tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30970178584138752662023-11-16T03:11:29.635-08:00A Hoosier in NevadaJust some stuff that I wrote.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-63108747424728384072019-09-06T12:38:00.000-07:002019-09-06T12:38:15.030-07:00Life Changes<div>
My husband died. Sometimes I still can't believe it. Everything happened so fast, too. He came down with Colitis and was in the hospital for several days. Then he was home and things were going okay. Then he got C-Diff, which was something new to me. He was air-lifted to another hospital in a neighboring state. By the time I got there he was under sedation. He was there a few days and he died there. Suddenly I'm a widow and my kids no longer have one of their parents. I'm in the process of becoming a substitute teacher because his life insurance money won't last forever. We buried him in the same cemetery as our youngest child. I bought the plot next to his. We had a funeral service in his hometown and a memorial service in our town. I still talk to him. I wonder what he is saying to me, since he can hear everything. I can't help but wonder why this has happened. Was his journey really over? Had he completed his purpose in life? People keep asking me how I'm doing. Truth is, I don't know. I'm still alive. I'm not in bed, though I am tired a lot more often now. The kids are doing awful. They constantly fight with each other. School just started two weeks ago and I've already gotten a call from the school guidance counselor. They need to just ignore each other. That would be a great improvement. </div>
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Emmy has a tonsillectomy scheduled for next month. It will be great for her to be able to breathe better. Now, when she is active she feels like her throat is too tight for her to breathe and she wakes up in the night because it hurts to breathe. The ENT doctor was very concerned by this, so we set an appointment. it's about a month away and then she'll be home for a couple of weeks. </div>
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Andy doesn't have anything major happening soon. We are just trying to get him to pass his classes. He doesn't like to do his homework and what he does do is never completed. </div>
Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-4119409673295973422019-02-27T13:27:00.000-08:002019-02-27T13:27:10.096-08:00Wow, I really need to keep up on this blog. This is my only journal and I know that journaling is important, but I never seem to think about it. Let's see, what's been going on since last year. I ran away and joined the circus. I walk the tight rope now. Wait, that's not right, I never ran away. Must have been a dream. I just signed Emmy up for softball again. I need to find a sport for Andy to participate in. He mostly just likes video games, but he does go outside a lot as well, especially when we watch Emmy in softball. We still live in the house we bought almost two years ago. At church I work with the teenage girls. Still hoping they ask me to go to Girls Camp. I went last summer and it was so fun and I was happy to be there. If they don't ask me to go then I'll just go up one evening. I wish they would ask for any volunteers, but they ask specific people. Emmy had a lot of fun last year for her first year and this year a good friend of hers get to go so that will be great. Haven't heard yet when the boys are going camping. I ask just about every Sunday at church, but nobody ever seems to know. I wish the men were as organized as the women. It would make my summer planning much easier. Maybe I'll call some higher-ups and remind them to get things going or give us the info. I don't have to be timid all the time, just sometimes.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-78472140363868470522018-04-14T16:04:00.003-07:002018-04-14T16:04:50.862-07:00Andy's Birthday Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Andy had some friends over and we played some carnival games. We played a fishing game and Andy won the fishing game.<br />
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We played a ring toss game and his friend, Terrell, won that one. We also played a knocking over cans game and Emmy won that one.<br />
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I played the Star Wars awards ceremony music while Brian, from 2 doors down, put the medals around the winners necks. Everyone had fun when they weren't arguing over whose turn it was.<br />
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We went inside and opened gifts. <br />
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Andy got a lightsaber card,<br />
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some money, <br />
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a glowing trident, <br />
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travel-sized Connect Four, <br />
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a squirt gun,<br />
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a car, <br />
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and a creature inside an egg.<br />
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Derek won a trip at work. I don't remember the particulars, but we got to go on a cruise to Mexico.<br />
