tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78134374615784621522024-02-21T09:20:08.580-05:00The Happy Little Hawkins FamilyMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.comBlogger377125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-42543509446786711772015-04-22T10:10:00.000-04:002015-04-22T10:10:10.363-04:00What We've Been Up To and Cute Clothes Pins, Two WaysI knew it had been a while since my last post, but almost 3 months have gone by without a single post! Let me tell you what has happened since my last post!<br />
I've mentioned before that my husband is a school principal at a K4-12th grade Christian school. We actually met at that school about 15 years ago. Jim had been teaching there for a few years, and I joined the faculty as the first grade teacher right after my college graduation. We taught together for 5 years (2 of them as a married couple) before Jim left the school to start his years of golf course management (a job change which allowed us to afford for me to be a stay-at-home mom). I stayed on at the school for almost 2 more years before Drew was born. Last fall, after several years away from the school for both of us and another baby later, our pastor contacted Jim to let him know that the principal position at the school had suddenly opened up mid-semester (long story) and to ask if Jim would be willing to consider the job. Jim was hired in November of last year, and he has been enjoying his role as principal since then.<br />
I have loved being home with my children for the past 8 years, but it has always been my desire to return to teaching some day. I've done quite a bit of subbing since Jim became the principal, and I have enjoyed that very much. Jim's mom has very graciously watched Maddie when I subbed. Our school expended its preschool program this year to allow a 5 full-day option, and our plan for next year was to enroll Maddie in preschool a few mornings a week and have her go for full days when I subbed.<br />
In January, we found out that the current first grade teacher was pregnant and that she wasn't planning to return next school year. First grade was where I taught for most of my teaching career, and it is a grade that I know and love well. When we found out about the opening, we decided that this might be a good time for me to return to teaching. Maddie could go to preschool each day while I teach, and she would be right across the hall from me. We know it will be a big transition for our family, but we feel that God is leading in this change, and we are excited to see how it will all work out.<br />
I have spent the past several months researching, planning, and preparing for first grade. Because the current first grade teacher wasn't officially announcing her pregnancy until late February, I had several weeks of knowing about my return to first grade without being able to talk about it! During those weeks, I found the Internet - between teaching blogs and Pinterest - to be such a fabulous resource (much more now than it was 8 years ago when I was teaching before!) as I look for ideas to incorporate in my classroom. Some of what I plan to do is that same as what I've done in the past, but I have found so many fun, new ideas to try. <br />
I have been going through my old teaching materials and gathering new things. I am excited to start putting my classroom together in another month or two, and I will post pictures when I have it all done.<br />
I have some pictures of a few school projects to share today. I am planning to use clothes pins to display student work in a couple spots in my classroom. I didn't want to just use boring, plain clothes pins though, so I made two sets of fun clothes pins. The first set is some crayon clothes pins. I used a razor blade to slice down the length of the crayon wrappers, and then I cut them the width of the clothes pins. Using Mod Podge, I attached the crayon wrapper strips to the clothes pins, covering the entire front of each clothes pin. I thought these turned out so cute!<br />
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For the other set of clothes pins, I used scrapbook paper, which I trimmed fit the top and bottom sections of each clothes pin. I ran the edges of each paper strip across a brown ink pad, to make the edges stand out a little more, and then I used Mod Podge to attach the paper strips.<br />
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I bought my clothes pins from Dollar Tree, and I used paper and crayons I already had, so this was a very inexpensive project. I think these clothes pins would also be cute with a magnet on the back, stuck to a fridge or magnetic board.<br />
I will try to share a family update soon with some pictures of what Drew and Maddie have been doing in the past few months, and I have some more projects to show you too.Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-8477551016691102042015-01-27T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-27T08:00:04.197-05:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 40 and 41<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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We started this week by running some errands for Jim. We took a deposit to the bank, and Maddie had to entertain herself while I waited at the counter.</div>
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Drew's class works on puzzles after they finish their seat work, and his teacher sent me a picture of Drew and his buddies with a completed puzzle.<br />
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Drew had two days off from school at the end of the week while Jim and the other teachers were away for a conference. Drew made himself some Ben 10 costumes out of paper.<br />
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Maddie got into the fridge and helped herself to some salami while I was in the shower.<br />
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Jim brought me a souvenir tote bag from the conference. The bag is from my alma mater (and the college where my dad is a professor still).<br />
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We went to Target on Saturday, and we all shared a bag of popcorn.<br />
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We also went to the library and borrowed some books.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 40.</div>
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<b>Week 41:</b></div>
One evening after school, we drove out to a local cider mill. The guys checked their heights.<br />
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I got the kids (and Jim) to pose for me.<br />
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One of the best parts about the cider mill is the donuts and cider, and they were delicious! We sat at a picnic table by the mill to eat.</div>
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So yummy!</div>
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The kids climbed up onto an old wooden wagon. We had such a fun afternoon at the cider mill!<br />
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Drew's class had Pumpkin Day one day, and they did lots of pumpkin crafts and ate some pumpkin snacks.<br />
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Pumpkin head.<br />
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We went out for breakfast on Saturday morning at a little diner we like. The boys had a stacking contest while we waited for our food.<br />
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Drew loved his french toast,<br />
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and Maddie gave her breakfast a thumbs up!<br />
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I had a delicious Greek omelet - so good!<br />
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Here is Week 41,<br />
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and here are Weeks 40 and 41 together.</div>
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I feel like I am getting caught up in sharing my 2014 Project Life - at this rate, I might be to Christmas by Easter! :)</div>
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<b>Week 38:</b></div>
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Drew got a fun balloon sword in Sunday School!</div>
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Maddie still loves her little George with all her heart, and she likes to push him through the house in her stroller or shopping cart.<br />
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Coloring (and losing her hair bow).<br />
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Birthday selfie. It was my birthday this week, and Maddie and I took a selfie on my birthday as we got ready to go out for the day.<br />
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The boys got me a new purse (my first Coach purse) for my birthday.<br />
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I also cashed in on a bunch of free treat coupons I got for my birthday. I had several free coffees and some other freebies I got to enjoy that week.<br />
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We stayed for the games after school on Friday night, and Drew scraped his head on the ground while riding a swing on his belly. Jim stopped after the game to pick up a new nun chuck for the Wii, and that seemed to cheer Drew up from his injury.<br />
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We taped it all up to keep it clean (and because bandaging seems to bring instant pain relief to children).<br />
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We went to a combination birthday party/gender reveal for some friends on Saturday evening.<br />
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We had a fun time at the party.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 38.</div>
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<b>Week 39:</b></div>
We enjoyed some time just hanging out together at home on Sunday afternoon.<br />
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Maddie woke up crying (screaming) in the night on Sunday night. She said that her knee hurt. She spent part of the night in our bed with us, and we slept late Monday morning after a rough night.<br />
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She was in terrible knee pain on Monday morning, and though there was no swelling, I knew something had to be wrong. Her teachers told me that she had tripped over a toy in her class Sunday night, but she had been running around and acting fine after church. That was the only thing we could think of that would have caused her to be injured, so I took her to the urgent care near our house to get her checked out. They did an x-ray, but nothing showed up. The doctor said that she had probably gotten a bad knee sprain when she tripped, and to let her rest her leg and take Motrin for the rest of the week.<br />
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She lay around on the couch for about three days (which is highly unlike her!), and she cried, got hot, and sweat through her clothes whenever I had to move her to change her diaper. It was pitiful!<br />
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We kept her knee propped on a pillow, and we iced it off and on.<br />
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It was hard to see her go through all that pain!<br />
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Toward the end of the week, she started trying to change positions on the couch. She still wouldn't put any weight on her leg, but she was at least moving around a little.<br />
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It was a little like going through the first year of a baby's life that week. At the beginning of the week, I could leave her on the couch and come back later to find her in that same position. As the week went on, she was rolling around and scooting, and then she started cruising the furniture. She wasn't confident enough to walk without support, but she was doing a lot better!<br />
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Over the weekend, we ventured out for the first time since urgent care on Monday. Maddie was still limping, so we carried her/let her ride in shopping carts, but it was nice to be out of the house for a bit. We stopped at a new thrift store and shopped for a Halloween costume for Drew. A whoopie cushion<br />
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and Darth Vader were contenders, but we ended up going with Spiderman.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 39,</div>
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and here are Weeks 38 and 39 together.</div>
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I hope you are having a great week! I hope to be back soon with more Project Life and some other things I have been working on.</div>
Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-17952474629157115532015-01-16T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-16T08:00:04.634-05:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 36 and 37<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I have two more weeks of Project Life to share today. So much of last year's Project Life is finished, but I am behind in sharing it here.</div>
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<b>Week 36:</b></div>
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This week started with Labor Day weekend, and the guys didn't have school on Monday. We stopped at Sonic for ice cream.</div>
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Our school started the school year with about 40 new students, many of which enrolled in the last couple of weeks before school started. It was the first time Jim and his secretary had ever started a school year in their current roles at the school, and with all of the new students, they got a little behind. I spent several days during those first few weeks helping out in the office. Maddie came with me one day.</div>
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She amused herself in all kinds of ways.<br />
