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Tommy is going to make sure I keep up on this blogging thing because he was adamant that I get this Q&A done right away. He wanted to do it at 10 pm last night and I refused. So here we go, Tommy's Survey Questions as a 7 year old.<br />
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2. What is your favorite toy? Legos</div>
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3. What is your favorite fruit? Bananas</div>
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4. What is your favorite tv show? Ninjago</div>
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5. What is your fave movie? Night at the Museum 2</div>
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6. What is your favorite thing to wear? My new Japan soccer jersey </div>
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7. What is your favorite animal? Snow Leopard</div>
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8. What is your favorite song? Demons by Imagine Dragons </div>
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9. What is your favorite book? The Day the Crayons Quit </div>
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10. Who is your best friend? Dash, Crew, Roman, Connor and Bode </div>
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11. What is your favorite snack? (The one with the box with the chip in the air??) Pringles </div>
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12. What is your favorite drink? Water </div>
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13. What is your favorite breakfast? little bites (Tommy wanted to type that one. :) </div>
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14. What is your favorite lunch? Beanie Weenie </div>
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15. What is your favorite dinner? chickin nuget (Tommy again)</div>
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16. What is your favorite game? Mario Kart </div>
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17. What is your favorite thing to play outside? Soccer</div>
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18. What is your favorite holiday? Christmas because it's in the month of December and my birthday is in the month of December </div>
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19. What do you sleep with at night? Precious (his Snow Leopard)</div>
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Tommy is 47 inches tall and 48 pounds. He has grown almost 3 inches in the last year.<br />
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He has grown in school too. Today I just got an email from his teacher telling us that she asked him if his head grew because he is getting so smart. She said she is so happy with his progress academically and socially. </div>
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And this was my heart: </div>
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He still surprises us everyday. Today he told me that he knew what 250 times 5 was. He said it's 1250. I almost didn't believe him. Andrew had to prove it to me on the calculator. Ha! <br />
Also, this was definitely a photobomb planned by Tommy T.<br />
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He is making lots of friends at his new school. He's having so much fun. <br />
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He had an accident on the treadmill at Grandma and Grandpa's. It was pretty brutal. But it didn't really slow him down. <br />
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He has at least two super loose teeth right now. What's funny is that he lost his first tooth exactly a year ago this coming weekend. <br />
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My, Tommy, how you've grown. We are so proud of how much you are growing up and learning and changing. You are still a hilarious kid and we love you so much. Happy birthday, Tommy T!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-76508330243614976092017-11-09T22:03:00.000-05:002017-11-09T22:04:42.669-05:00Tommy's Soccer Season Fall of 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Andrew decided to coach Tommy's soccer team for the fall season this year. We put him on a team with a couple of his friends. We also had a bunch of the same kids from the last soccer team and the baseball team. However, we had a few, what we shall call, special cases on our team. I thought Andrew was going to lose his mind about 676 different times throughout the season, but just when it came to 3 kids.<br />
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However, the rest of the team were great kids and really decent players. Tommy had an AWESOME time playing with his friends. He actually looked forward to all the games and practices for the most part. <br />
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He loves playing defense. That is his favorite. <br />
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He also didn't mind playing offense and goalie too. He's a big fan of soccer and I love that he's really getting into it!<br />
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Some candid photos from the ride home after the game. Haha! Poor Grandma got stuck in the 3rd row with a horsey and a Charlotte. :)<br />
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Tommy had to play along too. :)<br />
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After the last game, the sponsors, who were one of the players grandparents, threw a big end of season party with a giant bounce house. Do you see the size of that thing??<br />
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It's massive!! The kids LOVED it. <br />
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They may not have been the most well-behaved team but they certainly were the cutest! ;-) It was a fun season with lots of "hugs" and drop kicking the ball for no reason. Goooo Pirates!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-29610305127489116282017-11-09T21:15:00.001-05:002017-11-09T21:15:34.696-05:00The Engagement of Adam and Emily Adam had been planning this event for quite some time. It finally came to fruition at the end of September.<br />
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Was there a GoPro involved? Does the pope sh*t in the woods? Of course there was a GoPro involved and it captured these awesome images...<br />
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It was a wonderfully sweet, well-planned proposal that ended with the song, "I Wanna Grow Old With You."<br />
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The following day, friends and family drove and flew in from all over the country to celebrate with the happy couple. And celebrate we did! You can't celebrate without Flip Cup! (Love my dad's face in this one. :)<br />
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It was flip cup game with Boys versus Girls.<br />
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The girls came out victorious. We had a couple of ringer grandmas on our team. We rocked it.<br />
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The kids had an amazing time. Emily's step sister has 5 kids and two of them match up with Tommy and Charlotte like amazing besties. We didn't even introduce them. They found their soulmates on their own. Turns out, Tommy's friend has food allergies just like he does! Charlotte's friend loves horses just like she does. Seriously, how did that work out so well? Oh and did I mention we kept them up ridiculously late? I don't know if it's hard to tell from the picture...<br />
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But this is what they looked like on the way home. <br />
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Even Tommy fell asleep. He never falls asleep in the car. These kiddos were exhausted after a super fun mega awesome day. We are soooo excited for Adam and Emily to get married. What a huge exciting year to come. AAAHHH! We can't wait! Congrats to Adam and Emily!<br />
