tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29218281694848535692024-02-06T22:31:17.069-05:00Keeping up with the Joneses...Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-59743551361481074812012-10-12T12:03:00.000-04:002012-10-12T12:03:09.225-04:00Butterflies and cowsIn the end of August (yes I am still trying to catch up on my blogging), a butterfly exhibit came to our local conservatory and petting farm!<br />
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It was a ridiculously hot day but we sweated through it so that Amerah could enjoy the butterflies...<br />
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She enjoyed it so much, it was well worth the sweat!<br />
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After the butterflies, we hopped next door to say hi to the animals at the petting farm...<br />
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My favorite by far was this cow... who LOVED us! She kept trying to grab my camera!<br />
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A staff member tells me that they have to be careful because this cow was raised on the farm.. Apparently, when she was a calf, the staff would play with her... now that she's so much bigger, she is still very playful and will charge them when they're in her pen! We were told that just that day a new staffer barely made it over the fence as the cow came running at her!<br />
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We love animals! Amerah still wants to be a vet when she grows up!Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-88096012213431755172012-10-12T11:42:00.000-04:002012-10-12T11:42:13.232-04:00Good friends and cookiesBack in the end of August, Amy spent the night. Amerah considers Amy one of her best friends and, although I would never tell Amerah this, I love Amy too! Amy is sweet, well mannered, intelligent, does well in school, reads for fun, plays fair, doesn't whine, and has a host of other desirable qualities that parents want to see rub off on their kids...<br />
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While she was here the girls played games, listened to music, danced, and finally baked cookies (well I baked cookies and they helped haha).<br />
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I love nights like these!<br />
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Oh yeah... we love having friends over :-)Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-33136661328255589542012-10-12T11:25:00.000-04:002012-10-12T11:25:41.708-04:00Labor Day Picnic!So apparently I'm going backwards in time on my blog! We had a lot of fun at the church Labor Day picnic...<br />
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Amerah took off pretty quickly to play with the other kids...<br />
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While the kids were off playing softball, volleyball, and every other kind of ball... some of us adults started feeling a little guilty for lazing around in the shade. So someone started kicking around a ball... before we knew it we had a full fledged game of armchair soccer going hahaha...<br />
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As you can see, some of the kids joined us after a while... they didn't last long though (insert evil laugh here)...<br />
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Oh, and in case I forgot... I guess I should thank my husband for this daring save!<br />
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I love relaxing days with good friends!<br />
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What a fun group we had :-)Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-69755435997153484792012-10-12T11:02:00.002-04:002012-10-12T11:02:39.375-04:001st Day of School 2012Yikes! I AM behind aren't I?! I can't believe that I haven't mentioned the first day of school yet! <br />
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I can't believe that I am the parent of a SIXTH grader! This is a big year for Amerah, no more elementary school! In our city, the 6th grade used to be in the elementary school. A few years ago the powers that be decided that too many seventh graders were unprepared for middle school, so they created the Sixth Grade Academy. It is a school that ONLY houses sixth grade and all the sixth graders from around the city go there (well, if they go to public school that is). <br />
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They still baby them a little, but not as much as elementary school. AND they get to adjust to having lockers and switching classes. All in all not a bad idea!<br />
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Amerah requested cinnamon rolls for breakfast so I obliged...<br />
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Then Daddy took her outside for her 1st day of school photo shoot. This is what he took... Next time I'll have to do it myself haha...<br />
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Dante, the boy next door, came over for a couple photos...<br />
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So I sent him back out with some clearer instructions... yeah... next year I'll do the picture taking...<br />
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Over the summer, Lily totally forgot what it was like to have Amerah go away to school... She was fascinated by the process... <br />
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Ahhh yes... happy first day of school baby!<br />
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-76015768882476738762012-10-12T10:36:00.000-04:002012-10-12T10:36:11.905-04:00A Day at Stoney Creek MetroparkSo... back in the beginning of September (yes I am waaaaay behind in my blogging)... we decided to try out a metropark that we had never been to. Have I mentioned before that we LOVE the metroparks? Twenty five bucks for a year pass and we can do all sorts of fun things! So we drove out to the Stoney Creek metropark...<br />
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As you can see... Amerah loves to get out and enjoy nature!<br />
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They had a great little nature center...<br />
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And Miss Thang informed me that I should take photos of her on this rock... to which I obliged...<br />
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There was a sweet little observation deck with a great view...<br />
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And then she insisted on a photo shoot WITH me...<br />
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Before we left the park, we stopped at their awesome playscape for a couple hours...<br />
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Great park, fun day! We'll definitely go back!<br />
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-19374839216822869732012-09-24T14:24:00.000-04:002012-09-24T14:24:58.741-04:00Miss Thang's birthday partyFor her eleventh birthday, Amerah wanted a safari birthday... I had my doubts, I thought it was a little "little kiddish" and wracked my brain for ways to make it a little more suitable to her age group. No luck, but the kids had fun anyway haha...<br />
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I'd like to preface this blog post with an <span class="userContent">explanation so that no
one feels left out. Amerah was limited in the amount of kids she could
invite (and I made her invite a lot of family)... usually she invites
all her church friends and a couple of school friends. This time she
didn't have enough spaces for her whole class at church and, rather than
invite one or two kids and have the others feel left out, she decided
that it would be best to invite school friends. It's my fault, I'm the
