tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6355381917914654112024-03-14T13:48:43.723-05:00One Mom, Five Boys and a Bundle of JoyA look at our personal side and a journal of what goes on in our busy house of 5 boys and 1 little girl.Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.comBlogger758125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-38408953667142174022016-01-24T12:42:00.001-06:002016-01-24T12:42:27.809-06:00Emily Joy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is so much to say about this little girl. She's our princess, our tom boy, our bowl full of energy and joy. She's always within arms reach of me. She loves everything girlie, makeup, princess dresses, playing mommy. Equally, she loves playing with her chickens, toads, caterpillars, bugs and dirt. She loves to bake and garden just like momma. She would probably live outside if we let her!<br />
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She played T-ball for the first time this past Spring. She played on Saydel Silver. She was a little shy which always amazes me, but she made some friends and seem to have a good time. And when she wasn't sure if she wanted to play or not, the promise of a treat ticket at the end of the game always made her happy.</div>
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Emily started preschool in late August. She has been so excited to go to school like her big brothers. She looks forward to going to school every day. It's been nice, but kind of strange having some actually alone time each day. I've had at least one child home with me for the last 10 years. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4twVYO2T7mK7O4YDbe-5-uleEGHRgeegqSfAIKoDgVXkYp4P6mOVMNNMdXBmp6Hp0lbEkZYb-eV3bGcA1RHUHhJO_D3crTWoG_Pon7pLFPWqrfyMU9DuyG5sWCoUWp-HNYRWBL4VIapS4/s1600/IMG_1262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4twVYO2T7mK7O4YDbe-5-uleEGHRgeegqSfAIKoDgVXkYp4P6mOVMNNMdXBmp6Hp0lbEkZYb-eV3bGcA1RHUHhJO_D3crTWoG_Pon7pLFPWqrfyMU9DuyG5sWCoUWp-HNYRWBL4VIapS4/s320/IMG_1262.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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Here she is at her first school concert. The 4 year olds put on a holiday concert. They sang songs, opened a present and then got to make a gingerbread house with mom and dad. </div>
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Here is our spunky girl after we decorated the Christmas tree! <br />
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I almost forgot! Also in the Fall Emily went to a cheer-leading clinic hosted by the Saydel high school cheerleaders. They performed during half time of one of the varsity football games. </div>
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Last but not least I think she has already found the love of her life. Her baby cousin Amelia who was born in July of last year. When she is around her, she just can't get enough. I hope they always share this special bond! I also hope that Amelia will always be so willing to let her cousin hang all over her.</div>
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Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-23118008686834477742016-01-21T20:35:00.001-06:002016-01-21T20:35:50.455-06:00Drew Henry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Drew Bug is in the third grade this year. He is growing SO MUCH!! He too, is doing a great job in school. I get complimented so often by how good my children are. As a parent that is so reassuring!! </div>
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First day of third grade!</div>
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In the Spring he and Brodie played on the same team for baseball-Saydel Black. Drew improved so much this year and was so much fun to watch. <br />
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He loves to go fishing. Here he is with a blue gill he caught on our camping trip this past summer.<br />
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Here is a photo of all our kids in March when we went to South Carolina to see Jake graduate from basic training. <br />
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Both Drew and I got sick on our trip to see Jake. Drew was so sick we rushed him to the ER in the middle of the night the day before Jake graduated. He had a tremendous fever and was complaining of stomach pain. At first they were pretty sure it was his appendix. After a CT came back negative they saw that he had pneumonia. We stayed in the ER all night while they gave him IV antibiotic. He was such a trooper. We came home at 6am and were out the door by 7:30am to head to Jakes graduation. He barely complained but you could tell he was miserable.</div>
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Drew is certainly one of our stronger kids. He is such a fun, goofy, lovable boy. Things are never dull when he is around! </div>
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Thanksgiving 2015.Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-16909165610911767832016-01-21T20:07:00.001-06:002016-01-21T20:07:25.386-06:00Brodie Michael<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Mr. Brodie is in 4th grade this year! He is the best student. I am constantly being told that he is such a good student and friend. He makes us so proud!</div>
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Brodie is super athletic and loves sports. Last Spring he made it onto the All Star team for baseball. He even hit his first homerun! He had an awesome year!</div>
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Over the summer he and Drew attended a football camp at Iowa State. Football is his favorite sport and he just can't ever get enough. He constantly plays football in the backyard, trades football cards with his friends, watches games and follows players stats, he is a true fan of the game!<br />
