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Wenzel Big Bear Family Dome Tent Review

Wenzel Big Bear Family Dome Tent Feature

• Large family dome tent with attached fly comes with stakes, (2) hanging pockets, a mud mat, and a convenient storage duffel


• Hanging divider curtain creates two rooms; mud mat keeps tent floor clean


• Two large mesh Dutch "D" doors, two windows, and two roof vents for ventilation and access


• Attached fly with hooped awning over door and pin ring system for easy set up


• Sleep capacity: 7; footprint: 14 x 9 feet; ceiling height: 6 feet

Wenzel Big Bear Family Dome Tent Overview

A great choice for taking the family into the great outdoors with a 6' height dome tent, two rooms, to sleep up to 7 people. The Big Bear base is 14ft. X 9 ft. with center height 72". Two Dutch "D" style doors for easy entrance and exit, two windows and roof for visibility and cross breeze. The hanging divider curtain creates two separate rooms. Attached fly and pin ring system make set up easy for this comfortable family dome tent. Includes stakes, hanging pockets (2), a mud mat and storage duffel for transport-ability.

Wenzel Big Bear Family Dome Tent Specifications

Ideal for family camping, the Big Bear Family Dome Tent sleeps up to 7 people comfortably and has a hanging divider curtain that converts the large tent into two separate rooms. The Big Bear offers great access and ventilation with two mesh Dutch "D" doors, two windows, and two roof vents. With a footprint of 14 x 9 feet and a center height of 6 feet, the Big Bear provides 117 square feet of total area that most members of the family will be able to stand up in. The Big Bear is easy to set up with an attached fly and simple-to-use pin ring system. The fly rolls up off the ceiling vents in clear weather and provides ample rain protection when rolled down. Thanks to a hooped awning over the doors, the entrance is always protected. Coming complete with stakes, hanging pockets (2), a mud mat, and storage duffel, the Big Bear is ready for your next adventure.

Specifications:

• Sleep capacity: 7
  
• Ceiling height: 6 feet
  
• Footprint: 14 x 9 feet
  
• Area: 117 square feet
  
• Two Dutch "D" style doors
  
• Two windows
  
• Two roof vents
  
• Hanging divider curtain
  
• Attached fly
  
• Pin ring set up system

What's in the Box?
Tent with attached fly, stakes, (2) hanging pockets, a mud mat, storage duffel

About Wenzel:
Wenzel has been bringing families together and creating lasting memories in the outdoors for the last 120 years. When the sun rose on the first family campers in America, Wenzel was there. Wenzel has built a company around the basic human need to escape, recharge, and connect with the outdoors. Wenzel creates the modern tools that families require to experience the outdoors in comfort. To do this, they run each product through a very specialized filter--their own families. New features for family camping are easy to talk about in boardrooms with power point presentations, but are a whole different story in the middle of the woods. Wenzel knows what family camping is like, which is why they make the tents easy to set up, take down and pack away for next time.

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Source: http://buy-familytent-sportshop.blogspot.com/2011/09/wenzel-big-bear-family-dome-tent.html

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A Day with the Family

I decided yesterday to take the day off from writing on the blog so I could spend the day just being with and  chatting with my girls and wife about how their week had gone.  

Last week was their first week back to school (except the wife as she spent a week at school before without kids).  It appears all is well except my youngest has been bombed by her teachers with "TONS" of homework every night and plenty for this weekend.  The oldest has been lucky as the way they have set up the schedule for all of the classes it gives them more time in each class and they get most if not all of the work done in class.  My oldest also made the Volleyball team (YEAH!!!).  She likes Football (watching the Huskers with me) but not enough to want to play or I would have tried to help her get ready to play against the boys.  She realized Yesterday that my Huskers Women's Volleyball is consistently ranked in the Nations Top 25 so she started watching Volleyball the other day.  

One is talking about orchestra and the other is talking about band.  One with a violin and the other with a clarinet.  Anybody know where I can get some top quality Ear Plugs?

