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Monday, February 11, 2008 11:48 AM

Vegas Trip summary

In November we took a family vacation. I don't know if we had ever taken a vacation where we went somewhere on an airplane that wasn't to visit family. We like visiting family but we also wanted our children to experience a vacation where we went somewhere
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Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:17 AM

Vegas 2007

I just uploaded a couple of photos from our Vegas trip in November 2007. I am slowly working on figuring out what I want to blog. This picture was taken on our way out to baggage claim at the Las Vegas airport. There are some neat large statue like things
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Monday, December 24, 2007 11:11 PM

A link to our online newsletter

For Christmas 2007
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Sunday, October 14, 2007 9:42 PM

So much to blog

Not even sure where to start. Alaric had a birthday and a party with friends. We have been tearing through the house and cleaning more. Did our room and Alaric's room. Still have the girl's room to go. I finally fixed the shelves in my craft cabinet and
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:57 PM

Kids clothing and my tinkerbell cup

Some days you feel like if you had a camera or a tape measure you could actually watch your children grow. In the last 10 days both of my children have filled out to the point where pants that fit are too tight. On top of that they both probably grew
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:43 PM

Well it really is Autumn

There is a blanket of dead leaves over my grass. There seem to be dead dry leaves everywhere around my house. It took quite some time to clean them out of the carport today. There are lots and lots of spiders and their little egg sacs everywhere too.
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Friday, September 07, 2007 6:49 PM

Going backwards - release of the final Harry Potter book

I don't know that I talked about the release of Harry Potter 7 and events surrounding that. First off we did go down late to the big Borders store in the Redmond Town Center. I was amazed at the sheer amount of people there! The children wanted everyone
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:58 AM

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the first day of school, my darling's birthday and the day things really get back into the routines of the majority of the year. We have been attempting to get back on schedule for several weeks but things keep interfering. Overall I am proud
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Monday, August 27, 2007 11:33 PM

Life happens

I was going to be updating more but life happens some days and weeks. Instead of updating or writing I am going to relax and play Lego Star Wars 2. I am now on the final episode and more than 60% of the way complete with the game. I am also looking for
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Sunday, August 19, 2007 10:02 PM

August weekend...

I really should have updated more just was not sure which of the many things to update. We went to an Aquasox game in Everett the beginning of the month. We even saw the Goodyear Blimp and I took a picture. Otherwise we are just ramping up for school
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Friday, July 27, 2007 3:50 PM

The garden

Despite the fact that my weedwhacker needs a mysterious new part that I have not bothered to discovered what it is I still managed to get part of the lawn edged. I remembered that I have a pair of old fashioned scissor like sheers. So between that and
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Friday, July 13, 2007 3:40 PM

Thunder and Synchronized!

This morning at about 9:45 I was woken from sleep by a very loud crack of thunder. About 5 minutes later it started to rain. It nicely cooled the air and gave a drink to my garden. Treanna was slightly terrified from the sound as she was very much asleep
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 3:03 PM

The sister, Becca

No, you are not chopped liver. Since I did not have prior permission I did not use your name in my post! Now you know! You have to admit its funny when your family reads your blog to keep up with your life. Its hot today. I am sure glad I have electricity
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Friday, July 06, 2007 10:55 PM

It was awesome!

Transformers was awesome. The kids both enjoyed it as well. Heck even my Mom called and told me she loved it! We wish we had enough in the budget to go and see it again! Now of course we are excited that the next one is apparently already in the works
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:56 PM

Quick Update

Mommy school is going ok so far. Their typing skills are definitely improving. We got to see friends from out of town last week and it was awesome! Plus I did a lot of work on the house and got it caught up back to manageable levels. This week Devin is
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Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:18 PM

Reading, Summer starts and Mommy School

We finally got the Amazon order my son was waiting for. He saved his money for a Lego Droid pack and so was very excited when they arrived. Tacked onto the order was the Fifth Element on DVD which we needed to replace the VHS with. In addition was the
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Monday, June 18, 2007 9:38 PM

Movie review and Father's Day

Well Friday night I was able to go watch Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer with Devin and Nick. I was suprised at just how much I enjoyed the movie. It was funny, serious and definitely entertaining. I think my favorite part though was some of
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Friday, May 18, 2007 1:20 PM

Wonderful day!

Today is just a good day. I did well going to yard sales this morning, the weather is beautiful. I picked up yet more clothing for myself, a gorgeous heavy glass cake plate cover and a rolling duffel bag to replace the giant suitcase we have that almost
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Saturday, May 12, 2007 11:26 PM

Life is stressful

Sometimes. I have been dealing with a lot of family drama lately. So far I think it will end up resolved in a positive manner for all involved. Needless to say this was stressful. Other news: Congratulations to my nephew Ethan who earned his Eagle Scout
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Thursday, April 26, 2007 4:39 PM

Victoria Magazine

Ok for those who don't know, I LOVED Victoria Magazine. It was published from 1987 til June of 2003. I was just devastated when it was discontinued and still have nearly every issue ever published. I think I am only missing like 3 issues til I have a
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Sunday, April 22, 2007 3:50 PM

Files, update, lilacs and a walk.

Yes my shoes are still staying tied! This past week was interesting as it has involved far more paperwork than usual. I have been working steadily on the files, made sure Taxes got done, organizing my desk, and made sure everything got out for clean up.
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Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:18 PM

Good and yucky

I am currently sick with a nasty cough and cold. Luckily Alaric got over it mostly and also got over his double ear infections. Amazing how that curtails your activities to have a sick child. The week before Spring Break, which started Monday the 9th,
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Friday, April 06, 2007 11:07 PM

Just gorgeous

Yesterday and today were just beautiful. Today it got over 70 degrees outside according the thermometer in the shade on my front porch. My garden is looking awesome and I am pleased with my progress. I have slowly been working on getting my Garden ready
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Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:54 PM

Yikes, I need to update

So this will be just a quick update. My tea party last Saturday was fabulous and I enjoyed spending time with my sisters! The food all turned out yummy and there was lots of talking and gift exchanging among us girls. We also played the trains domino
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Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:27 PM

Weekend and fashion show

Thursday I made Pecan Pie mini tart and lemon bars for my tea party this coming Saturday. I still need to make scones and at least 1 other dessert but I will get some of that done this week. We also had Treanna’s final choir concert for the school
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:14 PM

Tuesday Evening

This is a big Hello to Andrew who is currently on the road. Though we just talked to him on the phone a bit ago. We are slowly watching Battle Star Galactica season 3. We finally finished all of season 2 in the last few months. This is really an awesome
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:51 PM

An evening at the Museum of Flight

It was really a wonderful evening. It was nice to be dressed up and spending some time with my husband. I got to meet a lot of the people who talks about and has worked with. Many of them live all over the world. He told me there were people from 90 different
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Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:41 AM

Updates and fashion

Yeah! Alaric is feeling better so went back to school yesterday! It is so nice to see him better since he was pretty sick. Just Saturday morning all of the sudden he seemed to breathe easier and everything. He still tires easily but not as bad as he was.
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:40 PM

Sick kid but happy life

Well the past week has not been nearly as productive as I would have liked. On top of the snow day last Thursday where both kids were home from school, Alaric has been home sick ever since. This is one of those things where the "mommy instinct"
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Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:38 AM

2007 Flower and Garden Show part 2

Well after a nice rest and decent night of sleep I am ready to start the second part of the show. After resting Friday and doing my work at homewe got ready for Saturday. We were up rather early for us on a Saturday but didn't really get there until
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