tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30617058513402872272024-03-19T03:19:05.565-07:00Still waiting on the honeymoon.....Ryan, Lindsay, Kai, Andrew, and Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656440816802636840noreply@blogger.comBlogger246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061705851340287227.post-48842416475419812102016-04-12T20:00:00.004-07:002016-04-12T20:03:53.180-07:00Andrew turns 7Andrew had a Halloween birthday party. It was a lot of fun. The kids dressed up, we built a cardboard tunnels that ran thought out the garage, we ate powder sugar donuts off a hanging strings, and had a pumpkin toss. Andrew had lots of friends there and got lots of fun toys. <br />
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That evening we went trick or treating with out neighbors next door. Harrison, Reese and Lukas joined us too. Kai was a zombie, Andrew was a shadow???, and Malia was a black cat....I am sure if have pictures somewhere, but since I am already posting this 5++ months late, I doubt I will post them.<br />
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Ryan, Lindsay, Kai, Andrew, and Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656440816802636840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061705851340287227.post-71316000167127242992016-01-04T18:13:00.000-08:002016-01-04T18:13:07.241-08:00Christmas post....Actually on time for once!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Christmas was pretty simple. We went to Christmas Eve service with our friend Liz, and her kids Harrison and Reese. We spent the night at my parents house and wore our pajamas and worked on Santa puzzles, and we opened Christmas gifts in the morning.</div>
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The kids big gifts were a basketball goal for the boys and a new bike for Malia. They also got board games, walkie talkies, legos, barbies and beanie boos!</div>
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The day after Christmas we headed up to East Texas to have Christmas with Ryan's side of the family. After the party in Wills Point, we headed over to Campbell, to spend the night at Marla's house. After we got back to Houston, we spent the rest of the break relaxing reading and playing...oh yeah, and the new Star Wars movie came out so we had to have a Star Wars marathon!!</div>
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So I have kinda sucked it up on blogging...but here are our Christmas pictures....</div>
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We started out our Christmas really early by going to the Texas Renaissance Festival and getting our picture taken with Santa.</div>
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Then we made gingerbread houses with Mimi. Ryan and I also went over tot he Sheltering Harbour house to deliver Christmas presents and to make these same houses with all the boys. It was a lot of fun to see high school boys getting so creative and being so precise with frosting.</div>
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Christmas Eve took us to my parents house, where we completed a 1500 piece Christmas puzzle.</div>
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The morning was filled with presents, and fun, and happy faces. Looking back now, I think the kids favorite present was the razor scooters their Uncle Scott gave them.</div>
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Next we headed up to East Texas to visit with Ryan's side of the family. We started off at Marla's house, where we did more puzzles, crafts, and the cousins all got to play.</div>
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Then we headed over to the Roberts Party, where Sam and Josh introduced the oven mitt game to everyone. Ella won in the end, but it was a whole lot of fun trying to get that present unwrapped.</div>
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For Kai's Birthday we headed down to Galveston with his two best friends, Harrison and Lukas.</div>
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We played all day at the beach: checking out mussels in the sand, boogie boarding, digging holes, building sandcastles, and playing in the waves.</div>
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The next day we headed down to The Strand to Kai's favorite place in Galveston, Boardgame Island.</div>
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Happy 10th Birthday Big Guy!!!</div>
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This Spring Break Rocked....While is rained all week in Houston, We enjoyed sunshine and snow in Ruidoso, New Mexico.</div>
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We went skiing for the first time as a family at Apache Ski Resort. On the mountain the weather was cold and snowy. The first day, we actually got to experience thunder snow, which closed the mountain for a little bit, but is supposedly super rare and brought with it huge snowflakes that looked like dip 'n' dots. The second day it was sunny and beautiful, and by this time the kids were pros. They flew down the green (and even a few blue) slopes with ease as Ryan and I raced behind.</div>
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The kids and I spent over 5 hours exploring the different sections of the museum, but our favorite by far was a room filed with nothing but cardboard boxes, scissors, markers, and tape. The kids were allowed to create, construct, and let their imaginations run wild. </div>