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First day of 4th grade.</div>
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Brodie and mom on his field trip downtown to the sculpture park.</div>
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Our first crop of radishes! Brodies favorite veggie!</div>
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This was Brodies first year of tackle football. Our team was awesome and we went 6-1 for the season. I absolutely LOVE watching these boys play. The kids have such an awesome group of friends and I can not wait to see what these boys do as they get older. There is a lot of talent in our 4th grade boys. </div>
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Big brother Tony got him his own mp3 player!<br />
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Right now we are about half way through the basketball season. The boys are 0 and 4 but continue to improve each week. It's always so busy with all the sports practices and events but I wouldn't have it any other way. My most enjoyable moments are watching my boys do what they love!<br />
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In August Tony started his senior year at Saydel. Hard to believe he is almost 18. His grades are doing much better this year, and he is set to graduate in May. Yay!!</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Since school started, on Friday afternoons Tony joined the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime" style="text-align: left;">anime</a><span style="text-align: left;"> club. </span> He has really gotten into that and has purchased some pretty cool costumes. He and his girlfriend, Katelynn went to Anime Iowa in November. It was his first convention and he had a blast! It was all he talked about for 3 weeks leading up to the convention. He was quite popular, as he dressed as Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul, one of his favorite animes. He had numerous people stop him and ask for his picture! Quite a boost to his self esteem! He already has plans to go to the big convention this summer in Corralville. </div>
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Tony continues to work at Batteries + Bulbs in Ankeny. He has mastered every flash light and light bulb in the store. This job has been the absolute best thing that has ever happened to him. He has grown and matured so much this last year. It's amazing. <br />
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Tony plans to graduate in May and remain living at home. He would like to work full time for a year and then go into graphic design at DMACC. Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-68696573645959517752016-01-20T15:03:00.000-06:002016-01-20T15:03:33.724-06:00Jacob Christopher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where to start with this child. Well, first off he isn't a child any more! He will be 20 years old in a month. Yes, you read that right, <b>20 years old</b>!</div>
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In November 2014 he came home from college and told Will and I that he wanted to quit college and was joining the army. A couple weeks later on December 11, 2015 he enlisted into the United States Army. </div>
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On December 31st he flew out to Fort Jackson, South Carolina to start 10 weeks of basic training. It was a rough 10 weeks having no contact with him and not being able to check in and see how he was doing. <br />
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On March 12th be graduated from Basic Training. The whole family drove down to watch this huge accomplishment. </div>
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On May 22nd, 2015 he married Shelby in Virginia. She lived out there off base until he graduated from AIT on August 26th. <br />
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In September we had a get together with friends and family to celebrate them being back home! <br />
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He was able to take some leave time the day after Christmas this year and flew the long plane ride back to Iowa!! He got to spend 10 days at home. <br />
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While he was home he helped Shelby get settled into an apartment in Ankeny. They also adopted a dog. Meet our granddog...Gizmo! <br />
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He left again on January 9th, 2016 to finish his time in Korea. He is set to come back in September of this year if everything goes as planned. We are hoping sometime in April or so we will get to find out where his next duty station will be. Crossing my fingers it's somewhere closer than South Korea!<br />
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As you can see it's been a whirlwind of events with our oldest child! We love him more than anything and are so incredibly proud of the man he is becoming! <br />
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<br />Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-53451695186538826412016-01-19T17:05:00.000-06:002016-01-19T17:05:31.677-06:009 MonthsMy last blog post was 9 months ago. Wow. I am a slacker. I have probably thought about blogging almost every day of those 9 months. I just can't get myself going. <br />
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So, like, I have said many times before, I am going <i>to try</i> and start updating on here more often. I am hoping to log all or at least some of the events going on in our life! The best present Will ever gave me was a few years ago, and it was my blog posts made into a book. It is the best book on my shelf! <br />
