tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68397951681566030442024-02-07T22:09:07.373-08:00The Koenning KroniclesBeccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.comBlogger431125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-15603524166005360892012-08-27T11:52:00.001-07:002012-08-27T11:52:27.410-07:00Kindergate<strong>My oldest baby girl left me today....well, she left me for 8 hours. Our first child has gone off to Kindergarten! Lillian has been jumping around about this day since the beginning of the year and I don't mean the school year. She has been ready since January and she was still in preschool. She has asked and asked when she would be going to the "big school." </strong><br />
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<strong>Finally last week, she was so happy to learn that we would go meet her teacher on Friday. In Forest Creek Elementary, the teachers call the day before and let you know that you will be in their class. So Thursday afternoon, I got a call from Mr. Whitfield telling me that he will be Lillian's teacher. I was excited at first because I have heard everyone saying they wanted him for their child's teacher. He is a 19 year Kindergarten teacher and also a singer/songwriter who plays guitar to his students in class to help them learn. How awesome is that!? Then I asked around to other parents about who their kids got and funny enough, the 3 kids I asked about were all going to be in the same class! Just not in Lillian's class. :( </strong><br />
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<strong>When we went to see Mr. Whitfield's classroom and meet him on Friday, I think Lillian became a little nervous. Who was this "man teacher." Where are all the pretty decorations on the wall you usually see in Kindergarten books? Where are all my friends??? Lillian left clutching on to me and tearfully said she did not want to go to Kindergarten!</strong><br />
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<strong>Brandon and I talked to her about it throughout the day and weekend and I think she was still anxious, but getting excited again to go. I got things semi-ready last night for her big day and then found a cute idea online of taking her first day of school picture with chalk writing out on the sidewalk. So I hurried outside and wrote out Kindergaten big for her to stand and sit by....did you notice what I forgot???? I didn't until my sister pointed it out after I took Lillian's picture. No 2nd "r"! That is what a not used to getting up early frazzled first day of kindergarten mom does! So later I added an "r" in the pictures with the paint program! It will have to do. But not before some already noticed it and the first picture I posted of Lillian didn't show the "n" on the end, so Lillian was standing in front of "Kindergate." Apparently this is a prison for kids or a political conspiracy. :)</strong><br />
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<strong>After pictures, Brandon finally got up and we all walked Lillian over to school for her big day. We made it through the crowd and got her in line with her class and she seemed okay as they walked in line towards their classroom. We shall see!</strong><br />
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<strong>How is Mom, you might ask? Fine. I did tear up a little when I saw other moms crying and for a minute when she was leaving, but no real waterworks! I'm proud! Andrew sure misses his sister though and thought when we were leaving for the gym at 9:20 that we were going to pick up Lillian then to come with us. Oh, Andrew! I know he will be ready to go back to Preschool when it starts next week.</strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first baby girl is a Kindergartner! (at Kindergate! ha ha)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lillian with her buddy Quinn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after I added the "r"....facepalm!</td></tr>
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Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-52171397626679950842012-08-24T18:14:00.001-07:002012-08-24T18:14:59.371-07:00Marjorie has begun walking!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HeG5cMoLlRA?fs=1" width="459"></iframe>Little Miss Marjorie waited until 11 months old to crawl....later than her brother and sister....but is taking steps sooner than both of them at 13.5 months! She decided today was the day! This morning she took 6 steps at a friend's house. Then I got her on camera tonight taking more! My baby girl is growing up!Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-26961933137313421922012-08-22T19:17:00.000-07:002012-08-22T19:17:30.473-07:00Happy Birthday, Brandon! Brandon had to work on his birthday like many people, so we didn't get to spend a lot of time with him today, but we woke up this morning and gave him his gift when he came down ready for work and then we met him for dinner at Serrano's this evening. The kids were very happy to celebrate. Andrew was so excited that when we got home, he ran into the house and went straight for the refridgerator and grabbed the cake out so we could sing to Daddy and have him blow out the candle. But being a clumsy 4 year old, it slid out of his hands and over onto the floor! I about lost it, but held it together okay. It could have been much worse, I know. It just landed on it's side, so one side of the cake's icing was gone. So we scooped it up and still had our birthday celebration. The cake was still delicious too! A yummy white cake with strawberry filling from Randall's. <br />
