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For our final field trip of Summer 2009, I took the boys to see an Austin classic, "The Cathedral of Junk." "What is the Cathedral of Junk?" you might ask. After seeing the cathedral listed on the Top 20 things to do in Austin, and after reading a write up about the cathedral at http://www.roadsideamerica...

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It's hard to believe, but Eli is already 6 months old! Here are some recent photos from week 24....

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The other day Randy, 6, said matter-of-factly, "Mom, I'm the smartest kid in my class." "Really?" I responded. "That's great! How do you know that?" "Because I can read minds!" answered Randy. "You can read minds? When did that start?" I asked. "I don't know," he said. "But I read 10 minds and now I...

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This year we had a great Easter weekend! On Saturday morning, Rich, Rylan, Randy and I colored Easter eggs. On Saturday afternoon, the boys and I made cookies. After rest time, we couldn't wait to decorate the cookies and eat some! The boys were so hyped up on sugar after that, we sent them outside to...

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Rich and I took Rylan and Randy down to San Antonio for the Pokémon State Championship. Registration began at 9:00 AM, and the games began a few hours later. The kids played six games: they won some and lost some. Rylan took 26th place and Randy placed at #16. We got home after 9:00 PM! It was a fun...

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The other morning Rylan said, "Mom, if I could have three wishes, wanna know what they would be?" "Sure, Rylan," I answered. "Wish #1: I wish no one in the world was allergic to cats. Wish #2: I wish I had a cat. Wish #3: I'd wish for one more wish. Then wish #4: I'd wish Eli would obey every command...

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Eli at 13 weeks: Eli at 14 weeks: Eli at 15 weeks: Eli at 16 weeks: Eli at 17 weeks: Eli at 18 weeks:...

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One of Randy's front bottom teeth has been loose for a while. Randy has been wiggling it, but it just wasn't ready to come out. Monday morning he bit into an apple slice during breakfast and experienced some pain. Rich convinced Randy (easily) to let him try to pull it. Rich reached in and tugged that...

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We were sitting at the table, eating a meal together.  Randy announced that he knew how it worked when babies were born.  We were fascinated that he had already learned how it worked in school.  We knew he went to a good school, just not that good.  He proceeded to tell us that babies...

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For Rich's birthday weekend we planned a family trip to Corpus Christi, Texas, to spend the night aboard the USS Lexington. However, Randy had other plans for us. Randy ended up getting strep throat again, so he and I stayed home while Rich and Rylan spent some father/son time "alone" together on the...

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Sunday night Rich sprained his ankle. I don't remember ever witnessing the progression of a sprained ankle up close: the swelling, the color change, and my husband's grimaces as he tries to walk. Sunday - Day 1 : Monday - Day 2 : We took Rich tot he doctor for x-rays. The doctor said Rich will be healed...

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6 weeks old: 7 weeks old: 8 weeks old: 9 weeks old: 10 weeks old: 11 weeks old:...

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On New Year's Eve, Sarah came down from Dallas to visit. I cooked a big meal for us to enjoy with her: spiral ham, cornbread, corn on the cob, sweet potato casserole, green beans with goat cheese and bacon, stuffing and cranberry sauce. For dessert we had key lime pie - yum! After dinner we opened presents...

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Wayne and Barb were going to come over and celebrate Christmas with us, but I ended up getting strep throat the day after Christmas. So we postponed our time together and hung out on January 3, 2009, instead. We had dinner at the new Salt Lick BBQ in Round Rock. The original is out in Driftwood in the...

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Rich and the boys put lights on the house. We had breakfast with Santa. We decorated the pre-lit fake tree. We decorated a gingerbread house. We waited for Santa. We got a puppy. We made cookies. We opened presents Christmas Eve... ...Christmas morning... ...Christmas afternoon... ...Christmas night...

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Rylan asked for a Pokémon party for his 9th birthday. I got some ideas from the Internet and put together a fun-filled night for 6 Pokémon loving boys! Rylan asked his friends to arrive at 5:30 on a Saturday night. As the kids joined the party, they put their sleeping bags and suitcases in Rylan's room...

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This year Halloween was so much fun! As a matter of fact, Rylan said it was the best one of his whole life and Randy quickly agreed. Rylan decided he wanted to be Ash Ketchum, a Pokémon trainer. Randy was Pikachu . The two of them ran full-speed from house to house on Halloween night with two kids from...

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This post may be a bit out of order chronologically but I wanted to get it out on the record for the world to see. As I mentioned in a previous post , I had gone camping last year with Rylan and while we were there he caught his first fish. Here it is: This camping trip was one of those moments I will...

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So it's crazy how things go sometimes. Last year I took my oldest son Rylan to a cub scout camp out. While we were there he caught his first fish. A volunteer that was there took a picture of us and took our email. She said she would email me with a location of the pictures when she uploaded them. Long...

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Well this post is a long time in the coming. In fact its a few weeks old. Still since no-one really reads this blog, I am pretty sure no-one will notice. When we got married, I promised MJ that she would be allowed to have one big party at the time of her choosing. In my mind I thought it would be a...

