March has turned from winter to spring. We have had more rainy days this month and flowers are blooming. This month we had mostly a normal routine with some bonus activities. Cordelia and Anthony participated in the AWANA bible quiz and games. We celebrated Cordelia’s birthday at the end of the month with lots of…

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February had a lot of big events and decisions for us. We enjoyed a nice variety of weather and finally got our first rain storm of the winter. We also enjoyed some days in the backyard doing camp fires. The kids had their president’s week break from school. Tim took them to a local campground…

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The first month of the year has come to a close. This month started off quickly and seemed to pick-up right where things left off before the holiday break. We busied ourselves with a pantry remodel for the first two weeks. Cordelia participated in her first Synchronized skating competition. We celebrated Anthony’s birthday over a…

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Another year has come to a close. We finished off the year with an eventful December. The kids played piano Christmas carols for the Salvation Army bell ringing Christmas collection. They all participated in the school Christmas play. Tim ran a half marathon and we enjoyed a date night at the company holiday party. We…

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Hoping you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. November seemed to speed right by as we head into the last month of the year. We had lots of school related activities. We went and toured three private schools for next school year, two of which we applied to). For one of the schools, Cordelia got to…

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We’re in the full swing of the school year now. We have been having busy days and full weeks keeping us very active. We met with two contractors for our home renovations. We’ve signed with one of them and have started the process of reviewing our plans with the architect so we can get drawings…

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We are now entering the autumn season. Summer made one last push at the beginning of the month with temperatures reaching over 100 deg for around 4 days. Fortunately, things have cooled down toward the end of the month and it’s even been cool enough to put a sweater on in the morning. Unfortunately, it…

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Summer vacation has come to an end! We finished up the summer in style this August with the last summer camps. We went camping with one of Anthony’s friends from school and enjoyed the hottest night’s sleep any of us have had in years. At home, the blow-up pool has sadly had its last hurrah.…

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July has been a whirlwind of activities. There have been family fun days and camp days as well as challenging days and crazy busy days. We stared off the month with a Powers clan meet up for 4th of July week. We celebrated Lydia’s birthday and Cordelia participated in her first ice skating competition. We’ve…

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Summer is here! We started June with end of school year presentations, celebrations, and awards ceremonies. Lydia graduated from Kindergarten. We celebrated Father’s day by going to the county fair. Then summer activities began. Things also heated up the last week of the month and we have the blow-up pool out for the summer. We…

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