tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68412481261008961302024-03-18T22:56:36.451-05:00Amazing Grace and a Safe HavenSome Things Are Too Good Not To Share!!!
Our adventures through adoption, parenthood and beyond.Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comBlogger435125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-37155820557618947852017-09-07T20:03:00.001-05:002017-09-07T20:03:37.939-05:00Happy 7th Boo Bear--Thanks for a sweet day!<br />
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Right after Hurricane Harvey blew past our house, Manny's 7th birthday blew in. It was lovely blue sky day, completely uneventful and full of sweet birthday happiness.<br />
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No really, it was!<br />
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There was no birthday trauma, no birthday meltdowns, no birthday resentment. It was really quite extraordinary. I almost didn't notice it because it was so very chill.<br />
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If you're an adoption mama, you have probably experienced the ups and downs that come with any holiday, including birthdays. But this one felt really normal and uneventful.<br />
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We let Manny open gifts around midday. He didn't get mad when his siblings crowded around him like vultures, trying to "help" him open his presents. Then when everything was open and spread around the room, he actually gave one of his presents to his brother. This wasn't a giant act of kindness, he really just wasn't that impressed with the gift. But he gave it to his brother!!!<br />
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Next all six of them sat at the kitchen table and helped him build the new Legos kit he had just gotten as a present from them. They played nicely together, there was minimal bickering. Small miracles were happening right in front of my eyes.<br />
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Later that afternoon, Manny and I baked his cake together and he didn't get mad when I let everyone have a turn licking the frosting spoon.<br />
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We had his favorite dinner, tortellini, and then the kids watched a movie together. It was Shaun the Sheep, another birthday gift, and no one complained that he got to pick the movie. Finally we all sat down to cake, and a couple of them complained about not getting seconds, but got over it quickly when we told them they could have the leftover cake for breakfast.<br />
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Now don't get me wrong, it wasn't a perfect day. But it was a nice, quiet, sweet day.<br />
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And I'll take one of those any day of the week.<br />
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Happy 7th Birthday to my sweet, sensitive, angel boy. I love you more than you love Legos and tortellini!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-43486144941977521412017-08-27T19:48:00.001-05:002017-08-27T19:50:31.120-05:00Hurricane Harvey--Rain Rain Go AwaySo as most you have probably heard on the national news, Texas just got hit by one heck of a storm. They named it Hurricane Harvey. Clearly, he didn't like that name and he's trying to get even with us!<br />
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We are pretty far away from where the actual hurricane made landfall. However, hurricanes are curious creatures. They tear up the coast line and then they make dozens of laps around the inland areas dumping gallons of rain. Like a billion gallons. <br />
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We live in a suburb of Houston on the Northwest side of town. We live in a sort of high spot in our county and in the 20 years we have lived here we have never flooded. But in our 20 years here, there has never been a storm quite like this.<br />
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We are quite safe in our spot. We have a bayou that runs directly behind our back fence, but it drains well and fairly fast. Our streets are draining well. Our yard is completely saturated. In our subdivision we have had about 16-20 inches of rain in 2 days. Another 15-25 inches are expected. The rain could continue for 5-10 more days.<br />
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We have not lost power or really been inconvenienced. Our Dish TV has been a little spotty, but I haven't lost internet at all.<br />
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We have been in several tornado warnings and a couple of my kids have been pretty freaked out about this. They have spent a lot of time in my closet with their blankets and tablets.<br />
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You have probably seen the aerial photos of Houston. Huge portions of the city are completely underwater. Although our neighborhood is safe we can't really go any where or do anything. The grocery stores are closed or closing early. Most area schools have been called off for the remainder of this week. We were supposed to have our first day of students tomorrow, but we will be delaying school for one week.<br />
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My kids are a little stir crazy, but hanging in there pretty well! We've had entirely too much "Loud House" and "Sponge Bob" , but we've also played in the rain and even took a swim. All this closeness has had one slightly unpleasant side effect. We seem to have a small stomach bug spreading through our ranks. Luckily, toilet paper was one of the things Brian did remember to stock up on last week!!<br />
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We were supposed to have a big camping trip over Labor Day holiday weekend to a beach campground. We're not sure that beach is even still there. Our camping trip has been cancelled. It's a tiny inconvenience in the great scheme of things, but camping is so important to my mental health and it's got me feeling a bit blue.<br />
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It is sad to watch the news. So many people have lost literally everything they have. There are homes that are completely submerged and families that had to be rescued from roof tops and attics. There are many many families who don't have flood insurance because they live in places that have NEVER flooded. This is a disaster that no one could have really prepared for or ever expected. If you're the praying type, send up a few extra for those families with small kiddos and no home to sleep in tonight.<br />
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Thanks so much to all of you from all over the county who have reached out and checked up on us! I've even had some of my More Love Mama fabric shop customers from around the states checking on me! It's like a warm hug on a rainy day!<br />
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<br />Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-3082214105312644422017-08-23T21:02:00.001-05:002017-08-23T21:02:37.144-05:00There Are Six Citizens Sitting at My Dinner Table TonightToday was a pretty special day for our family. After waiting over 14 months, we finally got word that K and L would FINALLY be getting their Certificate of Citizenship. <br />
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Some of you might be asking what the heck is that and do I need one?<br />
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When a child is adopted from overseas they don't automatically become a citizen of the United States. But sometimes they do. When G came home from China, both Brian and I traveled to China and met her before she was officially "adopted". Because we met her before the court order making her our daughter the moment we stepped off the plane in the United States, she became a citizen and they mailed us her Certificate of Citizen ship within about a month.<br />
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When H came home, only Brian traveled to DRCongo to pick him up. Since only one parent was present he did not automatically become a citizen. He came home on a "green" card as a "permanent legal resident". We quickly filled out the paperwork to get him official and after about 6 months his certificate finally arrived.<br />
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I and J were a very weird case. Brian and I both traveled to bring the boys home, but changes in law were happening while we were in Congo so although we thought they were automatically going to be citizens, that didn't happen. We also were not able to do their name changes while in Congo. So about a year after coming home they became citizens, but we also had to go to court in our home state to get their names changed. Which meant their Certificates of Citizenship had the wrong names. We had to apply for new certificates with corrected names, which cost over $300 EACH and took over six months to get.<br />
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PHEWWWWW! And finally to the girls. They did not come home as citizens. We had to apply once we got them home, but this time we decided to wait until after they had their legal name changes in our state. So back to a US court, name changes, and then.....well by then quite frankly we were out of money. It was going to cost over $1000 more to get their Certificates of Citizenship and it didn't seem that urgent at that moment, so we just waited. . <br />
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But then rumors started to circulate that the prices to get these certificates were going to increase by double or more. So we bit the bullet (or the credit card) and started the paperwork. We officially applied in June 2016. And waited. And waited. And waited. And people we knew from around the country got their Certificates. And people who applied much later than we did got their certificates.<br />
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Then we got a new president. So what has that got to do with anything? Well, this particular new president didn't seem to think too highly of immigrants. And I had a bunch of them living in my house. So the wait seemed to feel even longer and heavier. But I did find out that the particular field office that handled our particular case was the busiest office in the country. So I did my best to just put it out of my head.<br />
