tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53443584853561598592024-03-12T18:08:25.153-07:00Jake & Christy~Doing life together since December 2004~Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-47921734651940102502013-03-29T19:42:00.000-07:002013-03-29T19:42:14.089-07:00what a beautiful Good Friday day....to catch your girls reading their bibles together outside...<br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-2299436190549532052013-03-20T20:01:00.001-07:002013-03-20T20:01:28.715-07:00I totally did a 5K last Sunday....I've been choosing my words wisely when telling people...cause I figure saying "i totally did a 5k" sounds much more impressive then "I totally <i>walked</i> a 5k" ;) The past few years my mom has gotten way into walking 5K's and i've been so proud of her....but continued to let that be "her thing"....until her birthday came around and she asked my brother and I to do a 5k with her ON her birthday (March 10th)...well now I had no excuse not to do one! Jake joked with me all week leading up to it that I should be "training" and with just days leading up to it we realized that my only somewhat athletic shoes I have are packed deep in our storage unit...no I didn't train one bit and thankfully my mother-in-law wears my same shoe size:) The run was a St.Pattys day theme benefiting leukemia There were tons of people dressed to the nines in their green gear...tutus, leggings and even a man running in a kilt! Us however just tried to stay unfrozen! My brother and I would run every once in a while but we mostly just walked right along side my mom making fun memories! We walked it in 46 minutes! We were not the last the cross the finish line...that was our only goal!! HA! :)<br />
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walking up to the starting line...</div>
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as we past by the start they had bag pipes playing...AWESOME!<br />
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mom crossing the finish on her birthday!...<br />
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so proud of her participation medal:)...<br />
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after photo with our medals and my brothers green beer:)...</div>
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-16998346980545161852013-03-16T18:51:00.000-07:002013-03-16T18:51:07.725-07:00leeeeets goooo fly a kite....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
a few Sundays ago...it was very nice outside but the Oklahoma wind was in full force...so of course we had to go find us a kite and walk across the street to an empty lot to give our girls their first kite flying experience:) We all had a blast! Even Jake who had to chase the kite about a mile down the street because Piper insisted on doing it all by herself and just wasn't quite strong enough;)</div>
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-91259535223659444462013-03-15T20:22:00.000-07:002013-03-16T09:18:59.239-07:00"our house"Right in "our" very "own neighborhood" is one of Oklahoma City's newest and coolest libraries. With it being VERY much walking distance from "our house" (when i say "our house" i mean my in-laws;) we had lots of plans to walk there multiple times a week...wellllll it being the heart of winter since we moved back in mid January we haven't had many opportunities to do so thus far (it feels very weird to load everyone up in the car to drive around the corner, but I guess its necessary when its a wind chill of 30 degrees and snow on the ground). But we finally got the chance to do it the other day and today was definitely beautiful enough to walk to the library, and we had plans to...but poor Piper woke up at midnight sick and was running a fever all day...lets just hope Oklahoma will stop acting like...welll...Oklahoma...and just STAY beautiful from here on out! fat chance...i know;)<br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-27421836521666677012013-03-15T19:57:00.000-07:002013-03-15T19:58:19.868-07:00Chancy Boy...I have had many puppies and kitties come in and out of my life...but only one sweet dog was apart of our family from beginning of life to the end of life...his precious precious life. We got Chance when I was in 7th grade and my brother Matt was in 2nd grade. My brother really wanted a puppy so it was technically his dog and he had to go through all the "he's your responsibility" moments from my parents...so my brother loved him dearly! He was in our lives for 16 years and we knew the day was coming but i NEVER expected to come home for Christmas, walk in the door, to my mom in tears saying that today was the day that we needed to put Chance down. He had a really rough night the night before and was in so much pain... It was one of the hardest things my mom and I have ever done and I was so much more emotionally then I thought I would be:( On the joyful day of going to pick out a cute little puppy...you never think of how hard it will be at the end of their life. We are all at peace that it was time and that he is not cold and in pain anymore! We love you Chancey Boy, rest in peace.