28

Feb

Crabbing and Fishing

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The whole gang went out on the boat this morning to enjoy the sunshine.  It was relaxing.

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See here I am.  See the water behind me!!  Yep I’m on the boat with the crew.  Now that I’ve got my trip in for the year I should be good for a while! 

Doug didn’t bring any keepers on the boat but he did snag a starfish… twice!  The kids had fun playing with it for a while.  Then it went back into the drink.

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Jacob enjoying his book

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Dad smilin cause he’s on his boat!

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When we got home the kids all helped clean up.  Lexi got to do her favorite chore…. clean the crabs!!!

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27

Feb

Cabin

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Last night Doug and I surprised the kids after school.  We told them to pack their bags for one night away with their swimming gear.  We already had the car packed with everything else.  Then we drove to the cabins.  We got there shortly after 430 at night so we only had a short time to swim before the pool was closing. 

Some friends showed up too and the kids all had a very fun night playing and running in the dark with their flashlights!  This morning we packed up and came home to enjoy the rest of the nice weather at home.  We were all so tired it just ended up being a lazy day.

We did make it to the gym in the afternoon and the kids had a fun time playing in the pool again! 

24

Feb

An evening in our home

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We have a pretty strict evening routine that we’ve been tweaking since the kids started school but it seems to be working well.  We try to have time with each kid for reading before bed.  Both of us read with the younger two kids.  Then Doug reads the bible with Jacob while I read the bible with Emily.  Emily and I are halfway through Genesis…. we’ve got a long ways to go!

The evening always starts with the kids getting in PJ’s and then quiet play in the house.  Then I read to the kids.  Doug even started listening.  Mr. Poppers Penguins didn’t much catch his attention but he has laughed right along with us with Laura’s stories in Little House in the Big Woods.  I have a book that has the first 5 stories all packed into it with colorful pictures.  I figure it will take a while to get through them all.  I haven’t read the stories in years though, so it’s fun!

Then the kids all read in the living room while one by one they get tucked into bed.  It’s been working out pretty good.  Of course there are always alterations when sports are involved.  Soccer is coming to a close though and Basketball is over tomorrow.  Jacob should be starting baseball in the spring but that’s a ways off.  He’s pretty excited about that!

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Jacob and Nicolas swapt out beds so that Jacob could sleep with Hally.  Then he decided Hally wasn’t any fun to sleep with because she’s a BED HOG!  So we made her a bed on the floor.  Lets see if she will like it!

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24

Feb

Emily’s School Project

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Emily has a Science project.  She had to come up with a hypothesis on something, test it, and evaluate her hypothesis.  She decided to plant peas.  She used 3 containers to plant three different pea plants.  One plant she placed Tuna under.  One plant she placed Halibut under.  The last plant she placed nothing under.  Ya, this was dad’s idea!

Her Hypothesis is that the Tuna will do the best.  Why???  Because she says it’s the yummiest so there for it should be the yummiest for the plant and the peas will grow well.  We’ll keep you posted!

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Day Number one!  Planting the peas

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water cup used to measure exact amounts of water in each pot.

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Pea package

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22

Feb

Nicolas

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Nicolas had a blast this morning building his brothers roller coaster.  I had to remind him to eat his sandwich 3 times before school because he was so into it.  I think it was over 3 hours he spent on this by the time he took off for school.  Almost finished it too!

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22

Feb

Lexi

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Calling her Mom…..

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22

Feb

Baseball

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After school this afternoon, like many other days, Doug played baseball with the boys.  Lexi joined in this time too!  I was impressed.  You can tell those kids have been practicing.  They hit ball after ball after ball.  I finally recommended moving to the front yard so Jacob would have more room for the ball to fly.  I had gotten a call from the daycare that Rici was sick so he was here too.  By the time the kids were home he had some medicine on board and had fun chasing the balls around the yard.

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22

Feb

Nic’s Wisdom

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So the other day Nicolas and I were reading a book about a family of teddy bears.  At the back of the book there was a cute little picture of the family.  Nicolas looks up at me and asks “mom, how come they always make the dad taller in the pictures?”  I sat there.  Then I heard Emily cracking up in the other room! 

Isn’t it funny how kids just think their lives are the norms.  Man there is a big world out there for that little guy to discover someday!

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Boat Grandpa said on February 23rd, 2010 at 2:20 pm

Got a chuckle here!! And Grandma had a really good laugh too!!

Loves to all !!

21

Feb

Sunday

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Kinda had a rough day today here. 

We all got up and had a nice breakfast.  Doug was on call so he got to hang out and see the kids.  That was nice.  We took off for church and enjoyed a very nice sermon by Dean.  Got home with the lovely sun out.  Decided to try and get the lawn mowers going… YEA!!!  It worked.  Mowed the yard.  Went to the YMCA… kids swam…. dad and I lifted weights. 

All that was great.  It’s the heavy hearts that made it difficult.  We got a sad email that made us feel like life was bumping difficultly out of control.  With the children in school now there is much in the air to make sure everyone is still okay.  Everyone feels like they are losing out except for the most important ones and that’s the kids.  I think they finally feel like they have themselves a life of their own.  Something to call them. 

Anyway pray for Jacob and Lexi that life will find them in the right place in a few months.  And pray for all the mom’s and dad’s that play a roll in that. 

Thanks, The Brill’s

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Boat Grandpa said on February 23rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm

All the best wishes and thoughts…

Love Ya All
Grandpa and Grandma

20

Feb

The Beach

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It’s Doug weekend to work but all four kids were home so I had to do something!  Beautiful weather, sun was out, kids were SO GREAT!  Off to the beach we went.  It was a little windy and chilly but the kids had fun.  They said they were not cold…. and they did NOT want to leave! 

I sat in the sand and watched them all.  The girls sliding down a steep hill over and over.  It’s a steep drop off into 6 feet of powdery sand. 

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The boys had fun filling the dump truck and dumping it on each other.

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They also found a dirty sock with a hole in it “pooper hole”  that they were flinging through the air and sending sand everywhere…. especially the person it hit.  Man that led to a fit of giggles.

Lexi decided to get the slide for the steep drop off!  HMMMM should I intervene?  Naa, they could barely get it to even work.  It seemed to hit the sand and just stop.  The girls would just fly off the end into the sand pile.  I wasn’t close enough to hear but I’m sure they were laughing like crazy.

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Emily being Emily…. what can I say.  I’m so glad she’s still my little girl.  I’m not ready to let her grow up just yet!  I know it’s coming soon though.  She’ll be a real full fledge teenager in less than 6 months!

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We went and got some ice cream at our favorite camping store.

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I love that picture.  This one is great too.  The boys sitting outside on the step while I was shopping inside.  Being such good kids, eating their ice cream.  And doing just what mom said “stay on the sidewalk, I’ll be right out”  I love my kids!!!

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I’m pretty sure Jacob is telling Nicolas all about his new plan for building some sort of spacecraft that will take over the world and make it all ice cream.

And here’s the girls.  Gotta love em!  So cute with their blond heads, and sand…. who knows where.  I’m thinking they just want the picture taking to end so they can get home and shower…. oh ya me too.  I forgot to mention that Emily so politely offered to make me a chair in the sand.  She wanted to give me a back rest.  Yep you got it.  Poured sand right down my pants.  NICE!

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