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My friend, Kristen, texted me one afternoon of this week to tell me that she had an extra ticket to a Piano Guys concert in Detroit that evening, and she asked if I would go with her and her son. Jim made it home to stay with the kids in time for me to go, and I had such a good time! The Piano Guys are known for their <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoGuys/videos">YouTube videos</a>, and they played many of their videos on the large screens behind them as they performed live.<br />
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The concert was at the Fox Theater in Detroit. I had never been to an event there.<br />
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It was beautiful inside!<br />
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We stayed for the soccer and volleyball games after school on Friday. Maddie was clapping for the girls.<br />
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We had a full, busy day on Saturday. Our church picnic was held at the school this year. There was lots of food and lots of fun things to do - a bounce house, volleyball, kickball,<br />
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the playground,<br />
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and corn hole.<br />
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After the picnic, we went to a fundraising spaghetti dinner for Jordan, one of my former first graders, now a Junior in high school at our school. He was having a kidney transplant the following week, and his donor was his cousin. Jordan's insurance covered all of the costs for his surgery, but his cousin's costs were not covered. Jordan's family was trying to raise money to help pay the cousin's expenses.<br />
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A large group of school families and faculty came to the dinner to support Jordan and his family. The transplant surgeries and recoveries went really well, and Jordan and his cousin are both back to school and work now and are doing great!<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 36.</div>
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<b>Week 37:</b><br />
Maddie and I were both sick with colds this week, so we stayed home on Sunday and rested.<br />
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Maddie is a very busy little girl, but she also loves to snuggle. We hung out on the couch some this week as we tried to get over our colds.<br />
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Jim was gone at school camp for much of this week. The secondary students spend a week at camp at the beginning of each school year, and Jim went with them this year.<br />
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They had a great week!<br />
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Drew, Maddie, and I had a pretty good week at home. I am a recess mom one day a week, and Maddie and I went to help supervise a recess. Drew and his friends were out at that recess, and Maddie had fun running around with them.<br />
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Drew's class (second grade) got together with the kindergarten class to read. Drew's teacher sent me this picture of Drew reading to his little buddy, James.</div>
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It was raining one afternoon as we got ready to leave the house to get Drew from school. Maddie and I had our hoods on, and I snapped a picture.</div>
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Our pastor's oldest son got married this weekend. Jim's mom was planning to keep Drew and Maddie for us, but she wasn't feeling good, so we took them with us to the wedding. Jim's tablet saved the day and kept them occupied during the wedding and afterwards as we waited to be be dismissed from our seats by the bride and groom.<br />
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We ate some cake in the gym before going to the dinner reception.</div>
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Jim's mom said she felt good enough to keep the kids during the dinner, so we dropped them off and headed to the dinner. We sat with the other church staff families and had a good time. Jim photo bombed a picture of our music pastor and his wife (Drew's teacher).<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 37:<br />
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Here are Weeks 36 and 37 together:<br />
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I hope to be back with more posts next week. Have a great weekend!</div>
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1. A few days after Thanksgiving, Maddie dropped my phone from where she was sitting in the cart, to the concrete floor in Sam's Club. I had it in a pretty strong case, and the glass survived the fall, but the LCD screen behind the glass broke. It was going to cost quite a bit to replace it, and since we are due for upgrades at the end of January, we opted to reactivate an old phone we had for me to use for the two months until our upgrade. </div>
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My old phone is a smart phone, but it is very basic compared to the Samsung Galaxy S4 I had been using, and I have been missing my S4! I loved the speed of the Internet, all the apps, and the great pictures I was able to take on the S4, and I am counting down the days until I get my new one - an S5! I have realized how spoiled I was to have had such a nice phone, and I know I will appreciate my new phone in a greater way after having to go backwards in technology for the past couple of months. I am also ready for Jim to stop teasing me about my "slider phone," and yes, the new phone will be off-limits to Maddie!</div>
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2. I saw this on Facebook and thought it was funny! I have a couple of picky eaters at my house, so this made perfect sense to me.</div>
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3. One of Maddie's favorite Christmas gifts this year was a vintage Fisher Price cash register my parents found at a thrift store. <br />
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We had seen one at that thrift store a few weeks earlier, and Maddie had been fascinated with it, but it was missing all its coins, so we passed on it. I started looking for one on Ebay, but they seemed pretty expensive. My parents were here for Thanksgiving, and we went thrifting on Black Friday. While they were in the toy section, they spotted this cash register with 5 coins, and it had a half price color tag. Sold! <br />
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Maddie doesn't quite understand buying and selling, so she doesn't play store quite yet, but she loves the buttons, crank, sliding drawer, and bell. I'm sure this old toy will bring lots of fun in the future!<br />
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I will be back tomorrow with a Project Life post, so check back again on Friday!Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-72283233910767008912015-01-12T08:00:00.000-05:002015-01-12T08:00:09.410-05:00Turkey ChiliLike many people around the country, we have been experiencing some very cold weather this past week. I subbed for Drew's class three days last week, and I had to finish each of those days by standing outside in in the cold in car line at dismissal time. Each day, I came inside chilled, and I struggled to warm up.<br />
For the past week, I have been craving warmth and hot drinks and foods. Jim brought me a peppermint mocha one morning that was warm and delicious, and a kind school mother brought hot chocolate for all the teachers in car line one afternoon. Both of those hot drinks were just perfect for this weather! I also made a delicious new turkey chili recipe last weekend, and I enjoyed it all week for lunch. <br />
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I made a few tweaks to <a href="http://www.skinnytaste.com/2009/01/crock-pot-3-bean-turkey-chili-3125-pts.html">this recipe</a>, and here is how I made it.<br />
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1.3 pounds ground turkey breast<br />
1 small onion, chopped<br />
3 cloves garlic, minced<br />
1 (28 oz.) can petite diced tomatoes<br />
1 (16 oz.) can tomato sauce<br />
1 (4.5 oz.) can chopped green chilies<br />
1 (15 oz.) can black beans<br />
1 (28 oz.) can pinto beans<br />
2 tablespoons chili powder<br />
1/2 tablespoon cumin<br />
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Brown the ground turkey in a large skillet over medium high heat. As the turkey starts to brown, add onions and cook until soft. Once the turkey is browned and the onions are soft, add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds, until garlic is fragrant. Drain any grease and place mixture into a slow cooker.<br />
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Add beans, chilies, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and spices to the meat mixture and stir to combine. Cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 6-8 hours.<br />
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Serve topped with shredded Mexican or cheddar cheese and diced purple onions.<br />
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I hope you enjoy this chili as much as I do!Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-58373920112857846832015-01-05T11:27:00.000-05:002015-01-05T11:27:02.433-05:00Christmas 2014Well, it's been a while since my last post! I didn't mean to let so much time go by, but Christmas is such a busy time, and my blog was pushed to the bottom of the pile. Between school, church, family, and friends, we had a fun and busy Christmas season. Here's some of what we did during the month of December.<br />
Drew and I decorated the tree.<br />
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Maddie undecorated it. I came out to find a chair-full of plucked ornaments after my shower one morning. She had pulled the balls off their tops, so I had to search the tree for the 30 tops that were still hooked onto the branches. Not fun!! That time was the worst, but she did the same thing, in much smaller quantities, a few times during the Christmas season.</div>
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Our elf, Eddie, came again this year.<br />
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Drew was in two Christmas programs this year. He had a solo in his school Christmas program. He was the sheep with curly horn in "The Friendly Beasts," and he did a great job!<br />
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He was also in our church children's Christmas program.<br />
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I subbed in Drew's class the last day of school before Christmas Break. The class had their party the day before I subbed, but we did several fun things the day I was there too. We played a game that involved rolling dice and trying to get a gift unwrapped.<br />
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We also made some Christmas crafts.<br />
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The Kindergarten, First, and Second grade classes watched "The Polar Express" on a smart board during the afternoon. It was a fun day!<br />
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We had a candlelight service at church the Sunday evening before Christmas. I'm always a little nervous about all the little candles, but it is a very special service each year.<br />
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I got the best picture I could of Drew and Maddie all dressed up for Christmas at church.<br />
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Jim and Drew went Christmas shopping for me, and they came home and wrapped my gifts together. </div>
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We took dinner over to Jim's mom's apartment the night before Christmas Eve, and we exchanged gifts with her. We had planned to go out for dinner, but Maddie was not feeling good at all. She had a fever, and she was very tired.<br />
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She stayed on Jim's lap all evening and didn't want to eat or even open her gifts.<br />
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She got a chalkboard from Grandma, and she perked up long enough to try it out for a minute before going back to sleep.<br />
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We did our own little family gift exchange at home on Christmas Eve morning. We all woke up to gifts under and around the tree.</div>
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Our Doc McStuffins fan got her own doctor kit, a vintage toy cash register, a doll bed, and a toy ironing board.<br />
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Drew got some art supplies, some Lego stuff, a Patriots (our school mascot) hoodie, and a Kindle.<br />
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I got some of my favorite popcorn, some pajamas, and some soap from Bath and Body Works from the kids. Jim did his shopping for me from my wish list on Amazon, and he had everything shipped to my parents' house. My mom wrapped everything, and I opened those gifts when we got to South Carolina. I have an Amazon wish list of random things I like, and Jim decided to use it for his shopping. It worked out really well!<br />
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Jim got a new snow blower this year, so he didn't get much else for Christmas. We gave him some undershirts, some athletic pants, and a desk calendar (not very exciting, so not pictured). <br />
Maddie immediately gave George a checkup with her new doctor tools after we finished unwrapping.<br />
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Later that day, we went to Jim's sister's house for lunch and Christmas with Jim's family. Maddie was feeling sick again, and she fell asleep in the high chair at lunch. She was feeling so bad that she wasn't even interested in opening her presents.<br />
