tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19826045389122158342024-03-19T12:29:52.482-07:00Evans Journalshannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982604538912215834.post-7114667748789995302012-04-17T14:42:00.002-07:002012-04-17T14:42:53.553-07:00Evans Update.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kadies school choir sang in the Cardston Music Festival. She was pretty excited to go and sing, especially because Haylie and Micah were singing with their choir too! They did great! After Kadies choir was able to stay and eat lunch with the Magrath, and Cardston kids. Sounds like they had a pretty fun day!</div>
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Kadie also played in the grade 5/6 school b-ball league. The girls all did so great. Some of them had played before, and some of them were just beginners. Matt was the team coach, and I was a bit nervous for him when the organizer said, "This is just a fun league, but remember it is Raymond..."</div>
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Matt's Grandma invited me and Kadie to go and watch the High school Show Choir. We weren't able to sit together, but we all had a lot of fun! It was fun to watch the kids singing and dancing around. Kadie is really excited for High School so she can be part of that! I like going on dates with Kadie!</div>
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For Easter we went out to my moms house and had an Wiener roast at the river. We rolled eggs down the hill, and did a egg hunt. The kids all had a BLAST! I love doing things with my kids, that I loved to do as a kid. But it would have been way more fun to me if I hadn't been so sick!!</div>
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Matt's really excited that the motorbike season has started. He loves that we live just 5 minutes from the track. Nixon absolutely loves it when dad gives him rides on the big bike. </div>
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Last night Spencr lost his first top tooth. I think he looks so cute!!</div>
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Well I kind of fizzled out on my March Photo Challenge. So I'll start again for April. Here it goes:</div>
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Day 2 - Colour</div>
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We have never lived in a house long enough to have a garden or flower beds. So its kind of fun to see these buds coming up. I'm excited to see what they turn into!</div>
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Day 3 - Mail</div>
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Here's some bills I'm paying, and the big envelope goes to Gma Evans. Shes so fun. She sent all her grand kids Easter pictures to colour, and then they had to send them back to her to hang on her Easter Wall. (I didn't know that she had an Easter Wall!) </div>
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Thanks Gma. It kept my kids busy for a while during conference.</div>
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And just a cute pic of Nix on our walk today.</div>
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Last week was a bit crazy in our house, so I didn't prioritize my photo challenge. I'm hoping that things will be back to normal this week, and that I'll be able to keep up with my blog/pictures.</div>
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So here it goes- Green. Of course today is St. Patrick's Day.</div>
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I'm not sure why, but I love this day! I woke up this morning and got some green bread mixed up. Turns out I didn't add enough food colouring to the bread and it only had a very slight hint of green. I'll know better next year. Then we made some green pancakes for breakfast. Everyone got dressed in their favorite green outfit- some wore more green than others.</div>
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I love trying to make a green meal for supper, unfortunately tonight Matt and I had to work at a Bingo for my kids swim club. I was not really excited about this, but I would rather give up a few hours than pay $200 extra dollars to get out of it.</div>
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So here is Matt in all his glory, ready to work at a Bingo!</div>
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Matt was hilarious! He was working all the old ladies, to get them to buy his tickets. I think he was the number one ticket seller tonight!</div>
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The kids also had to make their leprechaun traps tonight. Here are some pics. I'm going to pray tonight that we catch that little guy, because a pot of gold would be really great about now. I guess if we don't catch him, Matt and I can win our fortune at the Bingo hall!</div>
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This past weekend has been really hard for Matt and I. His old business partnerr of 5 years, and really good friend passed away in a snowmobile accident on Friday.</div>
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After working so closely with someone, and being together everyday, and then suddenly loosing them is harder on us then we realized it would be.</div>
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His wife, Lara, now has 4 young children to raise on her own. The oldest is turning 8 in a few months, and the youngest is almost 1.</div>
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Needless to say, my heart has been breaking. On Sunday Matt and I were able to go and visit with her. I am so grateful to have friends in my life who are so strong. She is a rock. I was amazed at how she was able to share her testimony with us, and comfort us as we morned for the loss of her husband. </div>
