tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52758417293190423642024-03-06T14:01:16.664-06:00Wallman Wanderings ~*~ Following Jesus Wherever He LeadsJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00788366751701598350noreply@blogger.comBlogger875125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275841729319042364.post-57031994534718734062019-10-01T23:15:00.002-05:002019-10-01T23:15:41.579-05:00Aaron is....more than 40! <div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; text-align: start;">This man. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; text-align: start;"> I’m so glad I get to do life with him. Even the crazy that is life right now (both just the season of life and pumpkin sea</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; display: inline; text-align: start;">son)!<br />He is one of the kindest people I know. Everybody loves Wally! He will do just about anything for just about anyone.<br />He works harder than just about anyone I know. He values my role at home (and knows how much I desire that and that God has called me to that) and wants me to stay there, raising our kids, so he works unimaginable hours sometimes to make sure that can happen.<br />He is a good, good daddy. Our kids all adore him. He’s goofy. He loves to play ball with the kids. He’s basically just a kid in an adult’s body, let’s be real!<br />He is an awesome husband. He shows me in little and big ways how important I am to him and how much he loves me. He is patient when I don’t want to talk. He is gentle when I am not. And he makes me laugh. Often. Even with his poo-poo platter jokes.<br />And most importantly, he strives to follow & love Christ and point his family to Christ.<br />Seriously, how did I get so lucky to marry this city slicker?! He’s above and beyond what I ever dreamed of...and 41 looks pretty dang good on him!!!!! </span></span></div>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00788366751701598350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275841729319042364.post-67873150534261038212019-09-24T23:42:00.000-05:002019-09-24T23:42:37.432-05:00Grace is 5!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Happy FIFTH birthday Grace Elizabeth!!!! I cannot believe you’re five. According to you, you’re a grownup now so you can get a job. And get married. And have babies. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> Slow down baby girl! I’m not even ready for you to be 5. That means I can’t really call you a toddler anymore. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">You are full of questions, sass, and love.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">You love horses and dogs and are counting down the days until you’re 10</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"> and can have your own dog and horse.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">You LOVE art...coloring, painting</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">, creating.<br />You love books. If I ever want to keep you occupied for more than 5 minutes, I give you a stack of books! The library is one of your favorite places to go.<br />You love pink. And purple and turquoise and yellow and....about every color. Except brown!<br />You have been a blessing and a challenge from before you were born. <a href="https://wallmanwanderings.blogspot.com/2014/10/introducing-newest-wallman.html" target="_blank">We have seen God’s hand of protection on your life from 20 weeks of pregnancy on</a>. I cannot wait to see how God molds you and uses your life for His glory.<br />Happy birthday baby girl! We love you so much!! </span></div>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00788366751701598350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275841729319042364.post-9108770066956871742019-09-24T23:37:00.001-05:002019-09-24T23:37:34.965-05:00Jacob is 12!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
My number 1 boy is TWELVE!! How is that possible?! From the fattest baby I've ever seen with bright red hair (and then NO hair and then blonde hair)...to a tall string bean with the best smile ever...these 12 years have been an adventure!</div>
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Jacob, you are my quiet one...unless you're alone with someone and then you'll talk their ear off! You like to observe and think, always have. You have always loved things that move...but not just because you could move them...because you love to figure out HOW they move and why it works like it works. I have a picture in your scrapbook of you playing with Anna's doll stroller. As soon as she fell asleep on the floor, you crawled over and flipped that thing over just so you could spin the wheels and watch how they worked. </div>
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You surprised us the day you were born almost 9lbs and with bright red hair, and you haven't stopped surprising us yet! You are musically talented...I love how you can listen to a song once or twice and then sit down at the piano and plunk out the tune. It's a challenge to you, especially if your sister thinks you can't do it! ;-)</div>
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You can build just about anything with LEGOS and you love robotics and learning how things work. You can see things others can't...like how to fit different shapes together. Remember when Isaac and I could NOT figure out how on earth to get all the shapes to fit on one of his assignments? We worked at it for 10 minutes. You walked into the room and IMMEDIATELY put it all together. </div>
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You have discovered a new love...exercise! You thoroughly enjoy working out at the wellness center with Dad. In fact, that is what your motivation is for getting your chores and schoolwork done on time is! Whatever works, right?! </div>
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You still love farming. I don't think you'll probably every outgrow that love...</div>
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You are funny (and sometimes a bit too sarcastic), you have the patience of a saint...until you don't and then your red-head genes come blasting to the surface! ;-) </div>
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Sometimes it's easy for me to forget you need my attention as much as the others because you're so quiet and undemanding. I know when you ask for a special movie night several days in a row that I haven't been spending enough time with you. </div>
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Goodness I sure do love you Jacob Scott!! I'm so glad God made me your Mama!</div>
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This year you spent your actual birthday in Colorado at "Grandpa & Grandma Camp" and I think you had a blast!</div>
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And you saw some of God's most beautiful creation on your hikes.</div>
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But, you will always be my little chubby-cheeked, toe-headed boy! Love you so much buddy!</div>
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Another project that didn't go as planned...I'm seeing a theme here!</div>
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Aaron had this bookshelf made for me in the very early years of our marriage (I remember getting it when we lived in Wichita, so it was in the first 3 years). It's solid and heavy and classic. But it's the honey oak finish that clashes with the new floors (and I just don't like that finish! I loved it back then, but not now!!). So I thought...quick and easy...I'll just put some homemade chalk paint on it and be done in a day! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! </div>
