Wednesday, March 24, 2010

A tad random.

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A few random photos with DOF. I love taking pictures like this. They are just fun.
Sam enjoying his ice cream. I know he wishes that he could eat that right now but after several rounds of throwing up he is not feeling it. Oh, Sam has the 24 hour bug. The kids always get sick when Bob goes out of town. It is standard. Par for the course. The norm.  Carter has had it and Sophia thinks she is going to avoid it.  Pretty much told her that ain't gonna happen.
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Isn't it pretty? I did that about 2 months ago. I tripped going up the stairs with a load of wood. Yes, it hurt. Yes, I cussed. Alot. Several times. Over and over again.
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Carter, he just cracks me up. Goof ball.
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The fam. Well part of it. Carter can be found connected to his DS, completely tuning out the rest of the world. Don't you just love the matching shirts, showing our support for our wrestling team.
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Ty and Sam showing of their wresting trophies and ribbons....again love the DOF.
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Tiny little daffodils. they were soooo cute! Unfortunatly they are not real sharp. It was pretty muddy and I was trying to avoid laying down on the ground.
ooops....there goes Sam again.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

They can all leave for college now.

It was a big day in the Mosby household. After many days of practicing to tie his shoes, we have have finally accomplished it. When I say we, I mean WE! The tears. The drama. The stomping of feet and storming out of the room in frustration. And that was just me, you can only imagine what Carter was doing. I was seriously beginning to think that he was never going to be able to go to college. Surely there is not a single perons  in college who cannot tie their own shoes, and my son was not going to be the first. Of course the answer to that was, well, not go to college. Simple as that! That is where we were headed this morning after the last "episode".

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The first big step, notce the smile.

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Notice the concentration. Tongue in cheek. He gets that from his dad.

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Working that tongue
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I was coming home from work and running a little late so I called the house to let the boys know and the little voice answers the phone. Hello? This kills me because he is anything but quiet and he says to me " I tied my shoes today." YEAH!!!!! This is cause for celebration and ice cream!


They can all swim, ride a bike and now tie their shoes.
Our work here is done.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

So loyal....

"I talk to him when I'm lonesome like; and I'm sure he understands. When he looks at me so attentively, and gently licks my hands; then he rubs his nose on my tailored clothes, but I never say naught thereat. For the good Lord knows I can buy more clothes, but never a friend like that."
W. Dayton Wedgefarth

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

South Africa

My mother and I went on a faith based mission trip in 2007 to South Africa. It was a wonderful experience and I really, really, really want to go back. So when a co-worker of mine just got back from Uganda and I was looking at her photos I had to dig out some of mine.
This is a photo of the 2 of us at Cape of Good Hope (captain obvious huh?) and probably the best trip we ever took together. Not one argument took place. HONEST.  and for us that is a record.

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The meeting of two oceans.

Very blue and VERY cold.

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We left 3 days after Thanksgiving for 2 weeks with a team of 20 people for all over the country, all different ages.  We spent most of our days in the communities providing Christmas for almost 5000 children. It was the most amazing experience to see God at work.

Thank you so much for everyones kind and encouraging comments. Love it!

Monday, March 15, 2010

Family, it is what I do.

I have not blogged in a while. It's not that I haven't wanted to, I have had all these "wonderful" things that run through my mind that I want to write/type about. I then talk myself out of it. No one will be intersted in that. No great scenery photos. No craft project in the works. What I have been doing is painting, cleaning, moving, selling stuff on craigs list....Nothing that I really wanted to photograph. The only time it seems lately that I take photos are at wrestling matches, basketball games and some function that I am toting my kids back and forth to.
So that is what you are going to see.
Sam at his wrestling match.
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This is a picture of Sophia in a Who Dunnit play....I think I have seen this look many time.....MMMOOOOOMMMM!

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The REALLY homely goat.

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Carter at Massanutten Ski resort. This is so typical of him.

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And there is my husband doing something, not sure what it is. Being a big kid.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Little Red Tricycle

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Ahhhh, to be three again. WooHoo!

Carter has outgrown his tricycle.  I sold it in the garage sale a while ago.  While I actually thought long and hard about keeping it in the rafters of the garage, saving it for the "grandchildren". I thought better of it.  The tires were bald.