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We started off in Florida. We spent the first night in Sunrise. We stayed at an AirBnB and there was plenty of shops within walking distance for the few items we forgot to pack and for dinner that night.<br />
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The second day of our trip we got to get on the boat. His work had a reception that night for us. We had food and drinks and got to watch a music group.<br />
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I think it was the second night on the boat when we had a formal dinner. Derek's mom found him a suit that actually fit him and he looked quite nice, I thought.<br />
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The third day we got off the boat and went shopping at Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico. This boat isn't ours, but it was there, too, and roughly the same size as far as I could tell.<br />
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I really liked this open feeling shopping center. I know it's a tourist town, but it was really cute.<br />
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The dolphins didn't want to help me get a good picture of them.<br />
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Interesting fountain.<br />
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We trusted a stranger to hold my phone and take our picture.<br />
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Heading back to the boat. Very windy couple of days.<br />
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Third day we went to Cozumel, Mexico. The shops reminded me of California. I'm sure it was more authentic that Costa Maya, but it was more crowded and less cute, I thought.<br />
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The ship crew was amazing. All the staff were very friendly to us. It was neat to meet people from all over the world. Their name tags all listed their countries of origin. Apparently, the housekeeping staff enjoyed towel folding. We got and elephant, frog, dinosaur, and swan. <br />
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All in all, we had a nice time. It was great to get away for a while. We didn't pay for the cell service or internet, so we were unplugged from the rest of the world the whole week. We got off the boat back in Miami and flew back to Utah where we had stashed our car at my sister's house. We ate Chinese food with 2 of my sisters 5 niblings. This isn't all the pictures. Derek sent me some on messenger from his phone, but I couldn't figure out how to upload them from my messages to my computer to then to put them on here.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-62593169101145279782017-08-11T12:02:00.001-07:002017-08-11T12:02:20.612-07:00Is it school time yet?Yes, I'm ready for my kids to go back to school. They have about 2 weeks left before school starts up again. I think they are looking forward to seeing their friends and teachers again. We've had a pretty good summer, but they are spending way to much time together. They always seem to be fighting.<br />
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I am looking forward to school supply shopping, though I don't know what all they need. I guess we could start with the basics and go from there. Andy is starting in the Junior/Senior High and I think we'll get him one big binder with folders for each class, like a trapper keeper. I loved the one I had as a kid. I've seen zipper ones in the store and I think that would be really good for him. He needs to be organized and take his homework seriously. He's so much like me it's scary. I never liked homework either. Sometimes I wish I could talk to my younger self and tell me all the things I need to do for a better future, like do homework. One day when the kids are grown up I hope to take a few college courses. Of course it will be stuff I'm actually interested in and will hopefully do well. I want to learn more math and languages. I'd love to learn Spanish and get better at German.<br />
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The kids are doing laundry. I'm scared. I told them what to do. We'll see how it goes. I've also taught them how to wash dishes, but I have to fill the sink with water. If they do it they don't get the water nearly hot enough. Sometimes I make it too hot and we let the dishes soak for a few minutes. I'm trying really hard to teach them the basics of homemaking. I've heard of kids moving out at 18 and having no clue what to do. I don't want that for my kids. Now I want them to make brownies. We have a mix they can use, so it will be really easy.<br />
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For my birthday this summer I got yarn from a few people. I really needed yarn and that was all I asked for. I made Emmy a hat, scarf, finger-less mittens, and leg warmers.<br />
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I'm still working on some stuff for Andy.<br />
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Recently, Andy and I went on a quick trip to Idaho. Part of the trip was spent on the Snake River. Here's Andy in the cavity of a large rock.<br />