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Brandon, in just 3 days it will be 13 days since I met you and in some ways it feels like a lifetime ago and sometimes like yesterday. It was the best thing that has happened to me. You are a wonderful husband, father, and friend! I hope you had a great birthday! You deserve it! I love you!<br />
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Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-26933593581189938852012-08-09T18:37:00.002-07:002012-08-09T18:37:51.031-07:00A Nature Outing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
We have been staying in quite a bit due to the summer heat and I get tired of taking them swimming on my own with Marjorie now crawling all over the place and she won't sit in a float, so it makes it a tough outing alone. The kids are out of school for the month too, so I think they are getting tired of just me and going to the gym. They miss getting out and doing things. So this week I decided no matter the heat, we would head out to the park. So One day we hit up the All Abilities park and were the only ones there! Then yesterday I remembered Memorial Park and how it had quite a bit of shade, so we headed there. </div>
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I love how this park feels like you are out in the country in nature when you are actually under the busiest highway...interstate 35. Because we haven't had rain in quite a while now, the water wasn't very high and when we walked up on a boy and his mom with a net catching minnows and tadpoles, I told the kids it was okay if they walked around in the water too. They had a blast! They looked all around for tadpoles and fish and waded through from rock to rock. I think Andrew would have stayed there all day! But that part was in the sun of course and poor Marjorie was getting red in the face from the heat, so I made them come back to the other side and the playground after about 20 minutes or so. </div>
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Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-55684856386565602142012-08-02T12:11:00.001-07:002012-08-02T12:35:26.576-07:00Cooling Off in the Famous Pool<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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keep busy now that school is out for all of August. Andrew goes back in
September and Lillian goes in 4 weeks...the last week in August. So we
called up the Bodnar's. Lillian was in class with Payton for a few
years. We've only gotten together with them once this summer, so we
wanted to see if they would come swimming with us. Payton's mom, Sara
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Austin. So we planned a trip to the Barton Springs Pool!<img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WLjk4rvVqo0-Koi1Pnml2bOdFI-HUyioddyHht9dkyRfGWczJsFKIYMxsRQdNeVGf_Q4e8Fw5MKDYV9jUZ29XQ_mfY6Arwf3jkvCOPu9sdsZPQ8cI7N-07oa0pC8ZPXtK_daXlHvQi1l/s320/allontrain.jpg" width="320" /></td></tr>
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Next to the pool entrance is also the Zilker park train, which we haven't ever ridden before, so we decided to do this as well. The kids loved riding it and especially the little tunnel you go under.<br />
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Then we had a picnic lunch while watching the people swimming in the pool. They were very curious about this big pool! For those that don't know, Barton Springs Pool is a spring fed pool and an Austin Landmark that has been here for years and years. Because it is spring fed, it is very cool! So when we went in, the kids were a little shocked by the cold water. But they loved it and ended up going in pretty quick and going all around it. It was a nice change from going to a regular swimming pool and the water doesn't feel so bad once you get used to it. Luckily, Brandon was off work when we went, so he kept Marjorie home because I don't think she would have agreed about the water and we were flirting with nap time too, so she probably wouldn't have made it.<br />
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After the kids tired out, we went out and got snow cones and an ice cream for Payton. Thanks so much to Sara who had extra cash since I used mine up on the train ride and pool entrance fees. We'll have to treat them next time! <br />
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It was a fun day and with weather in the 100's now it was perfect for the Barton Springs pool! We may have to go back! I will for sure once Marjorie is bigger and can handle the water better!Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-18571669268481841412012-07-30T18:20:00.001-07:002012-07-30T18:20:58.450-07:00Surprise, Uncle Clay! <div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
My sister, Katy let us know way back in the spring that she was going to have a surprise birthday party for my brother-in-law, Clay for his 30th birthday. So we have been planning the trip and everyone was sworn to secrecy...no emailing or talking to Katy about it in case Clay snooped and found out. So my mom, who had a longer 8 hour trip compared to our 4 hours to Abilene went down there on Friday and then we met her there on Saturday. We had to spend the rest of that day there hiding from Clay. His friend had taken him to play golf while Katy supposedly hung out with his wife all day. She actually went with his wife and mom for a pedicure and then had lunch with us! We met up with them at Abuelo's.</div>