mean number cruncher... if it were up to Amerah she would invite
everybody she has ever met.. or said hello to in the street... because
she is convinced that EVERYBODY is her friend. We love everyone and
don't want anyone to feel excluded but we had to be realistic with our
budget. :-)</span><br />
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I was fortunate that Sandy was able to come over the night before to help me decorate and prepare treats and favors. As usual I had more ideas than I could handle... we even had to scrap a few because we just ran out of time and energy!<br />
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We were pretty proud of the end result though... everyone spent most of the evening looking at me like I was crazy as I explained what I wanted done hahaaha but then, not everyone has my imagination (or access to Pinterest :-)<br />
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The dining room:<br />
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The entryway... and Lily's rear (no her feet are not really that big!)<br />
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The family room (yes that is a Christmas tree - don't judge it's been a rough year!):<br />
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The food<br />
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We put bottled water and Capri Sun for the kids, in a tub of ice... Lily was ecstatic! She thought it was her own personal ice bucket and snitched a piece of ice every time she passed it!<br />
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Dave hadn't gotten home until midnight or so the day of the party and was supposed to have the day off... just as everyone was arriving, he got called in to work because a ship ran aground. Fortunately, he got another call just before he arrived at work telling him that the ship wasn't stuck anymore and he could go home! Boy was I glad to see him! So he and I were both there, just didn't manage to make it into any photos! <br />
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We had a "kids" party in the afternoon...<br />
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As favors, the kids got safari hats, animal print bandanas, little animal print boxes of animal crackers, and a bag with a tiny stuffed jungle animal... yeah, I know I went a bit overboard haha...<br />
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We ordered pizza...<br />
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A good amount of parents stayed too, which was fun<br />
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Then it was time for cake... made by my talented friend Shana Bidwell Schaefer<br />
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And then it was time for presents... (and a too cute photo of one of our little explorers)<br />
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Sandy and her husband were there of course<br />
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The big girls were the last to be picked up so they had fun comparing animals (and no, the dinosaur was not a favor haha! It's one of Lily's toys - apparently she wanted in on the action!)<br />
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Amerah with one of her favorite people... Miss Jane<br />
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After everyone left, we relaxed for an hour or so before the family arrived for party number two. I feel like I should explain that we live on a busy street and parking is limited to our driveway, so we split up the party just to make it doable (and less packed inside the house too!).<br />
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We had ordered a four foot sub from Subway, and more pizza and, although Amerah was getting pretty worn out, we really enjoyed a nice low key evening with family after the craziness of the afternoon!<br />
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This time Amerah remembered to make a wish when she blew out the candles on the cake...<br />
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I can't remember what Uncle Rick did to deserve THIS look...<br />
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Then more presents...<br />
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The moment she realized that Sunshine and Shaun put money in the book hahaha<br />
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She got some fun, musical cards...<br />
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Again, no clue what warranted THIS expression...<br />
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The moment when she realized exactly how much money she got...<br />
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You can bet that the following look was prompted by Uncle Rick again...<br />
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And last but not least... she was sooooo excited when she opened Nanny's present to find a little camcorder!<br />
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Even though nearly every one had left by this time, we were really happy that Angel brought Alexis by. Alexis had been unable to attend the party because she had gashed her head open on some playground equipment and had to have nine staples in her head! Here she is with her Grandpa Roy, still smiling even after all that!<br />
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Happy birthday to my big eleven year old! Next year we're doing a simple slumber party... less prep work!<br />
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-68919850012752512262012-09-23T23:23:00.000-04:002012-09-23T23:23:56.886-04:00Amerah's REAL birthdaySince Amerah's birthday fell on a Tuesday this year, we wanted to make sure she still felt special - even if she had to wait a bit for her party.<br />
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We try to eat healthy around here (please note the word "try" haha)... so I swallowed my better judgement and prepared meals that our birthday princess wanted. Frozen toaster strudels for breakfast... lunchable with a brownie for lunch (I was so proud when she added a plum at the last minute - that's my girl!)... and make your own taco salad for dinner...<br />
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Then we let her open her birthday presents from us...<br />
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Now Amerah has been BEGGING for a big box that she can make into something... so yes... we bought our child 2 boxes! Buried in one of the boxes was her main present (another thing she'd been begging for), an ipod shuffle. <br />
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Dave did a hilarious rendition of Vanna White... "Which box do you want? Box A? or Box B..."<br />
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She chose well!<br />
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And yep... she was one happy kid!<br />
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We picked up a small cake too, because what's a birthday without cake?!<br />
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Yup... no one ever accused our girl of being a wallflower!<br />
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Amerah ended her birthday early (it was a school night after all)... with a little cuddle on the couch, in her new nightie, with Lily (who didn't want her to be on the phone apparently!<br />
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Happy birthday baby!Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-5783493260631543992012-08-26T01:45:00.000-04:002012-08-26T01:45:28.676-04:00A Day at the BeachAugust 15th... Dave had the day off work so we headed to the beach at Kensington Park...<br />
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First we stopped at the little water park adjacent to the beach so that Amerah and Dave could ride this mammoth water slide...<br />