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I won't even show you my epic failure at DIY chalk paint. It was a mess. And I should have known before I even painted ONE stroke that it wouldn't work. But I really wanted it to work and I REALLY didn't want to have to haul it out to Dad's to do this project. So I just kept painting, hoping it would get better. It did not. It just got worse.</div>
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So I hauled it out to Dad's shop and started sanding.</div>
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I actually kind of liked how this looked, so I started to put poly on it...and it just pulled that honey orange color right back out. UGH!</div>
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So then I was concerned that even if I painted it white and distressed it, that the awful honey orange color would still show through! So I stained it dark. And I really didn't mind this look either...except with the dark floors, I knew I needed such a large piece to be lighter...especially since we have dark brown couches.</div>
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So I painted it all white (several coats) and then distressed it. WINNER! This is exactly the look I was going for...I just didn't think it would be such a process. </div>
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I know it's not everyone's style, but it IS my style and I absolutely love it!</div>
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And now I can tell exactly when a child uses it as a step to reach something higher...especially during "barefoot all the time" season. Ha!</div>
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Aaron's aunt and uncle gave us their dining set when they downsized. It is perfect for us...the table has 4 leaves, which makes it nice and long!! After we got the new floors put in, the honey oak finish on the table clashed terribly with the floors! So I dove head first into sanding it down and refinishing it. Wow...what a project!!!!! It was WAY more work than I expected, but it was 110% worth it! I was hoping to get the whole thing done in a couple weeks. Wasn't I the eternal optimist!! Sick kids and travel threw a kink in that plan. I lost track of how long it took but it was much longer than a couple weeks!</div>
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Isaac was a faithful sanding partner. Boy did it take a LOT of sanding!</div>
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I really wanted to stain the seat dark like the tabletop, but that was beyond my talent AND patience level! So I painted them all white.</div>
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FINALLY finished, dried, and back in place. LOVE IT!!</div>
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This summer we FINALLY got our floors fixed and replaced. Several years ago, when Aaron was gone for a weekend (this is a trend he hasn't caught onto yet) I decided to tear out our old, NASTY carpet in the front room(at the time our dining room/sitting room) and back room (at the time our living room). I figured I could just cheaply paint the subfloor and that would do for a few months until we could decide on new flooring and get it ordered and put in. HA!! When I tore out the carpet in the back room, I discovered what the large hump was...the old cement utility porch!!! When previous owners had the addition put on in 1999, their contractors did not remove the giant 8' x 10' cement slab. So that kind of put a kink in the whole "the floors will be replaced soon" plan. We had to figure out how on earth to fix it and how we would ever be able to afford to fix it! We finally hired a contractor and resigned myself to cleaning up cement dust for the rest of my life. They jackhammered it out and leveled it out as best as they could. I sealed off everything as best as I could, but we did still have to live here! It was so loud and so so dirty. But the bedrooms stayed pretty clean, so that was a huge plus (we all slept in the front of the house or at my parents' house). And everything was displaced. Most of my dining room was in our bedroom. As much of the front room as I could move was in the school room. I took everything off the walls in the dining room because I knew that room would be incredibly dirty and dusty. </div>
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Good thing my kitchen is spacious! I had a place to put the table (minus all the leaves).</div>
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Grace thought this was awesome! Her own "sandbox" INSIDE! </div>
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Another time Aaron was gone I got the flooring torn out of the kitchen, so it would be ready for the new floors as soon as the contractor was done and ready to lay the flooring.</div>
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The new flooring took up 1/4 of my front room!</div>
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I can't believe I don't have any more pictures of the finished flooring (and I now have a super cozy rug in here), but this shows how gorgeous the floors are! LOVE IT! </div>
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We also had the contractors install a new sliding glass door at the back! It makes the dining room so much lighter. We also replaced the front doors (Dad did that) and it was a disaster. Haha! It took way longer than we expected, had to make a bunch of ridiculous adjustments and basically rig up a frame for it.</div>
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I can't believe I don't have a picture of that finished product! It's gorgeous and I love it. Anna picked out the color and it's perfect. I'll have to try to find a picture of it and add it...</div>
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So open...now we just have to replace the deck...step carefully until then! ;-)</div>
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Well, I had this post started a month ago...now I'll have to do another one right away and replace "July" with "August"!! This summer whizzed by in a hurry!</div>
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We are so lucky to have Grandma Mary so close!! My kids love going over to see her when we're at Ponderosa Trails. If we can't find any of them, especially Grace, we know to check at Grandma's house! </div>
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This is Isaac as a baby. Proof that he's always loved cucumbers!</div>
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A stop at the Farmer's Market usually means a treat for Isaac...a whole cucumber all to himself! </div>
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Grace loves her school work and asks me every day to do it. We LOVE The Good and The Beautiful curriculum!!!</div>
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We saw some beautiful sunsets in July.</div>
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Jacob picked me some "pasture flowers" one day. I asked him what he was thanking me for and he said, "For being such a great mom!" What a charmer!</div>
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50 dozen ears later, no one was thrilled with Aaron's idea! Especially since he wasn't there to help!! ;) We spent 3 hours shucking and cleaning corn.</div>
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These two...they used to fight all the time. Now Grace bosses him around and either does what she says or ignores him. HA! But they are two peas in a pod and get along great...and cause their fair share of trouble! ;) </div>
