tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27275329163944128762024-03-20T22:24:45.260-04:00Three Peerys in a PodKatharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.comBlogger692125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-16217289539651302952019-11-18T15:25:00.002-05:002019-11-18T15:25:15.384-05:00We MAY have had fun in MAY 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
May was a busy but exciting month for us! I'm going to lump all of our fun activities into one blog post while I'm trying to "catch up" from my blogging hiatus. This will mainly be a bunch of pictures capturing our activities, without a whole lot of writing.<br />
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Planting the family garden! Thomas made the raised bed box and they planted okra, tomatoes and corn.<br />
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Kentucky Derby party with friends!<br />
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Twinning with my boys<br />
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Cinco de Mayo! We had a few friends over to celebrate and eat tacos with us.<br />
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Golf Tournament Charity Fundraiser - This is an annual event for Ryan's school to raise money. Thomas and I got asked to speak at the cocktail party the night before the tournament. We were super nervous but we practiced a lot beforehand and I think we did a great job! We got a lot of good feedback! The next day was the golf tournament and Stacey and I volunteered at one of the holes and had so much fun.<br />
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Walker's 40th birthday party!<br />
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Flamingo Friday in the neighborhood:<br />
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Mother's Day 2019: I loved spending the day with my favorite people!<br />
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Visit from the Pruetts:<br />
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Birthday party with Lilla (with a visit from the Tiger!):</div>
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Girls Night Out with some of my faves!<br />
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Ryan had a seizure during Stokes and William's guppy swim team practice. I ended up having to give him emergency medicine and call the EMS. We went to the ER. This was the first of several seizure issues we had over the summer.</div>
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Kindergarten awards day at Daycare!<br />
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Small group (our "Date Night" group) get together at our house to kick off summer:</div>
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Guppies (neighborhood swim team)! This was the boys's first introduction to swim team and it was great! They definitely advanced their skills throughout the season and had a ton of fun.</div>
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Kindergarten Graduation:</div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-71753270877096926302019-11-15T08:52:00.001-05:002019-11-16T07:33:16.735-05:00Un-BELIZE-able<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Thomas and I celebrated our TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY this spring! This was a big one and we wanted to do something really special to celebrate. We were debating on a trip and where we would want to go. One of his friends had just gone to Belize and spoke very highly of it, and it sounded exotic and "off the beaten path" so we took the plunge and went. And it was just as incredible as we were expecting it to be. We absolutely, unequivocally, completely fell in love with Belize! I highly, highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fun vacation spot!<br />
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We had a small army of alternating helpers that came to our house to keep the boys for us while we were gone. We had Thomas's aunt Fifi; my aunts, the Nanas; and then MaSha was the overall constant and stayed the whole week and kept everything running. We were and are so immensely grateful for all of the sweet ladies for letting us do this!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the airport and READY TO GO!</td></tr>
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We landed in the mainland at the quaint little airport in Belize City and then waited to hop on a tiny puddle jumper plane to go to Ambergris Caye, where we were staying. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying a Belikin at the airport</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boarding pass for little plane LOL</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Teeny plane!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our plane (I was in the very back)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Off we go!<br />
I couldn't stop staring out the window!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The most beautiful water!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous Belize!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting for us at our hotel. <3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Balcony overlooking the pool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Hotel</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ahhhhh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute hubby</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Love birds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First morning in Belize</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Waiting on the water taxi to take us to town to rent a golf cart!</td></tr>
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We rented a golf cart and used it all week to get around the island. Most people are just driving golf carts around and it was so fun!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">San Pedro, Belize</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In love with Belize already</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First stop: Hurricanes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Yasssss</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'll just be here all day. Bartender, keep the<br />
drinks coming!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Life is good.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A great way to relax</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lunch @ PUR. Loved this place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">yummy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chillin' on the golf cart</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Bayou at Secret Beach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picnic tables in the water - coolest bar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We loved this bar. It was supposedly a<br />
"local favorite" as well.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clear, shallow water goes on forever.<br />
You can just keep walking and walking.<br />
So cool. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Take note.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many selfies! ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Truck Stop was a place with several food trucks, a bar,<br />
a stage for live music/games, an outdoor movie and a dock.<br />
What else could you possibly need?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">hot tub at hotel after a super fun day!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast at Estel's by the sea. Perfection.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><img height="320" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537548888/medium/1556733379/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="240" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">yes, please!<br />
Fry Jacks, a Belizean specialty</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Beach-front massage time</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Had to check it out!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep, we had to.</td></tr>
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<tr><td><img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537550232/medium/1556733440/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Stopped here to find gifts for our peeps back home!</td></tr>
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<tr><td><img height="320" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537550118/medium/1556733434/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="240" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Artisan Market</td></tr>
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ROJO BAR - it gets its own description. It's way out of the way, not downtown. You have to make an effort to go here. But it is SO worth it. It was one of the many, many highlights of this vacation. I was a bit obsessed with this place!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Entrance to Rojo Bar, which<br />
is seriously one of my fave<br />
bars in the entire world.<br />
Loved it so much & tried to go<br />
back once later in the week<br />
and it was closed!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don't mind if I do!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We asked another person in the pool to take a pic for us.<br />
Incidentally, she was an Alabama fan, no kidding!<br />
She was not too happy to take this picture, but begrudgingly did it.<br />
GO TIGERS</td></tr>
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<img height="320" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537551121/medium/1556733478/enhance" width="240" /></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conch fritters</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello, there, bar parrot!</td></tr>
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<img height="320" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537551607/medium/1556733506/enhance" width="240" /></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So perfect</td></tr>
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<tr><td><img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537551949/medium/1556733525/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">This does not do the water justice. It was<br />
beautiful!</td></tr>
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<tr><td><img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537552057/medium/1556733530/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Inside the grotto at hotel pool</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Happy Hour at Croc's to catch the sunset</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had dinner at Juvenie's, a local place<br />
with INCREDIBLE ceviche!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537552554/medium/1556733553/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Possibly my favorite meal! </td></tr>
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<tr><td><img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54537552738/medium/1556733561/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Truck Stop visit #2!<br />
We just stopped by on our way back to the hotel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too much fun LOL</td></tr>
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Our snorkeling excursion was the next morning. An unfortunate thing happened. My "waterproof" iPhone case, purchased for my brand new phone, was not acting very waterproof. It may partially be because we took quite a few videos at the hotel pool the day before while jumping off the rock grotto and going down the big pool slide with the phone to "test it out". Worked perfectly at hotel pool. During snorkeling? Not so much. I had planned on taking tons of cool pictures of all the marine life in Belize!!! In real life, I was so preoccupied with trying not to let my phone get too wet that I didn't even really get to embrace the snorkeling. Not cool. Also, it was not the sunniest day, so the colors were muted and we unfortunately didn't see any turtles. We saw lots of fish and sharks though! I only got a few decent pictures.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Example of pic when phone case had water in it. URGH.</td></tr>