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We had a lot of fun. We were with the church youth group and all the kids were so great. We went to the temple and did baptisms, then toured a food storehouse, then went to the river and explored and swam, then went to an escape room activity, then slept at a campground. Of course all this included eating lunch and dinner along the way. It was great and I can't wait till next time. Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-60161306053105877662017-04-24T01:42:00.001-07:002017-08-11T10:59:35.239-07:00We Bought a HouseWe bought a house. It's just a little thing, but it is big enough for us. I never wanted anything too big. We've been moved in for a week now. A couple days ago one of my sisters asked over the phone if I was all unpacked. Yeah, right! I'll be totally unpacked in two years, maybe.<br />
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I'm very excited about the back yard. There are two little garden plots and there is already rhubarb growing. Aw, yeah! Tomorrow, while the kids are at school, I'll try to make rhubarb crisp and rhubarb muffins. I think I have everything I need and I just need to find my recipe box for the crisp recipe. Emmy has a Guide to the Smurfs with a muffin recipe in it that we used to make rhubarb muffins a few years ago and they turned out really good. The kids are pretty excited for the treats. I really ought to make chocolate chip cookies for Derek to take to work. He loves to share with his employees. People really seem to like my cookies and I don't hate baking.<br />
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I am getting excited for my family trips this summer. My family is having our last big reunion. That means next time Mom and Dad are not going to pay for everything. Just to be clear, we never asked them to pay for everything, they just knew we could use the help. I've been in charge of the talent show for many of the reunions in the past, so this time I volunteered to be in charge of the games. It should be really great. It's going to be a lot of work, but I've already started making pieces and collecting questions and what not. We will be doing big group games. Before we had games for just the children or teams for Minute to Win It style games. This year I am doing Family Feud, Wheel of Fortune, Match Game, and Giant Trivial Pursuit. I think they will be as fun to watch as it will be to play. Of course I'll be the host for most of these and not participating, and that is okay. I'm not as quick on my feet as some people in my family. Let's just say I'm really looking forward to Match Game. Of course Trivial Pursuit I will be able to play with the others. I love to answer questions. I'll bring several card sets and we can choose which to do or pick a different topic each turn or by player. So, I may request Star Wars questions while the little kids may want Disney questions and Gram and Granddad may want Baby Boomer questions. It should be great. We'll just need someone to be question master and hope they don't mix up the cards. I'm a real stickler about my games. My mom and I made a spinning wheel for the Wheel of Fortune. It just has points, no money. Should work out fine. I made giant dice, 1 foot cubed, for the Giant Trivial Pursuit. I still need to get my game board, yet. I'm knocking around a few ideas, whether to use cardboard or felt, and how big it needs to be. Luckily most of the card sets have the same colors. I'm glad they did that.<br />
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About a week after we get home from my family reunion we will go on a big fishing trip with some of Derek's family. Andrew has been 3 years, Emmy has gone 2 years, and last year was the first time for Derek and me. He isn't sure if he'll be able to get the time off this year. He's requested for both trips, but thinks he'll only get one and that is okay. I think he would have fun with either activity, but he'd prefer the fishing. This year I have to get Emmy and new camping chair. She has a little kid one and she needs an adult size now. In my head she is still 3 feet tall, but when she stands in front of me she comes up to my chin. Andy, of course, is my height already. He's only 12, but we have high hopes for him. Yes, that was an intended pun.<br />
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Andy and Emmy are making friends at their new school. On Friday they walked home with another little girl who lives somewhere on our street. My kids came inside and she walked on. I've been letting them walk home after school. They keep saying that since Andrew is 12 that I should be okay with it. They are still letting me walk them to the corner in the morning, though. It's very tough for me to let them go without me. We told them that if anyone tried to kidnap them they are allowed to kick, bite, pinch, scratch, or anything else it would take. Not that I'm worried about them being abducted from this tiny little town we've moved into, but that sort of thing does happen. Most children that are kidnapped are taken by the non-custodial parent, so mine would be abducted by psychos. Really makes me feel better.<br />
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Tomorrow I am going to search the boxes for my yarn and crochet hooks. I really miss making things. I packed up my apartment 2 months ago and everything went into storage. We were only supposed to stay with my parents for a couple of weeks before we moved into our new house, but then a series of obstacles called for us to start over and find a new house. We stayed with my parents for about 11 weeks and all our stuff was in storage except for some clothing we kept out of the boxes and anything that we bought within that time. It was tough to not be able to have stuff to make things. I started looking at pinterest much more often. I found several crochet projects I want to try. I saw some darling crocheted gingerbread houses for Christmastime. My sister-in-law Heather asked when I was going to give her one and I said this year for Christmas. I don't think it's too early to start making gifts.<br />
