tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12217933251802397542024-03-13T21:39:35.311-05:00Organized Chaos...Heath, Kelly, Turner, John Burke and CollinsThe Henderson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975979394047257264noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221793325180239754.post-7149391084515597472017-11-21T21:34:00.001-06:002017-11-21T21:34:21.509-06:00ABCs of Thanksgiving - 2017Wow - I am surprised I was able to pull this page up. Last week I remembered this annual post, and I just wasn't ready to let it go. It is the one time all year I put things down into words and post pictures. Why I can't do something monthly that would be more accurate - I don't know?! But, here goes:<br />
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A - Auburn</div>
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We will always love our Auburn Tigers!! Heath and I both grew up in big Auburn families and then met there. We got engaged there and met so many of our best friends there. Going back to games is so much more than if Auburn wins or loses - it is getting to see friends and families and feel a part of it all again. I am thankful that we get a taste of it each Fall and get to share it with our children.</div>
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Hanging with Lindsey's kids at the tailgate</div>
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Our favorite 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Smith - she walked by our tailgate and we snagged a picture. She was Turner's teacher last year and is John Burke's this year and was even an ADPi at Auburn (this is where I should insert a wink emoji - I haven't blogged much since emojis took over:))</div>
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We also love getting to spend time with great friends at Auburn games - this was right after the miraculous Auburn-Georgia game. War Eagle!!</div>
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B - BCS</div>
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We have loved our experience at Briarwood so far. I wondered how it would be going back there with my kids vs. when I was a student, and it is totally different. Of course. But it is such a blessing! Our kids have godly, kind, incredible teachers who love them - and that is hard to find! Not saying we could only find that at Briarwood, but blessed that we have so far!</div>
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In our BCS gear</div>
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Our very favorite part of BCS is having our GiGi teach there and keep an eye on us!</div>
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Some buds from John Burke' class last year</div>
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Eating Doodle's with friends on the last day of school in the Spring</div>
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2 of Turner's buds from his class - the one on the right is actually Heath's cousin's child and makes it extra special!! </div>
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C - Collins</div>
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This girl. Wow. She is growing up so much - yet about 7 minutes ago when I was trying to upload pictures for this blog right here, she climbed on top of me and insisted I hold her. She is dying to be big but also little at the same time, and I am soaking it up - though she wears me thin!! She is proving to be much more introverted than any other of our Henderson 5, and that is fascinating to me. She was playing with a group of kids at her brothers' football practice one night and all of a sudden insisted she needed to be alone. To the tune of shutting the door in one of the sweet little girl's faces. This is FOREIGN to me - but I am learning that she sometimes has to re-energize away from others. We did talk about not including slamming a car door in someone's face, though.</div>
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Elsa is a forever favorite and she sneaks into costume constantly. She also LOVES a good twirl dress!</div>
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She lives for ballet. This year she is also doing tap, and she is eating it all up!! I don't know where she came from - it is not from me, but I love watching her love it!</div>
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She is also my workout partner. I have been trying to do some video workouts at home when I am low on time, and she gets mad if I don't ask her to "do" them with me. She doesn't really use 5 pound weights - maybe those are mine;)</div>
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D - Day to Day</div>
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I am so thankful to spend my days with these 3. They can make me laugh, cry, and scream all within 5 minutes. I am loving their innocence they still have, knowing some things like all 3 watching a Disney movie "for Collins" won't last much longer.</div>
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They can fight like animals, but I also catch them loving on each other sometimes.</div>
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I am thankful to get to have Heath as my partner in daily parenting these crazies, even if that sometimes means escaping when he walks in the door from work.</div>
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E - Eclipse</div>
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This one is random, but I didn't want to forget something that made 2017 so unique. I checked the boys out of school so they could watch it, and glad I did because especially Turner was so into it!! I don't want to forget the mad run on the glasses that were blacked out, and the little crescent moons that were made in shadows on the ground.</div>
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Also, we watched it at the church with some of my favorite nursery friends. They were LOVING it and we were passing the glasses back and forth so we could all enjoy it.</div>
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F - Flag Football</div>
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John Burke was dying to play flag football this year. Turner - not so much. That is a glaring difference in the 2 of them. Heath and I went back and forth about Turner playing because the team was 2nd and 3rd grade boys, and that is the grades they are in. We sent him to tryouts and darn it if he didn't run kinda fast and pull some flags. Against his plans (which were to "relax all Fall" (eye roll)), we signed him up to play and they desperately needed another coach so Heath became the Head Coach. </div>
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We ended up all loving it and it was so fun to watch!! John Burke was the center and one of the only kids in the league who could actually pass the ball through his legs. Turner (when he cared or paid attention) was an awesome flag puller and dubbed himself the "Ambusher". Such a fun season and a great way to get to know other families.</div>
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Before the first game, another mom asked me if we had a run-through. I thought she meant some kind of coaching drill. Clearly I wasn't a cheerleader...so when she told me about it, I agreed to make one for the first game. Well, they loved it so much that I ended up making 8 or 9 more. I don't miss that part of the season, but I was glad to help them get pumped up!</div>
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G - Grandparents</div>
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Both sets of grandparents at a flag football playoff game. They were saints because it was frigid!!</div>
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Mom and Dad were able to come to Briarwood Grandparents' Day and visit the kids' classes.</div>
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With Pap and Tappy last Christmas</div>
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We also love our great Grannys. This one is Granny Fran and she is always hilarious!! Our other Granny Eloise has been sick, but we are lucky and thankful to still have both of them alive.</div>
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I found this old picture of our MeMe. We never forget her - and this picture summed her up so well with how she loved to play with the boys. Her anniversary in Heaven is coming up on Friday and it will be 6 years. I am thankful that the boys remember her and that they all 3 talk about her all the time!</div>
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H - Henderson cousins</div>
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Speaking of MeMe, her legacy lives on with these kids. Our kids love playing together, especially at the lake!</div>
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This year was a tough one for Covenant. Our pastor and another assistant pastor ended up leaving. We can see God's Sovereignty in it, but it was a tough time for sure!! In mid-October our church got an Interim Pastor and while we miss our old one, the Lord is blessing our church immensely in the guidance and leadership of our Interim Pastor. He will also help us find a new permanent pastor. </div>
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In the midst of all the hardship at Covenant, we still have such a community of believers and best friends that we love there and are SO grateful for!! The Lord was gracious to all involved, and I wanted to remember some times spent with some of our favorite church friends this past year.</div>
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The "big kids" at our Sunday School Easter Egg hunt</div>
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4th of July with these crazy cats - in a neighborhood parade!</div>
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Some of our favorite friends are MSU fans and came with us to the Auburn/MSU game</div>
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Our Easter picture this year - John Burke saw that suit at Belk and did not give up on it. No matter what I said, he was intent on wearing this suit and Turner was a good sport and wore one, too.</div>
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J - John Burke</div>
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This child broke the mold. I am just saying. I have always said about him that I have to hide from him sometimes when he is awake because he does NOT let up or leave me alone, but then I miss him when he is asleep!! He is extremely outgoing and dying to be athletic. He is tenacious and tries his best in sports. He is hilarious and inappropriate at times, and I must take credit for that part. Oops. I can make eye contact with him and he picks up on adult humor, but that can be a dangerous game! He loves school and playing outside with his friends, and he has a sweet heart when it comes to Bible stories and songs and verses. He is 7 and a half, but is like his dad and always rounds up his age.</div>
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He had a wonky front tooth that was turned to the side for weeks. Our dentist goes to church with us and he loves him, and we asked him one week at church to finally pull that thing out. Dr. Purvis was sweet enough to do it!!</div>
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Collins is in kindergarten at Covenant this year. Our last year at Covenant Day School. The end of an era. I am soaking up the time with her, since she only goes 9-1 each day. We are both getting prepared for her to be at school every day next year, and I am glad I have several more months before that happens.</div>
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Pop Pop was able to come and read with her at her Grandparents' Day at Covenant</div>
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Her sweet teachers Mrs. Cami and Mrs. Jennifer. They had a sock hop to celebrate the 50th day of kindergarten!</div>
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We love our sweet school and are so very thankful for it and how they love our children!! Cami (on the left) taught both boys kindergarten and Collins is blowing her mind at how different she is. See, Collins will obey and listen at school and maybe the boys weren't awesome at that. But she loved all of them in different ways!! Collins is DYING to learn all of her sight words and refuses to be left behind by her brothers.</div>
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Collins and Emma at their last Covenant Fall Festival</div>
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We are grateful that Pap and Tappy have a place at Lake Martin where we can go and play and fish and swim and ski and ride the boat and spend fun family time.</div>
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The Maui Mat was a new hit this year!</div>
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Hanging out and feeding the goats at Goat Island</div>
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Tube riding with cousins</div>
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Turner loving spending time on Goat Island with Uncle Jay</div>
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I am so thankful for Heath. This year I have been proud of him in all new ways. I love him as a husband and father, but I also got to watch him humbly lead in church matters and also lead kids as he coached basketball and football. I don't tell him enough, but I am grateful for him and our family!</div>
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Oh, and also his patience. I found these pictures today. This summer I was driving home one night, and talking to him on the phone when I swerved into a curb and popped 2 tires. Yikes. He heard it happen and knew immediately.</div>
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We had to get it towed and he had to come pick me up. It was tense for a minute, but he forgave me for it and was gracious about it. </div>
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I also found this today - a throwback photo to the night we celebrated our engagement. Babies.</div>
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We love our sweet neighbors. Mae Mae is a granddaughter of our neighbor 2 doors down and we love it when she and her sister and cousins come over!! Next to her is Mrs. Hedy and I don't have a picture with her, but she is wonderful and always spoils and surprises my kids with little gifts!</div>
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Our steady favorites, Mr. Ken and Mrs. Helen. I should have put their picture with grandparents, because that is how they treat our children. We are beyond thankful for them.</div>
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Their daughter got married this summer, so I got a dressed up picture with Helen.</div>
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O - Our Kids' Friends</div>
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It is so fun to meet new friends through our kids and get to spend time with them and their families</div>
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Collins is growing some friends at Briarwood, too</div>
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Her ride or dies - Sims and Mary Allison</div>
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P - Personal Savior</div>
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Our greatest gift and blessing is our personal Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We are so grateful for Him and how He loves us, even when we fail!! This season, I keep meditating on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 - "Be joyful always, pray continually and in all things give THANKS for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus." </div>
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Q - Questions </div>
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All day, every day these 3 ask hundreds of questions. I love watching their minds shape mentally, spiritually and socially, and I love that they still want to spend so much time with me and need to remember that more often!</div>
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R - Relationships</div>
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Okay, so in this phase of life relationships are more and more important. We are so so blessed to be surrounded by wonderful friends who love us, but will also speak truth to us!!</div>
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Girls' trip in February with my college friends</div>
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Just got back from New York City and celebrating Jami's 40th birthday. So fun!!</div>
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A somber picture because it was one of these guy's dad's funeral, but these are some of Heath's small group and best friends. They sharpen him and are gifts to us for sure!!</div>
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Mom Friends from Turner's class</div>
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S - Starr cousins</div>
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It is such a blessing and fun thing to have cousins that we are best friends with!</div>
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Beach trip at our favorite place in Orange Beach - so grateful to spend a week with this crazy crew who we adore!</div>
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Picture from Derek's wedding - Chloe and Brooklyn were still getting ready...and now they are due with another girl in April.</div>
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T - Turner</div>
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My firstborn will be 9 in 2 weeks. Nine!! I love his sweet spirit! He is abundantly kind and interested currently in all things Marvel comics. Luckily his uncle Derek can foster that!! He does not care for sports at all, he is more into movies. He has a sweet, sweet class and has made several new buddies this year. I am amazed how he is stepping up academically. He LOVES science and history and he is sailing through 3rd grade. What a blessing!! I am so proud of him, and never want to forget how he wakes up every day like a puppy dog - so happy to be alive!</div>
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Last year as Neil Armstrong with his best buddy Will at Famous American Day</div>
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Still rocking water skiing and everything water. He is part fish and lives to be in the water!</div>
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U - Unique</div>
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This Halloween picture sums up my kids so well. Gone are the days of a family theme at Halloween. But they knew what they wanted to be! Turner was Spiderman, John Burke a hot dog (really?!) and Collins was a Frozen Mermaid, coined by her. They all 3 were so confident in their choices and had so much fun!! I want them to be unique, and I love that they feel strongly doing so. I want that to last forever!</div>
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Collins loves a good face paint situation any time she can get it!</div>
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Turner at his birthday dinner last year, he got to help the Japanese chef</div>
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John Burke wore these Cam Newton socks to every football game. Against my desires. Also, I HATE this sleeveless shirt, but he is convinced that he looks amazing in it!</div>
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This guy doesn't care about the game, but instead used tape from the stands (for a half-time stunt) to become some sort of monster. I love that he doesn't care what people think, though that is hard as a parent sometimes for sure!! The Lord reminds me that these 3 are specifically created by Him. I am thankful that they are His children and I am constantly humbled by my own sin in trying to parent them. So thankful for God's GRACE!!</div>
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This picture is a special reminder of how God honors when we are vulnerable. I am a part of a Supper Club for Briarwood moms, and my friend asked me to host this past January. That is not my natural gift, and I finally sucked it up and did it. The Lord brought these sweet women to my imperfect home and we had a ball eating together and getting to know each other better. I am so thankful for friends who are vulnerable and will admit weakness and encourage me to do so as well!</div>
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I don't want to leave out that I still work at our church Mother's Day Out and LOVE it!! I love our team that leads the Nursery and MDO, and the ladies who serve there and love on our babies and toddlers. They keep me laughing, and I am thankful for the Lord's provision there.</div>
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Turner in second grade basketball, coached by Heath</div>
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Ballet is Collins' "sport"and this was from the Father-Daughter Dance for Briarwood Ballet. She was floating on a cloud!</div>
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Turner played Spring Lacrosse and loved it (once he gave it a chance!)</div>
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John Burke tried baseball for the first time and LOVED it!</div>
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The reason why I am so thankful for youth sports is for how their coaches loved them and trained them so well!! They gave of their time and got to know our kids' personalities and found the best way to challenge them and it has been such a blessing to be a part of!! So thankful for the lessons they are learning through sports and the godly men who are training them.</div>
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<br />The Henderson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975979394047257264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221793325180239754.post-40506433090082504792016-11-23T20:08:00.002-06:002016-11-23T20:08:29.049-06:00Thanksgiving ABCs - 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Oh blog, I have so ignored you. But I want to remember these things in our lives that are so fleeting, so I am sitting down and making myself record these. So far, 4+ hours in I remember why I never blog!! Here we go...</div>
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I am very thankful in this Thanksgiving season! The Lord has richly blessed us, and I want to remember in my annual ABC list - a throwback to my teaching days. I don't want to seem like things are rosy and rainbows are here every day - they certainly are not. But, this is a highlight of things I am thankful for, so it may seem extra cheesy 😉.</div>
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Dear Auburn, we love you. Even when you break our hearts - and I am enjoying writing this BEFORE the Iron Bowl because it could definitely be ugly this weekend. Heath reminded me early in the season this year that we don't love Auburn because they always win - um, good thing! We love it because so many great relationships and memories came from there. I love that my children love going to campus and to the football games. John Burke cried during the Texas A&M game this year because there was a threat of a storm and we parked across campus, so we left after half time. No way am I walking these fools across campus in a storm!! I love Auburn a LOT, but maybe not that much!!</div>
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Cousin fun in Auburn</div>
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They rolled Toomer's with us after the :01 second Iron Bowl game a couple of years ago, but they don't remember. A couple of weeks ago they had a chance again and loved it!! War Eagle!!</div>
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I love this school 💗. The boys are in first and second grade this year, and both teachers have been a perfect fit for them!! They are learning and growing academically for sure, but also spiritually. Turner is used to it, and John Burke has gotten adjusted to "big school." I thought I would be sadder when they are gone during the day, but they were very ready - and it helps to have their very own GiGi with them at school! </div>
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Oh this child is something else!! She loves everything girly right now - fixing her hair, trying on lip gloss and makeup (ahem - from my bathroom 😁). She loves to dress up and be silly and make up dances like from "her ballet." She usually wakes up happy, but wow when she doesn't it is a sight!! She lets me dress her up, and is just now starting to have opinions on what is "fancy" - like the other day when she insisted on wearing a polka dot shirt, tulle dress and patterned tights with sparkle shoes. I let her - but only because it is Thanksgiving week and I caved. </div>
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She is 4 3/4 (she told me uncle Derek told her what that was last weekend). I am part sad that she is almost 5, and part thrilled. It is fun to have my sidekick with me during the week while the boys are at school - I am not quite ready for her to be in big school yet!</div>
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Channeling her love for Elsa - her very favorite princess. This girl knows what she likes and what she doesn't, and she is my first child to get a good report every day in preschool. The boys definitely did not, but luckily have figured out how to behave at elementary school, for the most part. Hallelujah!!</div>
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This girl loves to dress up and has worn a leotard, princess dress or rockstar costume to dinner with friends more times than I care to admit. Last night she wore the rockstar costume and Heath made her put a long-sleeve shirt over it. As soon as we got to the restaurant, she "got hot" (as I expected), and just HAD to take the shirt off, of course. She feels very confident - so I make myself let it go!</div>
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Here she is with cousins Kate and Morgan getting a pedicure (or more cheaply known as a "polish change"). They did bright colors with patterns and were very proud of themselves!</div>
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She is enamored with coloring - specifically rainbow hearts. She has probably done 97 of these in the last couple of weeks. I draw the heart part and the lines, and she fills in with "beautiful rainbows." </div>
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We headed to Disney World for the second time in February. We had SO much fun - we stayed at the Wilderness Lodge this time, and it was a great fit. We booked our trip early enough that we were able to have a good mix of Star Wars, roller coasters and princesses. Here we are at dinner at Cinderella's Castle, and the boys sure didn't mind meeting all the princesses as well!</div>
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The best part to me about Disney is the uninterrupted time we get as a family. Heath joins us and gets to step away from work and we all leave the busyness of daily life to enjoy the craziness of Disney! It is so organized and that makes Heath happy 😍. I am ready to go back, but we will space it out like responsible adults, I guess.</div>
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We are so grateful to have family around us that we get to see and spend time with often. Here is John Burke with his favorite, Granny Fran. Those 2 are a mess together - he is named after her and has inherited some of her sassy personality for good or bad!! They laugh together and I love that they are close!</div>
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Starr family last Christmas</div>
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Another sweet great-grandmother, Heath's Granny Eloise</div>
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Starr cousins at our new favorite beach place - Turquoise in Orange Beach</div>
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Pap and Tappy and cousins at the lake last Thanksgiving</div>
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It is so fun to have cousins who are so close in age and enjoy each other so much!!</div>
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Heath and I both love relationships. I mean, who doesn't?? I don't want to take for granted all of the wonderful friends from past and present that we have that brighten our day and we can "do life" with.</div>
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Some of our Auburn favorites at Stephen's wedding in April in Highlands, NC = college reunion</div>
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A picture from a Sunday School party earlier this year - love these ladies!</div>
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I don't get many pictures of Heath with friends - oops. Here is one from a half marathon Heath ran in April in Nashville - 2 of his buddies from church that we got to spend the weekend with. The wives and I opted out of running the half this time, and I didn't hate it!!</div>
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We had a very spontaneous beach trip with friends this past June - 4 moms and 12 kids, and one night ended up with the kids in the pool in their clothes. They had a ball!</div>
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4th of July with friends at the lake</div>
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John Burke and one of his favorites from school and baseball - Lions in a Rebel world 😏</div>
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Turner and his best buddy Will from his class. Turner had a great first grade year, but didn't leave with a best friend. I prayed that the Lord would send someone just for him this year in his class, and man, did he deliver in Will and his sweet family!!</div>
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Collins and Sims - best friends since before birth. And crackheads. They shared a birthday party together this year at Let's Play - I love that they love each other so much!</div>
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We have some fun and very gracious grandparents that we get to play with often. I love how well they love my children, and how much my children adore them. </div>
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Gigi and Pop Pop - especially thankful that they have been to more child soccer and baseball games this season than I can count. That can't be that fun for them but it makes my kids' days to see them there!</div>
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Pap and Tappy - grateful for time with them, especially the hours skiing at the lake and cheering on the Auburn tigers</div>
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Pap had a benign tumor removed a couple of weeks ago - it was a little scary until we knew what it was, and we are grateful that it is out and he can move on!!</div>
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Tomorrow is 5 years since we lost our MeMe. She may not be here, but we think of her and miss her every single day. She was such a wonderful grandmother!!</div>
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I have a hard time being cheesy about my husband, but I am grateful for him. He leads us well, and puts up with a lot of insanity! </div>
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I love this picture - I caught it on the way out of her recital this Spring - totally unprompted</div>
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A very favorite thing of Heath's to do has been to teach the kids how to ski. So. many. hours. on the lake, but it has been worth it to watch them enjoy the water as much as their daddy and Pap!</div>
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I am exceedingly thankful for the influences on my children's lives when I am not around them (and even when I am!) These teachers at Covenant and at Briarwood as well as their coaches, Sunday School teachers, babysitters, etc. do a great job of pointing them to Christ and loving/correcting their hearts daily. </div>
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Mrs. Alison and Mrs. Caroline - Collins' 3's teachers and some of her very favorite people on the planet</div>
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Oh how Mrs. Cami and Ms. Ann Elizabeth loved John Burke. They were the BEST kindergarten teachers and he had a fabulous year!! I cried real tears on the last day of school - I couldn't get it together!!</div>
