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Well, if you couldn’t tell it was a much more relaxed June for us.  Baseball and T-ball both ended, and school is over. Both boys had their respective banquets at the beginning of the month. We celebrated Bupka’s birthday, Father’s Day and took a...
Everyone who talks to Louie and Matt should know they are huge Beatles fans. What you may not know is that so is Sarah. We got a Wii and Beatles Rock Band for Christmas this year, and she has been practicing ever since.  
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For the past few years we’ve been keeping you up to speed with the Dare-Devil and his reckless sidekick Fearless . Like any good movie trilogy, for the third installment, we’ve added a new character to the plot, Little Miss Mischievous. As usual it all...
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Matt finished up his first T-Ball season tonight.  Matt has been chomping at the bit for the past two years while Louie played soccer and t-ball.  When I coached the soccer teams Matt was able to hang out at the practices and occasionally get...
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Both boys were playing sports this month. Being Matt’s first sport season of any kind we really had no idea what to expect. Growing up I remember my parents encouraging each of us the “play our own sport” And I think going forward we may have to start...
April was crazy busy…and then T-ball & Baseball started. Sam & Susan welcomed Taylor Brooke into the family on April 1st. Easter provided several photo opportunities. There were several Easter egg hunts ( school & church ), Easter egg coloring...
March may have well been Cub Scout month for us. The Tiger Cubs went to Lean TV for an outing.  While there they learned to use the various equipment and put together their own TV show. Louie’s first pinewood derby is chronicled here. And there are...
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Tonight was the much anticipated Pinewood Derby ! Several times over past month it seemed like tonight would never get here.  The past few weekends have been spent cutting, sanding, weighting , painting, and polishing various parts of the car. ...
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After a quiet January we found plenty to do in February. Snow at the end of January prevented us from going to the Circus in Charlotte, but nothing could stop us from catching up with the show in Columbia . Every one enjoyed the show, even Sarah was seen...
We woke up to almost 5 inches of snow.  An uncommon occurrence for us in South Carolina.  The kids didn’t even want to have breakfast before heading out side. This wasn’t Sarah’s first, but it was the first time she was able to spend any real...
After a few weather related stops and starts we finally got to take the kids to the Circus.  Our first attempt was the weekend of the first ice storm this year.  We had to cancel, and the boys were very upset.  Sarah won’t remember this...
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Not much happening in January. After all the excitement of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years we settled down and had a very calm and quite January .   Hope you Enjoy!  :-)
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Well, having some time off in December greatly increased the amount of time I had for posting pictures. Louie’s Cub Scout Pack rode in the Lancaster Christmas Parade . Jenny celebrated a birthday . There was lots of baking.  Chocolate Chip Cookies...
We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas! Here is how we spent the last few weeks getting ready for Christmas! Visiting Santa Claus,   Decorating the Christmas Tree,   Riding in the Parade,   Eating Cookies,   Making Pizzelles,  ...
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Friday was the last day of school and preschool before Christmas. Matt’s class sang carols for the parents.  There was also a live nativity. Louie’s school went to see A Christmas Carol.  It was pretty scary, but both boys said they enjoyed...
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