tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4856246920598171762024-03-06T00:47:52.508-08:00The Scheib FamilyTanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.comBlogger287125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-67570173004570429102011-12-23T04:54:00.000-08:002011-12-23T04:54:20.940-08:00Kindergarten Christmas PartyAlong with Alyssa's birthday celebration at school, we also had Ethan's class Christmas party. It was fun to finally make it to one of his class parties.<br />
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Earlier in the day, the class had made Christmas tree headbands to wear during their party. The room mom had put together some great things for the kids to do during the party and it was fun to be a part of. Our first project was to put together Snowman soup bags (bags that had a package of hot chocolate, a few marshmallows, a few chocolate chips, a candy cane, and a little poem).<br />
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Our second project was to make melting snowman cookies. We frosted cookies with white frosting, added a marshmallow for the head, used chocolate chips for the eyes, black frosting to finish the face and for arms, candies for buttons and a piece of fruit roll-up for a scarf.<br />
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The last project was a snowman sucker. We put three marshmallows on a stick and used frosting for a face and pretzels for his arms.<br />
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It was a fun time being with all the students and parents.Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-17295493581942606972011-12-21T21:43:00.000-08:002011-12-21T21:43:48.047-08:00Happy 10th Birthday!!It's hard to believe 10 years ago we welcomed our precious Christmas gift!! Alyssa wasn't suppose to born until the new year but God blessed us with her birth just 10 days before Christmas in 2001. Having a newborn at Christmas that year made everything about Christmas a little more special!<br />
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We started her birthday with our annual "waking up the birthday child with Happy Birthday". From there, we sent her off to school and joined her later that day for a little celebration with her class. Her class plays a little trivia game with questions regarding the birthday student. It was fun because we got to come up with some of our own questions for the class.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCJC3sR2oLQod-S7aM-Roofcd0AieHwmwUuqp8r35_FCS8i8QnoTGX6ithT3jQdsAqkInQjZFA4n-ohc_T2rlhHTjZ15gcN_kRFbp6jh8Dt0P4K4SFwlIy2K9hgFqzQ7cI6q9Ep5Tatw/s1600/IMG_2187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaCJC3sR2oLQod-S7aM-Roofcd0AieHwmwUuqp8r35_FCS8i8QnoTGX6ithT3jQdsAqkInQjZFA4n-ohc_T2rlhHTjZ15gcN_kRFbp6jh8Dt0P4K4SFwlIy2K9hgFqzQ7cI6q9Ep5Tatw/s320/IMG_2187.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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It was a great day and we had fun celebrating with her!Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-49820891085899951782011-12-21T21:18:00.000-08:002011-12-21T21:18:28.441-08:00First Band ConcertBrenna decided that she wanted to take band this year. I was thrilled when she said this and thought for sure she would want to play my clarinet. Nope, she decided she wanted to play the flute. We borrowed a flute over the summer, got her a fingering chart, and set her free. She was really picking up on it fast so we went ahead and researched on Amazon and found a great deal on a flute for her. She was so committed to learning this instrument that she volunteered to take after school tutoring with her band teacher. It has been so fun to listen to her play. Every once in awhile she will play along with Jason while he is playing the piano. He pulls the hymn book out and away they go.<br />
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When we met with her band teacher for conferences he said that nobody would ever be able to guess that she was a first year flute player. She has caught up to those who started last year in 6th grade!<br />
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December 8th was her first band concert. It was fun to hear the difference in each of the bands. The kids advance so much each year and you can really hear it in the music that they each played.<br />
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Both of the 4th grade classes started their morning out together in the cafeteria for a brunch put on by all of the room moms. Getting both classrooms together is rare so the kids were pretty excited about the idea. Between all of us room moms, we had quite the spread of food. <br />
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Later in the afternoon, Alyssa's class had a gift exchange. It was a very fun way to end the day.<br />