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Mrs. Bandy - Turner's saint of a first grade teacher who instilled in him a whole new level of confidence</div>
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Mrs. Tipps - John Burke's first grade teacher who has her thumb on him while seeming to enjoy him 👍</div>
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Mrs. Smith - Turner's second grade teacher who we adore. He tells me "second grade is VERY serious"</div>
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Mrs. Lori and Mrs. Angela - a great match for Collins</div>
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Mr. Hunter and Mrs. Stephanie - some of our favorite babysitters</div>
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J - John Burke</div>
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Y'all. This one broke the mold. I have always said about him that he drives me the most crazy during the day, but I miss him when he is asleep. This child is silly and extremely perceptive. I have learned that the hard way as I hear him say things that make me shudder. One day he was walking out of 5K. Each day, they made him slap a sight word on the doorway on the way out. This day the words were "Be" "That" "As". He hit them and shouted - "Be - that - as - HEY, that sounds like beat that a**." Insert all the giant-eyed emojis. Luckily, his teachers know his heart and were crying laughing telling me about it. </div>
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He loves animals and lately anything sports related</div>
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He has a special place in his heart for his Granny Fran</div>
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I came home to this one night. He was still awake because he didn't want to go to bed without helping Kina take her weave out while she was babysitting. Awesome. Kina is one of his very favorite peeps and she is WAY patient with him. I sent this in a text to my mom saying "things I really never thought I would see in my den"</div>
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John Burke loves a good time and loves people - especially the ladies. He is his mother's child, and I keep catching him reading the yearbook to learn new people at school. </div>
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He actually had a moment last night where he shared his fears/frustrations about being on the playground and not having someone to play with every time. I cried with him, and told him that that sometimes happens even when you are an adult. We were able to pray about it together, and I was glad he let this out of his little brain. He is more sensitive than I ever realized, and that is a downside to him being so perceptive. I love how he has taken first grade by storm, though I tend to forget these are all brand new friends in his class and sometimes he is going to struggle!</div>
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He also has a pretty mean temper - good thing I don't have a picture of that!! But mostly he is kind-hearted and the best helper of my children. As I type this, he is helping Heath strip down and clean up a turkey that they are putting on the smoker. Gross - better him than me.</div>
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Our next door neighbor, Helen. These 2 are best friends and she made him bacon almost every single morning last year. His early morning carpool schedule has put a dent in that, but I can still catch him hanging out at her house. She knows what a busy body he is - he can't entertain himself and she was smart to get him a tool set for Christmas last year. </div>
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Dog walking/sitting for a neighborhood dog, Zoe. He took it very seriously and we fed her twice a day for 2 weeks!</div>
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Gone are the days of babies around here, and I am soaking up these ages. I love that they are KIDS and becoming more independent. It is nice to not have nap time dictate our schedule - and they can do things like (almost) dress themselves daily, brush their teeth and hair, bathe themselves (nearly), etc. The second grade teacher in me is in my zone with these ages and I am trying to soak up the times before more attitudes take over.</div>
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We had such a fun summer in the water - at the pool, the lake, the beach. All are great swimmers (one of the only things my children master early), and we used it to our advantage!</div>
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A storm trooper, Elsa (again) and the Hawk from Iron Man for Halloween. These are my people 💕.</div>
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Just want to document one of the dark times last year - where I lost my durn mind. The boys and I got lice this exact time last year, and it has taken me this long to post the picture and get over the trauma. Somehow Collins escaped it - but she got her head oiled with the rest of us just as a precaution. </div>
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When I found out the boys had it, I called the number for Lice Centers of America in Cahaba Heights and left a frantic message on a Sunday night. They called me back, assured me I could begin over-the-counter treatment but that they would see me the next day. When I walked in, I was wide-eyed and at my wit's end, and they confirmed that I had it as well. I was relieved to hear that, and made the most of the quiet heat treatment they gave us. It was expensive, but I had the best peace of mind when we left there!! Heath and Collins got so lucky and avoided it altogether. That makes my head itch to write that - but trying to keep it real!</div>
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The most important thing this time of year (and any time of year) is our Savior, Jesus Christ. This past year we made our family verse Ephesians 2:10 - "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us."</div>
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Ken and Helen next door are like extra grandparents for our children and we couldn't be more thankful for them. They let us bust in their house all the time - and they watch our pet fish when we go out of town (though I am not above letting him swim on to the big ocean). </div>
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Mrs. Helen came to Collins' recital this year - they share a love of ballet. By the way, below is a picture of Collins' bun for her recital. It took me 40 minutes to do it - after an extensive training session and a LOT of clear rubber bands and hair spray, provided by Mrs. Helen. #girlmomtraining</div>
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This is our other next-door neighbor, Mrs. Hedy. She got the cutest basset hound puppy a couple of months ago named Lilly. She spoils my children on holidays and is always so joyful! Sometimes I am sad that we don't have little kids on our street, but then I am spoiled by the love of our adult friends who put up with riding toys and basketballs and costume changes daily.</div>
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This summer our friends the Densons lived with their in-laws for several weeks and had a new baby. My kids loved playing with baby Fuller and big sister, Mae Mae.</div>
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Oh also, this turkey was outside our window one random day this summer. We will count him as a neighbor, too!</div>
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Our church, Covenant, is definitely not perfect. But, we are continually blessed by it and how God uses it in our lives and teaches us through it. Our pastor has taught us so much about the value of community, and our church is definitely our favorite community!</div>
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Speaking of Covenant, we LOVE Covenant Day School!! This graduation picture cracked me up, and he was so proud to finish kindergarten in May.</div>
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Collins on the day of her Spring program last year. One thing I don't want to forget - Heath and I left town minutes after this to go to Highlands, NC for Stephen's wedding. We had just crossed the Georgia line when Dad called. He had Collins and John Burke with him, and was loading them in my car when he dropped my keys down a 10 foot storm drain. I was laughing, but John Burke and Collins were definitely not. They lost their minds in a full panic, and I heard them in the background. Dad was a great sport, but luckily my BFF Jami could come to the rescue. She picked the kids up from him and drove them to the house where our reliable neighbor, Mrs. Helen, used our house key to let her in the house and get a spare key to my car. She then delivered a shell-shocked John Burke and Collins back to my dad. Later that afternoon, uncle Derek helped Dad rig up fishing rod with a magnet and the keys were retrieved - a little wet, but still working!!</div>
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My big 4K girl - and my only child left at Covenant 😓</div>
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These kids crack me up. They are definitely Quirky little birds. Just a little while ago at dinner, I was cracking up because months ago Turner came up with a "family howl." This means they howl like wolves, and they don't stop until I join in and the 4 of us are in unison. It was owning me tonight because they were begging Heath and he would not engage. They are so random.</div>
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These 2 are the silliest together. They love hard, but they fight hard - often minutes apart. She was "being mommy" - and he had my shoes on, too. Then they used the ipad to record themselves acting like me. Oh, Lord.</div>
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Lately they have been playing basketball outside - I snapped this pajama/late night game a few weeks ago</div>
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Grateful that they have each other - sibling rivalry and all</div>
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A lot of this blog is overlapping, but part of me loving their independence is getting to do fun things like riding bikes! John Burke had a riding toy day at school on May 12th, and his teachers took off the training wheels on his bike and worked with him for hours. Then at the park, Jami rode around with him and he picked it up!</div>
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Not to be outdone, Turner learned the next day at my parents' house and it was a game changer for the summer!</div>
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They ride on land and on sea and all love to water ski!</div>
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On Father's Day weekend this year, Collins announced she was ready to try and popped up the first time! Sass on skis!</div>
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Another overlap, but our church community is one of our greatest blessings. We have been in our Sunday School class for almost 12 years. Couples have come and gone, and God has used so many of them to bless us. Here we were at Heath's small group Christmas party last year.</div>
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A picture of some of the kids at our Sunday school class Easter egg hunt. I need more pictures from things like this!! I am not sure how many kids represent our class, but it is well over 100!</div>
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My sweet oldest child. He doesn't care a thing about learning people's names (exact opposite of John Burke), but he is generally pretty happy!! Last year it was February and he came home talking about a new girl in his class named Ava who he was laughing with at school. I rolled my eyes - Ava had been in his class all year!! It drives me insane that he doesn't know names/make those connections, but I also love that he is oblivious!!</div>
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His very favorite thing is Star Wars. Here they were at Jedi training in Disney World - a favorite for both of them. I know zero about Star Wars, but Turner makes up for it with any kind of random Star Wars trivia. John Burke and Collins even seem to enjoy watching it with him. </div>
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We were at Story Time with Belle in Disney and he was chosen to be the prince. I love this because though he acted embarrassed, he loved every second. He still has an innocence about him that I am not ready for him to lose!</div>
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He cares very little about athletics (also opposite from John Burke), but he is truly a fish. He loves to be in water of any kind!</div>
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The 2 opposite brothers - they were giddy because I "let them" walk up to the upper deck with me. They are sad their seats aren't up there!! I had to explain that I never sat anywhere else until I was an Auburn student!!</div>
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Turner is getting more creative - this was on the back of one of his tests. He is about to start playing basketball - can you tell?</div>
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This represents Turner so well to me - smiling and carefree near the water!! </div>
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As I was typing this, I didn't want to forget the little things I am thankful for. Some silly - like a half and half tea with lemon from Chick-fil-A can literally change my mood immediately. And I will forever be in awe of DVR for my ridiculous tv shows - though I am pretty sure that has been around for at least a decade. Not lost on me. Iphones with picture quality has been life changing, and also emojis and the bitmojis with phrases/pictures/animation crack me up daily. Also, in the last couple of years I appreciate flavored coffee (heavy on the creamer, less on the coffee taste) and I have fallen in love with Hint flavored waters. Little, but fun for my day to day appreciation!</div>
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I mentioned I am loving the ages that my kids are now, and Heath and I are loving soaking it up with them - not that that means I am not yelling or angry during the day as well. We know this is a fleeting season, and we are loving it! Last week he and I were able to escape to New York for a few days, and we were also thankful for time away from our turkeys!! But our normal is being with them and all the chaos that entails!</div>
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I mentioned earlier how our summer was made up of being by the water 90 percent of the time - whether it was exploring at the lake, riding on Pap's boat, hanging out in the ocean or playing at GiGi and Pop Pop's or Lifetime pool.</div>
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Little Miss was determined to pass the swim test early in the summer. It means you have to swim the length of the pool without stopping or touching the sides or the bottom. It took practice, but she got it. And it meant she could be farther than 10 feet from me, so we were all celebrating!! 🎉🎉</div>
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The boys' soccer teams from this Spring. They were able to be on the same team for the Fall, but we didn't get a picture this time.</div>
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Ballet - her very favorite activity on Earth (she did not get that from me)</div>
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John Burke begged and begged to try baseball, so he did Fall ball this year and really enjoyed it.</div>
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Our steady babysitter, Yakina (or Kina)</div>
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This sums her up - I found this on my phone. She is always willing to play with them, and I cracked up when I found this.</div>
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Z - So I can't think of a Z word, so I will leave you with the memory of our beloved pug, Gordon. Hopefully I can keep up with our lives better in 2017!</div>
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Happy Thanksgiving - Christmas is coming!!!!</div>
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This one usually falls first, starting with A and all and having such a big place in our hearts this time of year! Even though Auburn is not playing very well this year, we have had so much fun going to games and taking the kids to one of our favorite places on Earth.<br />
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Some of our football section family - the Hendersons and the Nelsons</div>
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Homecoming Game - they made it happily until the 4th quarter!</div>
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The Iron Bowl might be ugly for us this year, but I would always rather be an Auburn tiger!! War Eagle!</div>
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Turner is a big first grader at Briarwood this year. He has had such a great first semester so far, and I am thrilled with that. He has the sweetest teacher who appreciates his little crazy self. It has been weird being back at Briarwood as a parent, but has been fun to reunite with old friends and make new ones. The Lord has been teaching me about being the new person again - since it has been a while since I have stepped out of my comfort zone. But, God provided a wonderful Bible Study on Thursdays with a great small group and an excuse to spy on my little first grader. I didn't think I was a helicopter mom until my baby was at a different campus, but I think I have adjusted now. I cried on the Meet the Teacher day because he didn't know anyone in his class, but that was crazy because he sure didn't care!! </div>
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Turner's precious teacher, Mrs. Bandy</div>
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Turner with a buddy on the hayride for his Pumpkin Patch field trip</div>
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This little Colley Wolley is officially a "three-nager." She is precious and kind and sweet half the time, and whiny and demanding and strong-willed the other half. She has shown me more about emotions than the boys ever will! She has her daddy wrapped around her finger, and while it has been sad to see her leave being a baby, she cracks me up every single day.</div>
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She prefers boys to girls, and her favorite friend is Sims, her "fest friend." </div>
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She is particular about wearing Minnie Mouse crocs that we got in Disney World almost 2 years ago, but I have stopped fighting her on it. She loves "appy juice", which is really cran-pomegranate juice. Random, but she can't live without it. She doesn't like for me to get out of her sight. Yesterday at a church picnic, I was inside eating and realized 10 minutes had gone by without her near me. Never fails, she was crying and being held by a friend outside the jumpies. She knows how to work it, because she was FINE!</div>
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Her favorite phrase these past several months has been "I big girl, I COLLINS!" She doesn't prefer nick names, and she does not want to be slighted in comparison to her brothers. She has an irrational fear of toilets that flush by themselves, and will jump off a toilet in a full panic if she hears a nearby potty flush. </div>
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She loves to eat hummus and guacamole and shares every bowl of soup I ever have - against my will. Also, she begs to use a porta-potty every time she sees one. That was a new one for me?! She will wait until soccer practice or a game for the boys and intentionally need to use it. So gross.</div>
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Her other best friend in this world is John Burke, but only until he gets to rough and she asks me daily "You beat him up??" She finally decided to potty train this summer - at 3 1/2, and then at the end of the summer graduated to a toddler bed. </div>
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Modeling her big girl bed - she is very proud of it</div>
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A few other phrases I hear from her a lot are "Don't recopy me", if the boys (mostly John Burke) are mocking her. She likes to say he is "eeskusking" and the other day she screamed in horror and said "Shawn-Burke (how she says his name) just kissed me. That is only for adults!!" Right on! She is a fighter, she is determined to be as big as her brothers and she also likes to snuggle. A fun - but trying - combination right now, but I wouldn't trade it!</div>
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One of the constants in our life since they were babies has been Covenant Day School (and Mother's Day Out and Nursery). This year Collins is in 3K and John Burke is in 5K, and they are having a ball! I am so grateful for this school and the kind teachers and their heart for the Lord. I choke up when I hear them humming or singing a praise song, or hear them retell a Bible story so innocently. They love going to school, and I so appreciate that!!</div>
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A picture from last May, the last day all 3 were enrolled there</div>
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Collins with one of her teachers, Mrs. Alison. Thankfully they appreciate her and claim she obeys at school - this look suggests otherwise.</div>
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Her other teacher, Mrs. Caroline. We ran into her in Auburn this weekend and Collins was way more excited than she let on! That stinker!</div>
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John Burke's teacher, Mrs. Cami, who had Turner last year. Talk about appreciating both of my boys and how different they are!</div>
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And Miss Ann Elizabeth. She is new this year, but has been able to keep her thumb right on this guy. This was the first day he met her. She was on the floor cutting something, and he said "How come Miss Ann Elizabeth is doing all the work and Mrs. Cami is just standing there talking?" Great start;)</div>
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This Fall, both boys tried out Briarwood soccer. They played a little bit last year, but this was our first time with Briarwood soccer and it was such a great experience! They each had great coaches, and even though they played in different age groups, they always practiced at the same place within 15 minutes of each other and their games were always at the same place within 30 minutes of each other. Yay!! I may not have been as enthusiastic if I were driving all around different days and times. Their coaches were great, and they both ended up scoring at their last couple of games. John Burke even learned how to trash talk, which I am not proud of!</div>
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Turner's team with Coach Jeff and other Coach Jeff</div>
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John Burke's team was smaller, but grew a little over the season with Coach Heather</div>
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Soccer Brothers for the win!!</div>
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And not to be left out, Collins started Briarwood Ballet on Thursdays. She has LOVED every second of it - I think she appreciates time away from "the brudders" as she says. She loves how girly it is, and has met sweet new little friends and has 2 incredible (and very patient) teachers. They make it so much fun!! She considers it her own private thing - she won't show me (or anyone) anything she learns in there. I occasionally overhear her say "up, together and down", but that is all I have picked up. Weirdo.</div>
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First day of ballet </div>
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Collins with sweet friends LC, K and AA</div>
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Last week I heard a speaker talking about the upcoming holidays and how important family time is, but also how important it is to prioritize time with our friends - who serve as our functional family. We are a pretty outgoing/extroverted family, and Heath and I definitely thrive on quality time with friends. I found some fun pictures from throughout this year with friends. But we are especially thankful for the people God has given us!!</div>
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My high school best friends </div>
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Some college besties - we need more weekends together</div>
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Some of our good buddies at the lake</div>
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Heath and some of his favorite guys at a friend's going away party</div>
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A work picture - but these are my best buds at MDO</div>
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God has blessed us abundantly with some wonderful grandparents. This past year we have had some great quality time with them, in town and out of town. Thank you, Lord, for these relationships our kids have. And, as every year, we miss our MeMe. She gets to be with Jesus, but we remember her often and know how much she loved them. Turner told Heath the other day on the way to school that he "felt a cool breeze and it made him realize how much MeMe was loving Heaven." That sweet little bird - I am glad he remembers her enough to miss her!</div>
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Hanging with Pap and Tappy in Tampa</div>
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Turner with his favorite part of Briarwood - seeing GiGi</div>
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John Burke's Grandparents' Day (Pap was in China)</div>
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Hanging with Pap in Auburn</div>
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MeMe with tiny baby Turner almost 7 years ago</div>
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I roll my eyes when people refer to the husbands as "the hubs." There was an awkward situation a few months ago when we were out at a bar and my friend Emily and I were approached by 2 older, sketchy guys. They started talking to us and we our husbands thought it would be funny to let it play out and act like they weren't with us. Good thing I yelled out something like "We are out with the hubs!" What?! We died laughing in the car -why did I say that? I was very appreciative of Heath right then - though I won't make it a pattern of the nickname.</div>
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I am not one to gush about "Hubs", but Heath has been such a wonderful husband for 11 1/2 years - wow we are getting old. He and I really are best friends, but we can make each other REALLY crazy, don't worry. He helps us point our marriage back to Christ constantly. </div>
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I love watching him lead our little family...even if eye rolling and laughing and yelling are commonplace...from all of us!</div>
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This was a heated pool and this was a sacrifice for him because I finally have reached a point when I can sit on the side and he was in the 50 degree March weather in the pool:)</div>
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This picture owns me because he was so uncomfortable and I was dying to get a picture before he got the snake off. He HATES snakes and it made me laugh a lot.</div>
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Thankful that he is a great daddy and I have him to do life with, though I don't brag on the hubs much:) (eye roll)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I - Investing in church family </span></div>
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We are the most thankful for our relationship with Christ and that He died to save us from our sins. We are also grateful and thankful for our church, Covenant. Sometimes being involved/working there means you see the warts and all, but we wouldn't trade it. So thankful that the Lord uses us and other sinners to glorify Him.<br />
One of our favorite things all year for fun and fellowship is Camp Covenant at Alpine in Mentone. This year it was FREEZING but we had so much fun - especially the kids, because they can run and play and climb and canoe all day long!</div>
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I tease Heath and call him Captain Covenant, but we are so grateful to worship and enjoy such fellowship at our wonderful church!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">J - John Burke</span></div>
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This boy. He is SO my child. He can make me insane and then crack me up in the same minute. He is persistent, strong-willed, extremely perceptive, mischievous...so many things. I always say about him that he drives me crazy when he is awake and then I miss him when he is asleep. </div>
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He is a wonderful helper. He is the only one of my children who I can trust to clean the car out or find my car keys or ask the neighbor for sugar, etc. In this picture he got cold in the car one morning taking Turner to school, so insisted that he wear my long sleeve shirt. So he still had it on when he got the trash can for me. </div>
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He is a neighborhood wanderer. There are not any kids on our street, but a couple of grandkids who visit often. As I type this, he is across the street playing with our new neighbor's grandson who he probably stalked in the driveway. Every single morning that I let him (or get too lazy to fight him), he heads to our neighbor Helen's house to chat and every afternoon I walk outside and yell his name and he meanders out of 1 of the 4 houses around us (all grandparent age). He will be social, even if there are no kids around! He refuses to watch a movie or play the iPad (Collins and Turner will), and is always on the go.</div>
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He loves praise songs and picks up on the words more than the other 2 do. Last week I kept overhearing him sing "Bless the Lord, oh my soul...and all that is within us, bless His holy name." </div>
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He is always thinking, the wheels always turning on how to get his way, but he will win you over with his charm. He loves to get in people's business (no clue where he got that;)), and has to know the name of everyone in the room. I am grateful for him and how tired he makes me:)</div>
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To piggy back on the post about John Burke, I am so grateful for Covenant Kindergarten. John Burke is in there now, and Turner was there last year and our family is so thankful for it! It is every day from 9-1, and I have loved being able to have them one more year before they really go to big school all day. He is in the routine of going daily, but I still get time with him in the morning and afternoon that I have lost now with Turner....even though it was time for Turner to go all day and will be next year for John Burke!</div>
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John Burke and his adorable friend at the 50's party to celebrate the 50th day of school. I love how Covenant does fun things like Grandparent Day and a trip to children's theodore (as John Burke calls it) and the Sock Hop. But I also love how they are able to work with them as 2 teachers on about 16 kids to really hit home with phonics and math and beginning reading. I also like being in the same building with them one more year!</div>
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A new fun thing this Summer was that Heath's dad bought a lake house in March. We spent several weekends there this summer, and are heading there for Thanksgiving. We have had a ball on the water - at Lake Martin and with friends at other lake places. </div>
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The boys are rocking the skis - Collins won't even try!</div>
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Riding the Gator - a very favorite of theirs. Thankful for the smiles and giggles the lake brings!</div>
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I love these little monkeys and the family God has me in. Being a mother is such a joy, and I always want to appreciate it. I know there will be several seasons along the way, and I am grateful that they are still all 3 loving me and the time we get to spend together. I know soon enough I won't matter nearly as much to them, so I am trying to soak it up...even with every spill and fight and sickness along the way!<br />
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Our street has really blossomed over the last year or two. It is almost complete with all houses being built on it. We had a neighborhood bonfire at the end of October and it was so fun to hang out with existing neighbors and meet new ones. I am proud of our little neighborhood that people are reaching out and meeting each other more!<br />
Every single day I am so so thankful for Mr. Ken and Mrs. Helen. We have 4 or 5 other wonderful neighbors right around us, too, but the Holcombs are like family. </div>
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Collins with Mr. Ken. She won't go to many people very easily or without making them work for it, but she has always taken to him. He lets my kids run over him, jump on him, ask him God knows what questions, and he always shows them patience and loves on them!</div>
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Every single morning John Burke really does head to Mrs. Helen's house around 7:15. He prefers the breakfast she makes (usually bacon is involved) way more than mine. He has just recently been determined that he would learn to tie his shoe before Turner and Mrs. Helen taught him how and they practiced for days! He got it! They read stories with him, and even better they listen to stories - true and outlandish - when I can't hear another word. He got mad at me today and told me that he was glad Mrs. Helen was his best friend, because I wasn't anymore. They are EXCEEDINGLY patient with us - and are always so kind to watch our fish or get our mail or even push my car out of the garage when it won't start. Thank you, Lord, for these precious neighbors!</div>
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This spring we added a play set to our backyard. We had talked about it for several months, and it has been such a great addition!! They play outside every day, and it is so nice to have somewhere to send them in the back yard now.</div>
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The pool is another thing our family loves year round (when I muster the energy for the inside pool....Collins has been begging me for weeks!) All 3 of my monkeys can spend hours in the water, and they are little fish! It gets us through the summer for sure, and hopefully they will learn more skills this year in the water. </div>
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And God bless Pop Pop for all the swimming he does with them - at the beach and at their house. Collins just saw me writing this and asked to go back there right now.</div>
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Hanging with his buddy Watson at the rainbow slide by the pool</div>
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And jumping off the high dive at our fun new pool find in Cullman </div>
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with Cameron and baby Missy and Tappy in Tampa</div>
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Henderson cousins last Christmas</div>
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GiGi with 6 of the 7 in their shirts from Alaska</div>
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Pop Pop and Chloe with us</div>
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Starr cousins with uncle Derek</div>
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Hanging with Ellie and Hazel in Atlanta for lunch</div>
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Collins with Kate and Morgan</div>
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Heath's small group Christmas party last year...it was a murder mystery dinner</div>
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Turner. My big first grader. He is so very kind. He wakes up happy and he stays that way almost all the way through the day. He is passionate about Legos, and will engage anyone who will listen in a mostly one-sided conversation about Jedis, light sabers and other things I am completely clueless about. </div>
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He is so proud that he is in big school now, and is loving it! Thankfully! He just now, in November, knows the names of some of the girls in his class. He kills me. Every day when he gets in the car I make him tell me the names of people he ate lunch with or played with on the playground in hopes that he will pay attention to names. He doesn't care, though.</div>
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He still likes to snuggle. He likes to lay in bed with me and get me to warm his cold feet, and I am not ready for him to grow out of that yet. He loves to give me hugs and bounds out to the car every day from school with a big smile, excited to see us. </div>
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He lost his first tooth a couple of weeks ago and was SO proud of himself, though we couldn't get a good picture. </div>
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Bottom middle - the dentist promised us he would be almost 7 when he lost it, and he was right!</div>
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He fiercely loves his family - immediate and beyond. <br />
This past year he has gotten on medicine for ADHD and it has been a journey through different medicine, but he has taken off academically! So glad that we have found something that helps him turn his ears on...hallelujah!<br />
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I love that he is listening to so much more at school now, and he is soaking up things like a sponge...especially science and social studies and Bible stories. He is my sweet little spastic boy, and I am so proud of him!</div>
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These 2. They are best friends and mortal enemies every single day. They play and play and laugh and fight and hit, but can't live without the other one. Both are sad when Turner gets to leave and be at Briarwood, but then gang up on me with their schemes and giggles and get over it with evil grins and messes.</div>
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Watching the house across the street from us being built. John Burke made sure he met and followed every single worker on that house.</div>
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I love that they have each other - even though he can frustrate her to the point where she screams at a pitch so high that I am certain only dogs can hear it! He tries to boss her around all the time, and she is NOT having it...a very strong-willed combination, but I love that they have this unique bond.</div>
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We started the new year this year in Tampa and a visit to Lego Land...and to watch the Auburn tigers lose in the Outback Bowl</div>
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We went to the beach several times - always a favorite...and the lake as I mentioned earlier</div>
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Our annual mountain trip. So fun! These vacations are not huge, but are a great way to hang out and spend quality time together and we are grateful for little getaways!</div>
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This girl on the right is truly a part of our family. Yakina Bass - Kina to us. John Burke still insists she is his girlfriend. She knows and loves us so well, and is always there when I need her. I still remember calling her from the grocery store when Turner was 1 and asking what I should buy him to eat because I had no clue and she fed him at school! She and the other nursery ladies are such an extension of our family, and I am so grateful for them and what all they teach me and how they serve our family and our church.</div>
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<br />The Henderson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975979394047257264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221793325180239754.post-17000526264648556302015-08-17T06:53:00.001-05:002015-08-17T06:53:05.378-05:00Goodbye Sweet Summer!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We have had SUCH a fun summer!! So much sunshine, swimming, playing and family togetherness, including 3 kids fighting like little animals sometimes. But it has shown me that I have little kids now, no more babies...and it has been a fun adjustment! I should have blogged since May, so I am going to sum up summer in photos so we can move on to school starting on Tuesday. I don't want to forget how much fun we had!!</div>
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We started the summer with a trip to Orange Beach with the Starr family - here is GiGi with 5 of the 7 grandkids</div>
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Sweet cousin time - I love that our kids are so close in age and have so much fun together</div>
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Uncle Derek is SO fun - the kids loved playing in the ocean, sand, pool, dock - all of it</div>
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On Memorial Day, my aunt and uncle had us over to their fabulous house in Ono Island. For the second year in a row, they hosted a treasure hunt for the kids and we were able to swim and jump and catch crabs and ride on the boat. A dream for all of us!</div>
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Such a fun Memorial Day with Barbara and Jim and family!</div>
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Luckily there was an indoor pool at the condo when it rained, and Pop Pop was so fun to swim with...until an unfortunate incident involving a fire alarm. This guilty fool still claims he didn't pull it, but I guess we will find out in Heaven what really happened.</div>
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The fire department seemed to think it was pulled a floor down, but I think John Burke learned his lesson...I hope. He yelled "Fire!" in the middle of the Chick-fil-A playground later that day, so maybe not. That child!!!</div>
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That experience earned all the adults a drink at our favorite place in Orange Beach</div>
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Collins one night at Tacky Jacks - we successfully wore her out and she slept upright all through dinner. I did not hate it.</div>
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I would say the boys' favorite thing of the whole summer was going to Day Camp at Camp Briarwood. They had THE BEST time. This was their group - I didn't see them much that week. I dropped them off at 8:30 and picked them up at 3:15, and they were thrilled to be outside swimming, shooting bb guns and bows and arrows, canoeing, hiking and singing and learning more about Jesus. Can't wait for them to go back next year!</div>
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Another highlight in June was when John Burke caught up with Turner and passed the swim test at Lifetime. This meant he could go farther than 10 feet from me and have more freedom, so I was cheering him on the most! He tried it 6 times and finally found the courage to get to the other end of the pool. He is my only child who shows any caution (or fear) in the water, and he swam like a fish all summer. </div>
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My favorite people on Father's Day. We also said goodbye to my parents that weekend before they traveled to Alaska for 3 weeks for their 40th anniversary</div>
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We loved the Itty Bitty Magic City at the McWane Center all summer </div>
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John Burke's favorite thing in the afternoons was watching the "builder mans" finish the house across the street from us. I should know the construction men by name for how many times they have dragged him out of the house and yard for me.</div>
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A play date with my high school best friends and our 11 kids - so fun!</div>
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We spent the 4th of July weekend swimming with friends at Hoover Country Club and watching fireworks </div>
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In the middle of July, GiGi and Pop Pop returned from their trek to Alaska and brought us all some sweet t-shirts. We were very glad when they came back!!</div>
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Then we headed to the beach one more time, this time to Panama City. This year we took the kids to Shipwreck Island. So many childhood memories there for Heath and for me, and I think we found a new tradition for the beach.</div>
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We met some friends at the Alys Beach splash pad and had some donuts and then met one of our favorite babysitters who has been working in Seaside all summer.</div>
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On the way home, we stopped to see cousins Hazel and Ellie in Atlanta and wished Hazel a happy first birthday. More fun time with cousins!</div>
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The last couple of weeks we have been kissing summer goodbye with trips to the pool (so many hours spent there this summer both at Lifetime and at my parents' house) and we even went to the zoo and Cullman Aquatics Center. So fun. Also, I took Kate, Morgan and Collins to get manis and pedis. Hilarious and they loved it. They sat much quieter than Turner or John Burke ever could.</div>
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Check out this slide in Cullman!!</div>
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Goodbye sweet summer! I sure do love summer, and hate to see it end, but time for school to start! Watch out world, Turner is going to first grade at "big school" and John Burke will be in kindergarten at Covenant and will go 5 days a week for the first time. Collins will be in 3K, and is very content spending as much time with me as possible. Which I love...most of the time. My babies are growing up, here comes Fall!!</div>
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John Burke turned 5 years old on April 28th. That Thursday afterwards we had an "animal party" to celebrate. He changed his mind SEVERAL times over the last few months - a Build a Bear, a baseball party (we don't play baseball?), and I can't even remember what else, but we landed finally on an animal party. We booked our youth room at church, because John Burke is my child and wanted every single person in his class plus extra friends plus siblings to come, and I didn't have the energy to do that at my house!</div>
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We had Ed's Pet World come, with their star Sebastian to entertain and enlighten the kids about all the animals. About a week before, I also called a local balloon man to come for the party favors. The ambiance was unreal:)</div>
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Watching Mr. Sebastian pull the animals from his magic suitcases</div>
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Heath may be smiling, but he was REALLY uncomfortable and I was glad I was able to catch him facing his snake fear. Hilarious.</div>
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This is Mr. Tyrone, the head maintenance man at church. This was as close as he would get to the party - staring thru the window in disbelief. He thought I was insane.</div>
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Mr. Sebastian even gave John Burke his own betta fish for his birthday. More on that in a minute.</div>
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After the animal show and a lot of hand sanitizer, the kids settled in for pizza and cupcakes with animal gummies and animal crackers, of course.</div>
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Finally, the kids gathered their balloon man party favors and then played a game outside called "Chase my tail", much like Capture the Flag.</div>
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Our sweet next door neighbors came for all of the excitement, and that was very kind of them to participate in the chaos!</div>
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We sure do love our wild animal 5 year old!!</div>
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Funny story about the betta fish. When we came home, I let the kids open all of the presents while attempting to record who they were from. I made them do this outside because it was such a pretty day. Meanwhile, the new fish was hanging in his tank inside. John Burke and I walked into this scene, Goldie Red Fish (or whatever his name is today) was on the floor and Collins was looking very guilty. Turns out, she had knocked him on the floor but didn't want to tell anyone. John Burke began panicking and screaming and eventually punched Collins in the back, because it had probably been 20 minutes and she wasn't talking. I was trying to calm everyone down, and darn it if John Burke didn't poke the thing and he started moving!! He put it back in his bowl, added some water, and the thing is still happily swimming almost a month later!!</div>
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Heath's dad got John Burke a much less emotional-roller-coaster kind of gift, a new bike! Collins somehow weaseled me into getting her one, too, while we picked it out. They have been loving them!!</div>
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His birthday was a week-long celebration. The night before his birthday, the boys had a tennis showcase. They have taken tennis all year and were able to show us their moves, hence the medals on their necks. Afterwards, John Burke picked Chuy's for his family dinner, and I was happy with that!</div>
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On his actual birthday, Heath had to go out of town. So we headed to "the place where they cook the food on the table" for his birthday dinner with GiGi, Pop Pop and Uncle Derek. </div>
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That weekend, pretty unrelated to his birthday, we finally decided to bite the bullet on a play set for our backyard. We have this lovely hill that Turner is posing in front of, so we have been ignoring putting one in the yard, hoping to save space. Finally, Heath figured out a way that we could get it built into the hill and not take up the whole yard, and John Burke thinks it was for his birthday, so we went with that:) In reality, I started looking into it at Christmas and then sort of got lazy, so Heath took over and got it done!</div>
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Tada!! We are in love! Backyard Adventures, a local place, was able to build it into the hill, and we are all enjoying it!</div>
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A couple of mornings ago, it was about 6:20 and I heard a noise in our backyard. I knew Turner was up (that is early for him luckily), and this was what I saw in the yard. He is so crazy! Swinging in his pajamas, blissfully enjoying the sprinkler!!! Pure joy for him! </div>
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Anyway, our new 5 year old is loving the play set - we all are!!</div>
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In other exciting news, Turner graduated 5 year old kindergarten on May 13th! He actually still had school until yesterday, but that was his big graduation day. Of course my big camera was out of battery, but I was able to get some good ones on my phone.</div>
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Here he was with a speaking part - he had a speaking part and a small solo and they were so sweet!</div>
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After a wardrobe change - they were so cute in their cap and gown</div>
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Turner's cheering section. They had a lunch for the graduates right afterwards. I definitely teared up the entire program, because I was so proud of these kids. I have known a majority of them since they were babies, and they are getting so big! They were able to quote Scripture, sing to the Lord and look old in their caps and gowns! </div>
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Turner with his precious teachers, Cami and Melanie. Thankful for them!!</div>
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And a sweet one with his buddy, Alex right after the ceremony</div>
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A picture of Turner from September of 2009, his first day of Mother's Day Out. And then as a big 6 year old, heading to first grade. I don't do change well, but he is so excited and so am I! We were blessed beyond measure to have a phenomenal preschool that pointed him to Christ and fostered his growth in such great ways! Glad I still have 2 more there, not done with Covenant Day School yet!</div>
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Finally, a last picture of all 3 being at the same school for a while. We took this yesterday to commemorate the last day of 2K, 4K and 5K. They are getting big, and I definitely have mixed emotions about that!! Thankful for my "biggish" kids and SO glad it is SUMMER!!!!</div>
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Starting back in February....that was a LONG month! Last year we went to Disney during February and it was so fabulous, so major bummer to not have a trip planned this year. The first weekend I did go on a women's retreat with church for the night and John Burke and Collins both got the stomach bug. Heath did a great job cleaning a LOT of messes that weekend. Then, 2 days later Turner got it and kept it for 6 days. He didn't throw up the whole time - in fact, he would go almost 48 hours and then throw up again. It is my nightmare to stay at home that long, but luckily I only got a touch of it and Heath avoided it altogether. Collins and John Burke were able to get back to school for their Valentine's parties, but Turner and I stayed home. Again. Wow, I hate winter! SO glad it is spring now!<br />
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3 little sickies. They look okay, but 5 seconds later Turner threw up everywhere</div>
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I forgot - the day before Collins and John Burke got sick, Turner's kindergarten class put on a Sweetheart Tea for the moms. It was so cute. They sang to us, served us snacks and danced with us. It was adorable and I loved some one-on-one time with him.</div>
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They also gave us hats to wear. Very cute.</div>
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John Burke writing his Valentine's cards - he loves a party of any kind </div>
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Turner's valentines - wanted to remember his handwriting</div>
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Their sweet card to me - the only high point of February. I may be acting a little dramatic now that I think back on it:)</div>
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February ended with Turner's first school report. He read a few lines about Abraham Lincoln, and insisted on taking this picture because "Lincoln didn't like to smile" </div>
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We also celebrated GiGi and Pop Pop's birthdays, and Uncle Derek's. But somehow this is the only picture we got! At Mom's birthday dinner, Turner had been 2 days throw up free and then vomited all over the table. No pictures from that sweet memory.</div>
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March came and Turner took his test to get in Briarwood on March 7th. A day that I agonized over and prayed a lot about because Turner is such a silly bird. Of COURSE he talked during his test (he is my child) and had to be moved, and it got noted on his test booklet. But, plus side - he was just leisurely chatting with his friend from school about the green Ninjago lego something or other. So, he wasn't anxious?! I was downstairs tearing up as I met the principal, because again - Turner makes me sweat! This picture was the best I got. Turkey. Luckily, we got his acceptance letter on April 7th and he will - Lord willing - start first grade in August!</div>
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In March my mood lightened a TON. I didn't realize I struggled with seasonal blues until the sun came out and I got out of my funk. Hallelujah! We actually got to meet some new sweet neighbors, and got these stir crazy fools outside in the fresh air.</div>
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They claimed they were going on a trip. Next winter I will make that happen!</div>
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These 2 are very best friends. They wake up looking for the other, and then proceed to either act silly together or fight and have to separate. They are wildcats.</div>
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Collins had her Spring program near the end of March. I didn't even tell the grandparents to come support the little diva, because I was certain that she would not perform.</div>
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One of the only smiles I saw from her the whole program. Shady little ladybug. </div>
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This picture is the only one I got of her participating. She would not sing nor would she look my way at all. That weasel. Glad I didn't gather up a team to come watch her!!</div>
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Pap came through town one night and we met him for a snack at Chick-fil-A. The next morning he told us some fabulous news - he and Tappy bought a lake house, and we are so excited about playing there!</div>
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In my stir crazy February, I started making plans and lunch and dinner and play dates, determined to get out more! One very fun night was reuniting with my high school best friends. It was so great, and I treasure my time with them!</div>
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Then Lindsey and her kids came in town for their Spring Break, so we skipped school one day and played with them. We saw a movie and had fun bunny pictures taken with one of my former students. </div>
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My friend Lauren (freshgracephotography.com) took some "official" Spring/Easter pictures for us, too in March.</div>
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Then it was time for our SPRING BREAK!!! We didn't really have a set plan, and a couple of weeks before Heath told me that he needed to work down at the beach. So, we headed down with him to Pap's place in Panama City.</div>
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We did travel for work with Heath to Mobile and had a fun night with some wonderful friends who have moved there. Somehow I didn't get any pictures?! But, we also drove to Heath's sister's house in Spanish Fort and visited them. Baby Missy is adorable - though she looks a little put out in this picture!! John Burke is obsessed with her, and Collins continues to be jealous of any attention she gets.</div>
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Our first true morning at the beach started out a little chilly, so we headed to Publix to grab groceries. The seafood man was extremely generous and let us pet the lobsters there. They loved it!</div>
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That afternoon it hit 61 degrees and luckily Heath got in to swim and I supervised while reading a book. It was glorious!!</div>
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Turner is truly part fish. He played in the ocean for almost 30 minutes, completely unfazed.</div>
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Until I had to wrap him up in my shirt and hold him while he was almost blue from the freezing water. Crazy!</div>
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The next day GiGi and Pop Pop met us and I had to document my mom in the water. It is rare.</div>
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It was shockingly warm the rest of the week and I enjoyed not being in the blazing sun like the rest of the summer.</div>
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The kids played putt putt for the first time and we had so much fun. Heath and I tied, just needed to remember that. I got a hole in one, but then dangit, he got two!!</div>
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We met some fun friends from Sunday School at Baytowne</div>
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Overall, a very relaxing Spring Break for sure!!</div>
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The Saturday before Easter we headed down to the lake to see Pap and Tappy's new place. But first, Collins' dress arrived at 9 a.m. via FedEx. 24 hours before Easter. Nothing like cutting it close! I promise I ordered it on January 3rd...and was just glad it came!!</div>
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View from Pap's boat - game changer for the summer I hope!!</div>
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And then it was Easter Sunday. What a beautiful day to celebrate our Risen Savior!!</div>
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Heath and I were working the first service at 8 a.m., so I pulled out all the stops to grab a picture around 7:20 that morning. I knew their Easter luster wouldn't last, and I didn't want the day to be about looking perfect. It was nice to get to church, work that service and then we were able to worship at the second service. So grateful that Christ rose from the grave!!</div>
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After church, we headed to Mom and Dad's for lunch and Collins was OVER the pictures but I thought this was a sweet one with the boys.</div>
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She did give Heath some love. He is wrapped around her finger, by the way.</div>
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We had a great lunch and then an Easter Egg hunt with cousin Chloe.</div>
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Happy Easter 2015!</div>
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The next weekend I was SO excited to meet up with college best friends for a girl's weekend. We rarely can all make it work, so it was a near miracle to meet up in Auburn for time to hang out and talk and eat and laugh until we cried. Threw in these doozies that Ann brought. Are you jealous of our pants??</div>
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Of course we had to go by the new dorms. They have it so nice in the Village! However, they are very secure so we had to find some sweet, unsuspecting college girls to let us in. At first I tried to downplay the event and not go in, but then the love and nostalgia got the best of me and I chased some sweet girls out of an elevator and they were nice enough to show us around. We visited the composite from our senior year and the chapter room. I promised these sweet girls that they would do the same one day. I hope?!</div>
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Of course Amsterdam was on our agenda!</div>
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Wow - that brings us to last week. We have been loving the sunshine and playing outside daily. Collins is obsessed with pigtails (which I am not blessed with the gift of being able to do very well) and riding her scooter. Also, she loves her new gold sandals she got for Easter, but only because I act like I hate them. The reverse psychology is starting early over here!</div>
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Heath and I headed out of town again last weekend, and Mom and Dad graciously kept them. Mom was already at a wedding shower when we returned, so we snapped this with Dad. The day before he took them to feed the fish at a nearby office building. Evidently Turner and John Burke ran ahead and while he was looking at them, he heard a plunk in the water. Collins fell in. I am glad I missed that panic attack, Dad said it was epic. So, they kept them on their toes for sure. John Burke told me that Dad took his t-shirt off and wrapped it around a hysterical Collins. I so wish I had seen that play out, and I owe Mom and Dad big time!</div>