<br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-91079062377544148692013-03-15T19:30:00.000-07:002013-03-16T19:22:23.403-07:00January 2013.....January was quite the month for us...we left our church in Texas, packed up our teeny tiny apartment, loaded all our belongings into storage units and moved in with Jakes parents...i'm a little overwhelmed with all that I can say about our time we had in Texas and the reasons why we left...so i'm just going to leave it that we felt very called to move on and we are now truly learning to live, trusting fully on God and man are we! We can honestly say we are rejoicing in this time of darkness. Our last days in Frisco were spent with friends we had met,going to all our favorite places around town, packing, going to our last library programs, and finishing up Pipers swim lessons....our 18 months in Texas will always hold a HUGE place in our heart and I am so very grateful that God led us there!<br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-25137376263980372132012-11-05T18:51:00.001-08:002012-11-05T18:58:17.108-08:00I heart Aldi's...YEARS ago (before the 'joys' of shopping with kids) when Jake and I bought our first house in OKC we lived very close to this grocery store called Aldi's...I had heard it was super cheap so I thought I would give it a try one shopping trip...it didn't go so well...no one had explained to me how it all worked. I walked up to the store and tried to pull a cart out, but I couldn't because they were chained together! WHAT!? how the heck was i going to get a cart! Finally someone walked up with a cart, let me have theirs and explained to me about how you needed a quarter to get a cart but as soon as your done, if you hook the cart back up then you get the quarter back....ooooooooo K...whatever. So I continued on with the shopping trip. I was very confused, I wondered why the there was NO one there, why the aisles were so wide, and why the store was so simple that there was only 3 aisles to the whole store!? (did i mention this was before having kids...since then I have learned how AMAZING those facts are about Aldi's is). I had a huge list of all sort of items, food, toiletries, cleaning products, etc ..and sure I found most of them there(all 'off' brands I had never heard of)...but I was frustrated by the fact that I still had to run to walmart across the street afterward for the items that were not available at Aldi's...and kinda had decided that the trip was a waste and that I would not be coming back...and that was even before I got to check out and realized that they ONLY took cash (that was before our 'cash only' days...and they actually now DO take debit cards) AND that I had to BUY my own bags! (that was also pre environmental days when the only people bringing their own shopping bags were the crazy hippies;) Lets just say I didn't go back to do my shopping there...and in turn became a Target-obsessed grocery shopper, and have been buying my 'archer farms' brand food (and an occasional cute tank top or shoes) for years. Well, a few months ago Jake and I decided that it was time to re-work our budget and the two places we agreed needed cut back was grocery and eating out. I had never been a couponer (although I am getting into it now!!) so my only thought was to try out Aldis again...I remembered all the 'rules' so I was prepared and ready!! The first thing I noticed was the double seats in the shopping carts!!! You can not find those anywhere! I also noticed that my fairly large shopping trip was done in a matter of minutes and hardly any stress (which is a normal thing shopping in a LARGE super market with a 1 and 3 year old). I was super impressed that the milk was hormone free and they had a number of select certified organic products! The produce selection was AMAZING (although no organic) and although everything is 'off brand' we have found everything (but their yogurt...we were NOT fans) is very comparable! Even after such a great experience ..I still had to run to target for a few things (I just cant bring myself to step away from our Target organic meats, yo-baby yogurt, etc)...so i really wanted to know if I actually was saving any money and if it was worth going to 2 places.....SOOOOO for everyone's convenience (and of course for my reference) I made up a pretend grocery list (with normal things we buy) and went up and down the aisles of both stores and wrote down all the prices! I was so pleased to see that I WAS saving money at Aldis! So, with no further adeu...<br />
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wheat thins 1.29/2.54<br />
veggie straws 1.69/2.99<br />
graham crackers 1.49/2.99<br />
4-pack orange cups 1.59/1.84<br />
cinnamon crunch 1.99/2.99<br />
gallon of milk 2.39/2.69<br />
dozen eggs 1.39/1.69<br />
24-pack water bottles 2.29/2.99<br />
carton of strawberries 1.79/2.59<br />
bananas .44 a lb/.52 a lb<br />
bag of red potatoes 2.99/4.49<br />
carton of red grapes 2.79(0.99per lb)/4.99<br />
box of eggos 1.29/2.99<br />
popcorn(6 bags) 1.49/2.99<br />
sugar 2.29/2.69<br />
brown sugar 1.39/1.49<br />
baking soda .49/.69<br />
baking powder .99/1.59<br />