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Saturday was Brenna's final volleyball game. We ended the season taking 2nd place. Brenna did a great job this season and her team was a lot of fun to watch. They really came together as a team and played hard. We were so proud of each of them.<br />
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September was also the start of the LYS Volleyball Season for Brenna. She has improved so much from last year. It's been fun to watch her play and we can't wait to see how she improves more through the season.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our August was busy but fun! We started the month off by taking Brenna to Camp Gilead. She spent the week there with her best friend EmmaRae. They always have such a great time together at camp. Their counselor this year was Jessica Hittinger, as very neat gal from our church. They had a great week together!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oeBgXVHoMWQx8xkMlRxZSlXaM1AjyXhvkyw4TNTw6crC1H7aGpJVMIHkN7_xJi5yPGrIZkSQbxeo2EtGUQr_ehjsYi1T3fodE1SGDYxGnXuNatbDgPYfqtTrA0jaLWFmdn0xr5msP1U/s1600/IMG_1646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3oeBgXVHoMWQx8xkMlRxZSlXaM1AjyXhvkyw4TNTw6crC1H7aGpJVMIHkN7_xJi5yPGrIZkSQbxeo2EtGUQr_ehjsYi1T3fodE1SGDYxGnXuNatbDgPYfqtTrA0jaLWFmdn0xr5msP1U/s320/IMG_1646.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The kids had a camp out in the backyard with the neighbor girls. Emma and Callie spent a lot of time with our kids this summer. Callie loves to be with the big kids, especially Brenna, and tried to join in on the camp out but didn't make it all night. She was having a very hard time falling asleep. It was fun to have her a part of night even for just a little while. The kids did great in the tent and we didn't hear from any of them until morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTDGdD895VGCwlJ4AQfq9tzl3Gf4vKsVDbbCWzSV-XU5pI9rh4VOl9sBzX3ryyec3QGmPi5di1-i1C9hdnN8C07ky9fNsULY36aO3AfUzysTRAbVmAfuyzqnqXz5znbjwNHY8TVq4wNI/s1600/IMG_1674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTDGdD895VGCwlJ4AQfq9tzl3Gf4vKsVDbbCWzSV-XU5pI9rh4VOl9sBzX3ryyec3QGmPi5di1-i1C9hdnN8C07ky9fNsULY36aO3AfUzysTRAbVmAfuyzqnqXz5znbjwNHY8TVq4wNI/s320/IMG_1674.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next up was the Northwest Washington Fair. This year, Alyssa entered one of her canvas paintings that she completed in Art class. She was thrilled to find a blue ribbon on it. After going through some of the hobby exhibits and all of the animal barns and seeing a few of our favorite animals, the kids spent most of the day in the carnival area. I don't think the kids did more than one or two rides in the smaller carnival. We pretty much spent our ride time in the BIG carnival. There were only a couple of rides that Ethan couldn't join in on. He attempted the zipper with Alyssa but after the first go around, they were both in tears and we had to convince the guy to stop the ride and let them off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlnpvNrol3iMfYHqoEtFg3L9UiuUABdiH25OyA1Fg-xKL6e1Iq5u9PVPUlimwHWKw6SSkN8Iq3mJ26YPyjeirej4WnzUeKSb3oMf8OKLxAeaJBOTMsjbsigmkLE3FAg2W-OCUBr9fm20/s1600/IMG_1677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYlnpvNrol3iMfYHqoEtFg3L9UiuUABdiH25OyA1Fg-xKL6e1Iq5u9PVPUlimwHWKw6SSkN8Iq3mJ26YPyjeirej4WnzUeKSb3oMf8OKLxAeaJBOTMsjbsigmkLE3FAg2W-OCUBr9fm20/s320/IMG_1677.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tyler called and invited three of us to join him and Wayne on the boat to go crabbing. Last year, Jason, Brenna and Ethan went and Jason and Brenna ended up getting sea sick. So, this year I went with Alyssa and Ethan. It was a beautiful morning out on the water and we had a lot of fun. Ethan and Wayne spent a lot of time eating snacks. Good thing Tanya and I each packed a lot of food. These boys didn't stop eating all morning. Tyler let the kids help pull in the pots...we even caught a few starfish in one of the pots. When we got back to Tyler and Tanya's, Ethan learned how to prepare the crabs for cooking. He was pretty proud of himself! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-57oJleVroj4/TvKfH3AoYII/AAAAAAAACc4/uyPlD3RbDmE/s1600/IMG_1794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-57oJleVroj4/TvKfH3AoYII/AAAAAAAACc4/uyPlD3RbDmE/s320/IMG_1794.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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We ended the month with the start of school for the kiddos. Brenna started 7th grade. This year of middle school is very different than last year. This is her first year of having 5 different teachers and having to change classes throughout the day. She also had to start the year out by learning how to open a locker and get in and out of it in her 4 minute "passing" time between classes. That was interesting but thankfully she was never late to a class.<br />
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Alyssa started 4th grade and got a very favorite teacher of ours. Mrs. Crane is such a great teacher and loves her students so much. Alyssa is going to have an amazing year!<br />