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She was soooo excited too! First Bus Ride! Whoo hoo!<br />
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I had just 3 girls in my group and they were all great gals. I had to chase them down occasionally but they were all well-behaved.<br />
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One of my girls hid in this little tunnel for quite a while and I really had to coax her out of there. It wasn't Charlotte. :)<br />
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I tried to keep them playing all together in the same spot so I could keep an eye on them. This was one of those few times.<br />
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We tried to take a group picture with some of the kids. Charlotte took the opportunity to slide off the pumpkin which started the group sliding off the pumpkin and this was the best picture we got. :) <br />
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This section of the pumpkin patch was just a giant group of massive pumpkins. Nothing is more fun that climbing on giant pumpkins!<br />
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We went on a hay ride to pick out our pumpkins. <br />
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Everyone got to pick one out. Even the parents!<br />
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Charlotte and I had such a super fun day. Too bad it had to end kind of badly. We all got on the bus at the end of the trip and we noticed one of the kids was missing. Charlotte's teacher and one of the parents ran off the bus and scoured the pumpkin patch trying to find him. They ran around looking for him for what seemed like an eternity. Charlotte's teacher was bawling. Finally one of the kindergarten moms from the back of the bus said, "Who are they looking for?" I told them the name. She said, "Um, I think this is him right here." The little boy had been put on the bus by his mom who was a chaperone. She left but told one of the other moms from Charlotte's class that he was on the bus. That mom forgot that she was told that and instead the teachers were running around like crazy people in the pumpkin patch. YIKES OH YIKES. I didn't think Charlotte's teacher would ever recover. The poor thing. But he was safe and they learned to take different precautions and methods of keeping track of the kids so it wasn't all bad. <br />
At least Charlotte and I had a wonderful day. Happy First Field Trip, Charlee!<br />
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Yes yes yes, I know. I'm only TWO MONTHS LATE on writing about Charlotte's birthday. But hey, at least it's in the same year! She had her annual check up. She is 39.8 inches tall at the 50th percentile. She's 36 pounds which is the 59th percentile. I can tell in her class pictures that she's really grown because she's catching up to her classmates who are all older than her.<br />
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So I sat Charlotte down for her yearly interview. Let's see what she has to say.<br />
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2. What is your favorite toy? Fluffy, my unicorn </div>
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3. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries and berry strawberries (I think she means raspberries)</div>
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4. What is your favorite tv show? Mickey Mouse and My Little Pony </div>
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5. What is your fave movie? The My Little Pony Movie </div>
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6. What is your favorite thing to wear? My marshmallow shirt and my new sparkle pants </div>
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7. What is your favorite animal? Horsey </div>
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8. What is your favorite song? The My Little Pony Theme Song, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star </div>
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9. What is your favorite book? My My Little Pony Book. It's about reading words. In my other My Little Pony book is Tempest and I like her songs. </div>
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10. Who is your best friend? Lakynn and Olivia </div>
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11. What is your favorite snack? Veggie Straws. Goldfish. Yogurt too. YOGURT IS MY FAVORITE THING THAT I EAT.... for dessert. </div>
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12. What is your favorite drink? Strawberry Milk and Water </div>
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13. What is your favorite breakfast? Yogurt and... yogurt, just yogurt. </div>
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14. What is your favorite lunch? Cheese Sticks for lunch. (Anything else?) Just cheese sticks. </div>
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15. What is your favorite dinner? TACOS!! </div>
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16. What is your favorite game? Care Bears. (Where do you play that?) On the Applebees thingy! </div>
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17. What is your favorite thing to play outside? Tempest and.... I have to go potty. I don't like tag but I do like scooter Mickey Mouse! </div>
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18. What is your favorite holiday? Halloween because it gives us candy and I LOVE candy SOOOO much! </div>
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19. What do you sleep with at night? Princess Luna (aka Princess Cinderella, the blue pegasus unicorn she made at Build-a-Bear) I slept with her at night and she comes down the stairs with me a little bit but sometimes she doesn't come down with me. </div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">20. What do you want to be when you grow up? I wanna make cupcakes! I'm gonna make big cupcakes and little cupcakes. I mean I'm gonna be a food chef. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">She got a bit more talkative by the end of the interview. :) If you'd like to read her answers from her first interview, here is her <a href="http://morgburg.blogspot.com/2016/10/charlotte-is-3-years-old.html" target="_blank">3 year Q&A</a>. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">It's also interesting to read Tommy's to compare. They had a lot in common at age <a href="http://morgburg.blogspot.com/2013/12/tommy-is-3-years-old.html" target="_blank">three</a> and <a href="http://morgburg.blogspot.com/2015/02/tommy-is-four-years-old-and-annual-q.html" target="_blank">four </a> (Can you believe I was 2 months late for Tommy's 4 year interview?? :) Then you can read <a href="http://morgburg.blogspot.com/2015/12/tommys-5-year-old-q.html" target="_blank">five </a>and <a href="http://morgburg.blogspot.com/2016/12/tommys-6-year-old-q.html" target="_blank">six </a>for fun!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">This girl is such a joy. She gets more and more hilarious every day. She loves unicorns, My Little Pony and all the songs from the movie. I don't know how she picks up the words to those songs. She LOVES to sing. She loves to dance. She enjoys practicing her letters and trying to write her name. She loves to play school. She loves her best friends but she also wants them to stay out of her face. She LOVES her big brother and wants to play with and be around him all the time. She is so overly dramatic with her fits. She will not like something you say and will throw her body on the ground until she realizes it's not working and then she will get up and act like nothing happened. Her hair is usually pretty crazy but it's beautiful. I can't believe how long it's getting. How is it possible that you are four? We love you so much, baby girl. Happy birthday! </span></span><br />