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Then last week our notice to appear at the official office of immigration came in the mail. And today we got our OFFICIAL Certificates of Citizenship. All the names are spelled correctly, dates are right, and we have 6 OFFICIAL citizens sitting at our dinner table tonight.<br />
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You probably heard my sigh of relief all the way up in Alaska!<br />
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Just to add to the excitement, G threw up in the car on the way to the offices. It was a very long drive in very bad traffic and road construction and her little car sick self didn't quite make it. It's not an event if someone doesn't throw up!<br />
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Next, I have to take a trip to the Social Security offices and get their cards updated with their new status. Before December. Ugg! More lines. But this time its free :)<br />
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For tonight, we celebrate with spaghetti and Yahtzee! <br />
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Hope you and all your little citizens have a great night, too!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-83068973471932107442017-08-15T22:49:00.002-05:002017-08-15T22:49:50.422-05:00The Kids Are Getting So Big--what's getting easier and what's getting harderIt's just a year later, but it feels like we have seen some tremendous milestones in our kiddos this year. In so many ways, life is easier, but then again cloth or disposable used to be my biggest dilemma!<br />
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<li>All six kids are old enough to handle a daily chore that ranges from loading/unloading the dishwasher to washing their own clothes, to vacuuming the living room. However, we are still working on quality control. For example, if you happen to notice the new spots on my couch slipcovers, ask me about the crayons that ended up in the laundry. </li>
<li>Rarely does anyone ask me to play with them because they all have a pretty close to same age companion. This does not hurt my feelings. I do not like to play with dolls, I do not like to color, and I do not like rolling cars around the living room.</li>
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<li>They are all becoming emotionally much needier than they were just last year. Their very complex personalities are emerging, sometimes in really lovely ways, but sometimes in really hard ways. For instance, one of our kiddos has a tendency to flip into rages over really small things. They don't usually last too long, but when they are in full swing it is exhausting and makes everyone in the house really sad.</li>
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Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-5386273526781910032017-08-13T22:44:00.002-05:002017-08-13T22:48:04.727-05:00Last Day of SummerToday was my last day of summer vacation.<br />
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My last sleep in.<br />
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My last morning to drink coffee in my jammies as long as I want...and then go back and have another cup.<br />
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My last bacon and eggs on toast...served around 10am.<br />
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My last long swim in the pool.<br />
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My last family movie night.<br />
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My last tuck in and cuddle and goodnight kiss before a very early morning that comes way too soon for a night owl like me.<br />
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I know, I know, this all sounds very melodramatic for those of you who aren't teachers. For those of you that don't spend all summer with your kids. For those of you who have kids that you are eagerly sending off to school tomorrow. Yes, I can still swim in the pool. Yes, I can still drink coffee in the morning. No, my kids aren't going to forget who I am by tomorrow afternoon.<br />
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But honestly, tonight will be one of the hardest nights of my year. Because leaving my kids tomorrow....holy smokes it sure is making me drip on my keyboard right now.<br />
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I guess I'd better get some sleep. But first, one more round of goodnight kisses.Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-28997649648368087632017-08-04T20:39:00.002-05:002017-08-04T21:29:53.675-05:00Over the River and Through the Woods to Grandmother's HouseWe just returned from our summer trip to visit Grandma and Grandpa. We have mostly had a "stay-cation" this summer, but we had an opportunity to meet up with an aunt and cousin that Brian hasn't seen in years, so we loaded up the trailer and headed west to New Mexico.<br />
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First stop,<a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lake-arrowhead" target="_blank"> Lake Arrowhead State Park</a>. In short, this was a campground I could definitely pass on next time. The lake was swampy and gross, the bathrooms were scary, but there were prairie dogs. Freaky, in your face prairie dogs.<br />
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Next, we headed on to Ute Lake in Logan, New Mexico. Something you might not know about New Mexico, there is only 1 tree for every million people. And none of them are at Ute Lake State Park. It was HOT! But there is a sweet cabin and a great lake for swimming and boating. Plus, lots of relatives to play with. Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Cathy and Uncle Craig (the best playmates and jet ski drivers in the land), Great Aunt Jackie (the hippest Auntie you ever met), and the adorable Cousins Terri and Don. The ladies painted every finger and toenail in the cabin, and the gentleman set up ninja courses and kiddie pools. They altogether gave my kiddos one of their best vacations ever!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">And then we started the long drive home. We stopped for the night back at Grandma's house to do laundry and stock up on return trip provisions. Then we headed out on a sort of sentimental trip back in time for Brian and me. We drove south and did a quick trip around our alma mater, Eastern New Mexico University. The campus looks really beautiful and things have definitely changed in 20+ years. I only managed to take this one super lame photo. For those of you that recognize it, it is the back of Bernalillo Hall, which they have turned into the Golden Library. I was so excited looking at everything that I forgot to take photos!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Then after a long crazy drive down a barely paved road (beware the routes your phone map chooses for you) we arrived in Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Many years ago, Brian and I fell in love with this tiny little village in the mountains. So much so that we bought a plot of land in hopes of someday building a home. But dreams change. We moved far away from New Mexico, filled out house with kids, and tried like crazy to sell our land. Any takers?</span></div>
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We haven't been able to sell it, so we decided to visit our little piece of mountain. It was definitely bitter sweet. The land is still an amazing spot on the side of a mountain. Quiet, serene, secluded. Gloriously cool, about 65 degrees the day we stayed. But the community would be a terrible fit for our family. First off, everyone there is white. Noticeably white, uncomfortably white. We went to dinner (hoping to get some really good New Mexican food) and walked in the door to a crowded cafe. People almost always stop and stare when we walk into any restaurant because of the sheer number of us, but these people did that sort of stare that you really feel. The kind of stare where when you make eye contact and smile, they don't smile back. Everyone there is also on the downhill side of old. It has the feel of a retirement community. So I guess we will have to daydream about something else, because Cloudcroft, New Mexico has been crossed off our list.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">After one night in Cloudcroft, we headed back to Texas. And I failed to take any more pictures. Oops! We stayed one night at <a href="https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/balmorhea" target="_blank">Balmorhea State Park</a>. It was so cool. It is in the middle of nowhere, in the hottest, loneliest part of I-10. The campground is great and the park has a gigantic natural spring fed swimming pool. It is 20 feet deep in some spots and filled with fish! So many fish that one swam right into Haven's mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">And then we got home. We did laundry for about 72 hours straight, took several naps and the whole household is suffering from a bit of post trip depression. I have it the worst. Summer is on the downhill slide. I'm running out of days for sleeping in and staying up late. For movie nights and snuggling on the couch. For staying in my pj's and sewing all day long. For one more camp out. So sad to see summer go.</span></div>
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Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-74783412211415419652017-08-01T15:09:00.000-05:002017-08-01T15:09:33.970-05:00Remember How I Used to Write a BlogI know it's hard to remember that far back, but I used to write a blog. Quite faithfully, in fact. I used to write at least once a week. And then once a month. And then at least for every birthday. And then...<br />
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Well, then life got more complicated, and busier. And hectic, and stressful.<br />