Jackie, well she is starting to fall in love with her new "little ones".  Of course, she is suffering withdrawal from her last class as she spent 2 years with them.  She misses having them all in the class room but I give it another week and she will be over it and totally involved with the new class.

After spending a bit of time with them I decided to start loading up some of the games I had on the computer before she crashed.  One that my wife and I both like to play is called "Zuma".  If you haven't played it - DON'T!!  It is as addictive as anything out there.  I got it loaded into the computer so she and I could start "competing" with one another again.  I Swear this computer cheats for her!

Anyway, I had a good time being with the wife and kids talking about how their week went and being the big "L" playing against my wife.  

Don't Forget in our hectic lives to take time out and spend it with your family even if it is just to sit and talk.

Life goes by to quickly the older we get.  

When we are kids things don't move fast enough.  When we get older and we start to slow down things speed up and begin to fly by.  Don't miss out because you shut your eyes to long.

Source: http://anythingatanytime.blogspot.com/2010/08/day-with-family.html

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Oregon Coast

We left for the Oregon Coast on Tuesday and got to Newport at lunchtime. We ate Mo's on the bay front -it was about 84 degrees in Newport. After lunch, I watched the kids bark at the sea lions, then drove to Lincoln City. It was cooler there - about 75.

After we got into the house, we went to the beach; however, it wasn't clear when I rented the house that it wasn't the ocean beach, but the Siletz Bay beach. We went to the bay beach and it was low tide - so it was a muddy/sandy walk to the water.

Then back for dinner and then we went to the beach for the sunset. Beautiful! When we started back to the car, we wre surprised to see the full (or almost full) moon has risen to the East! Wow, a sunset and moonrise al within a few minutes.

The house is kinda funky but it works. It's an old 1930's cottage with some additions. There's a hot tub which the kidsmhave really utilized.

Yesterday, we tried to go to the beach after we dropped off the rental car, but it was cloudy and windy. The kiddos flew a kite but it was really cold down on the beach. I took Eddie and Connor to the Arcade. Then I was able to go to the casino where I won $20! Then, I suffered from withdrawals, I think, because I got the chills and was really tired. I napped a little and I think I lost one of my turtle earrings from Hawaii. I hope I can find it before we go.

Then, today, we ran to Newport trying to find a Wii game for Eddie. No luck after several shops, but I did win $18 in lottery tickets. Then back for lunch, then We all went to look at shops near midtown Lincoln City and I found a shoe insert/arch support for my plantar fascitis. Then to the beach near Mo's where the boys and I hung out watching the waves. I saw a few seals in the surf and a murre (or cormorant?), the boys found a sand dune to roll down. Then back to the house for dinner.

I think I am heading back to the beach to watch the sunset soon. So far, a mostly relaxing time although it is hard to keep kiddos busy!they easily get bored!

Source: http://deeupdates.blogspot.com/2010/08/oregon-coast.html

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Handy Family Tips (6): Keys

Source: http://ronitbaras.blogspot.com/2010/08/handy-family-tips-6-keys.html

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Whirlwind Part II and III

The next week...yes week, was spent catching up on laundry.  And then it was time for the event that we have been looking forward to all summer.  Colton and Brooke's wedding.  It was amazing! We are so happy for the newlyweds.

First Dance

We feel so lucky to have been part of their special day.

What a Stud!

Buddies

So cute...I mean handsome!!

The boys checking out the candy bar...they were in heaven!!

Hudson, enjoying a cookie.

Here's Brooke tossing the bouquet.

There's just something about weddings that make you fall in ♥love♥ all over again.

Look at my hunkofahusband in a tux!! {{swoon}}

Got a cute new pic of the family too:

It was a great night!

This past week was spent prepping the kids for school, I will have two in school this year {wow} getting two ready was a lot of work, I can't imagine what it will be like getting all 4 ready for school.  One day we went to Boise and did the clothes shopping (all by my self might I add--with all four kids) Yeah it was kinda crazy but we did it.  I still don't have all of their school supplies I will try the third store tomorrow to see if I can get the rest of the stuff from their lists. There isn't a pink pearl eraser to be found in this town. What?? (Can you believe that it will take 3 different stores to be able to get all of their supplies? I'm kinda irritated about that.)

