tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47748258767108068622024-02-20T06:39:33.860-08:00benay's bloga blog about stuff that is important to me.Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-75703747137092081822012-09-19T13:49:00.000-07:002012-09-19T13:49:40.117-07:00Bronwyn's Room TransformationThe last time I blogged, I was at the end of my whirlwind "take the girls to college" trip to the US. It was a great trip, but I came back pretty tired and needing to spend some good time with my boys who stayed here in Porto Alegre.<br />
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Well, 3 weeks has gone by and I finally feel like I'm rested up and ready to take care of all the stuff I need to take care of! Make sense?? </div>
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So, the one thing that I didn't show you from our trip was Bronwyn's room. We all (my mother in law, Carys, Bronwyn, Stephen, and myself ) spent a lot of time working on her room during the week. I had been bugging Bronwyn about sending me the "after" pictures, and last week she finally did. So... here we go:</div>
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I'm sorry to say that this is the only "before" picture that I took. I wish I had taken more, because this room really underwent an impressive transformation that can only be truly appreciated if you saw the way it was before. Her room is actually part of the garage that was closed in to make an extra bedroom. This hadn't been done by a professional. The walls are kind of just pieced together and there were big cracks in the corners. The room was painted white, with the baseboards and all around the window and doors painted black. And there were some lovely heavy black curtains sadly hanging in the window.</div>
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My mother-in-law and I decided pretty soon that the whole room needed to be repainted. While I went to meetings with Ansley, Bronwyn and Marie (my MIL) painted the black trim with white enamel paint. There was a lot of taping involved and a lot of care taken not to get the carpet dirty. But, they got it done and did a great job. Just covering the black made a huge difference.<br />
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Bronwyn picked out a beige color for the walls...<br />
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And we rolled and painted 2 coats on all the walls, except one.<br />
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Looking so much better already!<br />
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For the wall that her bed would be against, Bronwyn picked out a pretty salmon pink color. She wanted the room colors to be salmon/coral with brown.<br />
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Here is a picture of Bronwyn's bed before:<br />
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She bought it from a friend last year and got a good deal on it. She liked that it had storage, but it wasn't comfortable to lean back against it, so we did a little bed makeover.<br />
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After painting it, we made a cushioned board and connected it with hinges at the bottom of the shelves to make a cover for the shelves. It stays closed with velcro at the top.<br />
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We bought a curtain panel for the window and a really cheap sheer one for the closet. <br />
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Stephen snagged this couch when ACU got new dorm lobby furniture. It fit in and matched perfectly. We made those salmon colored pillows using <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/284571270174803908/">this tutorial</a> since we didn't have a sewing machine handy. (yeah, Pinterest!)</div>
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The picture above the couch is a poster of a picture that Stephen took of Bronwyn sitting on a pier during their trip to the Amazon this summer. </div>
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This coffee table was given to Bronwyn by a friend of ours in Memphis. It was a dark brown stain. we took it apart and painted it cream with the pinkish legs. It looked so cute.</div>
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The bookshelf came from Stephen's family. Bronwyn made the little chalkboard (which still has Anderson's name that he wrote on there). We bought the mirror for 6.00 at at flea market in Abilene and painted it. The little table was from my parents. </div>
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This is the left wall of her room. It was the one in the worst shape (half the wall was concrete, the other half some pieced together plaster things that hadn't been pieced together very well.) To cover up the bad shape of the wall, we covered two foam core boards with fabric and hung them on either side of the bulletin board which we had also covered with coordinating fabric. Bronwyn bought her desk for a good price last year. It's "shabby chic".</div>
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Just a shot of the closet and window with new curtains.</div>
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This is my favorite part: Bronwyn worked on these embroidery hoops all summer. Some are embroidered, some have doilies (thanks, Granna!), some are just fabric, some have felt flowers, and one is just string wrapped around a hoop. Put all together, they looked so good behind her bed. The little table beside the bed was from my parents. It was bright orange when they bought it, but they stripped it and painted it this creamy color. It went perfectly beside her bed. The lamp, we found at a thrift store in Abilene for $10. Bronwyn has had her brown bedspread since her freshman year. Every year we have made new pillows. My mom made these two pillows for her bed to coordinate with her colors.<br />