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It has been some time since I have posted anything here. Seems like I have missed a lot. Recently in an effort to make things easier for us to post content I have switched from the blogging platform that I had been using (communityserver.org) and switched to Graffiti, a content publishing system that...

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Ok so I am flirting with the 90lbs mark in my goal of being healthy enough to afford to travel around North America when I am older. In the past I used to have to take a regiment of medicine to control my cholesterol but on my last visit in April the numbers had improved enough that the Doctor wanted...

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It's good to know that while I am stuck working for the man, my son is getting an education on tv. Wow, Wow Wubbzy is the latest show he is watching and so he saw it on tv and have memorized that fact.....Oh and this is Randy I am talking about. We are raising geniuses here for sure! :-)

As it usually goes with work and life, I find my-self working downstairs. Tonight is no different other than I have the T.V. off. I just heard Randy playing a game that has recently become the rage at the Denis house. It's a twist between the old pre-school game "Who took the cookie from the cookie jar...

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Here are some more spring time pictures of us. We have been pretty busy with kids and what not....

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So it has been a while that I have not posted. I just wanted to get these pictures of Randy up here. He is quite the soccer player and has a lot of focus in that regard....

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So this past week we were iced in with an ice storm that swept across texas here. It was funny to watch the news reports that treated it like a category 5 hurricane was barreling down on us. Clearly to a weather guy, it was an exciting thing. In the end we got between 1 and 2 inches of ice that ended...

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Well, MJ sent me some picutres from my birthday. Here is the DVDirect I mentioned: Not many people get to eat cake for their birthday at 7:15 A.M. but since MJ had somewhere to be that night, I DID!!! Lastly, here I am opening some other presents. I got some much needed clothes....Oh yeah. Rylan is in...

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Uncle Wayne and Aunt B came over Saturday night after Rylan's game. We had a fabulous dinner (filet mignon) and green beans etc. After dinner we got to have present time. Rylan and Randy had to endure a week of looking at unopened presents. It was very funny to watch them finally get to open them. You...

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This past weekend was Rylan's first basketball game. First year basketball coaches are special ;). I don't know why someone would sign up to manage a weekly game of chaos. I am sure it will get better as the kids learn but it sure was fun to watch! Here are some pics: Here I am ready to document the...

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Well Jan 11th was my birthday. I got some cool goodies from the kids. Pencil Sharpener (our really sucked) $$$ (undisclosed :)) Clothes DVDirect® MC3 Multi-Function DVD RecorderVRD-MC3 (yes its as expensive as it sounds!!!) Of all the toys of course my favorite is the DVDirect from Sony. It works with...

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So I still plan on getting some pictures up from the vacation but I have to say that it was a very good one all things (fevers, puke, more fevers etc.) considering. The vacation was filled with a whirlwind of activities. Disney was one of the highlights. I can honestly say now that I have been as a parent...

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Here we are at epcot!...

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Next up was the county bear jamboree. Here we are waiting for it....

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Rylan is getting to drive a go cart at the speedway....

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Rylan got to ride space mountain for the first time. He was scared and loved it at the same time....

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We finally got to the Kingdom! Right in time for a picture with Dale, a snack and the parade....

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We are almost to the magic kingdom. We got off the monorail and onto the ferry....

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We took the kids to spceship earth before we left for the magic kingdom....

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Blogging from my phone while at disney can be challenging!...

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I have finally updated the blog to allow you to upload pictures to it. Now, I should be able to post pictures of the fam and the kids inline. Cool!. Here is a picture of Rylan with his teacher and some buds at his new school. Rylan at his fall party...

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Well, today I dropped Rylan off for his first day at school at Star Charter . I took his supplies in and ran into the Principal , Rollie Ford, who told me that it turns out that Star Charter is the top ranked charter school in the state of TX and that out of 1100+ school districts Star Charter was in...

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It has been a while since I posted, but I plan on becoming more active in the new few months as Rylan gets more involved in his new school. What's that you say, "New school??!". That's right. Starting tomorrow (9/29/06) Rylan will be starting at Start Charter School . Star Charter is the kind of school...

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You can find the photo album here .

Rylan held his first annual 'How Many Minutes in a Day Contest'. He called all the family asking them to guess how many minutes in the day. He told them the he would let them know if they won after al entries had been filled in. Winner received an 'Award of Excellence' for getting the right answer. If...

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Special thanks goes out to Robby and Heidi today. Rumour has it that they are having their baby. Melissa could not be more thrilled. She may also be psychic ! You see back when we heard that Heidi was pregnant, Melissa jokingly said, “They should have it on my birthday!”. 9+ months later...

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So I finally got off my duff and put up www.TeamDenis.com . I hope that over the next few months we will get more of the family using this site to share their experiences and pictures. This 'community' site has a place to share pictures, files and 'blog' posts. Come in and enjoy, Rich...

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