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He found this somewhere in the great outdoors. Not sure what animal it's from. He was not allowed indoors with it. Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17821547950674327305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705039330684489537.post-72366974006230147372012-07-04T14:28:00.004-07:002012-07-04T14:28:49.214-07:00Fourth of July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went to Iowa for a week, and went garage saleing?. Lots of walks and bike rides. Jenni and her kids came up and we enjoyed hot dog roasts at the park. <br />
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Thankfully, I have a wonderful tech savvy daughter that updates he blog frequently, so I am stealing a few of her posts. <br />
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Then everyone came to our house for Memorial Weekend. We celebrated Binga's birthda Again another post from my amazing daughter.<br />
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We were busy finishing up school, and working on the garden.<br />
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So, it was a big weekend at our place. We had several projects to get done and we "hired" some help to get them all done!</div>
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My dad came down to help with the hard labor and engineering, mom came down to relax and enjoy watching/playing with the kids, my sister/her husband came to help with the planning/planting as well as the hard labor. Plus my sister's kids came and had a great time playing with our kids.</div>
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First project was finishing up the garden and getting it planted. <a href="http://www.wallmanwanderings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer Wallman</a> was our green thumb source and she helped Alisha get the garden planned out. Then off to the store to buy the plants and seeds.</div>
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After the ladies got the veggies planted in the yard it was time to get it all fenced in to keep out the critters!! 15 steel posts, 1 wood post, 200 feet of chicken wire, sunburned arms/necks and 6 hours later it was finished...</div>
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After completing the garden it was on to constructing the compost box. We found some old fence posts and some spare wood and whipped us up a storage box for all the compost. The front boards slide up and out when you are ready to use the compost that has been marinating in the box for 6 months or so. Mmmmm Mmmmm Good!!!!<br />
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Our final project was to replace the steeper motors on our Suburban's instrument panel. Our speedometer has been stuck on 130 mph for the last 6 months or so. Yes, it has cost me 1 speeding ticket and 1 questioning with an officer in his cruiser that I was able to get out of another ticket. "Do you know how fast you were going?" "No sir, my speedometer stopped working." "Oh, well, how long has it not been working?" "Actually, it went crazy about 100 miles back. Just kept going and didn't come back. Shows 130 mph all the time." "You are gonna have to get that fixed." "Yes sir, as soon as we get someplace where we can." "Alright then, I'm just going to give you a warning." Hallelujah!!!! Yes, it wasn't actually the complete truth but I couldn't afford another speeding ticket...so, it was worth staring down "the law"!<br />
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Anway, around 11pm on Saturday night we finally got around to tackling this project. My <a href="http://www.ourjumpingoffplace.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">brother</a> replaced his steeper motors a couple months ago and said it was pretty easy. Well, either we had a stubborn instrument panel or he's just a mechanical wizard. It wasn't until around 12:30am that we got it all apart and were ready to remove the old motor off the speedometer gauge. But wouldn't you know it, we forgot a piece to help remove the old motor!! We worked on it and finally managed to get the old motor off the back of the speedometer and it was time to install the new one. Our soldering equipment was giving us trouble but we ended up getting it put back on and installed. Needless to say, our (ok, my) soldering skills wouldn't have passed a high school level electronics class but at least the motor stayed in one place!! <br />
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Papa and Binga also brought some garage sale finds!!! They found a whole bunch of cowboy stuff for the kids - cowboy hats, holsters, and handcuffs. Bryce will have lots of stuff to play with and the girls were having as much fun as he was dressing up as cowboys and cowgirls!<br />
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Moxley is a notorious "bolter" and not nearly as well behaved as his sister Kenzley (<a href="http://www.gabeandanna.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Gabe and Anna Leavitt's Dog</a>) and has already had a wild encounter with the cattle across the road as witnessed by <a href="http://www.wallmanwanderings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jenn Wallman</a>. Our young and adventurous canine discovered that cattle just love to run when they are chased!!! He thought it was the greatest thing since the invention of the fire hydrant!! That dog chased those cattle around for a good 30-45 minutes. It was great fun for him but not good for the cattle and quite frustrating for his owners! Nevertheless, we have been working with him for the last week or so and he actually can learn (yes, we had our doubts!!!!!!). But, for the last 2 days we have taken him outside 3-4 times a day without a leash and he hasn't bolted off once! He has gotten pretty good at listening to commands but still likes to test his boundaries every once in a while. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So we did it! We moved to Kansas. Even after all the craziness of the last few weeks, none of us regret it and are thrilled to be here. We had quite an adventure getting here and now after most of the kinks have been worked out it is great. I will post more pictures inside the house once it's finsihed more.</div>Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17821547950674327305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7705039330684489537.post-71009439120922535492012-04-11T18:23:00.000-07:002012-04-11T18:23:30.154-07:00Park Day before we moved<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ytsBgFDUZ18/T4Yq6Jo5FXI/AAAAAAAAAKs/JyV6exC9WV4/s1600/DSCF9461.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ytsBgFDUZ18/T4Yq6Jo5FXI/AAAAAAAAAKs/JyV6exC9WV4/s320/DSCF9461.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The day the movers came, Anna and I took the kids to the park. It was a beautiful day in Florida.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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She weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bryce's first comments about her when she cries, "that baby scares me."<br />
Later when I was holding her he asked "can we just pretend that she is a boy"</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MnDtNntSbAc/T4WTf53H1RI/AAAAAAAAAJk/sicfpmN03dg/s1600/DSCF9457.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MnDtNntSbAc/T4WTf53H1RI/AAAAAAAAAJk/sicfpmN03dg/s320/DSCF9457.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>By now most everyone knows Rhys' birth story, so instead a quick update. She is doing really well, and is sleeping about 3 hours at night. She loves to eat and is already filling out and outgrowing her newborn clothes. She likes being outside, and will look at anything with light. All the kids are doing well with her and it seems like she has been with us this whole time. Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17821547950674327305noreply@blogger.com0