Little Boys are Made of:

First Day of School!!!!!

2011-08-20T20:55:00.000-07:00

First Day of school. August 16th. Mason has been going to his new school full time since the first week of August. I just wanted to put a picture of him on so you can see how big he is getting. He is 5'5" and weighs 130#s. I don't have a first day of school picture for Adam because he has to get up way to early for me to get up and take a picture. Adam has started his Junior year of High School and has his learners permit. In Indiana you can't get your Drivers Licenes until you are 16 1/2 and you can't drive with friends in the car until you are 17. Whew! that saves us a little stress for a while. Now for Marcus. As you can see in these to pictures he isn't to happy about going to school. I couldn't get him to wear his polo shirt which is the uniform. Today I went and bought some more plain solid color T-shirts. I am going to have to clean out his drawers and hide his favorite shirts. He has a Mr. Potato Head shirt, A monkey shirt, and a Toy Story 3 shirt and a blue Levi Strauss t-shirt he calls his cowboy shirt. Those are his favorite and always asks for them. Well the first week of school for Marcus started out rough. I couldn't get him to eat breakfast the first day and he would yell at me and tell me no about getting on the bus. Each day got better but he still isn't too happy about having to go to school. He is slowly getting use to the Idea again and doesn't get to mad when I mention it. Something funny that happened was the Sunday before school started a Friend of mine asked Him if he was going to go to school and he yelled at her, NO! She just started laughing. It cracked me up too. He may not want to go but I will put him on that bus no matter what. So now it's my turn to sleep, work out, clean, organize, and what ever else I can do that Summers don't allow me to.

Kirt's B-Day and Date Night

2011-07-31T12:52:00.000-07:00

As you know Marcus loves trains. Here he is riding what he calls a real train at the mall. Of course this is on Kirt's birthday and also it is Date Night. With Adam at Scout camp we have a tag a long. During the day when Mason is at school we also went to the Guitar Store. Marcus loves it here. We just pray that nothing gets damaged. Kirt got what he needed at the Guitar Store and then we let Marcus explore for about 5 min. He has lately been asking for a piano. He already has a guitar and a snare drum. He probably wants to make a one man band.

ADAM'S 16th B-DAY

2011-07-04T13:32:00.000-07:00

My Boy is 16. Boy does time fly by. This is Adam's party. I chose black and red and an 80's theme. The invitations had the A-team logo and Van. On the inside it said: I pity the fool who doesn't come and celebrate Adam's 16th birthday. 8 boys and 1 girl came to the party. We had 2 -29" pizzas from Barlo's Pizza. The boxes the pizza's were in are the size of my kitchen island. I made his cake. His cake was a decadent dark chocolate cake with oreo pudding on top with cool whip on top of that. We played a few games and the kids talked and joked around a lot. Everyone had fun. Adam got a lot of neat presents. The one he is holding up in the bottom picture is a woven braclet a friend made for him with a pinapple grenade "charm" attached. Lots of Fun. Also, Adam is taking drivers ed. and doing pretty good in it.

2011-07-04T13:04:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of what we have harvested so far from our garden. Just love being able to say we grew this. We love having fresh veggies to eat.

Farrah's Sunflower

2011-05-24T22:31:00.000-07:00

Farrah this post is for you. You said you wanted me to paint you a sunflower. Is this okay? If not I will give it away. Just Kidding. I will bring it with me when we come in December.

Graduation and Goddbyes

2011-05-24T22:25:00.000-07:00

Today was Marcus' last day of Preschool. He graduated and is going on to full day Kindergarten. He will be attending Abraham Lincoln in the Fall of 2011. Marcus had a new teacher this year Miss Heather and the classroom aides are Ms. Angie and Ms. Mary Pat. Angie and Mary Pat have been with Marcus' all three years of preschool. I wanted to do something nice for them and thought I would paint some pictures since I have already made jewelry for them early this year. I will really miss these ladies. They helped Marcus so much and he has come such a long ways in these three years.

Special Olympics

2011-05-19T21:09:00.000-07:00

One neat thing about have an Autistic child is you get to watch them participate in Young Athletes Special Olympics. I was so fun watching Marcus at his last meet because he will be going to Kindergarten next year. Also Mimi and Boompa were here visiting and got to watch him too. All the kids are so cute. People really cheer for those children who are really challenged physically. Just for them to use their walker and go down the track until they cross the line. Each class has a different color t-shirt every year. Marcus' first year is was grey, 2nd year is was light blue, and this year it was light pink. For some reason his class never gets the bright bold colors. At least he wasn't as hot in the lighter color. It's fun to watch these special kids.