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I'm so grateful to the Halls. I'm grateful for all the experiences that we had together - the good and the bad. We will miss Steve. Thank you Lara for sharing your husband with us these past 5 years.</div>
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Today was my 13 year wedding anniversary. The kids had swimming tonight that I was supposed to drive for, it was going to be a crazy evening. So I told Matt that I would just make him dinner at home. But as I thought about things, I realized that sometimes the kids need to be put on hold, and my relationship with my husband needs to come first.</div>
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We went to Lethbridge to a new restaurant. Sagineese. (I know that I spelt that wrong)</div>
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I feel like I can't take my husband for granted. Life is just too short.</div>
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Thank you Matt for spending 13 years with me.</div>
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I love you more today, then I did when I married you.</div>
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Today I have decided not to do my scheduled picture, instead, I'm going to post an old pic.</div>
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So instead of "Red" for today, I'm doing "Read".</div>
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When we lived in Stettler we started reading the Book of Mormon together as a family. Today, 4 years later, we finally finished!!!</div>
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Yes, it took us 4 years, but I am honestly so proud, and excited!</div>
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It was really special today as we read in Moroni, the challenge that he gives us to "ask if these things are true". We talked a bit about that and why the Book of Mormon is so important to our church. Matt and I were able to bear our testimonies to our kids. I really felt the spirit with our family this morning.</div>
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I'm thankful that we are starting this tradition with our kids, to read the scriptures together. And to have family prayer. I truly believe that by doing these things our family will grow closer to each other. And that all of our testimonies will grow.</div>
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I'm excited to start this book again. I feel like now we are more consistent with our reading. This year we started getting up early to read, instead of trying to read at night, and I'm amazed at how much better this works for us! </div>
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I love my family, and I love teaching them the gospel. I love reading the scriptures, and then explaining to them what we just read. I love it when they get into the stories, and they don't want to stop, because they want to see what is going to happen! </div>
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I really do love the Book of Mormon.</div>
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Tonight we will enjoy the "fruits of our labours", by going to DQ for blizzards!!</div>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982604538912215834.post-10581055340344551882012-03-08T19:46:00.001-08:002012-03-08T19:46:28.638-08:00Day 8<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's a picture taken just before bed time tonight. See the window in the background?</div>
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I promise this is how our evenings are spent. Sitting around together, reading, talking, laughing, and singing together. Bedtimes in our house are just so peaceful!</div>
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Wednesdays are one of the busier days in our house. We have a few different uniforms to wear today.</div>
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Chase has Cubs. Here he is in his Cub uniform. He absolutely loves cubs! It is his goal (and mine) to get his whole sash full of badges. Hes doing pretty good so far.</div>
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On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Kadie and Chase both have swim club. Its amazing how much they improve in such a short time. They are way better swimmers than I am already! Here's Kadie in her swim club attire, minus the swim cap.</div>
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This year Kadie also decided to play in the grade 6 spring basketball league. Matt is the coach, and its fun for them to do this together. Kadie has sure learned a lot about basketball during the past couple weeks. </div>
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I was a bit nervous about this basketball. When the guy in charge called with Matt's team list, he said, "Now this is just for fun, but remember it is Raymond!" Yikes, that is pressure!</div>
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5pm is usually the craziest time of day. Today it wasn't too bad.</div>
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I'm watching 2 of Tracie's kids while her and Steve went to Vegas. The kids have gotten along so well! I love just standing around where they are playing and listening to them talk to each other. Kash and Nixon are so funny!</div>
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Nixon had just woken up from his nap, and he usually wakes up like this:</div>