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That afternoon we took a water ferry over to Caye Caulker to go check it out. </div>
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<img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54539747977/medium/1556855132/enhance" width="320" /></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hahahahaha</td></tr>
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<img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54539748151/medium/1556855140/enhance" width="320" /></div>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="320" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54539748202/medium/1556855144/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="240" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I jumped off this big wall into the water at<br />
The Split a few times. The current is <br />
really strong here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54539748218/medium/1556855145/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Having a ball!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sign for the Lazy Lizard bar</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another sign pic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yet another one LOL</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gotta love Belize</td></tr>
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<img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54539748831/medium/1556855172/enhance" width="320" /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img height="240" src="https://uniim1.shutterfly.com/ng/services/mediarender/THISLIFE/002022796264/media/54539748856/medium/1556855174/enhance" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="320" /></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hammock time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jenga!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another fun day in paradise</td></tr>
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We did an ATM cave tour in the mainland one day that took the whole day. Just to clarify, the ATM cave tour has nothing to do with getting money from the bank. LOL! ATM, in this case, stands for Actun Tunichil Mukna, the name of this Mayan cave. We were unable to take any cameras or anything with us so I have absolutely zero pictures of it. It was very cool though. After a 1.5 hour ferry ride early AM, multiple car/driver changes (kind of sketchy), driving through very bumpy, unpaved roads, and getting connected to another couple that only spoke Portuguese, we hiked through the jungle for a while and went to the cave. It was part swimming, part hiking, part climbing, but we got to see crystalized skeletons, historic and antique Mayan pottery, small spaces and a cool cave! We did not love our tour guide, unfortunately, but this was very cool and worth it for us. I wonder if they will stop these tours at some point due to deterioration of the cave from tourists. Side note: the reason cameras aren't allowed is because a tourist <i>dropped their camera onto a Mayan skeleton</i> and BROKE it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Took a picture with an ATM tour ad ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast at Marbucks.<br />
This place was super cool!<br />
It's connected to a tiny bed and breakfast.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Marbucks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">I can't even</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stalking ALLLLLLL the signs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Take me back!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With my man!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go Tigers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kayaking!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">WATER!! Just look at it.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again...Go Tigers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Oh look, I found another sign!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Made Thomas take a pic, too!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Ahhhhh</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful water, as far as you can see!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">We found a Clemson shirt in the bar!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Last night in Belize...sunset dinner at a rooftop restaurant</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Post-dinner stop at Loser's</td></tr>
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Welp, that's all. We had an amazing time. Going back through the pictures and writing this post is semi-helping me relive this fantastic vacation. The other thing is that because it's been so long since we went, I had forgotten some of the things and had to Google stuff to remind me of the names of things. Also, we found out when we got to Atlanta that all was not well on the home-front while we were gone. The dogs got out and had to be chased down the street, William went across the street to play with neighbors without asking anyone that they couldn't find him for a while, and Ryan had multiple seizures and 911 was called twice. So yeah. There's that. It was a bit of a reality check that Thomas and I can't really do another vacation like that so far away and for a week until stuff is a bit more settled with our real life. Our miraculous kid-sitting family members were saints for the week, but definitely went through the ringer. We felt really bad about that. At least we went out on our international travel streak with a bang in Belize. From now on, we will be stateside and probably just long weekends. ;) </div>
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But, oh Belize, you have our hearts!!! You better Belize that.</div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-12370881510773355132019-11-14T15:12:00.006-05:002019-11-14T15:12:42.445-05:00Spring tee-ball<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The boys played their last season of tee-ball over the spring season. They were the Arizona Diamondbacks and had a team full of their buddies from the daycare/school. The coaches were dads of the school friends too so we had a lot of fun!<br />
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A few pictures from the season:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokes on base</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William on base</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryland with Stokes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ethan and Stokes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ethan and Stokes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tucker and William</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokes in the dugout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William in the dugout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan at a game</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What it looks like when you're already dressed<br />and ready and the game gets called off due<br />to rain. :(</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Go Diamondbacks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Stephanie, Clark and Ava Lane came to watch the boys play!<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Gang's all here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">End of the season pizza party!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Getting their trophies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loved this team!</td></tr>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-51692072941167621172019-10-09T09:09:00.003-04:002019-10-09T09:09:38.302-04:00Hi....sorry for the break!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Y'all...you may have noticed. My last blog post was in April. It's October. YIKES! I've given a lot of thought to giving up the blog and just leaving it be. I don't have much time to dedicate to it and it feels like a burden at times, instead of a loving reminder of the life we're building. I'm not quite ready to give it up, but I will just post occasionally. I'm going to try to fit in about 6 months of super awesome (and busy) months into just a few blog posts to get caught up. Stay tuned...</div>
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This year Easter was just as wonderful, joyful and celebratory as we could hope for! We attended church, opened Easter baskets, had a little Easter egg hunt, pipped eggs and went over to MaSha's house. I truly love Easter so much.<br />
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-91071936242862141752019-10-09T08:43:00.002-04:002019-10-09T08:43:22.364-04:00Clemson Spring Game<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The annual Orange and White spring football game happened on the most gorgeous Saturday, April 6. This is a game where the team is split into 2 groups and they just scrimmage each other for fun. It's not too serious, but it's a way to gauge the talent of the younger guys and a way for them to "show out" for the coaches and fans after having gone through spring practice. They try to show off the skills they've developed during the off-season and a nice way for guys that don't always get to take many snaps in a real game to play and have some fun on the field. In recent years, especially since Dabo has taken over the program and gotten us to a top tier of football programs, the game has taken on a new level of attendance. I think there were somewhere around 60,000 fans at the spring game. That is crazy! But true football fans have been missing the sport since January and were ready to see it again. Also, it's totally free and family friendly, so there's that!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our table<br />Interestingly enough, I never noticed the<br />Happy Birthday banner. LOL<br />It wasn't ours...</td></tr>
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Fun day in God's Country. Guess what! The Tigers won ;)</div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-19954318365458647302019-04-17T09:45:00.000-04:002019-04-17T09:45:00.765-04:00CFA Play date<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The boys have several "best friends" in their class, but Solomon has been consistently in the upper echelon of friendships for William, in particular. William basically begged me to set up a play date but I didn't really know his mom and we aren't there at pick up and drop off at the same time. When I finally saw Solomon's mom at a pick up one day, I mentioned it to her and told her I'd connect on Facebook to set something up. Well, the problem then was that I couldn't find her on Facebook. She even mentioned that she wasn't on much...and my search was turning up nothing. Then I found a random text where I'd RSVPed to Solomon's birthday party in the past...yes, this was along the lines of stalking...but a mom's got to do what a mom's got to do...and we were able to make plans! Our first play date was going to be a Sunday afternoon park play date (weather permitting) but William ended up getting an unexplained fever so I had to cancel to prevent passing along any sort of illness. We were able to reschedule for a Friday night Chick Fil A date.<br />