All three of my children wore that tricycle out.

I loved being able to buy my daughter her first  shiny red tricycle and I knew my children would like to be able to do the same.

From Tricycles to Bicycles
From little baby bottles to big boy cups,
From tricycles to bicycles, I've watched you grow up.
I savored your laugh, and answered your cries,
I saw your love deep down in your eyes.
I cherished the squeals of earnest delight,
I'll never forget when you slept thru the night.
I taught you to walk then chased you around,
Picked up the pieces whenever you fell down.
I fixed up bruised knees, and kissed away tears,
Made sure you felt loved, and chased away fears.
Every day I watch you growing taller, and taller,
The time you let me hold you growing smaller, and smaller.
From baby bottles to big boy cups,
From tricycles to bicycles, I've watched you grow up.
I hope I've done you right by the things that I have done,
Because I couldn't ask God for a more wonderful son.
~ Author Unknown ~

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Forever Renovations

So this is what I did this Sunday. Finally started tearing up the floor in the kitchen/sitting room.  The snow storm has put a major damper on getting things done and I am starting to worry about getting the contractor back to the house to finish. So much time has passed. The sub floor has to come up next. It will be a lot of fun to remove because it is scewed down. Do you hear the sarcasm?
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The boys bedrooms are completed minus the quarter rounds. Sophia's bedroom is done, her bathroom is another story. The master bedroom is done, minus our bathroom. My dining room is half done.
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There used to be a counter here with a sink. Not anymore!

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The plumbing needs to be capped and the trim and wall board replaced.

This is my living room. It now has part of my kitchen, bedrooms, dining room and bathrooms and the rest of the hardwood flooring. Carter is trying to watch t.v., notice all the dust.

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It has been like this for over a month. Driving me crazy. I am an organized person and living like this puts me in a very grumpy mood. Everything has 2 inches of dust. It is going to take forever to get it clean and back into place.
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See the pianting in the back of the Norwegian Poet. My husband hates this picture. It is kind of creepy, but it was my grandmothers so I keep it.
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My dining room. The contents of my hutch are in the  living room, where the kids insist on playing "hide and go seek".

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The new bathroom vanity. See the top drawer? We have to permanently remove the drawer so we could get it plumbed. Going to have to glue it on the front of the cabinet.
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This is the new floor. Cannot wait for it to be everywhere.
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See this hole on the outside of the french doors?
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It caused this problem inside....going to have to replace the sub-floor.

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This is Sophia....reading her book.
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This is her bathroom vanity that does not fit properly. This is how they fit the original vanity. They measured the wall space properly.
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Sophia's room, she says it is clean?
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Cannot even comment.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Oh, how I wish was there.

I really could not handle one more snow picture. I can hardly even talk about snow.  My kids are finally going back to school on Wednesday with a 2 hour delay. 

I dug through my photos and came across the trip my husband and I took 2 1/2 years ago to the British Virgin Islands. We rented a sailboat for 2 glorious weeks. No kids. No responsibilities. No plans. We would wake up in the morning and have our cup of coffee on deck, check on the direction of the wind and decide if we wanted to sail somewhere. Usually it was to the closest tiki bar and beach.

This is a picture of the Boulders. It had great snorkeling and was the home of the best Pina Colada in the islands. Mad Dog. Good place. Loved that place.  Hmmm....YUM!
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My husband puttering around in the dinghy, our little run about.
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Sweet Cheeks, our home away from home.
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This picture is of Mosquito Island. The island is owned by Richard Branson. He had just pruchased the island and was going to convert it to a Eco retreat. While we were there construction/remodeling had not started yet but is was very strange being on the island. There were buildings and furniture that was just abandoned. We spent the day on the deserted island.
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Monday, February 15, 2010

What has been going on...

Well for starters...we've got snow. Lots of snow.
The kids have been home so long I have lost count how many days it has been. It has been something like 12 school days missed. I have lost every bit of humor about the weather. I moved south for a reason, and this is not it.

I am day dreaming about sitting out in the yard with my husband and a Corona. Commenting about just how hot it is and what a beautiful sunset we are having. Walking barefoot in the grass and playing catch with Martha....