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And my blog seemed pretty unimportant because I was pretty busy living my complicated, hectic, stressful life and I didn't have a lot of extra energy to sit down and reflect on it.<br />
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But I think I need some reflection. I need to vent and share and celebrate and complain and cry and get angry and get happy and just get it all out. Because in real life I'm not really very good at getting it all out. <br />
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So I'm going to try this blogging thing again. <br />
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And here is my first vent: over the course of a whole summer of family pics, I couldn't get all six of my kids to look at the camera or look happy at the same time. Darn kids. Just look at the freakin' camera. Just say !@#$%& cheese and smile!<br />
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<br />And I look fluffy in every picture. Because I got fatter instead of thinner, like I planned. Boooooo! Maybe next summer.<br />
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For those of you who follow these sorts of things, my kids are getting big. They are now 10, 8, 7, 6, 6, and 5. Sheeesh. This growing up thing is freaking me out. But more on that in another blog post.<br />
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Well, that's probably enough blogging for one day. See you soon. I promise. Sometime before next year.Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-31827008707461992952016-08-22T20:42:00.001-05:002016-08-22T20:48:37.536-05:00We Are Family--Another Summer In the Books!Today was my first day of regular classes at school. I've been back at work for the last 2 weeks, but today the new students arrived for the new school year and it finally felt like summer was really, really over. And I must admit that the transition is super hard for me. Hard to leave my babies at home. Hard to dive into a new year away from them. Seems to get harder every season. Especially hard because the summer was so awesome!<br />
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This summer we were once again blessed with an invitation to visit our friends Stori and Jamey in Indiana. We got to spend our time with several other families who have also adopted from DRCongo. It is the most amazing gift to be able to give our kids an opportunity to stay in contact with some of the same children that they lived with in Kinshasa and to be around families that are so much like our family. <br />
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Louise right away got reacquainted with her old friend!<br />
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I got to hang out with one of coolest women I know!<br />
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My kids played and played and played and played!<br />
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Jamey took us to a super cool petting zoo!<br />
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And we got to worship together with some amazing music!<br />
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Did I mention the hugs? This was a sweet goodbye between the boys on our last morning together.<br />
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A final shot from our very last night of camping on our way home. Bittersweet! It's always hard to leave summer behind. And so hard to say goodbye to good friends. Can't wait for next year!<br />
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Here we are in July and my vow to blog more over the summer has sort of gone out the window. But not without good reason. For the first month of summer my whole darn family was sick sick sick! We had a terrible cold/virus/plague that ran through all 8 of us. Cough, fever, sore throat, etc, etc, etc, but it just wouldn't go away. I really felt robbed. Like I need an extra month of vacation to make up for June!<br />
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But we have also filled up summer vacation with a lot of activity. We started the summer with a super camping trip to Lake Bistineau, Louisiana with our dear friends the Solbergs and the Apgers. A mini China sisters reunion.<br />
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OK, the whole trip wasn't super. It was the weekend of the great Memorial Day Weekend flood here in the Houston area. School got called off on that Friday morning so we decided to get the heck out of town before the weather got worse, so we headed northeast and ran smack into the flooding. We got stuck on a major highway that was flooded behind us and flooded in front of us. We ended up about 60 miles from our house, but trapped. We slept on that Friday night in a parking lot in a tiny town with nothing in it. Not even a Walmart or McDonald's. Thank goodness we had our trailer, or we would have had to spend the night sleeping in our van. But the next morning the waters receded and we ended up having another great camping trip.<br />
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The following week we had a wonderful reunion on the beach in Galveston with some local Congo adoption families and my dear dear friend Cami, in from Arizona. Cami and her husband adopted 2 older kids from Congo at the same time that we brought Haven home. In fact, her husband sent me my very first picture of Haven and Brian together in Congo. So her kids were in the same home with Haven for a short time waiting for all of us to bring them to the states. This was the first time since they all came home that they have been together. Of course, Haven didn't remember them, and Cami's kids only had vague memories of Haven, but it was so wonderful to see them altogether, along with a bunch of other beautiful, wonderful kiddos and parents.<br />
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And we got to hang out at the beach, which my kids adore! A couple of weeks later, we did another day trip to the beach with the Solbergs. Lauree's kids are water babies, too.<br />
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Over July 4th weekend we took a quick trip to McKinny Falls State Park, near Austin. It was awesome. We met the Apgers there and did a ton of swimming. There are small water falls with a swimming hole below, and my little fish just loved it. It was holy smokes hot, but the water was wonderful. And somehow I managed to to misplace all the pictures I took from that weekend. <br />
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Our next big event was celebrating JoJo's 6th birthday. We celebrated a few days early with a surprise trip to the zoo and a day filled with JoJo! My sweet Peanut is still such a little guy that I can hardly believe he is already 6. Everyday he surprises me with inventions, discoveries, and the best sense of humor in the house. He is LOUD, ACTIVE, and FUNNY. His favorites right now are Spider Man, the color yellow, camping in his trailer, and Daddy. He would spend every minute running errands with just he and Daddy if he could. He doesn't really have a favorite food and sometimes it seems like he is just surviving on air and water. Like one of those ferns. But he never lacks energy!<br />
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So, I'd better wrap up this blog post or I'll never get to the next one--our big trip to the OFA reunion. So many wonderful memories were made. But more about that later. Hope you're having a super awesome summer. Mine is flying by way too fast!!!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-41645632379900260802016-06-05T14:11:00.000-05:002016-06-05T14:11:01.510-05:00Happy Birthday Rainbow TwilightAbout 3 weeks ago she changed her name to Rainbow Twilight. Before that she was LuLu and for awhile it was Gloria. But by any name, our sweet Louise is the life of the party.<br />
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Louise turned 5 years old this week. Unfortunately, her birthday fell at the same week that summer vacation started and everyone in our house got sick. And the sickest....sweet Louise. Super high fever, hacking cough. But she celebrated like a trouper.<br />
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Her brothers and sisters showered her with gifts. All of them went out and bought her something special with their allowance money. It was the first time that all of them were really old enough to get this concept and they bought her some really cool presents. <br />
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We were all too sick to deal with wrapping paper, so we just had a birthday present parade and each kiddo presented their gifts one at a time. Louise loved it!<br />
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Then on to the cake. Custom designed online by Louise herself, at HEB. No, this is not a plug for HEB, but we were all too sick to go in person and she got to pick out all the colors and fillings and everything. Very cool!<br />
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Louise had one other surprise on her birthday. She lost her second tooth. The pictures below show her looking a bit distraught. It was the blood or pain. It was because she was washing her tooth off in the sink and accidentally dropped it down the drain. Oh well, the presents helped ease the pain.<br />
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A few fun facts about Louise. Her favorite color is still purple. She loves anything that is glittery, shiny, girly. And boy does she love My Little Pony! She is however, the toughest girl you will ever meet. Extraordinarily strong, athletic, and energetic (truth be told, I sort of liked her being a little under the weather this week because she is easier to keep up with). She climbs like a tree frog, swims like a fish, and hugs like a sumo wrestler. She is my most passionate child. Quick to laugh, quick anger. But also my most compassionate child. If anyone is hurt, she quickly arrives with a bandage and "there,there" on the back. She hates cleaning up, but she loves to cook and will always share her food with anyone that asks. That is a really good quality in a house with 8 people!<br />
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I love this little angel to the moon and back. Happy Birthday Rainbow Twilight!<br />