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John Burke and Collins love to role play as "Kelly" and "Heath" - they refuse sometimes to answer to anything else and it really does freak me out and crack me up at the same time</div>
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Collins has a newborn cry that she likes to do. You see, she is growing up so much, but she also will not let go of being the baby. Her newborn cry really does sound like a baby!</div>
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I took Turner to Briarwood one day to sign up for camp this summer. I got really nervous in the parking lot, as I realized that my comfort zone really is Covenant and things are about to change! I don't do change well. Turner panicked in the car thinking it was the first day of first grade, and I was able to play cool. When we walked in, Laurahelen's niece walked by - thank the Lord. I needed a familiar face. We waved furiously at her and she waved back. Then Turner said "Wow!! These kids look 16!" He was in amazement. Like he even knows what 16 looks like. But it made me giggle.</div>
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John Burke announced one day that he would like to go bungee jumping in the near future, and he decided he was going to take his cousins Kate and Blake. Um, no. He is wild enough without the bungee jumping.</div>
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Also, he loves that song "Black Widow Baby" - but he is convinced that they are saying "Black Little Baby" and I don't want to correct him. I also didn't correct when he called squirrels "squoils" - it was just so cute.</div>
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Collins LOVES her name. If you say "Are you tired? Hungry? a big girl?" etc. she will insist that she is COLLINS! Collins Hen..son. She hasn't mastered our last name yet.</div>
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She also thinks that it is hilarious to burp, but she will insist "i not burr!!"</div>
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Turner loves to talk about Auburn, but he and John Burke both call it "Arburn." Also, Turner hasn't mastered his "th" sound, so he says "fird" instead of "third" and it drives John Burke crazy.</div>
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John Burke is insistent that he will be President Obama next year when he is in Kindergarten and learns about historical characters. Evidently, he tuned in on the President unit at school and loves to hear his name on the news. Abraham Lincoln was a little easier to dress I think:)</div>
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Finally, John Burke and Collins love to watch the "doctor show" with me every Friday. Um, that is Grey's Anatomy. Very appropriate for them. Or not. I fast forward thru a lot, but needed to be honest!</div>
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One last thing to get us up to speed. On Friday, John Burke had his school program.</div>
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He is the opposite of the other 2 and LIVES for a good program at school. We are 1 for 3 on reliable performances at school programs. He had a speaking part and he has been practicing for weeks. It was just the line "When you are growing up, you need people to teach you how to do things" but it hung on our refrigerator and we bonded over it each morning.</div>
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He nailed it!!! We were very proud, and then darn it if Turner didn't get a speaking part for his upcoming program in his folder on Friday. And a solo. Both short, but insert the sweating! </div>
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GiGi and Pop Pop came to support the little actor. Pap and Tappy are traveling abroad, so they got a pass:)</div>
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We love this little almost 5 year old. Birthday activities coming this week!! Happy Spring!!</div>
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This little Elsa-lovin' fool is 3 now!!! I had a hard time the week she actually turned 3 (her birthday is January 22nd), because my baby is not really a baby anymore!! However, I am also so very excited. She is such a "kid" now, and so fun - when not in a moment of drama or theatrics. Pap and Tappy sent this Elsa doll and jewelry and also a hat in the mail, and that smile was genuinely how excited she was to receive them! Her teachers at nursery had pulled her hair back pretty tight, but the smile was worth it so I am moving past it.</div>
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I didn't get it together enough or in time to have a party for her this year. My reasoning (besides laziness and the Christmas season thrown in) was that she is just turning 3, and likely won't remember. She will make up for it with future parties, I am certain, and this is the last year she won't know. On the actual day of her birthday, we took Turner to school and headed to Build a Bear at the Galleria for our pal Ella Kate's birthday party. I let Collins decorate an Elsa bear, and she didn't realize it wasn't her own party because her BFF Sims was right there with her.</div>
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I love them!</div>
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After they built bears, we all headed to the food court for cookie cake and a carousel ride. I just kept telling Collins happy birthday. All day she said "I 3 my birthday", but held up the number 4. Oh well, close enough. </div>
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Then, this motley crew (plus Read) stayed around to eat Chick-fil-A lunch and sing to the birthday girl...at her "party" She didn't know otherwise, so we went with it.</div>
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Cheapest "party" ever. Glad we pulled it off, and I think Heath would have liked to have been there, if only we would know this would morph into her birthday party.</div>
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John Burke did question why we had a 5 candle. Oh, details. Again, a thrown together celebration involves buying a cupcake in the Galleria and borrowing Ella Kate's candle. Collins was none the wiser and had a ball!! I love her for that!!</div>
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That night we met my parents and Derek for Mexican, because Princess LOVES cheese dip and we thought it was only appropriate</div>
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To keep the boys from pestering me about a party for her, and cluing her into a party, I kept telling them we had a surprise planned for Saturday. Turner could not care less, but John Burke was hooked on guessing what it was. We told them at breakfast at Chick-fil-A, right before we headed downtown.</div>
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We were heading to the CIRCUS! Ha, Collins didn't really know what that meant but knew real animals were involved and got excited too! She even let me pull her hair back that day, which she NEVER does!</div>
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They each got to pick out a sparkly circus toy, which I have since hidden for future circus attendance because they were like 18 dollars each!!!</div>
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All 3 kids were mesmerized. We all were, really. The animals, the colors, the clowns, the tight ropes. So exciting!!</div>
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This was as far as we made it. We loved watching the acrobats on the tight rope stack 3 high!! So cool! But then, both boys were begging to go to the bathroom and Collins stayed back with Heath, just in time to have an epic meltdown in our absence. Luckily, intermission was right around the corner and we convinced the kids that it was our stopping point and made a run for the car. An hour or half or so was plenty and they had a ball!</div>
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I can't believe our little Collins girl is 3! She "no baby, she big girl" Also, she is very particular about her name and does not care for nicknames. Only "Col-LINS!" as she says it. She loves to laugh, loves to play, loves her "appy juice" (which is actually Cran-Pomegranate, but that is how she rolls) and her lovey, Beary. She will not go anywhere without him and that is just one indication of her strong will. She loves Daddy "to the moon and back" or "moo-back", but has been in a fierce Mommy stage lately, which I have a love-hate relationship with. She is pretty laid back in nature and her teachers say she obeys at school, which I am proud of her for but surprised. She is going to be very opinionated, but on random things. Sometimes she is a typical third child and loves to go with the flow. Her brothers are her favorite things in this world, especially "Shon Burke." However, he knows JUST how to make her slap him in the face, that little instigator. Thank you, Lord for my 3rd little angel, who I still look at and am shocked she is a girl!!</div>
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One of the big gifts that we gave the kids this year was a trip to LegoLand in Orlando. Last year when we were at Disney, we kept passing signs for it, and it was on my radar. So when it was announced that Auburn would play in the Outback Bowl in Tampa, we (well, more I but Heath was a good sport) decided that we would go to the game with Heath's family and stop off at LegoLand for a day while we were down there. Turner and John Burke each got a Lego watch from us, with a map taped on it of the park.</div>
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A picture from the car ride - it got a little loopy, but it wasn't bad</div>
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Here we are at the entrance of the park. It was drizzling outside, but luckily stopped as soon as we got in!!</div>
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These guys were pumped!</div>
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We called Heath's sister when we got in the park. Somehow we didn't get a picture with her the whole time?! But, we met up with them. I offered to hold baby Missy while they rode the ride with Cameron. Well, someone did NOT care for that and gave me this look.</div>
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Death stare, and this picture is nicer than it was. I tried to get it in real time, as she was whimpering "Hold you, Momma!" Jealous much?! So Heath got to hold the newborn, and she was so quiet and adorable!!</div>
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There was a safari that went around animals made of Legos, and it was very cool. The boys were so excited because they were tall enough to go without an adult.</div>
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A Lego zebra and a Lego lion behind it</div>
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There was also a ride like Dumbo at Disney, but you had to pedal it to make it fly. </div>
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Einstein's face made of Legos - the park is full of cool things like this</div>
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There was a building you could go in and build cars and then there were several tracks to race them down</div>
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All the kids loved this!</div>
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This was a race. Jonathan and Heath and Turner were in a fire truck, and they had to pump themselves all the way down and back to make it roll. Then at the end you had to shoot a water hose at a Lego villain and race back. They took it very seriously, and beat the other cars. Of course.</div>
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And there were test tracks for 3-5 year olds and also for 6-13 year olds where they could get a "driver's license" and race around a track. Collins waited right until the car opened up before she bolted away crying, but John Burke and Cameron still did it. The boys all thought it was fabulous!</div>
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In one certain area there were city scapes made of Legos that were fascinating. I care very little about Legos, and found it all really neat. So, if you have a chance to go here in the future, do it! There is a water park, but it was closed for the winter. I wouldn't mind heading back there another time.</div>
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Collins was too small to ride one of the roller coasters. Kelly and Heath took the big kids to ride that, and Jonathan and I took Collins and baby Missy to try fried apples, which were quite tasty. Then, Collins and I found a 2-story carousel. There were fireworks on in the background (they do a 3-D fireworks show with glasses, but we just watched it in plain 2-D), so she got a spot right away. Great ending to a fun day, and about 10 minutes later it started pouring as the park closed. We ran to the car and headed to Tampa.</div>
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The next morning we ate at a fun restaurant in Tampa for brunch with the whole family, and then our family and Kelly's family headed to the Tampa Zoo. It was great!</div>
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It was bigger than the Birmingham Zoo, and had fun rides to do for free - once you bought an admission ticket. We love carousels in our family!</div>
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Yes, we were representing our Auburn clothes because it was the day before the game</div>
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They had 2 things that stood out to us that we don't have - a roller coaster (which I didn't get a picture of, but Collins was just tall enough to ride) and penguins!! Aren't they cute?</div>
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Posing in front of the penguins - one of our last stops before we headed back to the room to rest up, since it was New Year's Eve</div>
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We met Frank and Tambry in a suburb of Tampa called Ybor City for a parade featuring the Wisconsin and Auburn teams</div>
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We loved the parade! The bands, the beads...it was so fun!!</div>
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The weather was unpredictable that week, but we had on long sleeves that night and it ended up mild, so we were able to hang outside for a long time. John Burke and Frank made it until the end of the parade, and gathered tons of beads!! We found a restaurant/bar where we could still see the parade and had dinner out there. So fun!</div>
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This cracked me up. Long day and night, but on the way home Collins was playing with a little battery-powered car that climbs. It climbed up in her hair and got stuck and tangled in there. It was hilarious. Luckily back at the hotel, Tambry had a little pair of scissors and cut her free! We crashed and I woke up near midnight our time to see fireworks out of the hotel window. So festive!</div>
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Sadly, the boys didn't behave the babysitter very well at the Boney household, so we had to skip out before dinner. We were all so exhausted and grabbed a quick dinner (near Nordstrom, which I was dying to shop at!) and headed back to the hotel. They were able to snuggle with Pap and Tappy for a while and then we headed to bed. The trip was wonderful, and a nice way to pass the holiday. The car ride back ended up being 11 hours straight because we hit some rough traffic heading back up to Alabama. It was definitely worth it, though. Happy 2015!!</div>
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Well, the stomach bug has taken over all 3 children over this past weekend. So, we are home bound and I am finally sitting still long enough to catch up on the blog. And wow did we have a fun and busy December, especially compared to the slower January and February we are feeling!</div>
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It started with Turner's birthday. He turned 6 on December 5th. However, Heath and I were going out of town, so we told him that God gave us permission to change his birthday to December 2nd this year. Sadly, I forgot to tell his teachers and that led to several discussions about his real birthday. Oops, should have clued them in on our little deal with God!</div>
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He has been asking all year for a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. So much so, that John Burke picked up on it back in April and we ended up having his there, too. We are not especially obsessed with Chuck E Cheese as a family, but our parties prove opposite!</div>
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His siblings were thrilled with a party there</div>
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Cousin Chloe was able to come. Other out of town family couldn't make it because it was a Tuesday afternoon after school. Luckily Pap and Tappy sent some fun presents, including a remote control truck that has taken over our street</div>
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Back to the party - dancing and posing with friends</div>
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Gigi and Pop Pop helped celebrate - not pictured is the mouse scaring Chloe to death</div>
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He had to have a brownie cake - the only kind of "cake" he will eat</div>
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I forgot Heath's face was still holding on the No Shave November. What a fun time celebrating our fun 6 year old with some other wild and silly boys! My firstborn has been ready to be 6 - he is smart and full of energy and knows every fact about Ninjago or regular Legos that you could ever want to know. He is definitely a lover and not usually a fighter, unless provoked by John Burke. He is independent and so very kind, and I don't want him to change! Thank you, Lord, for our Turner!</div>
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The end of that week - on Turner's real birthday (sh!), Heath had a work trip to New York City and I tagged along. We realized I had not been since I was pregnant with John Burke, and the time before that I was pregnant with Turner. So fun to go not pregnant!!</div>
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On Friday, Heath had meetings all day, so I went shopping around by myself. I don't usually like to be by myself, but I was just fine in Manhattan at Christmas time! Funny story about this picture - I was trying to get a fun picture in front of the tree to Instagram (priorities:)). As soon as we found someone to take this, I started loading it and Heath beat me to the post!! Punk - get your own picture!!</div>
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The inside of Saks 5th Avenue</div>
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Saturday it rained, but it didn't stop us from touring around Rockefeller Center</div>
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and the 9-11 Memorial</div>
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We didn't get very many pictures because it was rainy and a little gloomy, but we ate lunch here at the Shake Shack. Some friends from church have raved about it, and it did not disappoint. We needed somewhere kind of quick before our Broadway show, and it was a delightful cheeseburger and french fries. Luckily the line you see moved quickly. </div>
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Then it was time for an afternoon matinee of <i>Phantom of the Opera</i>. Full disclosure - we didn't get tickets until we got up there, and I tried to find tickets to <i>Cinderella</i> because NeNe Leakes (Real Housewives) is in it. But, they didn't have good seats open and <i>Phantom</i> did, so culture won out. And it. was. so. worth. it!!!</div>
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The only picture I could get of the stage - the epic chandelier is covered up. The special effects in this were amazing!!</div>
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Not quite a selfie, but our last NYC pic. We finished the day with shopping and delicious dinner, and we are so grateful that my parents watched our little angels while we were away!</div>
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When we got back in town, we hit the ground running to do all the fun Christmasy things. They are at such a fun age to soak everything in, and feel like Christmas is so magical, so we took advantage! We went to Bass Pro Shop to see Santa, and it may have been December 9th. I just knew if we didn't go early, I would never get around to it!!</div>
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The kids colored pictures and wrote letters to Santa and even got to mail them</div>
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Then they got to mail them in the huge mailbox. (I can't believe this was 2 months ago - better late than never, don't want to forget these things!)</div>
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Final picture - Collins wasn't having it without Heath, so she appears to be floating. Bass Pro Shop for the win!! And the whole thing was free!!</div>
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Another night we went to dinner and then through a Festival of Lights with friends, and then out for milkshakes afterwards. Fun new tradition as well!</div>
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Heath's bible study Christmas party was a Murder Mystery Dinner. We had no clue what we were doing before we got there, except that we were to dress in the character assigned to us. Heath was a carnival operator and I was a Fur enthusiast, hence Nanny's old mink hat and coat! Random, but we had the most fun that night! </div>
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Another fun thing we did this year was make cinnamon rolls for family and friends. They were the Pioneer Woman's recipe and they were delicious, but I don't know if I can ever eat one again!! John Burke and Collins definitely "helped" me with these and we had fun.</div>
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Visiting Heath at his office lunch just days before Christmas</div>
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Our Christmas Eve picture. We went to a wonderful worship service at Covenant and then to dinner with friends and family at Mom and Dad's. The boys were in the service with us to sing and light the candles, and were relatively still during the whole thing as we tried to hit home the MOST important thing about Christmas is Jesus' birth.</div>
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Action shots from Christmas morning. SO fun to watch them open presents and play with everything.</div>
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She fell in love with some Disney princess dolls and a Bitty Baby..she calls him Baby Jesus. I consider that a win.</div>
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Ninja Turtle toys, but all were overshadowed by Ninjago sets</div>
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After a morning of too many presents, we packed up and headed to my parents' house to find what Santa had left there. Then we quickly headed to my aunt Barbara's house for lunch.</div>
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Now I am really glad I annoyed everyone and asked for a family picture</div>
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Then we headed to Pap and Tappy's house to celebrate with that side of the family at dinner time</div>
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Playing and displaying their loot</div>
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The next morning we were able to spend some time with Granny Fran</div>
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Cousin Picture 2014 - with babies Hazel and Missy as new editions. What a wonderful holiday season celebrating our Gift of Life in Jesus Christ with our friends and family!</div>
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Our final post-Christmas activity was to celebrate Heath for his birthday on December 28th. He got to pick where we went, and he picked Dreamland. This picture accurately describes what happened - John Burke tore the ribs up, and Turner gagged. Heath is determined his boys will love ribs like he does!</div>
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Though I often neglect this blog, I try each year to write an ABCs of Thanksgiving to remind myself of the many blessings we have received this year. Some are serious, some spiritual, some silly...I just know if I don't record it, I will forever forget! As I write this, I know I will look back and realize that I have left something or someone major in our lives out, but this is what comes to mind at the moment. </div>
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<i>A</i> -<i> Auburn</i></div>
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This year, we were able to take the kids to 2 games and go by ourselves to several games. The city of Auburn is full of so many memories and the beginnings of so many relationships. We love to get back there, even if we don't always win the game. Last year, our team did some crazy things that led to an amazing trip to Pasadena in January. While I have grown to love watching the games, it is more about family and friendships for me! War Eagle!</div>
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About 2 years ago, when I wasn't pregnant anymore and Collins stopped nursing I began to feel an odd sense of freedom. This is and was made possible by the wonderful babysitters that God has provided in our lives. We have high school (now college) girls, MDO ladies and even a wonderful couple who will keep our kids overnight occasionally when the grandparents can't do it. I know that the main reason I am sane at any moment is because of help that I receive and I can't be more thankful for that!!</div>
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Our dear friend Sarah Beth who is now at Auburn! I am jealous...but she comes by to see us (and take a selfie) at the tailgate and hopefully I can track her down over the holidays!</div>
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Someone gets treated like a princess from her nursery ladies</div>
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Blurry picture (taken by Turner) of S and her husband, who graciously keep our children and love them like their own</div>
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<i>C</i>-<i> Covenant</i></div>
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Wow. This calendar year started out with a bang as far as church appreciation goes. We were stranded there during the snowstorm on January 28th...and we had way more fun than we should have!! The ladies in the kitchen showered us all with food, we were able to have a spend the night party in the nursery and even stay up late and chat with our pastor and some friends. We truly do live at Covenant:) </div>
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This year, Heath and some guys in our Sunday School class taught about the importance of community in our daily lives. Covenant provides such a wonderful sense of community for our family. We worship there and go to school there, and love spending time with so many families from there! I am glad the Lord has shown me this year how crucial a strong community, especially a church community is.</div>
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The unofficial Cornerstone soccer team - every family on there except one is in our Sunday School class</div>
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A candid shot from the Sunday School Easter Egg hunt - just part of the kids</div>
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Heading to a Halloween parade with some Sunday School friends</div>
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Spending the night in the nursery</div>
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Some of my favorite ladies and friends out to dinner at the Women's Retreat</div>
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The boys enjoying Camp Covenant</div>
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This February our family took a phenomenal trip to Disney World. We really didn't ever think we would be "Disney people", but were all very impressed. It was SUCH a wonderful time to watch the kids experience everything for the first time and take in all the magic. It was organized and clean and the food was great and it exceeded our expectations for sure!! So many memories made and a highlight of our year. The most fun thing was to see how much fun our little family of 5 had just being together...it is rare that it is just us on trips, and we were pleasantly surprised.</div>
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I was the most excited and stood up through the sunroof on our drive in to take this picture</div>
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<i>E - Enjoying the "kid" phase</i></div>
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Now that we are past baby stages (except that Collins is not potty trained yet..hoping she shows signs in 2015:)), I have really begun enjoying the "kid" phase. That has been such a theme of this year - enjoying them being able to buckle themselves in the car, or follow closely behind me in the parking lot, or feed themselves! Enough little changes that are sometimes bittersweet, but I have truly loved watching them get a little bigger. Motherhood is one of the greatest gifts of my entire life, and I so appreciate being able to spend so much time with them. I know it won't last forever!</div>
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That stroller is almost extinct...</div>
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Right now they are 4 1/2, almost 3 and almost 6!</div>
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My little ducklings with Gigi on Mother's Day. I love being their mom...even when they make me <i>crazy!!</i></div>
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<i>F - Family</i></div>
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We are so thankful for friends, but more importantly family. And extra points for cousins - friends that ARE family!! What fun to have kids the same ages or close on both sides!</div>
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Henderson cousins</div>
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Heath's sister's baby, Missy - born today!</div>
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Starr cousins</div>
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We always have fun with Ellie</div>
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and the boys couldn't wait to hold Hazel</div>
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Batgirl Chloe was brave to join Hook, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell on Halloween</div>
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Collins and Morgan - only 6 months apart</div>
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Turner and Kate taking the plunge at the beach</div>
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Uncle Derek taking the cousins for a very safe drive</div>
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Bad picture, but fun uncle Jay walking the boys into an Auburn game. We are surrounded by fun aunts, uncles and cousins!</div>
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<i>G - Grandparents</i></div>
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Heath and I were very lucky to grow up with wonderful grandparents. It is so neat to see our parents serving our children so well! My kids have no idea how lucky they are to be doted on and adored and to have extra sets of parents to shower them with attention. </div>
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I can't leave out our MeMe - their number one fan who didn't even get to meet Collins but loved all 3 more than life! This week marks 3 years since she left us for Heaven - still very surreal to say that. I love this picture of her with John Burke because you can see how much she adored all her grandkids!</div>