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Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-6703941007970432702012-08-28T10:30:00.000-07:002012-08-28T10:30:03.372-07:00ONE MORE DAY!!!Dear boys,<br />
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Just wanted to stop in my packing frenzy and tell you how much I love you all and how much I miss you. Carys and I can't wait to get home.<br />
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I would post some pictures, but there is nothing special. Just imagine that scenario of me running around cramming things into already pretty full bags.<br />
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Besides, if I posted pictures you might accidentally see some surprises!!<br />
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Well, in an hour and a half are leaving for the airport, so I better get the rest of my packing done.<br />
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I love you all so much!!<br />
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love,<br />
MomBenayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-66801166508633890712012-08-26T16:45:00.001-07:002012-08-26T16:45:15.941-07:00Happy Birthday, Kevin!!Today is my husband's birthday. HAPPY!<br />
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I am still in the USA and he is in Brazil. SAD!<br />
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But, as he has told me, it is just another day. We will celebrate when I get home on Wednesday (only 3 more days!).<br />
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In keeping with the Blume birthday blog tradition, I have asked our kids to write something special about their dad on his birthday. <br />
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At our new sponsoring church recently, someone who doesn't know Kevin that well yet, said that he was surprised to learn that Kevin is a big cut-up. You will see from these words about their dad (and the pictures), that our kids, who know him VERY well, love to cut up and goof around with their dad. And vice versa.<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px color: #000000;">Giovanni: </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">happy fathers day!happy birthday dad! hi dad! you are so beautiful dad and you are so mean to mean dad! and i went to sogipa with dad and anderson! i love dad!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Anderson: dad you are so cool, the only bad thing about you is that you are a big fat goober! Happy birthday! i love you! anderson</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Carys: Dad is the best dad ever i couldn't ever ask for a better one he always makes me laugh when i am sad and i wish i could be there today for his birthday but when i get there i am obviously going to do something special for him when i get there i loovvveee you dad!!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Garrett: dad is the BEST dad in the world!! i love doing stuff with him, and spending time with him! a specially love wrestling with him, but i feel sorry cause i always beat him! i love you dad! happy bday!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Ansley: DADDY POO, I LUH YOU, YOU SO NICE, I LUH YOU. did you like that rhyme that i made for you, daddy? well daddy, i love you so much. and i hope that you have an AMAZING day and know that we LOVE AND MISS YOU SO SO SO MUCH. sorry for never calling you daddy. now im making up for it. LOVE YOU, DADDY!!!</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Bronwyn: Happy Birthday Dad!!!! I hope you have a great day today in the man cave! Thank you for being such a great dad. I love talking to you and beating you up when I'm home. Thank you for always calming me down when I call you and reminding me to have fun. I love you!! Love, your favorite child.</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Me: Simply said, you are the greatest blessing that God has given me. I love you so much. Thank you for treating me like a queen and being patient and loving with all my shortcomings. I can't wait to get back to Brazil and be with you (and the boys, of course.) I love the way you never stop growing, never stop trying and never giving up on being the best husband, dad, missionary, whatever that you can be. Thanks for inspiring me to do the same. KISS KISS - HUG HUG.</span></div>
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Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-26953194486258213992012-08-25T15:50:00.000-07:002012-08-25T15:50:31.386-07:00To my guys - 4 days leftOk. Well I'm posting from an iPad for the first time. A little weird to type on a screen instead of a keyboard.<br />
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We are in Dallas tonight on our way back to Memphis from Abilene.
This morning i went to meetings with Bronwyn about her nursing school. It was really neat to see her school, meet her teachers and hear what her classes will be like. She will have to study really hard, but we all know she will do great, right?<br />
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After her meetings we went to get her uniform and shoes. Check her out:<br />
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We picked up Ansley and took some farewell pictures:<br />
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Then we said goodbye with only a few tears and we were on our way.<br />
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When we got to the hotel, we didn't feel like getting ready and going out for dinner. We weren't that hungry and just sick of being in the car. So I decided to just go to the grocery store and get some stuff for supper. Here is my awesome supper combo:<br />
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Chicken strips, baked potato salad, chips, popcorn, orange crush, and molasses cookies. That's gourmet dining at it's finest right there.