cream cheese(8oz block) .99/1.99<br />
butter 1.99(on sale)/2.49<br />
bag of baby carrots 1.19/1.79<br />
iceburg lettuce .99/1.24<br />
loaf of wheat bread 1.39/1.99<br />
laughing cow babybell 2.99/3.49<br />
' ' spreadable cheese 2.49/3.59<br />
frozen peas (16oz) .99/1.14<br />
ice cream 2.69/3.29<br />
apple juice 1.49/2.44<br />
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Total bill difference 47.27/69.20 <br />
(without taxes)<br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-17494573989995135832012-09-27T17:49:00.001-07:002012-09-27T17:49:58.389-07:00trying to think outside the box...Piper has been working hard at learning how to cut lately...shes getting there:) So the other morning instead of our usual practice paper i had her cut up some bread into little pieces to take to our pond to feed the ducks! She loved it and was so proud to feed the ducks the breakfast that SHE made for them! all the while learning how to cut! Just a little idea for any other homeschool-preschool mommies out there:)<br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-74763789065060086122012-09-23T18:35:00.000-07:002012-09-23T18:40:42.856-07:00it was worth it...Yesterday (Saturday) morning we woke the girls up at 5:30am to go the the Plano Balloon festival they have this time each year. Jake went last year as a volunteer for the boys and girls club...but this was the girls and I's first time. It was pitch dark when we got there yet the parking lot was PACKED full this is such a big deal that hundreds of people will show up at 6am on a Saturday morning! The 'Glow' started at 6:30 where all the hot air balloons light up their fire in the dark...it was just beautiful! Although Jake and I were pretty disappointed that there were only 2 balloons out for the 'glow'...Jake said last year for the night time 'glow' there were over 20 balloons out...that would have looked just amazing, oh well. As soon as the sun came up dozens of trucks started pulling up onto the field and setting up their balloons for the 8:00am take off. It was just increadable to watch dozens of balloons getting set up and taking off into the air. We also got to hang out with the Elders (who provided yummy Shiplys donuts!). After the big take off a few balloons stayed on the ground and they opened the field up for everyone to go check the balloons up close! it was so wild!! they are HUGE and just beautiful! Then they had tons of bounce houses for the kiddos to play on and even Violet was brave enough to go on them! It was such a fun morning!<br />
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~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-37858144538722565752012-09-21T18:25:00.000-07:002012-09-21T18:25:39.880-07:00Playdate Pro's....we seem to be having a full playdate schedule lately and we LOVE IT! our dear friends the Elders just had a little baby boy about a week ago (at home by they way! woohoo for beautiful homebirths!) So for his little visit to the *cough* 'Jewish Doctor' *cough* they brought big sister Jocelyn over to play! She is 5 years old and talks like a grown up! she is such a great friend to Piper and Violet! In honor of little Elliot, we decided to bust out the easy bake oven and make some 'cup cakes'...<br />
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We have also found such an amazing community in these apartments we live in and since the complex playground is right outside our door we have made lots of friends! Some of our closes friends we have made are 6 year old Cydni, 8 year old Kenadi and their mom Carla. At the beginning of this school year Carla needed to go back to work and was worried about the after school care of her sweet girls. I didn't even think twice, and offered to watch them! These are seriously the most polite and well-mannered girls you have ever met! They are Amazing role models to Piper! So 2 to 3 times a week we get to walk to the front of our complex to pick them up at the bus stop, feed them a snack, then play with them till Carla comes to pick them up at 5! and she PAYS me to do it! This has just been the BEST situation for both our family and for Carla and i hope we get to do it all year!!<br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-78725032676785033782012-09-06T17:38:00.000-07:002012-09-06T19:34:11.471-07:00oh Vi....About a month ago i signed up to go to the MOPS (mothers of pre-schoolers) chapter here in Frisco! I have been super excited to get involved in something that i could meet other like-minded mommies and to grow with them in the word!! and this seemed to be the perfect thing! Plus...although we cant afford it, Piper has been begging to go to pre-school, she is at the age that most of her friends go to some sort of school program, so this is 2.5 hours every other week that VERY much resembles a pre-school for her...MOPS even have their own MOPPETS curriculum that teaches kids about Gods love:) Now there was just one problem...Violets seperation issues... no one has been able to handle her for more then 30 minutes away from me so how was this 2.5 hours going to work!!! But i signed up anyway hoping that maybe this could be THE place that will work with her and she will finally start to feel comfertable away from me! Well the big day was yesterday! we took the girls to chick-fil-a for breakfast (in hopes to at least start the day off with some fun;)<br />
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Then it was time to head to the church...we get there and Piper can hardly contain herself with excitement to go to 'school' all the while Violet is starting to catch on while we are printing their name tags and starts to cling to me pretty tight. I have been praying about this issue for months and although i had (have) hopes that she will be happy going to 'class' someday, i was pretty realistic that she wouldn't last long this first time and had mentally prepared myself to only being able to be there for about an hour...so i wanted to wait till the VERY last minute before the meeting started to drop her off. So we take Pipe to her class and she runs in and starts playing without even saying goodbye to me...then i head to Vi's class, i stand at the door and meet her teachers (they seem AMAZING!!) i explain her 'issues' to them and point out all our 'comfort items' in her bag and they assure me that they will do EVERYTHING they can to keep her as long as possible and make her feel comfortable...i felt really good about the teachers and their assuring words (unlike Frisco Athletic Club!! but that's another story!)...i then left her in their arms...crying of course. I head to my table in the sanctuary, sit down, take a deep breath, pull out my bible and pen, say a few hellos to my table mates...then...i hear a lady...from the stage...calling for 'Violet Seatons Mother'....*sigh* really? REALLY? its been 6 MINUTES!!! I waived my hand and she proceeds to come tell me that she got so upset that she threw up and so they are not allowed to keep her anymore:( I leave, head bowed, and tears in my eyes...mostly worried about disappointing Piper...i called jake and pleaded for him to come pick Violet up and take her for a couple of hours so that Piper and i could stay...without hesitation he was on his way to the church! (side note:my husband is the best!)....I then head to her classroom to get her, the poor teacher was COVERED in her throw up and there was a janitor in the room cleaning up the floor...awesome...i already have 'that kid' and it was just the first meeting! they begged me to make sure to bring her back the next meeting to try again, and of course i will! So jake came and got her and i heading back into the meeting...the moms were amazing and i cant wait to get to know them even better! we will see how the next meeting goes...and jake always plans to be on standby so that i will not have to miss! and we will just continue to get down on our knees and trust God that there is a reason for this trying season with my sweet little Violet:)~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-15012330577168410692012-09-05T20:17:00.003-07:002012-09-05T20:17:54.579-07:00remember when i was a workin' girl??my senior year of college jake and i invested in a 'starter' camera...i really wanted to learn enough to be able to take good photos when we started having babies:) that year for my birthday my mom payed for me to take a photography class at a local school and i FELL IN LOVE!! i started BEGGING people to let me take photos of their kids and families just so i could get more and more practice...then all of a sudden people wanted to PAY ME to take their photos...what?!? it was all kinda taking off ahead of me...i wasn't ready for that...i was just having fun...BUT we were also trying to get out of debt at the time so i though what an amazing opportunity that has seemed to just fall in my lap to help us get out of debt faster!!! so i went to photo seminars, i went to a small business class in our city, bought some nicer equipment and traveled 4 hours a way to have a photography business bootcamp with a photographer i really admired. Jake and i then set up a super cute website and i was set!!! I started getting quite a few shoots a month and even some weddings! I was still working full time on top of taking photos, but i kinda thought this might be the perfect part time career once we have babies! Well about a year into my business, jake and i come home from a doing a wedding in Texas(where i felt 'off' the whole weekend) and i found out i was pregnant!! Totally exciting!....but i immediately start getting sick! So sick that i would come home every evening from work lay down on the couch and not move until bed! Good thing that wedding was for a very good friend because it took me about 2 months to get her wedding edited and out to her! I had to start turning down jobs because i was so sick...and i finally decided to 'take a break' from jobs and focus on growing this baby so i did my last wedding 7 months before piper was born, with full intentions to get back into it:) weeeeellll i didnt:( i got busy with babies....babies that i love so very much! anyway all that to say...a few months ago Jared(our lead pastor) asked me to do some family photos for a church mailer and for <a href="http://www.friscofieldschurch.com/" target="_blank">Frisco Fields Church website</a>!!!! i was so nervous!!! but i think they turned out ok!!