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When we got there, the boys were so incredibly excited they almost couldn't take it. They couldn't stop talking or sit still or eat much. Between all the burping, laughing, calling each other "old grandma" and carrying on, we couldn't hear ourselves think! Charity and I tried to make them eat a little before they could play but eventually there was no use. The excitement of a play date with Solomon and his brother, Nathan, was just too much! We let them all go into the playground and {finally} got to just talk and get to know each other better. The boys played and played and played. They all got along really well and did not want the play date to end! They were asking if Solomon could come home with us after CFA. Being that it was getting late at that point, I had to decline, but I have a feeling that there will be more play dates in our futures. They are such a sweet family!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to make them eat a little</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nathan (Solomon's brother), William, Solomon and Stokes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cute friends!</td></tr>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-14104859227166142082019-04-16T13:23:00.001-04:002019-04-16T13:23:35.003-04:00Aunt Wendy's 2019 Easter Egg Hunt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Aunt Wendy once again hosted her epic annual Easter Egg Hunt! This year she hosted it at her house so we had a new setting and some new babies this year to keep it super awesome. I absolutely love this event and look forward to it every year. Each year I offer to help - bring food, bring eggs, stuff eggs, do something...anything - and each year Wendy just tells me to show up! She goes all out and as always; she is the hostess with the mostest.<br />
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Per my last post, I love matchy - matchy so I had the boys wear these cute combo of a pink Loggerhead shirt and yellow linen shorts. They looked adorable!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan doesn't look too happy, but he was! I can never<br />
catch them all smiling!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokes insisted that we go to the front porch for a pic.<br />
Fail.<br />
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Thomas was out of town with his friends enjoying a guy's golf weekend, and luckily MaSha was able to spend the weekend with us and came to the Egg Hunt with us, too. She pretty much stayed in charge of Ryan while I was running around taking pictures, checking in with the boys and socializing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MaSha and Ryan looking for eggs</td></tr>
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Shortly after we arrived, the Egg Hunt started!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caroline, in the sweetest dress, looking<br />
for eggs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking everywhere!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Love those pink shades, Stokes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Got a few eggs...now time to eat the candy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MaSha and Ryan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meg, me and Ryan on the front porch</td></tr>
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After the egg hunt, we got plates from the most delicious spread of food, and found room on Wendy's front porch to just sit and swing and relax. The weather could not have been any better.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokie</td></tr>
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Wendy's new nephew, Miller, was just about a month old. I was so happy that he was there and I got to meet him for the first time. He was absolutely precious! I got to hold him and it reminded me of having tiny babies so long ago.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Miller and Mama Megan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">His outfit was too cute!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lakely...such a doll.<br />
She is the cutest little thing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The boys loved Miller</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokes even got to hold him!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meg was so kind to let the boys hold Miller. They were<br />
obsessed with him. This may have been their favorite part of the<br />
whole day. They kept talking about it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan was so comfy and just started snoozing on MaSha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afternoon nap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With my bestie, Heather</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aunt Wendy, Caroline and Heather</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swinging on the neighbor's huge tree swing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Porch time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan with his Mama</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan and MaSha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grandsons + MaSha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokes took this pic of Miller, Wendy and Mama</td></tr>
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Wendy, if you're reading this, thank you! It was such a wonderful afternoon. We always love this egg hunt and you always go above and beyond. I'm so glad that spring was showing out and your house looked fantastic! Everything was charming and pure perfection!</div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-89134233895967666132019-04-15T09:28:00.001-04:002019-04-15T09:28:14.442-04:00Twinning with Ryan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm sure by now you all know that I'm a fan of dressing alike. My boys definitely do not dress alike every day, but if there's is a special occasion, holiday or a guaranteed photo opp, they're most likely wearing the same thing. I have to take advantage of it while I can because I do realize that they will be much more opinionated about what they'll wear at some point. Right now, we still have control...usually.<br />
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I got ready one morning a few weeks ago and came downstairs and began doing my typical morning routine with Ryan. When I was getting him dressed I had a realization that he had the same outfit that I was currently wearing. I could NOT resist! And for the record, Thomas has a Loggerhead shirt that is the same as the boys and he's been able to match them all before, which I also think is super cute.<br />
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Here is my twinning moment with my sweet baby Ryan!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camo pants and a black shirt :)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What's so funny?!?!</td></tr>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-89154613376435540312019-04-11T10:50:00.003-04:002019-04-12T12:28:21.855-04:00Seizure activity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It had been almost a year and a half but Ryan had a few more seizures recently. He had one at home on Feb. 17 and then another one at school on March 26. After the February seizure, when I spoke to Ryan's neurologist, he didn't want to make any changes to meds but wanted me to reach back out if we noticed more seizures. Ryan was fine until late March when he had another seizure at school. At that point it was determined that we needed to up his dosage of one of his anti-seizure medicines.<br />
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These seizures presented differently than his past seizures. With these seizures, he was clinching his hands into fists and arching his back. His legs were stick straight. It was kind of scary and it was very clearly a seizure, whereas his seizures in the past were not as obvious.<br />
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Everything has been fine since we've increased his meds and we're on a new seizure-free day count. Today is 16 days seizure-free.<br />
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-87555419957390726832019-04-11T10:25:00.001-04:002019-04-11T10:25:17.518-04:00St. Patrick's Weekend 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
St. Patrick's Day was on a Sunday this year, which was cool because we had an entire weekend to celebrate it! I put the boys in GREEN for school for Friday...<br />
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Before school pics...<br />
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Saturday morning breakfast started off with GREEN food! We had green eggs and green milk.<br />
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Then we got dressed in green! This includes the awesome leprechaun hats. ;)<br />
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Then I forced them to do our annual 3 leaf clover picture. I just love it.<br />
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For Saturday afternoon we went downtown for a big St. Patrick's Day festival with some friends. There was cotton candy, green water fountains, beer (for adults) and sunshine. Lovely day.</div>
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The festival was very fun!</div>
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Then we walked around downtown a little just to see what was going on. There were lots of people out and about!<br />
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Saturday night dinner consisted of corned beef sliders and sauteed cabbage (and Guiness, for adults). Yum!</div>
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On Sunday morning, we had more green milk and we had green pancakes for breakfast! Then we went to church and had a relaxing afternoon at home.<br />
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The last green look of the weekend - matching polo shirts for church.<br />
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Sunday night dinner was shepherd's pie, of course, with a side of broccoli...and green milk.<br />
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When Monday morning rolled around, I was glad not to have to put green food coloring in anything else. The boys were wondering why their milk wasn't green! ha!</div>
Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-86443715772903104142019-04-05T12:34:00.000-04:002019-04-05T12:34:23.364-04:00Stokes - nighttime update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Stokes was having challenges with staying dry all night. Every kid is different and while William has been wearing underwear to bed for quite a while, Stokes just wasn't quite ready. We had a rule: if he could keep his pull-ups totally dry for two nights in a row, he could wear underwear. We've been preaching this for a long time and he's had plenty of nights where he's begged to wear underwear and whined and cried about it, but we stuck to our guns. Well, wouldn't you know...the time eventually came! He had dry pull-ups for two nights in a row and got to wear underwear the following night to bed. We put a pad down in his bed, just in case, make him pee right before bedtime and hoped for the best. Spoiler alert: it was great news! He made it through that first night dry!!! We were so proud! Check out these celebratory pictures we took that morning!<br />
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We let him decide what we would make for breakfast and he chose biscuits, grits and blueberries. You got it, Stokie!<br />
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This was a huge accomplishment! He's had a few setbacks since then. We've been washing sheets and pjs quite a bit and we're bouncing back and forth between pull-ups and underwear still, but overall Stokes is making progress! It won't be long now that he's totally pull-up free. Proud mama moments abound. </div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-87408829269609709552019-04-04T11:09:00.001-04:002019-04-04T11:10:43.221-04:00Great Wolf Lodge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At Christmas time, the boys were given money to be used for a Great Wolf Lodge visit from my Aunt Kathy, Uncle Duncan, Aunt Alison and Uncle Wells. They were looking for gift ideas, and I suggested this as a way to make more memories, instead of filling the playroom with more "stuff". We used a Groupon deal a booked our night at the GWL for mid-March. We didn't tell the boys in advance and they were so excited when they realized that they were skipping preschool and going for a fun outing! Our deal came with accommodations for 6 people so we invited MaSha to join us and she was glad to come.<br />
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Luckily I had some friends that had been before with their kids and was able to get some good tips and insider info to know what to expect and how to plan for the visit. We went to the GWL in Concord, NC, right outside of Charlotte, so it was really convenient for us.<br />
