Monday, December 30, 2013

Year in Pictures (Part 2)



(See part 1 here)


2013: This year we....

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learned how to read and mop, and really preferred the latter…

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painted lots of fingers and toes….learned how to style hair…

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celebrated The Worlds Greatest Dad….

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hunted for bugs….played in the park….

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spent time with retired people…   ;)

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became the official Sandwich Maker…

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hung out with the coolest friends…

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hunted for roly polies….


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and stuck to a very strenuous summer routine...

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learned how to take care of flowers and find good deals at Target….

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read lots of books to each other…

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got voted to have the best laugh….

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wore snow boots all summer….

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went to the Stampede and watched Isaac ride the SkyMaster…

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hung out with some really awesome cousins…

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painted…a lot….

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went to Kingdom Rock…

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tortured the cat…

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learned how to draw…

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slept like a vampire…

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tried to out-shoot Robin Hood…

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but discovered more practice was needed…

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lost, found, and washed FooFoo 8 times…

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discovered what loving a man for 16 years was like….AMAZING!

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never ever smiled for the camera…despite having lots of fun…

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learned that mom will make you hold hands if you fight with your brother too much…

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or worse, come up with another crazy idea to get kids to behave…

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went to a really fun going away party

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hosted a circus…

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and learned NOT to overfill the washing machine

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became Kangaroos…

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got new glasses…

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always dressed in style…

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made the permanent switch to homemade laundry soap…

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hosted a lot of tea parties…

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tried not to be afraid…

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watched the yard grow some enormous mushrooms…

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and collected rocks even when it made Daddy bonkers…

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tried accepting that mom didn’t HAVE to cook breakfast everyday…

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and then tried to defy gravity…

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got a surprise visit from Uncle Cody

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and stole his hat…

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had a month of company…

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went on lots of walks…

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embarrassed grandpa...

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started at a new Integrated Arts program…

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and preschool too….

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laughed at dads inappropriate jokes....


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built endless Lego creations…

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got flooded

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memorized a long poem..

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learned how to safely cross the street…some of us needed a helmet for extra safety….

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and went on a fake camping trip….

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learned how NOT to make biscuits…

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how to write riddles, and what Dad looks like as a banana…

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discovered a talent for cleaning windows…

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and writing cursive isn’t as hard as it looks…

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got a big girl bike…

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and mastered the front flip…

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made 14 dozen tortillas…

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and painted all the doors white…

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became best sister friends…

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learned a lot about animals and early American History…

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and pretended NOT to be bored…

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played in the leaves…

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and hosted lots of game nights…

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celebrated Nate’s 9th Birthday

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played football with a soccer...

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raked up tons of leaves….got our head stuck in the stairs…

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ate a REAL Thanksgiving dinner and starred in a real live play…

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learned how to count money, including those green paper thingys…grew up waaay to fast…

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got creeped out by spiders….wrote spooky stories

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played with cousins…

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and raked up even more leaves

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wrote our first report, nursed a sick kitty back to health, took Garfield ransom and girl-ified him…

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made edible jewelry, painted with marbles…

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and cried when Ivan was set free…

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posed for too many pick-tows…got pampered…

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made flubber…or jubber depending on who you ask…

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raked up even more leaves…

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and got gum stuck in our hair 4 times!

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lost 6 teeth…

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learned how to play UNO…and beat Grandpa John every time

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survived below zero weather…

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found our TRUE calling…

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and discovered a new way to give hugs...

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learned how to brine a turkey…

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how to cheat at Monopoly…

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and what we’d look like as Native Americans

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remembered to include mom in the pictures…

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played about a ba-jillion games of Yahtzee…

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discovered patio lights actually look pretty cool on the Christmas tree..

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and Olivia sings the cutest Jingle Bells....

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Learned some of the names of Jesus…

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how not to clean a vacuum

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and made some amazing friends...

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learned that rainbow cakes are REALLY hard to make, and celebrated Elaina’s 7th Birthday

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discovered the best way to spread Christmas cheer…

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learned how to make a scarf out of a t-shirt…

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that Hot Rollers really are the way to go…

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and how to get what you want

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celebrated 4 years with Olivia…learned how to keep sparkly teeth…

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and discovered the difference between boy and girl snowmen...

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That pretty much sums up our year.  How was yours?



Happy New Year!
Here’s to our next adventure....