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Early morning (for Grace) ride checking on the cows at Ponderosa Trails.</div>
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I've made more jam this summer than I ever have...and I don't even have a garden this year!</div>
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First I made strawberry jam with all the strawberries we picked at a local patch. It disappeared in a hurry!</div>
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Then our sweet friends invited us over to pick apricots from their laden tree. Because the apricots were so ripe, it was quick and easy to pit them. I used maple syrup to sweeten it. It's quickly disappearing, as well!</div>
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As we were leaving they said, "Hey, take some rhubarb! All the rain has made it grow like crazy!" So we picked a little rhubarb and I thought...I bet I can make jam out of this, too! So I found a recipe and loosely ;-) followed it to make Orange Rhubarb jam. Also delicious! Many mornings Anna will have toast with all 3 kinds of jam!</div>
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I definitely miss gardening, but it seems that we've been extra busy this summer (I'm not sure with what??), so it's been a little bit of a relief not to have to spend hours in the garden...even though that's one of my favorite therapies. Next year, hopefully, I'll be back in the garden!</div>
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We started the morning off EARLY since Aaron ran the in 15K Freedom Run. He did awesome, finishing 6th overall and first in his age division!</div>
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I had to wake up everyone but Isaac to go watch him finish his race!</div>
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It was such a beautiful morning, so we went back down to the lake after breakfast. Grace loved riding the train!</div>
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Then it was back home for a late lunch and mandatory naps for everyone! I'd say Jacob had a good nap, if his hair was any indication!!</div>
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Then we went out to Ponderosa Trails to grill steaks and shoot off fireworks! The mosquitoes were awful until I pulled out my Young Living Citronella oil and slathered it on everyone and put a few drops around us on the deck! It was a fun evening...so much so that I didn't take any pictures!</div>
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Then we decorated the house while she was confined to her room (which she hated because she was reading a book. haha!). When she came out, everyone sprayed her with silly string! Then she opened her gifts from all of us over lunch when Aaron was home.</div>
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Then we had the neighbor kids over for a cherry spitting contest! It was fun and the littles ended up covered in cherry juice.</div>
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For her birthday supper, she chose Olive Garden.</div>
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The next weekend, we celebrated with my family at Ponderosa Trails. Binga (my mom) painted her a Gypsy Vanner (her favorite horse)! It's beautiful and Anna loves it.</div>
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It is so hard to believe she's 14 already. She's off at horse camp this week. Next week she'll take her learner's permit test (with much protesting) and will be driving!! </div>
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She is sweet and patient with little ones (except her siblings! haha).</div>
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She is smart and strong and STUBBORN. I'm not worried about anyone taking advantage of her...she's not scared to fight (just ask Jacob) or stand up for what's right.</div>
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She is organized and loves structure and routine, which challenges this disorganized, unstructured Mama!</div>
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She basically has a photographic memory for words and random facts. She knows about all there is to know about dogs and horses (and other random animals).</div>
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Most importantly of all, she loves Jesus. We are so blessed (and challenged!) to be her parents!!!</div>
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We celebrated our 17th anniversary this month. It's really hard to believe it's been that many years already! </div>
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Look at us, so young and in love! ;-) 21 and 23, ready to take on the world together!</div>
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Look at us now...not quite as young but still in love! I can honestly say that I love him more deeply now than I did on the day I said "I do". </div>
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God has used marriage to refine both of us, in many ways. Marriage will quickly show you just how selfish you actually are...yikes! Marriage will also pull you closer to the Savior (if you let Him).</div>
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I have been so blessed by this man for the last 17 years...</div>
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1. He is quick to apologize.</div>
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2. He is forever acting like a junior high boy...most of the time it makes me laugh...and now we're at the fun stage where he can make at least on of our kids die of embarrassment with his antics!</div>
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3. He loves me better than anyone else on earth could possible love me, especially when I am completely unlovable.</div>
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4. He works hard. Crazy hard. And he does it so I can stay home and raise our kids. He rarely complains about the long hours he often puts in. </div>
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6. He is such a good father to our brood. He has worked really hard to give each one of them special one-on-one time with him, even if it's just a game of checkers every evening. </div>
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9. He loves the Lord and has really been striving to continually draw our family closer to the Lord.</div>
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14. He compliments me every single day. Sometimes it's ridiculous (see number 2), but he makes me feel loved every single day.</div>
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15. He goes along with my hair-brained ideas. To my credit, they've always turned out great, but he's no longer surprised if he comes home from a weekend away and I've completely rearranged several rooms of the house...or torn out carpet...or painted. HA!! </div>
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17. He is the perfect match for me. It is so evident that God created him to be my husband. And I love growing old together (yes, we're getting old!), dreaming dreams, and working hard together.</div>
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We have had more than enough rain this spring already. We've had so much flooding...some days it takes us an hour to make the 26 mile drive to the "big town" because so many roads are closed due to flooding. Farm ground has been decimated from floods, too much rain, strong winds or even hail. It's almost July 4th and most people around here were only able to cut for one day before rain stopped them again. </div>
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But through all the heartache and damage from these rains comes some pretty spectacular skies. Pictures just don't do it justice, but here are some anyway.</div>
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Wow...June has flown by in a hurry! I can't believe it's almost July already. Here are some pictures from the month. We've been busy with VBS, helping Papa with the flip house, and softball games for the boys and Aaron.</div>
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Aunt Cara has been sewing again! Grace LOVES having a matching dress with big sis. And this is about the only way to get Anna in a dress. ;-)</div>
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Grace spent a few evenings at the flip with me while the bigs were at VBS. She was a good helper! She really had fun vacuuming out the cabinets.</div>
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One Saturday, Jacob spent the whole day working with Papa at the flip house. When we went to pick him up, the other kids pitched in and helped for a while. They're learning to just find something they can do to be helpful and do it, no matter if it's a job that will have to be done again or not. </div>
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One Sunday, we took a trip to Menard's to look for some new doors and some things for the flip. Papa came with us, so Anna had to sit right next to Grace in the car. Grace is most definitely loud most of the time, especially in close proximity. Anna was getting REALLY frustrated with her, so I reminded Anna that she had prayed for many years for a little sister...and God answered her prayers! Grace had been looking out the window and not paying any attention to us. Immediately after I said that, Grace turned to Anna (just a few inches away), made this face, and yelled right in her ear! Oh Grace. She keeps us on our toes!!!</div>
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<br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00788366751701598350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275841729319042364.post-1610288001675688052019-06-06T23:36:00.002-05:002019-06-06T23:36:49.123-05:00Mulberries and More!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Not sure if it's all the moisture, the cooler Spring temps, or just a good year, but the harvest is plentiful at Ponderosa Trails this year (except for my poor garden)! We picked some mulberries and crab apples last year, but not enough to speak of really. We made a few small jars of crab apple jam. The kids ate the mulberries before anything could be made with them. This year, the crab apple tree is LADEN with fruit! And we've found more mulberry trees on the property!!</div>
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We also found Sandhill Plums! Everywhere! We thought that's what a lot of the bushes along the trails were, but they never had any fruit on them last year. Hopefully I can harvest enough to make some jam with them this year. I remember Shirley Saxton always making Sandhill Plum jelly and bringing it to church to share with everyone.</div>
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Soooo may mulberries. The tree is so tall we'll never be able to reach all of it. The kids ate the first bucket-full in short order (granted all but 1 of the grandkids were out that day!) We discovered another mulberry tree next to the one we picked off of last year...it's a white mulberry tree!</div>
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All the storms have given us some gorgeous skies and sunsets! It's hard to beat the wide open skies of Kansas. They shout the majesty and creativity of our Creator. There's really no reason for sunsets to be so varied in color or so brilliant in display, other than the fact that God loves us. I could sit and watch the storms roll in all night long. I love to sit and watch the sun set and watch the sky change colors a dozen times in just a few minutes.</div>
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I love flowers. Especially roses. And Peonies. And....ok, it would be quicker to just say I love flowers!</div>
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Grandma Mary's peony bush that she transplanted, first from her parents' farm to her farm, then from her farm to Ponderosa Trails. Peonies rival roses for heavenly scent!!</div>
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Anna picked out a new rose bush this year for my flower beds at home. She picked one for Ponderosa Trails, too, but it hasn't bloomed yet. We discovered it is very aptly named! Every morning, we're excited to see just what the roses will look like on this bush. They change color almost every day!</div>
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When it first started to bloom, they were this beautiful swirl of orange and pink.</div>
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Then they turn hot pink with just a tinge of yellow at the very center! So beautiful. And so fun to watch them change every day!</div>
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My yellow rose bush a sweet friend gave me several years ago for Mother's Day. It has smaller, wide open buds that start out a beautiful yellow and fade to almost white.</div>
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A dual colored mini rose bush mom gave me for Mother's Day this year. Sweet little pink and yellow flowers.</div>
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Flowers make me happy. Aaron says it's fairly cheap therapy, so he knows if we go in a store that has plants and flowers, it's very likely that we'll be leaving with some! </div>
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Grace begged Papa all afternoon to catch a chicken so she could hold one. He finally obliged and somehow, the chicken ended up in my lap!! Grace sat next to me and pet her for a while.</div>
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We have been getting so much rain the last few weeks. My garden is at my parents' (Ponderosa Trails) and it's been under water for over 2 weeks now! And still more rain to come next week. Thankfully no damage to their house or Grandma Mary's house, or really any of the other buildings. But Dad hasn't been able to get to work a few times because of flooded roads! The water over their road and driveway usually recedes fairly quickly, but a lot of the other roads around them remain flooded for days (or weeks in some cases!).</div>
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My poor fruit trees! We planted 6 of them this spring and they are definitely getting plenty of water!! I just hope they can survive until things dry out...if they ever do!</div>
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My poor garden. This is my peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes (and volunteer onions from last year!). It's all about 2 feet under water and has been for 2+ weeks!! To the right of this pic is the pumpkin patch, which now has fish in it!</div>
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Welcome back! I've missed blogging. Unfortunately, social media and cell phones made sharing so much easier but as I found when I tried to print off some pictures of Anna for her 8th grade promotion...social media is a bear to track memories and photos!!! Now that we have a desktop again, I'm hoping I'll be able to get back to a little blogging. But don't hold your breath...</div>
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How is it even possible that we will soon have a child in high school?! That makes me feel very, very old. We celebrated Anna's 8th grade promotion with a ceremony with our homeschool group, then had a party at Ponderosa Trails (that's what we've named my parents' place). If you couldn't tell, Anna's favorite color is yellow! ;-)</div>
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My sweet, beautiful Anna Rose. How is she ready for high school?!</div>
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Sisters...one of the greatest blessings of homeschooling has been the relationships my kids have had the opportunity to build with each other. Anna has always been like a second mother to Grace. But if she wasn't home with us every day, Grace would honestly barely know her, given their age gap! Such a blessing.</div>
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I cannot count the number of times I have thanked the Lord that Grandma Mary is now so close to us! My kids all love to go over to her house and play or visit. Such a blessing!</div>
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And needless to say, we LOVE having Papa & Binga so close!!</div>
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Anna was so nervous about walking in and being on stage! I told her she looked like someone was holding a gun to her back the entire time! LOL!!</div>
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Now, to finish out the school year this summer and get ready for high school. I'll admit I'm nervous!!! Ha! It's going to be a bit different...with transcripts and thinking about college/career in just four short years. The days are long but the years are short.</div>
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At the Healing Hearts Ranch Rodeo's silent auction in October, we won "A Day with a K-9 Officer" for Anna. She has been looking forward to this day for 2 months! The Great Bend PD went above and beyond to make this day special and meaningful for an 11 year old girl!</div>
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We met the police chief at the station and he talked to Anna a bit while we waited for the K-9 officer, Detective Hales, to arrive. Det. Hales took us up to his office, where he gave Anna some "trading cards" of him and his dog, Kia (pronounced K-eye). We also met another Detective, Joel, who would act as the decoy (aka pretend bad guy). From there, we went outside and "met" Kia (he stayed in the back of his car) and then went to the fire station so they could show Anna the things a K-9 does. Anna got to ride with Detective Hales and Kia!</div>
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Once there, Det. Hales got Kia out to actually meet Anna. He put the muzzle on Kia just to make sure he didn't try to hug Anna with his teeth ;) Kia is a Belgian Malinois, not a German Shepherd. According to his handler, Kia is far superior to the other K-9...a German Shepherd. HA! Kia came from Holland, so his handler gives him commands in Dutch.</div>
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It didn't take long for him to decide he loved Anna and the muzzle came off! He actually went to Anna two or three times instead of me. She was happy to oblige with lots of love and pets!</div>
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The first exercise we saw was drug sniffing (all those pics are on my phone. I think there's actually only one...). Anna got to hide 4 or 5 different narcotics around the firehouse bay for Kia to find. It was really fun to watch Kia go to work--as soon as he walked into the building, he was a totally different dog. Alert and intense and focused. The next exercise put the decoy, Det. Joel, to work! He volunteered for this! He actually had to get special training because if you don't do it correctly, you can hurt or even kill the dog. For the first "suspect hunt", they set up in the firehouse with Det. Joel hiding behind a boat. Det. Hales brought Kia in and yelled his command for the suspect to show himself. As soon he started yelling, Kia started barking. And it is a fierce bark! You couldn't pay me enough to be a decoy!!! </div>
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I think she's enjoying herself!</div>
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It only took Kia about 30 seconds to find Det. Joel!</div>
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In these cases, the decoy will let go of the arm pad and a happy Kia walks away with a very big chew toy!</div>
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Det. Hales is giving his orders for the suspect to come out and Kia is chomping at the bit to get in there! This time, it took Kia about 60 seconds to find the decoy and he did it by jumping over a half-wall that was about 4.5 feet tall!!!</div>
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Next up, we headed to an old air strip for a mock car chase and foot pursuit of the "suspect"!! Anna got to ride along!!!</div>
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I've never seen dog run as fast as Kia. Wow!</div>
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It did not take long for Kia to catch up to his handler and pass him!</div>
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Closing in quickly on the "suspect"!</div>
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Got him!!</div>
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Takes him down in a split second, and he even loses a shoe! :)</div>
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The "suspect" with his "getaway driver" (also known as the other K-9 handler)!</div>
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I am so thankful for the GB PD and these two guys. They took a lot of time out of their day to make a little girl feel special and have a blast! They went above and beyond what we were expecting! It was fun to learn more about the K-9s and how they help keep us safe! We appreciate our law enforcement and are so blessed to have good guys like these on the force! </div>
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Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00788366751701598350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5275841729319042364.post-23968446991679968582016-08-31T08:54:00.000-05:002016-08-31T08:54:21.394-05:00Fun at the Lodge<div style="text-align: center;">
This year our family "vacation" was to our friends' place. They graciously allowed us to stay in their beautiful hunting lodge for 10 days. Aaron did some work while we were there, but it was still just relaxing to be in the middle of nowhere with just our family. It's probably my 2nd favorite place (after my grandparents' farm).</div>
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Beautiful scenery every day.</div>
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Anna's favorite part is that we usually get to take Sadie when we go! I think Sadie loves it just as much as we do!</div>
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I really miss having wide open spaces like this to watch the storms roll in.</div>
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I took a lot of evening walks after getting Grace to bed, with the dogs as company. Their driveway is about a mile long. So peaceful.</div>
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Grace loves to be outside, so she definitely enjoyed our "vacation"!</div>
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Part of the time we were there, our friends were gone on vacation. They have a little girl close to Grace's age that Grace just LOVES! While they were gone, Grace would constantly say "Go see Aaa-yin!" and want to walk down the driveway.</div>
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The kids' favorite thing to do is jump on the hay bales. I don't know what kid doesn't like that!</div>
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And this time, Sadie was able to jump up and join them!</div>
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One evening, the kids looked out the front window of the lodge and saw a mama deer and her baby!</div>
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Even more fun was that the cousins got to come stay for a couple days!! We had planned to keep them at our house while their mom had surgery, but then the surgery date got changed. Thankfully our friends didn't mind a couple extra kids. They had fun...just wait and see!!</div>
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Grandpa & Grandma dropped them off on their way home. It was fun to show them one of our favorite places, too.</div>
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Hunting for lizards and toads.</div>
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Toby found a TINY toad!</div>
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Waving bye-bye to Grandpa & Grandma</div>
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The Lodge has some really great hiding places!</div>
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Sometimes Grace isn't exactly nice to her friend Adilynn...haha!</div>
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Where we called home for 10 days (the main area, anyway). It's an absolutely beautiful place! Our friend does guided hunts, which is why they built this. We are blessed to have such good friends!</div>
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We "officially" started school today for the new year. We did a relaxed schedule of school all summer, so it's not really the "first" day ;) But we're back to our more normal school schedule of a day, so we had to get some pictures. Anna was like, "Mom, this isn't really our first day. Why do we have to take pictures??" Really, it's just so I can look back at each year and see how much they've changed. Which is a lot!</div>
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Sixth grade. I don't even know how that's possible!!!</div>
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Anna is doing a phenomenal job training her dog, Sadie (I should have taken some pictures of them together!). She talks about adopting a bunch of kids and dogs when she grows up. She also told me today that she hates to cook and would just eat an ice cube for lunch. I told her she better marry a chef, then!! Ha!</div>
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Isaac is in kindergarten this year. He is SO EXCITED to be doing "real" school with the big kids! He's done a great job all summer and really loves to "do school". </div>
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Third grade and about to eat us out of house & home! The way he's growing, I wouldn't be surprised if he inherited the tall gene from either side. His feet are quickly catching up to Anna's. I have a feeling he'll surpass her in height and shoe size before summer comes again!</div>
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Grace. Oh Grace. Can't believe she's almost 2!! She is a handful and does her fair share of terrorizing the house and everyone in it! I have more markings on my walls than I ever have. But she's so cute and sweet, she gets away with far more than she should! HA!!</div>
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In a run around the "race track" (our neighbor's square sidewalk)!</div>
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I thought it was really appropriate that our devotion this morning was about the Fruits of the Spirit...mainly patience! The Lord knows we all need a hefty dose of that when it comes to being together 24/7! :)</div>
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I love to go camping. Aaron isn't exactly a fan. I talked him into going in on a pop-up several years ago with some friends. I think he's regretted the decision since our first camping trip! We haven't had the best of luck!!! I've blogged about a couple of camping trips before. Our last one was a total disaster, although there were no trips to the hospital. Let's just say we were both ready to sell our half of the camper after that one! But we didn't...and we went back camping soon after! We just never learn, I guess!</div>
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This time-the weather was supposed to be nicer (meaning not get below freezing), we made sure the propane worked (working propane = heater and cooking), and we got there before it got dark. All an improvement from our last trip. The kids went exploring while we got everything set up and then we enjoyed a late supper...</div>
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I had planned something easy and quick because I knew it would be supper time when we got there--stir fry in the rice cooker with leftover ribs from Matt. It was a pretty tasty first meal!</div>
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Got everyone in bed and settled down pretty quickly. Out of nowhere, Grace starts with a croupy cough. Sounds TERRIBLE. I never go anywhere without the nebulizer anymore (and of course all my Young Living oils!) so I tried a breathing treatment, creating a little tent under the blankets since she was half asleep. It helped a little bit but the temperature was so back and forth in the camper (weather was much colder than forecasted!) so I think that made it worse for her. We camp in the middle of nowhere, literally. No running water. Closest down is about 20 min away and it's tiny. As I'm listening to her struggle to breath, I decided I should probably find out where the closest hospital is located... Thankfully I had enough cell service out there, I can look it up on my phone. 45 minutes. Yikes. Around 1am I decided to try taking her out in the cold air to see if that helps. She just cried and coughed and cried. Another dilemma...do we wake all the kids up and bring them with us or do I just take Grace myself? Because we also have the dog now, too! Camping trip, Wallman style...always an adventure!!! We decided I should just take her. I won't say how exactly I took her.......... But of course, we get 15 miles from the hospital and she's happy as could be, not coughing anymore. Still thick breathing, but nothing like before. I keep driving thinking I might as well since I've come this far already. 15 miles later and she's sound asleep, breathing normally. Of course!! So I turned around and went back to camp. I ended up sleeping in the car with her b/c I could regulate the temp better and she slept ok for a couple of hours. </div>
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A rough start to the morning for Grace and Isaac...he woke up cold and very angry. ha! Which, of course, woke up everyone else.</div>
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I got everyone settled down with breakfast and then they watched a movie and had graham crackers while they waited for it to warm up outside!</div>
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Day one was a lot better than night one! Ha! Kids enjoyed a lot of exploring and playing!</div>
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The boys decided that the limestone rocks they found were gold!</div>
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It is safe to say that Sadie LOVES it up there! So much to explore :)</div>
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While the boys were digging up gold, Anna was reading. Of course!</div>
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It's an old homestead, where we camp, on a friend's property. It's fun to explore, for sure!</div>
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Talking a mile a minute as we hike up the "mountain"!</div>
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A girl and her dog! Anna said she would just walk until she came to a fence! She probably walked 10+ miles!</div>
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Sunday morning Grace was up at 5am and I could not get her back to sleep. So we went for a little drive and then we watched the sun rise. What a magnificent sunrise it was!</div>
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So it started off pretty rough, but all in all, it was a good trip and we're okay with keeping the camper for the time being! ;)</div>
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I haven't blogged about Mr. Dave yet, so I'll explain briefly :) Mr. Dave works for Aaron and is a retired Navy submariner. He asked Aaron if the kids would be interested in helping him with his garden this spring/summer. I said only if I can help, too!! Come to find out, he's basically a master gardener! I've learned so much already, and it's only March! We had a warm snap in February with 80* days, so we planted spring crops early. Farmers Almanac also predicted an early spring, with Spring Equinox being March 19th this year. So we had a lot of fun getting the rows ready and planting seeds. We also got potatoes planted, which is something the kids have never done! Anyway, the kids adore Mr. Dave and I think the feeling is mutual! ;)</div>
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The other day, he asked if the kids would want to go check his trap lines at the creek and see if he caught any catfish. Of course they would! So Monday morning, we headed over to the garden and of course did some digging, weed pulling, and playing first, and then went to the creek. I've lived here for almost 15 years (WHAT?!? and that doesn't include college!) and I never knew this area was out there! It's awesome! I was really surprised at how clean the water is. Totally clear. It'll be fun to go this summer and let the kids play in the water! The kids were in heaven...</div>
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Time to check the first trap line! And there was a fish! Anna got to pull it in.</div>
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Second trap line had a fish, too! Isaac's turn (because Jacob was over at the other bank throwing rocks still!)...</div>
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But she did it! Jacob said "NO WAY! Anna! What's it feel like?"</div>
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Mr. Dave offered to clean the fish and bring it to me so we could have it for supper. I invited him to eat with us (he did all the work, after all!). I've never cooked catfish before and when he brought it over whole (tail and head off and skinned, of course), I had NO IDEA how to cut it up or filet it. My knives are not nearly sharp enough, either. So Aaron & I both tried and we finally gave up and waited for Mr. Dave to help us out! Haha!! What do you know, you can just fry it whole and it comes right off the bone! It was really good!!</div>
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The kids are ready to go fishing (and I'd much rather eat a fish from that water than the lake water!) again...now! ;) I'm excited for warm weather to come and stay so we can spend more time down there!!</div>
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A couple weeks ago, Dad (who has been very active in the Cruz campaign--he was Cruz's personal driver for about 5 weeks in Iowa and South Carolina) let me know Cruz was speaking in KC. That's not extremely close, but I figured it would be as close as he would get. Dad agreed to meet us there! I really did NOT want to be late, since I was going by myself with all the kids, so we left PLENTY early. We got there like 3 hours before the rally was to start! Ha!! The kids were AWESOME! It was at Johnson Co Community College, so the kids had fun exploring the building and climbing up and down stairs. I got interviewed (UGH!), which I'm pretty sure hit the cutting room floor (which is OK with me!!), the kids were photographed and videoed over & over...it was quite the experience! Thankfully, I brought the stroller for Grace and the kids all had books and Legos to keep them occupied as we stood in line for a couple hours. We were in the first 20 people, probably, so we got really close to the stage!</div>
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I've been involving the kids in a lot of this election. Anna has been especially interested. It helps that Papa is deeply involved, too! Anna watched a couple of the debates (before Trump become too vulgar...thankfully she missed his nasty remarks in the first debate.) So they were all really excited to get to see Cruz and hear him speak! I got a lot of comments about how well-behaved the kids were and how great it was that I brought them to the rally. I think it helped that they were honestly excited about it, and it wasn't something I was just dragging them to!</div>
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This is what I posted on Facebook after the rally...</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Ok, here's my take from the day yesterday, for anyone who cares...I usually stay away from politics on Facebook because people can't seem to discuss it civilly and usually say things they would never say to your face. I have enough drama with a 10.5 yr old daughter at home. I don't need Facebook drama. But this is important. So here goes...</span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Hands down, Ted Cruz is who this country needs in the White House. Why? He is the ONLY candidate (D or R) that has PROVEN commitment to the Constitution and the freedoms for which so many have fought and died. He is the only candidate that most people on the Hill hate, which means he doesn't play the Washington political game. What he campaigns on, he follows through with-and he's proven it with his time in the Senate and as AG for Texas. He is a man of sincere faith. He is wicked smart. I met him for 30 seconds, but dad has spent 5 weeks on the road with him and has spent many hours with him-not all in front of cameras "performing" (which is the same person he is off camera, by the way). He is real, honest, trustworthy, and a man of true integrity. He's the only one with a real plan for all the issues...taxes, immigration, freedom of religion, 2nd amendment, life... Rubio has lied about the Gang of 8 Amnesty deal and continues to lie about it. I don't trust someone who can't own up to their decisions. Trump is a freak show. 6 months ago he was a Democrat funding Hillary Clinton. He funded the Gang of 8. He changes his stance on issues more than a tired toddler at lunch time! He acts like a petulant, spoiled 12 year old. Not to mention his foul mouth. Not a man of decency that should be running this great nation. Take a look at the caucuses/primaries he's won...they've been open, meaning Dem or Rep can vote (what the point of that is, I have no idea)! He's just a dishonest, tantrum-throwing bully that doesn't deserve to even be in the running for such a prestigious office. To look at the other side of the race, Hillary should be in prison, for crying out loud! And Sanders is a total socialist. News flash...socialism has never worked out very well for a country... You can't just hand out "free" stuff. SOMEBODY has to pay for it! It's not free health care--you're paying for it in taxes! It's not free college. You think all those professors and staff members are going to start working for free??? Who's paying their salaries if the students aren't paying tuition?! Think, people! Did you know that when the Puritans first landed in America, after