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Drew was very interested in his gifts! We left right after the gifts were opened because Maddie was really feeling miserable. She just needed to go! We went home, loaded the van, and started our trip to South Carolina. We were concerned about Maddie, but we hoped that with some naps in the car and a good night's sleep in our hotel, she would feel better soon.<br />
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We spent the night in a hotel near Cincinnati. Maddie had a bit of a rough night, but she woke up feeling pretty good. We had brought our stockings and one gift for each person along with us, so we had something to open on Christmas morning. </div>
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Maddie was finally feeling good enough to be excited about her gifts that morning. She kept saying, "Oh my!" about every gift.<br />
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The kids played with their gifts while we got ready, and then we had breakfast at the hotel before leaving to drive the rest of the way to South Carolina.</div>
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I had developed a bit of a cough during the night, and by the time we were ready to leave the hotel, I was starting to feel pretty sick. I thought I was probably getting whatever Maddie had had. I felt progressively worse all day as we traveled. By the time we got to my parents' house and began to open gifts with my parents and my sister's family, I was miserable. </div>
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All through the gifts, I was just feeling terrible. I asked my mom if she would mind if I went to bed. I was aching everywhere, and I just wanted to lie down. I ended up missing Christmas dinner and the whole first evening there.<br />
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The next morning, Jim took me to Urgent Care, and I tested positive for Influenza type A. I started on Tamiflu and a steroid that were supposed to make me feel better. I did feel better from my flu symptoms after another day or two, but the Tamiflu made me feel bad in other ways. I felt out of it, tired, and irritable. In retrospect, I wish I had not taken the Tamiflu, and I will probably not go that route if I ever get the flu again.</div>
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Jim ended up with a leg infection (it flairs up every now and then from an old college softball injury), and he saw the doctor at Urgent Care the same morning that I did. He was on an antibiotic all week. We were quite a pair! In spite of being sick, we really did have a nice time with my family. During our week in South Carolina, we played games,</div>
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enjoyed time with cousins,<br />
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took guitar lessons,<br />
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and had a White Elephant gift exchange.<br />
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The adults were the main White Elephant gift participants, but my mom found a pair of clown shoes at a thrift store and couldn't resist getting them for Drew. His reaction was so funny!<br />
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Here are Jim and me with our gifts - some lovely goose canisters and a paper towel dispenser.<br />
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We drove home last Thursday, and we spent the last few days of Christmas break unpacking, undecorating, and getting ready to get back to school and work on Monday. We had a good Christmas, and I hope you did too!</div>
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This week was all about getting ready for school. Jim was busy with teacher in-service and the back-to-school faculty picnic this week. Maddie loved playing on the playground after she ate her hot dog at the picnic.</div>
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Jim grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken, and everyone brought a dish to share.<br />
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It was a fun evening.<br />
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I parked my van on the street in front of our house after the picnic because Jim's car was drying out in the garage, and we wanted to keep the borrowed car in the garage as well. When I went out the next morning, I found that our van had been broken into during the night. The thieves had torn out the ignition in an unsuccessful attempt to start the van with a screwdriver and steal it. <br />
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They used this big rock to jam a screwdriver into the door lock, break the lock, and get into the van. They left me the rock as a gift, I guess. I found that my Ipod was missing, but everything else seemed to be fine. I had to call the police, and when the officer arrived, he told me that vans like ours were being targeted in our neighborhood. He wrote up a report, and then, since the van wouldn't start (no ignition), we had to file an insurance claim and have the van towed to a collision shop for repairs.<br />
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We had our second vehicle towed away that week, making us even more grateful for the borrowed car! The tow truck driver started the van with a screwdriver (perhaps the thieves should get lessons from him!), and loaded it up on the truck. The tow truck driver told me that our type of van is the most stolen vehicle - who would have thought that it would be so popular!? Thankfully, the van was all fixed a few days later, and not only did the collision shop waive our deductible, but they even painted over a few rusty spots. Our van was even better than it had been before!<br />
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This week was during the big ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, and both Jim and Drew were challenged to participate.<br />
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Drew surprised us by being very brave and did the challenge. Jim did his a few days later.<br />
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Our school had a Meet the Teacher afternoon, and Drew got to go see his classroom and get his supplies moved into his desk.<br />
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He was excited to see some friends again and get ready for a new year to begin!<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 34. I added part of my police report from the van break-in on this layout.<br />
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<b>Week 35:</b><br />
Jim's sister, Sharon, came to church with us, and we went out for lunch at Chili's after church.<br />
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School started on Tuesday morning. Maddie walked around with Jim while I took pictures for the school newsletter.<br />
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Drew was very excited to start second grade!<br />
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His teacher is very nice, and we are happy that he is in her class this year.<br />
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The first week of school ended a little crazily with a lock down and police cars and helicopters all around the school on Thursday afternoon because of an armed robbery attempt at a nearby bank. One thief was shot and killed, but the other fled the scene. The school had to be locked down because of the fugitive in the area. Thankfully, everyone at school was safe, and all was fine.<br />
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The boys went golfing early Saturday morning,<br />
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and they brought donuts home with them for breakfast.<br />
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I had a garage sale on Friday and Saturday. Maddie was my helper. We were able to make about $200 and get rid of some stuff, so we were happy about that!</div>
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Here's what I did for Week 35. I included part of my garage sale permit on this week's layout!</div>
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Here are Weeks 34 and 35 together:</div>
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I am hoping to be back later this week to talk about potty training!</div>
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My parents came for a few days and spent Thanksgiving with us, and my mom brought us two jars of her homemade apple butter. I had seen a recipe for Apple Butter Cinnamon Rolls recently, and when my mom gave us the apple butter, I knew just what to make for our breakfast on Thanksgiving morning. </div>
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I ended up combining three different recipes to make my cinnamon rolls, and they turned out to be delicious!</div>
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I used <a href="http://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2013/05/08/easy-cinnamon-rolls-from-scratch/">this dough recipe</a>, which was delicious and very easy to work with.</div>
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I used <a href="http://thedomesticlady.com/2014/10/08/easy-apple-butter-cinnamon-rolls/">this recipe</a>, which was the original inspiration for adding apple butter to my cinnamon rolls, for the filling.</div>
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I used <a href="http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Clone-of-a-Cinnabon/">this recipe for the frosting</a>. This is my usual cinnamon roll recipe, and it is delicious!</div>
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<b>Apple Butter Cinnamon Rolls</b></div>
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Dough:</div>
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2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour</div>
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3 T sugar</div>
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1 tsp. salt</div>
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1 pkg. rapid rise yeast</div>
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1/2 cup water</div>
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1/4 cup milk</div>
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2 1/2 T unsalted butter</div>
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Place flour, sugar, salt, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix. In a microwave-safe bowl, heat water, milk, and butter until butter is melted and liquids are hot. Add butter mixture to dry ingredients. Add egg and mix with a dough hook for several minutes, until dough is smooth, elastic, and pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Extra flour might be necessary. Allow dough to rest for 10 minutes.</div>
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Filling:</div>
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2 T softened butter</div>
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1/2 cup apple butter</div>
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2 T ground cinnamon</div>
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1/4 cup brown sugar</div>
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On a floured surface, roll the dough into a large rectangle. Spread the dough rectangle with butter and then with apple butter. Mix cinnamon and brown sugar, and sprinkle the mixture over the apple butter. Starting on the long end closest to you, roll the dough tightly away from you. Cut the roll into 12 equal slices (I like to use dental floss to cut mine). Place slices in a greased 9x13 inch dish. Cover and allow to rise until doubled in size. I let mine rise overnight in the refrigerator, and it worked well.</div>
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Frosting:</div>
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3 oz. cream cheese, softened</div>
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1/4 cup butter, softened</div>
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1 1/2 cups powdered sugar</div>
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1/2 tsp. vanilla extract</div>
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Mix frosting ingredients until smooth and spread on top of rolls.</div>
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We all loved these rolls, and I am looking forward to making them again soon. I really loved putting them together the night before, letting them rise in the fridge, and then baking them in the morning for hot, fresh cinnamon rolls that didn't require much work in the morning.</div>
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I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-91792118610616016372014-11-25T08:00:00.000-05:002014-11-25T08:00:04.816-05:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 32 and 33<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b>Week 32:</b></div>
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During the first part of this week, we were still in South Carolina. On Sunday afternoon, Jim, Drew, my dad, brother, brother-in-law, and nephew went to a minor league baseball game. After the game, the kids got to run the bases. Drew helped his little cousin, Ryan, run the bases.</div>
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The boys were very excited!<br />
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It was a hot afternoon, but everyone had a fun time, and I was impressed that Jim and my dad remembered to take a few pictures for me!<br />
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While the guys were at the game, my mom, sister, niece, Maddie, and I stayed back at my parents' house and had a dip and Frozen (the movie) party. Each of the ladies made a dip. I made <a href="http://iowagirleats.com/recipes/appetizer-side-dish-recipes/skinny-spinach-artichoke-dip/">Spinach Artichoke Dip</a>,<br />
