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January 7, 2011 in Family, Family Fun Day with 2 Comments

Guess what we got for Christmas??!!!!!Here’s a hint…its a place where you can go on a dinosaur dig measure some bonespretend you’re a doctorand mommy can sit inside with the baby while the kids play water fights outside with daddy (

I won’t even try to pretend that I was sad to miss out on the outside water fun…sometimes having a baby around to give you an excuse to sit inside is really nice.  Do I sound lazy? (Oh,  and no we didn’t have another baby.  We just pretend during the week while this sweet little bundle hidden in the stroller’s mommy goes to school.  If you could see her grin, you would understand while the Minter clan is smitten by this little 4 month old!) All of that fun equals season passes to the Museum of Science and History.  We love this present so much, Brent and I are going to the adult only event at the museum tomorrow night.  Anyone else get season passes for Christmas and want to join us for a little date night? =)

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

January 5, 2011 in Family with 4 Comments

This was us, taking the kids to the top of a mountain, in Oklahoma, in December, while it was sleeting and windy.  Most of us enjoyed the experience. Guess which one hated it.

The Week After

January 1, 2011 in Family, holidays with 2 Comments

After a couple days of playing with cousins, raking 42 bags worth of leaves, making a gingerbread house, and just plain enjoying being with family, we left Brent’s dad’s house in Duncan and took off for Brent’s mom’s house in Clinton, OK. On the way, we made a quick stop at Great Grandma’s house in Chickasha.At nap time, we loaded the kids up, prayed they would sleep in the car, and drove the rest of the way to Clinton. I have now seen more of Oklahoma than I ever wanted to. Although, I do have to admit, the sky is pretty amazing in Oklahoma. Not sure why it is more beautiful than anywhere else, but even the kids ooohed and awed over it!We had such a great time in Clinton and truly can’t wait to go back. Thanks for all the fun, food, conversation, and relaxing! We came home ready to tackle the enormous amounts of toys we now need to sort through. I see some trips to a shelter in our future…

If you want to see the rest of our pictures from the week, click on the picture below…as usual, there are a lot of them and they all have captions…I can’t help myself.

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The Perfect Reaction

January 1, 2011 in Family, holidays with 0 Comments

This is what you want to see on your kids faces when they see their present on Christmas morning!
This is what happens when your husband likes the new present almost as much as the kids do!
After our Christmas at home, we drove up to Duncan, Oklahoma to stay a few days with Gramps and Grammy. We’ll just say Justus is now a pro at saying the word, “presents”.



Pics to Help Remember

January 1, 2011 in Family, family traditions, life with 0 Comments

I know this post is a little late, but wanted to get it up anyway.  Hopefully I’ll get the whole week documented on the blog at some point today! So here’s the first of hopefully a few more Christmas posts.

Our Christmas Eve began with opening presents from Grandma and Grandpa.

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December 23, 2010 in Family, siblings with 2 Comments

We’ve been planting grass seeds this month.  The kids only get to plant seeds when they show kindness or love to each other.   Needless to say, I frequently am told throughout the day reasons why one of them should get to plant more seeds.Fast forward to this morning…The middle child comes running, “mom, can I put more grass seeds in my pot? Justus was using the water in the potty to brush his teeth and I took his tooth brush and cleaned it off on your shirt and then brushed his teeth with it. Do I get grass seeds for that?”
I guess so???

Lazy….

December 18, 2010 in Family, Family Fun Day, life with 0 Comments

The perfect adjective to describe our weekend. Wonderful would be the next adjective. Here’s a little picture sneak peak into our lazy last few days.

Rumors

December 16, 2010 in brent, Family with 1 Comment

I’ve heard rumors that Brent could sing songs before he could really talk in sentences.
It seems our little man is following in his daddy’s footsteps. Full sentences come out of his mouth if they are sung. One or two words come out at a time if they are spoken. His current favorite song: I Will Follow by none other than his favorite daddy.

Its Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas

December 15, 2010 in Family, family traditions with 2 Comments


A kitchen covered in flour, powered sugar, and frosting makes me smileThat much baking only means one thingChristmas celebrations are in full swing and I’m loving itHappy week before Christmas!

Fridays…

December 10, 2010 in Family, Family Fun Day with 0 Comments

Today we got to spend the day with this little sweet heart.   This is the little girl that I keep during the week.  Doesn’t she just melt your heart?!   Her mommy is pretty sweet too and working her little tail off to finish school for this sweet girl.  Pray strength for them when you think of it.   I spend most days holding this sweet baby and praying for the two of them. 

Except today the holding and praying took place in the wonderful world of IKEA.  A great place to Christmas shop because we discovered you can put your potty trained kids in their FREE childcare, buy your gifts, hide them in the car, go pick up the kids, and then feed everyone for $0.99 each.  The kids had a blast, Brent and I felt like we sort of kind of had a date (other than the 20 month old and 3 month old we were carrying around with us), and all Christmas shopping is now complete.   Genius.

The girls also got to go on a date with daddy this afternoon.   This was Elliana’s first time to go to a movie theater, and I’m going to bet I will never get her in one again.  It seems the movie “Tangled” was a bit too intense for her.  Her response when she walked in the door wide eyed was, “the ending was good…I guess…”

We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening wrestling, reading happy Christmas stories, and praying she won’t be up all night with nightmares.  I hate to be woken up in the middle of the night….oh, and I feel bad for the kid and the whole nightmare thing too…but mainly I just hate to be woken up.

Happy Friday!

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