tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161757582024-02-27T22:35:14.704-08:00Oak Saplingstraces of growthgdwillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759668276449294431noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-23526471419387670472013-03-25T06:31:00.002-07:002013-03-25T06:31:37.913-07:00Memphis, chapter 2<br />
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Imagine Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, or Jerry Lee Lewis walking through this door.<br />
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Jerry Lee Lewis' guitar player is still making music. We saw his Lincoln Town Car parked outside a nearby studio.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-82754476920822318702013-03-21T06:29:00.002-07:002013-03-21T06:30:03.215-07:00Memphis, chapter 1A few scenes from our Spring Break trip . . .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crossing the mighty Mississippi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First stop--Soul Food in the wrong part of town</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purchased by The King at the age of 21</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snapped this for decorating inspiration--it's my color scheme!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stax was much more influential than I realized</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their humble and rather antiquated recording equipment</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little description of Stax</td></tr>
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And the award for Best Frog Face goes to . . . .<br />
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This one!<br />
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Pop has already asked, "Where do I vote?!?"<br />
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Kindergarten is a magical year. Kids learn to read, to coexist with wacky people, to love learning, to be away from Mama, and to celebrate the genius of Dr. Seuss.<br />
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Special shout out to the most amazing Kinder teacher ever -- Ann Fisher!!!! (Seriously, look at how she's holding his hand. She's a God-send! He's already asked if he can repeat Kinder in her class.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-22406810888645974082013-02-25T06:19:00.002-08:002013-02-25T06:19:47.405-08:00GeocachingThe Webelos had a productive afternoon of geocaching. Most of the boxes were large, but they did manage to find a micro cache, too. It was about the size of a spam can. <br />
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The boxes mostly contained cheesey Happy Meal toys, but the kids got to sign the geocache logs. One cache had been hidden since 2009. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-60670962824741794912013-02-09T13:17:00.000-08:002013-02-09T13:17:17.359-08:00Mock Surgery Day at BrackenridgeCamden and I had a great time at Brackenridge Hospital today. What was supposed to take about 2 hours stretched into almost 3. He was incredibly focused the whole time. One nurse commented that he had a "great bedside manner." He spent the most time with the plastic surgeons. Hmmmmmmm<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-63035232667016725812012-12-28T13:09:00.003-08:002012-12-28T15:57:24.168-08:00Today's the day I spatchcocked a chicken<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Circle.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Snap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Connor awarded me with the family trophy this week so I'm feeling confident, inspired, or maybe I just have ALOT of time on my hands and I tend to play in the kitchen when that happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But back to the bird -- I've done this before, but I called it butterflying. Something about the term "spatchcock" makes it new and exciting!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's lovely. Especially the spine! I think I'll freeze it until I get a few other chicken pieces and make a fabulous stock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For the bird, I stuffed it with ricotta, herbs, lemon zest, salt and pepper. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It's roasting to perfection right NOW! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">OMG -- isn't that the most beautiful, crunchtastic skin ever?!?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I plan to serve it with fingerlings roasted in duck fat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I need to go hug myself.</span><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-78988664260104981462012-12-14T14:21:00.002-08:002012-12-14T14:21:23.851-08:00Grateful<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Twenty young children won't be coming home from school today. My mind can't grasp the enormity of this horrific act. About 2:00 this afternoon, I had to walk away from the computer and turn off the TV so I could compose myself before pick-up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I arrived to see this -- our principal and assistant principal dressed in holiday costumes, delighted kids, lots of smiles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Certainly a strange juxtaposition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Also a reminder to be grateful. We have today. We have each other.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-58944010077698631282012-11-16T18:26:00.002-08:002012-11-16T18:26:36.071-08:00Spontaneous Ninjafest and a lil bit of ErkelYou never know what will happen post-bath time. Tonight it was ninjafest.<br />
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After adjusting his trousers, the ninja also busted Greg for his lame lounge wear. #ubergroovy/notinacoolway<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Reason #472 why I love our school. There's nothing evil, scary, offensive, or satanic about bounce houses, face painting, stuffed animal walks, and cotton candy. I could go on, but I'll step off the soap box and get back on point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Last year, we wore shorts to the Carnival and pondered if we wanted to risk dehydration by jumping in the bounce house. This year, the weather was perfect and the mood was festive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You may wonder what happened to Connor. . . . he was too busy pouting the strange disappearance of his Halloween costume, so I sent him off to brood and fend for himself. When we returned from the Carnival, the costume was found HANGING IN HIS CLOSET. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-78585391734551731012012-10-15T09:42:00.001-07:002012-10-15T09:42:56.278-07:00Kellye's OrdinationWe went to a beautiful ordination ceremony for my cousin yesterday. The boys even got to participate!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-81022432685613198152012-09-01T13:10:00.002-07:002012-09-01T13:10:43.611-07:00A Proud ReportThe first week of school was a huge success. Both boys are happy with their teachers and new classmates.<br />
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Some of Camden's favorite things are: centers, the art teacher, the music teacher, and recess. <br />
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Camden's favorite new friends: a tall boy named Jonah and a cute girl whose name starts with "A"<br />
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Connor's favorite things: everything!<br />
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Friday was "compliment" day in Ms. Gray's class. Connor received more compliments than anyone else in the class. But instead of feeling proud, he was really concerned that Bruce and the new student, Oswaldo, hadn't received any.<br />
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He quickly wrote out 2 compliments for each of them. He recognized bravery in Oswaldo for starting a new school and making new friends. He complimented Bruce for demonstrating loyalty and friendship to him everyday.<br />
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I am one proud mama!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-89645629960088975562012-08-26T12:50:00.002-07:002012-08-26T12:50:35.238-07:00First Day of School 2012Because we did not do a run through and tomorrow morning may be hairy, we went ahead and took our First Day of School picture. The boys are wearing their first day outfits, so everything looks legit!<br />
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Go Brentwood Bulldogs!<br />
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Here's what I did with about a week's worth of odds and ends: kalamata olives, some baby bellas, rose-infused salami, fresh figs, smoked pork tenderloin remnants, and almost-past-its-prime spinach/arugula mix.<br />
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We had a great time on our trip to the Wild West. We learned about constellations, planets, frontier life, buffalo soldiers, rocks, minerals, Marfa lights, billiards, and animal habitats.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The summit at Fort Davis provided a great view of this long-gone outpost. Both boys earned their "Junior Park Ranger" badges. </span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-16545445559286495872012-06-16T11:22:00.001-07:002012-06-16T11:22:10.956-07:00Love, art, and turning older<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ever-thoughtful</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Greg commissioned a birthday painting for me from <a href="http://hollyjsharp.com/">Holly J. Sharp</a>, an artist friend in Portland. It finally arrived yesterday -- felt like my birthday all over again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175758.post-67435510228263267342012-05-14T10:02:00.000-07:002012-05-14T10:02:09.716-07:00More -- just because<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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