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2009 09 23-10 19

I had to sneak these pictures of the boys playing. They kept trying to hide from me.

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2009 09 16

Caleb's math project about measurements. Unfortunately he missed 3 days of school because he was sick. He had to take in a picture instead of the cookie.

2009 08 08 Girls Night Out

A whole bunch of us had fun eating out at Olive Garden and shopping til we dropped on tax free weekend.

2009 08 03 Parent Night at Durkee Rd Daycare

Garrett was the best little performer, of course.

http://s620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/annsworld/2009%20Awards/2009%20Durkee%20Rd%20Daycare%20Parent%20Night/

2009 07 25

Trey's Monster Birthday Party

Eyeball Monster...............................Garbage Monster........................Balloon Monster

7-10 (Friday) We left the house at 5:45 EST on & arrived in TX around 8:45 EST. It took a little longer than usual because we stopped in Muenster, TX (a German town) for dinner. It wasn't as authentic as I had hoped, but we were glad we stopped.

7-11 (Saturday) We had lunch at Grandmother & Papa's on Saturday, July 12.

7-12 (Sunday) We went to church. Tom (Dewayne's dad) rode with us and the big boys rode with Debbie (Dewayne's mom). Garrett turned to Tom in the car and told him, "Granddad, your eyes are cracking." We all got a kick out of Garrett pointing out his grandfather's wrinkles. After church we (and a lot of Dewayne's extended family) had lunch at Grandmother and Papa's house.

7-13 through 7-17 We had a lot of fun throughout the week. See the link at the bottom of the post for pics of our fun.

7-18 (Saturday) Caleb's 11th Birthday We drove home from Texas with only 4 stops. The kids were amazing.

Here are pics from the week: http://s620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/annsworld/2009%20TX%20Trip/?albumview=slideshow

2009 07 01-09

1-Work & Church
2-Work
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Dewayne worked. I had the day off. Sam, Garrett & I drove to Signal Mtn. to pick up Caleb from camp. When we got back to Cleveland, the boys and I had breakfast at IHOP. Garrett had his first smily face pancake (chocolate chip). Then we went to the used bookstore to find some things for the drive to TX. The boys each got a book, and we got a movie. After that we went to Wal-Mart, then home for lunch and Garrett's nap.

4-Independence Day

We all went to the opening of the new McKay used bookstore in Chattanooga where we found another movie and more books for the drive. After that we went to Sam's. That evening we went to the Stricklands' new house for a cookout. There was a pretty big crowd. It was fun, but we left around 8. Dewayne and the big boys went to get fireworks after we got home. All 4 boys had fun shooting them in the front yard.

5-Anniversary

This was our 12th anniversary. We went to church and relaxed at home the rest of the day.

6-Camp

Dewayne worked, and I worked until about 1, then took Sam to Camp.

7-Work

8-Puddin' Pups

Around 7:30, as we're walking out the door, Dewayne noticed our dog Puddin' had had 2 puppies. Caleb, Garrett, & I hung around the house for a while to see how they were doing and if she would have anymore. Finally the boys and I left, but Dewayne stayed a little longer. Everyone at my work was happy for us. They said if it ever happened again to be sure I was late to work again. They all would have done the same thing. Dewayne left for work after she had two more puppies. I came home for lunch at noon and found a fifth puppy. Right before I needed to go back to work at 12:50, she finally had her sixth puppy. It was quite an exciting day. We also had church that night.

http://s620.photobucket.com/albums/tt282/annsworld/Puddin%20Pups/?albumview=slideshow

9-Pack & Load

I worked, but they didn't have any work for Dewayne, so he and Caleb went and picked up Sam from Camp. Since they weren't going to have any work for Dewayne the next day either, he asked me to see about leaving for TX a day early. My bosses all agreed, and I managed to get enough work done to leave for vacation a day early. We spent the evening finishing our packing and loading the car.

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