Sunday, September 28, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
I started a post on sports, hockey on Friday night- so good to see the CBJ back in action.
Blake and Cole’s soccer games on Saturday- I am so over soccer- isn’t that sad?
And then Austin’s football today- a very good lesson for my kids to learn about dirty play…. and how even if you lose,...
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Thursday, September 25, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
I just stumbled on this site and blog and it has so much cool stuff.
You can see more here
She has a cool blog, I love these pics by Todd Selby
this one caught my eye because Cole really wants to learn how to play the drums. Between that and Blake and his electric guitar (which...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
he won this at the conference in Vegas. Yes, we already have a Wii but ours has already been in the shop once and is very picky about games. Hoping the new one isn’t so finicky.
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Monday, September 22, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
So we never thought Ike would make it this far north but he did and left trees down and 20 people dead, oh and no power. For 8 days.
This is how we ate breakfast
Everyone has tree limbs piled in front
Crazy to see such large trees completely uprooted
There was no rain, just wind.
This tree fell on...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
It is very beautiful out here in Nevada. Very hot and dry, but beautiful.
Here is a before the hike picture, see I am still happy
It was nice to get out off the strip and into the wide open
a very large rock
we hiked for about three miles- it was like a stair climber...
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Monday, September 15, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
So here I am in sunny Las Vegas while my kiddos are home with no power.
Ike decided to make it up to Ohio yesterday and blew out power in much of our area. My poor mom is stuck there with three kids and no power. I guess it’s pretty bad, they didn’t have school today,...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
Today Andy and I boarded a plane and left the kids with the grandparents for only the 2nd time in our 11 years of parenting. And only our oldest was sad to see us go. Andy has a conference and I tagged along for the ride.
Pics to come.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
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I am SO ready for hockey season.
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
My poor brother and his family just moved from Ohio to Houston Texas. Of course we filled him in on all of the great things about the Lone Star State- mostly good Mexican food! But he moved down there in the heat of the summer and now he is dealing with Ike. I feel bad...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 Posted in ElisaLou
This morning Austin asked if I remembered where I was when I “heard”. “Of course” I told him.
I remember the time like it was yesterday. He had just turned 4 years old and we weren’t sure how to shield him from the news, and when he did hear, how to explain it all to him.
We...
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