Musings from the Mahan School for Little Women

And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.~Lee Greenwood

4/2/2008

Resurrection day pictures

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Better late then never. Here are some pictures I took on Resurrection day. I will use the one with the girls and I for our annual picture to show how we have changed over the years. I had a wall with all of them from the last 13 years but I had to par it down to just 2 for the house showings. I will also be using the picture of Puddin for her birthday picture this year.

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11/26/2007

Thanksgiving weekend

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We enjoyed a great Thanksgiving weekend. It began with dinner at a church family's house. This was a special treat for us because we are usually with family for the holiday. We enjoyed lots of yummy food, some of which Pudding helped to put together

along with Daddy

We also enjoyed some fun games which caused us to be up really late.

We went camping on Friday with a little of a later start than desired. We decided to eat a big lunch early and then snack for dinner. We told the girls we were going shopping since our campground was right down the road from the outlet mall. Instead we pulled into the parking lot for Wild Adventures. The girls were speechless. They were double excited after I explained that it was an early Christmas present of year passes.

We had a ball and Pudding was a hoot.

She wasn't fazed by a single ride we put her on, including the Pharoah's Fury (big ship that swings back and forth really high) She was in the middle section with Dh and I. Her giggles on the small roller coasters were just precious. By Saturday afternoon, she had learned the names of some of the rides and was asking to ride them.

The older girls were very sweet in that they wanted to make sure she was able to ride lots.

That is one of the things I love about Wild Adventures - they have lots of rides for little ones (around 36" tall) and they are spaced through out the park so it makes it easy to ride the bigger rides.

Twin 1 and Twin 2 rode the Boomerang which is an upside down roller coaster that also goes backward

and Longlegged girl rode the Hangman which is an upside down roller coaster where your feet hang down.

That will be nice to have some company on those rides when it is just the girls and I going. Eldestof5 is not interested at all! She did give the Cheetah (wooden roller coaster) a try but had a headache the rest of the day due to it.

We headed home Sunday after doing some shopping at the outlet mall that was near our campground. It was a great weekend!

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11/14/2007

Veteran's Day Parade

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We participated in the local Veteran's Day Parade on Monday with the girls' C.A.R. group. Dh drove the truck, pulling my mom's trailer. Eldest and Longlegged carried flags while my nephew and myself carried muskets as we walked. The twins and my niece rode on the trailer and my mom was in the back of the truck. I guess you could say it was a family affair :-)

Here are some pictures:

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7/28/2007

Some pictures

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Here are some pictures from the last month or so:

Puddin enjoys some blueberry picking

while Eldestof5 steals a taste

and Longleggedgirl shows off her handy hat and pretty smile.

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Eldestof5 enjoys playing with her little cousin on the 4th of July.

Some bowling to make ice cream was enjoyed later as Twin#1 shows.

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Puddin and Eldest enjoy some quiet time together.

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2/14/2007

Valentine treat

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Happy Valentine's Day! We don't really celebrate it around here but Dh did buy some chocolate for all his girls. He is preparing for those teenage years that are coming up all too fast! He bought me a bag of dark chocolate and raspberry kisses. Oh my are those good!!!

I got an extra treat today as I had the opportunity to meet Letitia and her family this afternoon. They had been vacationing in Orlando and drove up through my area on the way home. We met at Cracker Barrel and enjoyed some food. We then sat out in the rockers and watched the girls enjoy playing together. Her poor Dh was outnumbered with 11 females but, if he is like my Dh, he is use to it. It was too funny that we both drive big white SUV's and have similar pop-up campers. We had a great visit and were sorry to see it end but now we have friends to meet up with when we visit the Smokey Mountains! We took pictures but I haven't downloaded them yet as it isn't hooked up to my Macbook yet so she might get them posted before I do.

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12/29/2006

Christmas

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Well it is hard to believe that Christmas has come and gone already. We had a very nice, relaxing Christmas. We celebrated with my parents on the 22nd with a simple buffet supper and present opening. The next morning, we headed out early to the Tampa area to spend Christmas with MIL. We enjoyed an afternoon at the park complete with a place for the beagle to run in.

Christmas eve was spent hanging out at the house watching the Jags ruin their chance at the playoffs for the second week in a row. BIL and his family came over in the early evening for pizza and more gift opening. It had been pretty warm and humid that day and, when we turned MIL's a/c on, we found out that it wasn't working. We ended up sleeping with open windows. The wind picked up through the night though and we were up and down continuously closing windows due to candles being blown over and curtains flying in our faces.

Christmas was a wet one but it didn't bother us as we just planned to hang out around the house. After gift opening, during which I received a wireless rain gauge and a roaster oven, we put together a 500 piece puzzle, played Monopoly (I won) and just relaxed. It rained real hard in the morning and we kept the news on since there was a tornado watch. North Tampa did get hit pretty hard but we were spared thankfully. The girls had a great Christmas receiving many things on their wish lists including bow and arrows, design studio, horses and Polly Pockets.

For Tuesday, we were going to head down to the Ringling museum in Sarasota. After checking it out a little more, we decided the girls wouldn't really enjoy it enough to justify the expense. We decided instead to head out to MOSI where the girls could get lots of energy out as it was still drizzly and cooler. That was a big hit! The neat thing is it was cheaper for us to buy a membership than pay the admission prices so we can head over there this whole next year and get into our local museum also! I did head out to Target first thing in the morning and picked up a few clearance items. It wasn't real crowded and even the Walmart I passed had a half empty parking lot which is very unusual. Things had picked up when I went back out after breakfast. I hit a Family Christian store and found the wooden advent set I wanted for 1/2 price!! I was thrilled!

We spent today taking down all our Christmas decorations. I usually wait until at least New Year's day but I was just ready this year since I need to work on some school planning and meal planning along with finances before starting back to school next week. It is so nice to know that it is done and even put up in the attic already! Tomorrow, I will do some yard work that couldn't get done while there were lights all over the yard.

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12/22/2006

Christmas Greetings

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Merry Christmas!!
May your Christmas be filled with worship for our savior and King!!

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12/17/2006

Cookie Exchange

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I participated in a good friend's cookie exchange yesterday. I usually just make a simple cookie like snowballs or peanut clusters but I decided to be adventurous and make Chocolate Peppermint Stars this year. I had seen the recipe in our newspaper and they sounded yummy! They weren't real difficult to make but I was trying to do too many things at one time and it took all day.

My friend gives prizes for 2 categories - Best display and Yummiest looking cookies. I knew I wasn't in the running for best display as I just put mine nicely on a plate where others come up with themes and pretty decorations. I did, however, think I had a chance at yummiest. It turned out that I won! It was close as it was only by 1 vote. I won a pretty little gold teapot ornament that looks very pretty on my tree. I enjoy the cookie exchange for the fellowship but this year was a nice bonus.

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