tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78955171095231377102024-02-15T07:50:23.198-07:00Trailerhood AristocratsOne family's adventures on a family ranch in Wild Horse, CO...from a trailer house!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.comBlogger655125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-32401471317696608362015-08-26T13:51:00.000-06:002015-08-26T13:51:26.138-06:00Building Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It would appear that it's been three weeks or so since I've posted a building update.</div>
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So here's a quick rundown via Instagram pics.</div>
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We got windows! </div>
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We got doors!</div>
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We got a roof!</div>
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And, I'm obsessed with decorating it. </div>
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Lots of other stuff has gone on too.<br />
You know, plumbing, heating, electrical, those sorts of {important!} things.<br />
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We had a little miscommunication on the bathtubs and the wrong ones were ordered.<br />
That's put us at a complete standstill for two weeks waiting for those to come in.<br />
Not that big of a deal, but when you're used to seeing progress every day, two weeks without them even there, seems like a big deal!<br />
We are shooting for an end of October completion.<br />
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Contrary to what everyone tells us...it has remained a fun process with very minimal stress! <br />
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Well, it happened...our Little Lady started Kindergarten!</div>
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She's been at this whole school thing for almost a week now and I think the nerves caused by all of the unknowns of Kindergarten, are finally all settled and I think she's loving it.</div>
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We had to stop by the new house for a first day of school picture on the front porch.<br />
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Even though neither one of them might admit it to you, I think they DO miss each other, at least a little, during the day.<br />
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Tressie has Miss Lowe again this year.<br />
She had her for Preschool and loved her.<br />
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We are very excited for a great Kindergarten year!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-41792200444271589252015-08-26T13:34:00.001-06:002015-08-26T13:34:48.068-06:00County Fair Round Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We had a very fun second week of county fair at the Lincoln County Fair.</div>
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The kids got to show their goats here.</div>
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They both really enjoyed showing their goats; after the show they both asked when they got to do it again!</div>
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They have a long history; from bottles, to T buying him at Papa's sale, to the show ring. </div>
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And of course when it was all said and done, there was plenty of time for lots of ice cream and snow cones!<br />
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See, we live in Cheyenne County and my folks sell quite a few goats to 4-H'ers over there, so we're involved in that fair.<br />
And then, Justin showed all his 4-H years in Lincoln County and we work in Lincoln County, we we're involved in that fair, too.<br />
So for now, that means two county fairs for the Golding's.<br />
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Anyways, last week was Cheyenne County Fair.<br />
T and GW showed Charlotte and Star in the Bucket Calf Show.<br />
They both did great with their calves.<br />
T totally rocking it and GW with minimal help and no crying this year!<br />
And they both did a good job of answering their questions, speaking into the microphone.<br />
We were super proud of them, and their calves!<br />
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Gunner after the show with his celebratory Dr. Pepper.<br />
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After the hard work was over, it was time for face-painting, carnival games, rides and snow cones!<br />
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Saturday morning was the fair parade.<br />
The boys all rode with Grandpa Hammer in his buggy.<br />
T rode on the 'Princess for a Day' float with all of her little princess friends. <br />
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We had a great time at the Cheyenne County Fair.<br />
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They finished the back-filling, that seemed to take awhile.</div>
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They poured the basement floor, the front porch and back porch on July 22nd.</div>
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I was pretty excited about my front and back porch! </div>
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And now...it looks like this!!!<br />
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The framing crew arrived the afternoon of July 28th (Tuesday).<br />
Put in super long days, we're talking working well into the night under flood lights.<br />
And pretty much had it done August 1st (Saturday).<br />
That's a group of hard working Mormon boys right there!!<br />
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Everyone keeps asking me, what's next???<br />
I don't really know.<br />
I'm just worried about paint colors and furniture!<br />
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Oh and when Tressie saw this, she was ready to go home and pack.<br />
We had to slow her down a little : ) <br />
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#goldingsbuildEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-29628961448985751242015-06-26T15:49:00.000-06:002015-06-26T15:49:54.574-06:00Basement Walls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wednesday, June 24th - We have basement walls.</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-57181799176250700592015-06-26T14:33:00.003-06:002015-06-26T14:33:41.410-06:00Splash!We did swimming lessons this week!
