWAY!