tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54957095838960778682024-03-14T02:09:07.845-07:00The Runner BunchThe Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.comBlogger691125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-54700696722450273132014-12-01T12:07:00.000-08:002015-01-08T12:07:25.747-08:00Mass Exodus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
The tooth fairy has been working overtime around here lately!! We have been calling it the Mass Exodus of teeth leaving Haylie's mouth. Just about once a week a tooth falls out of her mouth - it's insane! I feel like I should call the dentist and ask if this is normal but I'm guessing I already know the answer. The poor girl has lost so many teeth she barely has any molars left and hence has a hard time chewing things like carrots or apples. Even the few remaining molars she has are starting to feel loose and therefore hurt when chomped on! We have been cutting things into smaller bites so she can get her food down easier. </div>
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In total I think Haylie has lost about 14 teeth. She lost about 8 of them starting just before Kindergarten (most of them fell out in Kindergarten) and then a couple in first grade. She lost the other 6 in the last month or two!!!</div>
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Well, with all this activity lately the tooth fairy is bound to drop the ball every now and then. Haylie had another sudden loose tooth that came out almost immediately after she informed us that the tooth was loose. This time it happened while we were in Tahoe and just about to walk out the door and head back home. A smart tooth fairy would have put it in her calendar right that moment but alas, that is not what happened. Instead the Tooth Fairy failed to show up and the disappointment in the morning was so so sad! We assured Haylie the tooth fairy got confused and probably went to Tahoe since that's where the tooth fell out and where she had been staying for the past several days. She said the tooth had fallen into the crack of her bed so maybe the tooth fairy couldn't find it, Either way we were confident the tooth fairy would find it / her the next night and bring her money. </div>
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When the tooth fairy arrived the next night - this sad letter was waiting: "Dear Tooth Fairy, Why did you not come last night? I was counting on you. Signed, Haylie" Oh my, the tooth fairy nearly cried but pulled it together just enough to write the response below. The tooth fairy left Haylie $4 instead of her regular $2. Haylie was so happy the next day because she had been really hoping for $4 since she needed that much to buy something specific with her allowance. In the end she was kind of glad the tooth fairy didn't find her the first night but the tooth fairy is still recovering from the trauma!!! :)</div>
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<br />The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-65032465932926706062014-10-28T15:09:00.001-07:002015-01-08T11:28:17.237-08:00The Busy Tooth Fairy<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Suddenly she will tell us her tooth is about to fall out and then a few minutes later, it's out. We never even knew it was loose. Recently, after the advice of her friend Noelle, Haylie has decided to start writing letters to the tooth fairy. She asks questions like, What is your favorite color? Do you speak other languages? Can I have your picture?</div>
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This has created all sorts of new work for the Tooth Fairy, responding to letters late at night and trying to keep her new handwriting consistent!</div>
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The last tooth Haylie lost, suddenly fell out at the cabin one day. Haylie was staying the night there so we had some great concern if the tooth fairy would be able to find her and leave her regular $2. Thankfully, Grandpa came to the rescue. He used Google to find the tooth fairy's email address and they quickly fired off a note to Fairy Land explaining Haylie's change of location. The tooth fairy found her that night and was so pleased Haylie had sent an email, the generous tooth fairy even gave her an extra $. She/he wrote a note that was different handwriting but Haylie was so pleased that the tooth fairy found her, she didn't even notice! James, unfortunately, is still eagerly awaiting his first chance to get a visit from the tooth fairy!!!<br />
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When<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> it was announced in class that Student Council elections were coming up, Haylie knew right away she wanted to run for something. She brought home the paperwork and asked if she could run. I asked her why she wanted to run and she said "it would just be so cool to actually have a part in something at school, to do something important and and be a part of helping the school." I figured that was a good enough reason! So, we just needed to decide what she would run for. As a fourth grader her choices were: Secretary, Treasurer or Vice President. She knew she didn't want to run for Treasurer since she has decided she's not very good at Math. So it was between Secretary and VP. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She wanted us to tell her which one she should choose, but we only </span>offered <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">to discuss the pros and cons with her, saying she needed to decide in the end. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We discussed the responsibilities of each role: that the Secretary is more of a helper, who keeps notes for the team and helps to record everything the Council does; whereas the VP is more of a leader who helps run the meetings and directs the team along with the President. She expressed her concern about her leadership skills and her ability to direct people (she tends to be a little more of a follower and sometimes easy going to a fault); she knows she isn;t great at being the leader in situations but she acknowledged that she's a really good helper and enjoys that kind of role a lot. She likes to write and could probably help keep good notes. After talking and thinking about it for a little bit in this train of thought, she stated, "I know what I'm going to run for!" I figured the obvious conclusion was Secretary based on our discussion, so I was shocked when her next sentence was, "I'm going to run for Vice President!" "Great!" I said and asked her why she chose that. She told me that if she became the Secretary, it would help her get better at something she's already good at, but if she ran for Vice President it would help her grow and get better in an area where she struggles. She told me she needs to challenge herself and learn to be more of a leader, get better in areas she's not good at, instead of take the easy way and just be a better helper. I wished I had a recorder at that moment to tape her explaining this to me. Honestly I was almost trying to convince her to run for Secretary in our earlier discussion because it really was a better fit and the more comfortable choice for her. I was truly blown away at the maturity of her response and she really taught me a lesson that day. I tend to only put effort into the things I already know I will be good at. I love that Haylie had the courage to be more!!!</span></div>
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Funny enough, in the end, she did end up running for Secretary. By the time everyone's forms were turned in, half of her friends who were originally going to run had decided they didn't want to anymore. She had several friends running for Vice President and no one she knew well was running for Secretary. She preferred not to run against her friends if she didn't have to. </div>
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She had to make a poster and write a speech and then deliver it to half the school. There wasn't any real campaigning allowed, although they could walk around at recess and ask people to vote for them if they wanted. She was much too busy at recess playing with her friends so it would all come down to speech day (as with most of the kids). We practiced for a couple days and then the big day came. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She was so nervous!!!! </span></div>
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When she got up to give her speech I was overwhelmed with emotion watching my baby girl stand up and talk in front of a couple hundred kids. She did great!! She raced through a couple parts when the nerves got to her but I was so impressed with her courage and her poise as she asked for her classmates to vote for her!!!<br />
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The vote was calculated that day and unfortunately she didn't win. We didn't tell her but the odds were unfortunately stacked against her. There was only one 5th grader and four fourth graders running for Secretary. The fifth grader won. Haylie was a little sad after school but our response was: going out to dinner to celebrate!!! She gave a great speech in front of half of her school despite her previous claims that she gets stage fright. At dinner last night she told us she's running for President next year!!<br />
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When she went back to school today, she found out the Student Council is also made up of Class Representatives. Only the people who ran for election can be a class representative and out of the four kids in her class, she was voted as the winner. She was soooo excited to run out after school and tell me she still gets to be part of the Student Council. In fact, she thinks she got the better end of the deal because she doesn't have to type up the notes from the meeting or have a ton of responsibilities. She gets to represent her class in the meetings, vote on the decision items, and then report back in front of her class after every meeting. Not sure what I think about that part, but personally, I'm sort of glad we had the loss yesterday so she could learn how to get back up and know how proud we are of her win or lose. We are her biggest fans!!!<br />
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The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-91025710180329588072014-09-12T21:03:00.000-07:002015-01-16T21:03:35.028-08:00This ChairJames had croup this week, and what started as a cold and yucky cough, quickly turned into a midnight trip to the emergency room. James woke up in the middle of the night gasping for air and struggling to breathe. We have had some pretty scary moments as he has dealt with asthma, but not many others have truly compared to this. We quickly raced to give him a breathing treatment but it seemed to only make things worse as he couldn't even breathe in the steam or albuterol the device was producing. For the first time ever I almost called 911 but we opted to throw James in the car (pull Haylie out of her bed) and race to the emergency room ourselves. After James and Micah stood in the garage for a short time while I grabbed Haylie and everyone's blankets / sweaters, etc. James started getting a little better. We arrived at the emergency room and he was breathing relatively normal but they still gave him a dose of Steroids to endure he didn't have any further problems. <div>
