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Sunday, September 26, 2010

Day 111





September 25th 2010

Saturday

JOY is friends.  The children enJOY riding bikes skateboards rollerblading playing ball and drawing with chalk with our neighbor girls Shayla and Shaylee. 

Day 110




September 24th 2010
Friday

JOY is a good pair of slippers and a nice nap!  Jadon's latest favorite thing to do is grab shoes bring them to me plop on the floor infront of me and say "shoes" so I put them on him.  His favorite shoes this week have been his Alaska slippers from Grandma Alaska. 

Day 109




September 23rd 2010
Thursday

JOY is introducing the new chicks to Grandma Tuttle.

Day 108



September 22nd 2010
Wednesday

JOY is spending time with unkle David.  Jaren has taken an interest in the game of chess recently.  Thankfully David knows how to play it and can teach him.

Day 107




September 21st 2010

Tuesday

JOY is family swim day at the Oregon City swimming pool.  We are so grateful to have unkle David come with us.  Jolie got a nose bleed during swim time.  She was well taken care of by the lifeguards.

Day 106





September 20th 2010
Monday

Joy is having fun and getting messy while eating!   

Day 105




September 19th 2010
Sunday

Jenea visiting the chicks before church.  She's holding Shining Brightly.  JOY is Jenea's beautiful smile!   

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Day 104






September 18th 2010
Saturday

It has been an exciting week.  We watched 5 chicks be born.  We learned about death as we came home from shopping Wednesday to find a chick had drown.  JOY hearing the little cheep cheep of the chicks and letting the children each name one.  We have Pepper (Jenea) Pecker (Jaren) Shining Brightly (Jolie) and Soccer (Jude). 

Day 103





September 17th 2010
Friday

JOY is watching another chick hatch.   

Day 102





September 16th 2010
Thursday

JOY is dumping out the powered sugar bag and playing in it.  At least Jadon is cleaning up after himself this time.    

Day 101





September 15th 2010
Wednesday

Jolie lost her first tooth today.  JOY is the anticipation of what the tooth fairy will bring her in exchange for the tooth.   

Day 100





September 14th 2010
Tuesday

JOY is watching your first chick hatch.  
   

Day 99





September 13th 2010
Monday

JOY is discovering the first zucchini in the garden!   

Day 98





September 12th 2010
Sunday

JOY is listening to Grandma Graham read bed time stories.  

Day 97





September 11th 2010
Saturday

Today my mom Jadon and I attended a solar oven making class.  We were the only attendees there so we got lots of attention.  JOY is learning a new skill.    

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Day 96






September 10th 2010
Friday

JOY is playing at the Waddell families home while mom is taking a class.   

Day 95





September 9th 2010
Thursday

JOY is growing children and sunflowers. 

Day 94





September 8th 2010
Wednesday

JOY is a mystery.  I was out back with the kids and noticed Tim left his coveralls on my back patio by the girls bedroom window.  After I posted on facebook that some mysterious man named Tim left his clothing outside my house my brother David commented that he left those clothes outside the window.  Apparently Tim is our uncle Tim and he gave the coveralls to David who left them out back.  Mystery solved.

Day 93





September 7th 2010
Tuesday

JOY is apples first thing in the morning. 

Day 92





September 6th 2010
Monday

JOY is playing on the old swing set.  Today we went to the Exeter house for Preston's 2nd birthday party.  The kids were so excited!

Day 91





September 5th 2010
Sunday

JOY is having another adult in the house.  Uncle David moved back in.

Day 90





September 4th 2010
Saturday

JOY is daddy son time.  Paul Jaren and Jude are building bows and arrows out of string duct tape batting and piping.   

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Day 89




September 3nd 2010
Friday

Lately I'll come into my office and many times find Jude climbing in the window so he can look out front.  Tonight he did the same but ended up out front.  JOYfully he wasn't hurt; just scared.  Jolie helped him back into the house. 

Day 88




September 2nd 2010
Thursday

JOY is having a voice and using it to influence others for good.  I won this trophy in toastmasters tonight after giving a speech on postpartum depression.  I do belong to the greatest toastmasters group ever!

Day 87




September 1st 2010
Wednesday

JOY is knowing others love you and believe in you.  This is a note I anonymously received in the mail.  It brought tears to my eyes and is something I treasure always.