Rain Storms

2011-05-19T21:00:00.000-07:00

This was a good rain storm. Marcus loves to play in the water and mud. You can see by the big rock how flooded it is. We had lots of rain and flood warnings everyday. Of course we also had tornado warnings and as usual they don't come near us. That's good, but it gets annoying hearing the siren going off. It's not like I am going to take Mason and Marcus into our small half bath and wait in there for an hour. People out here in Indiana like to weather watch. Some people will even take chairs out and watch. I will take pictures of storms rolling in but stop and go inside when they hit. I don't have any pictures of storms yet because our computer went down and I lost all the pictures I had. Oh well could be worse. We do love having the rain because our grass is green, our plants and garden are growing and soon we will have our own home grown food to eat.

Marcus is trying new foods

2011-05-19T20:52:00.000-07:00

One day our Home Teachers who also happen to be the Bishop and his Wife brought pizza to us. It was a nice suprise. Well Marcus hadn't been eating much of anything at that time. Just his milk and lollipops. Well before I could thank the Home Teachers and close the door Marcus took the pizza and put it on the table opened it and started eating it. So I got him a plate. He ate about half of the piece he was holding. He has tried it a few other times but still prefers eating bread sticks instead. This was a start to a new trend. He eats bread, bacon, chicken, hamburger buns, white chocolate chips, vanilla ice cream, and the list goes on. He has even sat at the dinner table with us and tried nibbling on a carrot. So we hope this continues and he will get past his sensory issues with food.

It's Spring Time

2011-05-19T20:40:00.000-07:00

Spring came early this year. We had a lot of blossoms and flowers all over. Of course living in Indiana you have weird weather. We got cold again but not cold enough to kill my flowers. They didn't last long though. We are now coming out of a cool rainy trend and will be warming up for the Fathers and Sons outing this weekend.

2 Calla Lillies

2011-03-14T20:00:00.000-07:00

These are the two Callie Lilly paintings I have done. The one on top is new. The bottom one was done in early February. It is also the one I sold at the auction fundraiser.

Newest Paintings

2011-02-27T19:24:00.000-08:00

I am working on painting flowers and landscapes. These are my latest paintings. I think the Calla Lillies turned out the best. I will have all three of these at the auction/spaghetti fundraiser.

Valentines Day

2011-02-27T18:04:00.000-08:00

This is the Ice Cream Cookie Cake that I made for Kirt and Adam for Valentines Day dessert. We had Barlo's Pizza and bread sticks. Yum, Yum, Yum.

Snow, Ice, Snow and then the Meltdown. Yeah!

2011-02-27T17:54:00.000-08:00

We had about 2 weeks of really bad weather. Snow then and Ice storm and then snow again. Its was so cold too. This is the second day of 5o - 60 degree weather and so we started chiping away at the Ice so we could pull out without sliding and walk to the mail box without slipping. Marcus was so happy to play in the water. He put his boots on and jumped and splashed for at least 30 min. before I told him we were going in to get warmed up.

More Paintings

2011-02-02T21:36:00.001-08:00

So here are the next 3 paintings I have done. What do you think. The mountain scene didn't turn out the way I wanted. It's hard to paint with having to get up to get Marcus stuff and do the computer typing for Mason. I like to have a few hours a day when they are at school and I can do what I need to do and want to do. Some Me time. I have to say that the boys have been pretty good so I can't complain to much. It would be nice if the boys were still at a napping age. Mom would like a nap but I can't seem to talk them into it.

ICE ICE BABY!

2011-02-02T21:24:00.000-08:00

Monday night we were told to get prepared for a bad storm coming across the plains. We got hit with freezing rain and it coated everything in Ice. The road has about 2 inches of ice on it. The worst thing about this is that the boys are home with school being cancelled for 3 days in a row now. Adam was ready to go back to school after the first day off. It is no fun being stuck inside with nothing to do. Believe it or not the roads are passable. I went to the store and didn't have any problems but the side walks and parking lots are the reason school is cancelled for the 3rd day. I don't even know if they will have school on Friday. I say yes. But it really doesn't matter since the kids only went to school on Monday. Now they will have to use all the days off coming up, like Presidents Day, to make up school days. These pictures I took on Wednesday morning and I have to say even though it is cold, I sure think it looks so pretty.