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When we arrived home, we put our tired boy to bed on the chair in our room so we could monitor him and ensure he was breathing the rest of the night. As he lay there I watched him breathe in and out and I was so grateful he was ok. Strangely enough, I couldn't help but think about the chair he was sleeping in and how thankful I was for that chair holding my baby. Our big green chair was one we bought when we moved into our first home at the beginning of our marriage about 13 years ago. I remember we bought it at Naturewood and they were having a special where we could choose any custom fabric for the chair. We chose a soft, green velvet mostly because the color matched our new bedding and room decor. At the time, little did we know what a big role that chair would play in our everyday lives. Just a few years after purchasing our green chair, we had our first baby and miss Haylie and I spent nearly all of her first three months of life, morning and middle of the night in that chair, nursing, sleeping and playing. I took her newborn announcement photos on that chair and I took James' on the ottoman. When James came along, we too spent hours on that chair nursing and resting. Much of the early bonding with my two little babies took place in that chair. Both of our kids have slept in that chair throughout their lives whether it was together on sleepover nights with us or separate, after nightmares, feeling sick or a particularly rough night. I have done countless morning devotions in that chair and our kids love to sit there and read or rest while I'm getting ready in the mornings. I am thankful for the comfort and safety that chair provides and I'm thankful to continue to watch my babies grow and breathe before my eyes. We have redecorated our room a couple times since getting that chair and I'm sure we will redecorate a few more times but so far any new decor has centered around matching that chair and I can't see getting rid of it anytime soon. </div>
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The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-62707773071097363662013-05-18T00:30:00.001-07:002013-05-18T00:32:20.281-07:00The LibraryHangin at our favorite place today. Wish I could read all the time!!<br />
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The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-53537926242251790552013-05-09T23:54:00.000-07:002013-05-13T13:58:51.523-07:00Open HouseTour guides Haylie and James had their open house on the same night at two different schools. It was a little crazy but we managed to tour both classes and see all their beautiful work and the fun things they like to do at school. <br />
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The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-9114348954749108002013-05-08T21:09:00.001-07:002013-05-08T21:09:22.770-07:00RanchoCelebrating the 10th anniversary of the city last weekend... <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dZLl27aZqq0/UYshZ-KatDI/AAAAAAAAIsM/50-GeMx7B9k/s640/blogger-image--1730854543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-dZLl27aZqq0/UYshZ-KatDI/AAAAAAAAIsM/50-GeMx7B9k/s640/blogger-image--1730854543.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pfr6de6cFf4/UYshWRTvNhI/AAAAAAAAIsE/dxVW9iGplw4/s640/blogger-image--212725997.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pfr6de6cFf4/UYshWRTvNhI/AAAAAAAAIsE/dxVW9iGplw4/s640/blogger-image--212725997.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZslvEj7rRnQ/UYshSle1WJI/AAAAAAAAIr8/CMA00nEsap0/s640/blogger-image--201005058.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZslvEj7rRnQ/UYshSle1WJI/AAAAAAAAIr8/CMA00nEsap0/s640/blogger-image--201005058.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E6a4C3eHKhk/UYshcUvatXI/AAAAAAAAIsU/NVyXHRBFkeE/s640/blogger-image-115879910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E6a4C3eHKhk/UYshcUvatXI/AAAAAAAAIsU/NVyXHRBFkeE/s640/blogger-image-115879910.jpg" /></a></div>The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-7951279327537612182013-05-05T13:29:00.001-07:002013-05-05T13:30:15.374-07:00TwinsWe are alike in more ways than one, but today at church we were accidental twins, right down to the dark blue skinny jeans and cream colored flats. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V7fvKIcA0tc/UYbBDkPmEWI/AAAAAAAAIrs/daHa_SfoZgQ/s640/blogger-image-1847522028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V7fvKIcA0tc/UYbBDkPmEWI/AAAAAAAAIrs/daHa_SfoZgQ/s640/blogger-image-1847522028.jpg" /></a></div>The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-87977842601217462682013-05-04T19:41:00.001-07:002013-05-13T14:02:46.114-07:00Rivercats DayToday was little league day at the Rivercats. The kids got to walk in a parade around the stadium and have a little "chalk talk" with the Rivercats coach and players. <br />
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It's cute to see all the little Tball teams here representing. <br />