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All in all, a pretty uneventful 5 o'clock.</div>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982604538912215834.post-50607091598148924012012-03-05T15:19:00.000-08:002012-03-05T15:19:21.875-08:00Day 5<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Heres Kadie working on her homework after school.</div>
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Well heres my bedside table in all its glory! Don't judge.</div>
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In December we bought a house in Raymond. Here it is. </div>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982604538912215834.post-54892904234011116592012-03-03T15:48:00.003-08:002012-03-03T15:48:55.854-08:00Photo Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So obviously I have not blogged in quite a while! I need a little motivation, so thanks to my sister Leslie, I now have a reason to blog again.</div>
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Last month she did a blogging photo challenge. I think it was to help her blog more, and it also gave her a reason to take more pictures. I need help in both areas, so Ive decided to copy her.</div>
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Here's how it works. I'm given a list of things I need to take a picture of, and each day I take a picture, and blog about one thing on the list. Easy right? </div>
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Yesterday we took the kids skiing. Heres Spencer and Marlie eating some lunch. I know that this isnt fruit, but it is what I had.</div>
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Alice organized a ski trip for some of her homeschooling friends, so we decided to tag along. The kids had a blast. I was only going to let Chase and Spencer ski, but Ali had an extra pass, so Marlie went as well. </div>
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Kadie went on a ski trip yesterday with her school class. She had to wake up early and be to the bus by 6am. Matt and I both got up, to help her get ready, and before she left, I said we should just say a prayer. This is something that I don't do as faithfully as I should. So I said a quick prayer of safety, and asked that she would have a great day.</div>
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That evening I got a phone call from my friend Carrie, who Kadie was driving home with, and she said that they got into an accident. The roads were icy, and the car in front of them started spinning, Carrie wasn't able to stop, and she T-boned the other car. Both cars went into the ditch, and because there was so much snow in the ditches, they didn't roll. Everyone was fine, nobody got hurt.</div>
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When we talked about it after she got home, I told Kadie how greatful I was that we had said a prayer together that morning, and asked that she would be watched over and protected. I was happy when she told me, that that was one of the first things she thought of after they crashed.</div>
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I am so greatful to know that Heavenly Father does watch over us, and Im greatful that both mine and Kadies testimonys of prayer were strengthened yesterday.</div>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982604538912215834.post-27538290831266773572011-12-02T08:43:00.001-08:002011-12-02T09:10:47.831-08:00A Month of Stealing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For those of you who don't know, we have just moved to Raymond. I have been so excited to move back to Southern Ab, where the grass is greener, the air is sweeter, the people are nicer... </div>
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Well I have been excited, but I'm starting to think that we are not wanted in this little Mormon town.</div>
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It all started two weeks ago, when we woke up to discover our van missing. We drive a beautiful 2002 Pontiac Montana minivan. Apparently exactly what small town thief's are looking for.</div>
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We found our van a few days later, parked in church parking lot. I guess someone just needed a ride to the church in the middle of the night!? Doesn't look like they caused any damage, but that was the first sign that maybe we should keep our eyes open, or at least keep our eyes on our stuff!</div>
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That same week, Chase brought his football to school. Sure enough when he went to play with it at recess, it was gone. He told the teacher, but she didn't do anything about it! No announcement over the intercom, no posters were made - nothing!</div>
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Then just last night, the thieves followed me to HillSpring. I went to my cousins baby shower, and had a great time. We were the last to leave, and I went to put on my brown Old Navy Boots, only to discover them missing too!!!! Someone stole my shoes!!! In the middle of winter!!! </div>
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We should probably pack our bags right now, and move back to Blackfalds.</div>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982604538912215834.post-8796077641368432472011-11-17T16:04:00.001-08:002011-11-17T16:08:42.838-08:00Making Buns<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Today I needed something to do to entertain Marlie and Nixon while everyone else was at school. I decided that it would be fun to make some buns with them. It all started out great, until I turned my back to Nixon. While I was distracted with something else, he decided to crack an egg, on Marlie's knee...</div>
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Thank goodness another Halloween has come and gone!</div>