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There's my girl...<br />
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The bigger you are the faster the slide... as Dave found out...<br />
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Then is was on to the splash pad...<br />
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Where Amerah got into a water fight with some kid...<br />
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Then Daddy ganged up on both of them hahaha...<br />
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Since that was all the water park offered, we then headed to the beach. Kudos to Kensington Metropark for having a wheelchair accessible walkway crossing the beach and ending just a few feet from the water! If the water had looked a little less... umm... green... I would have gone in myself!<br />
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As it was, Dave and Amerah entered cautiously...<br />
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I love that photo... Father and daughter<br />
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They had a lot of fun swimming (although Dave says the water was icky)...<br />
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Amerah hunted for shells but the beach was pretty picked over...<br />
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No stinkin' sandcastles for us... Amerah made a sand mermaid...<br />
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Last stop: Concession stand for a snack before heading home...<br />
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I tried to get a great... smiling pic of Amerah... sigh... it took a loooooong time... and I saw way more of her tongue and the food in her mouth than I wanted haha...<br />
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Very fun day!<br />
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-32865225262789513432012-08-05T02:41:00.000-04:002012-08-05T02:41:30.296-04:00Fourth of July PART 2After visiting with Aunt Julie and Monica, we headed over to Evansville, Indiana to Philip and Mei's house to meet up with the Jones clan. <br />
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Little cousin Gabrielle always has the cutest 4th of July outfits... next year I'll have to shop ahead for Amerah! <br />
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We were disappointed that Dave's brother Gordon and his family, and his sister Susan and brother-in-law Bob were not able to make it this year. We still had a pretty good sized gathering though!<br />
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We were excited to meet Mei's sister and brother-in-law who joined us from Boston this year. Their little girl is ridiculously cute and very outgoing, little miss Donna (probably misspelling that but I'm not going to guess how to spell a Chinese name :-) was the life of the party!<br />
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As usual, we were well fed by my sister-in-law Mei, on scrumptious Chinese food along with some standard barbeque fare...<br />
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I'm thinking that Emily's ready to dig in haha<br />
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Our gracious hosts... I love this photo!<br />
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It is a Jones family tradition for the kids to raise the flag on Independence Day. They take their responsibility very seriously...<br />
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Then it was time for the third annual Jones monster golf tournament...<br />
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Half way through the tournament the skies opened up and it began to storm... by the time everyone made it back to the house they were soaked!<br />
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Dave's brother Monroe was brave enough to let Amerah do his hair...<br />
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While the golfers waited for the storm to pass we played games...<br />
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Dave surprised me by knowing how to do some hand clapping games and demonstrating for Amerah with sister-in-law Monika...<br />
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After the tournament was over (and Dave was bummed because he lost by just a smidgen), everyone was pretty tired...<br />
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And just because they're cute... Emily...<br />
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Dylan...<br />
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and Tony...<br />
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We ended the 4th with a trip down to the Evansville fireworks. Unfortunately I forgot my camera so I don't have any photos... but the kids were pretty excited to go!<br />
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-10312232620908326612012-08-05T01:58:00.000-04:002012-08-05T01:58:16.724-04:00Fourth of July - part ONEI might have mentioned that I'm a bit behind on my blogging...<br />
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Well Dave, Amerah, and I traveled south to Dave's brother, Philip's house again this year for their annual Independence Day bash. On our way we stopped to see my Aunt Julie and cousin Monica in Louisville, Kentucky.<br />
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I love how this photo turned out! This is my Aunt Julie with Amerah and, Monica's little boy, Dominic. <br />
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We stayed longer than we had originally planned on, mostly because we lost track of the time! It was so good to see them and to visit!<br />
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And that's my cousin Monica with her baby Lorenzo :-) <br />
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Monica's two dogs loved on us...<br />
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Amerah quickly won over baby Lorenzo...<br />
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Dominic was a harder win... he was very shy...<br />
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But with a little patience... and a lot of pretending that he wasn't even there...<br />
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She finally won him over...<br />
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We really enjoy visiting with so much family over the holiday. To be continued...Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-29779493306608633392012-08-05T01:40:00.000-04:002012-08-05T01:40:51.633-04:00Lauryn's graduation partyI am so far behind on my blog that it isn't funny! On July 14th, Dave, Amerah and I went to my cousin Lauryn's high school graduation party. <br />
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Isn't she pretty? :-) I didn't take a lot of photos but I got a few...<br />
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Her brother dunked her in the pool... that was fun to watch haha<br />
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Amerah refused to let me take her picture...<br />
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Then she enlisted cousin Alex to help...<br />
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Then she peeked out from behind his towel and wasn't quick enough...<br />
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And then she tried to move TOO quickly and fell backwards in her chair hahaha... I told her that it was a payback for not letting me take a photo :-)<br />
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I tried to get a pic of Breanna but in every one I took she has a funky look on her face! This was the best of the bunch, she's so pretty :-)<br />