Nate We signed Braiden up for contact football and I think it has been more work getting all his equipment  rounded up, or maybe it's just the two things combined, I feel that I am about ready to collapse.  He has already had two practices and he seems to love it so far! He looks so cute but yet so little in his football gear.  He has been wearing the shoulder pads and helmet around the house most of the week, thinking is all cool and grown up and stuff. ;)  It only seems fair that Brody gets to play a little football too... so we signed him up for flag football. this is going to be good let me tell ya! Needless to say we are going to be crazy busy with all of the football going on at our house.  Only 3 more years till we can do ballet, only three more years.

Taking the new school supplies for a test drive.

Almost there. ;) just need to add that elusive pink pearl eraser.

Kindergarten orientation tomorrow, first day of school on Monday, will there be tears?...Time will tell.

Source: http://natelise.blogspot.com/2010/08/whirlwind-part-ii-and-iii.html

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영어 캠프 - Week Two

(I promise this is the last post about English camp until I start to plan for the winter camps in December.)

6th graders posing on the last day of camp.
During week two, the 3rd & 4th graders studied body parts and animals. Both units were covered in the regular lessons, but review is always good, and I used the opportunity to teach extra vocabulary and grammar. During the body parts unit, I put the students into pairs and had one student trace their partner's body on a sheet of butcher paper. Once they were done, they drew in additional features (such as the face) and labeled the body parts. Their favorite part about the activity was how they didn't have to sit at their desks. My favorite part was how few students actually sat on the ground when tracing their friends; half of them chose to Asian squat and do a funny squatting waddle as they made their way around their partner's body.

During the animal unit we read Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Well, I read Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? and the students listened to me and looked at the pictures. The first time, they just listened to the story. The second time, they made their own copy of the book. I gave the kids pictures of the different animals (bear, bird, duck, cat, etc.) and as we read the story, they colored the pictures the appropriate colors and wrote descriptions of the animals (brown bear, red bird, yellow duck, purple cat, etc.) Or at least they tried too. One boy had some trouble.

Whoops.
On Wednesday afternoon, 안 수빈 and 신 다해, two 4th graders who aren't in English camp, saw me in the hallway and followed me back to my classroom to play. We colored the animal flashcards from camp and they entertained themselves for a while by writing things like cat and ice cream and I love you Teacher on the whiteboard. Then they gave themselves eye tests. 다해 wrote an eye chart on the board and 수빈 sat on a desk a couple of rows back, covered one eye with a fuzzy plush ball and called out the letters. Apparently this was fun, although they did get into an argument when 다해 told 수빈 her eyesight wasn't very good. The eye chart reminded me of the eye test I had during a medical exam my first year in Korea. I had only been in the country for a few days, the only Korean I knew was hello, kimchi and I love you very much, and all the eye charts at the hospital were entirely in Korean letters. Eventually, the nurse found an eye chart used for very young children that had pictures instead of letters, and I had to identify the pictures in English while my co-teacher translated my answers into Korean.

They also wrote out the Korean alphabet and, with some help, transliterated it into the Latin alphabet.
My mom and sister arrived in Korea on Thursday and I brought them to school with me on Friday. They made quite an impression on my students. Fourth Grade, Chapter 7 is titled Who Is She? and it was a gratifying moment when every single one of my 4th graders looked at my family and asked, "Teacher, who are they?" Yes, retention! My students were also the only people we met during Mom and Leah's trip who accepted that my sister, who was adopted from Korea as an infant, was American without question. I guess I'm so firmly linked with America in their minds that despite looking like a Korea person, my sister must be American. While they didn't question her nationality, they did seem a bit fuzzy on her age. My 5th & 6th grade class objected to me calling Leah my 여동생 (Korean for younger sister, as opposed to 언니, older sister), so I asked them how old they thought Leah was. "Is she 30?" one girl asked. For the record, my sister is fifteen. I'm twenty-five. While I'm routinely mistaken as my 21-year-old brother's younger sister, this is the first time someone has ever asked if I'm younger than Leah.