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We started July with the annual Groen Family BBQ at Uncle Deryl and Aunt Shari's. We always have such a great time there and with the kids getting older we are able to visit more with the "older" bunch while they play with the younger ones. Uncle Deryl and Aunt Shari are great hosts and have a beautiful yard that they love to share with all of us. The boys spent most of their time by the pond watching the fish.<br />
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Saturday afternoon was spent with a few friends, before the big BBQ, and then Sunday was his actual birthday spent with lots of family!! <br />
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Here are a few pictures of how we celebrated his birthday. <br />
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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTXTInuB3IhNoj5XFYGVKqfis9uJkpw0GobA3ljn4L8V0Yg5-O5LsNyA9GP9WkZksKdc4Ynh-bc85Gn-2oTMtMoSZKr7dkr10t9sdPeLDq7DuFIys3X2dBMQRvHdnWGT6b6HupgvMqUy4/s320/IMG_1484.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And at the end of the party, the biggest kid of all, my brother, decided to start a water fight.</div><br />
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4th of July was spent out at Birch Bay for a couple of hours for a BBQ and a little swimming and then home to do fireworks with the neighbors.<br />
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I decided it would be fun to take the kids out to the strawberry fields and actually pick berries this year. I didn't really think this through going alone with the three of them. They started out strong picking but after about 20 minutes, it was no longer fun and they were ready to go. I, on the other hand, still had a couple of buckets to fill and just begged the kids to hang tight. They really did well overall, it was just a longer morning than we had anticipated.<br />
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</div>It was a busy month and we are so glad that the weather decided to cooperate so that we could enjoy the outdoors.Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-58127727693382887432011-08-09T14:18:00.000-07:002011-08-09T14:19:11.786-07:00Weekend to Remember ConferenceI realize I am very behind on blogging about our family and hope to get that caught up this week. However, right now, I wanted to take a moment to invite you to attend a marriage conference this fall.<br />
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Jason and I have attended this conference the past 5 years. While the material may be some what the same, the speakers are different and all have something a little different to offer during each session. We come away feeling blessed and our marriage rejuvenated. It gives us time to just stop and focus on the two of us and evaluate where our marriage is and where we would like to see things in a year.<br />
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If you would like more information on these conferences, click <a href="http://www.familylife.com/groups/scheib">here</a>. For every 5 couples that sign up, we will have the opportunity to bless a couple who wants to go but can't afford to with a free registration.<br />
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Gift certificates for the conference make great wedding gifts!!<br />
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Contact us if you would like more information! Those who are reading and live in Whatcom County...we hope to see you in November at the conference!!Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-66987141203391568662011-08-09T13:20:00.000-07:002011-08-09T14:27:23.057-07:00It's been an AMAZING 14 years!!!14 years ago today, I married my best friend!! I am so thankful that God gave Jason to me to be my husband and that through all of the trials that have come our way, I have Jason by my side! <br />
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Right before dinner tonight, I was browsing through some facebook posts and saw that a girl from our church posted that she was looking for a new home for her red-eared slider turtle and that it was FREE and included everything needed to care for it. I could not believe it. I immediately called Jason over and we did a little chatting, trying to not let the kids hear what we were discussing. I went to our room, so the kids couldn't hear me, and called the family to get a little more information. They gave me the run down on the care and I told them I would call back in a few minutes. Jason and I chatted a little more and decided that we would head out to look at the turtle. We finished dinner and loaded the kids, they had no idea where we were going.<br />