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I'm not even sure where to start. SO much is happening now, so much has already happened. I think I will just start on dedicating a post to each of the kids and updating you on what is going on in their life.<br />
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So let's get started!Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-75038474330823142252015-04-12T11:35:00.002-05:002015-04-12T11:35:48.581-05:00Easter 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Easter morning was a bit chilly but that didn't stop the kids from getting up early to find the backyard full of Easter eggs!<br />
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The kids weren't the only ones who were excited about the eggs. The raccoon's found the eggs as well. They clawed them open and then opened up the candy inside them. They are such clever animals. I was missing quite a few hard boiled eggs as well. <br />
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Besides candy for breakfast I also made bunny pancakes.<br />
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Yesterday I had surgery. They corrected my bunions on both sides of my left foot. A few years ago I had my right foot worked on. The first doctor who did it wrecked my foot requiring me to have a second surgery from a different doctor 6 months later. I swore I would never do it again. However the last year I have been having increasing pain in my left foot. It really got bad when I started working out again. </div>
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So, I gave in and had the surgery, hoping that this will be an easier, quicker recovery. They shaved the bones and placed 2 screws on each side. Today has been rough to say the least. Thankfully Will is taking great care of me. He has kept the kids busy, house picked up, and has done all the duties that I usually do throughout the day. Plus he has gotten me ice packs, drinks, meds, and anything I ask of him he graciously does it. I'm so lucky to have him!</div>
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Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-90261173321516468382015-04-07T18:32:00.000-05:002015-04-07T18:32:23.534-05:00Finding BalanceLately I have been having a real issue finding balance in my life. There are so many things I <i>want</i> to do. Scrapbook, reading, blogging, puzzles, gardening. There are so many things I need to do. All the financials, spring cleaning, phone calls, appointments, kids practices and events, the list is never ending.<br />
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I always feel like there are so many things that need to be done that I don't have any time to do the things I want to do. I often think my priorities are all screwed up but I don't know how to fix it. When I talked to Will about trying to make a decision regarding my blogs, whether I should do my frugal blog or my mom blog, his response was why can't you do both? Time. It all comes down to time. I really want to do both. He suggested I make a schedule.<br />
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So I guess that is what I am going to try and do. Make a schedule. I keep thinking I don't know how I would ever manage an outside job while juggling all the other things that are going on.<br />
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There are so many things I want to blog about. I never finished Will and I's Vegas vacation posts, our trip to South Carolina to see Jake graduate from basic training, the kids starting school, not to mention all their events...yikes so many awesome things have been happening.<br />
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I've said it before, I really want to start blogging on here again to keep myself, as well as our friends and family up to date on what is going on with us. I am really hoping to find some balance and find time for myself doing the things that I want to do.<br />
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For those of you who weren't aware Will was treated to a Las Vegas trip through his company. He has spent the last nine months in a training program. At the end of the training they had a test and whoever got the best score got to go to Las Vegas for an IBM conference. Well, William got 100%! </div>
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When we found out he was going we had talked about me possibly going with him. Now would be a great time to go since I would only have to pay for my own expenses. We kinda let it go and a few days later Will sent me a surprise email. In the email was flight reservations for me! </div>
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I didn't know this at the time, but Will rented a car for us for the week. Once we got into Vegas we drove straight over to Red Rock Canyon which is about 20 minutes off the strip. </div>
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It was beautiful! A perfect way to spend our first hour in Vegas before hitting all the lights and the craziness. </div>
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It was cool to see all the different vegetation that can actually survive in this dry land. </div>
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They were hard to spot but we did see a couple creatures on our hike. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTTO-SfIOOY8P8cwFr0DgXXxdQMXTK8RkZUfYpflrtHLr4N1vwjAObUzrLZ6xctP5pfpAPjaNOw46PaNGw5E7gAbtoNbqKOnkqSgJT-ioHIpo1f2aoC2nJnquxw_4UWgBuVm4Lo7zNZus/s1600/IMG_7591.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgTTO-SfIOOY8P8cwFr0DgXXxdQMXTK8RkZUfYpflrtHLr4N1vwjAObUzrLZ6xctP5pfpAPjaNOw46PaNGw5E7gAbtoNbqKOnkqSgJT-ioHIpo1f2aoC2nJnquxw_4UWgBuVm4Lo7zNZus/s1600/IMG_7591.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div>