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So lots of you have asked, and YES, we did get a new trailer. Our insurance company came through with a very fair settlement and we were able to find a new trailer much quicker than we expected. And much closer to home. It was owned by someone who lives in our own subdivision. It was literally less than 10 minutes from our house.<br />
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We took it out for its inaugural camping weekend over the Mother's Day holiday. I can't think of a better way to spend my Mother's Day than camping with my kiddos.<br />
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We spent the weekend at Pedernales Falls State Park. This is definitely in my top 5 favorite places to camp. It has awesome hiking! Easy enough for Katriel to navigate, but challenging enough to keep my mountain goat boys happy and active.<br />
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And there were also plenty of trees to climb. Our campsite was awesome! Perfectly flat (a bonus for travel trailer parking) and surrounded by so many trees that you could barely see any other campers around you.<br />
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The Pedernales Falls themselves are just beautiful. There is a great observation area and then a long hike down a set of stone stairs to the falls. The hike to the falls started a little rough. Manny took a fall on the gravel trail and tore open his knee and shin. Luckily, my little girl scout Grace is always prepared with her first aid kit. We poured sparkling water on the wound, Brian sopped up the blood with his shirt, we slathered on the ointment and covered him in band-aids. After some copious tears we were back on the trail!<br />
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Haven is a climbing maniac. He is so fast, so sure footed. I love to watch him scramble up rock walls like a stroll in the park. There were several spots where he climbed on ahead of us and I had to find an alternate route for my tired old knees.<br />
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Grace is also quite the climber. Although she could care less about sports that involve balls or competition, she is so strong and athletic. I just loved watching her and Haven race along the rocks!<br />
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And then we found a snake. Louise flipped out. She was paralyzed. There are a lot of things about my Lulu that are very rough and tough, but she is no match for a water snake!<br />
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A little water break!<br />
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Check out all those band-aids!<br />
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After our hike we headed back to the trailer for lunch and a nap for Mama to avoid the heat of the day. Our new trailer has amazing AC! Then later in the afternoon we headed to the swimming hole to float the Pedernales River.<br />
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It is miraculous that Daddy was not lost down stream. He frequently was being used as a flotation device.<br />
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My sweetest little mermaid was content to splash around the shore with Mama, while I stayed out of the sun to preserve my shockingly white legs.</div>
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The next day was Mother's Day. We got an earlier start to try and do a little more hiking and swimming before we had to head home. Unfortunately, right about the time we hit the trail it started to rain. But the kiddos were troupers and we finished the whole hike. We picked some gorgeous wildflowers.<br />
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We climbed more trees!<br />
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We got to see another set of beautiful water falls.<br />
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We tried to take an obligatorily Mother's Day photo. Failed! Brian took about 10 shots. This was the best of the lot. Manny not only had his eyes closed, but was squeezing them like he had just seen something terrifying. Haven was angry that it was raining and we weren't going to get to swim. And JoJo was just making one of those JoJo faces.<br />
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It was a great trail with lost of interesting plants and caves. "Look Mama! It's the Crood's Cave!"<br />
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On the way home we stopped for a Mother's Day lunch and I caught a few more pics of my sweetie pies. Four years ago on Mother's Day, Katriel and Louise arrived home from Kinshasa to complete our family. So Mother's Day is always one of the sweetest days of the year for me. It makes me want to squeeze my babies extra tight. Hope it was a lovely day for you, too! <br />
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<br />Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-39571588326612513902016-04-10T18:45:00.001-05:002016-04-10T18:51:34.845-05:00And then this happened...It has been far too long since my last blog post. I guess because things have just been chugging along, mostly normal as usual. Or in the case of our house, abnormal as usual. <br />
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My parents came for a visit from Wyoming. We hit the aquarium and the zoo and had a blast! We've been loving our Texas spring weather with lots of bike rides and picnics.<br />
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We spent an amazing spring break camping with awesome friends. <br />
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One of our recent awesome highlights was Grace's 9th birthday. My baby girl is so not a baby anymore. I get emotional on all of my kids birthday's, but this was such a fun day for Grace our whole family that I didn't cry once. We started the day with a family breakfast at Waffle House. I played hooky from school to spend the day with my sweet baby. <br />
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After breakfast I took Grace for a special treat haircut and one of those obnoxious little girl spa places. It was early on a Wednesday, so we had the whole place to ourselves.<br />
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After her haircut, we came home and played until dinner. She choose Chinese takeout as her special birthday dinner treat and a cookie cake for desert. Then presents and more play. After she had opened all the gifts from her brothers, sisters, grandparents, and aunts, she turned to me with a brilliant little lit up face and said, "Thank you so much for the wonderful birthday. I loved everyone of my presents!" Music to a Mama's ears!!!<br />
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Then the very next day this happened...<br />
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Someone stole our travel trailer. Our brand new to us, only owned since November, present from Brian's parents, our beloved family travel trailer was stolen in the middle of the night from the storage facility, just a few miles from our house. Someone broke into the area, cut through a back gate and through an alarm cable. They took someone else's trailer first and then when no police arrived (because it turns out the alarm system was not turned on) they came back and stole ours, too.<br />
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It has been over a week now since it was taken. No, it hasn't been recovered. Yes, we have insurance. Yes, we will get back some kind of settlement. No, we don't have any idea if it will be enough to get as nice a trailer as we had before.<br />
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We are all understandably very blue about this event. It's, of course, just a thing, just a piece of property. But even in the short time we owned it, we filled it with a million lovely family memories. We also filled it with a lot of personal items and sentimental things. The pink fleece blanket from Grace's first big girl bed is in that trailer. The Spider-man sleeping bag that JoJo got for Christmas is there. Five brand new pairs of kids hiking boots in all different colors of the rainbow are tucked in a storage bin under the couch. Our hammock that held all my kids for hours and hours of swinging.<br />
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They all just drove away in the night with a mean spirited stranger.<br />
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But it's just a thing. And we'll get new things. And we'll go camping again and make new memories. JoJo is already scouring the Craigslist pages for the perfect new trailer. Say a little prayer for our trailer search, that we can find just the right fit for our just right sized family. Sleeps 8 and doesn't weigh too much for our van are sort of hard to find.<br />
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And hopefully sooner than later. I just read an article that hiking is good for your brain and that it improves the symptoms of kids with ADHD. I'm a believer. I need to get my kiddos back to the woods and quick!!!<br />
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<br />Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-38888040966872625762016-01-24T16:58:00.000-06:002016-01-24T16:58:13.496-06:00Camping Makes Me a Better Parent: Reflections on a Nearly Perfect Holiday SeasonAs you might have guessed we did some camping during my Christmas vacation break. As soon as my vacation started we packed up the trailer and headed off to New Mexico to spend the holiday with Grandma and Grandpa. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We celebrated our "family" Christmas a few days early. Everyone got hats and scarves for their winter camping trip.</td></tr>
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I must say, camping really does make me a better parent. It probably doesn't hurt that my kids are the best versions of themselves when we are out in nature together. Walking trails, collecting firewood, throwing rocks, and climbing every tree in site, makes them all happier than a hundred hours on a tablet or in front of a TV.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first stop for a picnic at a crazy little city park in a tiny town in Texas.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I love my bwother!"</td></tr>
