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31 May 2007

we had the big family birthday bash this past saturday (also auburn's real birthday). let's just say, the weather wasn't as bad as it could have been. it didn't rain during the party time. i've determined that i can plan events-but don't ask me to execute them. i'll leave that part up to someone else. =)

anyway-the following picture shows what the kids found when they woke up in the morning (there were more packages added to them once all the relatives arrived). it looked like christmas-without the green and red paper.

auburn had a few more since it was her actual day. she was allowed to open her big box in the morning. she woke up about 30 minutes after landon did-and her sleeping in drove him nuts!! he kept asking if we would get her up/when she was going to get out of bed.

here are the cakes that we had. i made the princess one, and my mom borrowed the r2d2 pan from a friend to make landon's cake.

we had quite the crowd-even my grandparents made it up for the event. i think they loved seeing all the great-grandkids, and we loved seeing them.

in the background on the left side of the previous pic-you can see the middle pole of the canopy that we borrowed. we didn't have all of the right parts to make the center pole useful-so...amanda, mom and i came up with our own method of making it work. we stuffed a stick down in one part and up in another since they wouldn't join, then we surrounded the non-joining parts with more sticks, a tall piece of lumber and packing tape. believe it or not-it held just fine. oh-we also put 2 bags of topsoil around the base to hold it steady. dave started singing "what this world needs is a few more rednecks..." =)

kids received a new swingset for one of their gifts.

they also received a "truckload" of other gifts-to many for me to list. they thoroughly enjoyed the day. thank you family for making it so special for them! =)

nic @ 23:32 | comments(163) | Permanent link

new poll!!!

31 May 2007

hey everyone-i put up an opinion poll. i know people have various thoughts on potty-training, i just wanted to see how the views stack up.

auburn has officially had 2 days in a row with no accidents. she is determined to get to wear her new dora pants that grandma smith got her. i hope she makes it. she has to stay dry 3 days. we'll see. the stickers from great-grandma hickox are also a big help-she gets to put one on her chart every time she uses the restroom and is dry. i guess the whole potty-training thing is a big prayer request. i'd really like her to be done!!! i've determined that i am a horrible trainer-so if you're venturing into the potty training stage-don't ask me! =)

nic @ 23:28 | comments(211) | Permanent link

backyard

31 May 2007

praise: our backyard is no longer an embarrassment.

prayer: one of our neighbors has been having very bad health problems. please pray for more open doors to share (or remind her of) God's goodness. she brings up "church" when we talk, as if that is all that matters. i've tried to bring up true salvation, but i have not had a clear opportunity.

playfulness: i've got sooooooo much to blog about. i'll try to do this blog and the birthday bash tonight.

here are some pics from years past of what our backyard originally looked like. the first picture was taken in may of 2004. you can see all of the wild berry bushes at the fence line. they were big enough that they almost meshed in with the heinous tree.

this next picture gives you an idea of how dark and gloomy most of our yard was.

this next one was in january of this year-before the tree was removed. the brush had already been removed in the summer of 2005.

the following two pictures are of our backyard now. i love it!! we still have some work to do-but it is such an improvement over what it used to be.

anyone want to come play?

nic @ 23:04 | comments(87) | Permanent link

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