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After our hike we headed back into town. We hit up an IN and OUT Burger for lunch. A place Will can finally mark off his list of places to eat. It was pretty good. Will says the burgers were great and the fries were ehh ok. We both agree the strawberry shakes...were awesome! </div>
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After lunch we went to Albertson's for some groceries. I have to pay for all my own food so we figured we would just get some breakfast, lunch and snack options for me. </div>
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We finally made our way to the hotel and checked in. It was like a maze trying to find our way around the hotel but we found our room. Finally. It's on the 26th floor, alllll the way at the end of the hall. It's worth it though because the room is amazing. </div>
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You walk in and go down a short hallway and to the left are French doors that open up into the bathroom. This is looking to the left once you open the doors.</div>
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And then to the right. I love that the toilet room is separate. I need that at home! </div>
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Here is our room. There is 2 large flat screen TV's on the wall. (Also a smaller one in the restroom in case you want to watch TV while showering in your glass wall shower.)</div>
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Side note. Remember our grocery shopping trip? Well keep in mind if you ever stay at the Venetian Hotel that the rooms do not have coffee pots, microwaves or fridges. Well I stand corrected, they do have a fridge that is prefilled with outrageously priced items like $5 sodas and $7 beers. So if you bring in your own food-plan accordingly. Oops. Who knew. I spoke with the concierges office and they told me that coffee pots and microwaves were against fire regulations. Sigh....</div>
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Once we got settled in we went for a walk. The Venetian is known for their Gondola rides. Here are some pictures of that. It looks like it is outside but it really isn't. The ceiling is made to look like the outdoors. Pretty crazy. Some of the rides do take you to the canal outside. They row you around on their little boats and serenade you. I liked the idea until I actually watched and the canal really isn't that large, it's shallow and people just stand around and stare at you! It's fun to watch though. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQmbuZmtPgK-KXTnrRYqRtX8uFeA6OTLMef5HqQxCCQ-oMxrJyZxZUuecQpute17Z6VAPhk_A4rcPvdz3lvPvMnrc8jF1AzLvJBSdcahHalQ813NWSGINBpWx-dYkfKmetxaKFOkWsTPu/s1600/IMG_7612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQmbuZmtPgK-KXTnrRYqRtX8uFeA6OTLMef5HqQxCCQ-oMxrJyZxZUuecQpute17Z6VAPhk_A4rcPvdz3lvPvMnrc8jF1AzLvJBSdcahHalQ813NWSGINBpWx-dYkfKmetxaKFOkWsTPu/s1600/IMG_7612.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></div>
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After exploring for a little we made our way back to the room and took a little cat nap. We are so old. We had been up since 2:45 am. Vegas is 2 hours behind home so the time change made us think we were crazy to see that it was only 4pm and we were totally wiped. We got up around 6ish and headed out to find some place to eat dinner. </div>
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We were excited to find Buddy V's. The famous Cake Boss! </div>
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This was our appetizer. Fried Mozzarella. It was in between bread, that was fried and soaked with Pesto and on top of marinara. The meal was pretty amazing.</div>
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After dinner we continued to explore a bit on the strip. This is standing outside our hotel looking across the street to the Treasure Island Hotel. </div>
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Waterfall outside the Wynn and Encore Hotels.<br />
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This was inside the Wynn Hotel. These walkways had huge flower balls hanging from the trees. They were REAL flowers. All different varieties of flowers made up each ball. Then there was this hot air balloon. It too was composed completely of real flowers. It was truly amazing. </div>
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It's been quite the experience so far. That completes Day 1 of our trip. <br />
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Brodie played his first football game of the season this last Saturday. He did great. It took him a little while to warm up but then it all clicked and he was doing awesome. <br />
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Will made a You Tube video of his game and you can watch it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7cUh1EhycY&sns=em"><b>HERE</b></a>.<br />
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He got 2 touchdowns, an interception and pulled off a few flags. We had a dilemma this year regarding football for him. Our school district went straight into tackle football for the 3rd graders. We didn't feel comfortable just placing him into tackle without any prior football experience. <br />
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He still really wanted to play so we took him away from his all his buddies who were playing tackle and enrolled him in the Huxley Park and Rec where they offered flag football. (We were originally going to play for Des Moines Park and Rec but they cancelled due to low numbers of kids.)<br />