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They took a super cute class picture with Charlotte front and center.<br />
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Charlotte chose frosted donuts with sprinkles for her birthday treat. The class LOVED it. Charlotte loved being the star of the show.<br />
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I picked Charlotte up early that day. We went and got our hair done. Charlotte was so excited. I actually had to leave her and go around the corner to get my hair done separately. She did really great though and it got me out of the salon early without being asked to buy products. Whoo hoo!<br />
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I had informed Charlotte of our plans and she was so excited to tell everyone she was going to get her hair done and then go to Chuck E Cheese. So that is exactly what we did. She was super excited to ride the horse. <br />
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I couldn't believe she wanted to do the roller coaster game. This game (ride?) was a little rough. It shakes and turns and you feel like you're on a roller coaster. It was kind of crazy. Poor Charlotte's head wasn't quite tall enough to be on the pad so it had to be uncomfortable but she didn't care. She wanted to ride again. Not this girl. I was dunzo. Barf. <br />
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It is a cool idea though! <br />
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Charlotte rode another one of her favorite rides (?), the mini carousel. She pretended to be asleep on it. She is so funny.<br />
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Andrew and Tommy met us at Chuck E Cheese. Then Charlotte and I escaped once again and picked out cupcakes at Gigi's. YUM!<br />
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The following weekend was Charlotte's party! I did make the invitation but I did NOT mail them out. I used an app this year. I am becoming much more of a no muss no fuss mom which is so exciting. Instead of hand making all the food, cakes, and decorations, I bought decorations online, bought a Target cake, and ordered pizza. Fantastic!<br />
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Here's the beautiful birthday girl in her unicorn shirt!<br />
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I took a picture to Meijer of the cake I wanted and they were not very accommodating. But TARGET on the other hand, basically recreated this fantastic cake from scratch. Incredible! They even included the paisley design on the side. Are you kidding me?? (Is it because they practically know who we are because we visit 3 times a week? Maybe. ;) <br />
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Time to blow out the candles!<br />
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I ordered these crazy unicorn horns (yes, people made dirty jokes about them) from Walmart online. Who would have thought?<br />
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It was time to open presents! Everyone was watching closely. (Just kidding. Cake coma.)<br />
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Uncle Adam had to help put together the Frozen Lego set that she got. She is so excited to become a master builder like her big bro. <br />
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You can bet that as soon as the Frozen castle was made, Tommy jumped in and weaponized it. <br />
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She got this amazing mermaid blanket. Charlotte was a big fan. <br />
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She also got a lot of fun books. I believe this is the exact moment Emily had to read the word FART. :) LOL!<br />
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Hey look, it's Mama and Dada in our unicorn horns and shirts. We look dashing. :)<br />
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After all the fun, we played outside because of course it was a beautiful September day.<br />
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Tommy and many others had fun playing b-ball. <br />
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We actually remembered to get a family picture. Yay!! Another classic!<br />
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It was Uncle Adam's idea to go to a lake during Labor Day weekend. My parents said Ok as long as you do the research. So Adam found the place and we all showed up for Labor Day Laker Fun!<br />
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This is the only picture you can see our house in the background. It doesn't look big but it held all 15 of us!<br />
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The first day we got there was a little chilly. <br />
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Can you tell from all the sweatshirts?<br />
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But Tommy didn't care!<br />
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While the girls and Grandpa and Tommy went for a boat ride. Our ride was much more fun according to Adam. Heehee! </div>
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Charlotte was just happy to drive the boat with Grandpa. You can tell how happy she is but how many of her bottom teeth you can see. :) </div>
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We came back to pick up the boys and make some sandwiches for the boat. Charlotte was excited to make her own sandwich for once. Mmm cheezit sandwiches! </div>
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Time to head out on the water again! Uncle Adam was ready! <br />
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Sandbar time! Hey look that's me! I made it into a picture or two! :)<br />
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We met up with one of Adam's friends and his family and their little boy joined us on the tube. <br />
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Tommy and Dada decided to take the tube for an actual ride at some point during the day. He loved it! He was smart to wear those goggles.<br />
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Charlotte was by Emily's side the entire weekend I think. :)<br />
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Look at Charlotte's face. She looks like she's actually riding the tube around. Turns out, she's just floating gently in the water. Ha!<br />
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The house had a beautiful deck where we spent most of our time. <br />
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Not sure who took this one but I love it. <i>Isabel looks to the future of boating. </i><br />
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Charlotte took a good one too! ;)<br />
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Our last night at the house, Brandon got out the karaoke machine. Many of us sang a tune from Andrew's iPhone. The kids' greatest hit was "HandClap" by Fitz and the Tantrums. I was involved in that performance and we had the whole crowd going. It was so much fun that no one got a video! Boo!! :( But it was definitely awesome. Charlotte was a dancing machine! </div>
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At 10 pm, it was sound DOWN. No more karaoke. The kids had to go to bed and everything fell silent. All except for the game of spoons in the kitchen. I didn't play this time. It seemed VERY intense so I'm kind of glad I sat this one out. I don't think there was any blood or biting so that's a plus.<br />
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Awwww someone wrote Lake Keiper on the steps. Cute!<br />
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Awwww, someone decided to cross it out and write Thornburg instead. I wonder who that was... ;)<br />
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We picked up some sweet shirts for the whole family while we were in town. <br />