Now our hotel room smells like a combo of micro popcorn and fried chicken. Yum!<br />
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Honestly, we are all so tired we don't even care. It was sad to say goodbye to the girls, but we are all ready to be on our way back home.<br />
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Love and miss you all,<br />
MomBenayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-53722598000879057162012-08-23T09:35:00.000-07:002012-08-23T09:35:48.474-07:00To my guys - counting down now - 6 days left!Hi Guys,<br />
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Sorry about not posting yesterday. Lack of computer access again.<br />
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I wanted to tell you about something really neat that we got to see on Tuesday night. It was the Candlelight Devo that is a tradition at ACU.<br />
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All of the kids who aren't freshman, and a lot of teachers and other adults, line up in a path and hold candles. They all start to sing really pretty devotional songs and then the freshmen walk through the path on their way to an outside theater. As they walk along and listen to the singing, sometimes people jump out of the line to give someone a hug. <br />
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As the freshmen get to the amphitheater they start lining up and filling in the seats, and then they get candles and start singing, too. Then there is a little speech by one of the teachers at ACU.<br />
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It was really, really neat. Grandmommy, Carys and I got to line up with Bronwyn, Stephen and all of their friends as the freshmen walked through. Then we listened to the speech which was really, really good. <br />
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Here are some pictures:<br />
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As Grandmommy said as we were leaving, "This was worth the whole trip." <br />
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It was really, really neat and, again, I am just so thankful that Bronwyn and Ansley are at such a pecial place with such loving people.<br />
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Love you all,<br />
Mom<br />
<br />Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-41866029693893157172012-08-21T16:37:00.002-07:002012-08-21T16:37:40.654-07:00Dear boys (I'm tired of typing "to my guys")Hello!<br />
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It's a no picture day again. Sorry!<br />
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Yesterday and this morning Ansley and I had lots of meetings to learn about ACU.<br />
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I am more impressed than ever with this school and am so thankful that the girls are here.<br />
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Today after lunch, Ansley started her Welcome Week activities. These are fun activities for the freshmen to get to know each other and just have fun and relax the first week. <br />
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Grandmommy, Bronwyn and I have been working really hard getting Bronwyn's room ready. It is looking great and I will share pictures when it is finished. <br />
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Stephen keeps hanging around us every chance he gets. I guess we like him. (just kidding, Stephen.)<br />
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Carys is putting in a lot of time watching movies while we are working. She seems to be having fun.<br />
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I miss talking to you guys and hope your internet and phone get fixed soon.<br />
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Love you all!<br />
MomBenayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-38474553756303243042012-08-20T09:28:00.000-07:002012-08-20T09:28:04.714-07:00To my guys (day 12)Hey guys!<br />
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I don't have a lot of time right now, and the rest of the day will probably be pretty busy. Ansley and I are going to meetings starting at lunch time until supper time. Learning all about ACU, her classes, etc. <br />
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But, I wanted to show you some pictures from the past few days:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our welcoming crew at ACU: Stephen and Andrew Dillard</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grandmommy took a risk and opened the back door of the car - it was packed so full that stuff fell out.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">See?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Room rearranging: Tyler, Erika's boyfriend (in the plaid shorts), Branson, Erika's brother and Robert, Erika's dad, moved the furniture all around until the girls were happy with it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sweet Jeanene Reese came by to check on the girls.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Big sisters and little sisters - all cared for and loved by this sweet "substitute" mom.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grandmommy and Carys are working on Ansley's bulletin board - filling it with pictures.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We ate lunch with the Cranfords on Sunday at the Zellers' house.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grant. Same as always and even more.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Abigail, Riley, and Carys lost no time in renewing their friendship. They hung out all afternoon. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I was going to say "played" all afternoon, but they are too big to "play" so, they "hung out".)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Moms and Daughters - This is why I am so glad that I got to come and do this. Thank you!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grandmommy, Stephen and Bronwyn working on painting her room. It is going to be so cute.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ansley's bed - almost finished.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Her bulletin board looks great.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Erika's bed looks really great, too.</span></td></tr>
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Well, I'm running out the door now to start the afternoon of meetings.<br />
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I miss you all! <br />
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Love,<br />
MomBenayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-22842122283998889722012-08-19T18:14:00.000-07:002012-08-19T18:14:01.411-07:00To my guys (days 10 & 11)Dear Kevin, Garrett, Anderson and Giovanni,<br />