Tell me What you Think!

2011-01-22T19:31:00.000-08:00

These are some new paintings and 1 portrait I have done in the last month. I need a few people to tell me what they think of them. I am thinking of putting them up for auction at the ward youth fundraiser. I will probably go to goodwill and get frames for them to help make them look nicer.

Dancing the Night Away!

2011-01-22T19:25:00.000-08:00

This is Adam and his Tshirt that he wrote on at the youth dance Jan. 8th. It was a black light theme. The youth were told to wear white shirts they can write on. Kirt went as a leader and said all the boys were writing on there shirts Write your Number here. Adam wrote his Number on his shirt with the words Call Me! and (Females Only). Kirt said it was hilarious. The kids all had a blast. It's nice to know our youth can have fun and be goofy and keep their standards.

White Christmas

2010-12-29T19:42:00.000-08:00

Well we had a white Christmas this year. In the month of December we had a total of 15 inches +. The boys had a good christmas morning. They loved opening there gifts. Mason and Marcus even opened Kirt's and Mine. We sent out homemade christmas cards and put a picture of the boys in football jerseys in it. The boys are wearing jerseys from the city or state they were born in. Adam - San Diego, Mason - Arizona, Marcus - Indianapolis. We hope you all had a wonderful christmas and a great new year.

Snow, Snow, Snow!!!

2010-12-19T17:12:00.000-08:00

Marcus wanted to go outside to play in the snow. He wouldn't wear a coat but wanted to put on what he called a purple shirt. It was Adam's Cub Scout shirt and he wore it for about an hour. Inside that is. I told him no jacket no outside.

This is also a picture of him in the cub scout shirt. I just wanted to play with the photo stuff to see what it would look like.

This is our first snow. It was so pretty. The second picture of the sky is what it looked like with the storm moving.

Pumpkin Patch

2010-12-19T17:06:00.000-08:00

This is in October when Marcus' preschool class went to a farm to get pumpkins. He had a lot of fun. The picture of him in front of the cows, that is a close as he would get to them. They were skittish too. If I came to close they would duck there heads back in and move away. The smell there however was not good.

THANKSGIVING

2010-12-19T16:55:00.000-08:00

Here we are THANKSGIVING DAY. My Mom and Dad came to visit for a few days. They left that day in the late afternoon. It was good for them because they had a good flight home and plenty of space on the plane. You can also see how big the boys are getting when standing next to Mimi and Boompa. Can't wait to see them again.

New Kitchen cupboard and island.

2010-10-14T09:26:00.000-07:00

Kirt's Parents recently visited us for a few days. It was fun having them here. Marcus really liked interacting with them. Grammy took him for a walk in the wagon to the creek. Adam had to go find them and make Marcus come home. He would stay there all day if he could. It was a warm visit. We got up to 89* the Saturday they were here. Too hot for me. Kirt and Lynard worked on a project while they were here. Kirt and Lynard put in a new cupboard and an Island in our kitchen. We still have to Tile the top of it. I love it. I love the extra counter space and storage space. There is so much more room on the rest of the kitchen counters. Eleanor and I went shopping. We went to the antique stores, Barnes and Noble, Le Gourmet Chef, Cold Water Creek, and went to lunch at Johnny Rockets. Kirt, Lynard, and Eleanor went down to McCormick Creek, Brown County Park, and Nashville Indiana to hike and look at the leaves that are starting to change colors. It was a nice visit and we miss them already.

Adam/Tennis 2010

2010-09-09T20:34:00.000-07:00

Adam has improved over last year in tennis. He has won several matches. He also moved up a position to JV Doubles 3. I don't have any pictures of him from the front because I was behind a fence and they won't let us in to take pictures. It would be to distracting for the players. I will post more in a couple of weeks when the season is over. Then get ready for swim team.

My Latest Paintings

2010-09-09T20:28:00.000-07:00

The first picture Marcus painted after I was done working on my paintings. He loved using Mommy's paints and brushes. The 2nd painting is not done but I am slowly working on the picture of the Mesa Temple. I am painting it from one of the photos that my sister Autumn took. The last picture is a painting that I started at least 2 years ago. I just forgot that it was in my closet. When I cleaned my closet a week ago I found it and finished it. It is one of my favorites.