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my sister made <a href="http://www.life-in-the-lofthouse.com/2012/02/warm-bean-dip.html">Texas Trash Dip</a>,<br />
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and my mom made <a href="http://www.southernplate.com/2014/06/oven-baked-smores-how-to-get-an-autographed-copy-of-southern-casseroles.html">S'mores Dip</a>. They were all delicious!<br />
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We all watched Frozen while we ate our dips.<br />
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When the guys got home from their game, they tried the dips too. Drew loved the S'mores dip!<br />
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Drew felt very big when my sister let him feed her little girl a bottle. It was cute to see him holding her (somewhat awkwardly) and giving her the bottle.<br />
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We had a great week with my family, and we were sad to have to say goodbye.<br />
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We spent the end of the week getting unpacked and back into a routine at home. Jim's mom had missed the kids while we were gone, so they went over to see her for a few hours one afternoon. Her apartment building has a few swings out front, and the kids love to sit on them when they go see her.<br />
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We went out for lunch at a pizza buffet on Saturday. Jim had taken the kids there once before when I was at a bridal shower, and they wanted me to come along this time and experience it. Maddie loved the pasta on the buffet.<br />
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Drew was excited to try a few video games after lunch.<br />
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Maddie rode the horse.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 32:<br />
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<b>Week 33:</b><br />
I caught these two cat-napping on the couch one afternoon.<br />
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Our garden was really progressing this week. We started getting some tomatoes.<br />
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Our bell peppers were growing well too.<br />
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Our church got a new game this summer, called Nine Squares. Drew loves to play after church!<br />
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Maddie took good care of her baby. She kept tucking her in<br />
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and wanting me to help her wrap the baby in her blanket.<br />
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This week, we had a lot of flooding in our area. Jim got caught in the flooding after work. He kept being rerouted, and after almost an hour of driving (his normal drive is less than 15 minutes), his car got flooded about a mile from our house. He and some other drivers were able to push his car into a parking lot, and then he walked the last mile home. We thought that the car would be totaled, but we had it towed to our mechanic to be sure. Our mechanic was able to get the engine cleaned up and started. It was very wet inside, and it smelled terrible, so we put it in the garage with the windows down to try to dry it out. Some friends from church were going to be out of town for a few weeks, and they let Jim borrow one of their cars. That was a huge blessing and help as we waited to see what would happen with Jim's car.<br />
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We were fortunate that our basement didn't flood. Many, many houses in our neighborhoods had major basement flooding, and we saw lots of houses with huge piles of ruined things from their basements out on the curbs.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 33:<br />
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Here are Weeks 32 and 33 together:<br />
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I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving this week!Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-46420011997366502592014-11-20T08:00:00.000-05:002014-11-20T08:00:04.123-05:00Three Things for Thursday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I thought I might start sharing a few random things here on my blog on Thursdays. I might share links to recipes I have tried lately, a project I like, or something funny I saw. These will vary, but I thought these quick posts might be fun. Here we go!</div>
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1. It has gotten quite cold and a little snowy here in Michigan. We had our first little bit of snow last week, and we got a couple more inches yesterday. </div>
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I saw this on Facebook a few days ago, and I thought it was pretty funny.</div>
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2. Jim loves gnocchi, and I have made this <a href="http://www.kevinandamanda.com/recipes/dinner/ham-and-cheese-gnocchi.html#_a5y_p=1384916">Ham and Cheese Gnocchi</a> a couple of times. I leave out the peas and serve another vegetable on the side (since Jim doesn't care for peas), and it is delicious!</div>
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3. We have had the same hand-me-down TV stand for years. I have never really liked it and have always wanted to replace it. I bought this dresser at Salvation Army a few weeks ago.</div>
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I am planning to repaint it using chalk paint and use it as our new TV stand. I will post an update when we get going on that project.</div>
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So, there are my three things for this Thursday. I hope you have a great weekend! We are looking forward to a short week of school next week and a visit from my parents for Thanksgiving.</div>
Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-83677792997292254772014-11-18T08:00:00.000-05:002014-11-18T08:00:04.477-05:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 30 and 31<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b>Week 30:</b></div>
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We started this week at church on Sunday, like we usually do. I was in Maddie's class for Sunday School that morning. Maddie loves to play basketball in her class, and she got a little creative that morning by shooting from the top of the slide.</div>
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We picked Jim up from work a little early one afternoon, and drove over to Metro Beach on Lake Saint Clair. The boys spent a few hours golfing at the Par 3 Course. It was Drew's first time playing his own ball the entire time.<br />
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Drew did pretty well (he got a little overwhelmed with having to play his ball from wherever he hit it). I love that Jim and Drew share a love of golf and that they enjoy being together.</div>
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Maddie and I spent a lot of time on the playground. Maddie loves slides!</div>
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She kept climbing up and sliding down. It was a fun afternoon!<br />
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Maddie loves to "help," especially when it is something she wants. When she wants a drink, she often goes and gets the jug of milk out of the fridge herself and carries it over to wherever we are in the house. We have had a few messes.<br />
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Maddie likes to give/get a thumbs up when something good happens, and she often combines the thumbs up with a high five. Here, she and Jim are doing a "thumbs up high five."<br />
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The faculty at Jim's school had a strategic planning weekend on Friday and Saturday. Since Jim has become principal, he has really been trying to include the faculty in more of the planning and decision-making. They had two great days of meetings and came away excited about the school year ahead. I catered their lunch on Saturday, and the kids and I had a bit of an adventure as we had to drive through part of an auto show to pick up the subs.<br />
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I also made fruit salad, potato salad, and chocolate chip cookie bars.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 30:<br />
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I saved a few bits from the golf course map and our parking pass at the beach to use on my layout. I love to use things like that and am trying to remember to grab things from places we go and save them.<br />
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<b>Week 31:</b><br />
Our church hosted a big choir and band camp this week. Drew had been looking forward to going, but with our change in vacation plans, we ended up being gone for most of the camp week. We were in town for the first day of camp, and the leaders said that Drew could come for the day. He loved it!<br />
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We left on Tuesday for a week with my family in South Carolina. Drew and Maddie are very good travelers (we are thankful, because it is a long trip!).<br />
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While we were in South Carolina, Drew got to pick blueberries from my Dad's garden. It was the very end of the season, but there were a few left for Drew to pick.<br />
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We had several Wii bowling tournaments.<br />
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We also did some shopping. Maddie wanted to carry our thrift store purchases out to the van for me!<br />
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We had a big kebab dinner with all the cousins. My dad cooked the kebabs on the grill.<br />
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We were able to get a picture of all the cousins. SO cute!<br />
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The dinner was delicious!<br />
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Drew had been wanting to try kebabs, and we had put them on our summer list. My parents helped us check making kebabs<br />
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and homemade ice cream off our summer list.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 31.<br />
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Jim and I spent a couple days of that week in Charleston. I blogged about that trip <a href="http://happylittlehawkinsfamily.blogspot.com/2014/08/charleston-trip-day-one.html">here</a> and <a href="http://happylittlehawkinsfamily.blogspot.com/2014/08/charleston-trip-day-2.html">here</a>, so I didn't share the pictures again in this post. For this week's Project Life, I made an insert about our Charleston trip. Here is the front,<br />
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and here is the back.<br />
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Here are Weeks 30 and 31, along with the Charleston insert,<br />
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and the Charleston insert flipped.<br />
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Here are Weeks 30 and 31, without the insert.<br />
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I hope to be back later this week with another post!</div>
Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-79563022706617264812014-11-14T08:00:00.000-05:002014-11-14T08:00:00.716-05:00Halloween 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We had lots of fun with several Halloween events this year! I found a vintage cowgirl costume for Maddie at a South Carolina thrift store this summer, so her costume was all set, but we had to find something for Drew. We stopped at a new thrift store near school one evening, and they had a huge rack of costumes. Drew tried on a few.</div>
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He finally settled on a Spiderman costume. He decided that he really needed some red shoes to go with his costume, and he told me he wanted red Nikes. I told him we would look, but I didn't really think we would be able to find any, and I didn't want to go spend a bunch of money on new red (!) Nikes. I was in a different thrift store later that week, and I was surprised to find some red Nikes in Drew's size (and in pretty good condition) for under $5! I was reminded that God cares for us and delights in providing both our needs as well as some of our wants.<br />
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We got Drew a Spiderman mask to finish up his costume.<br />
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Our first Halloween event was a Halloween party at a nearby retirement community. A friend from church works there and invited us to come. We had planned to go as a family, but the guys got stuck at school for a playoff soccer game that went into double overtime and shoot outs (we won!), and Maddie and I ended up going on our own.<br />
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We missed the tick-or-treating, but we were still able to hear the music (I loved the musician!),<br />
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have some donuts and cider,<br />
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and get some balloons from the creepy balloon artist. Maddie was his last customer of the night, and he gave her four different balloon creations. She could hardly carry them all!<br />
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The next afternoon was our Sunday School class costume party. One of the couples from our class hosted the party. They live by a lake, and they took pictures of each family in their back yard. Our family included Spiderman, a cowgirl, Fern (from Charlotte's Web), and Brady Hoke (the Michigan football coach).<br />
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There were lots of little boys at the party,<br />
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and lots of superheros!<br />