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GiGi and Pop Pop</div>
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All the grandparents before a soccer game this Fall</div>
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Heath's sweet Granny Eloise earlier this year</div>
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The hilarious Granny Fran</div>
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This April, my sweet Nanny went to heaven. I LOVED that I got to spend so many good years with her here on Earth, and I know she is so happy and complete in Heaven, but I still miss her a lot. She was such a wonderful example and so darn cute and funny. </div>
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Nanny's last picture with the grandkids in March</div>
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We celebrated 10 years of marriage this July, and we are very grateful to the Lord for that. I am very proud of Heath. He is a wonderful leader for our family and a terrific husband and father. Now, I am still laughing 13 years into our relationship at how different we always will be in some ways, and we will be guaranteed to drive each other insane at times forever, but God has showered us with grace and love and friendship.</div>
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This year was a first for us. We ran the Nashville Half Marathon together (well, in theory...I was behind him) It was surprisingly fun and I was able to check it off my list! He says he is doing it again, I may just watch this year, but it was pretty awesome to accomplish together!</div>
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2 of the loves of his life...Auburn and this little princess. Daddies and their daughters have a special bond, and he is a sucker for her!</div>
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Taking the boys on Big Thunder Mountain</div>
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Letting John Burke drive the boat - give that man some water!</div>
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Instagram is probably my very favorite form of social media. I try not to flood it, but I like putting fun things on there that will help me as I don't keep up the blog as much. </div>
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I have a love/hate relationship with social media. I cannot stand fake or phony pictures of people's lives, but I understand the balance (ahem, this blog is convicting for me as I write this) of wanting to show and remember the fun times and sometimes not being able to cover the hard or awkward times for privacy or other reasons. In this season of friendships being spread out in other cities, I love the ability to constantly see pictures of friends and feel like I am still connected to them. I definitely take it a step further and have virtual "friends" - not on Facebook, I feel like I really do need to know someone on Facebook vs. blogs or Instagram - that don't know me but I like to see what is going on with them...good thing I have real friends too:)</div>
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One of my recent Instagram posts from a few weeks ago. I told Laurahelen that I needed to take a picture to "IG" it (instagram it), and she had no idea what I was talking about. I am so hip...oh wait:)</div>
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<i>J - John Burke</i><br />
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Wow, I am thankful for this child. I want to swat him off of me sometimes when he is all over me, but then I miss him fiercely when he is gone. I have to say he is the most me of my 3 children right now. That is not necessarily good ;). He is VERY spirited and ALWAYS has to have something going on. If he sees me settle in to rest or watch one of "my shows", that is his cue to literally pull the covers off of me or break or spill something to pull me out of any kind of rest. His constant question (like mine always was growing up) is "Where are we about to go?"<br />
He loves people. He likes to know everyone's business (no clue where that came from) - their parents and siblings' names, etc. He will incessantly ask a question until I respond to him. Yesterday it involved pictures from around the house of grandparents (mine and MeMe) who have gone to heaven and any and every detail surrounding their lives and how they got to heaven. Did I mention I cannot halfway answer things with him? He gets it honestly.<br />
He is very quick-witted. I have been somewhat spoiled with Turner that he doesn't tune in to things that don't pertain to him. Well, not Burke Burke. He is ALWAYS listening and will turn around and use things in context. This is pretty incriminating and embarrassing, but I wouldn't move out of his way the other day and I told him to get over it and he said "You can stop being a smart ass." Yep, nothing like checking myself on what I am saying as he uses it against me. And he won't forget it.<br />
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We went to a "rainbow lipstick" party last week for a 3 year old, and he was ALL IN. This is his new favorite picture - face painted on a "real unicorn".</div>
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He loves to guide and supervise any situation he is in - read bossy - so I caught him several times "shepherding" children to the face paint lady or the jumpy or the unicorn riding line. No, sir. I say to him no less than ten times a day "YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS."</div>
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A flip side to the bossiness is that he is an amazing helper. He is always my first choice to accompany me at the grocery store, or in this instance he was helping me do laundry at our hotel in Disney World. He also loves to clean and organize (he gets that from his father), and will clean up a room or sweep or wipe down a sink in a hot minute.</div>
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His sense of humor is like an adult sometimes. But, he has a sense of confidence to accompany that which is dangerous at times. In this picture, I was cracking up because he was so proud last weekend that he dressed himself while we were visiting friends out of town. Please notice the cut of that shirt, because it is definitely Collins'. Oh, don't worry - he kept it on, as if to spite me. A mess.</div>
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Finally, he loves the ladies. Collins is his number one favorite person ever. But, he loves babies, the girls in his class (or anywhere for that matter), and older ladies.</div>
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Kina is his long-standing "guhl-friend", but this cute thing on the right is Alice - his "guhl-friend that is a kid" I don't think she knows...probably better.</div>
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Look at all these cute girls in his class - he is working it</div>
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I love this picture of him with Nanny last Christmas. He would not leave her side, and luckily she didn't mind. He loved to stroke her hair or her arm and just laugh with her. He is such a bird!</div>
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<i>K - Kindergarten</i> </div>
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I have always loved our Mother's Day Out and Day School at church. We have had a great experience every year, but kindergarten is blowing me away! </div>
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Turner with his crayon on our mailbox from his kindergarten teachers. They love and appreciate him and his joyful little personality, and he is learning so much! He loves going to school, and I am so grateful for teachers that love and challenge and gracefully discipline my children - all while teaching them about Jesus. So, so thankful for our school!</div>
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<i>L - Lifetime</i></div>
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We love Lifetime Fitness. It has great childcare that they love, and they offer classes like karate and gymnastics and arts and crafts so I don't always feel like I am just leaving them. Which, I am not above:) </div>
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In the summer, it is even more fun because so many of our friends go there too, so we always have a ball at the pool. Down side - extremely cautious lifeguards. We are working through that, and I guess I can't really complain about that! Safety first, but wow, the intensity.</div>
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Heath meets his friend some mornings during the week up there, so I am thankful for a gym that all 5 of us like in this phase of life. Some days it is just a place to escape to or meet friends if Heath is working late or we are bored. It is always fun!</div>
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<i>M - Melissa Collins</i></div>
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It has been so fun learning how to be a parent to a little girl. She is so much easier in some ways, and so much more dramatic in others. This picture is so skinny because she refused to cooperate when sweet Lauren was trying to get a shot in the dress I thought I just had to have. Stinker.</div>
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As I look over the pictures from this year, I am amazed how much hair she has gotten! She is extremely opinionated on it - right now, I am only allowed to put a bow in it. No ponytails, no ribbon. I may only use "Mommy's brush". Yes ma'am. Maybe because she is the third, or because she barks the loudest, but I have to try extra hard not to let her always get her way just for the sake of it being easier for everyone. She is not the most strong-willed person I know, but it is definitely growing. And another child who received that honestly, unfortunately.</div>
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She used to refer to herself as only "Colley Wolley", but in the last month or so she can now say "Caw-lins". She can name Nurner, Shawn Burke (but she will adamantly deny that if you say it as a sh instead of a j), Kelly and Heaf. She is deathly obsessed with her lovey, Beary. That bear will kill me one of these days, as I constantly try to locate it, so as not to endure the wrath of not having it.</div>
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She loves Nemo and is beginning to notice princess things, but is not scared to play with the 90 percent of the toys in the house that are boy-oriented. She is laid back like that.</div>
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She can roll with us easily. I tried to get out of taking her to Disney World, but Heath wouldn't have it. Then she shocked me and was an absolute angel the majority of the time! She likes to be the baby at times, but she will NOT be left out!</div>
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She plays well with girls and boys, and good thing because she is thrown in with little boys a lot of the time. Sorry not sorry!</div>
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One of her favorite people in the whole world is her cousin "Tate" or Kate</div>
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My little stubborn daredevil. She couldn't walk last summer, but could full out swim and jump off the diving board unassisted all summer this year. This time it was a high dive, so I made her wear a life jacket. Like I said, she will not be left out!</div>
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Finally, she also LOVES her brothers and (hopefully a little less than the former) cheese dip. They make her happy, and I am very grateful for her...and the spunk that she brings!</div>
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God has blessed our little street so much this year. We have the best neighbors next door, Ken and Helen, and their daughter Jennifer. They are always available for my children to run by and show them new shoes, a leaf they found on the ground, artwork, a riding toy, etc. They are SO patient and kind and we are so so glad they moved in next door a couple of years ago.</div>
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Mrs. Helen and Ms. Jennifer took John Burke one afternoon and let him pick out crafts and some pumpkins to decorate. Basically, his love language. They also brought dinner home and we all sat by the fire and decorated pumpkins with our neighbors! So fun!</div>
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This is Mae Mae. She lived on our street for a few months this year while she and her parents were buying and selling houses. Mae Mae's grandparents live down the street, and we had SO much fun swimming and riding riding toys and eating popsicles with them this summer. Glad they aren't too far away!</div>
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Ken and Helen and Jennifer with my parents at one of the boys' soccer games. They came to watch the boys play and even saw them score a goal and we were so grateful! </div>
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I am constantly aware of the blessings and the trials that the Lord puts before us. In both, I am thankful to serve such a patient and loving and forgiving God. I am very thankful that He loves me even when I neglect or forget Him and that He calls me back to Himself. </div>
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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 - "Be joyful always, pray continually; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."</div>
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This week I am specifically thankful for the Thanksgiving Program that Covenant Day School put on last Friday. I was busy running around before hand trying to get pictures of them before they totally gave up on me, and I forgot until they actually sang how precious it is to hear them sing to the Lord! </div>
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John Burke's class were pilgrims</div>
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He LOVES a stage and did every move and sang his heart out</div>
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The kindergarteners decorated turkey shirts that they wore, but they each had a small speaking part in the program.</div>
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Here is Turner saying "You know when I sit and when I rise". I definitely cried. Because he didn't mess it up, but also because their little voices quoting scripture was just precious. </div>
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The two year olds were turkeys. Adorable.</div>
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But this turkey had one specific look for me, and it said "I will NOT be participating." She didn't cry and she didn't run off stage, so I call it a win. The boys made up for it with their participation, not so much here.</div>
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Their fan club. So very thankful for the hard work that went into this program, a sweet reminder of children and how innocently they come before the Lord. And for grand dads that made time to see it!</div>
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One thing our family loves to do that I think would stress other people out a lot is to take quick trips places. Whether it is to the lake, the beach, Atlanta, the mountains...we are almost always game! We are thankful to have friends invite us and put up with our craziness and time away from the day-to-day in Birmingham.</div>
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Mountains this year - 3rd annual trip to Highlands with friends</div>
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The kids and I headed to Atlanta with friends for a couple of days for Spring Break</div>
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The beach - an all-time favorite!</div>
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Heath with one of his best friends, T.J. We were able to visit (and actually run with him) when we went to Nashville for the race</div>
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Fishing with friends at their farm</div>
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The lake - always a win! </div>
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Let me just be real, I love trash television. Especially Bravo TV. It is just relaxing when I want to watch mindless t.v. or need entertainment during bouts of insomnia. Heath is NOT a fan, oh well. It is silly and I like disconnecting and escaping and laughing in their crazy drama worlds.<br />
"Vanderpump Rules" is a spin-off of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. It is about 20 and some 30-somethings that work at a bar in Beverly Hills. When we went to LA for the Auburn game in January, my sister and I just had to rope our husbands into a trip to "Sur" - the restaurant in the show. It.Was.So.Fun. Maybe not as fun to Heath and Brandon, but Lindsey and I kept on trekking! We had WAY more fun than we should have, thank you Bravo TV!!<br />
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Lindsey and I as Heath and Brandon were realizing what was going down</div>
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Peter, the manager</div>
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Tom, a bartender who loves drama</div>
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Several years ago, Heath and some guys from Sunday School began a small group. He has been so blessed by it, and loves those guys and the accountability they provide him. We are both so thankful for that group of guys and their families. </div>
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Man, am I thankful for this first born of mine. He wakes up every morning in the best mood and ready to tackle the day. He reminds me of my dad that way. His brother and sister are NOT the same:)</div>
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He is curious and kind and clumsy and doesn't always listen. My prayer for him this year was that he would get teachers who would love him, but also understand and work with him. One day his teacher asked me if he ever got in a bad mood. Since then she has seen that he is definitely not always so jolly, but a lot of the time he really really is.</div>
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He loves to give hugs and kisses, and now that he is learning to write he is always making pictures and notes for us, like this on my birthday card.</div>
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He doesn't ever really mind who he is playing with, though he does love his friend H, to his left here.</div>
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He LOVES to watch t.v. and remembers specific details about the most random things. He always recalls said facts with "Can I tell you something???" and doesn't let up until you agree. Also, like his father, he has one volume - loud.</div>
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I find him like this A LOT of the time. He has an avid imagination, and he is always fighting some battle or exploring somewhere with some sort of costume or prop. The gaudier, the better.</div>
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He is an avid swimmer, and has always loved the water. He was so proud of himself for passing the swim test at the gym this summer like a big kid!</div>
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A couple of times this year he even melted Heath's heart and got up on skis. Proving to us that he has selective attention - he listens and achieve what he WANTS to. We are constantly working on that!</div>
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Turner is a wonderful big brother, and truly a joy to be around. I can't believe he turns 6 next week, but I am proud of the little boy he is becoming!!</div>
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This is where Heath works, and I am thankful that he has a job that he loves. 3 years ago he switched over to them and has never looked back, and I am grateful he has such a fun and challenging work environment!</div>
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Sadly our weekends were busier this year - a good problem to have if you ask me. But our friends who work at Chick-fil-A definitely noticed our dip in attendance. They are always so good to us - great service and they genuinely love my children and show us so much kindness. We did have Collins' second birthday party this year, so we haven't floated too far away I hope.</div>
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These turkeys make me laugh all day, every day. Sometimes on purpose, sometimes not. I don't want to forget the way that Turner says "Hah-rible" or "firty" and then John Burke corrects him for not saying "thirty". "Th-th-thirty." He also likes to reign Turner's voice in from the back as he shouts excitedly about some movie in the car - "Turner, we are all RIGHT HERE."</div>
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<i>XYZ </i>- Wow, I have done a lot of talking. I wish I had a clever way to use these consonants, but I think I will use it as a way to remember to not always talk - to rest and stay still in this upcoming season of celebrating Christ's birth. As I look back over the year in pictures, I am overwhelmed with gratitude and want to remember to praise Him in the good and fun times and in the hard and lonely times. Happy Thanksgiving!</div>
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The Henderson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975979394047257264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221793325180239754.post-84243707175724005792014-10-16T15:36:00.000-05:002014-10-16T15:36:42.743-05:00Fall so farWe have had a Fantastic Fall! School started at the end of August, and this is the last year we are all at Covenant Day School.<br />
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Turner is a big kindergartener. He goes 5 days a week this year and he is loving it!! He is blowing me away with all he is learning!</div>
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John Burke is in 4K this year, and this is one of his sweet teachers. He is having a great year, but he has a mouth on him. He got in big trouble one day for telling his other teacher he was going to "Pop her open like a book!!" when he was mad at her. First of all, he was a dead man for being disrespectful. Second of all, what does that even mean?! Grateful for teachers who love him and show him grace!</div>
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Collins is acting every bit like a 2 year old these days. Here she is with one of her teachers, Mrs. Abby. Do you see that look in Collins' eye? That was what she gave me the whole first day of school. Not too apprehensive, just ANGRY to be in "real" school (preschool) and away from the showering of attention she constantly received at Mother's Day Out. Her look said "I will pay you back for this!" I really love how much more she is talking these days, and it is fun to watch her taking things in and giggling and loving her brothers and her friends. I am less impressed with the levels of fits at this age:(</div>
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Kindergarten has been action packed, and Turner had Grandparents' Day at the end of September. My mom stayed at her school that day with her class, but Pop Pop, Pap and Tappy were all able to come and visit Turner's class and play with him for a while.</div>
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Also in September, the two year olds had an ice cream party for the students and their parents. It was really cute and Collins LOVED having Heath there for a little while. She is KILLING me with her loveys in pictures. Stinker. At least this time she wasn't eating it!</div>
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John Burke's class and the rest of the 4 year olds went on a hike at Ruffner Mountain a few weeks ago. Each child has been able to start out the school year with fun things! He was obsessed with the hike and I was able to hang back and talk to the other parents while their poor trail guide entertained his class. It was really cute.</div>
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We have also been on a real soccer team this fall. It has been really fun - 7 of the 8 kids on the team go to our church and are all friends of ours. What we lack in soccer skill, we make up in friendship:) </div>
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The boys have really enjoyed playing, much to my relief. Turner can easily get distracted and run to the woods or surrounding areas, but he is pretty good when he concentrates. Both boys have been able to score, and it is fun that our team is laid back!</div>
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One Sunday, Pap and Tappy headed to lunch with us and GiGi and Pop Pop before a big soccer game. These kids are lucky to have such fun grandparents!</div>
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We have also been cheering on our Auburn Tigers. Each Friday, we dress up for school in our Auburn clothes. The team really appreciates it:)</div>
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We took the kids to the San Jose State game - well, until half time because it was a later game. They had fun - Collins fell asleep, but the boys are getting to the age where they are more into it. And John Burke's day was made when we ran into his "gurr-friend" Kina.</div>
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Heath and I even got to go to a couple of games without the kids. Our friends the Fitts who moved to Mobile last year were able to meet us last minute for the LSU game and we had so much fun!</div>
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These 2 don't go to school or nursery on Thursday, so I have gotten some fun time with them while Turner is at school. They are best friends, and are constantly getting in trouble together. He loves to call her "his baby" and she is not scared to turn around and whack him. Not so heart-warming, but it is real life:) He is LOVING anything crafty these days - he has his own art box with pencils and crayons and paper and markers and stickers, etc. It is annoying but it is one of the only things that will truly keep him occupied! She is obsessed with her loves and watching t.v. in "Mommy bed". She isn't potty trained yet (I dread the thought), and loves to say "Der's no poo poo in der!" about her diaper. She is very opinionated about the movie <i>Finding Nemo</i> and would watch it all day every day if I would let her, and that annoying Peppa Pig!</div>
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We love our next door neighbors, Mr. Ken and Mrs. Helen and their daughter Ms. Jennifer. The kids escape to their house any chance they get, and they are so gracious to entertain them and hang up their artwork and give them treats! A few weeks ago, they took us to see a magic show and eat dinner at The Club. I can't believe I didn't get a picture with them at all, but here they are with the kids from this summer.</div>
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Collins wanted to pet the magic bunny, but only with Heath holding her!</div>
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We have enjoyed playing outside every afternoon and night since it is cooler, and John Burke is upset that we are not more decorated for Halloween.</div>
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These lovely pumpkin characters are on our front porch now</div>
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We really do love Mickey, Minnie and the Ninja Turtles. Loving the innocence in this phase of life!</div>
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Last weekend, we went to our church's third annual Camp Covenant at Alpine Camp in Mentone, AL. I sometimes dread the packing and planning for it, but the actual time spent in the woods as a family and a church family is so fun!! I didn't take many pictures, but this one was from the square dance the first night.</div>
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John Burke with one of his favorite friends, Alice and her brother.</div>
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Turner's leg while we were on the hay ride. Alpine is so fun because the kids can run and play and get dirty, and Turner made the most of all of those things:)</div>
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Collins and her buddy Fiona in our cabin. This was the first year that Collins came and stayed the whole time, and she loved it. Thank goodness for the junior high girls who were also at Camp and how much they entertained the two year olds!!</div>
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My dirty birds and their fake smiles after our last meal at camp. SO fun and so exhausting!! A definite highlight of the boys' entire year!</div>
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Lastly, Collins and John Burke and I went to the Pumpkin Patch today with our friends Jackie and Elon. We decided to go last minute and had a gorgeous weather day!</div>
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You gotta love a good pumpkin patch! We kept our plans quiet from Turner since he had school, but he doesn't seem too mad at me this afternoon. Good thing he loves kindergarten!</div>
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We took a covered tractor ride to pick out our pumpkins (not that we needed anymore:))</div>
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We rode a little train pulled by a golf cart, ate some lunch, saw some animals in a petting zoo and then ended our day at the jumpies!!</div>
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One last picture before we left. What a fun impromptu trip to Hayden, AL...not that you can tell by Collins' face! Happy Fall!</div>
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The Henderson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975979394047257264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221793325180239754.post-69612971773128346582014-09-02T16:03:00.000-05:002014-09-02T16:03:04.338-05:00Summer Recap - July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We had a July spent mostly on the water! It was fabulous!</div>
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At the very beginning of July, we took these wild boys to Spring Valley Beach water park. It is about an hour away from Birmingham and has the most fun water slides and pools! They had a ball and this was the only picture I got because our phones were locked up. Sadly, Collins didn't make the travel team and it was nice to just play with the boys. I think she can handle it next year, but we didn't need her slowing us down!</div>
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Then, on to one of my favorite holidays, Fourth of July. I love summer and I love this holiday because it is usually spent celebrating our country with family and friends!</div>
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We headed to the lake with some fun friends who took us on boat rides,</div>
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and even showed us some fireworks!</div>
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A little boys' paradise!! God bless 'Merica:)</div>
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A highlight of the day was watching Turner get up and ski!!</div>
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That night we got dressed in our red, white and blue (gotta love a theme!) and headed to a cookout with our Sunday School class. </div>
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A picture perfect night full of baby pools and swings and running around and even a visit from the Ice Cream Man!</div>
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A fun and picture-perfect Fourth of July celebration!</div>
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The next morning we headed back to the lake with friends to round out the holiday celebration.</div>
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Look at all those boys!!</div>
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July was spent playing with friends (this was at Cracker Barrel)</div>
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We even had a water balloon fight with cousin Ellie one night when they drove through town.</div>
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Then we headed on vacation with the Starr family! Always an adventure with these 7 kids:) This year Uncle Derek was able to come and Heath and Brandon were in and out with work. Mom and Dad braved the whole trip:)</div>