<br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-72631356042960094582012-09-04T18:24:00.003-07:002012-09-05T20:18:25.096-07:00Labor Day Party, no Snowman Party, no, BOTH...My friend Marie and her family invited us over for a Labor day cookout, which also happened to be a few days after her youngest daughter turned 2, so we also celebrated sweet little Kiwi!! Marie asked her what kind of party she wanted..and no joke...she said 'a snowman party!!" and Marie (being the awesome mommy that she is!) RAN WITH IT;) I mean who doesn't want to think about snow in this heat!! She is the best host i have ever known! She even makes extra of the food JUST so everyone always has food to take home! It was such a wonderful party!! And as always, we left Marie's house with our hands full of food and screaming babies (no one EVER wants to leave their house:). <br />
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-46741530903283965592012-09-02T19:13:00.000-07:002012-09-02T19:13:46.346-07:00family project...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: start;">i use the term 'family project' pretty lightly...it's funny how most of our planned 'family projects' turn into...Jake doing it, and me trying to keep the girls out of his hair...oh well;) So i got some good buys at an estate sale this weekend... first, </span><span style="text-align: start;">a THOUSAND vintage fabric squares...</span></div>
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and these gold frames...<br />
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I don't sew (maybe someday) so at first i didn't really know what to do with the fabric squares. I got a couple of great ideas from facebook friends...but i also had a can of spray paint that ive been waiting for over a year to use!! so we dug around for it and came up with this...
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while jake was taking apart the frames to spray paint one of the glass panels broke!... jake tried to convince me to just do 2, but i was pretty set on having 3 (i have a weird obsession with the number 3...but that's for another post;) so jake came up with the genius idea to lay the fabric squares on card stock then laminate them...ahhh he is so smart!<br />
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the end result!! I LOVE IT!! what do ya think!??<br />
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now, what to do with the rest of the 973 other fabric squares?~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-56849852936230883702012-09-01T18:53:00.000-07:002012-09-01T18:53:42.369-07:00a dream of ours...<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>"Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer"</b></div>
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I found this quote on pinterest months ago and i could not agree with it more!! Jake has learned in our 7.5 year marriage is that i am not a possessions kinda girl, obviously i have to buy stuff to make our home a home, and i need clothes on my back (although 90% of mine are sissy-in-law hand me downs)...but i'm not into 'stuff'...so when it comes to gifts, Jake has learned that what i love is 'experiences'...tickets to a concert or theater production, a massage, a family trip to a museum, etc...aaaaaand we are just ITCHING to add traveling as an option someday!!! Looking back on my childhood most all my most favorite memories were traveling with my family...my dad traveled with his job quite a bit...so my mom, brother and i would just tag along and do tons of sight seeing while he would be in meetings and then we would always stay a few days later so that he could join us. I was SO blessed to basically travel all over the US with my family and because of those experiences i feel as though traveling needs to be placed high on the priority list! Unfortunately we haven't gotten there yet:( Jake and I got married young and poor;) I was still in school and only working part time and jake was working as a land surveyor while searching for a ministry job. Then once i was done with school and working full time and finally making money, we put EVERYTHING into buying our first house, then we got this crazy idea to get completely out of debt, THEN we decided to have a baby and for me to stop working, THEN we decided to have a second baby and move to another town where the cost of living is <i>cough</i> just a little higher<i> cough....</i>so needless to say this dream to travel is still just that...a dream.<i> </i> Thanks to my father-in-law we were at least able to go on a WONDERFUL honeymoon to Disney World, but that was the one and only 'real' vacation just jake and i have ever been on...I don't want to sound ungrateful...we have has some AMAZING vacations with our family's over the years (Vegas with my mom, Hawaii with jakes family, numerous lake trips with my family...and OF COURSE the YEARS jakes family has taken us to Destin, Fl!!) but jake and i a SO ready to be able to travel with our little family and be able to give our girls the experiences that it brings...and of course jake and i look forward to taking a trip again someday with out kiddos too;) so here is our dream list...</div>
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<b>-Disney World</b> (would love to be able to take the girls at different times in their lives too, like when they are little because its so magical, then when they are older and can ride everything, then maybe when they are teenagers and do more of Universal Studios)</div>
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<b>-San Antonio</b> (sea world, the Alamo, the riverwalk, etc)</div>
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<b>-Washington DC</b><b>/Colonial Williamsburg</b> (the obvious sights... probably when they are pre-teens to teenagers)</div>
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<b>-Boston </b>(because i'm one of those nerdy moms who loves history;)</div>
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<b>-San Francisco</b> (would LOVE to go for the 4th of july, they have one of the BEST shows in the country and of course the trollies, golden gate bridge, Alcatraz and to teach them the history of 'full house' ;)</div>
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<b>-Grand Canyon</b> (and other Arizona sights)</div>
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<b>-Branson</b> (someplace that is near our family's that we both grew up going to...its kinda cheesy, but we like shows, silver dollar city, and good clean family fun;)</div>
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<b>-K LOVE family cruise </b>(yup i said it....but come on, think about it...you go on a CRUISE with concerts by your favorite christian artists all week!! yes please!)</div>
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<b>-Seattle/Portland</b> (i remember being on of my FAVORITE vacations as a kid!!!)</div>
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<b>-Nashville</b> (to go watch a live taping of the Dave Ramsey Show!, all the music museums, Graceland, National Civil Rights museum, etc)</div>
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<b>-Family Camp</b> (www.pinecove.com)</div>
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<b>-Alaskan Cruise</b> (i've just heard they are amazing and i think a good learning experience for the girls!)</div>
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<b>-London </b>(never really thought i would care to go...but after this Olympic games and the fact that Pipers 2 favorite stories right now involve London (Peter Pan and Mary Poppins) I really want to take them!:)</div>
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<b>-Australia </b>(honesty jake and i really want to go to Hillsong Church...but im pretty sure there are one or two other things to do while we are there;)</div>
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<b>-Holy Land</b> (i've always seen this as a trip that i would want go on with my kids when they are like college age...it would be an AMAZING experience!)</div>
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<b>-Vegas</b></div>
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<b>-Caribbean type Cruise</b></div>
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<b>-Los Angeles</b></div>
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<br />~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-24039572817899412342012-08-28T21:07:00.000-07:002012-08-28T21:08:57.516-07:00should i do it!?should i get back in to the swing of blogging?! I read my blog often...its my little family's life and yet the last year... basically our whole first year in Texas is no where to be seen:( it made me sad today as i was looking back at old memories and it made me wonder if it was time:) i could spend an un-Godly amount of time 'catching up'...but that is a bit overwhelming to me...so i'm going to do it...i'm just going to pick up like i never left...<br />
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Today Piper started her fall semester swim class...she is a 'advanced aquatot' and we are beaming with pride! We started this summer taking classes at a swim school here is the Dallas area called <a href="http://www.iswimemler.com/">Emlers Swim School</a> and we have been overwhelmingly impressed with how they have turned our 'my NOT going underwater' 'clinging to us with death grip in the water' little girl to a fully SWIMMING 3 year old! My mom loves to tell the story of the 'my future family' book i made probably in jr.high complete with jcpenny catalog cut outs of models of my 4 children all whom where swimmers (and yes this was before the Phenom of Micheal Phelps!). It probably had something to do with the fact that my best friend at the time was a swimmer...but non the less i wanted my kids to be swimmers...and i'm not saying that Pipe will be our little Olympic winner (although i would not put it past her;) she is having a lot of fun in her very first 'away from mommy' class and she is learning a life long sport! here are some photos from last week on her last day of her summer session with Ms.Tami (which thankfully she also has Ms.Tami this semester too!)