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And it makes me happier, too. No distractions, no real world problems. Our biggest worry is whether to have smores or just plain marshmallows. I'm more calm in the forest, more centered. All my attention can be focused on my family, where it always should be, but never seems to be in the craziness of home.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An old time gazebo was perfect for climbing!</td></tr>
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Our first stop was Dinosaur Valley State Park. The weather was in the 70's (don't you love Texas winters), the campground was nearly empty, and the hiking was great! Prepare to be overwhelmed with shameless "I love my adorable kids" pics!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dinosaurs are big. JoJo is small!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty little Kit Kat :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look Mama, I'm a bird in a bird nest!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full of the Nic, as my grandma would say!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But, also sweet as pie!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water was too high to cross, but apparently we were standing right next to dinosaur tracks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daddy and his kiddos!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I see you!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We came across these bones while hiking. Seriously!</td></tr>
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Next stop was Clovis, New Mexico! We spent the holiday with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Cathy and Uncle Craig! The kids had an amazing time, they were completely spoiled with gifts and attention, and they were in heaven! We went to the park, did Aunt Cathy's hair, Opened far too many presents (and Uncle Craig will tell you they required far too many batteries), and we played with the coolest toy ball ever!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Togetherness!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty in Purple....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and Pretty in Pink!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And just cute as a bug!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunt Cathy has the patience of a saint!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Silly kids!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's a lot of stockings!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uncle Craig installed about 150 batteries on Christmas morning.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you don't have one of these, you need to get one!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A giant kids hamster wheel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Push Grandma, push!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hamsters inside the wheel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeling blue :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christmas dinner!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My handsome Boo Bear!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birds of a feather....</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">....flock together!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Speaking of birds!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful New Mexico sunset! I miss the "Land of Enchantment".</td></tr>
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And then the forecast called for snow. Which we thought would be wonderful, until the forecast started to call for blizzards. So we hurriedly packed up the van and trailer to try and get out of the bad weather zone before the storm hit. We almost made it.<br />
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We stopped for the night at San Angelo State Park. The next morning we woke up to snow and we ended up driving through it all the way to San Antonio. We got home a few days earlier than we expected. I was not very happy that we had missed out on our coming home camping trip. But we did celebrate our new year with our traditional batch of homemade fried won-tons! That always cheers me up!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just outside of Brownfield, Texas. Thus the name.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look! There's...nothing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh, look! More nothing, next to that oil well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching for tumbleweeds.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally home after the LONG drive.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's won-ton time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone took a try at filling and rolling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haven and Grace are getting to be pros!</td></tr>
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After a couple of days home I just couldn't stand it! I had to get outdoors again. We are lucky to have some campgrounds very close by, so we packed the trailer back up and headed to Brazos Bend State Park. It's only 45 minutes away, but feels like you're really out in the woods. Brazos Bend is famous for its alligators, but we didn't see any the whole time. The weather was cold and drizzly, but it don't slow down our hiking, biking and tree climbing! It was a great trip to top of a really, really great vacation!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Four out of six ain't bad.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And six!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first of a kabillion trees we climbed.</td></tr>
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And now we are back in the groove of Spring semester. Back to work, back to school, back to regular life. Regular life is not as fun as camping. If I could somehow figure out how to make a living while traveling around the county in an RV I would. Crazy, huh? <br />
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In the meantime, I guess I'll have to keep myself content with daydreams about our next trip. Lake Livingston, here we come!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-21982981472228852272016-01-09T09:40:00.001-06:002016-01-09T09:40:17.344-06:00Camping Party of Eight: A Boy and His Log<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So this may be the lamest blog post in the history of my blog, but I have this enormous glut of photos and if I don't get some of this posted it will be Valentines Day before I get my Christmas post up!!! If you have tuned in for a dose of wit and wisdom, it's a little early in the morning for me to muster that up, but if you just wanna see some cute kid pics, you're in the right place.</div>
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So anyway, as you might have gathered, I am in love with camping with my kids! After Thanksgiving, we took a quick weekend trip to a local campground at Huntsville State Park. The weather was cool, but the hiking was great and the kids are the very best versions of themselves when they are free to run and play and scream and sing in the woods.</div>
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One of the funniest moments of our trip was watching JoJo carry a log back to our campsite. Not just a log, a log twice the height of JoJo. He wanted to put it on the campfire. He wouldn't take no for an answer. He was determined to carry it back. So for over a mile of hiking JoJo struggled and groaned and whined and huffed and puffed. But he would not put down that stinking log. He even managed to recruit his siblings to help. </div>
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I was very puzzled by his behavior that day and I've thought a lot about it since. Something we know about JoJo is that he absolutely thrives in conditions where he gets to be a helper. He needs a job, he needs a purpose. Every second of the day! Without it he becomes restless and moody. So he gave himself a job that day and was happy as a clam when he finally dragged that log back to the site and laid it on the campfire. He also LOVES heavy work. This is related to the sensory processing junk that all my kids deal with in one form or another. His body craves that kind of exertion and it seems to help his brain stay calm. So if carrying logs around the forest makes my boy happy, then that's what we will do!!!</div>
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That's enough talking for now. Look at the pictures. Enjoy the woods with us. In fact, if you're ever in the neighborhood, join us on a camping trip. You won't be disappointed!</div>
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<br />Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-27571695011438600482015-11-27T13:09:00.001-06:002015-11-27T13:09:10.491-06:00Camping Party of 8: Thankful for an Early Christmas PresentYou might have noticed that I'm not exactly a traditional kind of person. So spending days and days preparing a traditional Thanksgiving meal and event are not something I get too hung up on! You may think I am depriving my children of important formative events, but I say pish posh! We're living our own, new traditions!<br />
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One of those new traditions will probably be an annual Thanksgiving camping trip! Because we LOVE CAMPING!!! (Be prepared for a bazillion photos below!)<br />
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And this year's Thanksgiving camping trip was made about a bazillion times better compliments of Grandma and Grandpa Wood. This year for a very early Christmas present they bought us a travel trailer. Next to getting a baby girl named Grace in my stocking for Christmas 2007, this is probably the best Christmas present ever!!!!!<br />
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WhOOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!<br />