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We did a LOT of playing on the beach,</div>
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Lots of riding the waves</div>
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Lots of quality time with Uncle Derek,</div>
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and of course Pop Pop!</div>
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This girl LOVES her daddy and even made a new best friend in cousin Kate this trip!</div>
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It was so so wonderful to be able to spend so much fun time with all of the family!</div>
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Then we ended July with a trip to Atlanta to visit Ellie and Tap and Pappy and most importantly Ellie's new baby sister, Hazel!!</div>
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I would say we soaked the most out of our summer that we could! Next up, August...</div>
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<br />The Henderson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975979394047257264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221793325180239754.post-55625668183427932062014-09-02T06:47:00.000-05:002014-09-02T06:47:30.493-05:00Summer Recap - JuneI am ready to post in real time, so I won't forget about this little blog space. So, I am going to bullet point our wonderful summer into a couple of posts and then move on to right now!!<div>
Having all 3 in preschool, "summer" looks different than it will in the future. We had almost 4 months of fun and family time. Here are some snapshots of our June:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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BFFs Collins and Sims</div>
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We had Beach Bash VBS at church</div>
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Kina and her girls stayed with us a couple of nights during Vacation Bible School. They played with us on the slip n' slide, headed to the Galleria carousel and some shopping with us and even tried Doodle's Italian Ice for the first time! So fun!</div>
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Late night pajama run to Doodle's - Heath thought we were insane</div>
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Sassy Bottom at the Lifetime pool. Wow, she was a roller coaster this summer. She became an awesome swimmer, but I never could figure out what would satisfy this opinionated 2 year old at the pool. One trip she cried 1 hour and 15 minutes because she was too young to do the slide. Wow. Just keeping' it real. Love her and a lot of times she is easy and goes with the flow, but she knows how to do me in!</div>
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Our friends Kendall and Maggie took the boys tubing and even taught them how to jump off the bridge</div>
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Then... dinner and s'mores</div>
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Uncle Derek got a new convertible and took the cousins for a drive (except for a doubtful Collins)</div>
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Then at the end of June we took our annual mountain trip to Highlands, NC with friends</div>
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Blurry picture of the dads hiking with the kids</div>
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I am surprised how much I like hiking!</div>
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Best buddies at the top</div>
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We visited an awesome waterfall that we found last year (side note - Collins has a small obsession now with waterfalls - she seeks them out and loves to say the word. So random)</div>
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Gross - crawfish</div>
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The daddies were adventurous and dove in the FREEZING cold water</div>
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SO COLD...not that I would know:)</div>
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The mountains are always a fabulous time of hiking, running, playing on playgrounds and in waterfalls and just watching the kids be kids! I am amazed how much fun we have doing the simplest of things with friends in the mountains. The boys live for it every year and are reminiscing now as they are watching me type this.</div>
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Finally, we spent many nights all summer playing with our wonderful neighbors</div>
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They are gracious to always entertain us and let my children run crazy around their house and yard</div>
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Collins and Mae Mae drag racing the Cozy Coupes</div>
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Continuing my blog catch-up in bullet-ish form...I love May! It is the beginning of summer, which is my very favorite time of year! It is Mother's Day and my birthday and we almost always make it to the beach at least once to kick off summer.</div>
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We ran down to the beach the first weekend in May because we hadn't seen Pap and Tappy very much. Evidently I didn't get great pictures with them while there:(</div>
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Hanging with Pap on the beach all day</div>
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The condo always gives us a beautiful view</div>
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Granny Fran lives in Panama City so we were able to visit her</div>
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and then Granny Eloise on the way back home. So neat that the kids get to know and love these sweet ladies!</div>
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Riding Toy Day at school - riding the big wheel Pap gave him for his birthday</div>
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Mother's Day lunch at Outback - I love being a mom and my own mom more than words can even say! Always a little bittersweet as we fondly remember Heath's mom and what a wonderful mother and grandmother she was!</div>
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A ride around in Uncle Derek's new car after lunch</div>
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We caught our first Baron's game in the new stadium and LOVED it!!</div>
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The weather was mild and the atmosphere was awesome. I want to head back soon - fun for the whole family!</div>
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John Burke celebrated some of his favorite twins in his class with a Frozen party. We have gone Frozen crazy these days...this is Olaf on his face! Collins LOVES to sing "Let it Go..." and I am hoping we are letting this phase go!</div>
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We partied with our classes for end-of-the-year celebrations. The kids had terrific teachers this year!</div>
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We celebrated my birthday on May 19th. Turner and John Burke signed the card and I had to document...so sweet!</div>
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Collins completed swim lessons with Miss Lynn...she is swimming like a little fish all over the place!! Her nickname is the "swim nazi" and she is not for the faint of heart, but wow is she good at teaching swim safety!</div>
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My favorite part of May was our family beach trip for Memorial Weekend. Kate's birthday is May 29th and we usually try to head to the beach at least as part of the family to celebrate. This year we didn't think we would be able to pull it off and decided last minute, so it was Lindsey and me and our kids and Mom and Dad...Brandon and Heath and Derek had to work and missed out on all the chaos! Here are some highlights:</div>
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Collins and Morgan are twins! I have bought 2 of the cutest smocked bathing suits for my strong-willed 2 year old to wear, but alas she will only wear this little ditty from Old Navy. Good thing her cousin is willing to look so cute in it too!</div>
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So much swimming with Pop Pop - his goggles are so cute</div>
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These cousins love each other so much...and can also fight in a split second like siblings</div>
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We made the Pirate and Princesses breakfast a second annual event. It is so cute - the waiters and waitresses dress up like pirates and princesses and entertain the kids in the most fun ways!</div>
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Following the clues at the Hangout - found gold doubloons and Ring Pops - in fake mustaches from our waiter</div>
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Lots of movie watching and attempts at rest</div>
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We met up with some fun friends on the beach and had a ball</div>
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Missing our dad but we found some fun replacements in our buddies' dads</div>
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On the way to play with them down the beach we saw this washed up stingray. So huge and they were scooping him up to throw him back in</div>
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At the end of the week my Aunt Barbara and Uncle Jim invited this crazy crew to come play at their house on Ono Island. We had SO much fun, and I hate I didn't get a picture of them with the kids</div>
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Here is a picture of Barbara, mom's sister from my cousin's wedding at the beach in October - they are 11 months apart. How cute are they?!</div>
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When we arrived, the children "stumbled upon" a message in a Diet Coke bottle. Right up their alley!!! It ended up being a treasure map!!! They followed the clues and found the treasure box full of jewels and doubloons...behind Turner. Uncle Jim also took us on a boat ride and they found another treasure box. Best day ever for these pirate-loving fools!!! What a fun great-aunt and uncle!!!</div>
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Following the clues</div>
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Riding with Uncle Jim</div>
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Riding a rope swing off of the deck</div>
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and discovering crabs in traps and hermit crabs</div>
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We were so sad to leave Ono Island and the beach itself. The kids always have so much fun together in our favorite place!! We didn't even hang out much at the beach, mostly at the pool and it was fabulous. A wonderful kick-off to summer!!</div>
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John Burke turned 4 on April 28th. He goes to school on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays, so we had his birthday party on a Thursday morning at Chuck E. Cheese! We missed family who couldn't make it, but he was celebrated for several weeks, so I wasn't worried!</div>
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He was easy to deal with about this party. He is pretty particular in the rest of life, but he didn't care what kind of party we had. Actually, he mentioned a party at a park, but I didn't want to deal with rain/weather, and Turner had been asking for a Chuck E. Cheese party, so we went with that. He didn't even care about his cake (which was actually cupcakes)...so I picked dinosaurs. He DID enjoy having a crown full of tokens to wear and a table set up just for him. He walked in, put on the hat and said "This means I'm the BOSS!" Nope. After a quick chat, he was a little more humble:)</div>
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Heath was able to come for the first little while, but had a meeting since you know, it was a work day</div>
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Cousin Ellie and Aunt Kate were actually able to make an appearance</div>
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We had the place almost entirely to ourselves...the beauty of a Thursday morning. We had almost 40 kids come with siblings, etc. since almost everyone went to our school and follows our same schedule! The more, the merrier. Our party host even asked if we were a local home school group:)</div>
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The kids got to eat pizza and cake and ice cream</div>
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and we watched the birthday boy/self-proclaimed king blow out his candles</div>
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Then Burkie got to go into the ticket tube and try to catch tickets</div>
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His friends crowded around</div>
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Hilarious!!</div>
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Then the "Boss" personally handed out his party favors</div>
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Our precious neighbor Mrs. Helen came to watch him celebrate. She helped us clean up afterwards too. So thankful for her and her sweet bond with John Burke!!</div>
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What a fun morning celebrating our cuddly, bossy, CURIOUS, sensitive little social butterfly. We love you so much John Burke!!</div>
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Side note on this last picture - this is his friend Alice. On his actual birthday he was at school. He decided it was a good idea to kiss her on the lips for his birthday present to himself. Good thing her parents are friends of ours...awkward! Hopefully he won't be celebrating like that anymore! A mess!!!</div>
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Oh, and he is dying for a pet. He loves everything animal these days - our neighbor's dog and cat, insects, stuffed animals, etc. So I told him months ago he could get a real fish for his birthday. We went on April 28th after school with a plan to get one goldfish. He had decided on that and already named it Goldie. He is so creative. Anyway, goldfish were a little more maintenance than I had planned on (wow that sounds lazy of me), so we went with Betta fish. And of course we couldn't get just one...so we left with 3! Collins, also creative, named hers Peesh, which is her version of fish. John Burke picked a blue one and named it Blue Goldie, appropriately. Turner picked the name Optimus Prime. Happy to report they are still alive...which is about 2 months longer than I ever gave them credit for!</div>
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Pap and Tappy sent us baskets of Easter goodies...we love to receive packages!!!</div>
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Our Sunday School class had our annual Easter Egg hunt and it was great!</div>
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Look at all the kids...they were so excited!</div>
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John Burke owned it:)</div>
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They are at such a fun age where they all 3 had a blast!</div>
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These 2 are TROUBLE!!!!</div>
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The boys sang the next Sunday in the Palm Sunday service (in their yellow shirts)...so sweet!</div>
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Then, on April 15th my sweet Nanny died. John Burke was devastated that he couldn't go visit her and say goodbye in the hospital. He LOVED her in a special way. March 22nd we were able to celebrate her 90th birthday with her, and we all had a peace when she went to heaven. I love her fiercely and I am so thankful for the life she led and the example she and Dink were for us. I am so thankful for all of the years I had with her and miss her all the time, but I am glad we had so many wonderful years together!! So glad I have my little Collins as her namesake...her maiden name was Collins.</div>
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Nanny and Dink with a 3-day old Turner. I was crying and overwhelmed and panicked about a new baby and they were gracious and generous and cooked me dinner and loved on me. So many wonderful memories with them!!</div>
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My sweet friend Lauren took some family pics of us amidst the craziness of April and I was so thankful! Hard to get one of all of us these days!</div>
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I love these 3!</div>
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Easter was the next Sunday...my little bunnies before church</div>
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And after church we headed to Mom and Dad's for lunch and another fun Egg hunt</div>
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and bubbles with Uncle D</div>
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The week after Easter was especially insane. On Sunday we celebrated Christ's Resurrection, on Monday we buried my sweet Nanny. On Thursday we celebrated John Burke's birthday (next blog on that), and then Heath and I headed to Nashville to run in the Rock N' Roll Half-Marathon.</div>
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John Burke and Chloe turned 4 on April 28 and 30th</div>
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My parents graciously kept the kids Thursday-Sunday so Heath and I could head to Nashville. Heath had to work there on Friday, and then we were able to eat and play and prepare to run with our friends Ty and Meg and TJ and Martha Jane.</div>
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Heath and one of his best friends, TJ. He and his family moved to Nashville last year and we have really missed them! It was great to catch up for sure, and they showed us around such a fun city!</div>
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After the race...Ty, Heath, me and TJ. Back in November, my friend talked me into running. I accepted the challenge and then Heath decided to join me! It was a great experience, and like a true tourist I scurried home on Monday and stuck the "13.1" sticker on my car. Pretty sure if I am going to run 13.1 miles, I am going to have to note it! </div>
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Fun to run with him (even though I pulled back and let the boys go ahead pretty soon into the race:) Not trying to be a hero...just thrilled to finish!!</div>
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We had a fun February (taken up with Disney World mostly) and March...<br />
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We played soccer with some buddies</div>
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They took turns being interested...not super stars yet</div>
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Lindsey and Evan and I attempted to run a half-marathon in Gulf Shores, and ended up getting a kid-free beach weekend out of it when it got cancelled for terrible thunderstorms. Oh darn!</div>
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Heath and I went to his cousin's wedding...and met up with his spunky Granny Fran</div>
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John Burke's class dressed up like puppies and went on parade</div>
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And then John Burke said goodbye to his sweet friend Peyton when she moved</div>
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Collins got doted on by her MDO teachers...here she is with Brittany, her bather and personal hair stylist. Side note - they don't typically bathe students there:) I take it as a compliment...but it is probably an insult that she is always "filthy" to them </div>
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Our sweet friends the Fitts who moved to Mobile came back to visit and cook out </div>
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We visited the planes at the Southern Museum of Flight with friends</div>
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We had a busy Spring Break and we loved it! We started out with a play date to the park in Leeds with 3-story slides...so fun! However, I think my kids stayed on the merry-go-round for 2 straight hours</div>
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Then, Jami and I packed our kids up and headed to Atlanta for a quick 2-day trip. First stop was LegoLand Discovery Center at Phipps Plaza. So fun!</div>
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Getting ready for the interactive ride - this place was great! After the ride, we played with legos (of course) and inside a great playground. Then we headed in the 4-D movie...we brought our friend Kina along for the ride and wow was she helpful! Love her!</div>
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Then we headed back to the hotel for hours of swimming (funny to write in the summer where we swim every single day, but at the time we needed some water!)</div>
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View from the top. So cool, but I was nervous my monkeys would run and jump too close to the edge, so we headed back inside pretty fast! Stone Mountain was awesome, even with some of its exhibits still closed for winter at the time. I want to head back and check it out in the summer, the kids had the best time exploring there!</div>
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At the end of the week, Lindsey and her kids came in town for a visit for their Spring Break too. We were able to go visit sweet Nanny and get doughnuts with Pop Pop...</div>
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It ended up just being 2 weeks before Nanny died. So so glad we were able to go see her one last time with the kids...even though she commented that it was very noisy:) </div>
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The last weekend our sweet friends invited us to come play with them at their farm</div>
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and riding on the Bad Boy Buggy. Heaven for little boys...</div>
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and Collins too!</div>
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Phew! March was crazy and fun and a little cold and we had a great time winding down at school and playing with friends and family!</div>
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The third day (Day 2 without the travel day) of our trip we headed to Epcot. We had NO idea how much fun we would have. It was absolutely gorgeous outside. Before we left, we used some snack credits at our Port Orleans restaurant to buy delicious beignets for breakfast. So good! And John Burke woke us all up that morning by humming and singing "Nothing but the blood of Jesus!" over and over again. Crack. Head.</div>
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When we got the the park, we immediately bought the boys passports to take with us as we traveled the countries. All of the people in the countries who stamped their passports were so nice and engaging and made it fun for them. </div>
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We ended up loving traveling around the countries way more than we thought, and I think by the end we hit all but 2. I thought it would be boring, but it wasn't. They had coloring stations at each place, and they would offer little handmade drawings or such at almost every one. John Burke was ALL over that, and I was surprised how intent Turner was on getting as many countries visited as possible.</div>
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Germany was Heath's favorite:)</div>
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We found Mr. Smee (one of our favorite pirates) in France</div>
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It happened to be Valentine's Day and this was a message in the sky. Disney thinks of everything!</div>
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We ate at Coral Reef restaurant for lunch. This was the view from our lunch table. It was fancier than other restaurants we had been to, but the wait staff was great and relaxed. We watched the fish and then ate some (oops). The kids even had cupcakes for dessert (not Turner, he won't eat cake or donuts for that matter. WHY?!?)</div>
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Then we ran into Chip and Dale and had them sign our autograph books. Shortly afterwards, Collins fell asleep in the stroller. Hallelujah! I took the boys for our fast pass to Soarin' while Heath stayed with napping Sis. I don't think I got any pictures, but the boys LOVED the ride. Especially since the flight we had been building up for weeks was cancelled and we ended up driving. However, I must have pushed the "flying through the air" thing too much, because as we walked into the ride they both had wide eyes. While we waited to board, Turner said "I am sad I will never see Daddy and Collins again." John Burke rubbed his hands together in anticipation and said with a big smile "I can't WAIT to see MeMe!!" They thought we were going to heaven. Such innocence. And I was heart broken to tell John Burke we weren't actually going to the sky/heaven, and laughed at the ease in which Turner thought his life was just over and he was just leaving this Earth for good, no big deal!</div>
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Side note - Collins' shoes were "missing" and we ended up buying her these Minnie Mouse crocs in the picture. Turned out, Turner had locked a pair of her shoes in the hotel safe the first night, and we weren't able to find the key until check-out.)</div>
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This picture was one of our favorite things of the whole trip. We signed the boys up for the Phineas and Ferb game, and it made walking around Mexico so much fun! They had a cell phone and the game was interactive. They would receive a mission and then would have to type things in and do a scavenger hunt of sorts in the country. We caused guitars to play, pinatas to light up and John Burke even was able to send fire down a volcano with his spy phone. So fun!! </div>
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We traveled a few more countries and then headed to Animal Kingdom and had dinner at Tusker House in "Africa". It was delicious! Then we headed back to the hotel after a long day.</div>
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John Burke and I decided to do laundry that night. My travel agent had assured me there were laundry stations around, so I had brought detergent, etc. By that point, we had enough clothes to fill up the double stroller! </div>
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Who am I?? I don't usually do laundry much on vacation, but it was nice and oddly relaxing! We headed to bed quickly because we had an EARLY bus ride to breakfast the next morning. </div>
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On Friday, we were at the bus by moonlight - before the sun even rose. We wanted to make sure we got to Chef Mickey's for our 7 a.m. breakfast...ignoring that that was 6 a.m. central time!</div>
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Waiting for the bus to eat with Mickey and then a long day at Magic Kingdom</div>
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A great buffet and lots of pictures and autographs</div>
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The man himself</div>
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Goofy! I was glad my kids were all about the characters. It was so fun to watch them!!</div>
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Finished with Minnie...Collins' favorite!! Luckily we didn't have to chase princesses this trip (I KNOW she will be all about them next time), so Minnie was her indulgence! Chef Mickey's was so fun and one of the best things we did - definitely worth it. Can you tell my family didn't do character dinners when I was little?:)</div>
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We rode to Magic Kingdom on the monorail, and our first stop was the carousel by Cinderella's castle. Of all rides!! My kids could have done this over and over and Collins would not stop begging to ride it! We let her since she didn't have an opinion on much else on the trip.</div>
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We headed to Dumbo and it was one of the kids' favorites, but this was the best picture we got</div>
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Then we used one of our Fast Passes for Goofy's Barnstormer roller coaster. So FUN!! Collins was barely tall enough, but only two could ride at a time, so we did the ride swap and got to take each kid.</div>
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She thinks she is so big. This was definitely Heath's favorite thing to enjoy with the kids! He even took them back the next day, which is why he is in different shirts...</div>
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After Barnstormin' it, we met up with Ellie and Kate and Jay in Magic Kingdom. We did the tree house and the pirate ride and the Peter Pan ride with them. Love her!</div>
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Turner before he was able to purchase his prized "cutlass" sword. I didn't know he knew that word...too much pirate watching for him, but he did use it in context!! We grabbed lunch in the park and then headed back to the room for a nap. </div>
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We headed to Downtown Disney for the beloved Lego store. They loved it and all of the lego characters, and while we visited, Heath put our name down at T-Rex for dinner.</div>
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The food was amazing - I was pleasantly surprised and we were glad to get away from Disney food for just a meal.</div>
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Huge dinosaurs around us that "came to life" every 15 minutes. Very cool.</div>
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Thank you, Downtown Disney, for entertaining us! I had a cool thing happen on the bus on the way there. Heath and Collins were in the front of the bus, but the boys loved to sit in the back, so I let them this time. I heard them fighting, so I headed back there with them. Well, John Burke would not let up and went on to pitch a total fit. Screaming, hitting...wouldn't stop. Surprisingly, each child probably only had one of these melt downs the whole trip and this was his. I was sweating and nervous as people around me were staring and he would NOT stop. Heath was too far away and the bus had gotten more crowded. I was mid-way through threatening his life, and the sweet lady next to me (whom he had kicked with his croc unintentionally mid-fit) said to me, "Honey, we are in Disney World. He is young and over-stimulated and I promise all of us understand." Then 3 other women chimed in about experiences like this and laughed it off. It was such a blessing to share that moment right then - they were such encouragers and turned around an awful situation. I hope I am able to respond like that in similar situations instead of rolling my eyes like they easily could have!!</div>
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Mesmerized with pay phones as we left Downtown Disney - their minds were blown!</div>
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We decided to head back to Magic Kingdom to blow it out one last day and make sure we hadn't missed anything. We were able to check out early from our hotel (since we drove, we wanted to get out a night early to head towards home). We rode the Barnstormer again, the steam engine train around the park (the little things that my kids were impressed with!), the Haunted Mansion (didn't scare them...luckily..Collins yelled "Hey!" to all the ghosts the whole time). Collins' favorite ride was the Winnie the Pooh ride.</div>
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She meant business and was intent on doing everything the boys did that she could</div>
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She picked a tiny "Pooh" as her souvenir</div>