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There was a LOT of debating as to what everyone would be! I thought it would be a great idea for everyone to find something in the dress up box to put on, so that I wouldn't have to spend money on costumes that never get worn again. But they all had other plans. </div>
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Spencer just HAD to be a ninja! He begged and pleaded for me to buy him a ninja costume. I finally gave in. Then he begged and pleaded for me to buy him a ninja double blade sword! I told him no, and bought the dollar store sword. He wore His costume to school, minus the sword, because "no weapons at school". He then came home and took it off, and wore an old pumpkin costume trick-or-treating, because his ninja costume was annoying!! There goes $15.00 down the drain!</div>
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Chase saw Spencer's ninja costume, and he HAD to be a ninja too. And he told me that he would buy his own ninja double blade sword with his own money! oh brother! We went back to the store to buy another ninja costume, but they were sold out. So I asked if he wanted to be a pirate again. He agreed to when we found the beard and mustache, pirate hat, eye patch, and earring at the dollar store. On the way to school the wind blew off his mustache and beard, never to be seen again! He went trick-or-treating with a friend from school. He thought it would be so great to go with a friend, I think he did have fun, but he also realized that it is fun to go with his dad too. Matt takes trick-or-treating pretty serious! Chase didn't get nearly as much candy as he normally does. Not that I'm complaining about that!</div>
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Kadie really wanted to be Medusa this year for Halloween. She has been talking about it for a couple weeks, so I decided to figure out how to make a Medusa costume. I envisioned a crown of some sort with snakes sticking out everywhere, but the only snakes I could find were jelly ones at the dollarstore. I tried to glue them to wire, to make them stick out, but the glue wouldnt stick to the snakes. In the end we just tied floss around them and tied them to a big elastic, and they just hung down her hair. Definatly not what we had in mind, but she agreed to it. I also had to make her a dress of some sort. We agreed to a toga type dress, modest of course with sleeves. I hate sewing, and my mom was out of town, so unfortunatly I was on my own to figure out this costume. I had one white sheet to work with. I didnt want to make any mistakes, and ruin my one sheet, so I did what any normal parent would do, I made a practice outfit for Barbie. It worked pretty good on Barbie, so I sewed up the same costume for Kadie. She was happy with it, and she looked pretty cute!<br />
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I saw a gypsy costume online, and decided that Marlie would make a cute gypsy! I was right, she looked so cute, and was proud as could be! Matt took the kids out trick-or-treating, and then came home when Nixon was done. A friend of mine had homemade doughnuts that she was passing out, so I took Mars, Spenc, and Chase over there. We decided to do her whole street while we were there. At the first house, Marlie started limping and saying, ouch ouch ouch. I asked what was wrong with her feet, and saw that she wasnt wearing shoes!!! What was she thinking? I made her still walk to all the houses on her own.</div>
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Nixon did NOT want to dress up. Here's me trying to get the pumpkin costume on him (yes this is the same costume that Spenc ended up wearing!) to go to the school costume parade, but he would NOT wear it! I was really worried about later that night. He did end up wearing his Knight costume that Gma Evans gave him for his b-day. He looked cute, but I didnt get any pictures.</div>
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Today our fun started when Matt spotted a frog in the grass. He caught it, and showed the kids. A couple minutes later we found another frog. The kids were so excited, and wanted to find more, so we went to the pond by our house to catch frogs.</div>
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Here's Chase catching one. There were soo many!</div>
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Everyone was on the lookout, and there were seriously, soo many! </div>
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Spencer and Kadie were proud of their catches. Spenc named his Likeable, because it didn't jump out of his hand. You wouldn't believe how many frogs there were.</div>
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Nixon didn't like touching them, so he was given the job of holding the bucket. He liked to watch them jump around in the bucket!</div>
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Here's our catch! We didn't count, but I bet there were 40 frogs in there! It was nasty! But the kids loved every second of it!</div>
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Last weekend I took Kadie, Chase, and Marlie, hiking with the Darby's. There aren't a lot of mountains close by, so it was quite a drive to get there. Its been a long time since we have seen the Darby's, so the kids enjoyed every minute of the 2 1/2 hour drive together.</div>
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The hike wasn't your typical hike up a mountain, it was mostly a long walk, crossing the river about 35 times. </div>
