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| Found the girls at the YMCA writing Bible verses on the chalk board in the youth lounge. |
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| Shopping at Walmart for Jenna a new baby doll and earrings for earning two weeks of stars on our starfabulous behavior chart! |
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| Jenna worked so hard this summer completing her school work (Yes, I am a teacher mom and give my kids summer school work...but it is a very small amount) AND this particular morning, she was the first one done and did an amazing job without any help. We were both thrilled and this picture says, "TA-DA....look at what I did Mommy!" |
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| Just Ellie and Jenna going to the pool with Mommy, while everyone else took naps! |
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| After swimming in the pool, we ventured down to the lake to throw rocks....because throwing rocks is free, fun entertainment...and Mommy gets a few great pics out of the deal too! |
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| Ellie-7 years old, Jenna-5 years old |
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| I see God's beauty in this picture. His grace and mercy are also evident. I have such a humbled, thankful heart for the blessings I don't deserve, yet He willingly gives. |
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| Our scripture fridge! The girls wrote down all the Bible verses we have learned on strips to keep on the fridge. |
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| Pizza by the pool almost every Tuesday evening. It was kind of like our summer tradition. |
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| She is crazy. Plain and Simple. This was during the Olympics, so obviously, she was "training" here for the Olympics one day. |
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| Summer Movies. This particular day was a bust because the movie was horrible, but we still had fun playing with arcade games. |
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| Best part of the summer mornings, was having quiet time on my patio and then snuggling with the boys as they woke up. Gotta appreciate the morning hair here. Hysterical! |
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| James Daniel....again, look at the hair! LOVE little boy morning hair! |
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| This day was wonderful. Ellie and I spent the better half of an hour during nap time, creating Show Me videos of "Scripture Songs"....Ellie would choose the pictures, and sing the scripture while I wrote the verse reference on the screen. Such a special time together. Very thankful for this sweet spirited, spunky little girl! |
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| Yogurt Mountain with Daddy after work one evening. |
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| I have proof when he goes Platinum one day! |
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| Cheer Clinic....2nd Grade Jags! |
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| All day, everyday....they LOVE it. |
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| The best part of this memory, is the fact that under that guitar, he has no clothes on....When I said, "James Daniel, where are your clothes?" He said, "I am a music boy and those boys don't need clothes!" |
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| Publix grocery shopping with Mommy. |
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| Nana got married. Yay! Mr. Howard asked the kids where they wanted to go celebrate and everyone agreed "Jim Bobs" in Mt. Laurel~! An old town Soda Fountain....perfect! LOL! |
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| Found these two in my bedroom quiet time chair, studying scripture together. Warms my heart. |
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| Sight word practice. |
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| She asked me if I thought her new shirt was "totally screaming Ellie Pate,or looked like something Claire would wear"....She cracks me up! |
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| Painting letter for Claire Bear's room one summer afternoon. |
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| Just the girls swimming today! |
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| One of Claire's precious friends, Leah Neilson. They were "working out" while I was running at the Y. Pretty sure their vocal chords received more of a work out than their leg muscles:-) |
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| Her shirt says it all..."IS THAT ALL YOU GOT!".....Her big sister's picked this outfit for her for "back to school"! |
