After using this on my kids faces before the pool, (which I love!)
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I was reminded of a recent movie that I really enjoyed. Hmmm…
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| yes, I purposefully kept the ‘red eye’ in! |
Instantly, my three kids became Edward Cullen’s posse!
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| Emmett Cullen, Rosalie Hale, and Alice Cullen |
By the way, if you love the movie/book Twilight, you should read my friend’s post.
Rilyn is jumping off diving boards in the deep end without any floaties! (Granted she jumps as close to the side as possible!)
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Ella keeps dressing up in the nasty Snow White wig. (I thought I threw that thing away!)
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Asher points to his eye when you ask him. (He also points to his eye when you ask him to point to his mama, his nose, his toy…) Baby steps people! He’s the 3rd child!!
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Rilyn keeps losing teeth! She lost her 2nd one last night. She wanted “God to get this one out.” No more Dr. Mommy I guess.
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| All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth! |
James went on a 3 day Colorado trip with some college friends for a bachelor celebration.
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| From July 2009 |
Children’s museum, birthday party at My Gym, Yogurt Planet, and the pool…just another Saturday! 😉
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| My Gym |
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| My Gym |
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I don’t know about you, but when I finished my dentist appointment as a little girl, I got a sticker for a great check-up. We all know that it does take much more these days to keep a child entertained. A sticker just won’t cut it-nope! But a stick-on fake mustache?!? Now there’s a prize worth enduring a dentist appointment for!
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| From July 2009 |
When I told Ella, “Say Cheese!” She said, “I’m a BOY!” and obviously made this face. Maybe next time, she will get a necklace like her sister. Sorry Ella.
(Our dentist has a gumball machine full of little prizes in those capsule thingys, and they get a gold coin after their appointment to put in the machine.)
One of the sweetest things to watch is your child find a best friend.
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| Ella and Anna Richardson From August 2006 |
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| From October 2007 |
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| From September 2008 |
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| Dance Life, Jen’s new dance studio in her garage!!! From July 2009 |
What is even sweeter is that Anna’s parents are our best friends as well. Jen, Anna’s mother, was my college roommate at Texas A&M. And Jeff, Anna’s dad, was James’ good friend at A&M. What a blessing to have friends that we consider like family and they only live 2 minutes away from us (walking distance!) We are so excited to watch our kids grow up together and form lasting bonds! (By the way, 8 of these people in the picture below all live in the same neighborhood now! And together, we have 10.5(one in the womb) kids!)
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| December 2001-James, Carson, Halim, Zach, Jeff, Ryan, Noel, Kevin, Leslie, Kari, Jen, Casey, Christy, Becca, Yuna, and Julie |
This weekend we celebrated the Fourth at my parent’s house. The girls love their backyard pool. Well, except for the diving board and slide and the deep end… But, each time we visit they get a little braver. Daddy doesn’t do well with their drama about being scared of the diving board, (I mean they are in life jackets!) so he decided to just start throwing them in!
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| From July 2009 |
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| From July 2009 |
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| From July 2009 |
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| From July 2009 |
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| From July 2009 |
James, Happy Father’s Day! I couldn’t begin to imagine a better daddy for our children!
My favorite thing to watch is when you lead our family nights/devotions and how the girls cling to every word you say about our Heavenly FATHER.
Rilyn’s favorite thing about you this year was when you visited her at her preschool.
Ella’s favorite thing is when you color with her.
And Asher, well, he told me he loves when you shoot hoops with him on his Little Tikes basketball hoop. 😉
We love you!!!!
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| From June 2009 |
the paquettes 