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As you all know, the First of July is my favorite holiday of the year! This year was no exception, even though it was different. Matt's grandparents were being presented with an award in Raymond, so we went there the night before the first. All of Matt's aunts, uncles, and cousins went to the town program, and sang a song for his grandparents. That night, we stayed in Raymond, and went to the parade the next day. The parade was great, like usual. After we had a picnic with all the Evans family. Its fun to visit with all of Matt's cousins!</div>
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Needless to say, we missed a lot of the Hillspring fun! But we were able to catch the rodeo. My favorite thing is the greased pig chase. </div>
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Spencer got to ride a sheep. He had fun until he fell off, and the sheep stepped on his hand.</div>
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Of course I loved staying up late, and talking and laughing with my cousins. I didn't take one picture, but I promise that a lot of fun was had. I look forward every year to the late nights with them!</div>
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They all had a blast together! Except Nixon, Cash was really buggin him!</div>
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Brette came to join us for the weekend. It was so hot there! And so relaxing to just lay out while the kids played non-stop in the water!</div>
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This year, my mother-in-law announced, that for her daughters, and my birthday, we were going to make quilts. She was going to buy the fabric and we would make this really cute quilt together. We picked a date in June, and we all went to Sandpoint to sew for the weekend. I know that may not sound like a fun-filled way to spend the weekend, but I have some pretty great in-laws, and it turned out to be pretty fun.</div>
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To start the weekend out, we got the sewing machines, iron, rotary cutters, and material out. Phoebes top priority was wearing the ugliest sweater she could find, and assembling the TV, so we could watch Harry Potter. And yes, we watched every single Harry Potter movie...</div>
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We had some super cute fabric to work with.</div>
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My first job was ironing. Look how much fun I'm having!</div>
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Thanks Mother Evans for the quilt, and for the fun weekend!!</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love traditions!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One tradition that we have in our family, is to give Matt a tie for fathers day. And not just any tie. The kids pull out all their craft supplies, and we go crazy. This years tie included: pom poms, googly eyes, pipe cleaner, fake flowers, sequins, and (my favourite) feathers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The kids get so excited to give this precious gift to their dad, and hes such a great sport! He wears it to church with pride.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So when he got home from work, he parked the trailer in the empty lot across the street from our house. Then we thought, "whats camping without a camp fire". Last week we bought a portable fire pit. So while Matt assembled it, I went looking for firewood (in dumpsters).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I got back with the wood, this is what I saw...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, this is our campsite. Matt put the fire pit, on the side of the road, with lawn chairs around it. I was just a "little" bit embarrassed. It was pretty white trash!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We got a fire going, and while we were waiting for it to die down a bit, one of our neighbours drove by. I told her, and her kids to come and join us for a campfire. They came out, and we had a great time! After a little while another neighbour drove by, and they came out too. Pretty soon, we had almost all of our neighbours, out on the street, for a fire.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It turned out to be a really fun night. We put the kids to bed, in the trailer. And the rest of us stayed up chatting. It was really great getting to know our neighbours. I'm glad I live in a town, that doesn't frown upon little gatherings like that! I think we might have to make this a tradition!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnilGkhzf7Cuc43fHzXZfDBvPcLx71MS_fV4MbJgYVDiGPL3d415WS72xNiU2JTXDezQ5qIftso-7IoHDN0FJlvyhfXLxeluxRmZ4hZ9D7YLdsszCa2BY2NpZggPAS60wcWRM4gmIB7Qc/s1600/2011+june+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its finally over!!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I ran with my brother-in-law, Matt. Before the race, we talked about our time goals. We really would have liked to run it in under 2 hours. <u><strong>Maybe</strong></u> in perfect conditions that would have been possible, but we woke up to rain. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I was kind of happy to have it rain, because it took a lot of the pressure off me. If we did crappy, we could blame it on the weather!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rain itself wasn't really that bad, but what really sucked, was that we ran the first quarter of the race on a shale path. Every little pot hole on the trail, was filled with water. So everyone was trying to dodge puddles. We definitely didn't run in a straight line, we were swerving all over the path, running on uneven ground, and lots of times running off the path, just to avoid the puddles. I'm not really sure why we kept trying to keep out of the water, because at one point there was a HUGE pool of ankle deep water on the path, and no way to go around it! So everyone just had to run right through it! It was probably 8 steps long, so our shoes, socks, and legs were soaked.