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The weekend getaway was a super success. So much so that Charlotte crawled into my lap at 4:30 pm on Monday and fell asleep. It was a big exciting and tiresome weekend. Definitely a win! Can't wait to do it again!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-208172793252564162017-09-14T21:09:00.000-04:002017-09-14T21:09:05.759-04:00Girls Day Out When your friend flies in from Oregon, you must get together!<br />
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So the girls got together in Renssy at Fenwick Farms Brewing Company. None of us had tried it so we had to check it out.<br />
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I got a fun little flight to try several beers. <br />
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We had a great time chatting it up and then ignoring each other while we checked our phones. Ha!<br />
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After many beers, we decided to walk around the bustling metropolis of Rensselaer. We found these mushrooms spray painted on a wall behind the brewery. Why not take a picture? <br />
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We thought this looked like a great place to pose like we were in some kind of weird heavy metal band for ladies. <br />
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We walked back to the brewery and got our picture taken out front.<br />
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We also got a picture in front of the jewelry store next door that our friend from high school's parents owned. <br />
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We found a random bus stop behind the pub? Still can't figure that one out.<br />
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Then we spent some time being courthouse critters. We did a few somersaults in the lawn until we ran into our gymnastics coach's parents. Well-timed on our part, with the somersaults. :)<br />
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We made a quick stop at the Busy Bee for some ice cream. <br />
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Our final stop before walking back to my parents was standing like weirdos to get a selfie in front of the house Krissi grew up in. Awww. <br />
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Here we are August (yeah I know I'm late) of 2017 and it's time for school to start. AAHHH! I can't believe the summer went so fast and I have a preschooler and a first grader. CRAZY. </div>
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Because I didn't want summer to end, I took off Monday afternoon before school started and I took Tommy to Get Air... and boy did we ever. <br />
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We jumped all over that place. Then we went to Barnes and Noble and Tommy convinced me to buy him things that he really didn't need. But my boy was heading off to school... so of course he needed a Ninjago Lego Character Encyclopedia among other things. <br />
I felt bad so I bought Charlotte a My Little Pony book too. :)<br />
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That night was Tommy's Meet the Teacher Night where we dropped off our school supplies. Charlotte came with us and she made herself right at home in Mrs. Lane's chair. :) Tommy was super excited. There was so much stuff to look at and school supplies to put away. We were busy and then it was over so quickly. </div>
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Charlotte had a meet the teacher night too. We received this letter before the night addressed to Charolette. I thought to myself, hopefully this is a just one little spelling error. When we arrived to the preschool class, her name was misspelled 5 times throughout the classroom. Luckily they were able to easily change the misspelled name tags. She's going to learn how to spell her name this year so we would really like her to be able to spell it right. :)<br />
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The Tuesday before school started for Tommy, we went to the state fair. Charlotte actually started school on Monday and then I took her out on Tuesday. Whoopsie! Anyway, we went to the state fair because we had an employee appreciation day there. My parents came too. My mom and i went to our meeting where we had lots of speakers and then we were free to roam around the rest of the day. Charlotte and Tommy had to sit through the meeting which was a little rough. So we stayed in the back and made them eat sandwiches. Senator Joe Donnelly saw them sitting there eating and said, "Wow, those sandwiches look really good right now!" Ha! I hope he likes bologna. :)<br />
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After our meeting was over, we fed some animals. <br />
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We had to visit the Glass Barn for our obligatory Glass Barn photo booth picture. <br />
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They had some new backgrounds this year. The corn dog one was fun!<br />
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Then it was time for some rides!<br />
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Charlotte and I rode the elephants! Look at that smile. Hehehe!!<br />
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Tommy and I rode the ferris wheel which always freaks me out. Gotta be brave for this dare devil!<br />
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Our view of the main drag.<br />
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After the rides, we went to see the horses. This picture doesn't do the size of this horse justice. I swear this horse was 10 feet tall. Flipping HUGE.<br />
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Tommy and Charlotte enjoyed the Lego exhibit. Tommy was confused though. He was wondering why all the blocks were the same color and size. Where were all the lego guys?? Ha! He actually had to use his imagination a little for this. :)<br />
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The next day, I took the kiddos to school. They were ready!<br />
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Charlotte had a hard time deciding what she wanted to be. I think she thought it was more of a Halloween question. I would ask her and she would say, "A unicorn! Rapunzel! Belle!" I'm like, "No what do you want to do as a job to make money?" "Cupcakes?" "Yeah sure, that'll work." :) </div>
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I dropped Tommy off at school and luckily had lots to do in the office dropping off the epi-pen and other meds so I had to keep it together. It was hard. But I did it. Then I stayed in my car for awhile in the parking lot of the school before I took off for work. While I was sitting there, I was able to hear the morning announcements outside of the school. Hilarious. It also made me really excited for Tommy's new experiences to come. School is so fun and I had forgotten all the cool stuff they do. <br />
Anyway, while I was sitting there, I got a call from the school. I almost got out and ran into the school because I figured they were calling because he was having an allergic reaction or something. Turns out, I just needed an extra form for the meds and the school nurse was calling me about that. Phew!<br />
But in the afternoon before I went to pick him up, I got this picture from his soccer coach who is also a teacher at the school. He was definitely having a great day and has great people taking care of him. I was so proud and happy. The kid is a stud, right? :)<br />
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I don't have a picture from the end of Charlotte's first day but Charlotte is also really enjoying preschool. I think her favorite part is learning new songs. She is always singing. She is working really hard on writing letters and staying in the lines while coloring. She loves her teacher and her friends and seems to be super happy in preschool too. <br />