Leah is on the left. Does that child look 30?!?
At the beginning of camp, I divided the 3rd and 4th grade classes into three teams and told the students that group with the most points at the end of camp would get a special prize from America. Teams could get points for winning a game, volunteering to speak in class or having the first person to finish an activity. On the last day of camp, I brought in Silly Bandz my mother had brought me from the US and gave them to the winning teams. Despite the fact that I guarantee you that none of my students have ever seen a Silly Bandz in their life, they loved them. I gave the older students Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (also from America) and my kids, who have only ever had Korean candy, were throughly impressed. "Teacher," they told me, "VERY GOOD CANDY!" I know kids, I know.

All the photos from English Camp are here. I'm so glad it's over!

Source: http://walkingthroughalife.blogspot.com/2010/08/week-two.html

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so, ghana it is.

Oh these precious smiling faces! Their joy is infectious, its like we've all just shared some silly moment. Ghana, you have our hearts. For the last two months Steve and I have committed to letting go of our expectations of this adoption process. We've been trying to live like this since we first decided to adopt, but its really so easy to start getting ahead of ourselves. Waiting and letting the adventure unfold one step at a time sounds lovely, but the allure of managing it ourselves is sneaky and powerful.

We'd heard Ghana might be closing to international adoption. We heard there have been issues with The US Embassy. So, at the beginning of the summer we agreed to open our hands back up and trust that what we could hold would be left there and we'd have the courage to let go of all the rest. We prayed about all the details, and were brought back to a place of dependency. Waiting, and not planning. It required such discipline and there were many days where I still spent all my energy stressing about things I couldn't do a thing about.

We wanted to make sure that if Ghana was where we'd be adopting from, we'd know it and not be pushing against something that wasn't going anywhere. This was hard, we both already felt an attachment to Ghana specifically, and considering looking at another country was confusing. But this time also put us right back where we need to be, letting the story be as big and bold and beautiful as possible. So we waited. And prayed, together and with community.

While I was hoping for a little bit more of a lightening bolt sign or something, the answer has been slower and has developed naturally as we've gained clarity on some of our concerns. (Ghana IS and plans to stay OPEN...and there are issues with the Embassy but there has also been much progress!). We feel such peace about it, and I don't mean the sort of placid, plain-vanilla peace we get so used to hearing about... but thriving, vibrant, sprawling peace - the kind that makes your heart flicker and your imagination expand. Its like this entire adoption process is alive, breathing and wild, and I know we're going to continue to be blown away by it.

Source: http://cartersgroundswell.blogspot.com/2010/08/so-ghana-it-is.html

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Our growing family...

I thought I would post about our growing family... 

These pictures were taken in the backyard on Saturday afternoon, when we spent time just enjoying one another! As is evident in the pictures, Noah is walking...still needs to keep those arms out for balance (so cute...and funny!).  Savannah is still our nature girl and adores the outside! She's a beauty inside and out and we're so proud of her. And _____, who is still being intricately formed in the womb by his Creator, is growing too!  (thank you daddy for including the wee one!) =) In fact, he is 30 weeks old today! (Side note...we will be going in the morning for a 3D ultrasound).  

Overwhelmed by God's goodness and the precious gifts, only He can give. 

Source: http://notesfrommommysnest.blogspot.com/2010/08/our-growing-family.html

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PCOS - but not a perfect "Out of the Box" meal

I made a squash dish, complete with mushrooms and tomatoes hmmmm good.  I cook the mushrooms and garlic in clarified butter, then I add the zucchini and yellow squash, at the very end I add the tomato and finish cooking with basil added for extra flavor.  It's a fresh uncomplicated flavor. 

The chicken was grilled on my favorite George Foreman GRP99 Next Generation Grill with Nonstick Removable Plates. I had marinated the chicken in a chipolte seasonings, served on the sandwich thins, with a touch of cheddar cheese.

I had a crystal light sugar fee raspberry lemonade to top it off.

I wish I was a full and complete foodie, but here I am doing what I can to manage my PCOS with good foods.  The chips were not a part of that plan, but they were given to my husband from a client.  So a whipped up some guacamole for dip, and enjoyed a couple.

Here's to dreaming and living the good life!

Now I'm off to finish my sitcom, work out and do the dishes before I dash of to sleep. 

Source: http://dawn-black.blogspot.com/2010/08/pcos-but-not-perfect-out-of-box-meal.html

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Ahhh Summer...your days are numbered

It is that time of year again.  The time where the sun sets a little earlier and the crickets crick a little louder.  When I start to regret vacations that went unplanned and trips to the beach that were too few.  The time when I look at Tom with big, sad puppy dog eyes and whimper, "Do I have to?"  And he instantly responds, "Yes."  It's always hard to get back into the school routine, it's even harder now.  Tommy is on the brink of a developmental explosion- I know it!  The 'yea' epidemic has spread and today he started pointing at a bell in his picture book and exclaiming, "Ding!  Ding!"  Tonight he was pointing with PURPOSE in his picture book- pointing with ONE finger and because he wanted me to name said animal and make a noise associated with the animal.  His favorite seems to be the donkey.  Perhaps he is smarter than I thought and is really just trying to let me know he thinks I'm a jackass. 

Tomorrow I head to my new classroom.  A new classroom in a new school where I unloaded 16 boxes last week.  A new classroom that will be filled with new students and new parents and a new beginning for me.  One other new beginning is that Tommy will enter one day of daycare- the details are not ironed out yet but most likely it will be in home daycare with someone I know fairly well.  It kills me to have to make this move- the money we work our asses off for going towards someone else getting to stay home with their kids and take care of mine as well.  It just doesn't seem fair.  All of those new milestones that we've worked so hard on and worried quite deeply about- they will be shared with a stranger.  And then I think of what we will be paying for that one day and....how do people afford that full time?  And with more than one child?  It just doesn't make sense but it makes me all the more wish I was closer to home because I know that then I wouldn't even be faced with this decision. 

Unfortunately, it just isn't in the cards right now.  Our house seems to be worth less and less with every house that sells for nothing around here and the thought of going through re-certification in another state and the job hunt in such a competitive field where there aren't jobs right now anyway really makes the decision that we will be in Connecticut for longer than I recently thought.  Luckily, besides the not being close to my family I do love it here.  What is not to love?  In this state we have great friends, great shopping, great beaches, great transportation, great schools- and the family, well they are just a short drive away.  And do I really need anyone besides my baby and my hubby?  The sadness I feel in getting ready to say good-bye when I head back to work reminds me that, no, I don't. 

We've had such fun this summer- the three of us- and even more of the summer with just the two of us.  We took countless walks and mowed the lawn about a zillion times.  We explored new parks and the children's museum.  We took a fantastic family vacation and our first major road trip.  We spent very special time with Auntie Karen which sealed an important bond for Tommy that was long in the works.  We partied.  We had play dates and a weekend just for mommy.  We laughed A LOT.  This time was special and since I don't know if there will be any more summers with just me and Tommy I hate to let it go, but because there is no other choice and because there is often only bigger and better ahead... I guess it is time to move on.    

 

Source: http://thegradychronicles.blogspot.com/2010/08/ahhh-summeryour-days-are-numbered.html

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Observations From a Whirlwind Vacation

Happily, a high school reunion, mine, coincided with a week we actually had free. So, I packed up my children, waved goodbye to the spouse and the dog (the spouse couldn't come because he'd just had 2 weeks off back to back to go to scout summer camp with Our Three Sons, the dog couldn't come because my mother has a neurotic Chiweiner who, for some inexplicable reason, thinks I like her. I don't. I don't like dogs. Except for mine. And Sherry's, because Teddy is just too damned cute for words. But I digress. Surprised?)