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The kids spent the whole day swimming, we barely even got them out of the pool to eat!<br />
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I just had to snap a picture of this little cutie...<br />
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I wish I had been able to get a better photo of these adorable twins...<br />
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Proof that Dave was there...<br />
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The highlight of the pool party for the kids was when Lauryn's dad joined the fun, throwing the kids into the pool :-)<br />
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And yep... that's Amerah flying through the air hahaha<br />
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Lauryn is a great student, she's smart, and beautiful, and we couldn't be more proud of the wonderful young woman she has become! We love you Lauryn!<br />
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-45900836658780812762012-08-01T03:34:00.000-04:002012-08-01T03:34:04.699-04:00My pretty babyLily is just so dang photogenic that I can't help myself... I HAVE to post another blog with photos of my pretty puppy!<br />
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She has such a silly side... she makes us laugh a lot!<br />
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She LOVES it when my Aunt Donna comes over! Aunt Donna is a massage therapist and knows exactly how to give good doggie massages!<br />
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She enjoys cuddling with Daddy and Amerah during movies (err... well... when Amerah watches movies and Daddy sleeps!)<br />
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Her favorite place to sleep is on the entryway tile...<br />
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Or... in Daddy's seat on the couch (which she constantly steals just to get his attention!)<br />
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Of course if she can't sleep in her favorite spots she'll just try to get as close to her "people" as she can...<br />
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She LOVES her toys... and her favorite playmate (when Amerah ignores her) is Daddy...<br />
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She LOVES to be brushed! And she thanks Daddy with kisses (note the tongue haha)<br />
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She is NOT camera shy...<br />
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She wants nothing more than to be loved...<br />
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It's hard to imagine that she was EVER this tiny!<br />
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She brightens up our home and makes us laugh and fills our hearts. How empty our lives would be without our beautiful baby!</div>
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-74901684588685803252012-07-30T04:07:00.000-04:002012-07-30T04:07:28.692-04:00Dave's Birthday 2012Dave turned 57 on July 25, 2012... we had a low key evening at home to celebrate.<br />
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It's hard to plan a party for my husband, he is on call 24/7 so the only way to have a birthday party for him is to have him actually request the day off work. This year we're a little behind so he wanted to take whatever work he could get... thus no planned party.<br />
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Amerah made him this sign for his birthday... he doesn't look too happy holding it, does he? Hahaha<br />
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I did, however, make chili for his birthday dinner (it tasted a lot better than it looks :-)<br />
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And I baked him a cake. We had a pretty good laugh over the cake! I was baking it late, the night before his birthday, and I asked Shawn to pop the two layers into the oven for me. Well both pans would not fit on the top rack (because I have a ridiculously small oven), so Shawn put one on the rack below. I didn't check to see how close the racks were to each other and Shawn didn't think about it either, he just popped them in... This was the result...<br />
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I opened up the oven and, after the initial shock, began to laugh. good thing I needed to slice off the top of that layer to make it flat anyway!<br />
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I'm no cake decorator... my sister-in-law Kathy is amazing and I'm embarrassed to even post photos of mine... But I did my best, it tasted good, and my husband was happy... that's all that counts!<br />
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He tried to blow out the candles in slow motion so that I could get a good photo... hmmm... not sure if that worked...<br />
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Then it was present opening time... and cute birthday pics with the "kids"</div>
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Big surprise... the party ended with Dave leaving for work. Lily was pretty sure that she was supposed to go with him and tried her best to get her leash...</div>
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What a great husband I have! If I could, I would throw him the party that he deserves every year... As it was, I hope that he felt special and loved. </div>Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-69135432814748316472012-07-30T03:42:00.000-04:002012-07-30T03:42:32.875-04:00Gone Fishin'A week ago, Amerah and I asked Dave what he wanted to do for his birthday... he said that he wanted to go fishing. Well things kept popping up and occupying our time but we FINALLY got our fishing licenses and spent two evenings in a row fishing.<br />
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On Saturday evening, we found a little fishing hole and plopped ourselves down to fish...<br />
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The birthday boy finally got his wish...<br />
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However THIS was the only fish he caught...<br />
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I caught a bit of salad...<br />
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Fishing is a strong enough incentive to lure even Shawn out for a family outing...</div>
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Amerah, of course, practiced fishing "Amerah style"... she insisted on having the net IN the water as a "trap" so that she could snag fish similar to the way the bears do on National Geographic...</div>
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We stayed until it was too dark to see and the mosquitoes were feasting on us. Unfortunately neither Amerah nor Shawn caught any fish either.</div>
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Sunday evening we headed out again... this time to a wheelchair friendly pier at Elizabeth Park near our home. </div>
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It was a much easier location for fishing... nice pier... wheelchair ramp... not a lot of skeeters... </div>
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We were excited to Shawn with us again (2 days in a row going on a family outing might just be a record for him!).</div>
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By the way, the fish that Shawn is holding is the LARGEST that was caught all evening! Yep, we threw all the itty bitties back in the water and came home fishless again.</div>
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<br />Amerah couldn't decide where the best place to fish was... </div>
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First she hung out with Daddy...</div>