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After a long ride back to Houston, Malia and I went to see the new Cinderella movie with Emma while the boys spent some quality computer time with Coleman at Mimi and Pawpaw's house. The next day we hit up a park with Mimi, Emma and Coleman and discovered the joy of <a href="https://www.geocaching.com/play">Geocaching</a>.</div>
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After a few attempts at tower building Andrew beat his previous record with twenty three blocks....but it was Malia that surprised us all with a tower 25 block tall.<br />
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Andrew had an awesome birthday celebration this past weekend.</div>
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Andrew is such a cool little kid. He loves to cuddle up with his mom. He hates being in a room all by himself. He loves to wear old man socks. He likes to talk about God. He is really good at singing at the top of his lungs in the car. He can build awesome lego creations. He loves to dance and fight and bug his siblings. And he is really good at picking his nose. I love that little guy.</div>
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This year one of my friends wanted to carve pumpkins with me and the kids. I invited a few more people over and we had a really fun carving party.</div>
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We walked around our neighborhood and then went over to one of Kai's classmates house, who was having a haunted house. The kids got to help scare while the parents hung out in the cup-de-sac catching up.</div>
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The next day the kids went though their pounds of candy and filled a sandwich bag with all their favorites. Then Kai and I went out with <a href="http://www.45hope.org/">45 and Hope</a> to feed the homeless and gave the rest of their candy away to the people we met. It was a great way to have fun and give back.</div>
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Poor Giblet (Emma's Dog) got harmlessly tortured this trip by his loving owner....</div>
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So, when storybook pumpkin time came around, I asked their mom if they could make pumpkins along with my kids. Here are the finished products:</div>
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Reese made Clifford the Big Red Dog</div>
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Andrew made Skippy Jon Jones</div>
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Kai made Harry Potter</div>
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The kids had a lot of fun making them and showing them off to all their classmates at school. (especially Harrison because he got to tell everyone that those were Kai's Underpants!!)</div>
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A new school year is upon up. Kai is starting 4th grade and Andrew is in Kindergarten.</div>
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TV show: Captain America</div>
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Kai has Ms. Brown and Ms. Snyder this year. He is with the same group of kids he has been in class with for about three years now, so he was happy to see all the familiar faces. He is excited about getting to get into the science lab this year.</div>
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TV show: Crash and Bernstein</div>
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What she wants to be when she grow up: Elsa from Frozen</div>
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But this year, Ryan and I are also celebrating our 10 year anniversary, so we combined my birthday and our anniversary for a night out on the town.<br />
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We had dinner at a cool little taco place down town, followed by cheesecake and wine at a swanky italian restaurant.<br />
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Then we went and saw C.L Lewis's,The Great Divorce at the Wortham Center.<br />
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I can not wait to see what the next ten years bring.</div>
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<br />Ryan, Lindsay, Kai, Andrew, and Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656440816802636840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061705851340287227.post-80111518664569190872014-07-06T19:51:00.000-07:002014-07-07T12:36:51.614-07:00Summer list continued....We have been rocking the cheap and free activiteis Houston has to offer this summer...the past two weeks the kids and I have participated in the following activites:<br />
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11. <b>VBS</b>-- one thing I love about Baptist churches is that they always offer VBS for free. We have some friends that attend Spring Baptist church and they really have a great children's program. Kai and Andrew had a great week learning about God and helped raise over 1000 dollars for at risk kids to go to summer camp.<br />
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12. <b>Free Bowling</b>- I am always a skeptic of these "free" programs, but I checked out <a href="http://www.kidsbowlfree.com/">Kids bowl free</a> and it actually worked. The kids had a blast bowling two games for just the cost of shoes.<br />
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13. <a href="http://www.springcreekgreenway.org/naturecenter.htm">Spring Creek Greenway</a>- this is also a cool place to go for free activities for the kids. You can hike or you can attend art activities, story time in the wood, go fishing, or attend kid friendly lectures on frogs and worms and all sorts of other fun stuff.<br />