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Well, it's almost 2am and I'm finally tired so I'm gonna go to bed now. Nighty-Night!Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-79757450164033898172016-08-09T20:37:00.005-07:002016-08-09T20:56:04.726-07:00Too Soon? Nah.I was talking to my mom the other day about popsicle stick puzzles. She gave me some unused Christmas cards and I got out my trusty paper cutter and the decoupage. Let's just say that there will be about 20 more of these puzzles coming.<br />
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Here are all the sticks in a jumble.<br />
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Two puzzles done.<br />
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One puzzle flipped over and reassembled.<br />
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The last puzzle flipped and reassembled.<br />
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Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-118458407234493012016-08-09T20:05:00.001-07:002016-08-09T20:05:23.037-07:00I can't believe it's been over a year since I posted last. So many things have gone on. This past April there was a Daddy/Daughter dance here in town. Derek took Emmy to it. She had so much fun. Derek's mom made Emmy's dress. She wore a big puffy petticoat underneath so that it would go out.<br />
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The kids got to show off their artwork at the end of the school year.</div>
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Andy's class did a piece of horticultural artwork.<br />
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Emmy's class did these watercolor stream pictures.<br />
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We got to go see a musical play this year. The children's theater put on Disney's Alice in Wonderland. Emmy dressed up in her Alice dress from last summer. Here she is next to Normal-Sized Alice, Shrunken-down Alice, and another little girl we know who also dressed up as Alice to watch the show. <br />
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The kids were in school choir last year. Here they are singing in the city park on Memorial Day. Look at the left side of the stage.<br />
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This kids both got awards at the end of school, but I don't remember for what and the pictures are hard to read.<br />
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Well, that was all this past Spring. I guess I'd better post my pictures from our vacation soon.<br />
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Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-54220574560991758122015-07-15T16:08:00.002-07:002015-07-15T16:08:31.400-07:002015 Family ReunionSo I just got back yesterday from my reunion. I had so much fun. The kids and I got to go to Indiana and see my siblings and niblings, and my dad's family and my mom's family. Three reunions in all. Crazy! I didn't get pictures of everything, but here are some.<br />
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Andrew and Emmy on the plane at the beginning of our trip Sunday night.<br />
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Caelin, Andrew, and Emmy on the way to Middlebury from the Indianapolis airport in our rental car Monday morning.<br />
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A visit to the Krider Gardens in Middlebury so that Emmy could sit on the mushrooms while dressed as Alice in Wonderland.<br />
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After that we got donuts at the Essenhaus bakery and took them back to our cabin where we were staying. Andrew had a round creme filled.<br />
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Emmy had a long john like me. I had to cut mine in half and finish it the next day.<br />
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The next morning we went to the Essenhaus for breakfast with my sister Naomi and her kids Cooper and Chloe.<br />
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Then we went to a shopping center and got this picture outside the toy store.<br />
That's Chloe as Thing 1, Andrew as Thing 2, and Emmy as Curious George.<br />
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That night we roasted marshmallows and had s'mores.<br />
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Wednesday we went to Bonneyville Mill park and had a picnic.<br />
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Then we went to East Park across from where I grew up. There's my brother Samuel watching out for his little daughter with our old house in the background. <br />
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We went across the street to Memorial Park to look at the cannons. I used to love climbing on these when I was a kid. Here's Andrew and one of my sister Sarah's daughters.<br />