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Then she wandered a bit...</div>
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Then she hung out with Shawn for a while...</div>
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At one point, Amerah was having a hard time reeling her line in and she exclaimed, "I think I've caught our dinner!! Umm.. or a rock. Yep... it's a rock!" I think I need to read her the story of "Stone Soup." :-) </div>
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Like I said... we only caught tiny fish...</div>
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So the birthday boy got his fishing trips...</div>
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Dave, Shawn, and Amerah all caught dozens of little tiny fish! They were all a bit small to keep but they were still caught. How did I do you might ask? While everyone else was pulling in fish after fish after fish?</div>
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Yeah... I caught some more salad... and not... one... single... fish!</div>
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<br /></div>Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-17492298320715448012012-07-23T00:43:00.000-04:002012-07-23T00:43:39.211-04:00Trouble Times Two - Kaylee's and Billy's 1st BirthdayJust to share some more cute baby photos... please bear with me, you know how I love to take photos of cute kids!<br />
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Remember about a year ago... when Amerah and I babysat for my friend Kim's three week old twins overnight? Well those little cuties, Kaylee and Billy, turned one this weekend...<br />
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I think she stole all of his hair in utero. They had a blast at their party... and were loved on by their big sisters, Heather and LeeAnn...<br />
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It got a little crazy when Amerah tried to get into the photo...<br />
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Cutie pie LeeAnn did some posing for the camera too...<br />
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The babies were absolutely doted on by all the little "mothers" at the party...<br />
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(yes the babies changed outfits several times during the party due to party hazards such as cake and cheetos)<br />
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And of course it was hard to tear my own little "mother" away from those babies...<br />
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Then it was a dip in the pool to wash off...<br />
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Then it was present time... Most of the photos are from an aerial view because Dave couldn't get through the crowd...<br />
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Kaylee had some giggles with her grandma...<br />
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Dave managed to snap a rare photo of Amerah and me while the cake eating was in progress...<br />
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And the rest of these are just because they're too cute not to include...<br />
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Needless to say... Mama has her hands full!<br />
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All this partying was a little much for poor Billy... he was all pooped out!<br />
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-4749075937255281432012-07-18T00:12:00.001-04:002012-07-18T00:12:06.232-04:00Old friends and cutie piesJust a quick blog to post some pics of a recent visit with one of my oldest and dearest friends!<br />
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Rachel Haynes Hill and her kidlets, Sawyer and Ailynn, came into town! <br />
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We met Rachel, the kids, and her parents (my "other" mom and dad) at the Chelsea Teddy Bear factory and then went to Big Boy for lunch...<br />
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what a great afternoon! I hadn't yet met little Miss Ailynn so I took a bajillion photos of the
most adorable baby around... doesn't it look like we actually PLANNED to
color coordinate our kids for photo ops? We didn't... just in case you
were wondering...<br />
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What a cutie!Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-21334645734734683412012-07-17T23:44:00.000-04:002012-07-17T23:44:13.680-04:00Amerah's 5th Grade GraduationWell it's official (even if this blog is a little overdue)... our little girl is now our big middle schooler! <br />
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Sometimes I feel sad that I didn't get her earlier. She's grown so much in the last 2 1/2 years that I feel like her childhood is passing me by.<br />
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Her elementary school really did a great job of making the kids feel special. They hosted a wonderful graduation party for them at a local hall, complete with dinner, a D.J., and dancing!<br />
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We made sure to get a photo with her awesome principal, Mrs. Massussi (I might be spelling that wrong though haha).<br />
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And her 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Smith, who Amerah loves and sucks up to big time.<br />
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Mrs. Smith was game enough to get out on the floor and dance with the kids...<br />
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Daddy made sure he would be there...<br />
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And Sandy was there, with her husband Scott...<br />
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Why is it always in hindsight that I realize that, since I was the one wielding the camera, I'm not in ANY of the photos?! I WAS there too of course!<br />
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It was fun to see the kids all dressed up! So used to seeing these girls in jeans, sweats, and ponytails! These are two of Amerah's oldest friends, Jessie and Jennifer...<br />
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And a pic of Amerah with one of her best friends, Sierra... who looks like she's 16 and dresses like it too... yikes! I just keep telling myself that I can't pick her friends for her...<br />
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After dinner, they handed out awards and graduation certificates...<br />
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And then they danced... and danced... and danced...<br />
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Amerah and her classmates had a blast! And now, as we start a new chapter, she is going forward with some nervousness and a lot of excitement... we'll see what's in store next year!<br />
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-9577949082378990702012-06-23T02:00:00.001-04:002012-06-23T02:00:31.598-04:00St. Patrick's Day 2012Just a little blurb about St. Patrick's Day... It's become tradition to have my grandmother over for St. Paddy's Day dinner... this year we added my Uncle Mike and cousin Chris to the evening...<br />
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Thanks to my obsession with Pinterest... yes... yes I DID make a rainbow out of fruit! Complete with a pot of gold at the end and marshmallow clouds.<br />
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We had the standard St. Patrick's Day corned beef and cabbage, with potatoes and other veggies (which, aside from the potatoes, my Irish friends assure me is NOT a traditional St. Paddy's Day feast lol), topped off with a grasshopper pie... simply for its greenness rather than any link to Ireland...<br />