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He has been doing really well and having a lot of fun.<br />
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He has his own cheerleader!<br />
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Of course Emily found a "puppy" that took her attention away from the game for a while.<br />
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We had a Vet clinic set up in our living room for awhile. This was Drew's dinosaur, Dino. Doctor Drew reported that Dino had a broken foot and a ruptured ear drum. See...he's holding the cotton up to his ear to stop the drainage.</div>
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Poor Drew. He had a a rough couple months. He had ear infection in one or both ears for half of the summer. His ears ruptured twice or maybe it was 3 times I can't even remember now. We went to see his ENT doctor who discovered that his nose was very unhealthy looking and thought the problems with his ears was stemming from his nose. We tried some different medications and nose sprays and he ordered some allergy testing.</div>
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The allergy testing was more traumatic than I thought it would be. He ended up getting 15 injections of different allergens. We discovered that he is allergic to pollen, trees, grass, but his most severe allergy is to dust mites (shudder).<br />
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We initially thought we were going to do allergy shots or maybe surgical treatment to place tubes back in his ears but this week we went in and it looks like his ears and his nose are looking better. We made some changes around the house and that, along with his new medicines seem to be working. We bought him a dust mite and allergy proof pillow, pillow cover, and mattress cover. I am no longer line drying his clothes and bedding. We also have an air purifier in his bedroom.<br />
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I am crossing my fingers that he continues to improve. Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-15868573699707292752014-09-05T22:29:00.000-05:002014-09-05T22:29:44.622-05:00Princess Emily<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Like most 3 year old little girls, Emily loves the movie Frozen! Even before she saw that movie she would love to dress up in her princess dress and dance around the house. <br />
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Now she dresses up and wants me to braid her hair like Queen Elsa. She keeps telling me "it needs to be longer".</div>
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I just like the fact that now at almost 4 years old, she is finally letting me play with her hair!!Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-20520350794006498932014-09-05T22:18:00.000-05:002014-09-05T22:19:37.903-05:00Iowa State University Fan Fest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
On August 24th, while Miss Emily and I were spending some time with friends in Nebraska, Will took the 3 younger boys to the Iowa State Fan Fest. Here are a few pictures he snapped while at the event.</div>
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I think all 3 boys faces are just as red as their shirts!</div>
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I can only imagine how excited Brodie was. He LOVES football. The players were there giving autographs. This was the best part for Brodie. </div>
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They got their hats signed as well as posters.</div>
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They even got head coach Paul Rhoads autograph! <br />
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On Labor Day we attended the Mini Makers Faire at the Science Center in Des Moines. It was awesome. <br />
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Going into the Faire I had no idea what to expect. Here's a little background on the Maker Faire...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Maker Faire is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness. It's a community-based learning event that inspires everyone to become a maker and connect to people and projects in their local community. At Maker Faire, you'll find arts and crafts, science and engineering, food and music, fire and water - but what makes this event special is that all these interesting projects and smart, creative people come together.</span><br />
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Makers range from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers. They are of all ages and backgrounds. The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect and grow this community.</div>
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The first thing we saw when we walked up were gas powered cars that had been transformed into electric cars. <br />
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The kids (and Will) got to test their skills with virtual reality welding. <br />
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The robots below were able to move around and pick up and toss the blue ball. The robot went around tossing the ball to kids who were standing there paying attention. It was really cool.</div>
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What event isn't made better with some balloon art!<br />
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This was one of the coolest things I saw. A 3D printer. I think it is just totally amazing. I could have just sat and watched it all day.</div>