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Once we arrived at the families' home, Jason and I went upstairs to see the turtle. After a few minutes, we decided that it was a definite go and we went down to get Ethan. We took him up alone so that we could give him is early birthday present. He was in complete shock. In fact, he was in such shock that there really was no facial expression from him. He just kept saying, "cool". I don't think he really believed that he was going to be taking the turtle home with him.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHWiyXR6pnP8z5IuOo5_OxAKpnJrrgw3BvcXDL1EKznEqQ-fR1NBCGu8tJ5Mv6E3L6tLfG51Sn2kKpbE3wE-nJ_HAwbiA9-UYz2xfWoRZ75DJquX7JvyII44mF7AhRzeSDudNxks1tGo/s1600/IMG_1145.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHWiyXR6pnP8z5IuOo5_OxAKpnJrrgw3BvcXDL1EKznEqQ-fR1NBCGu8tJ5Mv6E3L6tLfG51Sn2kKpbE3wE-nJ_HAwbiA9-UYz2xfWoRZ75DJquX7JvyII44mF7AhRzeSDudNxks1tGo/s320/IMG_1145.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Brenna was bummed that middle school doesn't get Field Day but thrilled that Isom had Family Fun Night tonight so she was able to go on the inflatables. I love that Isom offers Family Fun Nights. It's a great time to get together with the Isom families and have a great time with some good food!Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-91554252428507178022011-06-09T23:23:00.000-07:002011-06-09T23:23:09.897-07:00Stocking up!!!Tuesday evening, my sis-in-law and I took off for Albertsons. We had put together a huge run. We had gone through the Albertsons ad the week before and figured out our stock up deals and then got on to ebay to find the coupons we were needing. Yes, we purchased coupons from ebay. Once we knew we were able to get the coupons we needed, we called the store and placed a special order for each of us.<br />
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We have built up a great relationship with the store manager and they do an amazing job at having everything ready for us when we arrive.<br />
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Here is what I purchased this last run...<br />
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70 boxes of Ronzoni Garden Delight Pasta (combination of spaghetti, rotini, and penne)...FREE!!<br />
20 jars Peter Pan peanut butter<br />
40 jars Ragu pasta sauce<br />
50 bottles of Wishbone dressing, variety<br />
6 Pop Tarts<br />
6 Sprayway glass cleaner<br />
2 Orbit gum (needed as a filler)<br />
3 pints of Starbucks ice cream (not pictured)<br />
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My out of pocket was $58.53, my savings was $562.55...making the shelf cost for all of these items $621.08. That, my friends, is a 90.58% savings!!<br />
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Do you notice that some of these items are in boxes?! When you special order you get your items in cases. It actually makes storing these items easier because I can just stack them in the garage next to the shelving unit that I'm already using for my overstock.<br />
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I can't wait for our next stock up deal. It's nice that I actually have items that I can cross off of my grocery list for at least the next 6 months...probably longer!Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-43557418076883443982011-06-07T23:08:00.000-07:002011-06-09T23:09:14.699-07:00Last Day of PreschoolTuesday was Ethan's last day of Preschool. He has had an amazing year and absolutely loved his teachers. Ms. Karen, Ms. Gidget, Ms. Janet, and Ms. Nancy...THANK YOU!! (Sorry the picture is blurry. I don't know what happened. Too bad we can't do a re-do.)<br />
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We started out by playing in the gym. The boys loved the rock wall. Ethan didn't have a problem climbing this wall alone.<br />
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After some time of free play, Ms. Gidget pulled out the parachute. There were 3 of us moms there and we were all asked to participate. It was a lot of fun but I wasn't able to get any video or pictures of the action. It was neat to see Weston and Wayne interacting with all of Ethan's school friends. Wyatt, well, he just hung out in the stroller.<br />
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After their "performance" we all had ice cream with lots of fun toppings and cookies.<br />
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It was a great afternoon but very sad when we left. Ethan is the baby in our family and today was the last day of Preschool for all of us. It's hard to believe that we are officially finished with Preschool.Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-61602861425618254972011-06-04T22:56:00.000-07:002011-06-09T22:46:58.695-07:00Farmer's Day Parade...Pool Goes Up!Today was the Farmer's Day Parade. It was a beautiful day!! Last year, Jason was working on the day of the parade and I had some how been able to keep the kids from knowing it was parade day and we slept in.<br />