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I was glad to have Dave home on a holiday for once...<br />
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Best of all, my cousin Nikki was in town from Florida and she and her mom Dena came over for some corned beef and cabbage...<br />
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Even Lily got all groomed up and wore green hair bows :-)<br />
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It was a very nice evening... and if you are super observant and noticed that there was still Christmas greenery on my mantle... you would be correct. It took my a looooooong time to undeck the halls this year because of my leg problems. Sigh... one of these months I might even get that Christmas tree down ;-)Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-6650402407587305262012-06-23T01:43:00.000-04:002012-06-23T01:43:32.845-04:00The Pinewood DerbyThis is yet another, long overdue, blog...<br />
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Last year, when Dave saw a flyer for the Pinewood Derby, held by a boyscout troop at our church, he wanted to make a car with Amerah but it was too late.<br />
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This year he planned a little earlier and the two set off on a father daughter adventure in racing...<br />
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Lily and I wisely kept to the living room as my perfectionist husband worked with my it's-good-enough and why-don't-we-add-pink-polkadots daughter. I watched as the two worked together, argued together, and finally compromised...<br />
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On St. Patrick's Day, Amerah could hardly contain herself. She watched as the boy scouts raced in the regulated division and waited impatiently for her turn in the unregulated division.<br />
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Finally she was able to race...<br />
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Aaaaaaaaannnnnnnndddddd.... drum roll please.... Amerah walked away with 1st place!<br />
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Needless to say she was VERY pleased with herself and did not give her dad much of the credit haha.Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-43689532646317577292012-06-23T01:18:00.001-04:002012-06-23T01:18:51.146-04:00Nikki's Baby Shower (May 20, 2012)I am so far behind on my blogging that I'm not sure I'll ever catch up...<br />
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On May 20, 2012, we had a baby shower for my cousin Nicole, to welcome her baby girl, Averie (who has yet to make an appearance)...<br />
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Nikki is one of the most beautiful pregnant women I've ever met so I'm sharing lots of pics even though she might kill me :-)<br />
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So here are a bajillion pics of Nikki opening her gifts (Amerah took most of them which explains the interesting angles and centering :-)<br />
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Amerah and Alexis cleaned up in the prize area... winning quite a few of the baby shower games...<br />
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Amerah wanted her photo taken with the mama-to-be...<br />
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I wish I had taken more photos but here are what's left... random shower photos...<br />
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And a couple group shots (wishing I'd had the sense to have someone close the blinds behind us - but then, I had someone else take the photo with my camera so I couldn't see how bright it was.<br />
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Little Averie will be arriving in style after being showered with so much love!Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-29961267719932738762012-06-13T01:20:00.000-04:002012-06-13T01:20:24.298-04:00SadieIt took a while for my heart to heal enough to write this blog. In April of this year, Dave and I were on our way home when we passed a sign that read "Golden Retriever for sale." We drove around the block in order to get a good look at the sign and came to a stop in front of a corner house with a chain link fence. As we sat there, a beautiful, red, golden retriever came to the fence and stared back at us. <br />
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It was love at first sight. I had to have her. We called the number listed and, the very next day, Sadie came to live with us. She was only nine months old and loved to play with Lily! Lily gave us many long suffering sighs and weary glances as she tolerated Sadie's puppyness. Sadie would attack Lily out of the blue, chomping on her ears, standing on her back, chasing her around the yard... basically everything that Lily has done to Amerah. Lily didn't much appreciate having the tables turned on her like that.<br />
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Sadie quickly became very attached to us. She loved to sleep on my feet.<br />
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She loved to play with her "sissy"<br />
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Sadie and Lily would often gang up on Amerah...<br />
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Sadie came to us with no toys at all. It was immediately apparent that she didn't even know HOW to play with toys. All she knew was that Lily liked them so they must be something of interest. Every time Lily picked up a toy, Sadie would steal it from her and then set it down. She didn't want to play with it, she just didn't want Lily to have it. I was happy that Lily had finally found someone besides ME to play tug-o-war with!!<br />
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She quickly learned that Daddy was a good playmate...<br />
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And cuddler...<br />
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At first, the only time Sadie and Lily would sleep anywhere near each other, was when they both wanted to be on the couch with Daddy (or Amerah)...<br />
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Slowly they seemed to get more and more comfortable with each other...<br />
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In one short month, Sadie had wormed her way into our hearts and our home. We loved her, and cuddled her, and she knew how very loved she was. Sadie would sit up on her hind legs and give me her paws to hold. We loved how she loved to hold hands. When I was sitting, she would stretch up on her hind legs, place her front paws on my shoulder, and lay her head sideways on my chest. She LOVED doing this and I would of course cuddle her and tell her how much Mama loves getting hugs.<br />
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unusual. We coaxed her to eat but kept an eye on her because it just wasn't like her. The night of the 23rd and morning of the 24th, she ate just fine.<br /> <br /> On May 24th she seemed
just fine. Dave and I went to the grocery store. We came home about 3
pm and she was excited to see us and seemed normal. About 3<span class="text_exposed_show">:30
I noticed that she was standing by Dave while he was petting her but
she looked "sad" and wasn't wagging her tail like usual. <br /> </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> Amerah arrived home around 4:15 pm and Sadie was excited again and
followed her out into the backyard as usual. Shortly after, Amerah came
into the house saying that there was "something wrong with Sadie." She
was lying by the garage and wouldn't come when she was called (which
again was unusual). Dave went out and coaxed her into the house. <br /> <br />
Sadie came into the house and went directly into her cage and lay down.