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Gunner doesn't really care much for the big pool...but...today {the last day} he actually decided that he liked it and was smiling and having fun. NO crying!!</div>
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So both kids made big strides over the week.</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-18076618404533350112015-06-23T11:42:00.001-06:002015-06-24T16:35:26.933-06:00What's it look like?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Justin and I are both very happy with how the exterior looks.</div>
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Truth: We totally changed house plans at the beginning of this go-round.</div>
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We had very nice custom plans drawn, but by the time we cut out most of the exterior rock {due to budget}, I was no longer in love with how it looked.</div>
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So, custom plans round two and we love it! </div>
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The main thing we like about this design:</div>
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Last week we met with the builder and made exterior selections.</div>
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Below you'll see our selections for stucco color, shingles, front door and then one of those colors {or something like them} for the metal roof over the front porch.</div>
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Making the decision to redesign our house was a big decision, but a good decision.</div>
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We really liked our first set of plans, it was a beautiful house, but when we really stopped and considered our needs, taste and budget, it just didn't work.</div>
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Not only did we make some design changes {mostly exterior}, we also cut down on square footage a little to allow room in the budget to keep the interior finishes we were hoping for.</div>
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Once we made the difficult decision to redesign the house, we were totally at peace, excited and so ready to get started on building our forever home!</div>
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The Golding's are building. </div>
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When we moved into the Trailerhood, nearly five years ago, our plan was always to save money up and build a house. Our forever house, on the ranch.</div>
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In 2013, we put our plans out for bid.</div>
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We broke ground on our forever home on June 8th.</div>
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Monday, June 8th - The first day of the project, dig day.</div>
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The kids certainly enjoyed all of the dirt!<br />
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Tuesday, June 9th - The second day of digging and the hole is done! I LOVE this picture.<br />
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Here's a fun one of the kids playing in the dirt.<br />
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Monday, June 15th - And we have a road! "Everything I love is at the end of an old dirt road. I wouldn't give a nickle to have it paved in gold."<br />
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We had a fun day in the big city yesterday celebrating him.</div>
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Since it was Father's Day, we even let him chose where to eat!</div>
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{And it was Sunday, so Chik-Fil-A was closed...the kids didn't stand a chance!!} </div>
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Famous Dave's it was.</div>
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Yummy!</div>
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{Do note, Gunner made a wardrobe change after lunch....BBQ is messy!!!} </div>
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Then it was onto La-Z-Boy to get this boss his Father's Day present.<br />
A new recliner for the new house. {New house, yes...that's a whole other series of blogs I need to get on!}<br />
I of course, had a very stylish {and certainly not as comfortable chair} already picked out online, but, I mean, a man and his chair, you've gotta let him get what he wants, right.<br />
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I totally approve of his selection.<br />
It was probably the sleekest, comfy recliner they had.<br />
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Then we went and saw Inside Out in 3D.<br />
Super cute.<br />
3D movies with kids is fun : ) <br />
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And last stop of the day was of course...Dairy Queen!<br />
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Then we headed home and had cake with the Papas.<br />
A great day celebrating great men!!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-46693873052536088492015-06-08T13:40:00.000-06:002015-06-08T13:40:31.502-06:00Summer So Far<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Summer is off to a great start!</div>
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Here's a peek at what we've been up to the last month or so.</div>
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We enjoyed spending Mother's Day with my Mom's family in Colorado Springs.</div>
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I LOVE being these two's Mama!</div>
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We had a rather bummer last day of school.<br />
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The preschoolers last day of school was actually cancelled due to muddy roads.<br />
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This is actually how she felt about it.<br />
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But what a great year of preschool she had!<br />
She is already very much looking forward to kindergarten in the fall!!<br />
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I got to meet Baby Wade at the hospital.<br />
But the rest of the gang hadn't met him yet, so we made a trip to Kiowa to visit Baby Wade, Maddie, Aunt Katie and Uncle Will.<br />
Gunner LOVES babies!<br />
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I am SO proud of this girl.<br />
She was one of only three, out of all the age groups, {and by far the youngest} to memorize all of her Bible verses for the week!!<br />
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We branded Daddy's calves last weekend.<br />
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And...Miss Tressie has been playing T-Ball.<br />
"Tressie's my name and T-Ball's my game," she says!<br />
She's so the kid that literally waves and yells, "hi Mom" from the field!<br />
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I'd say that our summer is off to a pretty awesome start!!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-15153076459970214592015-04-17T15:12:00.003-06:002015-04-17T15:13:26.393-06:00Sunday Best<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Most of the time.</div>