I learned many interesting things along the way. On the drive to the old hometown, I discovered that my oldest son did not believe me, when after 2 nice warnings, that I would embarrass him publicly if his behavior did not improve. His behavior did not improve and the Carl's Jr. we stopped at for lunch got a free lunch show. Strangely, after that, and a conversation on the cell phone with his father, the boy's behavior improved immensely. Like magic.

Playing Bon Jovi's *Slippery When Wet* CD in the car is a great way to stay awake. However, the speed of the vehicle increases proportionally to the beat of the music. Oh, and do you have any idea how hard it is to drive when you're rocking out and screeching along with such hits as *You Give Love a Bad Name*? It's hard. Really. And it can make you dizzy. I recommend avoiding rocking out when driving.

It's uphill all the way home. No blizzards, however, and I was not barefoot.

The threatening rainstorm will ONLY pour down AFTER a big, sticky, icky bug has committed bugicide on your windshield.

Slowpokes speed up through the passing lanes, so you can't pass them. There's a special word for these types of drivers, but since this is a family blog (my mother may read it), I can't use that word here. But it begins with an "A" and ends with a "hole." I'm sure you're more than capable of figuring it out. Also, you will find the only conscientious driver observing the posted speed limit at the base of a steep pass, who will in one short second, kill the speed and momentum you've attained because there's no passing lane, and it's a two way road. Nice, huh?

Even putting 50 SPF sunscreen on your back won't stop you from getting burned when you go to the Lake with friends. Just call me Laura Lobster.

It's fun(ny) to be called "Auntie Robot" by one of your sister's two kids. It's not so funny when it's "Auntie EVIL Robot" and now your other sister's son, usually a huggy guy, takes it up. Auntie Robot is fine. Not so in love with "Auntie EVIL Robot" from a twerp who isn't even in double digits yet. Still love the twerp, though.

My cousin's little boy (3), is a full-throttle tyke. After he licked, sucked at and discarded several quartered pieces of oranges, his Grandma, my Aunt, told him, "No more. Put it back." He looked at her out of the corner of his eyes (eyes just like his Mom's), put the orange up to this mouth and licked it. Hehe. I thought it was funny. Auntie Grandma wasn't as amused.

It's funny to hear the same little guy call your other cousin, *his* Auntie, "ET". As in "ET phone home." Funnier still? Watching/hearing your cousin respond.

It is downhill most of the way home. Again, no blizzards or bare feet. Just a sick child (summer cold, sore throat).

An alarming light will come on on your dashboard ONLY when you're in the middle of nowhere, driving by yourself (no back up), with 3 kids. Further, the light will be of an ambiguous variety known only as "Malfunction Indicator Light." After you stand on a windy hill where you barely have cell phone service talking with your Dad (because your spouse is Busier Than a One Legged Man at a Butt Kicking Contest at Work and therefore didn't answer when you called in your moment of crisis), you decide: 1. It's safe to turn the vehicle off and back on again to see if the light goes away AND 2. It's better to keep going forward, rather than turning around and going BACK, especially when you're closer to home than you are to the old hometown. The owner's manual said that unless the indicator was flashing (a sure sign of imminent mayhem and chaos), it was probably okay to continue driving. It's difficult to drive when you're staring at a little lit up icon on your dashboard. However, if the light doesn't go away, then we have to take the van in because there's something loose, we got a bad tank of gas, someone going the other way looked at my van cross-eyed...Yeah, okay that last bit may have been over the top, but you get the drift. It's the universal, "Something's wrong with your car, but we don't know what" light.

When you do finally make it home, hot, sweaty and bleary, it will be to find that the spouse didn't go to that nifty store known as the Grocery Store, and there's nothing to eat in the house. Well, nothing that anyone wants to eat. Take out Chinese is always good, from the corner restaurant with the crazy lady who's only seen you twice and always tells you "It's been such a long time since I saw you" and talks to your spouse like she's seen him before (when she really hasn't).