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On the way back to the seats from the parade we had a little scare. James had lagged behind and gotten a little lost in the crowd. Micah realized and ran back through the crowds to look for him. He found James sitting on the ground in an open clearing, right where he got lost, patiently waiting for someone to come find him. That's two near children losses in a short baseball season - at least our kids are doing a good job showing they have learned what we taught them "just in case."<br />
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An early day at James' school made for a quiet little park date with my favorite boy...<br />
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Happy New Year from Radiator Springs and the Happiest Place on Earth. I know we are crazy but we did California Adventure and Disneyland on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. We were so excited to check out Cars Land and just be at Disneyland as it turned to 2013! We had never been to the new cars exhibit and that was what the kids were really looking forward to! New Year's eve was a great day at California Adventure because we had Grandma, Grandpa and Papa Louie all with us. Raider especially loved having Papa Louie there (or Grandpa Cornnut as Raider affectionately calls him) so he didn't have to move at the same pace as the little ones and he had someone to go on the big roller coasters with him. They joined us off and on throughout the day for some of the rides. </div>
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We heard there were some pretty long lines for the new Radiator Springs Racers ride so we arrived at the park at 7:30 am to get in line for Fast Passes. I took everyone's tickets and stood in line reading my book while the rest of the gang went and rode their first ride - Soarin' over CA - it turned out to be a favorite so we went back again later so I could catch it too. </div>
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In trying to get the fast passes I waited at the gate at the entrance to the park with everyone for awhile and then asked about the fast passes a little late, they pointed me to a long line that already formed around the corner and I had to run and get in line. After about an hour in line I finally got our fast passes and they were already for 2-3 pm that day. I can only imagine that anyone who got to the park later than 9 am probably couldn't get a fast pass for that ride. It was definitely worth it later in the day because the wait was about 2-3 hours and with the fast passes it only took us about 20-30 minutes. We all loved the new Racers ride but it was definitely my favorite ride in all of Disneyland. You sit in a life-size convertible car and race through the mountains just like Lightning and Sally did in the movie. The mountains were huge and really actually beautiful. I felt like we were truly in the mountains and when the ride ended I wished we could get right back on and do it again 10 more times. We took way too many pictures in front of those mountains but it was definitely my favorite spot in the park. </div>
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Other than that we all just loved Cars Land in general. It was the new big thing at California Adventure and we were so excited to be there and check out all the new rides and cool displays with our favorite Cars characters!</div>
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Aside from Cars land, we hit all the rest of the regular CA adventure shows and little rides while Raider and Papa Louie headed for the big roller coasters. We loved the Monster's Inc ride and Bugs Land - we made sure the kids had seen Bug's Life before we went so they knew all the characters in Bug's Land. </div>
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By far the scariest ride at California Adventure had to be Mickey's Fun Wheel - you know, that big beautiful wheel that lights up at night with Mickey's smiling face and looks like an innocent ferris wheel? Well it's not - it's actually more like a secret torture device. None of us had ever been on the ride before because the line is usually so long and we figured it's just a ferris wheel anyways. We got in the line for the swinging cars rather than the stationary ones because we figured those would be more exciting. Boy were they ever!!! It should have been a warning to us when we got in and there were complimentary barf bags inside. The ride starts out like any other ferris wheel until it hits that first big swing and you realize there is nothing to hold onto!!! There are no seat belts, lap bars, harnesses or handle bars of any sort and trust me you need them! We were screaming for our dear lives and nearly crying from laughing so hard!!! It really was terrifying swinging around like crazy in that tiny little box and being able to see straight down that high up in the air. I thought for sure Haylie was going to lose it but thankfully Grandma and Grandpa held on tight! </div>
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Since it was New Year's Eve, we really wanted to stay at the park til midnight and be a part of all the Happy New Year festivities. Considering we had gotten to the park at 7:30 am, were planning on getting up early to come back the next day, and had two young children with us, that was a very ambitious goal. Grandma, Grandpa, Raider and Papa Louie all bailed and headed back to the hotel to rest up for the next day. We stayed as long as we possible could and ended up making it until about 10:30 PM. We were there just long enough to get the free hats and noisemakers they passed out but left just in time to miss all the craziness and the big crowds leaving the park. Even though we didn't make it til midnight, we figured 15 hours was a pretty good effort. 2012 was such a great year - we are so blessed and we feel so thankful for the many great memories we were able to make this year!!!!<br />
