Rilyn had the homecoming dance for the Manor Falcons on Saturday night!
She told me that she learns her moves from daddy! 😉
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| I love this one! |
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This is Rilyn and one of her good friends from cheer and her class!
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10
Oct
11
homecoming dance
09
Oct
11
Homecoming 2011
Rilyn had her “homecoming” game yesterday! She got to cheer at Manor High’s football stadium and they got mums. This year they wore them as headbands!
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| All the parents make signs and hang them on the fence for the homecoming game |
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| in position |
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| waving to the crowd (?) |
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| cheering her heart out! |
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| She got a Little Scholar Award at halftime for having good grades |
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| dancing with her coach! |
08
Oct
11
Go Ags!
This is a quick post to let you know that James is in Lubbock right now cheering on the Aggies. I’m assuming that he is probably wearing one of these shirts. (And he actually asked for the Adidas Aggie shirt on the right bottom for his birthday from my mom!) Ugh. There is such a thing as too much maroon dear. And he would argue with you that all these shirts are completely different and serve unique purposes. 😛
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06
Oct
11
the sword
1 Timothy 4:12 “Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.”
(this video is unedited, my apologies to James, our family “videographer”!) 😉
*The only offensive weapon in the Christian’s armor is “the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:15) That power is nothing less than the omnipotence of God himself. Isaiah 55:11 reads, “So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” The power of the word can never fail.
This year, we challenged our morning carpool to school to recite all 4 of their Bible verses that they memorized from the month of September. (Kindergarteners only have to recite 3.) The video above is Ella reciting her verses to the best of her ability.
We all use various techniques to help the kids memorize but the ones I use the most are hand motions and voices. What I mean by voices is that I will recite the verse to the kids in various types of character voices. I do “football player voice”(think deep and husky), “Disney princess voice”(think super high and sweet), “Valley Girl voice”(like totally!), “Cowboy voice”(y’all), “Baby voice”, “Opera singer voice”(yes, I sing it like an opera star), etc. The kids love it and they will join in with me!
Here is sweet little Ella memorizing The Lord’s prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 when she was three years old. (Convicting for me to watch, because we have practically dismissed Asher as able to learn Scripture “this young.”)
Here is a link from last year of Rilyn memorizing Romans 12:2.
*Taken from Salvation Belongs to The Lord by John Frame
02
Oct
11
Happy 33rd!
James said he finally will remember how old he is this year because he can remember the number 33. Seriously, is this what happens as you age? You forget how old you are?
Well, James didn’t get the best sports birthday weekend with the Aggies and Cowboys losing, but at least the Rangers won!
Another “fun thing” as you age, you start asking for lamer and lamer presents. This year he told me to use any money we would spend on his birthday to put toward sprinklers. Blah. 😛 Oh well, the way to this man’s heart is food anyway. I’ve made banana pudding, cheesecake, and strawberry yogurt pies, and that’s just the sweets I’ve made! I also bought all his favorite junk food at the grocery store. And made his favorite dinners, so he should be going to the gym everyday from here until Christmas. 🙂
I love this man so much. Thanking God for the 14 years I’ve known him!
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| this was obviously before watching the Aggie game b/c otherwise his shirt would of been changed. |
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01
Oct
11
new photo shoot!
I found the baby girl with the biggest smile ever this morning! 🙂 To see more, click here!
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30
Sep
11
flashback Friday-best legs
In honor of James’ birthday weekend, I am choosing to poke a little fun at him!
James was voted “Best Legs” in his senior yearbook in 1997! All those years of soccer really paid off!
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| Yes, he has a heart next to his eye, probably from some silly girl. |
Another game day for Rilyn on Saturday! She won the spirit stick yesterday for being the cheerleader with the most spirit! She was pretty excited!
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You think she has spirit? 😉
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I was on the sidelines again snapping action shots! Here is my favorite one from yesterday (#5)!
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23
Sep
11
back to school dance!
I volunteered at Rilyn’s back to school dance on Thursday afternoon and it was INSANE! Two hundred and sixty 7-11 year old kids crammed into the cafeteria for 3 hours with a DJ pumping tunes on full blast! The snack bar was crazy too! There were literally like 15 kids at once, and at all times, handing us bills and buying soda/candy/nachos/glow bracelets, etc. I think we had 6 moms back there helping and we still were working non-stop! I slipped away from the snack bar at one point to take some pictures, but even my camera could not take good pictures of a dimly lit cafeteria with movement everywhere. My next purchase will be an external flash that should help in situations like that.
Here is the crowd! (The PTO should be making a pretty penny off of this dance!)
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Here is Rilyn, who was definitely enjoying herself!
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Here is Ella in one of the many random conga lines that slithered through the cafeteria!
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And here is Rilyn’s teacher pumping his fists in the air! He was a dancing machine(sweaty too)! The kids loved it! I was surprised how many teachers let loose on the dance floor!
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What made me laugh was when a hip-hop song would come on. It felt like the whole cafeteria knew the song and dance except for my girls! 😉
21
Sep
11
potty trained and pictures!
Quick update on our BUSY life! Fall schedule is officially here and I’m trying to keep my head afloat with all of the swirling activities! On top of that I am taking the Manor Falcon football/cheer team/individual pictures. That’s about 80 individuals, so I have my hands full right now! Here is a look at my side of the photos (I will be uploading my pictures to a printing company that will put it in football team templates.)
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One SUPER BLESSING during this crazy season, is that Asher is potty-trained FINALLY! He is one month shy of 3 1/2 and my girls were trained at 3. So this last 6 months felt like eternity trying to get this boy trained!! It took naked days, constipation, and enemas, to get him to relent and actually poop in the potty. Bribing him with rewards didn’t do a thing for him. Good thing compassion is not my strong suit in the battle, because if so, I truly believe Asher wouldn’t be trained until kindergarten! Stubborn doesn’t begin to describe his personality!
Here he is on the potty. I love that the frame behind him is when he was a toddler destroying our bathroom with shreds of toilet paper! 😉 Not much has changed, except he destroys with blocks and cars all over the house!
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the paquettes 