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Camping will never be the same (I got to sleep in a bed and with AC). Hallelujah!<br />
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Our first annual Thanksgiving camping trip was to Inks Lake State Park! And it was awesome! We had never been camping at Inks Lake. I was a little concerned that it might not be much fun if we couldn't get out on the water for swimming, but this park had the best hiking of any we have visited so far.<br />
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Inks Lake is in the Hill Country of Texas, just Northwest of Austin. The park is in a rolling hills area with lots of scrubby trees and gorgeous rock formations. We got to climb steep rock trails, see a water fall, and climb trees. And then we had lunch and took a nap (in our air conditioned trailer) and did it all over again!<br />
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One of the really miraculous things that I love about camping is my kids get completely unplugged. We let them play their tablets on the ride to the campground, but once we were there I didn't once have to encourage anyone to get outside and play. They LOVE exploring and running and climbing and chasing and yelling! We have to work a bit on the yelling. It starts a little too early for many of our campground neighbors. An older couple walked up to Brian on our first morning at camp and said, "You must be the famous Daddy! We heard your name being called about a 100 times this morning before breakfast!"<br />
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The biggest downfall of our trip is that it was drizzling rain off and on most of the time we were there. Which meant enormous amounts of mud and dust and sand have made their way home with us. It also meant we had to cut our marshmallow roasting session very short. So Brian and our die hard roasters stood in the rain and roasted up a bag. Then we all piled into the nice, dry trailer, the kids watched a movie and the Bigs played gin rummy! And then we went to bed in our nice, dry (and did I mention air conditioned) trailer. <br />
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We are home now and we will be spending the day wiping off dried mud and putting our permanent supplies back in the trailer (we need to give it a name) so that it is ready for our next trip. We are planning a big drive out to New Mexico so Grandma and Grandpa can see the cool present they bought for us. Hope we get a little snow, since only 2 or our 6 kiddos have ever seen any. Can't wait for our next adventure!!!<br />
<br />Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-6772783427889171062015-11-01T09:34:00.003-06:002015-11-01T11:41:42.038-06:00Birthday Season is Over--Bring on the Christmas!We celebrated 3 birthdays in October: mine, Haven's, and Katriel's.<br />
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Mine was not so important. Let's just say I'm getting older. Brian does have a funny little tradition. He gets the kids to make party hats for my birthday each year. This year's hat was pretty spectacular!<br />
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Haven and Kat's birthday was a fun weekend of celebration! Brian's parents came down from New Mexico and his sister came from Kansas. When Aunt Cathy comes to visit, it is always a party! Our friends the Solberg's and the Pennington's also came for some cake and festivities.<br />
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A special treat for the kiddos was Daddy's special face painting skills. Our kids LOVE to have their faces painted! Manny was the cutest little puppy ever, but I have no idea what JoJo was shooting for.<br />
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So a quick kiddo update--<br />
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Haven is now 7 years old and in first grade. He is about average weight, average height, average intelligence, but off the charts handsome and so so funny. Also terribly athletic. His best friend in the world is still Grace and he will go to any length to make her laugh. He loves Minecraft, Ironman, riding his bike, and hitting balls in the yard with Daddy. He also loves to dance, but gets embarrassed when you catch him busting a move. His favorite food is beef stroganoff. His favorite object is his crummy orange blanket that he's been dragging around since he was 2 years old.<br />
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Katriel is still in the category of HUGE when it come to 4 year old girls. She is mostly in size six clothes. She is also off the charts beautiful, inside and out. She is our sweetest of sweet kids. Nothing makes her happier than holding your hand or cuddling on the couch. She loves anything pink, anything with Hello Kitty on it, and anything girly. She is our least athletic, least outdoorsy kid, but I expect she will be an early reader so she'll probably be just as happy curled up somewhere with a book, while the rest of the family is outside running around like maniacs. She is going through a picky eater phase and has survived for weeks on almost nothing but white rice. <br />
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While I'm here I guess I will post a few Halloween pics as well. For the record, I hate Halloween. I think it is the lamest of all holidays. Last year I managed to avoid it by taking the kids camping. But we couldn't make that happen this year (and we probably would have been rained out anyway) so Halloween was sort of unavoidable. My wonderful friends Kathryn and Hernando made it much more bearable by hosting a little weenie roast in their front yard while the trick or treating is going on. So here are our sweetie pies in all their Halloween glory.<br />
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So now that we got Halloween over with we can move on to the real fun: Christmas!!!! Bring on the jingle bells!!!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-42424810770857693112015-09-29T21:32:00.003-05:002015-09-29T21:32:14.709-05:00Birthday Season--Manny is Five and Brian is....a little older than that!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Birthday to my sweet little Boo Bear, Manny! A couple of weeks ago he turned 5! So I am back to a house that feels "normal" with Manny and JoJo the same age again. </div>
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Manny is all about the Avengers these days, especially Captain American. And yes, this cake has gray frosting. And it didn't taste very good. Go figure.</div>
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We had our typical family birthday party. They make me the happiest. I'm not really a party planner so anything more than a cake in my own kitchen is way above my skill set!</div>
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Manny got a whole bunch of new Legos for his birthday from Grace, Haven, and JoJo. Grace also got Manny a whole bag of marshmallows. This is Grace's go to gift for Manny. He is a bit of a marshmallow fanatic!</div>
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There is a possibility that his siblings picked out Legos with a small ulterior motive! Everyone dove right in to play after cake.<br />
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And he still has those dreamy Manny eyes!!! He also still loves the color blue and sports. His newest interest is football and JJWatt! He is very academic and showing signs of reading readiness. Like his big sister he is crazy about Minecraft and his favorite TV show is Paw Patrol.</div>
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His big birthday present from Mama and Daddy was a basketball goal for the backyard. And Grandma came through with 6 basketballs in 6 different colors! Hurray, no fighting over who gets to shoot next!!!<br />
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Brian also had a birthday last week. We had a fun dinner out with friends and the kiddos. But Brian's birthday wasn't exactly what he had hoped for. The Texans lost that day and I forgot to check his pockets before doing a load of laundry and washed his telephone. Happy birthday, Sweetheart :)<br />
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In the next 10 days we have 3 more birthdays. I'm a little warn out from all the celebrating, but I will trudge forward. Feel free to come join us for some cake. Mine will be chocolate, not gray!<br />
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<br />Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-18705684717550290202015-09-20T10:06:00.000-05:002015-09-20T10:06:25.237-05:00Quick Before Fall Gets Here: A Summer RecapI was so busy doing not much of anything that I haven't posted a single blog post since July! How in the heck did that happen? <br />
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So really quickly before Fall gets here (I have a little extra time down here in Texas) is a really quick summer recap!<br />
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<li>To Grandmother's house we went--twice in fact. We went to visit Brian's parents in New Mexico. The first trip went so smoothly that we risked it a second time and did it again. On the first trip we got to spend a day with my college friend, Jennifer, and her beautiful Congo kids. We also got to spend lots of time with Aunt Cathy, who all my kids think hung the moon. She is the kind of aunt who swoops in with lots of presents and spends all day throwing tea parties and giving manicures. And even my boys love a good manicure. While at Grandma's we took a short side trip up to the family cabin at Ute Lake. The kids got their first rides in a boat and on a jet ski. They did lots of swimming (every one's #1 favorite activity) and both trips were so much fun!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>Towards the end of summer we started to plan for our next year of homeschooling. Grace is now in 3rd grade, Haven is in 1st. Manny and JoJo are both pre-k, and Louise and Kat are enjoying another year of play! Because really, that's what littles need the most!!! Our major school purchase this year was a microscope. It has been the hit of the party. We collected lots of specimens from Grandma' garden during our visit and Grace has prepared dozens of slides. I hope we have a budding scientist!</li>