I'm sad they are growing up so fast but I am overjoyed to see how they grow and what kind of people they become. <br />
Love you Tomster and Charshe. :) You make me so proud.<br />
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We had just rented a party bus a couple weeks before this for the Incubus concert. That was a 10 person bus. I requested the 23 person bus size for this party. However, what showed up at our house was a 40-50 person semi of some sort. It was massive!!<br />
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But you would not believe how that really puts you in the mood to party!<br />
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Here's a group shot! I'd say we had plenty of room!<br />
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Our first stop was DT Kirby's but we were having so much fun on the bus, we stayed on for awhile to party. When we made our way over to the bar, our bus driver was able to take a couple pictures. Look at the size of that party bus!!<br />
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He stood on the bottom of a cement sign for this picture. It seemed super dangerous but he got a great shot at least!<br />
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At Harry's, the first stop was popcorn!!<br />
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Then Andrew and his friends paid the one lonely guy who was sitting the fish bowl and we took it over!<br />
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Boy did we take it over! It's like we crave attention or something. <br />
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The party bus party was a HUGE success. Thank you for everyone that came and celebrated with us. What a GREAT time!<br />
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Tommy knew going into this appointment that there would be either a needle to draw blood or a bunch of pokes in his back. He had decided he wanted the needle because it was one poke and then he was done. He didn't want to deal with tons and tons of pokes in the back from the scratch test.<br />
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When the doctor decided the scratch test would be best, he let us all know how he felt about it. :)<br />
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Charlotte was with us and she really didn't know what to think.<br />
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The nurse was very gentle and it really wasn't bad at all . Tiny little scratches that hardly hurt at all. <br />
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The part we forgot about it that REALLY sucked was the part where the hives grow and become EXTREMELY itchy. :( <br />
He was PISSED. In this picture on the left side, you can see the seasonal allergies 1-25.<br />
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TN stands for all the tree nuts below it. I think 26 is milk. The rest on the right side is all the foods in which he is allergic. Still milk, eggs, and nuts. It showed his reaction to milk being the highest, which we know not to be true because he is consuming some foods with some milk in it. But if he has anything with eggs, it's bad news bears. And yes, it said he was allergic to peas a little bit. Sounds about right.<br />
Tommy was sooooo glad to get out of there. <br />
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If you were worried that he continued to be miserable the rest of his night, his welts seem to clear right up. By the end of the night, it looked like this. <br />
So I guess it was a successful doctor's visit but I didn't feel like we left with any new information that we didn't already know. He told us we didn't need to come back for a few years. Boo. But hopefully we'll be doing better when we go back for the next visit. Wish us luck! :)The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-82329931255468761872017-09-11T22:27:00.003-04:002017-09-11T22:27:59.603-04:00Carson's Graduation Party Carson has graduated from IU. I can't believe it went so fast! He had another party boat party... on a boat... it was a party. :)<br />
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Look at this dude! All grown up and headed off to Berkley!!<br />
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We went to the dinner the night before the big party. We asked out waiter if he would take our picture.<br />
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He said, "Yes but only if I can be in a one." Both pictures turned out pretty great. :)<br />
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After dinner, we had to visit the Blue Bird!!<br />
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The next day was party boat time!<br />
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The weather was a little bit chilly but we made the most of it. There was no rain so it was sign that party-boating was a must. :) <br />
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The kids weren't happy about wearing life jackets but safety first! :)<br />
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We had lots of tubes and things to play with. <br />
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It was a super fun time, as always!<br />
Congrats, Carson, on this next big step! We are so proud of you!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-59984128149886718352017-09-11T22:19:00.001-04:002017-09-11T22:19:43.484-04:00#incupartybus We convinced some friends to let a bus driver take us to a concert. What a great idea!<br />
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It was the Incubus, Jimmy Eat World, and Judah and the Lion concert. It was super fun!<br />
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Not only did we come with a group of ten friends but we got the hang out with Adam and Emily too!<br />
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Most of the ladies from the party bus and... well Andrew and his fingers. :)<br />
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What's the saying, "One is silver and the other's gold." :)<br />
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What a great time with new friends! #incupartybus<br />
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Charlotte had a lot of splash days at school. <br />
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Tommy had one splash day when the bus wasn't working and the rest of the time, they went to the pool. He learned to swim!! It was so exciting!<br />
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We also discovered a new place to eat because they were going there for school. We called and found out he can have chicken nuggets and fries. His favorite!!<br />
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Charlotte was not as excited but she certainly does love cheese pizza.<br />
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After Arni's, we went to another local favorite, Igloo Frozen Custard. The kids got slushes. Yum!<br />
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Then they tried to get a drink from the water fountain.<br />
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Then they climbed the poles around the outdoor seating area. <br />
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Tommy won the Spy Challenge at Summer Camp. He didn't break any streamers. Nice!!!<br />
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The kids enjoyed dogpiling Dada. <br />
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Charlotte has spent a lot of the summer dressing up. <br />
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And also hanging out with friends, Grady and Nolan.<br />
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She was excited about that, can't you tell?<br />