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First of all, let me get this out of my system:<br />
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I MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!<br />
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Well, sorry about not blogging yesterday. I don't have a computer with me so I've been using Bronwyn or Ansley's computer. Last night they both slept in their college rooms, so I was stuck with no computer after our busy day. Sorry!<br />
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And.... this post isn't going to have any pictures because Bronwyn's computer doesn't have a camera card reader and so I can't upload my pictures. Sorry again!!<br />
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Yesterday we drove from Dallas to Abilene. We ate a Chick Fil A for lunch and I got a book for Anderson and Giovanni to share. You will like it. We got to Abilene a little after lunch time and started moving Ansley in her room.<br />
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We met Ansley's roommate, Erika, and her family. They are really nice. We helped Ansley arrange the furniture in her room, put up all her clothes, and start decorating. Her room is going to look really nice. We saw Stephen, Jennifer, Asia and Tyler.<br />
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One time, we momentarily lost Ansley's room key. I was worried that I had thrown it away because I had been picking up little pieces of trash and tags from things that Ansley had bought and throwing them away. The key was in a little yellow envelope and I was worried that I had accidentally picked it up and thrown it away. The trash bag had already been taken down to the dumpster.<br />
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Guess what I did? I went to the dumpster, climbed up the side of it and had to step in it to get the trash bag out to see if the key was in there. It wasn't. Then, about 5 minutes later they found it on Erika's desk in their room. <br />
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With her iPhone, Bronwyn took a picture of me climbing in the dumpster, which I'm sure gave a chuckle to many onlooking parents and students:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Grandmommy tried to take a picture of me with her iPhone, too, but she ended up taking a movie instead. Surprised?? If I can figure out how to put it on here, I will.)</td></tr>
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Grandmommy took Bronwyn to her room to unpack her stuff from the car, then we went to eat a hamburger and went on a big shopping trip to Dollar General. After that we were all so tired. So we dropped the girls off at their rooms and went to the Zellers' house to sleep.<br />
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Today we had church at Highland Church. It was really nice. There were tons of people there. After church we had lunch at the Zellers' house and met a lot of really nice people. Then we took Ansley to get her ID card made for college and went to Walmart to get paint for Bronwyn's room. Her room is white with black trim and it really needs painting. Grandmommy, Bronwyn and Stephen are working on it right now. <br />
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Ansley got a message from a new friend asking her to eat in the Bean, so she couldn't wait to get out of Walmart and get to meet her friend. I'm pretty sure she doesn't need me anymore except to maybe hang a few pictures on her wall tomorrow. <br />
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Tomorrow starting at lunch time Ansley and I have meetings all afternoon, and then Tuesday morning. Then Ansley starts her Welcome Week activities and we will just be helping Bronwyn.<br />
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Well, I have pictures of all this stuff. I'll show you those tomorrow.<br />
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I love you all!!!<br />
Mom<br />
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PS. Oh yeah, Anderson and Giovanni, I LOVE the dress up outfits as workers. You both are so handsome!!!<br />
<br />Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-60886603585867192472012-08-17T17:57:00.000-07:002012-08-17T17:58:00.045-07:00To my guys (day 9)Hi guys!<br />
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Long traveling day today.<br />
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But we made it safely.<br />
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Guess where we are staying tonight?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Elisa with her new school shoes. They rainbow colored and sparkly and they light up! Anderson, do you want me to bring you some like them??</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We are at Sascha and Jennifer's house. We just went out to eat tacos and we will leave here tomorrow to go to Abilene. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tomorrow I'll send pictures of Ansley and Bronwyn's college!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Love you!!</span></div>
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<br />Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-34896937523175467082012-08-16T20:46:00.000-07:002012-08-16T20:46:39.127-07:00To my guys (day 8)Dear guys,<br />
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Well, "guy time" has officially started. Has anyone died of starvation yet???<br />
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Just kidding, I know Dad <strike>is a great cook</strike>, <strike>knows how to cook an egg</strike>, knows where McDonalds is.<br />
<br />
Today was packing day for us - I should say for "me" because some of us don't do so much in the packing department as others do. (like blonde, curly-headed, soon-to-be college students...)<br />
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Anyway, here is the day in a few pictures:<br />
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Ansley is not very excited about packing. She makes up reasons to stop and eat snacks, go to movies, whatever. I'm trying to be nice to her because she is kind of nervous about going to college.<br />
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Carys was having a snack at around 10:30 this morning. I wanted to take a picture of her "snack" to show you. She didn't want me to and grabbed her plate and ran away from me. Why??? (see next picture)<br />
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Why?? Because THIS is what her "snack" was at 10:30 in the morning:<br />
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Chicken and mushrooms with rice and half a plate full of baked potatoes. Some snack!<br />