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Gunner is becoming quite the ham.<br />
Making pictures difficult.<br />
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You know my love for coordinated family outfits...<br />
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Cheese!<br />
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Case in point.<br />
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And of course a little hot-rodding before church.<br />
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We had a great Easter spent with family celebrating the resurrection of our Savior.<br />
<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-76900162768169349692015-04-03T09:54:00.000-06:002015-04-03T09:54:49.289-06:00Easter Eggs!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I'm going to admit...not one of my favorite projects.</div>
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<br />Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-30595538202594745572015-03-20T16:04:00.000-06:002015-03-20T16:04:45.490-06:00A Few StoriesThere have been a couple of good ones lately, so I thought it was time to document them.<br />
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One day in all of Tressie's random ramblings:<br />
"The things I fear the most in life: rats, snakes and not being popular."<br />
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The other day Tressie told Gaga:<br />
"If I was you, and he was my kid (pointing at her brother), I'd sleep with one eye open.<br />
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Tressie told me that she was out of glue at school.<br />
So I bought her some new glue sticks and gave her one to go put in her backpack.<br />
T: "Mom, can I have another glue stick."<br />
Me: "What'd you do with the one I just gave you."<br />
T: "Gunner has it. He's putting it on his lips."<br />
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And finally, Saturday night on the way home from state basketball, Tressie proceeded to cheer the whole way home. We had all had about enough of it.<br />
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Tressie: "When I say purple, you said gold. Purple."<br />
Gunner: "Shut your mouth."<br />
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Tressie and Gunner, keeping a smile on our faces!!<br />
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And since it seems like the last 10 posts have been about his sister {turning 5 IS a pretty big deal} let's talk about this guy for a minute.</div>
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This picture pretty much sums Gunner up right now.</div>
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He wants, "no help," doing anything right now.</div>
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So if that means walking around with your coat on upside down, so be it!</div>
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Last weekend the whole family traveled three hours north to Loveland to cheer our Lady Wildcats on at the 1A Colorado State Basketball Championships.</div>
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We went in ranked #2, undefeated.</div>
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The girls easily won their first game on Thursday night.</div>
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Friday night, we faced the eventual state runner-ups and lost.</div>
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It was a disappointing game, one of those where things weren't clicking for us.</div>
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The littles still had fun cheering on their Wildcats.</div>
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And win or lose, we'll always be proud to be KC Wildcats.</div>
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We stayed at a hotel.<br />
With a water slide.<br />
Awesome fun for all.<br />
Although Mr. GW almost prefers the "hot pool" to the water slide.<br />
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Saturday afternoon, our Lady Wildcats easily claimed the 3rd place trophy.<br />
We are so proud of these ladies, they are a great group on and off the court.<br />
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This is Brooke.<br />
Or as Tressie calls her Brookes.<br />
Brooke is an aid in T's pre-school class.<br />
Miss T thinks Brookes hung the moon.<br />
We all think Brooke is pretty awesome.<br />
It's awesome that our little lady has such a great roll model to look up to.<br />
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After spending the entire weekend with the Kit Carson community, I am so happy and proud that we're part of this community. </div>
The community shows up to support their team.<br />
The big kids take care of the little kids.<br />
It's a great group to be a part of.<br />
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Proud to be Kit Carson Wildcats!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-22091141972748504762015-03-20T15:40:00.001-06:002015-03-20T15:40:39.698-06:00Girl's Day!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Miss T and I had a girl's day last week!<br />
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I don't know about you, but the only way we know how to start a girl's day is at Starbucks.<br />
She looks a little like she could use some caffeine doesn't she.<br />
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Then it was time for the doctor and kindergarten shots.<br />
Shots, boo.<br />
But she did great.<br />
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Highlight of the doctors visit...getting her ears pierced.</div>
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Way better than a 16-year-old girl doing it at the mall.</div>
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And the big finale...picking out her new doll at the American Girl Doll store!!!</div>
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She used her birthday money and bought it all herself.</div>
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Super fun girl's day!!<br />
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P.S. I hope she still likes me this much when she's 13.Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-80228724601283604002015-03-20T15:03:00.000-06:002015-03-20T15:03:09.602-06:00Happy St. Patrick's Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
These little leprechauns were up to their usual shenanigans on St. Patrick's Day.</div>
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Magical Unicorn and Rainbow.</div>
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More photo booth fun.<br />
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The birthday girl is pretty into hoops, so she got her own hoop and ball to practice.<br />
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{All Papa's doing, thanks Papa!}</div>
