Christmas Memories

Today at HomeScholars…

Today, Kerry had a Thanksgiving party at HomeScholars Academy. (Every Tuesday at HomeScholars, he attends classes in Art, Spanish, and Music.) Check out today’s pics from HomeScholars…These photos are from his Spanish class and his Thanksgiving party:

Here’s Kerry, doing his Spanish written work:

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Working with these students is Bessie Brantley, who teaches Spanish.

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**{Other teachers not pictured are Traci Brantley (HSA owner/Art teacher) and Honey Beth Wiggs (Music teacher)}

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Austin and Kerry

(Kerry tells me that they are BFF or best friends forever 🙂 )

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Most of the “crew” :

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Thanksgiving craft: A thankful tree w/ blessings written on the leaves:Pictured are several of the things Kerry’s thankful for: God, Family, Friends, Food, Earth, Clothes, Shoes, and Our House.

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Happy Thanksgiving!!

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**Note: If you are interested in HomeScholars Academy, have questions, or want more info.,etc., check out this link to the website:

HomeScholars Academy

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Recent Family Photos

10/11/09–Got Scott’s dad to snap a few quick family pics after church…Hadn’t had a family photo in 3 yrs.! Little Kerry is now 6 and Sarah is 8…and Scott and I, of course, are getting younger and younger every day!! =-)

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Ah, there we go…the youngins are smiling a little in this one! 🙂

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Daddy thinks he’s SOOOO clever…but you can tell by my face that I’m on to something. I can tell by Sarah’s face that she’s bursting at the seams…trying to hold it in and not tell me! Little Kerry’s like “Hee, Hee, Hee! Mom’s got rabbit ears…I’m not going to tell her…I could keep this to myself ALL day!!” =-)

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Hee, Hee, Hee…it’s just the parents in on it this time…See how happy I look!! 🙂 The kids look so innocent and unsuspecting!! Hee, Hee, Hee!! =-)

(Can you tell I’ve been w/ Scott a LONG time?! Yes, I’m certainly learning some of his ways and sense of humor!! =-) )

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Scott and I…I just love how serious he looks and how his expression hardly changes at all from 1 pic to the next!! How does he do that?!

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My gray shows a little more in this one. It was nice to be closer to hubby though….but he looks even MORE serious in this one!

Science Museum w/ Friends

The other day, we went back to the Science museum and spent a little more time. This time, the kids and I went w/ my friend Suzanne and her son Ethan.   Below are just a few of the pics I got. {The others haven’t been processed yet. (Yes, I did say “processed”…I know…how “archaic” is that, huh?! =-) ) }

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This is Sarah, Ethan, and Kerry in front of the bell (in front of the museums.)

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Quite a large bite on that one, huh?!

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Sarah, Suzanne, Kerry, and Ethan

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Cooh, huh?! =-) Ceiling of dino exhibit…flying Pterodactyls.

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A Few Current Pics

A more recent photo of me…(my regular profile pic is from 2-3 yrs. ago.) Lately, I’m usually the one behind the camera, not in front! =-) I like it that way though! Also, the older I get, the more I want to take LOTS & LOTS of photos (of my kids, events, celebrations, surroundings, nature, etc., etc., etc.)

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Scott and I (this past Sunday before church.) Sarah snapped this photo! (I recently realized that we don’t have many current photos of the two of us either. Scott’s usually behind a video camera!)

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Of course, “Daddy’s girl” had to have one w/ Daddy! 🙂

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Does she look happy or what?! 🙂

Our Visit To The Zoo

This trip to the NC Zoo in Asheboro was a couple of weeks ago (7/25/09). We went with Scott’s cousin Phillip and his family.  Of course, I took LOTS of photos, but I’ll just share a few here:

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Hubby Scott and little Kerry.

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1st animal we got to see.

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I love this shot of Mother and baby!! 🙂

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This lion sure is enjoying “something.” (Glad that something wasn’t my leg!) =-)

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I love this shot of the bear. It was an extremely hot day…I love the way he’s just hangin’ round in the water.

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Love this shot of the polar bear too and the very blue water.

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Otter taking a rest from swimming. See how sleek he looks.

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Daddy holding Kerry up for a better look. 🙂

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There was a statue of an elephant that the kids wanted to get up on for photos. Here’s Kerry, Sarah, Rebecca, and Christopher. (Rebecca and Christopher are Phillip and Gloria’s kids…Phillip is Scott’s cousin from the beach.) The kids had such a great time getting together!

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(These last shots were taken w/ Sarah’s little digital camera…we took turns.)

Rebecca…ain’t she cute?! 🙂

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Here, the kids were starting to look rather tired.

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Here’s a tip…take pics of people at the VERY beginning. Ya know…BEFORE they’ve walked around all day in a 100 degree weather!! =-)

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Scott just thinks he’s SOOOO funny!

Happy Monday!

Ever had this feeling?  I sure have, but it’s never been this funny:

Who Can Relate?

I’m sick again…bronchitis this time.  I’m feeling pretty depleted.  However, it certainly could be worse, and this too shall pass.  I sure can relate to this pic, though, and of course, I think it’s cute:

Gallops and Goals…

…Horse Camp — 6/29-7/03:

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Sarah, along w/ her cousin Rachel, attended Gallops and Goals Horse Camp all this week.

Of course, Sarah has enjoyed herself immensely!  Here are a few pics for now (believe me, there are dozens more!) :

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Sarah saddling Sugar. Can you see the excitement in Sarah’s face?!

It’s not that noticeable, is it?! 🙂

Sarah leading Sugar. Looks like Sugar’s talkin’ to her! 🙂

Sarah riding Sugar.

My niece Rachel, w/ her favorite riding horse, Honey.

Rachel has been taking lessons for the last 2-3 months now.

Little Kerry didn’t attend the camp, but he even got to ride a little on the last day!

Kerry is riding Shorty w/ a western saddle.

(I think it’s so cute how Kerry prepared himself for this

and made sure he wore his cowboy hat and boots! 🙂 )

Kerry on Shorty (led by Cameron) and Sarah on Sugar.

Recent Pics…Various Events

Our VBS, 2009 — “Rome and the Underground Church”:

Rome

“Paul” in  chains:

“Paul” and the Roman guard:

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4-H–“Just Horsin’ Around”:

Always wanted to ride a horse…Well, I can finally say I’ve ridden one!! 🙂

“Freckles” and me.  Little Kerry’s in the pic too…he wasn’t quite ready to ride yet.

Freckles

Kerry and Freckles

Kerry feeding Pedro the pony.

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Kids’ T-Ball and Softball, Spring 2009:

Kerry’s t-ball trophy:

Sarah’s softball medal:

Kerry

Sarah

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4-H at Lazy O Farm:

My niece, Rachel, holding up the fish she caught.

Sarah, Kerry, and friend, Ethan look on.

(Sarah’s in the white hat, Kerry in the red hat, and Ethan is in the

striped shirt, on the other side of Kerry).

They looked thrilled, don’t they?! 🙂

It’s Kerry’s turn to help make homemade ice-cream.