Horses

2010-09-09T20:20:00.001-07:00

Marcus loves horses. He wore out his old white stick horse I made for him. So I had to make a new one. He likes having a black horse. I also added a thicker stick part. It is a swimming noodle with a wood dowel in the middles of it. The painting I did because Marcus loves horses and I thought we could put one up on his wall. This is a picture of him riding his new stick horse. He is pretending to jump over the white lid like they jump over poles in equestrian competitions .

The Scare Crow

2010-07-10T21:23:00.001-07:00

I just finished this drawing tonight. I wish I could have had it done for girls camp. Our theme was Over the Rainbow. I did this drawing once before back in the late 90's. We gave it to a co-worker of Kirts before we moved from San Diego. He always liked it so I drew him another one. Not as big but still pretty good.

Marcus can Spell

2010-07-05T17:34:00.000-07:00

Okay everybody. I took this picture when Marcus was through putting the letters up the way he wanted. I have never told or taught him how to spell TOYS< CAFE< or JIG. He has been doing this a lot more lately. He loves letters and words. He has some videos that are about horses and farms and will cover the alphabet with words like Farrier, Breed, etc. They show them on the video and he will yell out F for Farrier, or B for Breed. I hope this means he will be able to read in a year when he will enter Kindergarten. He is also talking much better. Using more words and actually answering correctly. Now if we only could get him to eat. One battle at a time. Yeah!!!

Potato Harvest

2010-06-25T09:54:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody. These are the red potato's that I recently harvested out of my own garden. Last year we did yukon gold and got a lot too. Next year I am going to do sweet potatos. They are so easy to grow and I think everyone should try it. Did you know they have purple potato's too.

Marcus At Swimming Lessons

2010-06-24T12:18:00.000-07:00

Marcus loves the water. But he doesn't like to be splashed. He also didnt' like to be dunked since he wouldn't put his head under water. The swimming lessons were good for him socially though. Hopefully next summer he will be more inclined to go under and blow bubbles. He missed the last 3 days of swim. He would tell me no and I couldn't get him dressed. That weekend he ended up getting sick. So he knew he didnt' want to swim. Oh well, maybe next year.

Marcus Mason Adam

2010-06-24T12:14:00.000-07:00

I think I have the best looking boys around.

Family Day Outing

2010-06-24T12:06:00.000-07:00

We went on a Saturday for a drive about half way to Terra Haute to a state park. This is what we found after following a couple of detours because of road contruction. It was a warm day but the boys had fun. Marcus loves to throw rocks and looks for the biggest he can find.

19th Anniversary

2010-06-24T12:01:00.000-07:00

This is A Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream Cake that we had for dessert on our Anniversary. We also had Country BBQ Ribs. Yum!

June 13, 1991

2010-06-13T06:14:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 19TH ANNIVERSARY

It's hard to believe it has been 19 years. I love being married to my best friend. I hope and pray that we have at least another 19 years together in this life. I am grateful that we are sealed together for time and all eternity. Kirt, I love you more and more each day.

Love,

Shatzi

Flowers, Chair, and More!

2010-05-24T17:52:00.000-07:00

Look at these beautiful flowers. They are called peonies. I planted them about 3 years ago. This is the first time they haved produced flowers. This Chair is an old chair I bought about 9 years ago in Arizona at a yard sale. I recovered it and the couch that my mom bought me a couple years ago. Marcus and Mason had done a number on the old material so I got material at 50% of 50% off. This is what my yard and garden look like right now. And these are our strawberries. Yum.

Arizona or Bust

2010-04-21T18:00:00.000-07:00

These are pictures from my trip to Arizona. The first picture is of Annie and William when I went to visit them. Annie is wearing a winter coat and beanie I made for her. The next two pictures are of those of us who went to the temple to do family work. I was able to be proxy for my Grandmother Eunice May Sheffield Reed. My Dad was able to be sealed to his parents. What a great 2 days that was doing all the work. Aunt Mary Reid was able to do her sisters work and have her sealed to the family. We are so blessed to have temples in our day that we can bring together families forever. The next picture is of the Superstition Mountains. We dont' see any mountains out here in Indy so I thought I would get some. The last picture is of my Dad's mustang. He has restored it and made it raceable. Boy is it loud. I went for a ride and Dad showed me how fast it can go. Woo-boy it is fast. I got to rest and relax and recoup to go back home on the fourth day. I was happy to see my boys. Now it is back to the crazy house. Thanks Mom and Dad for spoiling me for four days too.