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The kids had a great time creating different sounds, pitches, and music using circuits, plugs and switches.<br />
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I started preschool with Emily this week. She is old enough to go to public preschool but since she won't be 4 years old till November she would end up taking 2 years of preschool. I decided to do her first year at home and then I will probably send her next year. This is what I did with both Brodie and Drew. It's been fun and she is really excited. </div>
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I have spent a lot of time looking online and finding wonderful preschool material. The world wide web is full of awesome, FREE material! </div>
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My plan is to do a letter each week. I have a theme and focus on a color each week as well. </div>
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Emily is super excited and after each activity she says "now what mom?" I hope her enthusiasm continues throughout the year and I don't disappoint her.<br />
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<br />Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-48236495576393776432014-08-26T20:59:00.000-05:002014-08-26T21:07:17.426-05:00Long time no updateWell a lot has happened since I last blogged 8 months ago. <br />
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Jake graduated from High School in May. He spent the summer at home working 2 jobs. He worked at Fazolis where he had been since January. He also worked at a Fitness Club in Bondurant, which he absolutly loved. He repeatedly said it was his dream job. <br />
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He started his Junior year of High School. He is taking the year off of band and thinks he may join the Tech Club. He has been working with grandpa about 1 day a week and seems to really enjoy that. He is hoping to get a job at Batteries Plus in the near future. He has a teacher at school that has been helping him with that. <br />
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Brodie just started 3rd grade. He was excited to get back to school. He really missed all of his friends this summer. Baseball kept us pretty busy the first part of the summer. Football season is coming up now and he couldn't be happier. Dad has Iowa State season tickets and Brodie can not wait to go with him to a couple games. We signed him up for Flag football this year and that will be starting in about a week. He's ready. He's been practicing all summer.<br />
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Mr. Drew just started 2nd grade. He too, was excited to get back to school although he misses his momma more than the other boys do. He had a tough summer, battling recurring ear infections with ruptures. Our ENT doctor feels that it's all caused from his very unhealthy looking nose. We are getting ready to have some allergy testing done to see if we can identify the problem.<br />
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Then there is this little peanut. Oh Emily Joy keeps me on my toes. Just today I got all of my preschool stuff out and organized. I plan to start preschool with her next week. She keeps asking "can we do pretty school today?" She really misses not having her boys home all day to entertain her. I miss them too. <br />
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Drew is the second one in on the top row.<br />
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This picture is of Brodies class. He is on the top row in the blue shirt.<br />
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After the concert we headed to Dairy Queen for ice cream. That has become our tradition after school concerts. <br />
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<!------------->Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-9385253922336101422013-12-15T21:44:00.002-06:002013-12-15T21:45:47.076-06:00Oh Christmas Tree...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This year we headed into town and hit up Menards. There we found lots of nice trees. We couldn't agree on a tree so we did something completely out of the ordinary and we picked out a mystery tree. We called it that because we picked a tree that was still all wrapped up in netting. We had no idea what it was going to look like once we opened it up.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We waited till the next night to decorate the tree and by then it was absolutely perfect! We couldn't of picked out a better tree! </span></div>
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It's always fun watching the kids go through their boxes of ornaments. I have fond memories of doing that as a child. I still love to look through my box of ornaments and reminisce about particular ones. The kids are getting their own collections and building their own memories about certain ornaments. </div>
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Once all the decorations were up it was time for the star. Emily got to place the star on the top of the tree this year. Daddy had to help a little.</div>
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Some how we managed to get a good family photo. It only took us 3 takes. Of course it took a little while to figure out how to do the automatic timer, but once we figured that out it was smooth sailing. Everyone cooperated. Yay for us!<br />
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Once our bellies were full, the tables cleared, and food put away, it was nail time! The second and third generation girls took turns painting each others nails.</div>