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The kids even got to break a pinata! Maddie didn't get in on that, but she still got some candy!<br />
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On Halloween night, we got together with some friends for dinner and trick-or-treating. Maddie didn't want to get into the picture with the other kids. It was a very cold and rainy night, but the big kids and a few of the dads still went out to trick-or-treat. It was a fun night!<br />
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We had a lot of fun with Halloween this year!Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-18399198232241404932014-11-11T08:00:00.000-05:002014-11-11T08:00:06.321-05:00Project Life 2014 - Weeks 28 and 29<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well, I fell behind on blogging again. Maddie had a sprained knee a few weeks ago, and it was pretty all-consuming. I didn't get to blog that week, and once I got out of the routine, things fell apart. I am back today with another Project Life post from the summer. I've already shared some of these photos from our Summer list, but there are some that are new.</div>
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<b>Week 28:</b></div>
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Jim and Drew took advantage of the free slurpees at 7/11 on July 11th.</div>
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I took the kids to the Oakland University Chick-fil-a for Cow Appreciation Day.</div>
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After lunch, we went to Cook's Farm Dairy to see the cows and eat some ice cream.</div>
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The kids enjoyed seeing the big cows<br />
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and the baby calves.</div>
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and Maddie ended up with an ice cream mustache.<br />
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Both Drew and Maddie love "devices" - tablets, phones, Drew's DS - they love to play on them.</div>
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Jim and Drew went golfing one evening this week.</div>
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Maddie moved up to a toddler bed! She had been climbing out of her crib for a while, and we thought that a toddler bed might be safer (since it was lower) and that she might like it enough to stay in it.<br />
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Maddie's cousin, Lilly, gave Maddie her old Tinkerbell toddler bed, and Maddie seemed excited about it the first night.<br />
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Unfortunately, she is still getting out and sleeping on the floor. </div>
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Drew finished the Barnes and Noble summer reading program, so we went to the store to turn in his book list. Maddie enjoyed playing with the trains.</div>
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Drew got to pick out a book to take home. He was excited to find a Lego Ninjago book.</div>
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Here's what I did for Week 28.</div>
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I wanted to include a few more pictures from our Cow Day, so I sewed on a 4x6 insert that flips out.<br />
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Jim's brother-in-law, Larry, passed away early this week. We had spent most of the weekend at the hospital, being with the family and saying goodbye to Larry. He passed away peacefully, early Monday morning. Jim helped with some of the funeral arrangements. The viewing was Wednesday afternoon and evening, and we were touched by the number of people from our church and school who stopped by the viewing or came to the funeral to support Jim. We took Drew with us and asked a friend to watch Maddie. Drew hung out with the cousins .</div>
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They were good boys and had fun on Drew's DS.<br />
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The funeral was Wednesday morning. One of the pastors from our church did the service. After the service, we drove out to the cemetery for a little service there, and then we went to the funeral dinner. We all loved Larry very much. It was hard to see him be so sick for the past year, and it was very sad to have to say goodbye. We are thankful that we will see him in heaven again someday!</div>
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After a rough week, we decided to cheer ourselves up a bit with a fun dinner one evening. We made pizza and s'mores on the grill.</div>
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Maddie just wanted a plain marshmallow. I had gotten some huge ones from Aldi.</div>
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Drew ate a big, messy s'more. Those huge marshmallows made the s'mores really gooey!</div>
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The kids and I spent an afternoon at the library. They had fun playing and checking out some books and DVDs.</div>
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We stopped at McDonald's afterward for ice cream cones.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 29:</div>
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Here are Weeks 28 and 29 together:</div>
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I hope to be back again soon(er this time)! I have lots to share from the past few weeks!</div>
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I am attempting to get caught up on my Project Life sharing, and I have another two weeks worth to share today. This will get us into July! </div>
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<b>Week 26:</b></div>
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This week began with church and USA World Cup soccer. We came home from church and ate hot dogs in the living room while we watched the big game.</div>
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My friend, Kristen, surprised me with some fun new kitchen items, just because, at church on Sunday morning. <br />
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We went over to school to see Jim and have lunch in the office with him. Drew has become a big Michigan fan (almost militantly so!), so he wanted to sit in Jim's secretary's chair.<br />
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Maddie loves to visit Daddy's office!<br />
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Jim was out of town for a golf tournament Friday and Saturday, and we met up with him Saturday evening at our niece's graduation open house. They had a bounce house set up in their back yard, and Maddie loved it!<br />
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Saturday was our 11th wedding anniversary. After the Open House, we stopped for frozen custard with the kids to celebrate. So romantic! :)<br />
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We really cleaned Drew's room this week. We went through his closet and dresser drawers, and we got rid of a bunch of toys and things he no longer uses.<br />
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I did a bunch of baking - low sugar cherry cheesecakes for the Open House, chocolate chip cookie bars for a lunch at church on Sunday, and banana bread for our breakfast on Sunday.<br />
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Maddie came out with some of her supplies to help me with the baking.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 26.</div>
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<b>Week 27:</b></div>
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This week started with the 5th Sunday of June, and at our church, when we have a 5th Sunday in a month, we have lunch at church and an afternoon service immediately after lunch. Then our Sunday evening is free. We spent Sunday evening with friends, swimming</div>
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and eating pizza.</div>
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It was a long, busy Sunday, but it was a very good day. Drew was exhausted and slept the whole way home.</div>
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On Tuesday evening, Jim, Drew, and I went to a Tigers game with a big group from our church. There was tailgating at church before the game. We ate hot dogs and played games in the church parking lot. Jim and Drew played corn hole.<br />
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Drew tried out a new game - nine squares.<br />
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It was very hot for the first half of the game, but once the sun set a bit, it became much more pleasant. We had a great time.<br />
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It was a beautiful evening.<br />
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We had a lunch play date with some friends one afternoon, and we all enjoyed it.<br />
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We went out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant with Jim's mom on Thursday. Drew got Orange Chicken and really liked it. He has been branching out with his eating much more lately, and we are thrilled!<br />
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Maddie loves rice, so she was a happy girl.<br />
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Friday was the Fourth of July! Jim has had to work on the Fourth for about the last decade, because the golf course does fireworks for the city, and he always had to be there for that big event. The last time he had that day off was while we were on our honeymoon! With Jim's new job, he had the day off this year, and we were thrilled! We got to spend the day at a cookout with friends. Maddie ate her own hot dog, and then she tried to steal my hamburger!<br />
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Drew loved trying out the desserts and playing with all the boys that were there.<br />
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After the cookout, we went to the golf course to see (NOT work!) the fireworks. Maddie ate a snow cone,<br />
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and Drew ate popcorn.<br />
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Jim got to sit with us the whole time, and it was so nice to have him with us. Maddie watched the fireworks for about the first 3 minutes, and then she wasn't interested anymore.<br />
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The course always does a nice, big fireworks show.<br />
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We were planning to leave for a family reunion in Ohio the next morning and then travel to South Carolina to spend the week there, but our plans changed when we found out that Jim's brother-in-law had been put in Hospice care. He had been given about a week to live, so we decided to go ahead and go to the reunion, but then postpone the South Carolina part of our trip until later in the summer.<br />
The reunion was for my mom's cousins, and part of the celebration was my Great Aunt Nana's 90th birthday.<br />
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My parents, sister, brother-in-law, and niece came up for the reunion, and we had lots of fun with them.<br />
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My mom, her aunt, and all the cousins who came for the reunion. A bunch of the cousins' kids, grandchildren, and spouses were there as well, but I don't have any pictures of the whole group.<br />
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That evening, we had dinner at Culvers with my cousin, Jason, and his family. Drew had lots of fun with his little cousin, Alec.<br />
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The boys went swimming when we got back to our hotel. <br />
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The next morning, my cousin, Dena, came and had breakfast with us at our hotel. I hadn't seen her in years!<br />
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After breakfast, we packed up to go back home. I got this cute picture of Maddie from the back of the van.<br />
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Here's what I did for Week 27:<br />
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I made a large insert about our weekend. The front side is all about the Fourth of July,<br />
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and the back is about the reunion in Ohio.<br />
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Here is everything together - Weeks 26 and 27 and the insert.<br />
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Here are Weeks 26 and 27 without the insert.<br />
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This was a big post with lots of pictures. I have been behind in sharing, but I am enjoying looking back at our summer events! I hope to be back with another Project Life post next week.Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-64058641477511831662014-09-12T08:00:00.000-04:002015-01-23T07:58:31.467-05:00Black Bean Soup for OneI have been sick with a cold this week, and Jim was out of town all week for school camp, so it was just the kids and me. I had some easy things in the house that I cooked for the kids, but what I really wanted to eat was soup. <br />
I didn't want to spend a lot of time or energy on my soup, so I made a scaled-down version of <a href="http://www.lynnskitchenadventures.com/2009/09/paula-deens-black-bean-soup.html">this Black Bean Soup</a> (originally from Paula Deen's magazine). I only had one can of black beans, so I cut this recipe down to one quarter of the original amounts, and it made enough for me to have a nice big bowl for dinner one night and a smaller bowl for the next day for lunch. It was quick, easy, and warm - just what I was looking for! I usually have all the ingredients, so this is one of my go-to choices when I am just cooking for myself.<br />
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Here's how I made it:<br />