Marcus' new game

2010-04-09T22:34:00.000-07:00

Marcus came up with this on his own. He is crazy. He is definitely a dare devil and crazier than most kids his age. He sure can make you laugh though.

The Mess Maker

2010-04-03T21:43:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when I turn my back or try to do house work for just a few minutes. He got out the flour and poured it into a foil pan to play with his thomas train toys. By the time he was done he had all of his trains in the pan of flour and it was on the carpet and he was hitting it with a wiffle ball bat to watch the puffs the flour made. He had dumped some of it out on the table too. He then put Elmo in the flour and dipsy too. Then he said time to take a bath. He likes to take his stuffed toys into the tub with him. He is way to active but at least he makes us smile at least once a day.

Winter Mountains, Tuscan Flower

2010-04-03T21:35:00.000-07:00

The top painting I did a couple of Months ago. It is a watercolor. The bottom painting I did yesturday. I like seeing someone use new techniques on their PBS shows. Then I like to try it. If anyone likes my paintings and wants one let me know.

My Art

2010-03-24T19:48:00.000-07:00

I have been in the mood to paint lately. These are two pictures I have painted. Before these I made a purse out of ribbon and Duct Tape. It was Pink and Black. I also bought a pink turtleneck shirt for a little girl and put her name on it with paints. Her name is Kerrie. The K was a butterfly sideways. The e's were ladybugs. The r's were flowers with one leaf to the side. The I was a tulip. I made a lot of hair clips and gave them to the little girls in nursery for christmas. I like to try and craft new things then I like to give them away. It's fun and makes others smile. Tell me which painting you like best.

Saying Goodbye to an old friend.

2010-03-17T10:05:00.000-07:00

Well it's time to say goodbye to an old family friend. Our saturn is 12 years old. We have had a great time with it but now the saturn is being donated to Goodwill and hopefully someone will get it and take good care of it. We also are saying Hello to a new friend. One that is a lot bigger and can hold our monster size boys. It is a used 2009 Crystler Town and Country Minivan. The boys like to ride in it. The room is great. But we will miss the Saturn.

2010-03-17T09:35:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures and things going on in our neck of the woods. These beautiful flowers are from Kirt. I was have a really hard week and Tulips are my favorite. He brought these home and boy was I surprised. I really have a great guy.

This is Mason, he is 13. He is growing taller. He is almost the same height as me. He has also lost a lot of weight with his last growth spurt.

This is what Marcus loves doing right now. He hords every ball in the house. He even takes them from Mason. He likes to put them in baskets, buckets, and line them up. He even went to bed with the basket full of balls on the bed. He wouldn't let them out of his sight.

What a cute kid. But don't let this cute face kid you. He is a crazy man sometimes. Like this last week when I had to clean up broken eggs on the floor 4 different times. He also likes to get the flour out and pour it onto the table and into bowls and stir and throw it everywhere pretending to cook.

Giddy-up

2010-01-28T21:46:00.000-08:00

Marcus really likes to watch learning videos with animals in them. One day he was watching a video with horses and other farm animals. He had a stuffed snake and was riding it around like a horse so Kirt asked me to make a stick horse for him. This is what I came up with in about 15 min. He plays with it almost everyday.

It's Snowing

2009-12-27T16:19:00.000-08:00

This is the first real snow we have had. Mason and Adam had to get out and sled first chance they had. Marcus liked to help dad shovel the snow but didn't like it when the wind would whip up the snow and blow it in his face. Kirt of course is putting salt down after shoveling the driveway.

Christmas Morning

2009-12-27T15:37:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Kirt and Adam woke Mom, Mason, and Marcus up at 9am. Yes, I said 9am. Of course I didn't get to go to bed until 2am. Marcus didn't want to wake up so we had to show him what was in the present before he realized it was something he would want. Mason had a good Christmas morning. He got a brand new basketball, that he hasn't put down since then. He also liked getting computer games/storybooks and reading rainbow movies. Marcus played all day and all night with his Thomas the Trains. Adam got a WWII memrobilia book and the new Call to Duty PC game. We missed being around family though. Hope everyone had a great Christmas too.

THE STAR

2009-12-27T15:26:00.000-08:00

This is Mason after his School Christmas Program. He was the Littlest Star for the play of the Littlest Christmas Tree. He did a great Job. He
Also had a Gold hat on and put that on the littlest tree
during the play. I love watching all the kids at
Mason's school in the christmas program. They
have so much fun and do a great job.