Observations About High School Reunions

Someone will find you and know who you are. You will stare at this person in confounded befuddlement until they introduce themselves. Then you'll recognize him/her and wonder why you didn't before.

It's fun to dance on a blocked off street in the middle of the night. Especially if you've been soaked with rum beforehand. *Whistling innocently*. However, your hips and legs will be in a state of rebellion the following morning, because they aren't 16 years old, which is the age you felt while you were bopping about with other drunks...er...classmates...to such tunes as The Safety Dance and YMCA. Just sayin'.

One of your kids, when you find The Safety Dance on YouTube, will pronounce it "weird."

Cliques. Hmmm...Yanno, they just didn't seem as evident at this reunion. This may be attributed to a couple of things: not many people attended and there we had no choice but to talk to one another OR we're finally growing up and out of it. You decide.

At the family picnic, the child who belches loudly and without restraint, will belong to...ME. Son #3 has a history of silencing restaurants with his expulsions of gas, now we can add "Mom's High School Reunion" to the list. Everyone BUT the mother will think it's funny. I'm still not that amused. Well. Okay. Maybe just a wee bit, but that's all I'll admit to, and that's my final answer, Regis.

Same child asked me later, when we were driving around the old hometown looking at such wonders as Homes Mom Grew Up In and Schools Mom Attended (Ooooh, look! Those windows are where Mom went to kindergarten!", "Mom, what happened to all your friends?" After a moment, I said the only thing I could: "We grew up." I refrained from telling him it would happen to him too. No need to depress him.

Source: http://laurahamby.blogspot.com/2010/08/observations-from-whirlwind-vacation.html

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Shopping Back to School #withpurpose

School supply shopping is one of our favorite times of year. I get just as excited as the kids to fill their backpacks full of new supplies. It is exciting to think about the fun ways they will fill up their notebooks and the projects they will create with the markers and glue.

As I started to make a master list of all of the supplies that each of my girls needed I realized that this would not be an inexpensive shopping trip. This was after we had already paid for school lunches, pictures, and activity tickets. I started to think about how difficult it must be for some families this time of year.

A lot of these things are necessities, and parents don't have an option to cut these expenses out of their budget.

This year DaySpring is sending kids Back To School With Purpose. They have created an inspirational line of school supplies that our family fell in love with. They are colorful and each one shares a scripture verse.

We have been encouraging our daughters to share the love of Christ with others and these products are a great way for them to start.

DaySpring will to donate $10 per #WithPurpose post about going back to school with purpose for the Adopt-a-Classroom campaign. The potential is for up to $5,000 to be raised by the time school starts to the Adopt-a-Classroom campaign.

I was unsure how I would be able to help another family before school was in session. I visited with my girls new principal and she knew of a family that could use a little help. We decided to load up two backpacks with all of the supplies this family would need for the new school year. My girls are so excited to be able to go Back to School With Purpose this year! They each filled their own backpacks with the new DaySpring products, too.

I invite you to participate in this amazing campaign by posting about how you are sending your kids Back to School With Purpose. Together we can help raise $5,000 for Adopt-A-Classroom campaign.

I feel very blessed to be surrounded with amazing women that Live With Purpose everyday of their lives. I am tagging Teri Lynne because she inspires me daily to live my life with purpose even when life gets a little crazy.

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Voices

Source: http://calvinisticcartoons.blogspot.com/2010/08/voices.html

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Impossible riddles answers very difficult - how to find

Find riddles impossible? Extremely difficult puzzles that are almost impossible to solve, are a great exercise for the mind. They also have a great test to see how smart you really are.

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Source: http://brain-teasers-best-prices.blogspot.com/2010/08/impossible-riddles-answers-very.html

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Loteria: Game Night!

We are ALWAYS together! But, we thought it would be fun to start some official family nights!!
We started family movie night, game night, and book night. The book night is where we all read together not just me to the kids or my husband to the kids.

