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Mothers Day Memories

15 May

 

 

It was a very special Mother’s Day weekend this year. I was so happy to spend time on Mother’s Day with my mom and with my kiddos.

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And for the animal lovers out there, I will include these two in the Mother’s Day love mix.

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I do feed them and clean up after them and put them to bed and take them for their shots, and I am fairly certain that they call me mom.

Matt and the kids, and my mom and my mother-in-law and the whole family made the weekend so nice. One of the highlights was spending some time at the beach on a beautiful day.

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It was super special to go to the Mothers Day lunch at Ali’s preschool. They sang to us, fed us and gave us gifts.

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And, they let me bring Gigi!

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We also met up with the Hawkins side of the family for even more celebration on Saturday night honoring moms and aunts.

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I am seriously going to have to “bring it” on Father’s Day! The bar has been set high by my hard working husband!

Amy

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Baby Zachary

20 Apr

My cousin Mike and his wife Cheryl introduced us to their new little guy today and we are in love.

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We gave him kisses, snuggles and more kisses.

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Until finally Zachary said, I give up!

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Welcome to the family baby boy. We hope you can handle all the cousin love coming your way!

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A Holy Week Meditation

28 Mar

Based on John 13:21-30 [show]John 13:21-30 One of You Will Betray Me [21]After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me." [22]The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. [23]One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table close to Jesus,(1) [24]so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus(2) of whom he was speaking. [25]So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, "Lord, who is it?" [26]Jesus answered, "It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it." So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. [27]Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly." [28]Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. [29]Some thought that, because Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, "Buy what we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor. [30]So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night. (ESV) Footnotes 1. [13:23] Greek 'in the bosom of Jesus' 2. [13:24] Greek lacks 'Jesus'
This text is from the ESV Bible. Visit www.esv.org to learn about the ESV.

The words had been there for a while now, growing stronger every day as He continued to choose to keep them in. Now, at what He knew would be their last meal together before everything changed, the words burst out, “I have something to tell you and I need you to know that it is true. One of you will betray me.”

He watched their eyes as they began to look around and whisper to each other. He saw that they had no comprehension of the level of betrayal that was coming.

He waited.

Peter was curious and bold, but still not bold enough to be the one to ask the question in front of everyone. He knew that open-hearted John didn’t care so much what the others thought. So Peter prodded John, who leaned in and asked, “Lord, who is it?” Jesus knew now was the time to tell them, but the coming betrayal was too painful. He could not say the words. Instead He replied to John, “I’ll show you.”

He grabbed a piece of the bread, the bread that He had just said represented His body, and He dipped in in the wine then reached across the table. For you, Judas, I am giving My body and My blood. No man takes My life, I give it freely. “Now go, and do your business quickly.”

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Great Race

23 Mar

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It was a fun morning at The Great Race in Agoura Hills. Matt and I enjoyed and endured the beautiful scenery and rolling hills of the 10K. All in all I am just really happy that we got to spend that hour + running together.

After the 10K my mom brought the kids out, and after fueling up on pancakes, she and Ali had a great run in the Family 1 Mile Run.

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Ali is so proud of her first medal!

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Colors

16 Mar

Green: St Patty’s parade in Ventura with friends.

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Brown: chocolate passed out during the parade and smeared on faces.

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Pink and purple: Five year old girl. Nuf said.

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More Green and Brown: We are taking our patio vegetable gardening to the next level this year. Phase 1 demolition is complete.

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Red: How many times have you seen Cars? Ka-Chow.

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Tubing and Zooing

02 Mar

Our wintery vacation is coming along quite nicely despite, or possibly because of, the un-wintery weather we are enjoying. It is still cool enough for a nice fire in the evening.

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But the sixty degree days have made the snow a lot more fun to be in.

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Tubing is even more fun when you are not cold!

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When we are not in the snow, we are once again lovin on the chubby cheeks and sweet smiles of Mr Cooper.

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Of course, everyone knows the big downside to the California mountains is the crowds, and today was no exception. Yesterday there were only about five cars in the parking lot when we arrived for tubing. Today, the place was packed. So we kept on driving and ended up at the zoo.

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Hoot, hoot, hello to you. Foxes, wolves, bears, eagles and owls.
Now, naptime.

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Big Bear

28 Feb

We made it to the snow! We haven’t seen snow since last year, so this was an exciting day!

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The Haircut

18 Feb

Silas got a long anticipated hair cut last week.
BEFORE
Pros: Shaggy surfer cut suited his personality, lots of curls in back, sweet baby hair
Cons: Daily hair brushing battles, frequently called a girl by strangers

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AFTER
Thanks to our beloved Stacey we still have the pros without the cons, and Silas had a great time getting his hair cut!

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