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That night we went to my cousin Susie's house. One of her daughters found some kittens for my kids to pet. They really liked the kittens.<br />
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Then one of the girls took my kids for a pony cart ride. The kids would have liked to sit on the pony, but Susie said it wasn't broke enough yet. I asked Susie's permission to photograph her daughter.<br />
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On Saturday morning we went to breakfast with my friend Janelle and her family. After that we went shopping to find Andrew a new shirt. That morning I discovered he was out of clean clothes. We went to Yoder's department store to get him a Shipshewana t-shirt. Emmy saw this hat and wanted it. I think she looks like a pilgrim or pioneer.<br />
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After my dad's reunion on Saturday some of us went to his brother Glen's house. We were sitting on the porch talking when all of a sudden we heard this thing come putt-putting out of a garage. Dad just couldn't resist playing with Glen's toys. <br />
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We left for home on Monday and made it as far as Phoenix where we were too late to catch the plane to Reno. We had to sleep in the airport for a few hours. Here's Emmy sleeping on me.<br />
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Here's Andrew just waking up.<br />
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We finally got home 12 hours after we expected, which was fine. Derek's mom picked us up from the airport. We were very grateful that someone could make it on such short notice. I didn't get picture of everything. I didn't get pictures on Thursday or Friday. I guess I was just too busy having fun. Those days we did the talent show, minute to win it games, and my kids and I visited Janelle.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-50536369242949693142015-06-12T21:35:00.001-07:002015-06-12T21:35:15.562-07:00Beauty and the BeastTonight Emmy and I got to have a Girls Night Out with Aunt Michelle, Cousin Hannah, and Nana. We went to Beauty and the Beast Jr. All the players were kids or teenagers. It was really cute. Everyone did a great job, but I think Gaston and Le Fou were my favorite. Afterwards we got to say hello to some of the cast members. Emmy knew two of the little girls from school. One was a napkin and other things.<br />
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One was Chip.<br />
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We also said hello to the Wardrobe, but we didn't get a picture with her. Then Emmy got to talk to Belle. She was very sweet.<br />
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I'm very happy we got to go.<br />
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<br />Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-88241057165808404712015-06-12T21:18:00.001-07:002015-06-12T21:18:37.273-07:00State Project<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago Andrew did a school project on Utah. He made a float with Arches National Park on top and the state symbols around the side. He had fun painting and decoupaging.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-79424986891416514052015-03-17T18:27:00.002-07:002015-03-17T18:27:25.698-07:00Oh, no! Her permanent teeth! My daughter, Emmy, was playing Marco Polo at school last Wednesday. She was Marco and had her eyes closed and walked right into a pole and chipped both her front teeth. <br />
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She was pretty sore, so I picked her up early from school. She got a dentist appointment on Monday where they decided what to do. Today she went in and they filled in the missing pieces. <br />
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She looks so much better now and she's happy, which is what matters most. I'm so glad we found a good dentist that could get her in so quickly.<br />
<br />Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-68852024848818977742015-02-10T21:18:00.001-08:002015-02-10T21:18:27.593-08:00How to Ruin Your DinnerStep 1<br />
Perfectly cook your pizza<br />
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Remove pizza from oven and put second pizza in oven<br />
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Using pizza cutter slice pizza<br />
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Knock pizza off stove top and onto your legs and your cat<br />
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Scream from the pain of hot sauce and cheese<br />
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Clean off your cat with a damp rag and then pat clean your burned leg<br />
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Cry as your husband cleans up the mess while you lather ointment on your injuries<br />
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Hopefully don't repeat with the second pizzaRuthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-31224717356064895232014-12-30T23:45:00.001-08:002014-12-30T23:45:04.376-08:00The Basketball Game My kids got tickets from there school to a Reno Bighorns basketball game. I'm not much of a sports fan, but I really enjoyed the game. The kids got to see a few of their friends in our section. The Bighorns won against the Idaho Stampede. Both teams were good and it was very close. I think Reno won by 3 points. <br />