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You can get access to the water park as early at 1:00 on the day you check in. When we got there, right around 1, our room was actually ready (standard check in is at 4:00, I think). We got our bags up to the room and settled in and immediately went to the water park to begin playtime. There were several different pool areas, rides, slides, you name it! It was fun to just wander around and see all of the amenities.<br />
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We had snacks in our bag, so including a little snack time that afternoon, we stayed at the water park basically until evening time. When we were tired of playing and swimming we went back up to our room to get showered. Thomas called for a pizza and had it delivered to the hotel. We had a mini fridge, microwave and a table, along with 2 queen beds and a pull-out sofa in our room so we were all staying together and also were able to have meals/snacks in there as well! </div>
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When we were all showered and had eaten our pizza, the boys, Dada and I decided to wander around the halls and explore. There are treasure chests that open up, pictures on the walls that you can interact with, neat "settings" or environments on each floor near the elevators. We just wanted to walk around and see everything.</div>
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We, of course, did the obligatory picture in front of the GWL bear in the lobby. #cheesy</div>
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Later that evening, I think it was around 8 PM, GWL does a little show and has a story time in the lobby. A lot of the kids come down in their pjs and slippers to participate before bedtime. </div>
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After the brief show, Stokes decided he was tired and wanted to go back to the room. That boy plays hard and sleeps hard. It doesn't take much convincing to make him go to bed. He will put himself to bed most nights when he's just tired and ready to call it a night. So after the show, but before the story had started, he was done. I'm glad that he just calls it like it is and doesn't try to fight it! I stayed in the lobby with William and Ryan while Thomas walked Stokes back up to the room for night time. Thomas told me later that Stokes said, "Dada, this isn't going to take long!" He was referencing how quickly he would fall asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. Too funny!</div>
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The other two stayed for the story time. There were a lot of kiddos down there in the lobby for this! </div>
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After the story, they will allow the kids to come up and take pictures with the characters.</div>
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It's safe to say that after a full day of water park playtime, we were all exhausted and everyone slept well that night! The cool thing is that at GWL, you can stay at the water park for as long as you want on the day that you check out. We packed all of our stuff, got checked out of our room and went to the water park with our dry change of clothes in our bag for when we were ready to leave.</div>
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They all loved the big wave pool, where they would practice swimming from one adult to another. We took turns holding Ryan, but MaSha took on most of the Ryan time while Thomas and I split up with the other 2. You had to be a certain height to get on most of the slides and rides and unfortunately for Stokes, William was the only one tall enough to ride them. We went on some inner tube rides over and over again. There weren't too many people there so the lines for all the rides were relatively short. You would only have to wait for 5 minutes, or maybe 10 at the most. That allowed us to ride consecutively until we were ready to move on and check on the other family members. Hopefully Stokes will be tall enough to enjoy some of those activities for our next visit! I know he would love them!</div>
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There was a huge bucket that would fill with water and once it was full, maybe every 15 minutes or so, the bucket would dump over and soak everyone nearby. I thought it was fun but the boys didn't really love it. </div>
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We had a full morning playing at the water park. We had snacks while there and then even rinsed off quickly in the showers in the locker rooms before putting on our dry change of clothes. We were all water park-ed out and ready to get back home. It was so fun! Stokes and William got some great swimming practice and are getting more and more comfortable in the water and better at swimming. They had a blast! Ryan enjoyed splashing around some and loved being held by MaSha. If he wasn't "floating" in the water and kicking his feet, you might've found him snoozing on MaSha's lap at one of the tables. </div>
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We had a great experience and definitely hope to return sometime (preferably when everyone is taller!). I was so glad to have the tricks and tips in my back pocket to know the best way to maximize our trip. It certainly was fun to take 2 days off of work to go play with the kids and have some fun. Until next time, Great Wolf Lodge......arh-wooooooo! (that's a wolf howl noise)<br />
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A special thanks to Uncle Wells, Aunt Alison, Aunt Kathy, and Uncle Duncan for funding our GWL adventure! We adore you all and are so thankful to get to experience fun getaways like that! And thanks to MaSha for accompanying us and being an extra set of hands to keep 3 little guys safe in the water and entertained while there!</div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-83383259577123921732019-03-29T12:00:00.004-04:002019-03-29T12:00:27.494-04:00Cousins in town<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We had a family weekend back at the beginning of March and has loads of fun with cousins and aunts. Unfortunately, uncles weren't able to join us due to conflicts, and they were definitely missed!</div>
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On Friday night, we gathered for dinner at MaSha's house and got to catch up with Ashley, Taylor and Anna. Tara, Leece and Madison got caught in a lot of traffic and weren't able to make it to Greenville in time for dinner. The meal was great and we loved getting together. We came back to our house where Ashley, Taylor and Anna spent the night with us. I cannot put enough emphasis on how amazing Taylor and Anna are with the boys. They play with them, look out for them, and just love them. The boys adore their big cousins. </div>
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We were supposed to have a tee ball game on Saturday morning, but due to rain (again) it got cancelled so we had a much more low key day. Everyone gathered at our house for some play time and then we went out and had Mexican food for lunch all together. After lunch, Tara took her girls back to MaSha's for a nap and Ashley went over there to help sort through some hand-me-downs so the boys had some quiet time...which was perfect in order to prepare for more cousin fun!</div>
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Everyone came back over to our house for dinner...and some karaoke! It was all great fun. And no, I can't post any of the videos. LOL!</div>
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On Sunday morning, everyone joined us for church and the kids all looked adorable! We couldn't help but make them stop and take a few pictures. Then we had a country cooking lunch before Tara, Ashley and all the girls got back on the road to head to their homes.<br />
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It was just a nice, easy weekend and a great way to spend time together. I'm sure we'll spend another weekend together this summer and we're already looking forward to it!<br />
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-84655238663177060002019-03-21T16:20:00.002-04:002019-03-21T16:20:35.781-04:00Tee Ball 2019 - Opening Night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's spring season and the boys are once again playing tee ball! We've switched leagues, based on zoning due to our move, and although we'll miss our friends on the other league (and the proximity of the fields to where we live), we think it will be better in the long run, if they decide to stick with baseball, so play in a league where their school friends and neighborhood friends play.<br />
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Due to the crazy amounts of rain we've gotten over the last several weeks, every single practice and game has been cancelled except for 1. This has been a huge bummer. The good news is that we have our very first game tonight and it's ON. This should be fun!<br />
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Taking it back to early this month, we got to participate in the league's opening night festivities. This consists of a parade of all the teams (in their cute little uniforms that they were wearing for the first time!) through Fluor Field downtown. The announcers announced each time and they got to walk the perimeter of the field. As they walked by the dugouts, they got to high-five college baseball players and coaches, which is pretty cool. Parents in the stands were glued to their kid's team(s) and would grab a few photos when the team went by. It was all great fun! After the parade, there was a Clemson/Furman baseball game being played and so we had tickets to stay and watch.<br />
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Let me just summarize this evening in one short word: COLD. That's all anyone could talk about. In these pictures, you can see the sun shining and it definitely looks warm, but it <u>wasn't</u>. Everyone in the stands was completely bundled up. That said, we stayed for about 2 innings of the college game before we had 5 year-olds melting down over their concession options and frozen digits and limbs. We had to get out of there! All in all, it was a lot of fun and built up the excitement and anticipation for this season. Last thought: rain, rain, go away, come again NEVER...or until we are in a drought and desperately need you. K, thanks!<br />
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-28787630547611815752019-03-14T12:20:00.001-04:002019-03-14T12:20:03.141-04:00Exciting Allergy Update for Stokes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At Stokes's last <a href="http://threepeerysinapod.blogspot.com/2018/11/stokes-annual-allergy-follow-up.html" target="_blank">check-in with the allergist</a> back in October, he still tested positive for his egg and peanut allergy, but we were given a glimmer of hope. His allergist mentioned that he could once again get a blood test to see how his egg levels were doing. The next time Stokes and I were near the lab, which was probably some time in January (which was literally months after his actual appointment!) I stopped by there with him to go ahead and do the blood test. I'd worked it up with Stokes prior to going and told him what was going to happen. He was "aware" that he was going to have blood drawn, and where it would be on his arm, and what it might feel like. I told him that I needed him to be brave and to try to be big and strong about it! I also told him that it really wouldn't hurt much at all! Just maybe a little pinch right at the beginning (and barely pinched his inner arm to give him an idea). He understood and promised that he would be a big, brave boy. We did the same thing, with the blood draw, about a year ago and it was TRAUMATIC. We saw a full-on meltdown in the lab and I had to hold him tightly and he was screaming and crying and sweating and I was sweating and almost in tears. It was awful. I wanted this time to be the exact opposite of that. My wish was granted. I could NOT believe how awesome he did. No tears, no whimpering, nothing. He just sat there and talked to us the whole time. I think having him prepared ahead of time cut down on the terror and surprise of what was about to happen. The lab technician that did the draw was absolutely fantastic. She talked him through each and every step and put some good numbing stuff on his arm before she did her business. He looked away and stayed cool, calm and collected. When it was over, and totally not a big deal AT ALL, I was so incredibly proud of him! I was in a state of shock, to be honest, over how well it went. I took him straight to Target to pick something out before taking him back to work. He also insisted on calling Fifi to tell her all about it and about how brave he was! She was so proud, too.<br />