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We had tons of fun celebrating Miss Tressie as she turned five!!!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-806861738144026902015-03-06T16:12:00.000-07:002015-03-06T16:12:19.310-07:00Magical Unicorn Party --- With the Friends!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After the disappointment of having to postpone her family birthday party, the weather cooperated and we were able to celebrate as planned, with T's little girlfriends from school on Sunday, her actually birthday.</div>
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This is one very happy little lady!!!</div>
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I had fun putting it together and the girls had fun dressing up and getting their pics taken.</div>
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Such a fun group of sweet little ladies!</div>
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A magical rainbow and unicorn party was the theme.</div>
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Rainbow is after all T's favorite color and unicorns are her favorite animal : )</div>
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Party activities also included rainbow and unicorn coloring sheets and decorating unicorn horns {sugar ice cream cones}.<br />
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The Little Lady had so much fun.<br />
Several times in the middle of the party, she yelled "best birthday ever!"<br />
I'm so glad you had the best birthday ever Little Lady!!<br />
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T and I got to spend the whole day together yesterday.</div>
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Because, we both had cavities and had to go back to the dentist...but it gave us a whole day together none the less.</div>
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We started the morning with a donut from Liggy's. {cavities, who cares...}</div>
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Including a surprise from Gaga and Papa, a birthday present...a new game for her Leap Pad!</div>
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She set under my desk {the guy totally knew she was there and I didn't make her sit under the desk, I offered her a chair, she prefers to play under my desk!} and watched a movie on Netflix.</div>
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The only peep we heard out of her was when she was occasionally bust out in a song from the movie.</div>
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I'd gently nudge her with my foot...and she'd hit back.</div>
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She was a complete rock star at the dentist.<br />
She had the doc and all the hygienists ogling over her.<br />
So she ended up having to have what the doc referred to as a "baby root canal."<br />
When you walk out of the dentist after that and say "that was fun!" you get the new Princess Power Barbie.<br />
{Look a her poor little numb face!!!}<br />
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We grabbed a few groceries.<br />
Had a pony ride.<br />
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I was totally ready to just hit the road, but she begged to go to dinner.<br />
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So I made cupcakes {actually Gaga baked and I frosted}, took them out of the wrapper, placed them in a plastic punch cup and included a plastic fork.</div>
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They were in music class when we got there, so I set a treat and a unicorn napkin on everyone's desk.<br />
T was very excited to see me and her little brother when they got back to her classroom.<br />
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Her sweet teacher, Miss Lowe, gave her a special birthday crown to wear.<br />
As you can imagine, T of course loved this.<br />
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Little brother really enjoyed going to school too!!<br />
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While I am sad that she's growing up so quickly, it was fun to take treats to school!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895517109523137710.post-40328497697639095272015-02-26T09:03:00.000-07:002015-02-26T09:03:11.237-07:00Throw Back Thursday --- Tressie Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This sweet little thing is turning FIVE on Sunday!</div>
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Here's a quick glance at Miss Tressie at her birthday parties over the years.</div>
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Looking forward to two {yes, two} fun magical unicorns and rainbow parties this weekend.</div>
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So we busted out the 4-wheeler and the saucer sled and had some fun!<br />
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At the end of our sledding time, me and John Wayne took turns taking each other for a ride, without the kids.<br />
It's amazing that one of us didn't end up going through the fence.<br />
Good times!<br />
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Glad we finally got enough snow to play in a little!<br />
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Me and T will take any reason to celebrate!</div>
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Friday I needed to run to Lamar that morning for work.</div>
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We had a big day planned: lunch at McDonalds, going to see the Paddington Bear movie and ice cream.</div>
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Important note: when Goggling movie times, make sure that you are in the right state.</div>
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Um yeh, Paddington Bear was playing in Lamar...at 6:45 that night.</div>
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So after dropping $70 bucks at Wal-Mart for two new movies, a bird and a dinosaur, this was no longer "the worst Valentine's Day date ever."</div>
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GW even wore his bow tie! (It came with his shirt we had bought for family pictures and he had never worn it, so we decided it was the perfect opportunity!)</div>
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Goofy kid!</div>
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On Saturday, Valentine's Day, we had several specially themed meals and snacks.<br />
We spent our evening watching the Wildcats play hoops and eating pizza.<br />
Made for a great Valentine's Day!<br />
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Monday, John Wayne and I both had the day off from work (President's Day).</div>
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We had a day in the city full of errands and appointments, including the dentist for all.</div>
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But, we started the morning with Dunkin Donuts, so that always makes for a good day, right?!</div>
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So here we are again, the weekend.<br />
What do you have planned? <br />
More Wildcat hoops for us tonight and then we have a lazy weekend of doing nothing planned.<br />
There's a big snow storm forecasted...we shall see!!!Emilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12667841778772490505noreply@blogger.com0