tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21421873276169605982024-03-02T01:12:55.681-06:00Joy Just BecauseJoy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-36202781195576207262013-07-12T15:20:00.000-05:002013-07-12T15:20:26.272-05:00Ikey Boy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-9222056653536912382012-11-27T10:49:00.000-06:002012-11-27T10:49:01.022-06:00Our first movie<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The laundry did not happen last night. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the good news is I stayed up way too late making my first family movie. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">**All clips (yes even the stretched out wonky ones) were taken on my iphone and iMovie was used to create the magic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The boys think they are now famous movie stars. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I'm not telling them otherwise. That's called bribery folks. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Movie stars let their mom take as much video as she wants to. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And they don't cover their faces or pick their underwear out of their bottoms. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(yes that did happen but didn't make the final cut)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're still working on our "movie star" etiquette. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things like this take time people. </span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/54345721?badge=0" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe>Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-11848095348708396292012-11-26T15:06:00.001-06:002012-11-26T19:17:54.504-06:00probably not<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The holidays are simply my favorite time of the year. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And as the boys grow older I find myself falling in love with their awe and excitement and watching the sparkle in their eyes as each new day of the season unfolds. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thanksgiving was spent lounging around with family and eating way too much. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">1. Gentry with cousin Olivia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">2. Me with sister Hannah</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">3. My mom and pops</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">3. Cooper</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We visited the <a href="http://www.reindeerlane.biz/" target="_blank">Christmas tree farm</a> on Saturday and I think Isaak asked us at least 10 times if it was indeed Christmas time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We even visited Santa Claus, who while waiting for the photographer to get ready, kept prodding both boys to tell him <span style="font-size: large;">all</span> of the things they wanted for Christmas. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When they each would name one item, he'd ask, "What else?" over and over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gentry is full of curiosity noticing that Santa's beard was just a bit shorter this year and asking things like, </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Why on earth would some of my friends think that their moms and dads could be Santa Claus?" <em>I took a deep breath, afterall 6 years is too young not to believe!</em> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He then followed up by exclaiming, "I heard the reindeer on the roof last year mom, so I just know that he's real." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><em>Phew.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The rest of the weekend we spent digging out Christmas decor, hanging lights, trimming the very prickly tree, making big messes, and ignoring the heaping pile of laundry that never seems to go away. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Maybe I'll get to that tonight. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Probably not.</span>Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-26518164076175549952012-11-16T09:48:00.000-06:002012-11-16T09:48:11.713-06:00just around the corner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Christmas just around the corner, I'm beginning to gather ideas for gift giving and exchange parties. Funny exchange gifts are my favorite.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love these plates from <a href="http://www.fishseddy.com/browse.cfm/4,2734.html" target="_blank">Fishs Eddy</a>. So cute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and this kid sized <a href="http://www.grizzly.com/products/Junior-Working-Tool-12-pc-Set/H3044" target="_blank">tool set</a> just like daddy's is pretty rad. I</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> scoured the web and found nothing else like it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and finally I can't talk enough about how much we love our </span><a href="http://www.kiwicrate.com/Refer/landing/index/s/fb/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kiwi Crate</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Our last one contained a shadow puppet kit with mini flashlights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">i'll be using these for gift tags and party favors this holiday season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">first i found a cute saying and typed it up in a fun font.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i printed it out on a heavy cardstock that i could feed through my cheapie at home printer. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">no fancy computer programs necessary.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">i just used Word and figured out a way to print three on a page. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">next I cut the cardstock and tied my elastic strips to make the bands. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">i know you can buy fray sealer, but it was 10pm at night and i wasn't going anywhere. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">so i improvised and used a lighter. very safe, i know. :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">easy and stinkin' cute!</span><br />
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I thought a fun tutorial was fitting for a lovely fall day like today. :)<br />
I purchased a cheap brass lamp and plain shade at the thrift store for $6 total. And I forgot to take a picture. :|<br />
I have several burlap sacks leftover from a previous project.<br />
I started by cutting those into about 2 inch strips. (but i by no means measured)<br />
I think I used about three burlap bags. ALOT of burlap!<br />
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I then just folded them kind of in half and scrunched and glued with a hot glue gun. Over and over and over again. :)</div>
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I spray painted the brass base with a white flat spray paint first and then used a high gloss salmon colored spray from Lowes for the final coat. </div>
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Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-23525810346271533062012-10-31T13:25:00.002-05:002012-10-31T13:25:36.857-05:00A Winner...Finally!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So so sorry for the delay.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The winner of the $50 Anthropologie gift card</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is..........................</span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Amy from <a href="http://notyouraveragebabyblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Not Your Average Baby Blog</a>!!!</span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congrats Amy! </span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out uur toothbrush holder <span id="goog_787636784"></span><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=26082313" target="_blank">here</a>!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Browse our Etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TylerKingstonWoodCo" target="_blank">here</a>!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now I'll leave you with a spooky story by Gentry. ;)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It could be an amazing piece of art or a table. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was from the 1920's or something crazy like that. I think I need it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This piece made my heart stop. In a good way.</span><br />