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After the blood test results came back, I got a call from the allergists office that Stokes' egg numbers were down and the doctor was ready to try a baked egg challenge in the office. Last time we'd done the blood draw, his numbers did not suffice for the challenge. Since we'd not gotten to this part before, I was pretty pumped, but wanted to hold back my excitement, in case we were let down again. I guess the phrase would be is cautiously optimistic. What the baked egg challenge means is that I had to make a specific muffin recipe that they provided to me, and bring Stokes and the muffins in to the office for an appointment so that he could eat muffins, little by little, to see how his body reacted to food with baked eggs. The recipe they provided had the exact ratio of eggs vs other ingredients that is necessary to make sure the test is accurate. I made the muffins, following the recipe to a T, and told Stokes about the appointment. He was PUMPED.<br />
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Stokes skipped breakfast that morning, as our appointment was scheduled first thing, and I told him I wanted him to have an empty tummy so that he wouldn't be too full to eat the muffins. I wasn't sure how much they would have him eat.<br />
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The way the appointment worked is that the nurse brought just a little bit of a muffin in at a time and allowed Stokes to eat it. She left and would wait 15 minutes before coming back in to try a little more.<br />
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After the 15 minutes, if he didn't have a reaction, he could have another, slightly larger piece. In between eating muffins, we got kind of bored. Thank goodness there was a tablet in the room so that we could watch video all about allergies, exercising, eating right, etc.<br />
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Each time the nurse came back in, he was doing great and wasn't experiencing any reactions from the muffins! The last time he got to eat 1/2 of a muffin and the nurse said that was the last bit he had to eat. I'm sure you've figured it out by now, but HE PASSED the baked egg challenge!!!! WOOOO HOOOOO!<br />
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What a relief! Stokes was so happy! When I took him to school, he was going around telling everyone that he can eat eggs now! I kid you not, if I had any sort of baked good at the house, he would ask me if it had eggs in it and if I said yes, he told me he wanted some. It was like he was just ready to try anything and everything with eggs after having been kept away for so long. A brand-new, baked-egg-friendly world was just opened up to him! Freedom!!!</div>
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This has made a lot of things much easier on us. That being said, this news does not mean that he can eat anything now. He still has a peanut allergy and even when it comes to eggs, there are still rules. For example, he can eat homemade baked goods with eggs, but eggs cannot be the main ingredient - i.e. no quiche, but he can have a brownie. For store-bought items, eggs must be listed as the number three ingredient or lower on the list in order for him to have it. Side note: did you know that ingredients are listed by % of what the items consists of? I never did, but do now! There are still plenty of things he can't eat: anything with mayo, egg noodles, ice cream containing eggs, caesar salad dressing, and so on. That said, it is awesome that he can have regular cookies, cakes, brownies and all sorts of yummy treats! I will no longer have to BYOC (bring your own cupcake) to birthday parties! He can eat the same stuff as all the other kids at the party. Yes!!! </div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-45453050970036570802019-03-07T11:47:00.002-05:002019-03-07T11:47:07.243-05:00Valentine's Day 2019<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ahhh...Valentine's Day. It comes around every year and always leaves a lot of candy in its wake. I do NOT go overboard for Valentine's Day. I don't really do much for the kids and am not a Pinterest-mom with the Valentine's I send in for school for the boys. I just don't buy into it all that much. Love though? Yes, I love love. I buy into LOVE. Extra hugs and kisses on Valentine's Day? Yes! More "I love you"s? Yes! Some small token of affection? Well...OK.<br />
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We try to dress the part for Valentine's Day with red or pink or something. We had red shirts this year! <3<br />
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The boys had fun at school and enjoyed their parties in their classes.<br />
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It's a bit clique, but Thomas and I actually had a real, actual date on Valentine's Day. We usually don't go out on Valentine's Day; we just avoid all the hoopla and go out on a date sometime around then. This Valentine's Day, however, we had a reason to go out. Luke Combs was in town and had a concert at The Well. Thomas and I loooooooove Luke Combs and we ordered tickets and got dinner reservations. MaSha babysat the boys for us to go out on our date! Side note: we did not exchange any gifts. The date was our gift to each other. Haha!<br />
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We'd never been to Sushi Go but have some friends that go there on a weekly basis and rave about how awesome it is. We decided to try it out and we loved it, too!</div>
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We had some great recommendations from our friends about what to try and they even gave the owner a heads up that we were coming so we got a few little perks! Nice.<br />
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After dinner we walked to The Well for the concert. LANCO and someone else opened up. They were pretty good. I loved hearing Luke Combs though. He has such an amazing voice!<br />
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We had a lot of fun - sushi and a great concert! What a night!<br />
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I'm very blessed to have so much love in my life. My family is what makes my world go round and I'm thankful for them on Valentine's Day each year and on every day in between, too!</div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-55115605119499485452019-03-06T11:09:00.002-05:002019-03-06T11:09:15.880-05:00MONSTER JAM!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our friends, the Jones's, asked if we wanted to go to Monster Jam with this year. Brooke had access to a suite from her work and was able to get tickets for us to go with them. It was so awesome! The boys had never been to Monster Jam before, although we have <a href="http://threepeerysinapod.blogspot.com/2017/01/monster-bad-news.html" target="_blank">gone to see the trucks</a> when they were in town in the past, and they seriously loved it. At the actual show this year, I was blown away by the tricks that these drivers can do.<br />
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We got the boys some noise reducing head phones prior to the show and that was a very good call. People told me it was loud, but let me tell you, it was LOUD. Thomas and I also had the little foam ear plugs and we really did need them.<br />
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We were in and out of the suite periodically throughout the show. Inside the suite, the noise wasn't quite so loud. We had Ryan inside the suite for the majority of the show and I don't think I would take him in the future without a suite ticket.<br />
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Stokes and William were completely enthralled with the trucks and the tricks. William took to the <a href="https://www.monsterjam.com/en-US/trucks/zombie" target="_blank">Zombie truck</a> and talked about it non-stop. He still will bring it up every now and then and this was weeks ago. I am not totally sure that Ryan liked the show. He seemed to like it sometimes, but other times, not so much. It may have been a bit too much noise for him, even with the headphones.<br />
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Regardless, we had a great time with some awesome friends. After the show, we ended up sneaking over to a brewery to let the kids play a little longer and allow the adults to continue some conversations. Adult conversation is always a welcome addition to my life!<br />
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-37282925164043580642019-03-05T10:01:00.000-05:002019-03-05T10:01:00.202-05:00Ryan goes to the ENT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ryan has had issues with nose bleeds for a while. I've even blogged about it (see <a href="http://threepeerysinapod.blogspot.com/2018/08/scary.html" target="_blank">Scary</a> post). He would go through spells when he'd get about 1 or more nose bleeds per day for weeks at a time. You may be thinking that it's not a big deal, and <i>really</i>, in the grand scheme, it's totally not, but it was a big inconvenience. For most people, you can just grab a tissue and try to pinch the nose to make the bleeding stop. But with Ryan, based on the way he likes to move his hands and arms, it wasn't so simple. He would smear blood all over his sleeves, cheeks, hands, mouth, etc. He isn't able to understand simple commands like "put your hands down" or "don't touch" so he makes a mess of the blood. If you can get him to stop moving for a second to grab a tissue, the blood drips out all over his shirt, his pants, the chair in which he's sitting, the floor, etc. and by the time you have a tissue in your hand, blood would be everywhere. I watch some crime shows and I would always think, if someone were to come to our house and take the black light and see where all this blood has been cleaned up, they would think something sinister is going on. Nope - just nose bleeds! Lots of them. And it wasn't just at home. We'd get notes home from school constantly letting us know that he had {another} nose bleed and he'd be in his extra change of clothes. It was getting to the point when it was too much.<br />
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Another thing about it was that it didn't take much to get it going. If he got upset, even in the slightest bit, and started crying, his nose would bleed. I'm not talking about a real cry or getting super upset; even just a wimper, or a teeny, tiny cry - that's all it took. It would immediately start gushing. Huge drops just coming right out. There was no "light" nose bleed. It would come on strong.<br />
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I brought it up at the boys 5 year old well check at the pediatrician last fall and was told again not to worry about it. The main point that was made was that as long as the bleeding stops within 15 minutes, there's no need for further examination or concern. And it's very true that his nose bleeds did not last that long. I wasn't necessarily worried about him losing too much blood and being in danger from it, but it did seem like a lot of blood for a little guy.<br />
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We'd been given the suggestion to put Aquafor in his nose - did it. We were also told to try the kids version of saline nasal spray. Just knowing Ryan and how he is, I knew this would not go well. When he doesn't like something, it will get him upset and he will start crying. When he cries, of course, his nose will bleed. It felt like we were stuck in a vicious cycle.<br />