No amount of coaxing from either Dave or Amerah would get her to come
out. I was in the kitchen and I called to her, knowing that, although
she sometimes ignores Dave and Amerah, she NEVER ignores me when I call.
She didn't come. </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> </span><span class="text_exposed_show">I went into the family room and she
still wouldn't come out. We decided to take her to the vet. We left
immediately. When we got to the vet we noticed that she looked worse.
You could tell by her body language that something was wrong. She lay
on the floor and wouldn't come to any of us when we called her.
Finally, she stood up with effort, and walked slowly over to me so that I
could pet her.<br /> </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"> The doctor examined her and was concerned. Her
temp was normal but he wasn't sure what was wrong and wanted xrays and
bloodwork. We agreed of course. The thought was that she had eaten
something she shouldn't and we might be looking at surgery. <br /> <br />
They took her for xrays and Amerah went into the hall and said that she
could hear Sadie making a lot of noises. I got up to see what was going
on. She had gone into cardiac arrest. They resuscitated her and gave
her something to help her breathe. Her bloodwork was showing a sky high
white blood cell count. Her heart stopped three more times. The last
time they were unable to resuscitate. Our sweet baby was gone.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Apparently her previous owners only took
her for her first shots and didn't finish the series. After we bought her, Dave and I took her in for shots, but it was too little too late.
She died of distemper. The vet believes that she had it before we even
got her but wasn't showing any symptoms yet. There is no cure for
distemper, there is only prevention. There was nothing anyone could
have done to save her.<br /> <br /> I walked into the vet thinking the worst case
scenario was surgery. I never expected that I would walk out without my
sweet baby. It was beyond unexpected. We are shocked and devastated.
2 years ago, if anyone had told me that I could become this attached to
an animal I wouldn't have believed them. She was my baby. Sadie and
Lily are the only creatures in this world who know me as Mama. This was
preventable, this was due to her previous owners negligence. Amerah was there with us and was devastated. I sobbed uncontrollably, I couldn't
stop crying. Dave was trying to hold it together for me and for Amerah but was choking back tears. </span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="fcg">Even now, as I type this, I am tearing up. We are trying to take comfort in the knowledge that, for the last month of her life, Sadie was cuddled, and played with, and loved beyond measure. She had a Mama and a Daddy, a sissy and a playmate, all of whom doted on her and held her when she needed comfort. </span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="fcg">The following photo is my favorite. It was taken just as she was about to stand up on her hind legs to give me one of her "hugs." It also captures her goofy personality beautifully.</span></span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show"><span class="fcg">We miss her still. </span></span>Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-26541680318191083912012-05-16T23:52:00.000-04:002012-05-16T23:52:08.818-04:00Cousin Gabrielle's birthday partyOn May 6th was Dave's niece, Gabrielle's, 8th birthday party. We were very lucky that Dave had the weekend off so we could go, both to visit my friend Maggie on the 5th and to Gabrielle's party on the 6th. Unfortunately, my legs won't allow me to drive that far on my own so we were praying that Dave wouldn't have to work.<br />
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Miss Gabrielle was the belle of the ball...<br />
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The theme was Monster High and, once again, my ridiculously talented sister-in-law, Kathy, made a gorgeous cake!<br />
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And, per Jones family tradition... we got pics of the kids around the cake... </div>
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Since Amerah and Luke often butt heads, I was really happy to see them playing together and helping each other...</div>
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The adults had fun too... </div>
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My adorable nephew, Paul, was kind enough to actually WEAR the balloon hat that Amerah made for him :-)</div>
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My other, equally adorable nephew, Lance, is getting ready to head out for another 6 month (I believe) stint singing on a cruise ship!</div>
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My handsome nephew Luke...</div>
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Cousins... Gabrielle is also wearing a hat that Amerah made... As a matter of fact, Gabrielle LOVED this hat! It makes me laugh, I'll be sure to hold onto this picture for their high school graduations...</div>
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The beautiful birthday girl...</div>
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-83472316558374031342012-05-16T23:04:00.000-04:002012-05-16T23:04:41.360-04:00A visit 25 years in the making...On May 5th, Dave, Amerah, and I drove out to Hastings Michigan to visit an old friend of mine. Maggie and I were close as could be when I was 10 years old and living in Hillsdale. We saw each other briefly when I was a young teenager and my mom and I stopped during one of our travels.<br />
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Sometimes it amazes me how you can not see someone for so long and when you do you just look at them and realize, "Oh yeah, that's why we were friends." And you realize that that spark of friendship is still there.<br />