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This year, however, was different. Brenna was in the parade this year with the Middle School and High School choirs. There was no skipping the parade today. Jason, once again, had to be at work so he wasn't able to join us. We also had Brenna's BFF spend the night Friday night so that she could attend the parade with us. The kids had a blast. We had to be at the parade route early to get Brenna where she needed to be. So, we found our spot, laid out the blankets, called the rest of the family members that were going to be joining us to let them know where we were and then got Brenna to her pre-parade location.<br />
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I am so glad that Tyler and Tanya thought the 10:30 parade started at 10:00 because they arrived just 5 minutes after us and were able to help entertain Ethan before the parade.<br />
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We were right in front of the post office and liquor store. In between these two buildings, there is a nice section of grass with some shade. The boys were able to just run and get the wiggles out before the parade started.<br />
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Brenna hung out with Wyatt for a few minutes before meeting up with the choir. Brenna loves helping out with Wyatt. I mean, who wouldn't love to spend time with this adorable little guy?<br />
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There were several entries in the parade and the kids had fun watching all of the different entries pass by. This was the crew of kids watching...Paige, EmmaRae (Brenna's BFF), Wyatt, Alyssa, Ethan, Wayne, and Connor.<br />
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Brenna met up with us after the choir had gone through the parade route. It was fun to have her with us watching the rest of the parade. At one point, all of the kids stood up and I just couldn't pass this picture up.<br />
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There was also a Farmer's Market type area in one of the parking lots. It included some food booths as well. Lynden does such a great job putting this day together. There are activities all day downtown.<br />
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We didn't stay downtown after the parade because I was determined to get the pool set up and start filling it before Jason got home. I wanted to surprise him. Well, that didn't happen as planned. We discovered a few holes in the upper ring that I needed help with. So, once we got the holes patched, we moved forward with getting the pool filled. It was great to be outside enjoying the beautiful weather!!Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-16985313394550059412011-06-03T22:31:00.000-07:002011-06-07T22:54:55.362-07:00Early birthday celebrationBecause Ethan's birthday is during the summer and he won't be in school, his teacher allowed him to celebrate a month early with his Preschool friends. He was so excited to bring treats but so confused as to why they were singing "Happy Birthday" to him when it wasn't his real birthday.<br />
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It was a beautiful day so the kids all got to sit outside to eat their popsicles. I had found these mini popsicles at Safeway. They were the perfect size for the kiddos, especially since they had just had cupcakes for another summer birthday earlier in the day.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOrBtmjngFRolC798zwCXgxo8WP8a9L9oMTdBKonWxNncYWMTuXHRdDECRnTbZBdmpd_DvkJbYUxsls9NgmlXu-9sVewRIbFq5nZ6v0F3MGNzcwGMRhM9eEyGA330TS-4m_nnXKKUa1c/s1600/IMG_0787.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEOrBtmjngFRolC798zwCXgxo8WP8a9L9oMTdBKonWxNncYWMTuXHRdDECRnTbZBdmpd_DvkJbYUxsls9NgmlXu-9sVewRIbFq5nZ6v0F3MGNzcwGMRhM9eEyGA330TS-4m_nnXKKUa1c/s320/IMG_0787.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was also Show and Tell day. Ethan loves Show and Tell. He usually creates something really neat with his legos to show his friends but today he wanted to take his dinosaur. They each get to share about their toy/item and then they answer three questions, asked by classmates, regarding their toy/item.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhe9bTOxU_rLgU__hisuObgNKjkvm2TWKv1lMqM90g6LvkFWddf3aABetyRgyXuNO8zfYqzZ5YokAHA6sO0c6lsH_JKBqz2FTU-khrQJMGUIi6pqejYtUYcp3TLvc3L4PlsEAqDSK03c/s1600/IMG_0792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqhe9bTOxU_rLgU__hisuObgNKjkvm2TWKv1lMqM90g6LvkFWddf3aABetyRgyXuNO8zfYqzZ5YokAHA6sO0c6lsH_JKBqz2FTU-khrQJMGUIi6pqejYtUYcp3TLvc3L4PlsEAqDSK03c/s320/IMG_0792.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is Ethan's Preschool buddy Connor. They are really hoping to be in the same Kindergarten class this next Fall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97gVr_2eGPHCACErZAxX-rOdvVSf-_tj5gNPOdjeyi-HQO5NQVUdOmsy24Mz4IIPutvo9nmLjpIB1_Zf4-B-HJWaSP1vnZ73hjdHgA2fgKxyMiBoHsavdj7rfVKIg-Nl_R_tZT-a9wko/s1600/IMG_0790.