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<b><u>Black Bean Soup</u></b><br />
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1 slice of bacon, finely chopped<br />
1/8 cup chopped onion<br />
1 small clove garlic, minced<br />
1 can of black beans<br />
1 cup water<br />
1 chicken bouillon cube<br />
1/4 teaspoon cumin<br />
1/4 teaspoon chili powder<br />
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Toppings: Shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream, salsa, tortilla chips<br />
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Cook bacon over medium high heat for 3 minutes or until just starting to brown. Add onions and garlic and cook until onion is tender. Add beans, water, bouillon cube, cumin, and chili powder. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer for 20 minutes. Remove pot from heat, and blend soup until smooth (I used an immersion blender). Serve topped with cheese, sour cream, salsa, and broken tortilla chips on top.<br />
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*Sometimes, I don't bother with bacon (or don't have any), so I just put a little olive oil in my pot and cook my onions and garlic in the oil. <br />
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I use homemade salsa in the soup, and it makes it taste very fresh. My sour cream sunk to the bottom, so you can't see it in the picture, but it is there, and it is good in the soup. :) I know that this soup doesn't photograph very well, but it is really tasty! I hope you will try it this fall (either the small version or the full version)!Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-47611224910147538892014-09-09T09:34:00.000-04:002014-09-09T09:34:56.390-04:00Project Life - Weeks 24 and 25<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I am dreadfully behind in sharing my Project Life - I didn't do any Project Life posts at all during the summer! Today I am sharing some activities from way back in June, and I am hoping to share them more regularly in the next few weeks!</div>
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<b>Week 24:</b></div>
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Drew's kids class had a fair during Sunday night church. He came out with a snake painted on his arm and a big handful of candy!</div>
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I made a strawberry pie. Yum!<br />
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Jim bought himself a slightly early Father's Day gift - a new driver.<br />
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Maddie realized that her Minnie Mouse shoes fit Drew's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' feet. So stylish!<br />
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Maddie likes to do everything that Drew does, and it often leads to frustration. This day, they both had their Wii controllers.<br />
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We ate a fun summer dinner.<br />
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Drew went to his first big boy birthday party without us! A friend from his class at school invited a couple of boys over for a water balloon fight, games at Chuckie Cheese, and dinner at Red Robin. Drew had a wonderful time!<br />
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While we waited for Drew's party to be done, Jim, Maddie, and I had dinner at Panera with a gift card from some students at school. I always get a Greek salad and broccoli cheddar soup.<br />
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Maddie had one of her favorites - Macaroni and cheese!<br />
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Here's what I did for Project Life this week:<br />
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<b>Week 25:</b><br />
This week started with Father's Day Sunday. Jim had already gotten his big gift - the driver, so we just got him a few treats, and Drew made him a card.<br />
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After morning church, we went over to Jim's sister's house for lunch and most of the afternoon. We had fun, and both kids were worn out! They fell asleep on the way home.<br />
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Jim and Drew played golf one evening after dinner. Jim wanted to try out the new driver, and Drew just wanted to play!<br />
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The kids love to play in the yard with Jim in the evenings. This week, they played a little baseball.<br />
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Maddie doesn't like to be left out, so she played too!<br />
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Drew had a play date with some friends from school one afternoon. They went swimming at a park near the friend's house, and the mom texted me a picture.<br />
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Maddie got into Drew's fish food and dumped a bunch of it all over Drew's bedroom floor. She felt guilty about it as I was cleaning it up, as you can see.<br />
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Maddie has been going through some changes in her sleep schedule, and she doesn't always nap well anymore. One afternoon, she fell asleep on Jim's lap. He loved the cuddle time, since Maddie is not typically a snuggler.<br />
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We had some rainy days this week, and I taught Drew to play Yahtzee. We had a fun time!<br />
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We have had several graduation open houses to attend this summer (with Jim's job as principal), and we had one on Saturday afternoon.<br />
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Here's what I did for Project Life this week:<br />
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Here are Weeks 24 and 25 together:<br />
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I have a lot more Project Life to share, and I am hoping to share my pages on a weekly basis again now. I guess that summer vacation got me out of my Project Life routine. I was making the pages pretty regularly, but I got way behind in sharing them! :)Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-70938058097100979182014-09-01T08:00:00.000-04:002014-09-01T16:51:14.950-04:00Summer List - Why We Didn't Do As Much of the List as We Wanted To, Making Kebabs and Homemade Ice Cream, and a PicnicWell, summer is pretty much over. Jim and Drew went back to school last week, and today is Labor Day. We got several things from our summer list done, but some things just never fit our schedule or our weather. We also had some unforeseen events, some costly, this summer that changed a lot of our plans around. <br />
Back in July, Jim's brother-in-law, Larry, who had had a heart attack and some strokes in the past year took a decided turn for the worse. He was placed into Hospice care and given about a week to live. We found this out the morning we were planning to leave for vacation in South Carolina, so we changed our vacation plans to be home to help Jim's sister and her family in any way we could. We spent as much time as possible at the hospital that week. Larry passed away a little over a week later. Jim helped his sister make some of the funeral arrangements, and he was a pall bearer at the funeral. Larry was a very special person - extremely kind and generous. He was described in his eulogy as a cross between the ice cream man and Santa Claus, and I think that was the perfect description of him. We were so sad to say goodbye to him, but he had been very ill, and we were relieved to know that his suffering was over and that he was in heaven. <br />
Due to a huge rainfall and flooding in our area a few weeks ago, Jim's car got damaged and was stranded for a few days before it could be towed away. Our mechanic got it going again, but the inside of the vehicle got very wet and needed to dry and be cleaned. We had to reschedule our dental appointments (they were scheduled for the two days following the flooding, and flooded streets and car issues made it impossible to get to the dentist!). Thankfully, a friend from church lent Jim a car for the weeks that Jim's car problems were being dealt with.<br />
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My van got broken into the following week, while Jim's car was still out of commission from the flood. The thieves stole my Ipod and tried to steal the whole van, but were unsuccessful, thankfully! In their attempt, they ripped out my ignition, which left the car inoperable. With two deductibles to pay and having to go without the van for almost a week, we had to adapt our plans!<br />
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<b><u>Make Kebabs</u></b><br />
In late July, we spent a week in South Carolina with my family, and my parents decided to help us cross off a couple of activities on our summer list while we were there. One of those things was making kebabs. We made three different kinds of kebabs - kielbasa with green pepper and purple onion, marinated chicken with green pepper and purple onion, and mushroom and cherry tomato.<br />
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We put the meat in the middle of the skewers and the veggies on either end of the skewers (to hold the meat in place.<br />
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My dad did the grilling on the back deck.<br />
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We had a fabulous Mediterranean dinner with the kebabs, some couscous salad, pita chips with a white bean puree, and tzatziki sauce. Everything was delicious!<br />
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Drew was the one who wanted to put kebab making on our summer list. He had seen kebabs somewhere and thought they looked fun, so he was excited about trying them. My brother-in-law helped him take his meat and veggies off of the skewer. Drew loves sausage, so it was no surprise that he really enjoyed his kielbasa kebab! <br />
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<b><u>Make Homemade Ice Cream</u></b><br />
My dad has a fairly large garden in his back yard, and he has some blackberry bushes that did really well this summer. My mom cooked up some blackberry syrup during blackberry season and saved it for our visit (since she knows that Jim loves blackberries), with the plan of making homemade <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/07/blackberry-ice-cream-part-1/">blackberry ice cream</a>. We made the ice cream the same night as we made the kebabs, and we ate it all at a big family dinner. The ice cream maker did its work during dinner, and then we had some delicious blackberry ice cream for dessert.<br />
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The ice cream was smooth, creamy, and delicious! What a fun treat!<br />
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<b><u>Picnic</u></b><br />
I had planned to have a family picnic this summer, but we had to settle for Jim's staff picnic at school. The night before faculty in-service began, the school staff and their families got together for a picnic at the school. Jim grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, and barbecue chicken. All the families brought salads, side dishes, burger toppings, and desserts to share. It was a fun night!<br />
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Maddie amused herself on the playground while the adults were playing a game. I can't believe her fearlessness!<br />
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<b><u>Garden Box</u></b><br />
Our garden is growing and growing, and we are just finally starting to harvest some veggies!<br />
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We picked a few tomatoes this week.<br />
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Some of our green peppers are getting almost big enough to pick!<br />
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<b><u>Hawkins Family Summer List</u></b><br />
1. <strike>Drew - Barnes and Noble summer reading program</strike><br />
2. <b><strike>Make homemade ice cream</strike></b><br />
3. <strike>Grill pizza and s'mores</strike><br />
4. Go to the sprinkler park<br />
5. Have a garage sale<br />
6. <strike>Make a strawberry pie</strike><br />
7. <strike>Go to the library</strike><br />
8. <strike>Get Sonic shakes in our jammies (They are half-price after 8:00 pm!)</strike><br />
9. <b><strike>Have a picnic</strike></b><br />
10. Go putt-putting<br />
11. <strike>Go to Metro Beach</strike><br />
12. Go to the Lego store<br />
13. Paint our bedroom<br />
14. <strike>Go to the dairy farm</strike><br />
15. Drew - learn to ride a bike<br />
16. <strike>Drew - go to choir camp</strike><br />
17. Drew and Jim - go to a Home Depot craft morning<br />
18. <b><strike>Make kebabs</strike></b><br />
19. Keep up with our garden box - <b>Tomatoes and peppers are growing, and we've picked a few tomatoes!</b><br />
20. Go to the dentist - <b>We have appointments for the end of August and in September!</b><br />
21. Organize the bedrooms - <strike>Drew</strike>, Maddie, Us<br />
22. <strike>Go to a baseball game</strike><br />
23. Maddie - try potty training<br />
24. <strike>Go to Dress Like a Cow Day at Chick-Fil-a</strike><br />
25. <strike>Go bowling</strike><br />
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I will probably do one last summer list post in September since we have a few things that we really do still plan to cross off the list. Some things are just not going to happen, and that is fine with us, but there are a few that are still scheduled, so I will post about those later this month.Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-37841363412653554772014-08-27T09:19:00.001-04:002014-08-27T09:19:12.437-04:00First Day of School 2014/2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
