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Sunday....for my 365 I finally remembered to get a picture of our church. The actual building has a quite interesting past.
Rain, rain, rain...but it is April, you know. Morgan watched as Bill dismantled one of the downspouts to unclog it then put it back together - in the pouring rain!

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Yes....I am behind, but not in taking my photo (or photos) each day, but in uploading them and journaling about them!

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Loving the flowers and green that seem to be everywhere these days!
Went to see If You Give A Mouse A Cookie at a local theater.

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TGIF! Bill took the kids golfing after school which I headed off to a crop at a local scrapbook store. The other pic is the few from my classroom onto the playground.

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Hanging out enjoying spring!

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Wednesdays this spring are for Allison's soccer practice, then game. For the U5 group they have them practice for 30 minutes or so before the games which are 4 - 5 minute quarters. Lots of fun watching the blob of girls chase the ball!

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Counting the money from the Easter egg hunt at grandma + grandpa's. Heading to Target to spend the gift cards from the EB.
Morgan getting a snack....which happens like every 5 minutes right now.

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Monday
Back to work and school after a fun weekend. I actually had to wake Morgan up this morning. I can't remember EVER having to do that! (He is SO me in that way - I have always been a morning person - however I am also a night person - interestingly I don't require a lot of sleep!)
Allie was a slow mover, and grumpy this morning too. (That is ALL my sister!)
The school day went fast as I had some catching up to do from missing a couple days last week with her.
My tulips are just ready to all pop open, but so far only 2.
The kids played so nicely together as I was getting dinner ready. They set up a little fort out front and just played. We ended up getting a new tire today because the nail that made my tire FLAT yesterday was too close to the sidewall. That is my 4th flat in my Trailblazer!?!? At least that one happened at home and cost us less that $50 because of the warrenty that came with our oil change!
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102/365 - Happy Easter

Easter Sunday - He is risen!

Morgan was up first, of course, and quickly found the Easter baskets. (The Easter Bunny is going to have to get more clever next year!!) They had requested cinnamon rolls so we had those, then got ready for church. We decided to take some family pictures after church so we headed out to get in the car well....one of my tires was TOTALLY flat?!? Bill drives a little Toyota pick up, which we cannot all ride in together. We snapped a few quick pic, then the kids and I were off to church (I teach Allison's Sunday school class) and Bill was headed back inside to change out of his suit! Once we returned from church the spare was on and we were ready to head to Grandma + Grandpa's.
Their church is later than ours, so I got started getting everything ready for lunch - pork roast, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, salad, rolls, + desert. Delish!
After lunch Grandma + Grandpa gave us all our Easter baskets, yes, even us big kids still get one (Thanks Mom!!). I got some Vera Bradley flip flops. Bill got a box of Clif bars! Then Tracy + I put out the eggs for a little Easter Egg hunt. Grandma fills them with change, so the kids came home with quite a haul! It was a nice day spent with family.

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Saturday... Allison is feeling better, but still not completely herself. We were off to Grandma + Grandpa's this morning to color eggs and play. I personally cannot stand hard boiled eggs (the smell?!?!) in any variety so I would not dream of even just making them so the kids could color them. Luckily we have Grandma for that! They did the egg thing while I ran off to do a little shopping. I really needed, well wanted some fresh new things for spring + something to wear for Easter. Mission accomplished and I even got to use some super coupons! Allison and I stayed home while Daddy and Morgan went to his baseball game. I was pushing the season a bit with my flip flops, but why not! We baked some Raspberry Cheesecake Brownies for tomorrow.

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Sick day #2 for Allison. She's still fighting off this virus with a low grade fever. At times she seems fine, but other times its obvious she doesn't feel well.
I took advantage of being off school day and did some Easter baking. I made chocolate chip cookies and Peanut butter cheesecake brownie babies! YUM!
My tulips out front are just about to bloom!

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Thursday....
a sick day
Allison was up in the night with a fever and sore throat so we were off to Dr. Matt's this morning. Luckily no strep so just a virus we have to wait out. We had to pick Morgan up at parent pick-up at school - which he loves!
I grilled out BBQ Chicken for the first time this year - one of our favorites.

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Wednesday...
Allison's first soccer game for the spring season was today. They do a nice format for parents with a 30 minute practice, then the game following. At this age 5U they just follow the ball around - all of them - thank goodness the field is very small and they play 4 v 4.

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It SNOWED today! Luckily the ground was too warm for it so stick, but it really snowed most of the day. Our new Sting gear came in so Morgan and I modeled it. We were at school late for us today so ended up ordering pizza for dinner. Allison helped me put out the Easter decorations too.

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Back to school Monday...
We're all back in the swing of things.
Today was freezing with snow in the air so the kids played Webkinz. They are these cute little stuffed animals that come with a code that you enter on the web site so you can play online too. We enjoyed dinner together like we do most nights.
When Granny was here she made Allison a blanked for her baby.

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Saturday...
We had tons of birds at our feeders this morning. Goldfinch, Purple Finch, cardinals, chickadee, and more! Morgan had his first baseball game - he was a hitting machine. We played outside and enjoyed the final day of our spring break!

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Saturday...
Bill got up and RAN to my parents house - 21.6 miles!!??!? He's training to run the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati in May. Morgan had baseball practice, then the boys - Grandpa, Bill, + Morgan went golfing. The girls - Grandma, Allison, + I went to Youngs for miniature golf + ice cream! Grandpa fried up some Lake Erie perch.

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Friday...
We're a bit bummed that spring break is almost over. Chilled today, watched some movies, ate pancakes, went grocery shopping together. The kids ended up heading to Grandma + Grandpa's to spend the night so Bill and I went out to Red Lobster for dinner.

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Thursday....
We headed to West Chester to EnterTRAINment Junction, an indoor interactive train display. It was cool and the kids enjoyed watching the trains. We then headed to Ikea. I had not been there yet. Pretty cool place! On the way home we stopped at a park in Mason to play. Still hanging out with Granny too!

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Wednesday....
Today we made the most of Dayton, Ohio for spring break. We headed to Wegerzyn Gardens to walk the trail and visit the Children's garden. After that we stopped by Fifth Third Field and took pictures by the big baseballs. Then we headed to Deed's point - there's a cool statue of the Wright Brother's and a peace oblisc that is actually a sundial. After this we stopped at Eastwood to try and see the eagles that have a nest nearby. We headed to Mom and Dad's to get Mom, then head to Columbus to see Tracy. We went to dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse, played a little Wii, and played with the dogs! (Bill golfed and hung out with his mom)

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Tuesday...headed to the Greene to see the Easter Bunny. Watched guys cut down some HUGE sick trees at our park. Both trees were damaged in the September windstorm too. It was amazing to see how huge they really were. Granny's still visiting too!

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Monday....loving spring break!!
Cleaned windows, dusted, swept, played outside, kids + Bill did some fishing, Allison + I went on a bike ride, Morgan had baseball practice, Granny, Allison + I ran to Target. We grilled out for the first time too!

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Sunday...After church we hung out at home and tried to keep warm, then headed out to the mall. Morgan needed new baseball cleats - ones that he could run faster in! We stopped at Sonic for a little treat!
Later we baked some muffins for breakfast - chocolate chocolate chip. YUM!

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Saturday...Morgan's game was about an hour away today. We took Grandma, Grandpa, + Granny with us. Grandma, Granny + Allison watched from the car because it was a bit chilly + windy. The kids played hard. At home Bill had the kids hitting wiffle balls - a daily happening these days!