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14. <b>Public Library</b>- we obviously checked out books and attend story times but our library has all these awesome programs and classes like:<br />
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15. <b>Art days at the library</b>- this week the kids made and earth, sun and moon system that spins around.<br />
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16. <b>Kid performance at the library</b>-- this week we saw Peter Pan, but in coming weeks we will see Frozen, The Lion King and Suessical.<br />
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17. <b>Galveston</b>- we went down to my parents place for the weekend. The seaweed is pretty bad this year, but that did not stop us from having fun. My kids just used the seaweed as a platform to jump off.<br />
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So this year I decided to simply list all the awesome stuff out as we do it in hope that it gets to 100...so here goes<br />
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1. <b>Splashtown</b>-- we have season passes this year so we go about once a week.<br />
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2. <b>Miller Outdoor Theater-</b>- this is on our list every year and we never go...so it figures that the one year I do not make a list, it is one of the first things we do. We was <i>The Nephew's Magician </i>performed and had a picnic in the park.<br />
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3. <b>Make homemade playdoh</b>- this is always fun and we used it for a bible study we were doing with kids. We were using it to discuss Lot and his wife (and technically we made salt dough to go along with the story line-- but I am still counting it)<br />
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4. <b>Build a fort- </b>The boys had a friend over the other day, and of course, right when they were ready to play outside a huge thunder storm rolled in, so we made a huge fort that took over the entire living room and watched movies instead.<br />
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5. <b>Shoot BB guns</b>- my boys have never shot guns before, so they were more than thrilled when at my niece's birthday party the BB guns were brought out to play with. We sat in the back yard for about two hours shooting at shoes and water bottles. And of course they both want one now!!<br />
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6. <b>Cook with the kids</b>- my kids love to cook, so we have been trying out all kinds on new things (mostly desserts). Our favorite so far is a gluten free double chocolate chip muffin (we like to pretend they are good for us.)<br />
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7. <b>Road trips</b>- we went on our first road trip to see Ryan's family. His uncle Mark passed away, so while we awere going for a somber occasion, we got got to see a lot of family, which is always good. We stayed one night at Wes and Deann's house-- where the kids got to ride around and <b>drive golfcarts </b>( I think that should count as number 8). After the funeral we got to celebrate the arrival of new life by visiting Sam, Maddie Karen and Greg. Sam is due in August so they had a big baby shower. The kids swam all evening and by the time we got to Doug and Cassie's house, everyone was exhausted. We got up the next morning and drove to Wills Point to have a Father's Day breakfast with Rick, before heading back to Houston.<br />
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8. <b>Ride around in Golf carts</b>-- see above<br />
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9. <b>Swim, Swim, Swim- </b>I am weird and I like to count things....like all the different pools we swim in in a given time period-- so far this summer we have swam over at my parent house, over at Terri and Aaron's house, at Destiny's house, and at Greg and Karen's house...so we are up to four so far<br />
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10. <b>Go to the Drive in</b>--- this is another item on my list that usually never get done, but we went to see <i>Maleficent</i> at the Tomball Drive in and it was a really good time. The weather was great, the kids had fun, and the movie was really good. <br />
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So that is it for now....Hopefully I will be updating again soon and maybe next time I will remember to take a camera with me on our adventures!Ryan, Lindsay, Kai, Andrew, and Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656440816802636840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061705851340287227.post-91963009093821854222014-05-31T09:46:00.001-07:002014-05-31T09:46:08.724-07:00Soccer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ryan, Lindsay, Kai, Andrew, and Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656440816802636840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061705851340287227.post-45385952958224527082014-05-06T12:04:00.001-07:002014-05-06T12:09:55.708-07:00God MomentsSo my doorbell rang today and when I opened it I saw my twenty year old neighbor standing there frantically thrusting an armful of kittens in my face. She walked right in, and on the verge of tears, told me how she found them in the street and that her mom is highly allergic and she just didn't know where else to go...<br />
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I looked at these three puny kittens with there eyes swollen shut with a gooey infection and reluctantly said, "take them upstairs to the spare bath tub....lets clean them up and get them some food."<br />