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I had to make another pediatrician appointment for Ryan this winter for pink eye and at that appointment, I once again brought up the nose bleeds, as it was during a time frame when the nose bleeds were numerous and frequent.* I tried to explain how easily they start and how fast they flow when they do start. I'm sure his doctors and people I talked to about it just thought I was over-reacting and blowing it out of proportion. Ryan actually got upset at the pink eye appointment and his nose started bleeding (just barely) but it was enough for the pediatrician to understand what little provocation it took to get it started. I didn't want to be the squeaky wheel, but I did feel like we needed to get some help and to quit ignoring it. She agreed to create a referral to an ENT for him.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Pictures of him before his pink eye appointment are below. They are gross so I didn't want to put them at the top of the post. While I was trying to get a pic of his eyes to show the doctor at the appointment later, his nose started bleeding. You can kind of get a glimpse of how it goes from 0 to 60 in a matter of seconds. It can be somewhat gruesome. </span><br />
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Fast forward a few weeks to when we got this referral appointment scheduled and Thomas and I went to the ENT (Ear Nose Throat) Dr with Ryan. I made Thomas come to this appointment because I know that Ryan doesn't like things in his nose (or ears, or hair, and so on) and I thought he might get upset, have a nose bleed, possibly vomit. I wanted some reinforcement there with me. I brought a change of clothes for both Ryan and me, just in case!!! When we got in to see the doctor, I only felt right that I should warn him of such and I think he had his reservations about whether we would actually be able to do anything at the appointment.<br />
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The thought was that Ryan had blood vessel(s) close to the surface of his skin inside his nose, and that anytime there was any irritation, the blood vessels at the surface would create the bleeding until a clot formed. If/when the clot came off, it would start bleeding again. Getting upset and crying causes your heart rate to go up and your blood pumps faster and that was all factoring in to the nose bleed situation and why him getting upset made the nose bleeds start and/or get worse. The ENT said he wanted to cauterize one side of his nose and it could be done in his office that day. They only do one side at a time to prevent complications and I knew that his left side had been bleeding most recently so that's what we focused on. First the doctor had to numb Ryan's nose. This consisted of putting some sort of numbing substance on a small piece of cotton and putting inside his nose for about 15 minutes to numb it. I was concerned how this would go. The doctor was clear that if he didn't do well with the numbing we were NOT going to try to cauterize and instead we could make an appointment in the OR to include anesthesia. That was obviously not the preference so I was trying to stay positive that we could get this done in his office on that day. In all honesty, I thought this numbing would go over like a lead balloon. But I was hopeful and ready to try to distract Ryan so that he wouldn't mind as much. Y'all. Ryan was a CHAMP. He fussed <i>just a little</i> when they put the cotton in, but that was it! He kinda sorta forget about it being in there. I had to keep his hands busy, so that he wouldn't rub his nose and make the cotton come out so I held his hands and we walked around the room as a distraction. When the numbing process was complete, the doctor and the nurse came back in and were as pleasantly surprised as Thomas and I were. The doctor was able to cauterize and all we had to do was hold Ryan's hands to keep them from going rogue and getting in the doctor's way. Ryan was cool, calm and collected. Mind you, he didn't <i>love it</i>, but he was really, really calm and very good. We made it through the whole thing with no tears, no nose bleeds, no vomit. SUCCESS. The doctor told us to keep the Aquafor on his nose (easy enough) and then to start with the saline spray (ugghh).<br />
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The doctor warned us that Ryan's nose may bleed a little while healing from the cauterization but that the bleeds should be fewer and lighter. It's been a while between the appointment and when I'm finally writing this post, so I could be off a little, but if I remember correctly, I think his nose has only bled two times since then. It really did the trick! Not having to deal with the nose bleeds has made our lives easier. I think his teachers at school are probably really thankful too.<br />
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We did end up doing the saline spray for a while, per the ENT's request. As predicted, he did not like it. He got to the point that he would tolerate it, and I would do it as fast as I could, but he would still cry, at least a little, right when I put the sprayer in his nose. I've backed off of the saline as time has passed and now I don't bother doing it anymore.<br />
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*Pink eye pictures WITH nose bleed are below. You may not want to look if you get squeamish. I was just trying to take a pic of his eyes before I cleaned them out so I could show the doctor when we went to our appointment. As I was taking the picture, his nose started to bleed and it got messy.<br />
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-68632433599886729072019-03-04T09:27:00.003-05:002019-03-04T09:27:52.500-05:00Royal Christmas Cards<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">You know how I'm besties with the English royal family, right? It's a fact. I got their Christmas cards this year! They are so sweet to add me on their Christmas card mailing list. You know it's a good day when you get the mail and the return address on an envelope is Kensington Palace. The royals were a little behind in their mailing schedule as I didn't get the cards until after Christmas, but hey, they have a lot going on, and really, it's the thought that counts! ;)</span></div>
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<br />And I realized that I didn't post the Peery family Christmas card for 2018 yet. Well, here you go. Our Christmas card is <i>almost </i>as high in demand as the royal's cards. <div>
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I can't post the back of the card because it has our new address on it and I don't know how to edit the picture to cover that part up. Technology is my friend....Not. </div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-49674393835655498262019-03-02T09:42:00.004-05:002019-03-02T09:42:46.078-05:00First Trip to the Library!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have a brand new, state of the art public library that opened up near our house. I had heard other friends talk about it and how much their kids enjoyed going but we hadn't been yet. I'd also heard that kids can get their own library card once they turn 5. So on a Saturday in January that Thomas had to be at a work sales meeting, and it was rainy and yucky and we couldn't go outside, I decided to make a special trip for just the boys and me. On the way to the library, I hyped it up and told them how awesome it would be! And it was. The library has a separate area that is specifically designed for young children. Everything in there is bright and colorful and all is geared towards the littles. Since it's separated from the rest of the library, you can allow your kids to explore in there without worrying that they'll get lost to go too far away.<br />
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The first thing we did when we got in there was to get the boys their very own library cards. They also got cute tote bags for their books. The librarians were really sweet and helpful. The library had kid-friendly computers set up for the kids to play on with educational type games. That's what my kids were most interested in from the get-go.<br />
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Apart from the computers, there were a few other small play stations among the books. Below, William was playing with a train set. There was also a light up table with fake x-rays to look at and toy shapes that are see-through when set on the table. That was pretty cool and interesting to the kids.<br />
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Several of the end caps on the book shelves have sensory-friendly games like this that are brightly colored and have pieces and parts that move. I got Ryan set up on this game and he enjoyed it!<br />
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I read Ryan a book or two while the other boys played on the computers and explored around in the kids section.<br />
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I let them each pick out 1 movie and 1 book.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the kiosk to check out the books and<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokes with his library card</td></tr>
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It was the perfect activity for a rainy day. Although I'm feeling guilty about how long it took us to check it out since it opened, I'm glad that we now have been and we've got the library cards and tote bags to prove it. It was a very positive experience for the boys! I'd love to instill a love a reading and an appreciation for the library system in them. Since that first trip, they've asked several more times to go to the library...mainly for the movies...and I'm thankful that they liked it! We've been another time or two since. I know their Grandma Robbie would be so proud of this. If she were around, those boys would have already been to the library countless times with her! </div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-84744035172637496882019-03-01T10:42:00.002-05:002019-03-01T10:42:38.019-05:00Natty Celebration time + b-balling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After the National Championship game, it was promptly announced that there would be another celebration parade and I knew immediately that we wouldn't miss it! Although it was cold, and it even rained on us a little, we had to be there for this special day! We skipped the parade and instead went straight to the stadium to hear the speeches and celebrate with all the fans.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watching the celebration unfold</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Christian, once again, had a spectacular speech!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Handsome Ryan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokes snuggling with Mama</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hunter Renfow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adam Choice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clelin Ferrell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Defensive Line - we sure are going to miss these guys!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dada and the boys</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coach Dabo Swinney</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clemson Family</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The team</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I saw my friend Kristen and her kiddos,<br />
Grant and Harper!</td></tr>
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We heard some really fantastic speeches during the celebration. Not everyone gets an opportunity to speak - only the team leaders and the seniors that make up the core of the team. What they had to say was funny, inspirational, and heartfelt. You should have heard them all giving their mamas some love. It brought tears to my eyes! These guys were really special and I feel like they're all my boys. I will be watching the NFL draft this year with high hopes for each one of them. We sure will miss seeing them in orange running down the hill this fall!</div>