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Here is Ansley's stuff that we had to pack in the car. We still aren't finished yet, but there are just a few things left for in the morning:<br />
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Later in the day, Ansley and I went to eat lunch with Papa and Grandmommy at PeiWei. It was really good. We had fortune cookies and took some silly pictures.<br />
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After that, Ansley, Carys, Chloe and Grandmommy went to see this movie:<br />
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They said it was really good. </div>
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I decided to wait and watch the movie with you guys! </div>
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Well, better get to sleep, we have a long day of traveling tomorrow.</div>
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Love you guys!!</div>
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Mom</div>
<br />Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-86613498666172094042012-08-15T17:15:00.003-07:002012-08-15T17:15:50.580-07:00TMG (day 7)Dear Guys,<br />
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I am feeling better now, but we have decided to go to Texas on Friday instead of tomorrow.<br />
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I am glad.<br />
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Today was more shopping and errands. We are all tired and will probably go to bed early.<br />
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In closing I just want to say:<br />
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I<br />
MISS<br />
THIS:<br />
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AND<br />
THIS:<br />
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AND<br />
THIS:<br />
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AND YOU, TOO, GARRETT!<br />
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LOVE,<br />
MOMBenayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-88816506605289125912012-08-14T15:57:00.004-07:002012-08-14T15:57:54.316-07:00TMG (day 6)<span style="text-align: center;">Not a lot of words for today. Here's the day in pictures.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Packed full car.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guess who snoozed in the backseat again.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pigging out. Ansley had already "eaten" lunch at Granna's house. So she just got a snack - a corn dog.</td></tr>
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I woke up with a stomach ache this morning. Then I made the smart decision to eat at Abe's for lunch.<br />
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Now - not feeling so great.<br />
Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow.<br />
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Love you guys,<br />
Mom<br />
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PS. Here is a picture of Grandaddy and his grandmother. Does he look like Garrett to you?<br />
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<br />Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-82317153993134930622012-08-13T14:13:00.000-07:002012-08-13T14:13:13.771-07:00TMG (day 5)Hey guys,<br />
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You may not have heard, but last night I painted a picture.<br />
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I don't know if I told you or not.<br />
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But I painted a picture.<br />
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Several of the ladies at Monrovia church were going to a special place where an art teacher shows how to make a painting. All the ladies make the same painting.<br />
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The place looked like this:<br />
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Here is the painting we did:<br />
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I am going to write a Bible verse to the right of the cross, but I haven't got the right paint pen to do it yet. I am also kind of trying to decide what verse to put there.<br />
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Do you like it? <br />
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I had so much fun painting it.<br />
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There were lots of other paintings that the art teacher will teach you how to paint. Each group just picks which one they want to paint. Here were some of my favorites:<br />
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Anderson, I think you would love this place, too. I know you like art.<br />
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Only I didn't see any soccer pictures in there. So you might not like it as much as me.<br />
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I miss you all and hope you are having fun! <br />
Tomorrow we leave Huntsville to drive up to Memphis. Then Thursday, we will take off for Texas!<br />
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Love,<br />
MomBenayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-19326573801395326232012-08-12T14:05:00.002-07:002012-08-12T14:05:57.282-07:00To my guys (part 4)Hey guys!<br />
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Today was Sunday, which included for me:<br />
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<li>breakfast at Burger King with Larry and Margaret Ann. I got a good hug for all of you.</li>
<li>church at the coffee shop with Fresh Wind Fellowship.</li>
<li>church at Monrovia with more hugs and a great lunch afterward. (from Terra Novas!)</li>
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Kennedy and Carys were playing together at Granna and Grandaddy's house after church. Kennedy remembered a fun place to play in their neighborhood.<br />
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It was a big ditch that fills with water when it rains. Someone has fixed a swing that you can swing from one side of the ditch to the other. Check it out!<br />
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They had a lot of fun!<br />
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A reflection in the water...<br />
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Cute cousins!<br />
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The mosquitoes were starting to eat my face (the only part I didn't spray with bug spray), so we headed back home...<br />
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Here is my favorite picture of the day:<br />
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Hello Carys's booty!Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-27827222907294703192012-08-11T15:45:00.001-07:002012-08-11T15:45:31.940-07:00To my guys, (day 3)Dear guys,<br />
