tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:47:12 +0000http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/gumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)Blogger724125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-8310745927617904701Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:30:00 +00002009-11-04T06:53:18.526-08:00miscI love books. I love digital products. I love "gadgets."I very rarely buy books anymore. My shelves are full, and there aren't many places to buy books around here. (I miss our weekly homeschool trips to the bookstore and Cold Stone.) Digital products take up such little space, and can be downloaded nearly anywhere.I try to check out library books to get my reading fix, but I am horrible about http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/11/nook-kindle-ebook-how-to-choose.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-9144196739128912802Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:04:00 +00002009-10-31T21:05:35.385-07:00halloweenDanielkidsfrom a silly little raccoon,the headless horsemana couple of deer hunters,a stunning witch,Achilles and his defensive line girlfriend,and a cute little skeleton whospent most of his time trunk-or-treating transferring candy from his grampa's bowlto his own pumpkin.We hope you are enjoying rifling through your candy as much as the raccoon has.http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/10/happy-halloween.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-5799280013477096570Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:29:00 +00002009-10-30T22:31:40.832-07:00sportsChetrunningChet and Faith joined the running club at school. This is big news for Chet. After all these years, here is a competitive sport that requires strength, training, discipline, and a will to give it all, aand he can actually participate. Faith has been planning on joining the track team as soon as she is old enough. Having this chance to be part of this cross-country club was a golden opportunity http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/10/go-distance.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-4027097734693115320Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:43:00 +00002009-10-19T19:57:26.493-07:00house and homeKyleJesse and Sam are coming to visit soon. They are bringing pretty Sophia to charm us. I can't wait. There is so much to be done around the house, so tonight the kids and I pulled out the tools and got to work. I installed lots of details: curtain hooks, shelves, coat hooks and bed canopies. I also moved furniture and washed several loads of laundry.Matt took care of moving things out to the http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/10/under-destruction.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-8477994861260173005Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:42:00 +00002009-10-14T19:52:21.640-07:00faithAnd she can spell voortrekker and beleaguer.She can spell pfeffernuss, ecargot, inselburg, mynheer, and maelstrom.Faith has studied for the school spelling bee for a few weeks now, learning a whole new vocabulary in preparation for the big event.Today she stood up for the first round, and the moderator asked her to spell cleanser."Cleanser - C-L-E-N-Z-R-E - Cleanser"Apparently, my girl can spellhttp://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/10/she-can-spell-nachtmusic.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-8736633088888406244Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:43:00 +00002009-10-11T23:53:44.404-07:00ToddI made arrangements to take last Friday off at both of my jobs.I had a date.With a much younger guy.He had been planning it for weeks. The night before he packed us a picnic lunch: PBJ sandwiches, bananas, bottled water, and peanut butter cups.On Friday I went to work for a couple of hours, then met up with Todd at his classroom. We were on our way to the 2nd grade fieldtrip at The Butterfly http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/10/friday-fieldtrip-date.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-8669772046699845556Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:37:00 +00002009-09-01T20:50:28.766-07:00funnybethDear Kindergarten Teacher,I made an unexpected trip the week before school started. This left me with a lot of work to make up, so I have been going in very early to get work done and make up hours. Therefore, Jack has been in charge of getting the small people ready for school, and he firmly believes in letting our baby show her independant spirit. (Never mind the fact that he is colorblind andhttp://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/09/she-dresses-herself.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-5198766109047019323Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:00:00 +00002009-08-30T12:34:43.417-07:00footballmattIt has all begun again. The sweat. The practices. The smell of week-old practice uniforms.... blech.Matt's team kicked off the new football season with a Jamboree game on Tuesday, and Matt had a lot of playing time. He has a new number this year because he has a new position. Instead of tight-end, he is now a tackle. He was the only one who wore his black underarmor for this game,which was greathttp://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/08/football-season-iv.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-8361480145003879233Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:22:00 +00002009-08-27T14:31:07.848-07:00linksMaybe I shouldn't get as big a kick out of these sites as I do, but I can't help it. They are too funny! And this one kept Matt, Jack and I laughing for a long time last night!There, I fixed it!These are a couple of my first favorites.http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/08/there-i-fixed-it.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-5004831540235292250Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:14:00 +00002009-08-26T19:51:20.681-07:00jackbethDear Beth,On Saturday you went with Jessica and Brandon on a bike ride. However, instead of riding Todd's bike, you pushed it along and ran next to it. When you got back from your bike "ride" you asked your dad to teach you to ride it. You did not want to wait for training wheels, or even your own bike. You had places to go and you were willing to make do with what was at hand.Your daddy helped http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/08/life-lessons.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-498340478657427802Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:17:00 +00002009-08-20T23:38:22.258-07:00kidsbethwhere the buses fire up their engines, the teachers gear up their lesson plans, and the students return to school. When it came time to round my kids up for the traditional first-day-of-school photos, Matt could not be found. He had tried to leave early to ride his bike to school, but Sammy couldn't stand to see him go and had followed him halfway there. Thanks to a loyal dog, my reluctant http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/08/its-that-time-of-year.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-1042783047304670672Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:12:00 +00002009-08-09T20:40:46.870-07:00DanielkidslayoutI took Chet and the girls down to Memphis on Thursday, so I will be updating Chet's blog in just a minute.On Saturday, Crystal (married to Nathan) came over to scrapbook, but we ended up cleaning out my freezer and fridge instead. It wasn't supposed to work out that way, but I ended up scrubbing and cleaning the whole kitchen and got all of my downstairs deep cleaned. It was the first Saturday Ihttp://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/08/simple-saturday.