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The Tigers were playing #2 Virginia in basketball at noon, directly after the celebration ended and we had tickets from Matt to go watch it. It was a Clemson filled day! And also, we were so glad that we got to go inside because we were frozen and ready to thaw out. </div>
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Ryan is not all that crazy about football games, but he LOVED the basketball game. I think the action, the lights, the close proximity to the court and the music/noise all played a part in his love of the game. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loving it!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entranced</td></tr>
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<br />Seeing this cheeseburger reminds me. Only in Clemson, SC can you get 3 hot dogs, 1 cheeseburger, a large bucket of popcorn, 3 bottled waters and 1 Powerade for $23 inside a sporting event venue. Seriously - $23!! I almost thought he was joking but I quickly paid and left and thanked my fortune! That lunch anywhere else probably would have been $100!<br /><div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The energy was building Littlejohn!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Game Time action</td></tr>
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The football team was honored at halftime for their championship!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making their way to the court</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can't get enough</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preach, Coach Dabo!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We were *almost* a part of the team huddle</td></tr>
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Unfortunately, the basketball team was not able to pull out a victory, but the day was solid orange. What else can you ask for?!?!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was an exhausting day full of<br />
excitement! One of my favorite parts<br />
was right here - snuggling on the coach<br />
with my Ryan.</td></tr>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-41459717659921181512019-02-28T10:04:00.001-05:002019-02-28T10:04:34.212-05:002019 National Championship - Santa Clara, CA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well.....we weren't <i>planning</i> on going...and I was a little on the fence about how we'd play against Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl...but then I got to thinking. Thomas and I haven't missed Clemson play in a National Championship in our lifetimes. That's a pretty cool streak. We went 1-1 in those 2 games, and both were amazing experiences and we didn't regret a single minute. Ahead of the Cotton Bowl, we decided that we don't want to let our tradition of being there in-person for all Clemson National Championship games go, so we requested tickets through IPTAY. Our fate was sealed when we beat down Notre Dame in the semi-finals. Was this a good, fiscally-responsible idea? No. Did we make it happen anyway? Yes.<br />
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The other part was that Thomas had a work meeting in San Jose, right near where the game was being played, for work that week anyway. Fate? Me thinks so. This was a legit meeting and had nothing to do with the game (supposedly...) so his airfare was covered through work. I've been traveling some over the last few years for work and I had enough airline points to get my ticket out to CA as well. So with flights covered, we felt a little bit better about the trip. Of course, we paid face value for our upper deck tickets, meanwhile, lower bowl, great seats were going for around $100. That hurt.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">We got these babies in the mail several weeks<br />
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To minimize the time away from the boys and minimize wallet discomfort, we took our chances and flew out the morning of the big game. I am not typically a big fan of the time zone changes, but for our purposes, it worked pretty well. We needed those extra 3 hours to make our plan work!<br />
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Clemson vs. Alabama part IV was happening and we were going to be there! Clash of the Titans once again in the College Football Playoffs. It never gets old (if you are a Clemson or Alabama fan).<br />
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We had a SUPER early flight about of Greenville, connected in Detroit, and landed in San Jose around 11 AM PST. Jan. 7, 2019<br />
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Plenty of other Tigers on our flight!</td></tr>
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We (quickly) got an Uber to our hotel - same hotel where our tribe was staying - changed clothes, then grabbed a ride to meet up with the Tribe for lunch before driving over the stadium.<br />
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Rick had a parking pass near the stadium so we jumped in his ride and we were so happy to be with the Tribe at the Natty again. All was right in the world.<br />
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The Tribe had been in the San Francisco area for a few days and had done some sightseeing/player stalking and Corey managed to get that sign that she's holding that said, "Roll AWAY Tide". It came in handy!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Supposedly this Clemson flag was on the<br />
Golden Gate Bridge...I'm not sure, but I<br />
love the picture anyway!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">2019 National Championship!<br />
Corey, Carole and me</td></tr>
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The weather was pretty nice. It was a little chilly but at least the sun was out! Over the weekend, when most Clemson fans traveled, the weather was really crummy and it rained a lot. That probably put a little damper on the sightseeing and fun. But Monday was altogether a pretty day! We tailgated at the car for a while and then around the parking lot before heading up to the stadium. We had been told over and over again by the media that this game wasn't a sell out. That there were going to be lots of empty seats. Based on the tickets sold, more than 60% of them were going to be Alabama fans. We were prepared to be the vast minority. That said, during tailgating time, we were seeing a lot of Clemson fans and very few Alabama fans. As Corey said, "they're like cockroaches. You don't see them until it gets dark and then they're everywhere." LOL</div>
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We did see quite a few people we knew while tailgating and then even more inside the stadium!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Thomas, me, Matt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Taylor Newsome!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Natty Time with my man</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Levi's Stadium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">This is a picture with the Dwight Clark statue at the 49ers<br />
Stadium. Dwight played at Clemson and then was famous for<br />
"The Catch" from Joe Montana, against my Dallas Cowboys<br />
in the 1981 NFC Championship, which sent the 49ers on<br />
to win the Super Bowl that year.<br />
The sweet lady that took this picture totally missed the<br />
fact that we wanted the statue IN the picture.</td></tr>
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Back at home, Fifi, Jerry and MaSha were taking great care of the boys for us! They sent us this "All In" picture so that we'd have the boys there at the game with us.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">GO TIGERS!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">In the stadium... GAME TIME!</td></tr>
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I was not feeling confident in this game. I was just there to have fun and keep the streak of being at the Natty when Clemson plays alive. I totally always buy in to everything that the announcers and analysts say about the game. This was supposedly Nick Saban's best team. The Alabama Dynasty would continue. Clemson was too young and inexperienced, apart from the D-Line. And although he had a great game in the Cotton Bowl, our QB was a true freshman, and would he be able to handle the pressure of this big game? And so on..... </div>
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Once again, very few people were giving us a chance. We thrive on that. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Thomas and me in the stadium</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Matt and Katie Money just happened to have tickets<br />
really close to ours!</td></tr>
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Y'all. This game. What can I say?!?! It felt like a dream. I kept looking at Thomas and asking if this was really happening and if it was real life. It was like the universe aligned in favor of Clemson. Everything was going right. Receivers were catching everything - literally everything. It felt like all the calls were going against Bama. Our defense had not one, but TWO interceptions, including a Pick 6. I mean....it was insanity. No one was expecting this, except maybe our team and our coaching staff. I was totally blown away. </div>
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When it was in the 4th quarter, we were getting texts from the Tribe to come down to their section and squeeze in with them. Apparently no one was checking tickets anymore and the Clemson fans were so elated, they didn't care about cramming more Tigers into the area. Absolutely no one was sitting down anyways!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">With Corey and Cle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">CELEBRATION!!!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Confetti!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">National Champions!</td></tr>
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In case you missed it, the final score was 44-16. It wasn't even close. We dominated Alabama from the first quarter and never looked back. This was a game for the ages!!!!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">#tribe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">We rolled the Tide away!</td></tr>
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After the game, we were going insane. We tried to do our usual escapades and get into the team hotel to celebrate there with our besties (the players). Unfortunately, several thousand other Clemson fans had the same idea and the hotel employees were checking room keys to be able to enter. We had to go to Plan B. Another hotel down the street (which was also not letting people in) had a parking lot party going on with heat lamps and a beer truck. We saw more friends that we knew there too. Our voices were gone, the temperature had dropped, but we didn't care. We wanted to celebrate this EPIC game and enjoy our time on the top. </div>
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We eventually went back to our hotel and straight to the hotel bar to keep the party going. There were several other Clemson fans there and no one was ready to call it a night! At some point, the bar closed down and we were forced to go back to our rooms, but we went back as some really, really happy Tiger fans. At that point, Thomas and I had been up for over 24 hours, due to our super early flight from Greenville that morning. It was a looooooooong day. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Oh yeah, and did you know the<br />
Empire State Building<br />
turned orange & purple in honor<br />
of the Clemson Tigers,<br />
2019 National Champions?<br />
Beautiful. ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">New logo for this year!<br />
This logo was designed by my friend's older<br />
brother that I've known since high school.<br />
How cool is that?!?!</td></tr>