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next there was a 3 mile hill. I was really worried about this part of the race. But it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I did make Matt walk for a couple minutes of it. Part of the way up the hill the sidewalk turned into a gravel road. The road wasn't really gravely, mostly muddy. Every step we took, we squished into the mud. It wasn't very fun. But let me tell you how good it felt to run down that hill, right when "Kickstart my Heart," came on my ipod. I think we made up some time then.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When there was about 5 km left, I started to get really tired. I'm happy Matt was with me, other wise I would have taken more walking breaks. He really should have left me, but I'm happy that he didn't. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is us almost at the finish line. We could not have been any wetter. We were freezing, and our fingers were numb, but we did it!! Our final time was 2:06:18. We were 6 minutes over our goal time, but I still feel really good with how we did! Over all we were 91 and 92 out of 206 runners, and in my age category (30-39), I was 14 out of 35. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You might be wondering how my knee held up. During the race I didn't feel a thing. Taking the week before off, was a good idea. After the run, we changed into some dry clothes, and tried to warm up. We didn't stretch until we got back to Matt's parents house, and let me tell you, my knee has never hurt so bad! I was limping around all day. To put any pressure on it, made me want to burst into tears. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next morning, same thing! It really hurt. Luckily Joan came over that afternoon, and worked her magic on me. Shes a massage therapist, and rubbed my leg for about 45 minutes, and afterwards it felt SO MUCH BETTER! I was amazed! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now my leg is still sore, and I'm limping a bit, and I think after a few more days break, I'll be able to run again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All in all, I feel really good about this run. Running the actual race was tiring, but not as bad as I thought it would be. I'm really happy I stuck with my training schedule. Ive always thought it would be a big accomplishment to do a half marathon, and I'm proud of myself for sticking to it, and finishing. I have a few friends running another one in October, and yes, I am considering joining them!</div>shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982604538912215834.post-10067804423951069142011-06-06T21:36:00.000-07:002011-06-06T21:36:08.923-07:00Running ProblemsSo my run is on Saturday! <br />
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Good news: I have worked soo hard to get ready to run this race. Ive ran most of the miles I need to run to train. And I really do feel prepared.<br />
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Bad news: Last week my right knee started bothering me. Ive never had knee problems. I just kept running, and every day it gets a little bit worse. So after Fridays run, I decided I better take a break, so I don't hurt myself more. I didn't run this weekend, or today, and I'm still limping around.<br />
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So, I need every ones advice. I REALLY want to run this weekend. So do I:<br />
<ul><li> relax this week and not run till Saturday?</li>
<li>Spend $100, and go see a physical therapist, and find out whats going on?</li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">K</span>eep running through the pain. (OK, I know this would be a dumb choice)</li>
</ul>To some of you this might seem like a really lame problem, but I'm honestly stressing out. If I don't run this week, I'm worried that I'll be out of shape, and not ready to run on Saturday. But I know that if I keep running, I will hurt myself more. And I also know, that no matter what, I won't do as well as I was hoping to do.<br />
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My very wise bro-in-law, gave me some very inspiring advice today (in our 28 min. conversation, when he should have been working). What he does, when he feels any pain at all, is simply just popping a T3 or 2... Great advice. Thanks Steve!<br />
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So lets hear it. What do I do?shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982604538912215834.post-36303920301940242782011-05-30T21:16:00.000-07:002011-05-30T21:16:28.712-07:00ConversationsMarlie - Mom will you paint my toe nails?<br />
Me - I will after I'm done vacuuming and mopping.<br />
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Marlie - Mom can you paint my toe nails now?<br />
Me - Its going to be a few more minutes.<br />
Marlie - Can I call Dad?<br />
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Marlie phones Matt.<br />
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Marlie - Dad when you get home from work will you paint my toe nails?.... No, will you do it for me, shes busy?... Will you paint them dad?... Thanks.<br />
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I promise I was giggling so hard at this phone call. I can just imagine Matt, hammer in hand, talking to Marlie about fingernail polish! Hes such a good dad.shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02980172554618011448noreply@blogger.com5