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They did a lot of building. <br />
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Charlotte also dabbled in makeup. <br />
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Lots of fun this summer at Summer Camp and at home!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-61095247624400335172017-09-11T22:00:00.002-04:002017-09-11T22:00:46.599-04:00July Birthdays (Catch Up Post Time) We celebrated all the July birthdays in our family at Adam and Emily's new house back in July. <br />
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We have more July birthdays than this plus Tommy and Charlotte weren't born in July. <br />
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I made a beautiful pineapple upside down cake but it didn't let it cool long enough and it split. Bummer! Still pretty and it tasted pretty dang good too.<br />
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I made Andrew a chocolate Slayer cake. SLAAAYYYEEERRR!!!<br />
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I had saved this picture almost a year ago and finally got to recreate it for his b-day. ;) The execution was better in this picture but the Twizzlers were definitely a winning addition. <br />
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Charlotte wanted to write her name on Dada's card. She started with a C and proceeded to draw an H but then turned it into an A. An A and a C. That's what you see too, right? :)<br />
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We found out Charlotte looks great in everything!<br />
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Show us who's boss, girl!<br />
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We walked down to the park walk off some of that birthday cake. Charlotte loves to swing!<br />
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She loves the bridge too!<br />
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A fun time was had by all and Adam and Emily's new house is fantastic. Thanks for having us (two months later). :)The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-63697063871378251432017-09-11T21:42:00.001-04:002017-09-11T21:42:40.268-04:00Diane's Rooftop Pool Birthday Party<br />
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First, did you know there was a roof top pool hotel in Indy? I guess so because that's where we were! </div>
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Here's one that less hazy from the heatwave that day. <br />
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Group pic of all the party people. <br />
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Ladies picture!<br />
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Cheers to many more years! :)<br />
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We went to dinner after after the pool. Diane was excited about her birthday dessert. :)<br />
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After that, we went to a bar with a live band. They might have been country but they were super fun! But live music always is. <br />
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Another picture of the ladies! :)<br />
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And as always, the last two couples standing... the Thornburgs and the Neals. :) We know how to have a good time, that's for sure. The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-45572590157370520272017-09-11T21:34:00.000-04:002017-09-11T21:34:06.731-04:004th of July Weekend and a Waterpark Fourth of July weekend calls for some summer fun. <br />
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We went to Prophetstown Water Park. Tommy got to go down the slide even though he wasn't tall enough, we snuck him down once. The second time we weren't so successful and had the walk down all the stairs. Total bummer.<br />
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But we still had a great time. Lots of other stuff to do there anyway.<br />
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We actually thought to bring snacks so we didn't need to buy anything there and it was only $5 to get in. Nice!<br />
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We all had a great time!<br />
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Tommy called this whirlpool thingy a toilet bowl. It was near the lazy river and it would just spin the kids in circles. Toilet bowl is an appropriate name. :) <br />
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Happy Super Late 4th of July, everyone! :)The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-74363635622049137862017-09-11T21:09:00.000-04:002017-09-11T21:09:01.145-04:00Surprise Visit from Maria (and the Last Baseball Game)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tommy's last baseball game was on a beautiful day. <br />
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They didn't know if everyone would make it to the final game so they had already handed out trophies. <br />
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It was Maria! She was in Indiana so I got to see her. It was a SUCH a nice visit and I got to see Nonie too. She was such a doll baby! Loved her! What a wonderful surprise!<br />
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First picture of the trip! Riding in the back of the golf cart to head to the beach.<br />
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Couple selfie on the beach.<br />
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We call this picture "Riding the Storm Out". A quick storm blew through and everyone scattered from the beach. But not us! We held down the fort and then the weather cleared up. We continued celebrating!<br />
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A couple days into the vacay, I got sun poisoning like I always do. Time for a sun shirt and huge hat!<br />
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We vacations during Travis's birthday so on the big day, we went out to celebrate. Oyster-style!<br />
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Couple selfie with matching shirts! When you grow old together, you start dressing alike! This is not the first time. :)<br />
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We ended Travis's birthday at a Piano Bar. They played No Diggity for him. Ha!<br />
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The last day it was overcast so we took it easy. Can you spot Andrew?<br />
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We went out to dinner that night and went shopping. Watched some fireworks. Perfect end to an awesome getaway!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-80246638509745777542017-07-06T21:32:00.000-04:002017-07-06T21:32:32.253-04:00Summer Camp Field Trip to the Zoo Someone backed out of going on the field trip to the zoo so I was able to snatch that spot up. Special bonus: I got to take a day off work and see animals! Yay! <br />
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I only had 3 kids in my group. Tommy and these two sleepers. Made my job easy!!<br />
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We saw many animals, starting with seals.<br />
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Then we hit up the dolphin show.<br />
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But much to my dismay, rain DUMPED on it shortly thereafter. Dang it!<br />
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Tommy is a big fan of felines. He was so happy to see the tiger, as you can tell.<br />
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Those darn tigers are so huge that even behind a window, when they walk by you, still terrifying. <br />
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Tigers don't like rain either. She was running all over the place when it starting pouring. Put on a good show though.<br />
