The Merrell Family Blog

Zaralyn's Preschool Graduation

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:58:00 +0000

On May 16, 2012 Zaralyn graduated Preschool from Bright Beginnings Preschool. At the graduation, the kids sang and performed actions for a few songs for the parents. They even had props and sang...

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dinosaur quarry

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:28:00 +0000

While we were in Utah for Garrett's wedding, we headed back up to the Dinosaur Quarry. The kids love going there, and Justin hadn't been there since he was in Jr. High or something. Anyways he hadn't...

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Garrett and Kaitlyn's Happily Ever After

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Mon, 21 May 2012 03:36:00 +0000

On May 11, 2012 Garrett and Kaitlyn were married and Sealed in the Vernal, Utah LDS temple. I was so happy for them, and so excited to make the trip cross country to get to be there with them....

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back yard tea party

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:24:00 +0000

A couple of Sundays ago the girls asked if we could have a tea party. They also wanted to make treats for their party. So we made some sugar cookies and they colored the icing and decorated them all...

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Zaralyn's preschool field trip

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:08:00 +0000

On May 2, 2012 the kids and I went on Zaralyn's preschool field trip to the Discovery Center which is in Binghamton, NY (about an hour North of us) Since I had all three kids, I opted to just snap...

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Rue The Day 10k

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 03 May 2012 04:17:00 +0000

Saturday April 28, 2012 I ran my very first race! Rue The Day 10k! For reals, a 10k for my first one! Paula (from church) put this 10k together. She is an avid runner and loves to host these races....

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half a year already?

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:56:00 +0000

I just can't seem to wrap my head around the thought that Silas is already 6 months old! Time is just flying by, and my little newborn is long gone. This little man is figuring things out for...

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Silas' Surgery

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:27:00 +0000

Last Thursday night Justin and I took Silas down to the The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for his surgery. He was getting circumcised since the hospital was unable to do it when he...

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The Great Kapoke Tree

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 03 May 2012 02:49:00 +0000

Have I ever mentioned how awesome Zaralyn's preschool is? Well I am always just amazed at what her teacher Mrs. Condifer does for her preschool kids. Last Wednesday was Zaralyn's preschool play "The...

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Easter Morning

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 03 May 2012 02:29:00 +0000

The Easter Bunny didn't forget us this year. Justin was able to come home the night before Easter and he helped the Easter bunny put together baskets. At least that way, where he would be gone for...

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Easter Egg Hunting

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:58:00 +0000

Our borough put on an egg hunt the Saturday before Easter and even though Justin was working, I decided to take the kids and go anyways. The girls were so excited to go. They love hunting...

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Coloring Easter Eggs

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:43:00 +0000

The girls and I decided to invite some friends over to help us dye our Easter Eggs. The girls all had a fun time and then they got to play with their friends all afternoon. It was a fun...

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spring mantle

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:11:00 +0000

Well Easter grass is in full bloom at our house :) I thought I would share our cute Easter mantle all done up. I just love all of the fun color! The girls love planting grass every year and this year...

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our garden

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:38:00 +0000

Justin has been on me for a few years now to let him build a garden, and I guess I finally caved, lol. It wasn't that I didn't want one, we just have a lot of wildlife in our yard and it is going to...

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Silas' first haircut

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:31:00 +0000

Well this picture about explains why Silas needed a hair cut, lol. Justin has been telling me for weeks that Silas needed a haircut, but I really didn't want to have it cut. I was afraid he wouldn't...

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I pinned it... and actually made it! :)

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:25:00 +0000

So I pinned a quilt on Pinterest and thought that I would like to make a quilt for Silas. Well, I actually did it. My friend Jutta wanted me to meet her at JoAnn's and before long we had fabric...

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Leprechaun Trap

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:06:00 +0000

For Zaralyn's preschool class, she had to construct (with help) a leprechaun trap. They talked about Leprechauns all month and the Leprechauns were messing things up at school, so they tried to catch...

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just because...

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:59:00 +0000

...he's so dang cute!

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Dino Dig

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:49:00 +0000

February's preschool theme was Dinosaurs. Mrs. Condifer sent home dino digs for all the kids to do. I still can't believe she made all of these (that would be 38 of them total for the morning and...

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4 years and 4 months

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:35:00 +0000

On February 22 Brylee turned 4 years old, also Silas turned exactly 4 months old.Of course I had to have a mini photo session to celebrate :) Bry loves silly faces! Silas wasn't as into silly faces,...

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Valentine Birthday Girl

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 04:05:00 +0000

In February Brylee turned 4! We threw her a Valentines day themed Birthday party.The food table:I made chocolate dipped rice crispy treats,peanut butter chocolates cookies,we also had sandwiches and...

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january randomness

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:19:00 +0000

I couldn't believe I really hadn't taken more pictures of January, so I checked my phone pictures to see what else had happened, lol. I had a few pictures of note on there, so here they are... {If...

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baby sleep

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 03:06:00 +0000

As I am updating my blog I went through my picture files, and for the month of January, I hardly took any pictures. Probably because I was recovering from our (almost) month long trip out west, but...

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the five babies

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:29:00 +0000

Silas was the last of the five Millett grandbabies to be born last year. So since we were all together, my sisters and I decided that we had better try and get some pictures of them all. They turned...

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Great Grandpa and Grandma Merrell

noreply@blogger.com (The Merrell Family) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:03:00 +0000

On Christmas day, I took the kids to see Justin's grandparents, Grandpa and Grandma Merrell. We sure do love visiting them and hearing all of grandpa's stories. They just loved Silas. The girls love...

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