After a busy summer of preparations, planning, and work for Jim and his staff, the new school year began yesterday! Last year was a rough year in many, many ways, and everyone was looking forward to a fresh start this year. Many families stuck it out through all of the transitions last year (not wanting to find a new school mid-year and waiting to see how things went with a new administrator), but Jim had no idea who would actually enroll for this new year. He had heard that some people were leaving, and had assumed that others would, and in the end, some did. However, a surprising number not only stayed, but also referred friends and family to the school as well. Enrollment is much higher than anyone expected it to be, and several more students are visiting and testing this week after school has already started! There is a spirit of excitement about the school that was missing last year, and the families that are there seem happy to be there. It is such a wonderful difference!</div>
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Jim has worked incredibly hard since he became principal to do things right, make things better, and treat parents, students, and staff members kindly, fairly, and in a consistent, professional manner. I am so, so proud of him and am thrilled to see that God is blessing his efforts. </div>
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Drew started second grade yesterday! I can't believe he is old enough to be a second grader!</div>
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I love this guy, and I always miss him when he goes back to school! He loves school, though, so I have an easier time letting him go since I know he is happy. <br />
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He has a wonderful teacher this year, and we are excited about all the things he will do and learn in her class.<br />
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Drew's class is the smallest in the elementary, with nine students, so I know he will be getting a lot of individual attention. Six of the nine second graders are boys, so that will be lots of fun for Drew!<br />
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Maddie loves to go visit Jim at school. They walked around together the first morning of school while I took pictures for the school newsletter. The secondary art teacher took this picture of them, and I love it!<br />
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Maddie also helped Daddy in the office.<br />
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There are a couple little peg games in the office that Maddie loves to play.<br />
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We have been so busy in the past few weeks that I didn't have time to put together anything fancy for a first day gift for Drew's teacher. I ended up grabbing her an 8-pack of Sharpies and some chocolate and tying it up with a ribbon and a tag. I did break out my eyelet-setter and put an eyelet in the tag, but that was as fancy as I got this time!<br />
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We are excited for this school year and are praying that it will be a wonderful one!Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-81816334683299338982014-08-25T08:00:00.000-04:002014-08-25T08:00:07.591-04:00Meatball CalzoneA few weeks ago, I was looking through my refrigerator and freezer and trying to come up with a meal plan using items I had on hand. I had a big bag of frozen meatballs in my freezer, and I thought about making meatball subs, but I didn't have any sub buns. I decided to get creative and make something from scratch. I looked around on Pinterest and found a recipe for <a href="http://www.mommyhatescooking.com/2011/01/meatball-calzone.html">Meatball Calzone</a>. I gave it a try, adapting it a bit for my family.<br />
I used my mom's stromboli dough recipe for the bread part of the calzone. The dough recipe makes enough for two calzones, so I put half of the dough into the freezer for a future meal, and used the other half to make the calzone. I served this to my family, and after one bite, Jim told me he loved it! This calzone is very simple, but really delicious. Here's how I made it.<br />
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<b style="text-align: center;"><u>Meatball Calzone</u></b><br />
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Dough:<br />
6 cups bread flour<br />
1 Tbsp. salt<br />
1 1/2 tsp. salt<br />
3 Tbsp. oil<br />
2 1/4 cups warm water<br />
1 Tbsp. rapid rise yeast<br />
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Filling:<br />
8 precooked meatballs, sliced into thirds (I used thawed, frozen meatballs I bought at Sam's Club.)<br />
1 cup mozzarella cheese<br />
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Topping:<br />
1 Tbsp. olive oil<br />
1/2 tsp. garlic powder<br />
1/2 tsp. garlic salt<br />
1/2 tsp. oregano<br />
1 cup spaghetti sauce<br />
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.<br />
Mix flour, salt, sugar, and yeast in the bowl of a stand mixer. Add water and oil, and mix 5 to 7 minutes with the dough hook, adding additional flour as needed, until dough is smooth and pulling away cleanly from the sides of the mixer bowl. Let rest for 10 minutes.<br />
Spray a pizza stone with non-stick spray. Place half of the dough on the prepared pizza stone and roll into a large circle with a rolling pin. I rolled mine all the way to the edges.<br />
Place meatball slices on half of the dough circle. Cover the meatballs with cheese. <br />
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Take the plain half of the dough circle and pull it over the meatball and cheese half, lining up the edges of the dough and covering the bottom half completely. Pinch the edges of the dough together.<br />
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Mix the olive oil, garlic powder, garlic salt, and oregano in a small bowl, and brush on top of the calzone.<br />
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Bake the calzone for about 20 minutes or until the top is lightly browned.<br />
While the calzone is baking, heat the spaghetti sauce. When the calzone is baked, cut it into strips or wedges. Serve the sauce alongside the calzone or on top.<br />
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This meatball calzone is very tasty, and I hope you will give it a try soon!Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-78823890680109198892014-08-22T08:00:00.000-04:002014-08-22T08:00:03.760-04:00Charleston Trip - Day 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
On Day 2 of our Charleston trip, Jim and I were hoping to see more of the downtown area of Charleston and some of the historical landmarks in the city itself. Because we didn't really know where we were going, and because there was supposed to be more rain that day, we decided to take a trolley tour. We figured we would be covered from the weather that way, and we would have a guide showing us the sites. I found a trolley service, <a href="http://www.lowcountrylooptrolley.com/">the Lowcountry Loop Trolley</a>, that was supposed to be a hop-on, hop-off trolley, and it was only $5 per person. We thought that meant that we could hop off to spend time at things that interested us and catch another trolley on the route when it came by or just ride along for the whole route and see things from the trolley if the weather was bad.</div>
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However, the trolley wasn't what we were expecting. Instead of a guided tour through the city, it was more of a shuttle. You could get on, tell the guide where you wanted to go, and she would drive you there. She told some information as we rode along, but the "tour" was not really intended to be a tour. We found out later that there is a free trolley service that runs from the Charleston Visitor Center that has routes through the city and stops at the landmarks. I don't think it is a guided tour, but it would have been more of what we wanted.<br />
We got on with one other couple who were wanting to tour a plantation. We spent the first hour of our "tour" riding along with them to the plantation, dropping them off, and then heading back to pick up another passenger from his hotel. It was <u>not</u> very historical. Our guide did take us out to Folly Beach and drove us through the Isle of Palms. We saw some beautiful beach houses and a little of the ocean. We took a trolley selfie.<br />
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We stopped at the Mount Pleasant Visitor Center for the driver's break. There, we saw a pretty view of the bridge back to the city.<br />
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We also saw some of the Charleston sweet grass baskets. There were women sitting and weaving these baskets in many of the places we went. They were beautiful (and expensive!).<br />
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We went back to the trolley to find out that our guide had gotten sick and had called another driver to come get us. He arrived a few minutes later and drove us back to the Visitor Center. At that point, we gave up on the trolley tour and decided to eat lunch before we left to return to my parents' house. We walked several blocks to the restaurant and saw several old churches and buildings along our way.<br />
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We ate lunch at <a href="http://toastofcharleston.com/toast-of-charleston/index.html">Toast</a>, a restaurant suggested by one of Jim's former students. Jim got the Deluxe French Toast. It was a big loaf of French Toast, stuffed with peaches and covered with peach syrup.<br />
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I got the Crab Cake Sammie. I had hoped to try a crab cake while we were in Charleston, so I tried one on a sandwich. It was good!<br />
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Since our trolley tour was a failure, we ventured on our own to one last stop, Rainbow Row. We made it there (with just a few wrong turns).<br />
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We drove past Rainbow Row, and I hopped out at the end to take a few pictures.<br />
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We drove down a little further, parked, and got out to see the water along the Battery.<br />
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In spite of the rain, we really did have a nice time on our trip. It was good to get away, just the two of us, and it was fun to experience a new place together.Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-64746822069884842012014-08-18T09:48:00.002-04:002014-08-18T09:51:04.103-04:00Charleston Trip - Day One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
While we were in South Carolina last month, my parents kept Drew and Maddie for us so that Jim and I could take an overnight trip to Charleston for a belated anniversary celebration. We left mid-morning on a very rainy day and made the three-ish hour drive to Charleston. This was our view for much of the trip. </div>
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We got to Charleston around 1:00 in the afternoon, so we went straight to lunch. Jim had done a little research and had found some Charleston restaurants that had been featured on the Food Network. We ate lunch at <a href="http://fuelcharleston.com/">Fuel Cantina</a>. <br />
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The rain had slowed down some, so we decided to eat out back on the covered patio. The patio had some fun paintings on the walls and lots of palm trees and other plants.<br />
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My lunch date (and husband of 11 years!).<br />
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We ordered some hoe cakes as an appetizer.<br />
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Jim got the Caribbean Jerk sandwich,<br />
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and I got the braised pork tacos. We both enjoyed our food and we were stuffed when we left.<br />
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After lunch, we drove to Mount Pleasant for a <a href="http://spiritlinecruises.com/">historical boat tour</a>.<br />
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Our tour boat was docked right next to the USS Yorktown, so we got to get a good look at that ship.<br />
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We chose to sit on the top deck of our tour boat, but as soon as the tour began, it started pouring! We were all getting wet, and we could hardly hear the tour guide. We decided to move down to the enclosed lower deck, and we ended up staying there for the rest of the tour. It was a little disappointing to be inside and for it to be so rainy during our tour. We were able to see Fort Sumpter, and our guide (a retired history teacher) was very knowledgeable about the history of the city of Charleston and the Civil War. I had hoped to see some dolphins - one lady on the tour said she did, but we did not.<br />
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After the tour, it was still raining, and since we were a little tired of being wet and rained on, we decided to go check into our hotel before dinner. On our way to the hotel, we got a little turned around, and we saw a big thrift store. Knowing my love of thrift store shopping, Jim suggested that we check it out. We found several things for Drew and Maddie, and I found a vintage Pyrex mixing bowl for 99 cents. I couldn't resist!<br />
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After thrifting and getting settled into our hotel, we drove back into Charleston for dinner. We ate at <a href="http://hominygrill.com/">Hominy Grill</a> (another Food Network restaurant). Hominy Grill was right across the street from Fuel Cantina, where we ate lunch. We thought we had put the wrong address in the GPS when we first arrived, but we realized that the two restaurants were actually neighbors!<br />
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I loved the little flower arrangements in the Mason jars on each table.<br />
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Jim ordered the "Nasty Biscuit," a fried chicken and gravy biscuit sandwich, and he really liked it.<br />