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My kids and Emmy's friend from her class at school got a picture with one of the cheerleaders. <br />
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Here they are with Bruno the Bighorn. <br />
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Here they are with Archie the Ace. Ace Blob? I don't know what he's supposed to be. <br />
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There were also Wolves from the Wolfpack: Alphie, Luna, and another one whose name I didn't catch. I guess all the mascots came to celebrate Bruno the Bighorn's 7th birthday today. <br />
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After most people were gone they let some of the kids try to shoot a basket. I didn't see any get one.<br />
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I case you are wondering, the Reno Aces are a baseball team, the Wolfpack is from UNR, and the Bighorns are of course a basketball team.<br />
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It's that time again. I need to show off my cute kids. <br />
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This year Andrew decided that he wanted to be a wizard. I thought he meant like Gandalf, but he actually meant a Hogwarts wizard. He's dressed as Zacharias Smith from the Harry Potter books. Here's the character in the Lego games that Andrew likes.<br />
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I decided to put him in school robes because that is what they would normally wear at school. <br />
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Andrew painted the wand himself. He's wearing a scarf in the Hufflepuff colors.<br />
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Emmy wanted to be Galadriel, from the Lord of the Rings. We enjoy those movies. I couldn't seem to find a better picture of Galadriel than this one.<br />
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Emmy's tiara isn't quite the same as the ones in the movies, but I'm not great at stuff like that.<br />
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The belt should be centered, but her dressed got a little askew.<br />
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I think they are happy with how the costumes turned out.<br />
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Tonight they are going to a church Trunk-or-Treat party. Next week our church is having a Trunk-or-Treat party, their elementary school in having a Fall Festival, and of course we'll be trick-or-treating on Halloween night. We are gonna have so much candy!Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-11377001261510409632014-06-27T19:10:00.001-07:002014-06-27T19:12:19.611-07:00Emmy's BaptismI'm only three weeks late with this one. On June 7th Emmy got baptized into the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It all went pretty smooth. We had lots of people there and plenty of refreshments. Derek performed the ordinance with Emmy and she looked so cute. Here's a couple pictures.<br />
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Here's Emmy trying on the jumpsuit to make sure it fit. <br />
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It fit her perfectly. <br />
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Here's Derek and Emmy at the church right before going to the font. <br />
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Emmy's hair was done in a dutch crown.<br />
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It was really nice that a few relatives got to come. Aunt Rachel and Uncle Tim were supposed to do stuff for the program, but one of them got sick so they didn't come. Gram and Granddad filled in, though, so everything was fine. All in all, things were nice. We are very happy that Emmy has made this decision.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-76912069381393012052013-12-15T08:28:00.001-08:002013-12-15T08:28:17.519-08:00Andrew loves DaddyAndrew and Derek are eating breakfast together, scrambled eggs with ketchup. I poured them each a cup of milk and Andrew got a straw for himself and one for Derek. After eating for a few minutes Derek noticed the straw in his cup and asked why he had one. Andrew said "I have a straw and so I got you one so you wouldn't feel left out." I thought it was really cute that Andrew was looking out for Derek.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-86289889282460943762013-10-03T15:41:00.003-07:002013-10-03T15:42:25.800-07:00This Year's New Hats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A man walks down the street in that hat and people know he isn't afraid of anything. <br />
Here is the hat that I made for Emmy. I think I want to line it with fleece so that it is warmer for wintertime. I made Emmy a little matching scarf, too. I'm still working on a scarf for Andrew. <br />
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I think they like them.<br />