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<img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FDcNVGlTVsk/UD2O0_YXRtI/AAAAAAAAB7c/EOGBX8fR5to/s400/IMG_2143.JPG" width="400" /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FRhjT99drPU/UD2QpQLMG3I/AAAAAAAAB7w/Wp4bGcQf4d4/s1600/IMG_2161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FRhjT99drPU/UD2QpQLMG3I/AAAAAAAAB7w/Wp4bGcQf4d4/s320/IMG_2161.JPG" width="240" /></a>~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-71840861722007370982011-10-25T17:41:00.000-07:002011-10-25T17:45:43.851-07:00crossed the other side...so i got an iphone...i feel like i was close to the last person ever to get one!...with how easy it is to take photos and immediately tweet things i will probably start doing more 'life updating' on twitter...which also shows up as my facebook status. I do still plan to blog every once in a while....but mostly going to tweet....crazy technology!! come follow me!! @christyseaton~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-84302143742219444112011-10-11T18:52:00.000-07:002011-10-11T19:09:55.269-07:00he loves us, oh how he loves us....All i have to say about Sunday is ....BLESSED!!! thank you father for being so faithful!<br />we have 3 more weeks covering our series on 'seeds'...how God is up to something radically and shamelessly....small...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A704oq-8G5U/TpT0mWmNAJI/AAAAAAAAB4I/SS3eKx_6suY/s1600/021%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A704oq-8G5U/TpT0mWmNAJI/AAAAAAAAB4I/SS3eKx_6suY/s400/021%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662419571249578130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uc4zX6ll-1o/TpT0mEsh-TI/AAAAAAAAB38/ALHkCZH_ikU/s1600/010%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uc4zX6ll-1o/TpT0mEsh-TI/AAAAAAAAB38/ALHkCZH_ikU/s400/010%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662419566444280114" /></a><br />www.friscofieldschurch.com~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344358485356159859.post-29407019134557591192011-10-06T18:45:00.001-07:002011-10-06T18:53:00.178-07:00Frisco Apartment Homes Tour 2011....and last but not least...the master bedroom/Violets room/jakes office:)...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NOGt729i3Yo/To5aDLqTzHI/AAAAAAAAB30/PDFnCeOvQ2I/s1600/035%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NOGt729i3Yo/To5aDLqTzHI/AAAAAAAAB30/PDFnCeOvQ2I/s400/035%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660560792367647858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EY1LnJQuTyE/To5aCyFEmmI/AAAAAAAAB3s/OpH0ueyRsI8/s1600/036%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EY1LnJQuTyE/To5aCyFEmmI/AAAAAAAAB3s/OpH0ueyRsI8/s400/036%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660560785500576354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fCmTlcd_-MY/To5aCvC_WDI/AAAAAAAAB3k/LJQGtZV74lc/s1600/037%2Bcopy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fCmTlcd_-MY/To5aCvC_WDI/AAAAAAAAB3k/LJQGtZV74lc/s400/037%2Bcopy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660560784686536754" /></a><br />thats it people, all 1007 sq ft of our little tiny place:)...well except the master bathroom/closet...i forgot to snap photos...maybe later. We really do love it, its just so darn little!! but for now its our home and we are blessed to have it!~Christyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08606014817352966396noreply@blogger.com0