Back to School

Adrianna had a great first day at School here in Noblesville. The bus
stop is across the street from our house and there are 3 other
children near us all going to the first grade this year. Adrianna was
a little nervous going, but she bounded with excitement coming home.
Alicia was ready with open arms to welcome her back home. It was a
great start to what is looking to be a great school year for Adrianna.

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Pick Ur Own Berry Farm

Sarah and the girls went to Spencer Farms to pick our own raspberries
today. We had a great time and got some wonderful berries. The farm
is just a few miles away from our house, so we are looking forward to
many future visits!

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Happy Belated 4th Birthday Alicia

Alicia turned 4 in May, and things were a little too crazy to post
these pictures of her for her birthday. I cannot believe that it has
already been 4 years since this little girl gave us the surprise of
our life. She is cute, and she knows it and is not afraid to use it to
her advantage, especially with her daddy! Lately she thinks she is
Rapunzel and she loves to brush, and brush, and brush her hair. Her
biggest concern lately about moving has been ensuring that all her
stuffed animals will make the trip. Every time we leave the house,
even just to go to the store, she tries to wrangle up her stuffies and
bring them along. Should be interesting to see how she reacts once the
movers come. We look forward to the future surprises this girl will
bring!

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Happy 7th Birthday Adrianna

Today we get to celebrate Adrianna's 7th Birthday. It has been an
exciting year for all of us. She has grown so much this year, both in
stature and maturity. She has excelled in school becoming a stellar
reader and mastering beautiful cursive. She has been a great help
around the house especially while her father travelled during much of
this year. She even got the hang of distance learning, doing reading
homework via Skype with her father. All in all we are very impressed
with everything Adrianna has accomplished this year. We hope she
enjoys an amazing Birthday, she earned it! We are all looking forward
to an exciting upcoming year as we start a new adventure in the
Midwest.

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Indiana Bound!

It’s official Joseph’s company is relocating us to Indianapolis.  He’s been travelling back and forth this entire year and now they want him there permanently.  Though we are sad to leave Colorful Colorado, we are ready for this new adventure, we’ll make the best of being Hoosiers.  If all goes according to plan we will be moving sometime this summer.  Now the dreaded part, getting our house ready to sell.

Happy 4th Birthday Alicia

We celebrated Alicia's 4th Birthday this weekend. She has been so
excited to finally be turning four. I say finally because she has
been saying she was "fours" since her sister turned four when she had
just turned one. The big day came and we had a great time. Sarah
made a delicious and beautiful white chocolate and black raspberry
Tinkerbell cake. It was a hit. Thank you to all who joined us and
helped us make this day special for Alicia. It will be the last
birthday Alicia will celebrate in Colorado for a while! (More to
come)...

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Easter Pancakes

This morning we enjoyed some delicious Easter pancakes. Bunnies, chicks, and duck pancakes, with strawberries & cream, drizzled with chocolate fudge. Alicia found another use for the chocolate drizzle by dipping her bacon in it. The girl sure loves her chocolate.

Valentine's Day Subway Art Printable

Sarah saw this Subway art printable, that is being given away on Craftily Ever After to users who post about it on their own blog, and she wants to add it to our Valentines decorations. So here is the advertisements for Craftily Ever After, go check it out if you want. Sarah, loves her stuff.

Christmas Pancakes

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We enjoyed Christmas pancakes this morning.  Adrianna got a new set of pancake molds today (the reindeer, elf, and snowman faces) and she loved helping fill and flip the pancakes!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

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Though we do not have a layer of fluffy white powder here, Sarah has
been hard at work making the house smell wonderful and giving us
plenty of goodies to eat and share! We hope each of you enjoy your
own wonderful traditions this season. Merry Christmas!

What can you do with a Tio?

Joseph's family was in town this weekend for the blessing of our
newest nephew. The girls especially enjoyed visiting with my older
brother who stayed with us a couple of nights. The girls love
visiting with their uncles, and they kept uncle David constantly
entertained. Meeting our nephew was a lot of fun as well, and we
enjoyed being able to have everyone together to welcome him.

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Fall Soccer Highlights

Adrianna had her last game of Fall Soccer this Saturday. She had a lot of
fun playing this year, and her team really improved over the 2 months that
they played together. I had fun watching the games and taking pictures,
great job Adrianna!

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