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<br />Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-42868886163519204742012-10-23T09:37:00.000-05:002012-10-23T09:37:33.735-05:00Never Believe<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/victorsaad/the-leapyear-project-book/widget/video.html" width="480"> </iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We think what Victor is doing with the <a href="http://www.leapyearproject.org/" target="_blank">Leap Year Project</a> is pretty rad. He's been one of our hugest supporters and we are thrilled to support him right back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For, indeed, that's all who ever have."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Margaret Mead</span>Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-43143506742151410902012-10-22T18:45:00.002-05:002012-10-22T20:26:29.010-05:00A Cop and a Robber<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Halloween fesivities have begun and oh the fun we are having. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Such a wonderful time of the year to have littles that enjoy dressing up and being silly.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">This past weekend we gathered with friends to carve pumpkins, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">we danced to spooky music and played in our last football game of the season. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">October always reminds me that the holidays are right around the corner. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">**There is still time to enter the contest to win a $50 Anthropologie gift card. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Find out how to enter <a href="http://joyjustbecause.blogspot.com/2012/10/oh-anthro.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span>Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-9381072391187407902012-10-21T16:18:00.002-05:002012-10-21T16:19:54.551-05:00Oh Anthro!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are so very thankful for this awesome opportunity. (And still a little bit in shock!)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To celebrate we are giving away a $50 Anthropologie gift card to anyone that shares the above photo (or a link to this post) on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tylerkingstonshop" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, Twitter (tyler_kingston), Instagram (@tylerkingstonwood) or <a href="http://pinterest.com/tylerkingston/" target="_blank">Pinterest. </a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So share it, tweet it or pin it and then come back here to leave a comment telling me that you did so. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll pick a winner at random on Friday, October 26th.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Make sure you leave your email address so that I can reach you if you win!)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">C</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">l</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime;">o</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">r </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">R</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta;">u</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">n</span>. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soooo fun!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really wish my boys could have been there to experience it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought they were a bit too young this time. Maybe next time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started out without our phones...and then when we ran by the car we all grabbed them. We didn't want to miss out on all the colorful photo ops. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was us waiting forever for it to start. 15,000 people were waiting.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was feeling kind of goofy. And a little crowded. :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a good day. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bottom line is you can't take a bad photo when everyone is covered in paint.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that is cooool.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One lesson for next time: We forgot to bring towels to lay over the car seats for afterwards. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The leather is now rainbow instead of grey. :)</span><br />
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<br />Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-5194942777455223682012-06-17T06:30:00.000-05:002012-06-17T06:30:01.065-05:00The Secret Keeper<div style="text-align: left;">
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<br /></div>Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-2236475098139848882012-06-15T07:30:00.000-05:002012-06-15T07:30:00.611-05:00afternoon at the beach<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh my...it is difficult to think that my Gentry is turning 6!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And even harder to grasp that <b>I </b>am now <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">30</span>. Today. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Say WHAT?!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This can't be right?! </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still feel 22 so I keep telling myself that's what matters. :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past Sunday we celebrated another year by hosting a beach party.</span><br />
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<br /></div>Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-76545400275704439512012-06-09T07:26:00.001-05:002012-06-09T07:26:06.973-05:00Thank God For Evolution<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/42239471?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe>Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-17092315754076415852012-06-02T08:30:00.000-05:002012-06-02T08:30:00.753-05:00Dinner AND Dessert....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday night we decided to get all fancy smancy by having dinner at one of our favorite local<a href="http://thewestsidelocal.com/" target="_blank"> restaurant</a>s <b>AND</b> dessert at a sweet little soda fountain and <a href="http://www.littlefreshie.com/" target="_blank">espresso bar</a>. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everything we tried was fabulous, but we expected nothing less! </span></div>
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<br />Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-1984590534840887782012-06-01T08:14:00.000-05:002012-06-01T08:14:52.953-05:00Just Another Windy Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This past weekend I braved a local water park with both boys by myself because Ryan had to work. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sure the sight of the three of us in the lazy river was quite comical.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course both boys wanted their own tube and the second we hit the water they both fell right through them. They did have life jackets on, but they were flailing around like crazy people. Trying to hold on to them so they didn't float away and keeping the tubes nearby was not an easy feat. We won't be going into the lazy river without dad again.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had tickets in two different sections so he sat with daddy and I sat with the friends. :) </span></div>
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<br />Joy Just Becausehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06228039026820569595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142187327616960598.post-60415170219311404212012-05-23T16:30:00.000-05:002012-05-23T21:11:35.982-05:00Flea Market Finds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is simply nothing better than vintage glass containers, bitty kitchen shakers, yarn balls begging to be crafted and books that my boys asked me to read the second I shared with them the title. "Fattypuffs and Thinifers" HA!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Not exactly politically correct, but apparently that didn't matter in 1930.) </span></div>
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