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Later we wandered around to the Monster's Inc Laugh floor, Buzz Lightyear and then signed up for a Sorcerer's Game, kind of similar to the Phineas and Ferb game from Epcot. I probably got more involved than Turner. I love a good scavenger hunt...or any kind of game. Collins fell asleep in the stroller and the boys went with Heath to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. This was the one ride all week where we had to wait in line, and they ended up waiting an hour. So Collins and I strolled around and I may or may not have followed 2 11-year old boys (and then apologized profusely to their parents) when I got stumped on my sorcerer game. </div>
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Collins was too short for this one, so I was so glad she was asleep. This was their favorite ride by far!</div>
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Heath's selfie with his big roller coaster boys. He said their faces were worth the wait in line!</div>
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We finished our trip with dinner at Crystal Palace and the characters from Winnie the Pooh. However, it was a buffet and we finished eating before the other 3 characters came by. So we made our time with Tigger special and bounced out of there! We were absolutely sure we had seen every single thing we wanted to in Disney World and especially Magic Kingdom and were okay heading home. Trip of a lifetime (with 3 small children:)) and Heath and I were so shocked at how truly magical it was and how organized Disney made everything! We might be "those" people now:)</div>
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Back in the Fall at an Auburn game, my sister-in-law Kate was talking about the trip to Disney World that she and Jay were planning. All of a sudden I asked her if we could plan a trip at the same time. Heath wasn't completely sold, but agreed to let me pursue it and the rest was history! </div>
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We planned a trip for February and surprised the kids with it on Christmas morning. They each opened a Disney book that played music, and afterwards we told them that we would actually be flying in an airplane to "Disney Junior" as Turner refers to it. They were excited, but then quickly moved on to the next Christmas toy in all the madness. So a few nights later, we decided to make an old-fashioned paper chain to count down the days until Disney World. We sat down and wrote all the things we were excited about Disney (such as Jake and the Pirates, Minnie Mouse, Doc McStuffins, etc.) and wrote them on each strip of paper. Then each day we tore one off until the time for the trip - I am thinking it was about 67 days...the boys never forgot:)</div>
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After so many days of anticipation and excitement, we were finally scheduled to fly out of town on February 12th. We had a flight through Atlanta, leaving late morning and arriving early afternoon. Sounded easy enough. Two days before, the weather started taking a turn and it looked like Atlanta was going to be covered in snow. The next day we had to make a call - wait and see how the airports did (didn't seem promising) or go ahead and leave a day early and drove. We decided to go for it and make the drive.</div>
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These arrived in the mail a few weeks before we left. They are Magic Bands, and they were fabulous!!</div>
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Side note - I had no idea what to do at Disney World, and a friend recommended using a Disney Travel agent. I was introduced (by phone) to Kendra Wolfe at Zipadeedoodah Travel and she was wonderful!! She planned every single detail of our trip - helped me decide park passes, days at the park, hotels, dining plans and most importantly food while we were there. I didn't have to pay her anything - she was compensated by Disney for booking us. We had a fabulous experience with her and I will definitely use her again!</div>
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Just a little excitement in the car. We loaded up on movies and crayons and coloring books and stickers and headed on our way.</div>
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We stopped in Tallahassee to get gas on the way down, and actually ran into Caroline - Heath's new step-sister! How crazy is that?! She would kill us for this picture, but she is in culinary school and had just finished class and was on her way home. </div>
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We drove about an hour longer, and ended up stopping in Lake City, FL for the night. Since the storm had hit Atlanta, more people than we realized were driving south to get away. It was crazy, and we snatched up the last "suite" at a Country Inn and Suites. We were lucky enough to get a jacuzzi tub right in the room. It grossed me out - it was really in the middle of the hotel room. But, I somehow got over it and found it a perfect place to bathe my monkeys.</div>
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We keep it classy:)</div>
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First of many sibling pics - after a hearty breakfast at Cracker Barrel</div>
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We grabbed breakfast and then drove about 2 more hours. The kids were pretty patient, and did well in the car. Princess even fell asleep as we got close to Orlando.</div>
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The excitement did her in</div>
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Yay! I stood out of the sunroof to get this picture, so I was just as excited I guess! We checked in to our hotel (Port Orleans French Quarter) and it was 80 degrees and sunny. Collins and I stayed in the car while Heath and the boys got us settled, and then we woke her up and decided to head to Animal Kingdom. It was only about 1:00 at this point, and we didn't have dinner reservations until 8:00 that night.</div>
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Waiting on our bus to Animal Kingdom. The buses at the hotel were very easy to navigate and dropped us off at the front of every park - we enjoyed them!<br />
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We spent some time in the Dino section of Animal Kingdom first. We rode some dinosaur rides and then ate lunch in Dino-land. There was a Mickey parade that mesmerized us, a "boneyard" playground where we could dig for fossils and ran and played, and then our favorite thing - a safari!</div>
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We loaded this "tour bus" and geared up for our African safari. <br />
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Some views from our ride...Turner helped maybe a little too much with some of the pictures:)</div>
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Check out those horns!!</div>
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A white rhino</div>
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His version of a "selfie" - luckily he doesn't know that term yet</div>
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This zebra was about 2 feet away!</div>
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Turner took this one</div>
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We loved Animal Kingdom!</div>
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After our safari, we decided to head back to the hotel. Orlando has some crazy weather, and it decided to storm right as we were getting on the bus. Perfect timing, since we made it on the bus in time! We rested for a little bit and got ready for dinner at Ohana, inside the Polynesian Hotel.</div>
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It is a Hawaiian themed restaurant and SO DELICIOUS!! Clearly our travel agent insisted we go there, since our reservation wasn't until 8 p.m. It was pushing it a little, but it was 7 our time and we were running on adrenaline. There is no menu, they just bring you luau-type food. We had steak, chicken, shrimp, vegetables, noodles - all family style and delivered to our table. It was great!</div>
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Delicious drinks too:)</div>
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During dinner, there was a game where kids could pick a coconut and sweep it across the restaurant. It was hilarious and kept John Burke especially entertained.</div>
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After dinner, we headed back to the hotel. On our monorail and bus ride, we met a nice family from Wisconsin who told us they had had 46 days straight below zero. It made me put our winter in perspective! They had 2 kids that played with our kids in line for the bus and on the way to the hotel. It was so fun meeting people from all over! <br />
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This is Katherine from the blog <a href="http://grass-stains.com/">http://grass-stains.com/</a> - I read her blog and it is so funny. My stalker self spotted her walking in with her family, and against Heath's advice I went and spoke to her. Luckily she was very sweet and her dad even wanted to take a picture - it was like a celebrity (blog-a-lebrity) to me and I was so thankful she didn't think I was insane! She and her family were eating at Hollywood and Vine as well.</div>
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Sofia the First - John Burke was obsessed, Collins a little doubtful. They were the perfect age for these characters - it was so magical for them and they hugged them and asked them to sign their books. Such a fun memory!<br />
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Outside of the ride. After this, we were tired and headed back to the hotel for lunch and a nap. Everyone slept, and I think that is what made the trip enjoyable with Collins:) We didn't stop and go back to the room every day, but we tried to when possible to avoid meltdowns.</div>
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We woke up and decided to head to get our first glimpse of the Magic Kingdom. Our travel agent gave us some great folders with information about each park, etc. One of them mentioned that the Barber Shop near the entrance of Magic Kingdom offered first haircuts for children. It was different than the Bippity Boppity Boutique - Collins was still a little young for that, but we (I) thought we would give the Harmony Barber Shop a try. Heath was a little hesitant, but I reminded him of this mullet.</div>
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Pardon all the air time, but it was her first hair cut!! I think Turner got an entire blog post for his first haircut. Collins just got hers lumped in at Disney World!</div>
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She got her own little Mickey hat and a certificate and they gave me her hair in a special pouch</div>
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So cute and much better cut!!</div>
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Someone else couldn't resist the fairy dust - Disney cast members just understand kids!!</div>
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I REALLY love fireworks - even on a chilly February night</div>
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We headed back to the room and Jay, Kate and Ellie came to visit. Perfect ending to the perfect first official day!!! More to come...and sorry for all of the pictures, but I don't want to forget!!</div>
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Wow, we have had a fun and eventful January! I keep telling myself that I need to blog about 2 or 3 of these things separately, but who am I kidding? I never will. And I want to remember all of these things, so here goes...</div>
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We had a fun and laid back New Year's Eve and New Year's Day with friends. All the while, we were counting down the days until our trip to Pasadena. After much discussion and debate (looking back, there is a small chance I over-dramatized the decision-making process:)), we decided to give each other the trip for Christmas and Heath's birthday, which unfortunately (though he truly doesn't seem to care) falls on December 28th. </div>
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We ran into one of Heath's friends from work at the airport and he took this picture of us gearing up for our travels. Luckily, afterward we ran into an old friend from Auburn and his wife and were able to eat lunch and wait for our flights with them.</div>
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Our sweet babysitter, Stephanie, sent me these pics while we were at the airport. She and her husband took the kids hiking! I love her...because I am 100 percent sure I would not have done that with them. She is so fun!</div>
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Watching Mr. Hunter climb</div>
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Anyways, back to the adult trip. We had THE. BEST. TIME! I wish we were still there - I have said that all month. I don't usually love January and February because they tend to be gloomy and cold, but California was just the opposite!! We landed in San Diego and met Heath's dad and Tambry and his sister and her husband and drove to Anaheim. I took this picture on a jog Heath and I took to Downtown Disney. Ah, the freedom of a few days without children was so nice and we took full </div>
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On Sunday, our friends Mark and Jamie picked us up and drove us to nearby Newport Beach. Mark is involved with a ministry that our church is also involved with, so he and Heath have become fast friends over the last year. They were so gracious to come get us and drive us around.</div>
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We took a ferry ride over to Balboa Island, where Mark and Jamie actually met. We ate at a restaurant on the pier and soaked in the sunshine, 80 degree weather, and our view. Ahhh!</div>
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Then, that night we met Heath and Tambry and Kelly and Jonathan and walked around Anaheim and found a delicious Hawaiian-infused restaurant. We ate outside and every morsel was delicious! We were pleasantly surprised!</div>
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During dinner, I kept seeing a blue light flashing and flying in the air. Kelly and I decided we needed to check it out. They were these little helicopters. We tried out our hand at shooting them. Kelly was much better than I was...except for when she shot one in the air into oncoming traffic and it landed on an unsuspecting car. Hilarious.</div>
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Later that night, I could barely contain my excitement. We headed to Sur - a restaurant in Beverly Hills owned by Lisa Vanderpump, a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills. When Lindsey booked her trip to Pasadena in early December, she was smart enough to make a reservation for us. Imagine Heath and Brandon's excitement:) But they were troopers and let us stalk our Bravo network crushes. Heath's exact words before we walked in were "Please act like you have been here before." He knew I was a little too excited!</div>
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Here we are with one of our favorites - Tom, a bartender at Sur. We ended up seeing Kristin and Tom (if you know the show - which Heath definitely did NOT) as well, and Lisa and Ken and Jiggy were there, but they were on the restaurant side and we had to draw the line somewhere! I considered stalking further, but I felt like Heath would have died of embarrassment, so I held off.</div>
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We stayed out entirely too late, but excitement and adrenaline and the sheer joy of a childless vacation made up for all of that! We arrived in Pasadena hours and hours before the game, and it was a picture-perfect day. The weather was in the 70s, not a cloud in the sky. We walked around and took pictures of the Rose Bowl and tailgated and ate at food trucks and ran into friends and family. So. Fun.</div>
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The family - we were missing <a href="http://jayandkatehenderson.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jay and Kate</a>. They stayed back in Atlanta this time, but they are going to have a very exciting 2014 and we are all SO glad!!!</div>
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Ran into Lindsey and headed back to tailgate with Mom and Dad</div>
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The family minus Derek:(</div>
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So much fun with college friends</div>
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We got to hang out with one of our favorite families, the Robersons. William on the end was in my class - now almost 8 years ago - and his sister Sarah Beth is one of the kids' favorite babysitters. That makes me feel very old!</div>
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Gross interruption. Jami texted me this picture when Turner got to school that morning. As we were preparing for the big game, our sweet babysitter and my friends at school got to deal with this. YUCK! Turner was playing outside on New Year's night and fell down the hill in our backyard. We had been putting a band-aid on it. But, that morning he kept complaining of it when he got to school. When I got this picture, I had a panic attack (imagine that - possibly dramatic). After a few phone calls, Stephanie assured me she had already made a doctor's appointment. She took all 3 kids that afternoon to the doctor and while we were tailgating and flitting around, they confirmed it was a staph infection...which I had feared. My saint of a sitter dealt with naptime (or the lack of) and the pharmacy, washing clothes, separate baths, etc. I am so thankful for her!!!</div>
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To end on a better note, check out the view from the Rose Bowl!!! AMAZING!! This picture was from my mom's seat. We were a section lower and a few over to the right. We had fabulous seats and enjoyed a wonderful game. In the end, we were sad Auburn didn't win, but so very proud of them for making it to the National Championship game. I felt like Auburn had every chance to win it, but in the end Florida State fought harder and earned it. The fans were great and we were proud for them. There were a few Auburn fans crying and angry, but most of us agreed with the guy behind us who yelled "People!! We were 3-9 last year and just played in the National Championship!!" We met Jonathan and Kelly at the car after the game, and she said "There are way bigger things in life than football." We all agreed, especially after spending the last Big Game with Heath's mom, and realizing how fleeting life is. We had a nice all-day flight home the next day, ending in delays in Atlanta and eventually we met my parents in the terminal and rented a car to Birmingham. I was ready to see my kids!! </div>
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Someone was about to turn 2!!! We got back on Tuesday, and had a Chick-fil-A party for Collins on Saturday. It was thrown together at the last minute (life of a third child), so we just had my parents and Heath's dad and Tambry and a few friends from church. </div>
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We chose a Minnie Mouse theme because she loves her on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and we are about to meet her in a few weeks!</div>
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We had chicken nuggets for our little nugget, a fruit tray, some ice cream and some cupcakes. The kids were very sweet and played in the Play Place. Reminded me of the McDonald's birthday parties of my childhood.</div>
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She definitely loves her "Dad-ddddy"</div>
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I do love this little turkey...or chicken:)</div>
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Feeling the grandparent love</div>
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Afterward we ate dinner with Pap and Tappy and headed home to open presents. Easiest birthday party ever!! </div>
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We were able to do her party 10 or so days before her actual birthday because Heath's dad was in town. The next day he came to church with us and was able to be at the service where they ordained Heath as an elder at our church. We love you, Pap! Thanks for being there! </div>
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Here is John Burke's "baby" as he calls her on her real birthday, January 22nd</div>
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We took donuts to her class and they loved them. They showed off how they have learned to sit with their hands in their lap until everyone is served. I love her class!!</div>
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Happy 2nd Birthday!! We love you, Colley Wolley!! If you ask her how old she is, she squints her eyes and says "Teee-ew." She also is starting to talk more and more - she looked at Heath last night as she was going to bed and said "Kiss me". And she loves to look at me and say "Tank tu" (thank you), "Love-oo" (Love you) and "Mone, Moma" (Come on, Momma - not sure why she says it with a long O) She walked with me by Turner's classroom the other day while he was having school. Before I realized it, she was grabbing his shirt and motioning him out the door saying "MONE!!" His teachers asked if I was checking him out, and I apologized for Bossy Pants' intrusion!! She is a piece of work, and I am thankful that God gave her to us!!</div>
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And, just as we thought January was eventful enough...Snowpocalypse happened!!! So crazy! Jami and I were out running errands on Tuesday morning. Around 10, we stopped to eat breakfast at a place in Vestavia. We got an email at 10:22 saying school was getting out at 10:30. We had seen the snow, but like everyone else, had no idea it was going to stick!! We kept eating, thinking it wasn't that big of a deal. Then, we hurried it up as the texts and emails kept coming. By 10:40, we were heading to the car. We got stuck behind the City Center behind some cars who were wrecked in the ice. So, we turned back and got stuck ourselves in some ice on a small hill in the parking lot. A kind man poured salt down and we were able to pray her van out of the lot. By that point, we got a message that her oldest son's elementary school had gotten out. We had already called and made sure our kids were taken care of at church, so we headed to get Brooks and his friends.</div>
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We picked them up around 11:20 and had no idea we would spend the next 2 and a half hours with them to go about 3 miles. God totally protected us as we ventured down the big hill by Brookwood Hospital in Jami's van, which was not 4-wheel drive, but drove us like a champion! Looking back, Jami tells me I coerced her into going down that hill...I think the Moms in us were trying to get to our babies!! We inched down the big hill and then sat by the Homewood YMCA for hours. Finally we were able to park her car at some apartments and walk across Lakeshore with these 3 boys until we made it safely to church about 2:00!!! Crazy!!</div>
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Heath works near our church and was able to drive part of the way, park his car at Target and then walk the rest of the way while I was stuck on 31. After seeing all of the traffic, I had a pretty good idea we weren't making it home. Several people wandered off of Lakeshore up to Covenant, and by the time I walked in the church the plan was already in action. The wonderful ladies of the kitchen (who lucky for us got stuck at the church) made a spaghetti dinner and Heath and some guys (including our pastor) made signs on Lakeshore for people in their cars to wander up and have some food and warmth, which they did. Some friends made it home to the top of 31, but our house is about 15 minutes from the church and we didn't want to attempt the long, winding road to get there. After a delicious spaghetti dinner, we went to Target and were able to buy an air mattress, some sheets and pillow, some Pull-ups and milk, a phone charger...you know, the necessities. We also bought an air mattress for our pastor. He had just set it up when an elderly couple driving from Illinois pulled up as they saw our sign on Lakeshore. They couldn't find a hotel anywhere in the area. We welcomed them in - they were heading south on an extended vacation, so they had pajamas, blankets, etc. But Bill Boyd gave them his air mattress. It was so nice to feel such a sense of pride in the humility of our pastor that night, and I was so proud of how our church came together and just made it work!</div>
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We made the best of it and laughed and talked after the kids went to bed. The dorm-lifer in me was secretly thrilled! And I can tell my kids are mine, because the boys were crying when we had to leave the next morning. They had so much fun staying the night with their friends!!</div>
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We were (and still are today as the roads are still icy) so glad that my suburban has 4-wheel drive. I haven't needed it before, but wow it has come in handy!! This was the sight on 280 on Wednesday morning around 11 as we were headed home. We took a friend home to Inverness first, and witnessed the abandoned cars first-hand. Such a surreal experience for our city - it happened so fast!!</div>
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We got home and immediately suited up for the snow. I figured I needed to let the kids get it out of their system! They lasted 20 or so minutes until all 3 of them cried at one point because of how cold it was!!</div>
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Thankful for being home, a shower and a good tooth brushing and long nap for everyone!! I know now why I am usually a Scrooge about the snow and January in general! But, God blessed us through it all and we have had such a fun month, Snowpocalypse and all!!</div>
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New fun app called Waterlogue - we have had plenty of time to discover apps this week:)</div>
<br />The Henderson Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06975979394047257264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1221793325180239754.post-5388503174034535542014-01-22T06:53:00.000-06:002014-01-22T06:53:04.269-06:00Christmas 2013Wow...Turner's birthday party (almost 2 months ago) was so fun, but I couldn't look at the invitation on this blog any more!! I got a new phone before Christmas, and I couldn't get my photos to upload to my computer...so I didn't want to blog without them...anyway, now I have finally fixed it at the Apple Store and it is almost a month after Christmas! Ugh! Catch up time for memories' sake!!<br />
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We started off the season with a picture with Santa from our trip to Reynolds Plantation at Thanksgiving</div>
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Then, in mid-December we put the kids in their Christmas pajamas and headed out to the Train Depot in Calera to meet friends for our second annual North Pole Express train ride.</div>
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So fun!</div>
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Our calm family waiting to see Santa and Mrs. Claus</div>
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Eating cookies helped pass the time</div>
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The boys were so excited...Collins not so much:) But Santa and Mrs. Claus were vary gracious and the boys loved every minute of telling them what they wanted (which was funny...they both wanted the same one thing "Pirate Island" from Jake and the Neverland Pirates. Santa thought that was easy enough...and we didn't tell them they could ask for more:))</div>
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These 2 crazies helped me cook and bake lots and lots for this Christmas. A new thing we added this year were these fruit Santa hats that I served when I hosted Christmas Bunco.</div>
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Festive and you can't mess fruit up:)</div>
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We also got crafty in our time off from school. Mostly for John Burke's sake...that boy loves to draw, cut, paint, anything crafty. So we made these handprint gift tags. They used their thumbs and pinkies and then I went back and added a few touches. I thought they turned out pretty cute and were very easy! My kind of project.</div>
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A couple of nights before Christmas our wonderful neighbors Ken and Helen had us over to celebrate. My children are obsessed with them, and I know why! They indulge their every story and play with them whenever they knock on their door. We are grateful that they are so kind and patient!!</div>
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Best picture I got of Helen - look how the kids are surrounding her</div>
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The boys modeling the clothes Mr. Ken and Mrs. Helen got them. Of course they gave them fun toys to open as well. We are spoiled by them! Here is Collins with the baby doll they gave them</div>
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Later that night Mrs. Helen helped me wrap the rest of my gifts. Look at those bows!</div>
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On Christmas Eve we attended our church service at Covenant. This year the boys sat in the service with us, and they did pretty well. Not ready for every Sunday yet, but it was a good start and neat to have most of our family together to sing Silent Night and worship. They were mesmerized by the candlelight service, and still needed one-on-one as they almost knocked over the candles more times than I could count. Not my most serene Silent Night experience, but it was worth it!</div>
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Then we headed to our friends' house. Joy was our hostess and John Burke shamelessly cuddled up to her...of course:)</div>
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We had a great meal and then Amanda's husband played some Christmas songs and we were able to sit and enjoy before the madness of the next day. What a blessing!</div>
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The next morning Heath and I had to wake the kids up at 7:30. It was so nice and probably the last year that will happen. Here are the brothers excited and anxious to walk downstairs and see what Santa brought them.</div>
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Pirate Island!! Thank you, Santa</div>
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And more girl toys are finally arriving into our home</div>
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Enjoying the toys</div>
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They were at SUCH a fun age to watch them marvel in all the toys and magic of the season. I also love what a great job their school and our church did at casually down-playing Santa and making it about Jesus' birthday and birth. It made it easier for us to keep re-directing to Christ, and I know this will get harder as they are older.</div>
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Heath and I gave each other a trip to Pasadena for Christmas (next blog to catch up on), and I teased him when he still gave me this. However, it is fabulous!! Random, yes. But I highly recommend. It keeps towels, bath robes, etc. so warm and cozy - like pulling out of the dryer. Win for Heath!</div>
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After breakfast we got dressed and headed to my parents' house for Christmas lunch with the family</div>
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Fun times with cousins and aunts and uncles and Uncle Derek even brought his puppy to share</div>
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View of the kids table</div>
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Cousin Caylen with Abby and Holder's dog - two puppies made John Burke's day!</div>
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And we all got special time with my grandmother, Nanny</div>
