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This is one for all you frustrated moms out there trying to get your back to school age kids to do all they are expected to be doing to make everyone's life a little easier. This idea came out of the September Family Fun Magazine Issue. My oldest thought it was a great idea and although it was originally billed as earning "Dad Bucks" we decided to do personalized "Brother Bucks" so each boy would

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-91870481057606718322009-06-26T13:01:00.000-07:002009-06-26T13:06:52.691-07:00

Trying to stay grateful in 100 degree heat is sometimes challenging but thought I would give it a whirl, so here you go....Today I am grateful for:1. Air Conditioning, of course...2. Rechargable batteries for all those tv video games we have played lately to beat the heat...3. Books to read on lazy summer days like this when bodily movement might actually hurt you...4. My Kiddos who always

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JDesigns is giving away a super cute circle monogramed personalized notepad at her blog http://wilson-six.blogspot.com/ Check her out and leave a comment for a chance to win.

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Do you know how all those really cool blogs seem to have every post neatly sorted by topic? Well tonight after hours of working to change my template by downloading a free one and playing around with my page...I found the answer. How silly of me not to see and know what the "labels for this post" section at the bottom of my "create post" page stood for but hey guess what...it means that it will

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Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-27145739581766551612009-04-18T09:37:00.001-07:002009-04-18T15:25:11.267-07:00

Coleman and his other teammates (all third graders) competed this morning in the state level of Destination Imagination. Their team is named 3D Discovery. They placed third at the regional level and have one more competition this afternoon that is an Instant Challenge that no one is allowed to watch. They have a category given to them and then they have just a few minutes to create a skit to

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So dear hubby did not bring home bedbugs from his Germany trip but did however bring home this trusty ballpoint pen that he so wonderfully forgot to remove from his pockets last night. So as I was going about my day cleaning and doing laundry, I went to finish my last load (yes girls, it was all done!) and found to my great surprise the great German import...the black ballpoint exploder! I

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-76598104351294555482008-12-08T20:29:00.000-08:002008-12-08T20:52:49.620-08:00

These first few were actually towards the end of the picture taking as you might be able to tell by their "oh so comical" falling down dead from exhaustion pic.These are just a few of the many pictures we took trying to capture that almost perfect pose...HA...HA.. (I myself can't stop laughing at how ridiculous that notion sounds!) Anyway, enjoy. (And yes one of these pictures has Emery with a

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This one's for the good dad an ocean away! We miss you and remember I am not the best video person. (See you are really needed for some things...ha...ha..!) Connor was hard to spot, being that he really is a little guy. Look close and you will find his adorable blond haired self.

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I do not know about you, but I believe this is Santa at his best!The Joplin Museum hosted a Breakfast with Santa on Saturday. Nana was in town so we all decided to go participate in the festivities. Emery was scared of Santa, as were all my children at this age, so Mommy had to have her pic with Santa taken as well.

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With dad gone, we went to spend Thanksgiving with our friends in Springdale and that evening drove to Fayetteville to see the square's Christmas lights. Their son, daughter and Son #1 all decided to ride a camel. It was fun but Son #2 wanted no part of it!

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So with dad still in Europe, the kiddos and I found a local tree farm (thanks to my friend Jennifer) and with just a minor error of judgement (yes ten miles too far in the wrong direction!) we found the farm and hence this years "perfect" for us christmas tree. It was misting rain and the temperature was dropping like crazy and the next day the rain turned to beautiful snow. Too bad we didn't

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Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-27852221887087868462008-11-25T11:25:00.000-08:002008-11-25T11:27:05.489-08:00

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Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-14191672940489358132008-11-07T15:34:00.001-08:002008-11-07T15:47:42.660-08:00

Well Good Dad leaves tommorrow for his six week adventure so we had E an early birthday celebration with just us. My girlfriend down the street and I found a Barbie electric car at a yardsale a month ago and she has been hiding it in her shed every since. Her daughter has one and is the hit of the neighborhood so we figure one more will just double the fun! E also got other fun stuff like a potty

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E got her pumpkin and decided she was a big kid too. She would just walk right up to the house and get her piece of candy, it was adorable...Our neighbor "cheetah" went with the us around the neighborhoods. It was crazy with people on golf carts and wagons. One house had a family doing the musical "Hairspray", it was a riot! Mom and the boys after all the fun was over.

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E is going to be a pink poodle, thanks to Mrs. Jennifer and her daughter Abigail. Doesn't she look adorable! The pumpkin pizza was from Papa Murphy's Take and Bake Pizza Place so don't get too excited thinking I went all out but it is still lots of fun...