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Today is a great reason why this was a girls' trip and not a family trip.<br />
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Today we shopped. And then we shopped some more. And then we ate a quick lunch and then shopped some more.<br />
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Little guys, big guys and just guys in general would not have loved it. Or even liked it.<br />
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Trash cans, canvas shoes, jewelry holders, hangers, laundry hampers, t-shirts, tank tops, sandals, room decor.......<br />
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(don't worry, dad, we only bought the necessary things, didn't go overboard, and got good deals).<br />
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So, I don't have an exciting blog post AGAIN! Sorry!<br />
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Here is proof of our day:<br />
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So, that's it for today. <br />
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There should be some more exciting action to report tomorrow, though.<br />
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I miss you all!!!Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-86049849635455601222012-08-10T14:15:00.002-07:002012-08-10T14:15:17.069-07:00To my guys (day 2)Hey Guys!<br />
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Well, today was a travel day (again). I drove and Carys did this:<br />
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Guess where we went. Here are some clues.....<br />
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Did you guess?<br />
Here are some bigger clues:<br />
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Granna, Grandaddy, Ansley, Carys and I all miss you and wish you were here with us. On the agenda for tonight:<br />
Ansley and Spencer are going to see Batman. Carys might go with them.<br />
We are eating barbecue for supper. The best barbecue ever with watery sauce.<br />
It is thundering outside and I bet it is going to rain.<br />
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Tomorrow I think we will go shopping. I am glad that we won't be traveling anywhere else at least for a few days.<br />
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I love you guys and miss you a bunch!Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-12585496519447702552012-08-09T08:33:00.001-07:002012-08-09T08:33:47.246-07:00To my guys...<i>For the next couple of weeks, I am in the states to help Ansley and Bronwyn get settled in at college. Carys came with me, so it's going to be guy time in the Blume household in Brazil. I'm going to use my blog to let the guys know what all is going on with us on our trip. </i><br />
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To my favorite guys in the world...<br />
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Well, we made it to Memphis. It is about 10 in the morning here and I don't have a lot of exciting stuff to tell, but I thought I would share some highlights from our travel.....<br />
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On our first flight to Brasilia, Carys and I read books. Guess which one was hers....<br />
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The guy beside us decided to take a nap. And he snored. It was funny and we snuck and took a picture of him....<br />
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After Brasilia, we got on our plane to fly to Atlanta, Georgia. Now it was our turn to snore! Carys and I both slept almost the whole trip. <br />
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We woke up when they brought us our breakfast. It was something that I know Anderson would LOVE! An egg, cheese, and black olive sandwich!!!! Oh, YUM! <br />
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No really, it was gross. It looked so bad I didn't even dare to taste it. <br />
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But that's OK, because when we got to Memphis we snacked on some yummy cereal. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(oh yeah, and Carys got a donut - sorry Anderson! but I AM going to bring you some donuts!)</span><br />
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It is hot here, and we might go swimming or shopping a little.<br />
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Sorry this update is kind of boring, but I'll do better next time!<br />
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Miss you guys!!!<br />
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Love,<br />
Wife and Mom<br />
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PS. Check out the berry filled frosted mini wheats. They were so good. I will be bringing some home.<br />
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PSS. What I miss right now:<br />
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<br />Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-16304288347394824642012-07-13T10:57:00.001-07:002012-07-13T10:57:04.278-07:00Brotherly LoveI have one sister and one brother. Kevin has only one sister and no brothers. Besides my dad and my uncle (who remain best friends to this day), I haven't been around that many brother to brother relationships. <br />
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But with our girls gone this week, it has been an all-boy household around here. I love that our boys love their brothers<br />
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There is one big brother who didn't appear in these photos. His mission when I get out my camera is to ruin every picture I try to take, so therefore no pictures of him. <br />
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BUT, he is a great big brother. He is very patient with his little brothers and loves to help and take care of them. He's a great soccer pal to Anderson and patiently plays with Giovanni and his toys.<br />
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We start our 2 week winter break today. To kick it off right, Anderson came home today with a 102 fever. Fun. Please pray for him! Thanks!Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-360440460927033622012-07-09T16:20:00.000-07:002012-07-09T16:20:03.647-07:00Monday Morning"Mom," whined the 3 year old sleeping beside me this morning.<br />
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I grabbed his hand thinking he just wanted to hold my hand. But, no...<br />
"Something's wrong. I sheeshed* in my pants." <br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Xixi - pronounced she-she - is pee pee in portuguese. Around our house we've shortened it to "sheesh")</span><br />
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That was the 4:45 start to my day.<br />