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I need to get better with the blogging. It's been so long since I've been on here. Once again we are entering my favorite season.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-81784256870467997422013-05-08T21:08:00.001-07:002013-05-08T21:22:09.231-07:00Where Have I Been?No, I didn't fall off the face of the Earth. I'm still here. I feel like I've been so busy lately. I tried to put a picture on here, but it isn't wanting to work for me. This past Saturday my son Andrew was baptized. We were very excited for him and it was really nice. We had lots of relatives and friends come to support him, so he felt really special. Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-31351587838525346522013-02-19T21:12:00.002-08:002013-02-19T21:12:07.985-08:00Our First Broken Bone Last week on Monday I went to pick up the kids from school, as I usually do. We walked to the van and started to get in. Andrew was pretending to have a hard time getting into the van, so he had his hand in the door frame to hoist himself in. Emmy was already in, so she decided to close her door. She didn't see Andrew's hand there and she closed the door on his hand, but it didn't latch. Andrew really cried and he had a large bruise and huge bump on the back of his hand. When we left for the hospital Derek and Emmy stayed home and Derek said as soon as we walked out the door Emmy started sobbing about how she had hurt Andrew. We saw the doctor and Andy got x-rays taken of his hand. The doctor said it looked like he had a hairline fracture in his second metacarpal. A nurse wrapped his hand in a splint.<br />
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On Friday I took Andy to a bone specialist. He said it looked like there were two fractures, one in the second and one in the third metacarpals. He wrapped Andrew's hand in a sturdier splint and will see him again in a couple of weeks.<br />
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I was surprised he didn't do a cast, as is almost everybody I talk to about it. I've had to rewrap the bandage several times already and I've had my mom do it, too. Sometimes when he is playing he forgets that there are some things that he can't do and his bandage comes undone at the end. I can't wait till he gets to take it all the way off. This is the first broken bone that either of our kids has had and hopefully will be the last.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-82461512424067695322012-11-28T15:59:00.000-08:002012-11-28T15:59:20.253-08:00Peppermints in the Christmas TreeRemember when I made checkers for my checkerboard? No? Huh, maybe I haven't told you all about that yet. Well, anyway, today I'm gonna talk about how I used the left over wooden circles. <br />
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I had 13 and I painted them all white. <br />
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You can see my plans that I made before I started, along with part of a grocery list and some math I had been doing.<br />
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I got Derek to drill tiny holes in each one. <br />
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I cut ribbon and burned the edges before putting it through the hole in each peppermint. <br />
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Here are a couple on the tree.<br />
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I thought they turned out pretty good. I know the pictures aren't great, but my flash was a bit too bright I think. It always happens when I take a picture of something white, but I don't know enough about what I'm doing to adjust the flash. <br />
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Like my tree? I can't have any ornaments near the bottom because our cat, Penelope, likes to mess with them.<br />
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<br />Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-45955898061897122062012-11-24T16:42:00.002-08:002012-11-24T16:42:58.979-08:00This is the Season, Beloved of the YearWe are getting into the Christmas spirit at our house. We've put up the Christmas tree and decorated it with ornaments. I want to make some ornaments that look like peppermints this year. I need to find little wooden disks to paint. In my mind they look really cute. <br />
We had a nice Thanksgiving this year. We went to Derek's parents' house. We took 4 pies. I was told to bring that many because of how many people were coming. I kept getting confused because when my mother-in-law would list off the people coming there would be a certain amount, but then she would give me a different number. Lo, and behold, there were three surprise guests. Some of our Utah relatives showed up, so that was really cool. Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-13357723904799600432012-10-25T08:23:00.002-07:002012-10-25T08:23:44.017-07:00Happy Anniversary to Us!Derek and I have been married for 9 years. Sometimes it just doesn't seem that long. Then I think, "wait, I have a 7 yr old. I better have been married for 9 years!" These 9 years have been great. We hardly ever argue with each other, we enjoy each other's company, we agree on most things, and only tease each other a little bit. We seem to have been designed for each other. Okay, that's enough sappiness.Ruthykinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906507182384365998noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3097017858413875266.post-69385836815506817162012-10-20T10:46:00.004-07:002012-10-20T10:46:43.773-07:00Ready and Waiting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We're getting ready for Halloween! <br />
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Emmy is Tinkerbell.<br />
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Andrew is Luke Skywalker.<br />
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