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I had two sleepers to my right and one sleeper on my lap on the bus on the way home. I was so glad I was able to go. It was a fun day.The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-38617627161702109662017-07-06T21:07:00.001-04:002017-07-06T21:07:22.594-04:00Meeting Miss Emry Baby Cousin Wyatt has a new baby sister! The kids were so excited to meet her. <br />
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She wasn't as excited to meet them. She did a lot of sleeping. :-)<br />
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She is a doll baby though, isn't she?<br />
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Emry just couldn't handle the noise noise noise! Those crazy, wrestling cousins!<br />
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Wyatt had a great time playing with his cousins. Charlotte has no idea what that device is she's holding. Phones don't have cords!!<br />
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I didn't want to get two cups dirty so I made/let them share with two straws. <br />
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The kids also took over Wyatt's water table. They had so much fun.<br />
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Charlotte wanted to hold Emry so badly but she cried as soon as she tried so she was a little upset about it.<br />
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She was happy to be in a picture with her though. :-)<br />
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She definitely loves her baby cousin!<br />
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They both thought she was something special. Yay for new baby cousins!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-34239462500360497852017-07-06T20:46:00.000-04:002017-07-06T20:46:00.286-04:00Indy 500 2017 The night before the Indy 500 we went to Jack and Cec's graduation party where the kiddos were gifted some amazing masks and they wore them throughout the party. <br />
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They were a hit!<br />
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So Adam and Emily and friends went to the race the next day too and sent us this picture as a challenge. <br />
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We took this picture as a Challenge Accepted! :)<br />
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Chris Pine waved the flag this year. I do so love the pageantry of the race. My fave part.<br />
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Here's a pic of the boys bro-ing out. <br />
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Followed by a picture of the girls sissing out, I guess. I bought us matching Target sunglasses for the occasion.<br />
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Here's a group picture of our seats. <br />
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We also went up to Adam and Emily's seats for a bit. It was soooo much nicer up there. Nice breeze and shade. <br />
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We were almost sitting directly in front of them. It was sooo hot down there.<br />
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That do rag is amazing. Thanks for letting me borrow it, Di.<br />
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Time for some end of race group pictures!<br />
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Gotta take a couple's picture too!<br />
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Another successful race in the books! Happy Memorial Day!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-8226433175255903832017-06-04T21:14:00.000-04:002017-06-04T21:14:27.804-04:00Graduation Day and Last Day of School Can you believe the school year is over already? It went so fast. During the last week of school, Tommy's teacher told us to send in a bag of treats for the Aloha Party the day of graduation.<br />
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I whipped up a sweet little bag of treats for him which I was soooo proud of until....<br />
I re-read the message from the teacher that morning before school and realized that she said she wanted bags of treats for everyone in the class. OH SH&%!!! Luckily Andrew saved the day and ran to the store and got treats for everyone and still sent my homemade bag of goodness. Ugh, major fail. I need to go to the <a href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20width=%22560%22%20height=%22315%22%20src=%22https://www.youtube.com/embed/hRPfY4mE4ME%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E" target="_blank">Derek Zoolander Center for Children Who Can't Read Good</a>. <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span><br />
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Tommy was super excited about his goody bag. I don't know if the other kids were jealous because obviously they were not the same but oh well. What can ya do? :) They certainly got a lot of cool stuff at least! </div>
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So that night was graduation. He was so proud and so cute. I loved every minute.<br />
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The kindergarten and preschool classes performed songs for us. K-5 did the pledge and the Star Spangled Banner. <br />
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He definitely wasn't nervous! :)<br />
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Then it was time for everyone to graduate. I snapped a pic of Tommy's bestie while he got his diploma. <br />
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Tommy was the very last person to graduate. Awww. He started at this school in October of 2011. When he heads off to first grade, he will be have been there for 6 years! It was his home away from home. He'll be there this summer but in August, he will leave it for good. Let me tell you, he is EXCITED. :) He has a bit of the kindergarten-itis. Ha!<br />
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Look at how proud that kiddo is! Puffed out chest, what a stud.<br />
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I had to take a picture of him with his sis. Look at that pose. Where did she even learn that? She was in a cheeky mood that night. <br />
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Family pic! I love these people so much. <br />
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Tommy and Bode pic, of course!<br />
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Tommy and teacher pic. We'll miss you, Miss Debbie!<br />
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We got pictures with the grandparents. Like I said, Charlotte was in a mood.<br />
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I have to post this one with only Tommy because Charlotte was being such a stinker. <br />
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The last day of school for Charlotte is a field day. Each class wears a matching shirt and they go outside and do lots of activities. I haven't attended Charlotte's field day with just her yet so I thought I would go this year. I couldn't leave work when I wanted so I ended up eating lunch with her instead. The pictures above are from the wonderful teachers who remember to take them for me! YAY! </div>
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We had a fun time at lunch. Silly Hudson was eating his ice packs because of course. :)<br />
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Then I took Charlotte with me and went to Tommy's field trip to the park. Tommy is a wonderfully protective big brother. Too cute.<br />
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Maybe not always at home but around other kids, he is always watching out for her. :) So sweet.<br />
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Bode is too!<br />
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What a trio!<br />