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The next day was a Tuesday. Thomas and I had a PTO day as his meeting wasn't until Wednesday and I had a flight out on Wednesday morning as well. We had the whole day on Tuesday to do whatever we wanted. So we went to Santana Row in San Jose, which is well-known for shopping and dining. We just wandered around, shopped a little, ate lunch and enjoyed a free day. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Santana Row on a rainy day</td></tr>
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Later that afternoon, we were seriously still so tired after the long day we had on Monday, we just went back to our hotel and napped before dinner. Naps are heaven.</div>
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We went to a casino near our hotel for dinner since it sounded like the best option out of what was close by. Spoiler alert - it was probably not the best option. Womp womp.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">But they did have this fun gameday<br />
set-up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Dinner disappointment</td></tr>
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It was a fun day and we were also just eating up ESPN and all the online articles talking about the game. Ahhh....what a trip.</div>
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The next day, Thomas had his meeting and I flew home to see the boys. Looking back, although we were a bit on the fence about going, and then we were conflicted about whether we should be spending hard earned money on the trip and the game, in the end, we were so glad that we took the chance and did it. I would have been extremely disappointed had I not been there. It was truly so awesome! I don't know when/if we will have the opportunity to have a game like that again, so I'm thankful I was there to witness it. </div>
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Our future at Clemson, especially with our football program, is bright. As always, don't forget Dabo's famous saying, "The best is yet to come!" </div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-39037088148949445402019-02-25T09:45:00.002-05:002019-02-25T09:45:53.785-05:00Cute take-homes from school<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The kids make cute crafts and neat little things at school constantly. Especially around any sort of holiday, their teachers will organize some sort of craft that goes along with that holiday. I don't keep them all, but the best ones end up in a drawer to be kept forever (or until I find a nice way to organize all these things that I may or may not ever look at again). But in the spirit of trying to remember some of them, I wanted to share these. They make me laugh.<br />
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At Christmas time, Stokes and William's class made these little notes for Santa.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stokes's note. It says:<br />
"I want a tablet and a jersey" - DONE<br />
"I need new shoes" - ALSO DONE</td></tr>
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Santa was good to Stokes! He brought him his tablet and his jersey! Mama and Dada got him Nike shoes, too. He really must have been good!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William's note. It says:<br />
"I want a toy Spiderman" - DONE<br />
"I need more food." - UMM WHAT?!?!</td></tr>
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William did get the toy Spiderman he was asking for. Awesome! I'm not sure why he thinks he needs more food, but I did get a good laugh out of that!<br />
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day<br />
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They each got to do an ornament thing (I guess it's an ornament??) saying what their dream is, in honor of MLK's "I have a dream" speech. Super cute and creative! I know it's hard to read, but no worries, I've got you covered! </div>
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Stokes's says, "my dream is...for everyone to have a good school like {name of his school}". I thought that was so sweet and well thought out for him. </div>
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William's says, "my dream is...to help get food for all people." Also, so incredibly sweet. I love it that they were both thinking of others. But I had to think, what is William's obsession with FOOD? I was wondering what his teachers were thinking. I promise you, he gets plenty to eat at home! He's such a funny little kid! </div>
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Katharinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11362163642405928751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2727532916394412876.post-85818350323595273492019-02-22T10:05:00.003-05:002019-02-26T15:04:25.404-05:00The Prove-Its come to town!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Joey, Lisa and Davis PRUETT (referred to by the boys as Prove It) came to visit us in early January. We had a great weekend with them! Davis refers to the boys as his brothers and they just adore playing with him. I love how close in age they are and how well they really get along. I guess they've been growing up together, even though we live far apart, due to our joint beach vacations over the last several years.<br />
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They got to Greenville on Friday evening and we went out to dinner with the Mays and Young families and Matt Owings at Moe's BBQ downtown. This place was perfect for a large group on a Friday night because you order at the counter and it's first come, first served on the seating. We managed to grab a large table and a small one right beside it. We also didn't have to wait long for our food, so we could decide when it was time to leave, without waiting on a server.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun group!</td></tr>
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The food was really good, too! It happened to be the day after Clark's birthday, so Stephanie brought birthday celebration stuff for him, including a cookie cake and noise makers for the kids! They were having a BALL.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birthday cake for Clark!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All of the kiddos!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They were more interested in blowing their noisemakers<br />
than taking pictures!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The guys:<br />
Matt, Joey, (Ryan), Thomas and Clark<br />
Best buds</td></tr>
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After dinner we went outside to the large fire pit to continue our conversations and let the kids run around and blow their noisemakers with their friends.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fire pit time!</td></tr>
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It was all fun and games until one of the noisemakers ended up in the fire and tears ensued. Aunt Steph came to the rescue though with a brand new toy she happened to have in her car! She's the best. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before bed: dress up and play time!</td></tr>
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We had a quick breakfast at our house before heading out to Fountain Inn, a little town right near us, only about 15 minutes away, to meet up with the Mays family.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Breakfast time!</td></tr>
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Downtown Fountain Inn in so cute! We started out at <a href="https://www.steamcoffeecream.com/" target="_blank">Steam Coffee & Cream</a>. This is a small coffee shop with all the charm you could possibly want! A good friend of mine owns it and I had been wanting to try it out for a long time. I loved it so much and can't wait to go back. The environment is open and inviting, and importantly for our group, very kid-friendly. My friend has 4 kids of her own (including a 1 week old newborn as of right now!) so she knows how about being a busy mama and how to make her coffee shop easy for families. The coffee was so delicious. I'm so impressed with my friend and can't stop raving about this place!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steam Coffee & Cream</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With my good friend, and owner, Adrienne<br />
(very pregnant at the time)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">one of Adrienne's littles - Annie<br />
How cute is she?!?!?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steph loves Adrienne, too!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cuties!</td></tr>
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When the kids got rambunctious and ready to leave, the dadas took them across the street to run around and blow off some steam (hahaha, see what I did there?). The mamas stayed for a while, talking and relaxing. Ahhhh....</div>
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When we were ready to go, we met up with the kids and Dads for a few minutes to check in and also make a wish in the big fountain. Because, duh!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing on the swing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids!<br />
The sun was bright and we couldn't get Ryan to look up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mamas - Steph, me and Lisa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a wish and throwing a penny</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown FI</td></tr>
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The Mamas once again left the kids and the Dads to go do a little shopping. There were several really cute boutiques in downtown Fountain Inn. My favorites were <a href="https://southernsistersboutique.business.site/" target="_blank">Southern Sisters</a> and <a href="https://www.blacktulipsc.com/" target="_blank">The Black Tulip</a>. Both were so awesome and I've already been back since that time! I even bought a few things that day because I loved the stores so much. I honestly was really impressed with Fountain Inn. There are a lot of cool things happening there. It's ridiculous to say, since it's really so close to our house, but I'd never been out there before to check out the downtown. Like I said, I've already been back and look forward to more coffee and shopping mornings in Fountain Inn!</div>
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When our brief shopping jaunt ended, it was time to grab some lunch so we went to a yummy local Mexican place and enjoyed some lunch with the whole crew. </div>
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After lunch. the Mays family went home and we went back to our house to try to let the kids use up as much energy as possible. It was a gorgeous afternoon with lots of sun, so we pulled out the bounce house for the boys. </div>
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We also ended up getting out bikes and scooters and going on a little bike ride and playing in nearby cul-de-sac. It was a fun afternoon!</div>
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That evening, Clark had plans with his high school buddies in Seneca so Steph and Ava Lane came back over to hang out with us some more. We had dinner and then while the kids were playing upstairs, the adults played a little game called What do you Meme? It's a totally inappropriate, adults-only, hilarious game and we were all dying laughing. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What do you Meme?</td></tr>
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All of the grown-ups had fun and the kids loved their awesome play date, too.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Davis being silly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snuggling with Ava Lane and William</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hugging on Uncle Joey</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">William and Joey (aka Goo Goo Gah Gah)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We love the Prove-Its!</td></tr>
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It was just an enjoyable, laid-back, fun weekend with our awesome friends. That's the life. If only we could do it every weekend...</div>
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