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<br />The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-22030727615774508602012-12-30T23:02:00.000-08:002015-01-19T00:16:24.942-08:00Discovery CenterWe went to Southern CA for Casey and JoAnn's wedding but we figured we would make the most of it while we were there. In addition to a planned Disneyland trip, we went to the Discovery Center in Santa Ana. It was such a cool place!!! The kids loved all the fun things to do and explore there! We spent over 5 hours playing and could have easily spent more time!!! Right out front there was a snow machine which the kids probably could have spent 5 hours playing with by itself!! Other than that some of the other exhibits we loved included the giant body mold which we had fun taking pictures of, the fossil scavenger hunt, the edible race cars made out of candy and crackers (which they built, raced and then ate), the live hockey demo, the bed of nails, the rocket ship simulation and the special Indiana Jones adventures. We really hope to come back here again some day!!<br />
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<br />The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-18033579613113268242012-12-29T22:57:00.000-08:002015-01-19T00:33:49.872-08:00Photo Booth Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Getting a little silly at Casey and JoAnn's wedding... Unfortunately I had an issue with the switch to a new iPhone and I lost all of the pictures I took on my phone at the end of December (so I don't have any other pics I took of the family and everyone at the wedding), but we still had these fun printouts from the Photo Booth! </span></div>
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<br />The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-51008234038212566782012-12-25T00:22:00.000-08:002015-01-19T00:24:13.883-08:00The Big Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Ripsticks, and American Girl Dolls and Disneyland oh my!! Our Christmas morning always starts out with reading the Gospels and our little Nativity skit by Haylie and James, keeping the focus on Jesus. Then it's presents time. Haylie finally got her first real American Girl Doll which she was quite happy about. But the big win was the scavenger / clue hunt that led to the reveal that we were going to Disneyland!!!!! Yahoo!!!! We love Christmas morning with our great family!!! </div>
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<br />The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-8574715600502422152012-12-24T23:33:00.000-08:002015-01-19T00:25:55.665-08:00Disney Pajamas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Every year for Christmas Eve, Micah's parents buy the family matching pajamas. This year we all got Disney Pajamas, in honor of our upcoming trip to Disneyland. Of course, the kids didn't know we were planning a trip toDisneyland - they will find that out on Christmas morning. Either way they were excited to see Mickey and friends on their pajamas and ours. </div>
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<br />The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-55180176328279649982012-12-24T21:39:00.000-08:002015-01-19T00:25:10.337-08:00This Little LightLetting our light shine for Jesus at Christmas Eve Service at First Cov...<br />
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The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-70748843224770826512012-12-23T21:31:00.000-08:002015-01-10T21:34:53.570-08:0020 yearsI feel so blessed to have known these girls for 20 years. I want to go dig up pictures from our Christmas parties back then. I just love them.<br />
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The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-51789683045744847882012-12-22T21:37:00.000-08:002015-01-10T21:38:33.912-08:00The Reason for the SeasonMicah and I just made this new sign for our Christmas decorations. I have been looking for something like this and could not find it anywhere so we made it ourselves and we are pretty proud of it.<br />
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The Runner Bunchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455673372683806492noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495709583896077868.post-22361847983082708672012-12-13T21:10:00.000-08:002015-01-10T21:11:35.498-08:00Top 40<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
So so proud of this amazing guy! He was nominated by the mayor of Rancho for the Sacramento Business Journal's Top 40 under 40 awards, and he won!! Out of several hundred people nominated he was among the top 100, who went to a big event downtown. Only 40 of those were actually chosen as final winners. Micah was one of those top 40 and he was recognized not only for his business success but his commitment to serving and making a difference in the community through things like Home For Good and Safe Families. I am so proud of him and who he is! Eph 3:20</div>
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