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97gVr_2eGPHCACErZAxX-rOdvVSf-_tj5gNPOdjeyi-HQO5NQVUdOmsy24Mz4IIPutvo9nmLjpIB1_Zf4-B-HJWaSP1vnZ73hjdHgA2fgKxyMiBoHsavdj7rfVKIg-Nl_R_tZT-a9wko/s320/IMG_0790.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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So my SIL and I have been working on putting together an Albertsons run. We've heard about these great "Twice the Value" (TTV) coupons that Albertsons offers every couple of weeks and we wanted to take advantage of them. So, after hard efforts of collecting enough "Twice the Value" coupons, we each put together our shopping lists, matching up our manufacturer coupons with the Twice the Value's. We knew we wanted a lot of the Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce so we actually called the manager and put in a special order. This way, we were assured enough bottles when we got there. We also ordered mfr. coupons for a very small price...this is how many couponers are able to create stockpiles and get the number of coupons needed.<br />
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The store manager was amazing. He was very helpful and ended up opening up a lane just for me. Normally, you are allowed three transactions at a time and you are allowed only three "Twice the Value" coupons per transaction. After three transactions, you have to go back and get in line again. I was prepared to go through the line 3 times. Yes, I had 8 transactions. However, I was so thankful that the manager was willing to just do my transactions himself back-to-back. It was the smoothest check-out I've had with such a large amount of items.<br />
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Here's what was included: <br />
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Transaction #1:<br />
2 Jet Puff Marshmallows (mfr. for a b1g1)<br />
1 6-pk Hershey Chocolate Bars (mfr for $2.00 off)<br />
1 Honey Maid Graham Crackers<br />
3 Nestle Drumstick ice cream treats (TTV used w/ each mfr. coupon)<br />
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OOP: $4.49<br />
Total Savings: $19.24 (each line of savings includes store card savings & coupons combined)<br />
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Transaction #2,3,4 & 5:<br />
10 Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce (three TTV used w/ five $1/2 mfr. cpn)<br />
(when you special order, you get the items in boxes and not bagged like the rest...that was weird!)<br />
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OOP: $0.00<br />
Total Savings (per transaction): $27.00<br />
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Transaction #6:<br />
4 Clorox Toilet Bowl Cleaners (2 TTV w/ mfr. cpns.)<br />
1 Best Foods Mayo<br />
3 Crystal Light (b2g1 mfr. cpn)<br />
2 Oscar Meyer Turkey & Cheese Hot Dogs (TTV w/ mfr. cpn.)<br />
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OOP: $6.27<br />
Total Savings: $29.39<br />
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Transaction #7:<br />
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2 Jet Puff Marshmallows (mfr. for b1g1)<br />
1 6-pk Hershey Chocolate Bars (mfr. for $1.00 off)<br />
1 Honey Maid Graham Crackers<br />
3 Kraft Cheese Deli Deluxe Cheese (3 TTV w/ mfr. cpns.)<br />
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OOP: $6.96<br />
Total Savings: $16.17<br />
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Transaction #8:<br />
10 32 oz. Gatorade (10 for $5)<br />
1 Nestle Drumstick ice cream treat ($1.00 mfr. cpn.)<br />
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OOP: $6.93<br />
Total Savings: $17.19<br />
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Yes, that was a lot of transactions. I went with no children and I took my time. I had my coupons separated out by transaction and had a sticky note on each pile so I knew exactly what I needed to pull out of my cart for that transaction.<br />
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Here's our first special order purchase from Albertsons a week ago. We knew they were having a sale on the Ronzoni Garden Pasta...$1 a box. We also knew that we could purchase for just a couple of $$ some $1 off each box coupons. So, we ordered coupons and called the manager with our special order. Here's what I got and my SIL got the same.<br />
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10 boxes of penne<br />
10 boxes of rotini<br />
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OOP: $0.00<br />
Total Savings: $30.00<br />