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-8264876223634210489Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:32:00 +00002009-07-29T19:46:02.885-07:00KylefaithI have been knocking around an idea for a digital kit, so I called my friend Joy today, who just happens to work at our fire department. She was nice enough to let me come over after work with my camera to take some pictures of truck parts.I brought two of my little people with me. Faith was very impressive. When I turned over a crate to stand on, a very large spider scuttled out of it and http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/07/future-volunteer-firefighters.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-1247676606784754473Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:14:00 +00002009-07-27T20:22:17.429-07:00OzarksJack cleared out the majority of our front yard a couple of weeks ago, and seemingly overnight these lovely flowers have burst out of the ground and blossomed.They grow in batches, and are so pretty. Last year I was told they are called Naked Ladies. I was also told their scientific name, but of course I can't remember what that name is. "Naked Ladies" is a much easier name to memorize.And of http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/07/naked-ladies-have-returned.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-378105324455989355Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:51:00 +00002009-07-27T20:13:26.570-07:00VBSmattSunday was all about the kids. The majority of the kids who came all week for VBS were there for both services, where they got to share their scriptures and sing their songs. They were, in a word, awesome. Awesome. They sang, they danced, they ate donuts, and then they sang and danced again. I was so incredibly proud of them. It is THIS Sunday that makes being a VBS director worth it. I love http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-favorite-kind-of-sunday.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-3111776281550715899Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:55:00 +00002009-07-25T22:04:00.394-07:00This was Vacation Bible School week. I haven't been home and awake at the same time long enough to post anything.I don't have any pictures uploaded yet. I think it was mostly a success. The kids were great and seemed to have a good time.All of the major summer events are over now. I thought it would mean at least a week or two of "off-time," before football and school began again but silly me http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/07/survival-of-fittest.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-3310281493766948082Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:51:00 +00002009-07-17T21:19:07.643-07:00faithA couple of weeks ago, Jack and I took Faith to the airport to send her to Vegas for two weeks of spoiling. I was able to escort her to the gate, then was allowed no farther. It was hard, but I stood there at the entrance to the loading ramp, and watched her carefully.She just walked to the ramp door, waved goodbye one last time, and headed out on the tarmac to get on her waiting plane.She had tohttp://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/07/on-solid-ground.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-6508180433329958972Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:41:00 +00002009-07-13T08:56:42.172-07:00cardsMy internet was zapped by lightning at home. At least I think that is why it isn't working. Our TV was apparently zapped too, because it won't even turn on anymore. So I can't share the pictures yet of Kyle's all-star games, or Beth swimming with a frog, or Matt and Jack splitting wood, or Todd breaking rocks for a drain pipe, or the butterfly that was flirting with Beth the other day. Instead, Ihttp://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/07/1-2-3-war.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-7692002126231780877Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:38:00 +00002009-07-05T19:54:40.084-07:00bethThe first time we were here to see the area, I fell in love with all the wildflowers that grow free and wild all along the roadways in the Ozarks, and they are still one of my top-ten favorites about this place. I found all of these today on our road, but there are tons and tons of them all over the countryside right now. Mother Nature really knows how to grow a garden!The best part of these http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/07/weeds-and-wildflowers.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-1296981133764375149Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:57:00 +00002009-07-05T19:37:30.345-07:00kidsfootballInitially, there weren't any All-Star games planned for Saturday, so we asked some of our friends to come over for food and games. Then Kyle was supposed to play on Saturday after all, so we called them all back and cancelled. Then a storm rolled in and the games were postponed until today. We called them all back again and said, "Come on over!" So they did. We had a minor feast spread out, http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/07/football-on-4th.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-972318434491646211Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:21:00 +00002009-06-26T19:34:09.703-07:00KylebaseballWith the craziness that April and May brought, I didn't get to post much about baseball, or anything else for that matter. I keep thinking I will get it all caught up, but that isn't working out so well.That didn't stop the baseball machine from going forward, though. We were on the ballfield all the time, because if Kyle wasn't playing then Todd was. And many times they were playing at the same http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/06/my-all-star.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-7102390740551975360Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:59:00 +00002009-06-26T06:04:34.301-07:00freeI love free. I am always keeping my eye out for free events and activities the kids can do, and most of our family outings are to things that don't cost anything. I also love paint. I am always browsing the mismatched paints at the stores, and have found all the colors I wanted to repaint the house.Right now Glidden is giving away free quarts of paint. Just click here and pick a color and they http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/06/free-paint.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-1868300914085633915Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:22:00 +00002009-06-21T19:33:25.204-07:00kidsjackIt has been a quiet day. After church I made fluffy pancakes with homemade blackberry syrup, then we all hung around together and watched movies. Later in the afternoon, Jack, Matt, and the girls took Kyle to baseball practice. When they got home, I rounded Jack and the kids up for an impromptu picture... messy heads, dirty baseball shirts, holey-kneed jeans and all.Seeing seven of my favorite http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-fathers-day.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-6534807653578050680Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:52:00 +00002009-06-21T15:15:00.219-07:00kidsfishingand they will ask to go every weekend!Last weekend was the Berryville Ice Cream Social, and one of the annual events is the fishing tournament at George's Pond. We got up early to meet some friends there and get the kids' fishing spots staked out before the crowds arrived. We were greeted by a swan who spent most of the day perched on the log on the island in the middle of the pond.This http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/06/teach-kid-to-fish.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12301512.post-7405604660265502996Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:49:00 +00002009-06-10T22:10:07.407-07:00kidsThere is a thunderstorm out there tonight. There have been tornado warnings, severe weather warnings, and some mighty lightning shows. The kids have discovered that the blackout curtains I hung in our bedroom for Jack keep out all light, including lightning. So as I was up here editing photos, I slowly found myself surrounded by my five youngest. They dropped off to sleep one by one, filling http://jennscraps.blogspot.com/2009/06/shhhh.htmlgumbyluck@yahoo.com (Jenn)0