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I had planned to run this morning and almost called it off because of the lovely wake-up, xixi adventure and the fact that it was cold. In the 30's. <br />
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Since the half marathon I did in April, I had probably run a grand total of 1 hour in two months. If you've ever run regularly, and then stopped, you know how hard it is to get started again. Like starting from zero.<br />
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I needed something good to listen to, so I downloaded a sermon from the Bethel church website. I wasn't that excited about the title, but it ended up being just what I needed.<br />
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It was an interview with Ryan and Sara Hall. They are professional runners and Christians. Ryan is on the US Olympic team for the marathon. Their interview was so great. It encouraged me physically and spiritually.<br />
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I would strongly encourage you to listen to their interview. If you are a runner, you will love it. If you are a young person interested in sports, you will love it. (I'm encouraging Garrett to listen to it soon.) If you are serious about running the Christian race, you will also love it.<br />
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Go <a href="http://www.ibethel.org/podcast/2012/06/14/olympics-performance-and-rest">here</a> to download.<br />
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I can't wait to follow Ryan in the Olympics!Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-24092585368038846252012-07-08T15:42:00.001-07:002012-07-08T15:53:36.836-07:0010 yearsOn June 23rd we marked our 10th year of being in Porto Alegre.<br />
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Today was a special day. We found out about a house that is owned by the Catholic church and has been used for several years as a type of "soup kitchen" or shelter for the homeless. They didn't sleep there, but went for a warm shower, change of clothes and a hot meal. Most of all they received the love of Christ from the Franciscan monks who lived there. </div>
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Because of a lack of volunteers, the monks are not able to continue the work they were doing and gave the house back to the Catholic church who owns it. One of our members found out about this house and inquired about the possibility of us continuing the outreach to the homeless (and others who need help) by using this house. </div>
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The house is huge, and our church family walked around with stars in their eyes just dreaming about how we all could serve the Lord using this house. We have not had a building for several years and our church has grown in number and in spiritual strength. We don't need a building to be a family. But it was neat to see and hear the dreams of those who visited today and hear the humble prayers of petition that God would grant us the use of this house if it would bring glory to Him.</div>
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I am so thankful for the attitudes and servant hearts of our church family. I am thankful to be a part of this group. We'll see what God has in store for us.</div>
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Thanks for praying with us!</div>Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-58996403635914528272012-06-05T05:57:00.001-07:002012-06-05T05:57:55.273-07:00Art like Romero BrittoYesterday afternoon, Anderson was bored and wanted me to play with him. That usually means watch him play a video or computer game or play soccer. Not my ideas of fun. <br />
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I suggested that we do some art together. He was all for that because he loves to draw. He wanted to draw, guess what? Soccer pictures. He is really into designing cool uniforms for soccer teams. Again, not really my idea of fun.<br />
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I wanted him to try something different, so I pointed out some ideas that I had found for artwork. He decided that he wanted to do art like Romero Britto (a famous Brazilian artist). I quickly found <a href="http://kidsartists.blogspot.com.br/2011/06/in-style-of-romero-britto.html">this little art lesson</a>, we talked about how to do it and went to work.<br />
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We had a new appreciation for Romero Britto and the way he combines patterns and colors.<br />
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Here are our finished projects:<br />
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Anderson was very proud of his work and we think it is frameworthy for his room.<br />
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PS. Giovanni was also proud of his work, although not exactly in the style of Romero Britto!<br />
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<br />Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-29372206594286061022012-06-01T07:29:00.000-07:002012-06-01T07:29:00.068-07:00My Internet Fast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the past few weeks I noticed that I had been spending too much time on the computer. I like to read blogs. I like to look at pictures and updates on facebook. But it had gotten out of hand. It seemed like the more I looked at stuff on the computer, the more my mind turned to mush. Even though what I was looking at wasn't "bad" in itself, it wasn't doing me any "good".<br />
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So I decided to take a fast.<br />
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For the past week I have intentionally tried to stay off of facebook and not look at blogs. I'm not being overboard with my commitment, because if I say I will NEVER and then I cheat (which I have), then I will just give up and quit the whole idea. <br />
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About the cheating, not that I'm making excuses for myself, but the past three days I have had a horrible sore throat and cold. I haven't felt like doing or concentrating on anything, so I have sneaked a few looks at blogs and fb. But I'm not giving up on my commitment.<br />
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Now that that's off my chest, what have I noticed in my "fast" so far??<br />
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First, kids need time just to talk and hang out. Last week I just took some time to sit with Anderson. He was playing a video game, but I was just there beside him. During his play time, we had a talk - I'm pretty sure it was about soccer - nothing serious. But he appreciated it. "I love you, Mom", he said. Melt my heart.<br />