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As we cleaned up the cats she told me how she had had a dream about cats last night and something told her to walk down this road she does not normally go down today. The funny thing is that she is currently in a book study I am doing on the Holy Spirit... so she did not think twice in saying that it was God who warned her about the cats last night and the Holy Spirit that led her right to them today.<br />
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Once we got them clean and fed and put some ointment in their eyes, I called a friend that I knew recently had a cat pass away and was wanting another one. I didn't tell her why I wanted her to come over I just said I had a surprise for her.<br />
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When she got to my house and saw the kittens she almost broke down herself. She instantly wanted all three so we loaded them up in my car and drove her back home. On the drive home she told me that when I called her she had been crying. She was feeling so lonely and isolated, and now she just could not be happier.<br />
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Thank you God for the little moments of heaven you allow me to see here on earth!!Ryan, Lindsay, Kai, Andrew, and Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656440816802636840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061705851340287227.post-54277354331423225012014-05-05T16:35:00.003-07:002014-05-05T19:22:55.265-07:00Day 6- LegoLandThe night after Weeki Wachie we had the pleasure of spending the night with some friends that lived in Orlando. God knew we were going to be in the care of some good local people that night because it was this night that Andrew decided he could no longer walk. His foot was swollen and very tender to the touch....he had not done anything to break it but he refused to put any type of pressure on it. Our friends took us to an urgent care clinic and after two hours and two x rays, it was decided that Andrew had acquired an aquatic infection and given antibiotics should be fine in 12 hours time.<br />
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The boys spent most of their souvenir money here. Andrew bought a sword and a Lego set and Kai bought a mace and a lego set. We played hard all day long and once we got back to our friends house we were all exhausted. Andrew's foot was still very swollen and he was still running a fever despite the antibiotics. Then to add to the struggle Ryan had a pleurisy attack in the middle of the night--so we decided to ditch the rest of our plans and drive home the next day.<br />
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This was definitely the girl day of the trip!!!</div>
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"Mermaid Land" as Malia called it was a really cool state park. It has been around since the 1960s and still uses the underwater technology that was developed n the 60s to produce the shows. The shows take place in the deepest fresh water spring in the country and wildlife swims through the show all the time...we saw turtles and fish, but they claim manatees have also swam through.</div>
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There were wild peacocks all over the park. This one gave us a little tour.</div>
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They have wildlife shows where the kids got to pet a snake and a baby alligator</div>
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The nature trails made you feel like you were walking through a tropical jungle,</div>
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and the boat tour was just breathtaking. We saw turtles, fish, osprey and bald eagle nests. Plus the views were amazing and the water was so clear.</div>
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But most important....were the MERMAIDS!!!</div>
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They did two performances during the day..."The Little Mermaid" and a "History of the Park."</div>
We saw both shows and then Malia made me go back to watch the Little Mermaid again!!<br />
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The performers stay under the water the entire time, getting oxygen from tubes that pump in air. It takes 6-12 months for a mermaid to train to adjust her body/oxygen intake to do the required moves to perform in the shows. It was pretty awesome.</div>
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The boys enjoyed the shows...but had to show their manliness by swimming in the fresh water spring (which was freezing) but very fun.</div>
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This might have been my favorite day of the trip. You can't go wrong with mermaids, peacocks, and fresh water springs.</div>
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We left Panama City around noon and drove all day to Crystal River. To make up for the night before, we found a very nice hotel room right on the river to spend the night.</div>
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It had beautiful grounds to walk along the river with gazebos and flowers.</div>
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It also had a heated pool that we all swam in until it got dark.</div>
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We then had a low key evening back in the room watching basketball and playing cards with the kids.</div>
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The next day, we got up early and headed over to Homsassa Wildlife State Park. It is known for it's manatees, alligators and a hippo named Lou.</div>