Here is a picture of us playing Loteria, a Mexican Bingo game. This was SOOOO much fun. My husband is Mexican so he actually played this as a child. The deck is composed of a set of 54 different images, each one in a card. To start the game, the caller (cantor, or singer) randomly selects a card from the deck and announces it to the players by using a riddle or humorous patter instead of reading the card name. The riddle is the fun part. For example:

El paraguas (The Umbrella)

Para el sol y para el agua. (it stops the son and it stops the water). You sing out "EL PARAGUAS"!!

47 La corona (The Crown)

El sombrero de los reyes. (The kings hat)

The following two have rhyming words so I will not translate.

48 La chalupa (The Canoe)

Rema que rema Lupita, sentada en su chalupita.

49 El pino (The Pine Tree)

Fresco y oloroso, en todo tiempo hermoso.

Here is a link to the riddles that go with the cards.

I found the game at a Fiesta Supermarket for a few dollars. The kids really enjoyed playing the game and most of all, they are really enjoying family night!!

Source: http://montessorispanish.blogspot.com/2010/07/loteria-game-night.html

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Day 88 - Red, White & Brown

Wednesday, Wednesday - Did you know today is Wednesday?

Here are the answers to yesterday's Sam riddles...
1- ANSWER - Meat
2- ANSWER - Pour two pancakes and brown the first side. After the first side is done, flip one, take the second off, and pour the third pancake. After another minute, take the first one off, flip the third one, and put the second one back on. Cook both pancakes until finished.
3- ANSWER - An egg

Hope you enjoyed the riddles. Luke's brain got these unraveled pretty quick, well done. His first try at #3 was a caterpillar, which I got a chuckle from... don't caterpillar's have meat? :-) If I had offered a prize for first to the answers it would have been a shiny new car, but, I forgot to offer a prize. Maybe next time.

Rice, I like rice; I love wild rice. I haven't eat allot of rice recently as I've tried to keep carbs in check a bit. No, I wouldn't say I am on a low carb diet, or any diet plan. My old eating habits were a display in carb overload. Today I keep them in check better while replacing much of the bad carbs I used to eat with fruit, veggies and better protein choices.

There you see a picture of a box of wild rice I bought recently. Unfortunately I have not been able to enjoy it yet. The other night I was going to make this rice as a side dish, that is, until my kids saw the box and let me have it. They love rice, but only, and I mean ONLY white rice. And more specifically they greatly prefer short grain rice cooked in the rice steamer over long grain versions. Bottom line, they love white sticky rice, and that is the only rice that exists in their minds.

Debate on - I countered that there are tens-of-thousands of  varieties of rice on this rock we call home and that we ought to try a few of them. Red, White & Brown, all sorts of rice colors, shapes and sizes to explore and adore! Silly me, I am talking to teenagers. They have all the answers and know it all, right? On that day I relented and put the wild rice back on the shelf. Simply I was not in the mood to make it, watch nobody else have desire to eat it but have plenty of desire to complain about it. That fun will we'll have on another day.

When you have six mouths in the house you will frequently encounter these challenges where some like an item and others don't. Fish and veggies are constantly being debated here. Rice not so much as we usually just go sticky. But now that my wife & I are working on getting healthier I am finding myself a little less tolerant to unwillingness to broaden palate horizons. As we are adding healthier options and trying new things we too would like to see them be a bit more desirous of doing so.

That said, I am a firm believer in not needing to ever eat a food you don't enjoy. Brussel sprouts, an absolutely hideous food according to my palate. You can pound out the health benefits of brussel sprouts in bronze and I won't capitulate to eating them. So then who am I to suggest, let alone insist, they take a left turn from sticky rice to a dish of wild rice? I mean, they are still eating rice, a healthy choice, right? It is not like they insist on having a side of gummy-bears with the chicken.
 

What foods do enjoy that you wish your family shared your desire for?

Responsibility 199 - Gotta Do It!!

Source: http://responsibility199.blogspot.com/2010/07/day-88-red-white-brown.html

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