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(Doesn't my hubby kinda look like a stalker in the background there? Hehehehehe!)<br />
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It was also nice to see Maggie's mom again, and she is lovely as ever...<br />
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We traveled to Hastings to celebrate a wonderfully creative endeavor that Maggie and her 11 year old daughter, Mary Kate had pursued together. They had published a children's story titled "Sara Dippity." The story was written by Maggie and all of the illustrations were done by Mary Kate. It's a cute little story and Amerah loved it! Of course we bought a copy, especially since all of the proceeds go to Mary Kate's college fund (isn't that a fantastic idea?!).<br />
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Mary Kate's artwork is also hanging in a prominent place at a local pub. She is one talented kid!<br />
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Amerah quickly made friends with the kids there... especially Mary Kate (in the middle).<br />
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Before we knew it, Amerah and Mary Kate were on their way to becoming besties...<br />
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We were sad to go, the girls were lamenting the 2 hour drive one way to see each other :-(<br />
But what a wonderful time we had seeing old friends and making new!<br />
<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-21769688721909094652012-05-16T22:32:00.000-04:002012-05-16T22:32:22.331-04:00Nail Painting Extravaganza!A week ago today, Amerah's Sunday school teachers put together a fun, mother-daughter, evening of nail painting. I wish that I had taken more photos :-(<br />
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So Amerah painted my fingernails... (insert shudder here :-)<br />
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Then I painted hers... although she insisted on picking colors and wouldn't let me use just one color...</div>
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And a special thanks to Birgitte who did some fancy artwork on Amerah's toenails!</div>
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<br />Karen Rector Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02494364451469066671noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2921828169484853569.post-54920301369746866782012-05-01T00:25:00.000-04:002012-05-01T00:25:07.324-04:00Our new baby...Yes... yes it is true! Dave and I have officially adopted... an adorable... sweet tempered... seven month old... auburn haired... GOLDEN RETRIEVER! Her name is Sadie and we love her to pieces!<br />
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Yes, Lily is a big sister... I should add that Amerah considers herself a big sister to BOTH of them too!<br />
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It all happened so fast! On Friday, Dave and I were driving home and passed a sign that said "Golden Retriever for sale." In the yard was a beautiful auburn haired pup and we couldn't help ourselves, we had to call and inquire.<br />
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Before we knew it, Sadie was in our home, scampering around with our Lily!<br />
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She is such a sweet, obedient puppy! She likes to hold hands with her Mama... just like Lily! Except Sadie will sit up on her hind legs and give me both paws to hold!<br />
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The picture above shows pretty well how skinny she is too. You can't really tell in the other photos, but we can feel her ribs a little too much. She wasn't getting enough to eat at her previous home (most likely due to ignorance rather than cruelty) and has some aggression over food. Not toward us though, only toward Lily, and Lily wasn't even trying to steal Sadie's food, Lily was just looking! <br />
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There are a few, minor, behavioral issues... most likely due to poor training... but she's young enough and eager to please us so we think we can retrain her fairly easily.<br />
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Poor Lily though! She is getting a taste of her own medicine! For the last year and a half, she has chomped on Amerah's feet and jumped all over her... now Sadie jumps on Lily and chomps on Lily's ears... and legs... and anything else she can reach! At first Lily just took it, staring at the newcomer as if to say "what on earth are you doing?!" Now the two of them roughhouse like crazy! It's all in good fun though, neither dog is actually injuring the other, they are just playing... in a rough and tumble sort of way!<br />
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Sadie came to us with no toys of her own. Lily is, and always has been a sharer. She generously shares her toys with my aunt's dog, Gracie, all the time. Lily does love her toys though. She always walks around with a toy in her mouth. In typical sibling fashion, Sadie constantly tries to steal toys. Even though we bought them a couple new toys. She doesn't want to play with them, she just doesn't want Lily to play with them. It never fails, every time Lily picks up a toy, Sadie snatches it from her and then puts it down somewhere else. Lily is not thrilled with that and is finally starting to assert herself.<br />
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Amerah has been warned repeatedly that it isn't the wisest idea to sit on the floor and try to play with them when they are roughhousing. So we couldn't help but laugh and photograph a lesson learned...<br />
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ANDDDDD... my personal favorite of the night...<br />
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The first couple days were complete chaos! Things are starting to settle down around here though, and Sadie is starting to settle in and feel a little more secure in her new family.<br />
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