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They are were cool to see....such graceful, peaceful sea cows.</div>
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The park also had a bunch of other wildlife that we got to walk around and see and an education center where Malia got eaten by an alligator.</div>
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That evening we found a beach and hung out by the ocean. Andrew made a friend with a little boy named Ryan, while Kai read and slept in the sand.</div>
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We all loved Homosassa-- I think we would all go back to this part of Florida.</div>
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Our second stop of the trip was in Panama City. We stayed in a beach side hotel that had a beautiful view but some shady clientele.</div>
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The weather was in the low 70s while we were there, so there was no way I was getting in the water. The chilly breeze did not seem to stop the kids though.</div>
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The hotel had an awesome pool with a waterfall and a huge hot tub, so after our time down at the beach we all warmed up in hot tub.</div>
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I spent my time building castes and collecting shells</div>
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Another cool feature of the hotel is that they showed movies on the side of the building. We got to see Nut Job while sitting poolside with complimentary popcorn and cookies!</div>
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The next morning was Easter. Instead of finding a service to go to, we decided to read the Resurrection story together as a family while sitting on our balcony. </div>
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(This is a shot from our balcony of some dolphins that decided to swim by while we were reading.)</div>
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So while we could have done without the drunken yelling that went on until 2am and all the flashy tourist traps that lured our kids in and left them disappointed when we found out it would cost over $100 to all go do it....Panama City did have beautiful beaches and lots of shells (which are always free)</div>
Ryan, Lindsay, Kai, Andrew, and Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656440816802636840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061705851340287227.post-47607462742842445802014-04-27T09:30:00.000-07:002014-04-27T19:14:42.460-07:00Day one-- New Orleans Day one of our trip started in New Orleans-- But first we had to drive there. We had many pit stops along the way but here are a few pictures from the first couple of days that were my favorites.<br />
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Once we got to New Orleans--My kids got busy exploring. They were each given $50 for the entire trip and were told to spend it wisely because once it was gone, it was gone. The French market was very tempting to them. Kai bought a harmonica and a metal sign on the United States. Andrew bought a magnet for the refrigerator, and Malia bought a marti gras mask and a sparkly purse.</div>
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The kids loved wandering around this old town and seeing all the sights and sounds. </div>
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After the market we went down to St Louis Catherdral just in time to see a wedding parade march around the square. People were dancing and music was playing as the wedding party paraded around--it was such an awesome tradition to get to witness.</div>
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(Kai playing his harmonica while walking down the street)</div>
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(Malia and Mommy dancing to one of the bands performing at a street cafe)</div>
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We ended our evening at Cafe Du Monde. The kids were more impressed with the hot chocolate than the beignet, but it was still worth the experience.</div>
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<br />Ryan, Lindsay, Kai, Andrew, and Maliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00656440816802636840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061705851340287227.post-50127243823500067872014-04-27T09:06:00.000-07:002014-04-27T09:06:08.634-07:00Maundy ThursdayWhen I started writing this post, I had 35 pictures to add.... so after some thought, I decided to break it down day by day..... get ready for Roberts' vacation overload!!<br />
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This year we decided to take our family vacation over Easter break and take a week off school. We did this because Kai is in third grade this year, which means it it his first year of the state mandated test called STAAR. We decided that instead of having our son spend two days sitting a testing room being bored out of his mind, we would take the opportunity to explore Florida.<br />
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But first.... we must remember that this is the most holiest time of the year and to celebrate this momentous event called the Last Supper we invited friends over to share in a message and take communion together as a family in Christ.<br />
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It is a special moment to see your children serving communion to people they love. </div>
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