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And this picture pretty much sums up the rest of the weekend and Monday. Marjorie didn't sleep well in the hotel room with me, Mom, Lillian and Andrew all there. She went to bed late and then couldn't go to sleep with all that was going on. We learned we will definitely need a separate room for her nexttime or suite with rooms. She was exhausted and slept like this all the way to Katy's the next day. Then was tired and crabby the rest of the day, so I didn't take pictures of us out swimming at Katy's house or anything and then we spent today driving back home. It was a fun, but very tiring weekend! We had a good time though and hope Clay had a great birthday! We were glad we could be there to celebrate!</div>
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I haven't bragged about my new drapes yet! Jamie made them for me and brought them the weekend of Marjorie's party, but since then, I was updating the blog from that weekend and kept forgetting to take a picture of them to share. I absolutely love them! They added color to my drab front room in my house and help keep some of the heat out in this hot summertime! And once Marjorie is big enough to play upstairs in her room and not only downstairs, the baby toys will be gone and I think it will make the space look a lot more grown up! Thanks again, Jamie! </div>
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Last summer, Marjorie was a newborn at this time and Brandon was home for a month, so he did some things with the kids to get them out and left Marjorie and I home to rest and have some quiettime. One of those things was going to several Round Rock Express games. The Round Rock Express is the team that feeds into the Texas Rangers and their field, the Dell Diamond, is down the road from our house. The kids had a blast last year and we just haven't planned to go this year, so after seeing a friend post online about going, it reminded me to look at the schedule and we noticed that a game coming up was on a day Brandon was off and it also happened to be $1 drink and hotdog night...perfect for us bringing the kids. So we decided to go.</div>
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Although it is summer and hot, it actually didn't feel to bad to be outdoors. There was a breeze and the temperature dropped a little for the evening. The kids were excited to go to the big field and see Spike the mascot and of course get the food! We only ended up in our actual seats for the first 3 innings though. They wouldn't sit after that. Luckily it is a place devoted to families, so it has a playground and lots of kids friendly places to walk around during the game. The game started at 7 and with that being Marjorie's bedtime, I was shocked at how happy she was the whole time. She never got fussy besides when we were still trying to sit in our seats. She was crawling around making friends everywhere.</div>
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Rolling down the hill</div>
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Lillian with Spike...Andrew wouldn't get too close</div>
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My sister, Tory moved to Arizona back in February and we haven't seen her since! So we were all very excited for her to fly in to visit and for Marjorie's birthday! We got to meet her boyfriend, Drew and we broke him in to the Pearman craziness. The trip flew by, but we enjoyed all the time we got to spend with them. We tried to take Drew to some "Austin" places to show him around. Hopefully we didn't scare him too bad and they will come back to visit again! I know the kids miss their Tory!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjydoozzlpjVn_bts6ZqhB_brpAL1SsHFq5EUrUMa4worj8hHVxaWMOrQfA4pIcYhou1GDXOU75UkU1EMgoqQUx2qLP0k5U5CneBwqHct4ku8IjNjj3vUrVbRe-NVwMO0aAE19u_FxOelE/s1600/DSC01883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjydoozzlpjVn_bts6ZqhB_brpAL1SsHFq5EUrUMa4worj8hHVxaWMOrQfA4pIcYhou1GDXOU75UkU1EMgoqQUx2qLP0k5U5CneBwqHct4ku8IjNjj3vUrVbRe-NVwMO0aAE19u_FxOelE/s320/DSC01883.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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Drew with Andrew at the Hula Hut</div>Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-22312130192528088172012-07-15T12:42:00.000-07:002012-07-24T12:27:58.391-07:00A First BirthdayWe celebrated Marjorie's first birthday with a party on Saturday, July 14th so that family could come and celebrate with us. Brandon spent the day before bbqing all day even in the downpour of rain that came suddenly and we also rented a waterslide for the kids to play in. The weather turned out to be as perfect as you can ask for in July in Texas. Not too hot and it waited to rain until nighttime. Everyone had a wonderful time visiting and watching the kids play in the water. It was so good to have family and neighbors together to join in the festivities. We were especially excited to see my sister Tory and her boyfriend Drew that flew in from Arizona for the occasion and also Brandon's cousin Brian and family who we love, but don't get to see very often.<br />
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She also decided to learn to climb the stairs this weekend too, so we are in for some fun now on the baby watching!Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-52057795002549211802012-07-12T12:53:00.000-07:002012-07-24T12:28:24.513-07:00Happy First Birthday, Baby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My baby girl, Marjorie Elizabeth turned 1 year old on Thursday, July 12th. She is now 20.14 lbs, 29.25 inches! That is 70% for weight and 50% for her length. She is a growing girl! In the past month she learned to crawl and is immediately starting to cruise and taking steps now. She is a little giggle bug laughing at her sister and brother and our dog Duncan all the time and now loves to explore the house and find new things. She is still a momma's girl and very attached especially when new people are around, but still loves to say "hi" to all she meets in the store! Happy Birthday to my sweet girl! I can't believe it has been a year!Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-43936633081785005782012-07-07T19:13:00.001-07:002012-07-07T19:13:31.602-07:00Marjorie walking behind her toy<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/72y1hun7gx0?fs=1" width="459"></iframe>Marjorie figured out how to walk behind her toy today and also took a few unassisted steps to me from her daddy! We didn't get those on camera though! But she is definitely becoming more upwardly mobile!Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-52322268834548474042012-06-30T12:22:00.001-07:002012-06-30T12:22:41.002-07:00Bringing in the Hay<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another summer means another session of swimming lessons for the Koenning kids. I grew up going and know it is important that they learn so they won't be scared of the water and will be safe around it. The kids had a great time this year. We didn't have any anxiety issues about me leaving like Andrew had last summer and they seemed to learn some techniques. It was parent day today so I got to watch and take pictures. Andrew was in the Advanced preschool class and they still did most of their swimming in the arms of their instructors, but he looked like he was doing well with his strokes and learning to go underwater. Lillian was in Level 1 and it was neat seeing her and her classmates race in teams as part of their lesson to practice their strokes. Here are a few pictures I took of them today.</div>
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We decided that with Lillian going into Kindergarten this fall, this was our last chance for a very long time to go on vacation in May before the rush of all the families going after school gets out. So we rented a beach house in Gilchrist, TX for a long weekend right after the kids got out of preschool for the summer. (They had a 2 week break until summer preschool.)<br />
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The house was great and exactly what we needed. It was beachfront so we didn't have to cross any streets with the kids and they could run back and forth if they needed to go up and go to the restroom while we were out too. We could also go out while the kids napped. Brandon's sister, Sherlene also came with us to help us with the kids.<br />
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We all enjoyed our time on the beach. We swam, flew a kite, built sandcastles, and played in the water. We also ate some yummy seafood at the local restaurant. Before we left, we took the ferry over and spent most of the last day in Galveston and went to the Moody Gardens Aquarium. We had taken the kids 2 years ago, but they were too little to remember it. I really enjoy watching the seals and the penguins there. Marjorie even laughed as the seals did flips in the water in front of us. It was a quick trip, but lots of fun and a welcome break!<br />
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<br /><br />Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-89032636687639480122012-05-16T12:35:00.000-07:002012-05-16T12:35:04.756-07:00Our First Graduation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We began the first of many graduations in our family today with Lillian's preschool graduation. This is so bittersweet! Lillian began Harmony Hill Preschool when she was 20 months old, 3 days a week. She has loved going there every single day she attended! She has had some awesome teachers and made so many great friends as well as me making friends with their moms and teachers! I can not believe that this is coming to an end and we will actually be in the state school system this fall! Lillian is so excited about Kindergarten, but I know she will miss the friends she had at Harmony Hill! Congratulations to our little graduate!</div>
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It was a hot 90 something degree day and my kids weren't napping. My neighbor, Mary said she was taking her girls to the pool, so I decided we would head out there too. I'm glad we did. It felt perfect and the kids had a great time and got wore out to sleep well tonight! Marjorie had her first swim in a pool ever and really liked it. I carried her around and passed her to Mary and she was having a wonderful time. Then I sat her near the sprinklers in the splash area and she laughed and played with it too. It was a great afternoon.</div>
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Andrew playing with the baby float after Marjorie preferred for me to hold her.<br />