The Military Man

2009-10-26T17:05:00.000-07:00

This is Adam receiving his Life Scout and poking me with the mothers pin. Just Kidding. The next two pictures are of Adam in his J.R.O.T.C. uniform. The first pose is at ease the second pose is at attention. He really enjoys participating in the drills.

Singing Happy Birthday

2009-09-27T15:22:00.000-07:00

Marcus - Happy 4th Birthday

2009-09-27T14:51:00.001-07:00

Here is how the day began. Marcus woke up really sick and has been sick for the last 2 days. So I called the Doctor and we went to prompt care at St. Francis Hospital. Well his breathing was labored enough that they put him in emergency instead of prompt care. He had to get a breathing treatment with some strong medicine and 2 X-rays, then 2 shots of steroids in both legs. Needless to say his Birthday didn't start out to happy. We had to stay so they could monitor him till 2pm. We got there around 10am. He fell asleep on the way home and slept till 4pm when dads phone call woke him up. Then it took me 30 min. to get him happy enough to hold him, and to find clean clothes that he wanted to wear. 6 outfits latter he chose the blue. He really liked his presents and is still playing with them. Daddy also gave him his red wagon early yesterday because he wasn't feeling well then. Marcus weighs 44 lbs. His tall as you can see. All the nurses and xray techs said boy is he big for a 4 year old. Marcus loves playing at school. He has made some great progress with his social and playskills, and also with his speech. He tells the teacher "outside now". He likes to tell us which way to go when we are driving somewhere. He will say "This Way" or "Go That Way". He can now count correctly up to 20. Now if we could only get him potty trained. Maybe I can get the school to do it for me. We are greatful for this little boy coming into our family. He is an active little boy with a spirit that makes you smile. We love him very much.

2009-09-18T10:32:00.000-07:00

Adam's last tennis match of the season. He and Damonte played doubles against Whiteland Warriors. The Warriors have the same colors at the Westwood Warriors in Mesa, Arizona. Orange and Blue. Adam didn't win but they had a good time playing. He is going to take some tennis lessons during the winter at the University of Indianapolis.

2009-08-21T18:57:00.000-07:00

Marcus had a blast with water during this summer. He played in it almost everyday. I let him play a lot outside in the water or else he would find ways to play with water inside the house. He flooded Adam's bathroom several times. There was at least 1 inch of water covering the floor and still more comming over the counter. Kirt has also wanted to get him a monkey for a while and so we found one we really liked and brought it home this last thursday Aug. 20th. He loves it. He sleeps with it. He takes it with us in the car. I am going to post a video too. He is playing with his Monkey which he calls Monkey right after Kirt gave it to him.

2009-08-21T18:50:00.000-07:00

Adam and Mason. Their Birthday's. Adam had his friend Kevin and Kevin's parents over for bowling and pizza for lunch. Mason had cupcakes at school. He is eating his favorite (Oritos) Doritos. He let Adam help him open his presents. I can not believe my boys are 13 and 14 years old.

Mason the Teenager

2009-06-26T20:56:00.001-07:00

Mason will be 13 in August. He loves to sit at the computer and go through YouTube. He love to watch the Hebrew
Barney the Dinosaur and Lucky Charms Commercials. He liked having Mimi and Boompa visit.

Storms, Storms, Storms!!

2009-06-26T20:50:00.000-07:00

This is what the first 2 1/2 weeks of June looked like. Lots of storms and rain. I love the way the clouds look and it was a lot cooler then too.

Marcus

2009-06-26T20:37:00.000-07:00

Marcus with lots of balloons at the last day of school party. Marcus taking Elmo, Blue, and Pablo in the bathtub with him. Marcus likes to play in our cars and pretend he is driving. You have to be careful when you turn the cars on because you don't know what switches he has flipped. Top picture is Marcus with Boompa(my dad) the saturday before fathers day. Mom and Dad came out for the week. Marcus really liked to play with his Boompa.

My Garden, I guess I can say I have a green thumb.

2009-06-26T20:31:00.000-07:00

This is my garden. I also have strawberries, blueberries, 2 apple trees, and an almond tree.

I just harvested my yukon gold potatoes. The strawberries are all done. Can't wait for the corn and zucchini.