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Just wanted to let you all know about my friend Jennifer's etsy shop. For those of you who do not know about Etsy, it is a website venue that allows people to sell lots of crafty, homemade items. I am not sure how, but I seem to find friends with many talents such as hers. Most of which I do not have myself but can greatly appreciate. Have fun looking and I vouch for her work! http://

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Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-62881595866346361042008-10-30T14:49:00.000-07:002008-11-07T15:50:05.888-08:00

This morning was the boys fall school parties at school. Both of them were pirates. Connor's grade level had a parade in which they went up and down the street between the buildings. He then got to do a gooey guess game and toliet paper mummy a classmate. Coleman's grade level rotated classes and so I only got to actually see him at his own class after they had all went thru their rotation.

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I thought I would post some recent pictures from our pumpkin carvings last night and our school parties this morning. Son #1 thought the "guts" of the pumpkin were yucky and gross! Son #1's is the headless horseman and Son #2's is Mickey Mouse. E sat this one out....

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Well, some of you are aware of the chaos that has ensued on the Yantis family over the last nine months but many others of you may just be hearing the tale for the first time (no we are not expecting!) We are offically moved (yes, another new address) to a little town in Southwest Missouri. The saga all started last December when Craig quietly accepted a new job opportunity and come Jan. 21st

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-50018428886532590082007-09-28T18:20:00.000-07:002007-09-28T18:41:10.982-07:00

We took a quick trip up to see Craig's family last weekend so I thought I would share some pics from the trip...

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This was this summer. Toward the end of the summer we bought Emery this little pool and she had a lot of fun in it but she kept leaning out trying to pick the grass to eat!

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-41508199680353872182007-09-21T19:05:00.000-07:002007-09-21T19:09:19.962-07:00

This was the boys first day to school. Connor started Kindergarten this year and Coleman is in second grade. They go to a small private school and the boys both love it.

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Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-46485829967283212202007-09-21T18:39:00.000-07:002007-09-21T18:47:15.836-07:00

This is her favorite new thing she is doing...standing on her own for a few seconds at a time. She just throw her hands up in the air and grins really big because she knows she is really doing something special. Just the last two days she has also figured out how to make her walker actually walk forward. Today we were in the garage and before I knew it she was off like lightening and heading to

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-41784502174672163432007-09-21T18:32:00.000-07:002007-09-21T18:39:26.770-07:00

Last week Craig's mom and I went to the mum farm and had a little fun posing Emery for a few quick photos. It went well for the most part except this little stepstool we found to stand her up against had dirt on it so of course she tried to eat it. Oh well as they say, a little dirt never hurt anyone...

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Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-25197465878625057282007-09-21T18:20:00.000-07:002007-09-21T18:26:25.611-07:00

Well it has sure been a while since I have posted but I wanted you all to get to see some new pics. This is from Coleman's birthday in July. Craig worked that day so we met him at the park for a b-day picnic. The boys had fun goofing around on the equipment.

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I have been trying to post this picture for two days and finally have success... This is Emery under her dresser. She is now able to turn in a full circle and is crawling but only backwards... I was in the other room and Emery was hanging out with Coleman for a minute when he told me to come "help" him. Emery had crawled backwards under the dresser and poor Coleman had tried to move her forward

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-52637314445481221022007-04-22T09:21:00.000-07:002007-04-22T09:28:23.276-07:00

We have officially caught spring baseball fever as both boys are playing for the Christian Athletic League this year. Last week we kept very busy with two practices and one practice game. Coleman's team is doing machine pitch and while we sure have a ways to go, these boys and girls are really doing a great job. They actually beat last year's tournament champs in the practice game and Coleman

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-71702238943250412332007-04-20T06:12:00.000-07:002007-04-20T06:31:17.462-07:00

Here are some recent shots of Emery with her big bro's. I bought a digital camera over a year ago but am just beginning to be able to take somewhat decent pictures. (All those different dials really seem to be there just for confusion!) Anyway, technology has quickly passed me by, hence the need to figure all this new (to me anyway) stuff like blogs out....

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-61888224609470265502007-04-19T12:40:00.000-07:002007-04-19T12:44:27.764-07:00

This was last week when Connor and Coleman decided to wash up with colored "soap" they received from the Easter Bunny. At first I thought it was very comical and even encouraged them to "color" their faces. Thankfully they did not because as I soon found out this "soap" did not wash off easily and for about a day some parts of Connor were still pepto pink.

Tanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09644370045710664293noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6011871181218523805.post-50310866621378656752007-04-19T12:26:00.000-07:002007-04-19T12:29:36.950-07:00

Well, here I go... I have told several friends that I would be attempting this but I am actually surprising even myself with the actual product! I hope that this site will be a better way to keep in touch and stay updated with so many of my friends and family that I do not see or speak with often. Let me know what you think and check back often....

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