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"So Frequently we mistakenly believe that our children need more things, when in reality their silent pleadings are simply for more of our time."
***President Thomas S. Monson (Ensign May 1994)
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| Vance received treasures from his Grandma Godfrey and has been putting them to good use--but not sharing them with his brother. |
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| Flynn discovered that he loves listening to music on the TV --once the music stops, though, he's done watching. |
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| Nutmeg's been acting old and grouchy and she got a swipe of Vanilla's ear. I hate when they fight! |
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| Vance picked his little watermelon he's been growing. It was just getting too cold for it outside. The kids said it tasted terrible -- so I took their word for it. I was just impressed that he grew on a watermelon at all. |
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| Noah got his Arrow of Light in Cub Scouts! Super proud of him! |
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| We got a few pumpkins to carve . . . just a few. Flynn thought they were pretty awesome, but not too tasty. He did nibble on a few. |
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| Carving pumpkins is always fun at our house! |
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| Myshel carved all 3 of their pumpkins by herself. She was very determined. |
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| We had a few seeds when we were done. Myshel cooked them for us and even made some with pumpkin spices. They're very yummy! |
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| Noah turned 11! Wow, where does the time go!? |
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| All Noah talked about for a month was that he wanted a jean jacket. When he opened his present, though, he thought it was just a pair of jeans and was completely disgusted with us. Kids!! |
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| Happy Birthday, Noah! We love you so much! |
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| Trunk-or-Treating on Wednesday night AND Trick-or-Treating on Thursday night! What was I thinking??? Flynn made an awful cute giraffe. |
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| And Noah was a handsome, little cowboy. Boy, it's a good thing he got that jean jacket, huh. |
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| Carved pumpkins all lit up . . . they're just really fun! |
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| Checking out his stash. I'd love to say this was all he got, but I think this was only about a third of his take for the 2 nights. |
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| Someone else thought he should have a birthday, too. I just can't believe it's been a year since he was born. What a sweet little guy he is! He's such a blessing to our family. |
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| This is what Flynn did while his parents opened his presents. He wasn't interested in them at all. |
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| He did like the lollipop his Oma gave him, though. Silly, Oma! |
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| Happy 1st Birthday, Flynn!! |
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| He thought the cake was pretty good. |
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| . . . needed some milk to wash it down. |
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| He didn't get too messy, though. |
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| Chad and I helped take the youth on their temple trip. I always love being in the temple with the youth. It was especially fun this year, because there were several kids that just turned 12. So, I've known them in Primary and then got to be in the temple with them. Such a great experience! This is McKaylie and her 2 friends that rode up with us. |
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| These were actually taken the beginning of October, but I decided to add them here. We had a friend of ours take some family pictures for us -- before Vance leaves. She always does a great job. |
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| It was the beginning of October and we were thinking that we would have wonderful weather for our pictures. It turned out to be the hottest day in weeks. We were dying. I'm amazed that the pictures turned out so well, considering. |
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| Flynn did so good that day. He complained the least of all of us. |
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| Chad and I |
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| We really won't be together like this for much longer. Next year will bring a lot of changes for our family. |
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| Flynn and his Momma |
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Just before we moved from Maine, Vance and few of the scouts hiked to the top of Mount Blue. His friends took some great pictures, so I thought I'd share them.
It's a tough hike. I think they were all paying for it the next day. Here's one of the leaders on his way down.
This is Vance at the top.
He was very impressed with the views and how pretty it was up there.
Love this one--such a beautiful scene and a great picture of Vance and his friends.
The boys took a little break before they headed down.
This is Vance's favorite picture. He calls it the "Lone Warrior".
Vance and Chad got home from scout camp on Friday, July 4
th around 6PM. Vance had a great week, which from the sounds of it, was non-stop fun. He was covered in bug bites, though and had a bruise on the inside of his arm at his elbow that was about 4 inches in diameter. It looked terrible!
He said it was from archery and thought that it was pretty cool. Boys!!!! I'm just glad that he had a good week and he did come and give me a big hug and told me that he missed me. We were glad that he was home, too. Even
Myshel said that it just wasn't the same around our house without him!
We went to see fireworks later that night, too. He was exhausted when he hit his bed that night.