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At one point during the day, the teachers decided to take the kids on a trail walk. OMG, I was terrified. There were ravines and waterfalls and everything that I could just imagine some kid getting lost and falling or something but it went off without a hitch! Charlotte was exhausted though! I had to carry her for part of it.<br />
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When we came back, we had popsicles! Yum!<br />
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Tommy, Bode, Miss Debbie and one of the preschoolers! Aww!<br />
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Good times! School is over and Summer Camp begins! First grade and Pre-K 4's, here we come!<br />
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Our new soccer team friends invited us to join the baseball team that most of the same kids played on last year. I believe last year involved a tee but since we missed that, we went straight to the pitching machine. Yikes! Also, the first practice AND game were when we were in Chicago. So missed out on that. Then the second practice was cancelled due to rain. So the following pictures are Tommy's very first baseball experience ever besides playing in the yard. <br />
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His first at bat, he got a hit! He ran all the way to third even though he should have stopped at first. I told him once he hit the ball, it's basically like tag. So he just kept running! Overthrow rules made him go back to first though. :)<br />
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His best friend's dad is a coach and was helping him out with the rules. #36 on first! He was ready!<br />
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His second time at bat, he got a hit again!<br />
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He got to score this time. It was so cute! It's a really casual set up and the kids have lots of fun. The pitching machine isn't scary either. But I think I was the only one that was actually scared of it. :) He had no fear.<br />
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He took the "tag" part of the advice to heart. He ran so far out and around the other players. He didn't want to get tagged!! :) Too funny. Good strategy! ;-) More games to come!The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3315924799894430317.post-33711479835473891572017-05-23T22:45:00.000-04:002017-05-23T22:45:00.844-04:00Chicago Weekend Andrew had to spend the week in Chicago for work so we decided to join him for the weekend prior.<br />
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We started the weekend by going to the Brookfield Zoo. I hadn't been there since I was in elementary school. Turns out, they have dinosaurs there now. How did they pull that off? ;-)<br />
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We brought the stroller. We needed it. They never would have walked all that way.<br />
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First stop, CATS. Big ones! You can kind of see him in the far back left of the picture. <br />
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Then we HAD to visit the Dinosaur exhibit. First we learned about lizards and dragons. Plus a lego statue of a dragon was there so that was cool.<br />
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Then we got to see all the life size dinosaurs too. Tommy was elated. Charlotte was scared. :)<br />
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They had a dragon or two from folklore along with the dinosaurs. Interesting.<br />
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We saw the primates in exhibit. That was pretty cool. Actually no, it was SUPER HOT. The family next to us was hot too. They were getting short with each other and the mom was saying, "Zephen, move so your brother Zaniel can see." Yes that happened. Hmm...<br />
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We pushed the stroller all the back over to the dolphin show and got there just in time. <br />
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Yay dolphin show! The dolphins were no stranger to getting the audience wet. We sat up high and we almost got wet. It was amazing.<br />
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We got to do Charlotte's favorite thing- the carousel!<br />
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Photobombed by an ostrich!!<br />
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We went to Rain Forest Cafe for dinner. The kids got these overpriced souvenir cups. Neither of them drank hardly any of their drink. But look how cool the cup is!! It came with a removable bottom cup that holds snacks. It came with a tiny frog in the snack cup part. So cool!<br />
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You can see Charlotte's elephant that was in her snack cup. So cute! Worth the overpriced price. :)<br />
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After dinner, we dragged the kids to Whole Foods for dessert. DELISH!! I had chocolate cake and Tommy had vegan chocolate cake. YUM!<br />
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We put the kids to bed but had a hard time sleeping since the people next door were partying for a wedding. We finally called the front desk and they sent security to bang on their door. We were THOSE people. :) Oops. We asked to be moved the next day because that was just rehearsal dinner night! Yikes! We didn't sleep well but luckily the kids slept right through it.<br />
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Our new room was probably the most private and secluded room in the entire hotel. It was AWESOME. This was our door and this was down a weird hallway away from all the other rooms. Too funny.<br />
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The next day, we decided to head downtown. <br />
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We went to the Watertower Mall. Charlotte, the Cubs first basewoman, got photobombed by Tommy.<br />
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We walked down to Navy Pier but not without stopping for a selfie.<br />
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We took a shoreline boat ride. It was fun!<br />
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The kids were a little bored of hearing about Chicago architecture but we enjoyed it. <br />
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Photocred goes to Dada for this one. <br />
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Dada took Charlotte to Build A Bear. He didn't not realize what he was getting into with that until he got the bill. YIKES. Lesson learned. But WOW, Charlotte loves that Princess Unicorn.<br />
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We were so tired after all that city-ing, that we came back to our private hotel room and settled in with twizzlers and popcorn and watched Despicable Me. It was a perfect ending to our little weekend with Dada before he had to stay in Chicago for the week.<br />
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So much fun snuggling and movie watching. What more could you want for your weekend in Chicago? :)<br />
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More stuffed animals maybe?<br />
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The next day we headed home and stopped at the most fabulous gas station I've ever seen. Not only because of the fab gas station attendant but because of this cool kid's car. Sweet!<br />
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We stopped at Grandma's on the way home for watermelon with Uncle Adam.<br />
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The weather was beyond gorgeous. It was a perfect weekend getaway. Ahhh the memories. :)The Thornburgshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05794397902491606378noreply@blogger.com0