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My Parker Bear

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Happy Halloween! Nin taught me how to use Picasa3 today too so now I how to upload collages of pictures...which is fabulous because now I don't have to pick just one or two pics. :) If you click on the collage you can see the pics closer.P was a bear for Halloween this year. Daddy's idea. When I

Hayrides and hot chocolate

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Sunday Kiki and Frosty invited us over for their annual Halloween Hayride. Frosty had the tractor ready to go and was dressed in his burberry scarf (had to mention that). The most fashionable Southern Illinois tractor driver I know! side note: Frosty does not normally drive tractors (like most SO IL

Some say….

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after almost 4 years of marriage and a baby...marriages lose their spark? Unless I'm just working with a delayed reaction here, I must say, that is not the case in my marriage! I will give much credit to the great hubby...he is SUPER wonderful at being romantic. Here's an example of some of the

CG took a swim….

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......in the dog bowl....AGAIN! For some reason, P thinks it is SOO FUNNY to put CG in the dog's water bowl, or the toilet, or the bath tub. It must be something with the splash it makes. No idea, but very annoying! The other night he decided to let CG go swimming (when mommy wasn't looking) right

Pumpkin carving party

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I'm sure you knew this post was coming, being the fact that we just visited the pumpkin patch last week! Next on the list, ofcourse, PUMPKIN CARVING! Gigi and Papa came over to help us make our pumpkins pretty. And honestly, they are the pro's at this pumpkin carving thing. J had never carved a

Papa Keith…I love you

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Saturday we headed to J's home town of West Frankfort to attend his great Aunt's visitation. P was a WILD MAN when we got to the funeral home. Lucky me. Chasing chasing chasing was the theme of the day. He is quite the social butterfly, going up to everyone...waving and smiling. It definitely was

CG-TIMES TWO!

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Are you seeing double? We now have 2 C.G.'s. C.G. stands for Curious George by the way. It's amazing how many people don't get that? I thought I would clarify. Plus, if you haven't noticed I shorten everything as if I'm txting and if you ask my husband...he'll tell you I even talk in text. Oops!

Pumpkin Heaven….

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My mom, dad, auntie N, kiks, frosty, izzy, J, P and I all headed to Bandy's for our annual family trip to the pumpkin patch! We are going to start making this a tradition. P LOVED the pumpkins! I was worried that it may be somewhat boring for him since he's still a little young, but boy was I wrong,

Two peas in a pod

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Do you ever thank the lucky stars for the best friends in your life? I mean, really...what would we do without our BF's?P has found his new BF...her name is Miss Klaya. He has to constantly be touching, petting, playing, taunting, kissing,....you get my point...he loves her! Here they are watching

I can’t even count to 80…

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My GK (gpa Kenny) turned 80 Friday! I know what your thinking...can you actually imagine turning the big 8 0? I guess since I am only about to turn the big 2 8...it just seems unimaginable that I'll ever be 80 years old! I mean, don't get me wrong, I hope and pray that I live till I'm 80 +, but it

Road Trip!

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We are finally home! It was a short trip to visit the fam, but well worth it! 5 hours is a long time to keep a lil guy occupied in a car...so thank god we have a DVD player. We rotated Baby Einstein and Spongebob for 5 hours straight. Yea, it makes for a pretty boring adult car ride, but hey, at