**This will be great for pasta salads this summer!!Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-54835839895700820732011-05-30T22:14:00.000-07:002011-05-31T22:42:20.000-07:00Good bye training wheels!We have been talking with Ethan for awhile now that this Spring he was going to learn to ride his bike with no training wheels. He has been very nervous about this. He really hasn't ridden his bike much because he didn't like that training wheels were uneven and it would rock a little as he rode it.<br />
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Last Friday, the 20th, was walk/ride your bike to school. As we were leaving Preschool, I brought to Ethan's attention that one of his good buddies was riding his bike with no training wheels. Of course, Ethan was quick to point out that Connor's mom let him wear knee and elbow pads...along with his helmet. So, of course, I asked Ethan if he would be willing to learn how to ride with no training wheels if he had knee and elbow pads. He took me up on my offer. So, that weekend while we were in Bellingham we picked up a set of protective pads.<br />
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This afternoon, while the girls were gone spending time with my mom, we told Ethan it was time. He was so excited to learn. I thought for sure we may have a little resistance. He jumped in to help Jason get the training wheels off. The excitement was almost too much. We got all of his gear on and went for it.<br />
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He took off riding his first attempt. Jason held on for a short bit and then just let go.<br />
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It was fun to see all of the students showing off their art work. They were all so proud of what they had done. They each got to choose a piece that they had done at some point during the school year. Alyssa was stuck on which piece to enter so we had Ms. Brenda help make the decision.<br />
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We are so very proud of Alyssa and each of the art pieces she has created this year. She amazes us more with each new project. The picture below was on a bulletin board displayed with other photos of students with their most recent projects. May was "Student's Choice" month. Alyssa found this picture of dumbo on google images and decided that she wanted to paint it. So, we printed it and she drew it on the canvas, free hand, and then painted it to match the picture. <br />
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If you have a child that loves to draw and paint, I would highly recommend getting them into one of Brenda's art classes this next fall. Let me know if you would like her contact information.Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-53494547295345811482011-05-23T20:51:00.000-07:002011-05-31T21:37:11.831-07:00JAM 6th grade graduationIt's hard to believe that next fall Brenna will no longer be a part of our children's ministries and will be moving up to the Jr. High group.<br />
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Sunday was "graduation" day for all of the 6th graders at church. Our JAM/Children's Ministries is amazing and we all had a great time together. We were served a delicious lasagna lunch with garlic bread and caesar salad. For dessert, we had a variety of cheesecakes to choose from.<br />
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After lunch, we all moved up to the JAM room for a "graduation ceremony". <br />
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**I'm not sure why some of these pictures look a little grainy. Our camera is newer and I'm still learning all of the settings.Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00536915893361479104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-485624692059817176.post-82991666282170789922011-05-21T22:12:00.000-07:002011-05-21T22:12:51.054-07:00Ethan lost his first tooth!!Tonight, while sitting on the couch, Ethan was wiggling his very loose tooth. He jumped up from the couch came running to me and said "uh". I looked down at him and saw his mouth opened and his tooth laying back and a little sideways. I calmly said, "Here buddy let me fix that for you." I just picked the tooth up...no blood, no tears, nothing. It was the easiest moment of a tooth coming out in this house in a very long time. I guess this is the difference between boys and girls. The girls are so dramatic over loose teeth and Ethan, not at all. The only thing he wanted to do was call Wayne but because Wayne was already in bed, he told Auntie. His next phone call was Grammy. It was so cute to see him so excited.<br />
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Mom had me put Ethan in play clothes and then pack clothes for school because they were headed out to watch the pour. Ethan has been wanting to see Papa Duane's truck in action for a very long time. Well, not only did he get to see it in action but he got to be a part of the pour. Now, I don't know if there was really concrete coming out of the tube when he was holding it but the boy didn't care. He was just thrilled to get to touch it and learn all about the truck and see it in action.<br />
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I put together this scrapbooking page for him to take to show and tell next week. He can't wait to show his friends what he got to do.<br />
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