Watch us jump and swim

2009-04-22T20:07:00.000-07:00

The boys had a lot of fun swimming the first night in Middletown, Ohio. The second night they were not happy because the pool was closed due to Tornado warnings.

An Irish Jig

2009-04-22T19:51:00.000-07:00

This is Marcus doing an Irish Jig when we let him out of his stroller at the museum. We let him out only a couple of times because he would run under the bars/poles that are around the airplanes and displays.

The USS Arizona

2009-04-22T19:48:00.000-07:00

Adam pointing to the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor. Adam has been to this Museum 3 times now. He really likes going there. There is so much to see. 3 Hangers of airplanes and displays. It is huge.

Hey Look at Me!

2009-04-22T19:40:00.000-07:00

Mason in an F16 cockpit. We went to US Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio for spring break.

Marcus and His Teacher

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Marcus and his teacher Mrs. Branch. This was at the classes valentine day party. Marcus was so happy to see me. I had to sit by him during closing circle time. Marcus really enjoys going to school.

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Marcus is pretty daring.

He jumps and climbs, and dives like this almost everyday.

It's almost spring

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It is March, and it was in the mid 70's today.

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This Adam at his last swim meet. He got 3rd in this race. Adam made great improvements to his time and techniques this year. This was his first year on swim team and he did really good.

March 2009

PMMS Mustangs

"Eat My Bubbles"

Goodbye Arizona Cousins

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These are my sister Autumn's kids. Arik, Meghan, and Summer. They are 17, 12, and 10. We were saying our goodbyes before we left in the morning back to Indiana.

Get your Game on.

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This is Adam, his cousin's Rylan and Braxton. Rylan is 4. They were playing with the Wii. Braxton is sitting on his Dad's (Spencer) lap. Adam was board so the Pearce's came over to do something fun with Adam. We also played boxing and Guitar Hero. Adam and Rylan had lots of fun.

The Yellow Song

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This is Zach, My brother Tyler's son singing the Yellow song. He learned it in preschool. They teach you how to spell all the colors. He is 4 and is very smart.

Arizona Visit for Grandma Reed's Funeral

2009-02-05T18:02:00.000-08:00

This is my niece Cheyenne Hope Nelson. My younger sister Farrah's baby. She is a cute chunky monkey. This is my Mom, Brenda Reed holding her. Adam and I went to Arizona for 4 days for My Grandma Reed's funeral. It was good to see all my family on both sides. All the kids have grown up so much. Everyone was suprised to see how tall Adam had gotten. The weather was lovely there. Mostly in the High 70's with some rain. We wore shorts and t-shirts most of the time.

Adam

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Kirt took Adam and his friend Ben to the Ropkey armor museum during the Christmas holiday. Adam is so tall that he had to duck to get in the tank. Adam has been doing
swimm practice for a week now. He
has already been bumped up a lane.
We measured Adam just 2 days ago
and he is 5foot 10 1/4 inches. To help
him comb his hair he either has to sit down
or bend over for me.
Adam is in 8th grade/ 13 years old.
He will be in high school this
next school year. Boy how time
flies.

Mason says Merry Christmas

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Mason really loves Christmas time. He sings Christmas songs all day long.

Marcus Christmas Day

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Marcus loved his Fire truck peddle car Santa brought him. He gave Po Teletubbie a ride in it. He also loved his new guitar. He didn't take it off all day. He tried to take a nap with it. He watched his Pingu videos all day too.

Christmas

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Merry Christmas everyone. We had a great Christmas. We miss you all. Believe it or not Marcus went to sleep on Christmas Eve at 9:30pm. Santa was able to put together a video beanbag rocker and a fire engine peddle car together before midnight. The days leading up to Christmas was 16 degrees and really icee roads. Christmas was 38 degrees. The 27th of Dec. was 67 degrees. The boys enjoyed playing outside and we went to the Morgan/Monroe county state park/campsite. We threw rocks onto the semi-frozen pond.

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Thanksgiving was good. Kirt did a great job cooking the Turkey, Pies, and Potato's. I tried to just keep up with the mess makers. We are thankful for our family and friends. We are also thankful for our boys and grateful that they are going back to school in the morning. Yeah!!! Miss you all.

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Hope you enjoy the little video clips of Marcus. I hope to have some of Adam and Mason soon too.

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My First Blog

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Here is my first blog. It is a little confusing. I am trying to learn to do it by myself. I hope this will keep everyone updated since we are so far away.