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Marjorie liked hanging out with Mary.<br />
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Loving the water<br />
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Lillian with her buddies, our neighbors: Jordan and Taylor<br />
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My little water baby<br /><br />Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-46733257532928300342012-05-05T19:03:00.001-07:002012-05-05T19:03:38.743-07:00Marjorie loving the sprinkler<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wP3kRrcLhWc?fs=1" width="459"></iframe>Marjorie sure enjoyed the sprinkler area of our neighborhood swimming pool.Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-47871596459073439812012-05-01T18:59:00.001-07:002012-05-01T18:59:29.708-07:00Splash Park Opens<br />
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I completed my 3rd ever 10k this past weekend! I ran the Capital 10k last month and decided to run this one to keep me motivated to keep on running! This was the 30th annual Bun Run and the first year they added a 10k. I ran the 5k two years ago....when I won that barbeque grill! </div>
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I have been bugging all my friends for a while to come run with me and when I saw my sister, Molly had ran 5 miles on Saturday, I told her online that she should come run it with me and to my surprise, she actually did! It was so nice having someone to ride with and hang out with before and after the race. As well as it was just good to see her. She, Katy and I had a good sister time! </div>
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I was proud to complete this race beating my Capital 10k time of 65 minutes 30 seconds. This run I finished in 62 minutes 7 seconds! It was a nice improvement and made me feel good that I did improve over a month! Now that it is the hottest time of year approaching, I may not race for a while! But it was a fun one and glad I finished on a happy note this season!</div>
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Katy and Parker came to Round Rock for the weekend to see Lillian play t-ball. I failed to get a picture of them with her at her t-ball game, but we had lots of fun other places. Parker enjoyed going outside to play in our yard as well as playing at the fun new all abilities park in town. They had some good cousin fun and we had a nice visit with them! </div>
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<br />Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-18343645533602727742012-04-27T11:16:00.003-07:002012-04-27T11:16:51.994-07:00Toy Story 3 on Ice<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was very surprised at myself for keeping this secret for several months from the kids. I got a flier that Toy Story 3 on Ice was coming to town and I just had to take them! Andrew LOVES Toy Story more than anything and Lillian likes the movies too. So I bought tickets to opening night and actually kept it from them the whole time!</div>
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Yesterday, I told them that I was going to take them somewhere in the evening while Daddy kept Marjorie at home. They were very curious, but I wouldn't give in and tell them. I told them it was a surprise. When we got to the Cedar Park Center and went in, they weren't sure what we were doing. We went and found our seats and then Lillian saw the ice and asked what that was. I told her that there would be people skating on it. She grumpily said, "I don't like this!" Then I told them that it would be Toy Story characters and they both got big smiles and were excited. Here are a few pictures of them in their seats....Lillian on the edge of her seat excited to see it start. Then after every new character came out, she would point like in the 2nd picture and say, "Look Andrew!!!" They enjoyed every bit. It just got late and they and I got tired! It was a cute show! I really enjoyed the Ken and Barbie part...Ken and his many outfits. I had that Ken growing up. I remember he came with a little plastic chimpanzee! He was my favorite Ken because he had bending arms...not the straight ones like the blonde Kens! ha ha</div>
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My favorite!</div>Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6839795168156603044.post-71197425730592094432012-04-17T18:22:00.002-07:002012-04-17T18:22:29.972-07:00Go Phillies!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Marjorie turned 9 months on Thursday. Hard to believe in 3 months we'll be celebrating a year! Marjorie is just getting so big and growing into such a bubbly little girl. She still smiles at everyone and loves laughing at her brother and sister and dog especially. She loves to eat! She snacks lots and lots during the day and we have now mostly moved her to table food at meal times. She has loved mashed potatoes, cocktail weinies (cut into tiny pieces of course), and breakfast foods the most. She is still not crawling, but likes to roll back and forth on the floor. Her peditriation told me at her check up today that we need to start putting her on her knees and try to teach her a little, but I don't know about how that is going to work. She gets mad! ha ha. At her check up today she weighed 18.13 lbs (60%), and was 27.5 inches (50%). So she is right at average for her age. Beccalynn81http://www.blogger.com/profile/04613125869623590808noreply@blogger.com0