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I got the Shrimp and Grits. The Food Network had listed this dish as the best shrimp and grits in Charleston. It was absolutely delicious!<br />
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After dinner, we headed back to our hotel for the night. We were tired and ready to relax and get out of the rain for a while.</div>
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Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-75360231210733265042014-08-15T17:40:00.001-04:002014-08-15T17:40:45.135-04:00Summer List - Library, Sonic Shakes, Metro Beach, and Choir CampWe are still working our way through the summer list, and I have some pictures to share of some of our activities.<br />
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<b><u>Visit the Library</u></b><br />
Drew, Maddie, and I went to the library one afternoon. The kids enjoyed trying out the different vehicles around the children's section.<br />
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They both played on the computers for a while before we went to pick out some books. Our last stop was the movie section to choose a few DVD's to borrow, and while I was helping Drew, Maddie ran off. After we finally found her at a drinking fountain outside the children's section, we went back into the children's section to check out our books. I was having some trouble with my library card, so while I was trying to check out, Drew took Maddie over to another section to see a horse and cart. I heard the librarian calling out, "No! You shouldn't be up there!" and turned around to see that Maddie had climbed from the cart up on top of a book shelf. I had to abandon my checking out to run across the children's section to pull Maddie down. Needless to say, we will not be frequenting the library until Maddie learns to stay with me!<br />
We stopped for 49 cent ice cream cones at McDonald's on our way home from the library.<br />
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<b><u>Milkshakes from Sonic</u></b><br />
We went to Sonic one Sunday night after church (on National Ice Cream Day) and got shakes for dinner. Since we were coming straight from church, we did not wear our jammies, as originally planned, but we did get our shakes.<br />
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<b><u>Metro Beach</u></b><br />
We picked Jim up from school one afternoon and drove over to spend a few hours at Metro Beach. There is a Par 3 golf course in the park, and Jim and Drew played golf. It was Drew's first time playing his own ball for an entire game!<br />
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Maddie and I spent some time on the playground. She loves the slides, and she went up and down them again and again.<br />
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We also walked out to the beach to see the lake and then went over to the big outdoor pool to watch people go down the water slide and jump off the diving board.<br />
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It was a very hot afternoon, but we had a fun time!<br />
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<b><u>Choir Camp</u></b><br />
We had originally planned for Drew to go to our church's choir camp this summer, but we had to reschedule our family vacation, and the new dates fell during the camp. Jim had a work commitment on the Monday of the choir camp, so since we were going to be in town for the first day of the camp, the camp directors told Drew he could come. <br />
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He went that morning and loved it. He is already looking forward to going for a whole week of camp next summer!<span id="goog_969463703"></span><br />
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<b><u>Garden Box</u></b><br />
Our garden is doing great, and we are almost ready to pick some tomatoes!<br />
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We also have several green peppers that are growing really well.<br />
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<b><u>Hawkins Family Summer List</u></b><br />
1. <strike>Drew - Barnes and Noble summer reading program</strike><br />
2. Make homemade ice cream<br />
3. <strike>Grill pizza and s'mores</strike><br />
4. Go to the sprinkler park<br />
5. Have a garage sale<br />
6. <strike>Make a strawberry pie</strike><br />
7. <b><strike>Go to the library</strike></b><br />
8. <strike><b>Get Sonic shakes</b> in our jammies <b>(They are half-price after 8:00 pm!)</b></strike><br />
9. Have a picnic<br />
10. Go putt-putting<br />
11. <b><strike>Go to Metro Beach</strike></b><br />
12. Go to the Lego store<br />
13. Paint our bedroom<br />
14. <strike>Go to the dairy farm</strike><br />
15. Drew - learn to ride a bike<br />
16. <strike><b>Drew - go to choir camp</b></strike><br />
17. Drew and Jim - go to a Home Depot craft morning<br />
18. Make kabobs<br />
19. Keep up with our garden box - <b>Tomatoes and peppers are growing, but nothing is ready to pick and eat quite yet!</b><br />
20. Go to the dentist - <b>We have appointments for August and September!</b><br />
21. Organize the bedrooms - <strike>Drew</strike>, Maddie, Us<br />
22. <strike>Go to a baseball game</strike><br />
23. Maddie - try potty training<br />
24. <strike>Go to Dress Like a Cow Day at Chick-Fil-a</strike><br />
25. <strike>Go bowling</strike>Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-49310358974823262192014-07-25T08:00:00.000-04:002014-07-25T08:00:11.506-04:00Our New Favorite Cookie Bars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We love chocolate chip cookies, but sometimes the prospect of scooping each cookie out individually, baking pan after pan of them, and then shifting them around during and after cooling seems like a lot of effort. Cookie bars are a quick and easy way to get chocolate chip cookies without a lot of fuss. My mom has a <a href="http://beckasblog.ivman.com/?s=big+cookie">cookie bar recipe</a> that uses a cake mix as the base, and it is very good and easy. However, I recently found a really good scratch-made <a href="http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/chocolate-chip-cookie-bars/">cookie bar recipe</a> that we love! I've made these cookie bars for several events when I was asked to bring a dessert, and people have really liked them.</div>
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Here's how I make them:<br />
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<b><u>Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars</u></b><br />
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2 1/8 cups flour<br />
1/2 teaspoon salt<br />
1/2 teaspoon baking soda<br />
12 tablespoons butter, melted<br />
1 cup brown sugar<br />
1/2 cup sugar<br />
1 egg + 1 egg yolk<br />
2 teaspoons vanilla<br />
1 cup chocolate chips<br />
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick spray and set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside. In the mixer bowl, mix melted butter and sugars until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla and mix until smooth. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix on low, just until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.<br />
Transfer cookie dough to the prepared dish, smoothing the top with the spatula. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top of the bars are light golden brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan. Cool bars on a wire rack to room temperature. Cut bars into squares and serve.Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813437461578462152.post-26537257423378732292014-07-22T08:00:00.000-04:002014-07-22T08:00:08.140-04:00Summer List - Reading, Cows, and Grilled PizzaWe have made a little more progress on our summer list in the past couple of weeks! Here's what we've been up to in the past couple of weeks.<br />
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<b><u>Barnes and Noble Reading Program</u></b><br />
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Drew did the Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program this summer. He had to read eight books and then record the books' titles and authors. Then he had to recommend each book to someone he knows and tell why that person would enjoy the book.</div>
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Once Drew finished his list, we took it to a Barnes and Noble store and turned it in. He got to select a free book (there was an end cap of books for him to choose from). <br />
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Drew and Maddie both enjoyed browsing through the children's section,<br />
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and Maddie enjoyed the trains.<br />
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Drew picked out a Lego Ninjago book.<br />
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<b><u>Chick-fil-a Cow Appreciation Day</u></b><br />
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We had planned be in South Carolina, where there are Chick-fil-a's everywhere, for Cow Appreciation Day this year, but we ended up changing our vacation plans, so we had very few options if we still wanted to participate. We could drive an hour to Toledo, or we could go about half an hour away to the Oakland University food court - Michigan's only Chick-fil-a, like we did last year. We decided to go to Oakland University again. I liked the idea of not fighting a crowd, and it was a shorter drive.</div>
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There weren't any other cows again this year, and the workers were happy to see us. Maddie started pulling off her spots as soon as we got in line, but they let us each get a full meal for free anyway.<br />
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My little cows.<br />
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Maddie loved the lemonade, and towards the end, she finally tried some nuggets. Drew loved everything, and he was a great help as we navigated the line with a stroller and a tray.<br />
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<b><u>Visit a Dairy Farm</u></b><br />
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We followed up our Chick-fil-a lunch with a trip to the dairy farm, to continue with the cow theme. We started out by looking at the adult cows.</div>
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Drew petted one, and it tried to lick him!<br />
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We made a very quick stop at the pig pen. The pigs smelled absolutely horrible!<br />
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Our favorites were the calves!<br />
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Maddie kept going back and forth between calves, petting them and saying, "Cute, Mommy!"<br />
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We walked back past the big cows on our way to the shop.<br />
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We bought some ice cream and enjoyed it at a picnic table.<br />
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Maddie got a chocolate mustache!<br />
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<b><u>Grill Pizza and S'mores</u></b><br />
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We had a fun dinner one night last week - grilled pizza and s'mores. We grilled the dough first, then added our sauce and toppings.</div>
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After we ate our pizza, we went back outside and made s'mores. We toasted our marshmallows over the grill.<br />
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Drew convinced me to buy some giant marshmallows at Aldi a few weeks ago. They made some very gooey s'mores!<br />
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Maddie just ate her marshmallow plain.<br />
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<b><u>Garden Box</u></b><br />
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We have some vegetables growing in our garden box now! Our first jalapeno pepper is growing.</div>
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Our tomato plants have gotten quite tall!<br />
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We have some tomatoes growing too!<br />
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Here's how our summer list looks now. We are starting to make a dent in it! We rescheduled our vacation to South Carolina, and since we will now be out of town during choir camp, Drew will not be able to participate in that camp, so I've crossed it off our list. I was able to make dental appointments for Jim, Drew, and me for August, so that project is scheduled, but not completed yet.<br />
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<b><u>Hawkins Family Summer List</u></b><br />
1. <b><strike>Drew - Barnes and Noble summer reading program</strike></b><br />
2. Make homemade ice cream<br />
3. <b><strike>Grill pizza and s'mores</strike></b><br />
4. Go to the sprinkler park<br />
5. Have a garage sale<br />
6. <strike>Make a strawberry pie</strike><br />
7. Go to the library<br />
8. Get Sonic shakes in our jammies (They are half-price after 8:00 pm!)<br />
9. Have a picnic<br />
10. Go putt-putting<br />
11. Go to Metro Beach<br />
12. Go to the Lego store<br />
13. Paint our bedroom<br />
14. <b><strike>Go to the dairy farm</strike></b><br />
15. Drew - learn to ride a bike<br />
16. <strike>Drew - go to choir camp</strike> - <b>We will be on vacation, so Drew will not be doing choir camp.</b><br />
17. Drew and Jim - go to a Home Depot craft morning<br />
18. Make kabobs<br />
19. Keep up with our garden box - <b>so far, so good!</b><br />
20. Go to the dentist - <b>We have appointments for August!</b><br />
21. Organize the bedrooms - <strike>Drew</strike>, Maddie, Us<br />
22. <strike>Go to a baseball game</strike><br />
23. Maddie - try potty training<br />
24. <b><strike>Go to Dress Like a Cow Day at Chick-Fil-a</strike></b><br />
25. <strike>Go bowling</strike>Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12705584834406065191noreply@blogger.com0