Our Seven Qtpies

The new EA Active game's first injury

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:24:00 +0000

I got the sweet opportunity to get to be a part of a test group of people using the new game EA Active. I am doing the 30 day challenge. I also am throwing a house party to show the game to people. ...

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Potty training update

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:47:00 +0000

The potty training is going so well. There are days when Sam just won't go in the potty, but he is having more and more days of doing awesome! Yesterday he had two accidents, one happened while...

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Saints in Limbo book review

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:39:00 +0000

Saints in Limbo by River JordanSaints in Limbo by River Jordan was a very different novel from just about anything I have read before. The heroine, Velma True, is shaken by her husband's death and...

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Celebrate Chocolate Truffles

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:58:00 +0000

I feel so fortunate to be among the very first people to get to try Celebrate Chocolate Truffles thanks to Family Review Network. They just launched their product, and what a product to launch! These...

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Graduation today!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:26:00 +0000

Today is Kaytlin's official graduation from high school. I am excited and sad. Mostly I am looking forward to the Miss Qtpies7town pageant this weekend and helping Kaytlin find the funding to go to...

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Grad pics

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:50:00 +0000

Graduation was great! I cried only a little. I think the guys helped me not bawl when she got her name called. Devon, Peter and Donnie were going to yell to embarrass Kaytlin, and I took pics. The...

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Royalty now lives in the Qtpies household!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:43:00 +0000

Kaytlin is now a Princesss! Don't you just love it? LOL

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The crazy new life

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:36:00 +0000

Being a parent to royalty is crazy, but way fun! Kaytlin is busy almost every day, and on top of the royalty responsibilities she still needs to be a friend, girlfriend, daughter, sister, and...

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Some royalty pics

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:04:00 +0000

At the beginning of the coronation the candidates were supposed to schmooze with the other royalty and special guests, so the judges could see their poise, I guess. Santa was given a special award,...

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Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:02:00 +0000

I recently read Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes by Robin Jones Gunn. At first I got so caught up in the book that I thought it was a true story, but I did finally realize that it was a novel. It is...

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The Ponderosa

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:53:00 +0000

Have you ever been the accidental butt of a joke? I was yesterday, and my dad still is. I may have to fill him in, but it is pretty funny. Yesterday Donnie and I traveled to our home town area for a...

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That new car smell?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:53:00 +0000

Recently we purchased a car for Kaytlin from a friend of a neighbor. They said they were desperate for a down payment for a place to live and that was why they needed to get rid of the car. We were...

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A must-see movie!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:32:00 +0000

The Proposal is such a good movie! I went with a couple of girlfriends last night and we had a great time! Lots of laughing. The movie is even pretty clean, no sex or makeout scenes, but there was a...

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Adventures with arachnids

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:41:00 +0000

I had a very busy day today. Being Father's Day, the princesses decided that their dad's needed to be on the float with them today. So, we had to drive to a town about an hour and a half away for it....

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Bye-Bye Diapers

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:30:00 +0000

Sam is officially potty trained. Even at night. Accidents are few and far between, and usually not his fault. (they happen when he can't get to the bathroom, not that he doesn't try) We are still...

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Getting ready

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:32:00 +0000

I have a busy summer ahead of me and I need to start getting ready. In July we get a month long house guest from France, it is Kaytlin's graduation open house, camping, my mom comes to visit with her...

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Unexpected gift

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:42:00 +0000

Devon broke a rule and didn't tell us where he was going to be one night, but he had thought he had. (yeah, sure) I had to discipline him, the rule needs to stick. So I made him come help put the...

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Is there trouble in the kingdom?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:45:00 +0000

Don't worry, this was posed, lol. This is how they really are!

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Our "Annonymous" vandals

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:15:00 +0000

We woke up this morning and found 3 of our cars vandalized. They were quite vicious in their vandalizing, too. Evil, evil people must have done this destructive act. Here is what they have done to...

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Can I have it?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:52:00 +0000

So many times as parents we have found ourselves giving in to our children's pleading and let them have something they desired, even when we knew it was not going to turn out well. I want my children...

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New Puppies....... cute

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:07:00 +0000

Parker is a cute puppy, and yes, he is needing some housetraining, but he brings some great benefits to our house that have endeared him to me. Parker is going to be great birth control for Cody, if...

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I wish I had my camera!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:49:00 +0000

Kaytlin took my camera on vacation with her, so I am stuck with a super cute puppy and no camera. I'm really thrilled with the effect the puppy is having on Samuel, he is keeping his underwear on...

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Guitar Hero for the DS!

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:48:00 +0000

Guitar Hero has got to be our family's favorite video game to play together, we LOVE it! When I heard it was coming out in a more portable version I was very excited. Guitar Hero now has 3 versions...

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Why does life seem to fly by?

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:28:00 +0000

When I had a bunch of little ones the days seemed endless, lol. Now they are flying by at lightening speed. My house if full of kids, and loud and wonderful. We took the kids camping with some of our...

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Wordless Wednesday

qtpies5@msn.com (Qtpies7) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Doesn't that look like Trinity and Sam? LOL That is me and my brother, Shane.

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