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I know I always say this, but I will try to post more regularly. I thought life after diapers would be easier, but we are busy, busy, busy all the time. At the end of each day I have to decide, do I stay up an extra hour and write a blog post or do I drop into bed? Bed usually wins! </div>
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Goodbye Summer! Welcome Fall!</div>
Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-35572239710947039682015-07-29T16:08:00.001-05:002015-07-29T16:08:28.091-05:00Adding a Little Elbow RoomSo last summer, just before we hit the road for our family reunions (literally the week before) Brian turned to me one night and said...<br />
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"Let's convert the garage into a playroom for the kids!"<br />
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And I said, "Heck ya!" because Brian rarely wants to do the same crazy home improvement projects that I want to do. So before he could change his mind, we dove in and headed to the hardware store. <br />
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And that was about a year ago. <br />
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Yes, it took us close to a year to finish the project. That's just how things roll when you have six amazing helpers like we do :)<br />
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The first part of the project went pretty quickly. Over one week, we enclosed the garage so that one side was still for storage, one side was for the playroom, and the back was sort of the hallway that connected it all to the house.<br />
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Then it took awhile before we got around to painting. After paint we laid the foam floor and hung those 2 super cool swing chairs! I LOVE those chairs.<br />
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But the really cool part of this room is the castle in the corner. It's two levels high and runs from floor to ceiling. It has a rope ladder on the inside and a ramp on the outside. It is carpeted inside and at some point I want to paint in there, too. And maybe add some curtains. On the outside of one wall of the castle is our family art gallery, where the kids can create and hang any of their latest masterpieces.<br />
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We have the Congo and China flags up along with some maps. And of course, a giant spot to store shoes. We have a lot of shoes!<br />
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So, there you have it! A kids paradise. A place to swing, a place to climb, a place to pretend. And a place to put on your shoes! What more could we ask for? Hmmmmm? Maybe it's time to start converting the attic???<br />
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<br />Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-66553667230770815952015-07-28T17:51:00.001-05:002015-07-28T17:51:26.412-05:00"I'm Getting Bigger and Bigger and Bigger...."July is birthday month for our sweet JoJo. And he grabbed that birthday and shook the life out of it. The days leading up to his birthday he had better behavior than any other time in his whole life. No, I am not exaggerating. If I could find a way to finagle it, I would give JoJo a birthday once a week!<br />
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To say that JoJo is a Spider Man enthusiast is obviously a small understatement. So he was beyond thrilled with his Spidey cake and lots of Spider Man themed gifts. Grandma even came through with one of those super cool pair of Spiderman gloves that make the super annoying web-shooting noise that makes Mama want to stick a fork in her ear. But my oh my, do they make JoJo happy!<br />
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Because we are a large family on a small budget, we stick to family only parties for the most part. So if you weren't invited to the JoJo shindig, don't be offended. No one else was either. Except a few choice brothers and sisters! And one special super hero.<br />
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The next morning JoJo decked himself out in every last piece of Spider gear he could. I think he might even be wearing Spider Man underpants!<br />
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Once he was in the proper attire he went on to teach all his siblings all the right moves and facial expressions for professional web shooting. <br />
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JoJo just got back from his well kiddo doctor visit and he is well! And he got no shots, so it was a really good visit. He is in the 38th percentile for height and the 83rd percentile for weight. This might sound like short and fat, but he is actually short and all muscle! He apparently has a body made for scaling walls! So this Spider Man fascination is all starting to make sense.<br />
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Happy Birthday Peanut! We love you so and look forward to an amazing year five. <br />
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Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-28097253861344211232015-06-28T15:19:00.000-05:002015-06-28T15:19:33.381-05:00Four x Three = The Crazy Month of June<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Each year for the month of June I have three kids that are the same age. When Louise has her birthday at the beginning of June and we wait for JoJo's birthday to come in July, we have our month of CRAZY! As of this moment Louise, JoJo and Manny are all 4 years old!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I'm not suggesting that Louise is not demanding! Holy smokes, does this girl have a mind of her own!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Louise is intense. She laughs hard, cries hard, plays hard, fights hard. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">She also loves with all her heart. She is the first in the house to share food or a toy, or come running with a band aid or a big hug when someone is hurt.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">She LOVES clothes and many mornings she arrives at the breakfast table all decked out like she is headed to prom. But she is not prissy or delicate. She is just as likely to wear that fancy dress out in the backyard to jump on the trampoline as she is to dance around like a princess in front of a mirror.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">She also LOVES to have her picture taken. Below are some shots of an impromptu photo shoot after a long day in the pool. Please don't judge the hair. Just concentrate on those eyes. Jeez Louise, she has got some eyes!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Happy birthday to my stunning little beauty. Sometimes you make me crazy, but you always fill my heart!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span>Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-54542009730600203442015-06-21T23:47:00.002-05:002015-06-22T09:01:40.488-05:00For the Love of a Boy...and a BirdYesterday something weird happened at our house. Weirder than normal.<br />
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As we were all out playing in the pool a bright green tropical bird landed in our backyard. It perched right on the edge of our roof. Then it took off and flew around the yard. Then it nearly landed on my lap. Then it flew inside our house.<br />
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Clearly this was someone's pet. A pet lovebird.<br />
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Once inside our house Brian managed to catch it and put it in our guest bathroom. I put out a Facebook message to our neighborhood group and Brian went door to door looking for the owners.<br />
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Our kids started asking immediately, "Can we keep it? Can we keep it?" JoJo was especially excited about the bird. He kept trying to sneak in the house and take peaks into the bathroom.<br />
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No, this wasn't our bird. It obviously belonged to someone else. And we didn't need a bird. Really, we didn't need a bird.<br />
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But as the day dragged on, no owners came forward. We couldn't just keep the bird locked in our bathroom. We found a few people who said they would take the bird, but none that could come straight over and pick it up.<br />
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So Brian headed over to the local Pet-a-rama and picked up a cage and some food. It was starting to look like we were going to keep the bird.<br />
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Brian got home and we tucked the bird into its new cage and we all sat around staring at it.<br />
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Then one of those magical parenting moments happened. Sweet little JoJo, who hadn't taken his eyes off the bird for a second started to sing it a lullaby. OMGoodness. The tenderness in his little voice got me all misty-eyed. And then.....he asked if he could say a prayer for the birdie. Ahhhhh. It was almost as if a little halo was lighting up over his head. He sang in his froggy little JoJo voice:<br />
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"God our father, God our father, we thank you, we thank you, for our many blessings, for our many blessings, Amen, Amen."<br />
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Too too precious.<br />
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And then 2 hours later the bird was dead.<br />
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Oh yes, dead as a door nail (whatever the heck a door nail is). Apparently the stress of living in the wild, or encountering my family, or who knows what were just too much for this little birdie. Luckily, by then all the kids except for Grace, were asleep. Grace was disappointed, but she's a little scientist. Brian disposed of dead bird and then we started to panic. What would we tell the rest of the kids??? What would we tell JoJo? He would be crushed.<br />