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Second, all the little internet times I take during the day (30 min. to read blogs, 20 minutes to catch up on facebook, a little while checking out new ideas on Pinterest....) - all those times add up. I'll never forget one time I was a little addicted to a game on my husband's old electronic agenda (I forgot the name of it). I would play around with it when I went to the bathroom or just hanging out. One time I saw that there were like 30 hours logged on that dumb game. It wasn't all me, but a lot of it was. What if I had used that 30 hours doing something else? Like reading my Bible or praying or cleaning out a cabinet or reading a book or calling my parents?? Giovanni's preschool director and I had a conversation recently about facebook and she was commenting that it drastically reduced her productivity. So true, for me at least. Until I got sick, I was getting a lot more done and I plan to continue that trend even after my "fast" is over.<br />
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Third, being sick and fasting from the internet has had me checking out TV during the day. There is nothing good on. I have barely watched any TV in the past several years, and I have found that I haven't missed anything. I'll take my mommy blogs any day over daytime TV.<br />
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Finally, why am I posting on a blog when I am fasting from the internet? Because writing my own blog isn't addictive to me (as you can tell if you follow this sad little thing.) Maybe taking a break from other people's lives will inspire me to notice and write about my own life more. We'll see. <br />
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Stay tuned....<br />
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<br />Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-55213698683470125342012-05-23T09:52:00.000-07:002012-05-23T09:52:47.173-07:00lol<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It took me a while to figure out what "lol" means. I'm the person who has to google phrases like that because I'm kind of oblivious to a lot of stuff and don't pick up on lots of details. Let's blame it on 6 childbirths (which does make you forget lots of stuff), 10 years of teaching school and learning to filter lots of blabber to get to the important stuff, or living in a foreign country where I don't hear the latest lingo and don't watch hardly any TV. <br />
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So, for those of you like me, "lol" apparently means "laugh out loud". (I just googled it to make sure, ha ha, i mean, lol.) It is internet slang. I guess it is just plain old fashioned to type in "ha ha" or "HA!". Now it is "lol". <br />
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(on a side note - in Brazil it is "rsrsrsr" or "kkkkkkk" or "haiusdhaisuhdiausihus" - all of these mean laughter).<br />
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So when is the last time you "lol"ed?? Even though I don't consider myself a super serious person, sometimes it seems like I go too long without laughing (out loud). <br />
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HOWEVER - today I had some good giggles. <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjVjPuJHsv4">This video</a> on our <a href="http://blumesinbrazil.blogspot.com.br/">family blog</a> makes me laugh everytime. Anderson made this by himself when he was 5 or 6 years old and it cracks me up. I know it by heart and so does everyone in our family, but I can't watch it again without giggling.<br />
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Also, read <a href="http://hagenhoopla.blogspot.com.br/2011/08/why-im-not-on-pinterest.html">this blog post</a>. Ansley showed me this this morning and I would have wet my pants if I hadn't been sitting down. <br />
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I love to laugh....ha ha ha haaa.....loud and long and clear! (a little shout out to Mary P.)<br />
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Anyway, I do love to laugh and I hope these little links have given you some giggles today, too. If you have any funny links to share, leave a comment!!Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-25128889818235283662012-05-21T09:57:00.002-07:002012-05-21T09:57:30.344-07:00Movie Recommendation: Oldie but GoodieOh yeah, I have a blog.<br />
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So, so much catching up to do on here. I'll try to do better for the 3 of you who read this!<br />
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We have family movie nights at our house - usually on Friday night. Since Ansley got home from Ecuador (yeah!) last Sunday, we watched a new movie that she bought there.<br />
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I had never heard of it. It was called Iron Will. It is an old movie - like Kevin Spacey is in it and he looks about 30. <br />
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It was about a young man, Will, who decided to race in a sled dog race in memory of his dad (and to save his farm and pay for his college.) I'm not going to tell more because I don't want to give it away if you haven't seen it. <br />
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We LOVED this movie. It was exciting enough that the big kids liked it, but not too scary or violent for the little kids. No bad words or parts where you had to fast forward through.<br />
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So, if you are looking for a good family movie, this is a great choice!<br />
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Also, if you have family movie night too, you might want to enter a giveaway for a projector on this blog: <a href="http://megduerksen.typepad.com/whatever/2012/05/movie-partyin-moms-room.html#comments">Whatever</a>. I can think of a million ways we could use this projector!Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774825876710806862.post-60340967917586937782012-05-04T17:14:00.002-07:002012-05-04T17:14:26.153-07:00Awesome BookI love reading and I love reading good books to my kids. <div>
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Here is one of my very favorites. I used to read this to my 3rd grade class when I taught school.</div>
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Tonight I finished reading this to Anderson. He loved it and I loved reading it again.</div>
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If you have boys, read this to them. Girls would like it too, but it definitely has boy appeal.</div>
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I'm not going to tell you what it's about, but trust me, you will be drawn in and you will love it.</div>Benayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735660115709670670noreply@blogger.com1