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Of course Emily was all about getting her nails painted. She loves it. And her second cousin Selena was so sweet (and brave) and let Emily paint her nails. I don't know who had more fun with that, Emily or Selena! <br />
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Unfortunately they could't get it to do much more than turn on but they had fun reminiscing and looking through old floppy discs. <br />
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The kids still thought it was pretty cool. Dad's first computer looked pretty ancient to them. Technology sure has changed a lot in the last couple decades. Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-25861438752881525622013-12-08T10:20:00.001-06:002013-12-08T10:20:55.409-06:00Thanksgiving Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanksgiving morning started off with the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade on TV and Drew losing his front tooth. Why the picture of all 3 boys? Well, it took all 3 of them to help get the tooth out. First the tooth was loose to begin with. Drew had been working on it all week. He lost the tooth next to it the week before. <br />
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Jake and Drew were messing around and Jake "accidentally" elbowed Drew in the mouth making the tooth bleed and become more loose. And by more loose I mean it was basically just hanging there. Ewww. Drew didn't want to pull it out so he had Brodie do the dirty work. After a little while the tooth finally came out!<br />
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I always get a family picture each Thanksgiving. Here is this years. Unfortunately there is usually one person who doesn't have the best picture. This year it was Drew. He was sad at the moment.</div>
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Grandma and Grandpa did something new this year and we went around the table and everyone said what they were thankful for. It was pretty neat and something that will stay in the memory bank.</div>
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Grandpa Joel led the family in prayer and it was time to dig in. It was an amazing dinner. There was so many things to be thankful for. Mostly, I was and am thankful to be part of such an amazing family. I love each and every one of them so much.<br />
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We had a wonderful, relaxing Thanksgiving. We spent a few days up in Colo with Will's parents. I am dividing my post up into 3 sections because I have so many pictures that are just too good not to share!<br />
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We went up the night before and Emily spent the evening helping Aunt Jenny make pies. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGItGHrtZLu9mJUIoLSdcL5ErH9KiWQwQcq2b7Uj_F23_EKUzLbkBavjkLAfdnEmi2VtCTCrVhIBI6jgHjseNJCn-kZ0NUn4FFq_M-0at3u9Iai1gm-IgaXwJ3rDjQxvomJyYcjYiQ3vG/s1600/IMG_4971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGItGHrtZLu9mJUIoLSdcL5ErH9KiWQwQcq2b7Uj_F23_EKUzLbkBavjkLAfdnEmi2VtCTCrVhIBI6jgHjseNJCn-kZ0NUn4FFq_M-0at3u9Iai1gm-IgaXwJ3rDjQxvomJyYcjYiQ3vG/s320/IMG_4971.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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Momma was tired of having her hair always in her face and covering her eyes so here are the results.<br />
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Now we can see those beautiful eyes and precious smile all the time.Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-49486763118543013212013-12-01T21:24:00.000-06:002013-12-01T21:24:42.743-06:00Happy Birthday Drew<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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November 16th Drew Henry turned 7 years old! </div>
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He has a love for super heros so he was happy to receive some new additions to his Imaginex collection. </div>
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Hard to believe my baby boy is 7! He is the most sensitive, lovable boy. I am so proud of him and I am not ashamed to say that he is definitely a mommas boy! <br />
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<b>Happy Birthday Drew Bug! We love you so much!</b></div>
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Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635538191791465411.post-69968321350334608372013-11-04T07:51:00.001-06:002013-12-01T22:03:17.471-06:00Happy Birthday Emily!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saturday our baby girl turned 3! Our family celebrated that morning by having coffee cake and watching Em open her presents. She got some new nail polish, a strawberry shortcake doll, bubble bath and a Melissa and Doug peg set. She was a very happy girl.<br />
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Sunday we had her family birthday party. She had 3 sets of grandparents, Will's cousin, aunt and her boyfriend, and one of her uncles come help us wish her a happy birthday! It was a full house. I always love having family get togethers. We are so lucky to have such an awesome family!<br />
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Em opened presents and then we had cake and ice cream. Here is her cake I made her this year. She loves Curious George. She even helped me decorate the cupcakes all the while telling me "you did a great job mom", "this is soooo awesome", "I lub (love) it!" She knows how to make me feel good! <br />
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I never imagined having a baby girl in our lives. Now I can't imagine our lives without her. Happy Birthday Princess! Frugal Sarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15190205304276427805noreply@blogger.com1