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Love her!</div>
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Then we headed down to Andalusia for Christmas dinner - here are Pap and Tappy with Ellie, Cameron and my three</div>
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Spoiled with even more presents!! </div>
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And Princess Collins got this surprise! A pink mini Cooper. Luckily she has a helpful brother!</div>
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We were thankful for all of the gifts, but enjoyed precious time with family the most this Christmas. On a tractor ride with Uncle Jay the next day</div>
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Sweet Ellie taking care of Collins...</div>
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In the back of the blue "tractor". Fun memories!</div>
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Merry Christmas Recap!!</div>
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In an effort to keep Turner's birthday separate from Christmas, I am sliding this blog post in before tomorrow:) </div>
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Turner's golden birthday was this year. He was 5 years old on the 5th, and decided months ago that he wanted a Pirate party. I didn't know what to make of that, and luckily he wasn't very picky. So some time in October, we decided to combine his love of swimming with said pirate party and went with it!</div>
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Our gym has an indoor pool that we have been loving since Lifetime opened. So why not have a pool party in December? Here were some of his guests at the beginning of the party. Cousin Chloe was the only girl!</div>
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Good thing she brought her dad to help lifeguard. </div>
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Heath and Pop Pop were also recruited to be extra lifeguards, to ensure moms wouldn't have to get in the pool:)</div>
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This year we decided to invite the boys from his class and just a couple of other friends in an effort to keep the chaos down. We had the party on a Thursday afternoon because it was his real birthday and weekends are crazy this time of year. We were missing some family from other cities, but it was our first "friend" party and made Turner seem so much older!</div>
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The little water bugs played,</div>
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and played</div>
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and played!</div>
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Lifetime was so helpful and provided a party planner and assistant to help run the party. Again a relief to watch from the side instead of my usual post in the water! They went swimming with them and then had games and contests perfect for our crowd!</div>
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He was thrilled with how it turned out. But I will say, he is like a puppy dog most of the time. Doesn't take much to please him:)</div>
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And we ended the party sliding across the floor. Perfect for these pirate brothers! Thank you, Lifetime for a fun and easy party (for me...maybe not the rest of the gym:)) I highly recommend them!</div>
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"I can't believe I am REALLY five!" I promise you he has said this statement every single day for the last 19 days since he has turned 5. For some reason, this birthday has been a major milestone for him. I cannot even count how many times he has walked up to strangers or commented to waitresses "I used to be 4, and then turned 5!" And his face lights up like this picture.</div>
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I can't get enough of my sweet five year-old. He is getting older and seems like such a big boy (most of the time). I am very proud of how kind and easy going he is, and of how much he is learning and enjoying school and his friends. He is such a blessing and I can't believe it has already been five years! </div>
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This year was our "Henderson" Thanksgiving year. At the beach this summer, we decided it would be fun to travel somewhere. Pap and Tappy were generous enough to take us to Reynolds Plantation on Lake Oconee in Georgia. All I knew about it was that Carrie Underwood had gotten married there, so I was sold:)</div>
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Kate and Jay had stayed there before, so they were able to help us navigate</div>
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The view from our balcony - each night you are able to make s'mores at that fire pit</div>
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The lighting happened while we were seated in the restaurant directly behind the tree. It was delicious and while we ate we were able to see fireworks and Santa drive up on a motorcycle. By the time we made it outside to check him out, though, Santa had already been swept away inside! The whole scene really reminded me of New York City or something out of a movie. So beautiful and the kids were in heaven!!</div>
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Santa was SO kind and let the boys talk his ear off! Turner woke up at 4:00 that morning and whispered to me "Mommy, I LOVED seeing Santa Claus tonight." They are still talking about it. Thank you, Ritz. You know how to do it right!</div>
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The next morning we got up and ready for a Thanksgiving brunch like no other</div>
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A shot of our table. Seated with all 17 of us together! The buffet was no joke and one of the most delicious meals I have ever had. In the background they had an Iron Chef competition between 2 of the chefs on property, and John Burke was mesmerized by the chocolate Christmas tree they were carving. So fancy! We tried to be extra appreciative to the servers - surreal that we were eating so fancy and they were working on Thanksgiving, but they assured us they were being paid very well and it helped their Thanksgiving cheer!</div>
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The kids loved the hammock...and met a little girl in green who photo bombed us:)</div>
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We had a great couple of days with family time, </div>
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puzzles, movies (in their cinema room!), ice skating (thankfully my boys feel the same as I do about the hazards of ice skating and we just watched a little bit)</div>
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And snuggling with cousins! What a treat and fun place to celebrate all we are thankful for!</div>
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On Friday, the girls woke up early and headed into Atlanta for Black Friday shopping. These crazy kids stayed at Jay and Kate's house and played.</div>
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We even had a quick family birthday celebration for Turner, who turns 5 this week!</div>
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Then Saturday we were up at the crack of dawn (literally woke our kids up willingly!) to head to Auburn for the Iron Bowl</div>
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We took the kids on campus for a while and let them tailgate, and then our sweet babysitter Sarah and her friend swept the kids away for an adventure at the lake. We couldn't waste valuable tickets on these crazies...or expose them to all the real crazies!</div>
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Heath and I were able to tailgate again without the kids (thankful for Sarah and Arden!!) and then head into the intense but exciting stadium. Tried to get a shot right in the sun of the all orange shakers throughout the stadium</div>
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And in direct contrast to the Alabama fan behind me who yelled in my ear "Miracles don't happen 2 weeks in a row" one time when they scored...pretty sure one did!! What a fun game to witness!!</div>
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The field. So crazy and exciting to watch, but oddly I was not tempted to join! We did, however, float through campus on the way to the car and sing and dance and cheer with 100,000 other excited fans. So so fun!!</div>
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Then on Sunday we decided we had to take the kids back to Toomer's (and eat Big Blue Bagel, of course)</div>
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And of course we had to teach them how to roll a tree</div>
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The perfect ending to a wonderful holiday! Thanksgiving was especially hard 2 years ago with the loss of Heath's mom that day, so it was such a gift to make new and wonderful memories this year for the holiday! Thank you, Lord for all of our blessings...far bigger than Auburn's win! </div>
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It is that time of year! Side note - this is a catch-up on the blog of all the things I am thankful for...or at least can think of right now! I am so grateful to the Lord for where I am in life and what all we have to be thankful for! As I am writing this, I realize it is a year-in-review of sorts and mostly for my own entertainment:) Feel free to skip over, and please let a thankful and hopefully not obnoxious sounding heart come through! It is so easy to say "I am thankful", but I truly am and it is nice to have this time of year to focus on the little and big things we are blessed with! And don't let a rosy blog fool you - we are sinners and mean and awful sometimes, I just prefer not to picture or talk about it often:)<br />
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War Eagle! We took this picture after the Georgia game. How incredible was that!! This weekend ahead is the Iron Bowl, and it stresses me out. But, it is easier to go into this year with 10 wins for our Auburn tigers! This year I am thankful for weekends away to Auburn - a place that holds so many wonderful memories. We got to go to several games without these little angels, but they did make it to one. Usually it is more than that!!</div>
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I wouldn't make it without people to help me watch my children. That sounds pretty pitiful, but I have decided it is the only way I keep my sanity. This year Heath and I got away more than ever with children since Collins was getting a little older. Glorious! These are a couple of our favorites - Kina, our family member of course. And the lovely ladies on the left of Jami and me, Lauren and Sarah, who braved the week long beach trip with us. Sanity Savers! </div>
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Oh, my Colley Wolley Doodle Bug. She is currently 22 months old. She is a DIVA!! Currently Heath is wrapped around her little finger. He constantly looks at me and gushes over something she has done. Honestly, by the end of the day she better be glad he is doing so because though I love love love her, she can make me a special kind of crazy! She's so different from the boys in that she will cry for no reason, point at food and eat one bite and then despondently throw it on the floor. And rarely wants to eat the same thing twice. However, she has a great sense of humor most of the time! She has no choice, we are always in her face and dragging her along, so she is good natured to laugh along with us. She likes to mimic this growling noise that I do in frustration, and it makes me laugh so hard. </div>
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She naps well (hallelujah!), still takes a battle (I am not even venturing into that fight yet - it is the ONLY thing I can find to calm her), and can't make it without her loveys. She loves to say "Daddy", "Mommy" "Uh Oh", "Love ooh", "Pease!" and "Bye Bye". She won't call her brothers by name yet, but will randomly impress me with words I had no idea she could say. But only once, because she is strong willed and knows I want to hear her talk more! She fiercely loves her teachers - Dee and Brittany and Wanda and Cynthia (a lifelong favorite) and she should because they braid and fix her hair (I can never do it to their standards), bathe her and lather her in lotion and vaseline. Bless her, I don't ever do that. But, I didn't with the boys either (not the bathing - I DO do that). Super Mom. Grateful for this little nugget...and she is starting to grow hair like a real girl!!</div>
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I really can't handle it when people say "hubby" and brag about them on social media. I don't know why - I should be nicer like that I guess:) But, I need to say more often how much I love Heath and how thankful I am for him. We have now been together for 12 and a half years, and that sort of blows my mind! We have grown so much together in the last years and lived life as a team, even when it wasn't easy or fun. I am so grateful for the leader that he is and how committed to the Lord and leading our family that he is. The kids are obsessed with him, and he is a good balance for me. Such a fun daddy!</div>
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With the Christmas season coming up, I need to be intentional in pointing my children and myself to Christ daily. Thank you, Lord, that you died for me and forgive me and love me even when I am so sinful. Hallelujah, What a Savior!</div>
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I love that friends share life with us! These relationships are such a rich blessing and I am grateful for friends old and new, and the unique stage of life to be watching my children make and enjoy friendships.</div>
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Collins and her BFF Sims</div>
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I made these friends take a picture with me last weekend - some best friends from different stages of my life. All standing together!!</div>
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Friends on a hike a few weeks ago </div>
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Brooks and Read are some of our favorite friends</div>
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Collins with her buddy Leila (she says "Yee yah")...Friends divided this weekend:)</div>
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I even caught some of Heath's friends and several members of his bible study one night when they were hanging in the back yard. They weren't dying for me to take the picture, but it didn't stop me:)</div>
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Some of my favorite people in the world are the grandparents around us - I am lucky to still have my Nanny and Heath's sweet Grannys. I am fiercely thankful for those relationships and all those women do and have done over the years so selflessly. I love that my children can meet and enjoy these women. But also, it is wonderful to have my parents and Heath's dad and this year he married "Tappy" and we adore her too!! We are abundantly blessed by the way the grandparents love and pour into our children.</div>
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The boys hanging out with Nanny. John Burke requests to sit with her weekly, and he loves to pet her little blanket and talk to her. Adorable, and a smidge creepy.</div>
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John Burke with his namesake, Granny Fran...her maiden name was Burke. He is a firecracker just like her!! </div>
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Pap and Tappy on the day they got married</div>
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Hanging with our buddy Pap</div>
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And we can't forget our MeMe, who just celebrated 2 years in heaven. She is a constant picture of heaven and Christ for our family, as they ask about her every day. I laugh to myself sometimes at the stories they "remember" or have warped. I told Turner one time that MeMe stole him away from me when he was a newborn all the time, because she was so obsessed with him. This was true, but he likes to brag that MeMe wanted to keep him forever. I want them to always talk about her and remember what a fabulous MeMe she was for them and how she truly delighted in them. Still surreal that she is gone.</div>
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We have almost been in our house for 2 years now and I still am grateful for it almost daily. The memories of our other house closing in on me haven't gone away:) I LOVE having an upstairs for my 3 wild cats to run up to, and it is so fun to play outside and ride riding toys and just be able to spread out! What a provision from our Father!</div>
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One of my favorite instagrams - Morgan and Collins hanging under the tent at the beach</div>
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This has been a fun way to document memories this year. Especially since I sometimes only update the blog monthly! It is so easy to post and write a quick caption, and I even printed some of our favorites out this year and hung them up in our den. The kids love to walk by and remember fun things...as they un-pin them from the bulletin board:)</div>
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I think this is one of his favorite pictures of the year. He actually held this alligator at 2 birthday parties this year, and will brag about it if you talk to him long enough. This second child of mine is constantly attached to me when we are at home. He is not scared to leave me for a second and try to boss his classmates or friends around, but he does not like there to be a waking second at home without him by my side. While it annoys me sometimes, I know it is fleeting and I try to embrace it! And, he is hilarious to me - sometimes intentionally and sometimes not. Last week, I heard some commotion in the back seat and I turned around and said "Oh..." and before I could finish he said "No, you didn't!!" He notices things I say and do WAY more than Turner ever has. He loves to annoy Turner and truly believes Collins is "his baby." On his Thanksgiving turkey at school he was thankful for "my baby." I actually throw him into his bed at night or nap (attempts), and then I miss him immediately. I am lucky to have that little ball of fire and grateful for him!</div>
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Look at this pack of cool cats - my 3 with Kate, Blake and Morgan</div>
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Pushing cousin Cameron</div>
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Hanging with Ellie at her pajama party</div>
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Chuck E. Cheese with cousin Chloe</div>
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It is so fun to have cousins around us all the time! Most of them don't live in our city, but we find a way to get to them and play. What a blessing to watch them grow up together!</div>
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This year a new gym was built about 10 minutes from our house. When I saw it being built, I laughed at how people in Birmingham did not need another gym. Well, I ate those words! We spent all summer there! We still go weekly, but it was a life saver this summer! We had a place to go work out (the moms) and then swimming with a bunch of our friends, a zero entry pool for Collins and also a great place for child care! It has spoiled me, and sometimes just a wonderful escape:) We continue to go now to the indoor pool because John Burke has fallen in love with swim lessons.</div>
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I am more thankful than I should be for my phone and the ability to text or email or play Candy Crush or check blogs or Instagram/Facebook. I take for granted how easy it is to stay in touch with people now with the slide of a screen. However, this is something I have to watch. I constantly feel convicted at how little I spend time with the Lord in comparison to time with my phone. I need to prioritize this more in the upcoming year. </div>
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This year was big for our little cul-de-sac. We had neighbors move right next door to us last December. We already live next to best friends (for a few more weeks at least:)), and this year Ken and Helen have made our favorite people list for sure!</div>
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John Burke with Mrs. Helen. This picture does not do justice for his love for her. Every single day he begs to go play at her house. He is constantly checking on them, and I even sent him over to their house the other morning at 7:15 for some eggs. They sent the whole carton! That is how precious they are.</div>
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Here is Mr. Ken with Collins on Halloween. They spoiled the kids rotten with goodie bags and oohed and ahhed over their costumes. We are so thankful that God sent us such fun neighbors.</div>
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We really love Covenant, our church. I grew up going there, but love how it is the same but different at the same time with a family of my own now. So many of our best and lifelong friends come from here, and I can't say enough about my friends and co-workers at the Mother's Day Out program. Two years ago we got a new pastor and Heath and I have loved the direction our church continues to go in. He (Bill Boyd) truly values community, and it has been fun deepening relationships in our church community! One of our favorite ways has been through family camp, where we took these 2 pictures.</div>
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Also at Covenant:) What would I do without that place? Turner and John Burke are old enough to attend Covenant Day School. Collins is still in the Mother's Day Out, but will be in the 2's next year. I heard people rave about our preschool, but the teacher in me kind of rolled my eyes. But, after having children in it for a couple of years I have to say how thankful I am for a school that continues to point my children to Christ. So often I watch them say prayers or sing songs that I would not have been intentional enough to do with them. They have wonderful and extremely patient teachers who I am beyond thankful for!!</div>
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A couple of weeks ago at the Fall Festival - Turner is in the 4 day 4's, John Burke in the 3's</div>
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This year was the first full year I wasn't pregnant or nursing a baby. While those things have been blessings in themselves, I have enjoyed stepping out in a little more freedom this year. I have been able to carve out a little more time to eat better (not just the survival mode with infants) and work out. I laughed at myself as I noticed the changing of the leaves so much more vividly this fall. The kids seem to be in a rhythm more this year as they are getting older, and I have come out of the fog that was the first few years of their lives. I praise the Lord for the rest He gives me in Him. I am also thankful for the rare days John Burke takes a nap, and proud of my champion Collins for sleeping and Turner for quietly entertaining himself for at least a little while in the afternoons!</div>
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This little beaut is in the shop right now with a messed up transmission. So I have been thankful for my car more than usual this week. Since we live in the car (by choice - I love to be on the go), it has been so nice to have space in the car. I know this because I was lamenting said space this morning as John Burke was literally kicking Turner in the head on the way into school. That is much more difficult in the Suburban. Thank you, land yacht!!</div>
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I love my firstborn. This sums him up - running off! He LOVES the water and was such a great swimmer this summer. He is loving anything pirate these days, and can study a map for hours and hours. I need to get him a globe! He wakes up happy and generally has a terrific attitude. Not nearly as observant as John Burke, but just happy to be doing whatever he is doing. Mostly:)</div>
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I had to document the first time I saw him write his name. He is loving learning this year - and it is fun to watch his little mind put things together. He loves puzzles and Legos (which I am learning are 3-D puzzles of sorts...as I "help" put things together). He is doing a much better job this year of listening and obeying at school - his teachers hold him to high expectations and I appreciate that. He is so full of life and loves to tell me how much he loves me, and I want him to stay like that!!</div>
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With his best frenemy. And yes, I do dress them the same every day. And no, I would not have thought I would ever do that. But they don't know any different and it makes picking out and buying and washing clothes so much easier, and it makes me giggle when I see it. Especially this outfit times 2! I know soon enough they are going to catch on that they should probably dress differently, but I am holding tight until then. </div>
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Tee ball brothers - one watching the game, the other watching our blanket with cookies on it</div>
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Loving on Sis - she LOVES being the baby and the attention</div>
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These 2 are usually a team - she indulges whatever wild idea he gives her and toddles behind him</div>
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And a little shout out to the original Starr family unit - blessed and thankful for them too:)</div>
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This year marked 2 broken bones for our family. Collins broke her ankle/foot in January, ironically while practicing standing. She would probably accredit some of her walking hesitation to that, but I don't buy it. Then in May, Turner fell off of a trampoline and broke his arm. Luckily neither had to have a cast. Thankful for health insurance and kind and patient doctors who worked with us and provided great care. I know we take our health and day-to-day lives for granted, and we shouldn't!</div>
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The first week of October both Turner and John Burke had field trips in the same week. Very fun and very exhausting!<br />
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Turner and his buddy H - we went hiking at Ruffner Mountain with all the 4 year olds from his school. It was a beautiful day, and Turner LOVES to hike, so we had a ball! Also, he indulged his current map obsession, as seen here. And - because he is a giver - he told every single child that walked up to go and grab a map. Apparently he is not the only child obsessed with maps/guides...sort of stressed out the Ruffner employees. We always make an impression:)</div>
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Then on Friday, John Burke and I headed to Old Baker Farm/pumpkin patch. It was a dream day for him. I was excited because it was my first field trip with him - I rarely get alone time with the boys. They are usually a package deal. We were able to pet animals (he can still recall exactly - a goat, a rabbit and a chick) and we saw cows, pigs, geese. His favorite things!</div>
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The Mountain Brook Baptist pumpkin patch - in a moment of insanity, I thought it would be cute to take them (and our friend Read) and let them help me pick bigger pumpkins than the tiny ones John Burke and I brought back. We got in the car with 2 typical big pumpkins, 2 Auburn painted pumpkins and a white, light green and light orange...an attempt to add sophistication:) </div>
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The Great Pumpkin Patch - our final patch visit. We are nothing if not festive this month:)</div>
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Turner was asking to go to the pumpkin patch because John Burke was bragging about it incessantly. And I had never taken Collins before, so Columbus Day we headed with our friends H and J (and their mom) to this super fun pumpkin patch! We jumped on the jumpies and did a hayride and they spent a WHILE playing in dirt.</div>
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And my little animal lovers got to ride a horse for the first time. Collins actually got a turn too, but it was short-lived and undocumented because of the crying and whining.</div>
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We fully enjoyed the Great Pumpkin Patch!</div>
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The second week of October, our church put on its second annual "Family Camp" at Alpine in Mentone, AL. It is a beautiful camp and the weather was incredible!</div>
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This wildcat/Miss Independent didn't make the trip with us to Camp. She got to stay back with Gigi and Pop Pop. I may be heartless, but it was nice to enjoy the boys without our little princess...and we picked her up just 24 hours later!</div>
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We stayed in cabins and got to hang with several of our great friends from church and get to know more. We had a bunch of free time to play and run and canoe - it was fabulous! </div>
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Oh, and golf cart rides with 12 other kids:)</div>
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John Burke and one of his favorite girls, Martha Ann</div>
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Taking a break from running and playing with our bud Brooks</div>
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Such a fun time with our family and church body</div>
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We left family camp a night early to head to Opelika to surprise Heath's dad for his 60th birthday. I wish I had taken a picture of the boys giving Pap the birthday card they made for him. They spent almost a whole hour coloring in the carefully plotted bubble letters. I am loving that they are both into drawing and coloring (except for the experimenting I am finding on front door, windows, bathroom and staircase and playroom walls). It is the first time John Burke has sat still for any extended period of time, and he is actually (also a word he loves to throw in conversation - ashally) a talented little artist! </div>
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The men played golf all morning on Sunday, so we were able to play by the gorgeous pool and splash pad. In the middle of October! Then, we headed to downtown Opelika and ate at a cute coffee shop and delicious popsicle place. Quick but fun time to celebrate our Pap (even though I didn't get a picture with him)!</div>
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Then, last weekend we headed to my cousin Caylen's wedding in Orange Beach. </div>
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The original Starr 5 </div>
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My mom with her adorable sister Barbara, the mother of the bride</div>
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Our favorite girl Kina came with us and kept these 6 weasels in the condo while we were able to go child-free to the wedding. So nice!</div>
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All the cousins except Chloe, who stayed back in Birmingham</div>
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So much fun family time for the kids...and the adults. Lindsey and I experienced our first trip to the Flora-Bama. How have we lived this long without visiting?</div>
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Don't worry - Derek went too, but had actually been before so he didn't get documented</div>
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Whew! So much fun and travel this month. We are tired, but wouldn't trade it. We even stayed home this weekend and rested for the big week of Halloween ahead! Happy October...we have adequately celebrated it:)</div>
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