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At about 7:30am JoJo arrived in my bedroom. "Where's the bird? Where's the bird?" Brian was out exercising. I told JoJo the bird got very sick and had to go home to his Mama and Daddy. JoJo seemed completely good with that explanation. But right away he asked, "When is another birdie coming?" Oh, boy!<br />
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Brian got home and of course the bird issue had been weighing heavily on him while he walked. JoJo and Brian have a very special bond. Something about JoJo really pulls at Daddy's heartstrings. And JoJo had responded to this bird in a way that we hadn't seen him respond to much else in the world. <br />
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I mean people, he was praying for the bird.<br />
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So Brian decided to forgo his special Father's Day festivities. He didn't go out for a fancy meal. He didn't spend the day laying around on the couch. He didn't splurge on anything for himself.<br />
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He went out and found his baby boy a new bird. We named him <i>Mango Bolingo</i>.<br />
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<i>Mango</i>, a strange fruit name that Grace just picked for no apparent reason, and <i>Bolingo</i>, the Lingala word for love.<br />
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That is the love of a really special father for his son. <br />
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Oh, my heart. I love these guys.<br />
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<i>**Luckily, as it turns out, lovebirds are pretty inexpensive. I was sort of freaking out about the cost of cage and bird, but Brian said it was about the same as a trip or two to Chik-fil-a. So it's all relative. A 20 pack of chicken nuggets or a bird to keep.</i><br />
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Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-87608804201760058512015-06-12T16:44:00.000-05:002015-06-12T16:44:04.070-05:00The End of Year Wood Academy AwardsSummer is well underway, but when you are a homeschooling family school doesn't really end, it just gets squeezed in between trips out to the pool. Sometimes school is done in our jammies, sometimes in our bathing suits.<br />
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<b>Best Dressed--Louise Wood</b><br />
Nobody puts a look together like Louise. And probably,nobody should! But seriously, this girl changes clothes at least three times a day and we are always surprised by her latest combinations!<br />
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<b>Super Helper--Haven Wood</b><br />
Our sweet Haven is such a hard worker. He and Grace both have daily chores that they are responsible for. Haven is in charge of unloading and loading the dishwasher. Grace has laundry duty. They also both have to put away the boys and girls clothes. Haven did such a good job on his chores and saving up his allowance during the spring that he was able to buy himself a tablet. <br />
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<b>Most Creative--JoJo Wood</b><br />
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JoJo is never bored because he is always coming up with very <strike>destructive</strike> creative ways to keep himself occupied. He is BUSY with a capital B! His current loves are lawn equipment, hand tools, and cooking! He has mastered the microwave and he could probably make us all dinner if he was tall enough to use the gas stove!<br />
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<b>Fantastic Fish Award--Katriel Wood</b><br />
Our sweet Kit Kat finally took the dive and is a swimmer! She was hesitant to let go of her water wings, but she threw them aside last week and she is taking to the water like a fish! An adorably well dressed fish!<br />
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<b>Mr. Muscles--Manny Wood</b></div>
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This kid is tough. And rough. And so crazy strong it sort of shocks you sometimes. All my kids are tough, but my little Boo Bear is on track to be one big, strong dude! Right now he is all about superheros. Watch out Captain America, here comes Manny!<br />
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<b>Mine Craft Master--Grace Wood</b><br />
Grace is totally, completely, irrevocably addicted to Mine Craft. And she's really good at it. She's even got all her siblings hooked. So rather than fight it, we have joined the cause. Part of her school day is learning to code (Java for kids) by creating "mods" for Mine Craft. And if you don't know what that means, there is no way I can explain it to you. But I think it's pretty cool!<br />
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So congratulations to all the Wood Academy award winners. Tune in again next year for more surprises and ridiculous categories! Happy summer vacation!Carriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05335155103752626792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6841248126100896130.post-12608619708165572222015-05-08T21:37:00.001-05:002015-05-08T21:37:49.536-05:00Camping Party of 29--Fort Parker State Park<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
This past weekend we coordinated a crazy 5 family camping trip. This time we stayed at Fort Parker State Park. We camped for 3 days with friends from church, friends from the neighborhood, the Solbergs (of course), and a super special surprise family, the Apgars. The Solbergs and the Apgars are the two families that we traveled with to China when we brought home our girls : Sydney, Jenna and Grace. At best we are all together once a year, so this was a special treat for all of us. Those of you who have adopted know that the bonds you make on an adoption trip can be unique and long lasting.</div>
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Fort Parker State park is a tiny campground on a big muddy fishing lake. We had the greatest location in the campground. A cul du sac with 5 campsites, right next to the lake, under a huge canopy of trees. The nights were cool, the days were shady. The weekend was amazing!<br />
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Altogether, we had 29 campers on our trip. Nineteen of them were kids!<br />
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We hiked, rode bikes, kayaked, and toasted marshmallows. Camping heaven!<br />
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We gave hugs to new ones!<br />
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We laughed and picked flowers and walked quietly in the woods!<br />
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Super Haven was ready for action!<br />
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We explored all kinds of nature.<br />
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My very favorite piece of camping equipment.<br />
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As we were driving away JoJo was already asking "Can we go camping again? Can we get a trailer?" I wish I could figure out how to get JoJo a trailer for his birthday in July. He'd be the happiest boy on the planet!!! </div>
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It's springtime and I'm feeling a little giddy about it. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, the pool is open. Life is good. Not perfect, but pretty darn good.</div>
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When spring first pops up I get a a little frantic. I feel like I have to fill up my calendar with as many<br />
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For Easter we decided to forgo traditional baskets and take the kids to all see a Saturday matinee of "Home". Great movie and an awesome day! It was the first movie that Manny, Kat, and Louise had ever been to and all 6 kids were soooooo good! So much fun!<br />
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Grammy and Pop sent everyone a beach bucket for Easter so we used them to have a little Easter egg hunt in our front yard. The competition for chocolate eggs was fierce!<br />
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The following pictures are completely unrelated to Easter or spring. It's just funny to see what kind of costumes Louise will come up with!<br />
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Katriel has become obsessed with my phone camera. She got a lucky flattering shot of Mama!<br />
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On a random Friday afternoon, we took a trip to the Houston Zoo with the Solbergs. We put the season pass that the Grands got us for Christmas to good use and discovered a Friday after 4:00pm is the best time ever to visit the zoo. No crowds, parking right by the entrance, all the cotton candy vendors are already closed (yes, that was a very good thing)!<br />
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A couple days later we hit the Surfside Beach with our friends from down the street. Brian HATES the sand, but my water babies all LOVE playing in the surf. Watch out, here comes a whole bunch of photos!!!<br />
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My handsome JoJo!</div>
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Daddy joins in the fun!<br />
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Louise, or the Unknown Comic?<br />
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Spring hasn't been all fun and games. There have been a few owies! <br />
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Things looked a little dicey for awhile, but Louise managed to pull through!!!<br />
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It's the first week of May. We are staying in the 80's each day. The 90's will be here soon! I had better squeeze in some more springtime special occasions before the sweat and the mosquitoes drive me back inside. Any suggestions? Any must do spring events in your house? <br />
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