signing the Mayflower compact (because it wasn't just Puritans on the ship...there were also "Strangers"-people coming along for the adventure...there was almost a mutiny on the ship when they missed the Hudson River as their landing spot, so they came up with the Mayflower Compact), that some people wanted to change things and make everything "community"-everyone works together for the good of all. It's not my house because I built it, it's to be shared with everyone. Well, wouldn't you know it, some people started not pulling their weight. Why work hard when I can get the same things with less work? And wouldn't you know it, that caused problems. Sound familiar?? The difference is that William Bradford was smart enough to see that it wouldn't really work very well. So he put a stop to it and went back to the Mayflower Compact. SOCIALISM DOESN'T WORK!!! So there's my very short reasoning for why the other candidates are a train wreck for this country. </span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">We need someone who will stand up for the Constitution. Do people even know what the Constitution is anymore? Do people even know what it says?? We need someone who will stand up for the PEOPLE...you know, the ones that elect all those in Washington...the ones for whom they're supposed to be working...</span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">We need someone who will stand up to the Islamic terrorists that are trying to destroy us. We need someone that will STRENGTHEN our military, not weaken it. We need someone that will destroy the disastrous Iranian deal. We need someone that will repeal every bit of Obamacare (it's NOT free! Trust me...we've spent more on health insurance since the roll-out of that plan than we did for 3 deliveries combined!!). Cruz is the only one with a plan for all of that. And he's the only one I would trust to follow through on the plan. And just to be clear, Trump's "plan" for any of this...he doesn't have a plan! He just spouts off whatever comes to mind. "I've made millions of business deals. I'll take care of immigration. Easy." That's not a plan.</span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">This election is going to be a turning point for our country, I believe. For the sake of my children's future, it's incredibly important to me that we get the right man in the White House. That's why I made the drive to Kansas City and took all 4 kids with me. Was it totally fun for them? No-they spent 8 hrs in the car yesterday. We got home at 1am. They spent hours waiting in line. But we had some really good discussions on why it's important to be involved and why it matters who we elect as president. </span><br style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">PLEASE-do your own research on these candidates. Do not trust what main stream media tells you. They are not unbiased. What's the most important to you? Is it remaining true to the Constitution, a document that our founding fathers drew up and worked so hard to create? Is it keeping our freedoms for which so many have fought and died? If it is, Ted Cruz is the only candidate that can be trusted, that is tried and true at keeping his promises. And PLEASE...go vote in the caucus on Saturday (if you're in Kansas). VOTE-it's your right, your privilege, and most importantly your responsibility.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">I just can't say enough about why Cruz is the right one for our country. And since Dad has the inside track, he did some texting and we got to meet Cruz!!! The kids were BEYOND EXCITED!!! Jacob was downright giddy! But before this picture happened...oh man. That's a story in and of itself!! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">So the rally started over 30 minutes late (Dad said Cruz is often late because he won't tell people no...he's willing to stop and talk/take pictures with anyone that asks, until his people basically force him out of the place!). By the set up of the theatre, it didn't look like there would be a "meet & greet" after the speech. So Dad texted one the head guys on the campaign to find out if there would be any chance for us to meet him. Cruz had an interview with Fox right after the rally, so I really didn't think it would happen. I'd told the kids that we might not get to meet him, because I didn't want them to be disappointed if we couldn't. So Dad had texted "Mr. B"...all I knew what that he was texting someone...he didn't tell me anything about the conversation. I didn't see any </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;">possible way for us to meet him because the seats went all the way up to the stage. As Cruz was winding down his speech, Dad just said, "Get ready." I had no idea what he was doing...I assumed we would exit the theatre and catch Cruz outside somewhere. Grace & I were in the outside seat, with Anna next to me, then Papa, then the boys. As soon as Cruz was done, Dad said, "Follow me!" Well, I didn't think there was anywhere to go but out to the isle and up to the exit! So Anna and Isaac took off up the isle immediately (I'm still not sure how Isaac got out there! haha). I'm starting to leave and hear Dad say "Stop!" By the time I realized he wanted us to go the OTHER way, Anna & Isaac were almost to the end of the isle. Remember...we were at the very front of the theatre! I hollered at them and thought Anna heard me because she looked back, but she must not have seen me because she kept going. Thankfully she kept ahold of Isaac because there were over 2,500 people streaming out of that place!!! I lost them!!! I panicked and ran after them. Thankfully, they stayed at the doors. I had to push my way thru to get to them. Of course, everyone is hoping to catch Cruz on his way out, but he wasn't coming out that way. So we had all the volunteers yelling at people to clear the doorway, "He's not coming this way! You have to move!!" Dad called me and said "GET DOWN HERE! YOU'RE GOING TO MISS HIM!!" I'm thinking, "How on earth am I going to make it back down there?!" So I just grabbed the kids (I'm so glad Dad took Grace before I went to chase Anna & Isaac!!) and started pushing my way against the flow of 2,000+ people and kept saying, "My other 2 kids are still in there! I've got to get to my other kids!" I got a LOT of dirty looks, but I made it 4 rows from Dad and he was ALMOST to where Cruz was standing. He said "GET DOWN HERE!" And I'm thinking...oh man, we're going to have to crawl over these seats. There's no other way to get there quickly enough! So we did!! I basically threw Isaac over the first row, shoved Anna over, and climbed over myself. Anna lost a boot and I just yelled, "LEAVE IT! Keep going!!!" HA!!! We made it JUST as Dad was talking to Cruz. Someone told Cruz, "This is Cecil!" and Cruz looked at him and remembered him. So he handed Grace over (who was SO TIRED) and we squeezed in for a picture. We shook his hand, I thanked him and he said, "No, thank YOU." He asked Jacob what his name was (which Jacob thought was so awesome and Anna was jealous. haha!), we snapped a picture, and Cruz was swept away by his people. SO CRAZY!!! </span></span></div>
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This was probably a once in a lifetime experience for all of us. I don't know that we will ever get the opportunity to meet another presidential candidate (hopefully President!!). It was a powerful experience for the kids, especially Jacob and Anna. We had a lot of really great conversations there, and especially on the way home, about government and why it matters and why they should care and why we should all be involved and informed! </div>
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