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November 24, 2009

Happy 36th Nathan!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Devanie @ 7:54 pm

 

  

   

Or should we say

HAPPY NERF DAY!

This year you got NERF Dart Guns  I got you a big Tommy gun style with rifle loading that will hold 35 darts and a small one that any one of the kids could use against you =)  This kids all walked thru WalMart with me to pick out your birthday present and pick out the camouflage wrapping paper since you are now too old to be drafted we’ll give you some nice safe guns in camo wrap to play with!

Grandma and Grandpa Lay were here in the morning before their trip back to Missouri-Misery and will  probably spend Thanksgiving day on the road or at a homeless shelter.  But Grandpa was destined to get HOME to get his drivers licence or hook up the Internet in his house so off they went after we opened presents and said goodbye.

At noon Aaron and Joe showed up to watch a movie but the computer you have the right movie on CRASHED and until you fix it, which you do not want to have to deal with on your birthday. . .You got to go out to lunch with them and you came back with MORE Nerf guns!  Ready for an amazing attack against each other you set off to build your new Dart Guns. . .only to really find out the one that i got you was really the best and quite sufficient at hitting the opponent quickly and accurately.

I picked Zach up from Prechool and grabbed a cake this year since I do not want 3/4 cake sitting for 4 days until we can get back from Nevada for Thanksgiving with Molly and her crew and Leonard Kelli and Thomas.

Your brother Mike and his wife Denise  invited you and I to go to The Cheesecake factory for a Birthday dinner.  it was great!  They gave you our Lego Advent Calendar – and you were beside your self in a stupor trying to figure out what it was and why they would give you Lego’s, but really, It just took a minute to read the package before you knew it was the 25 days til Christmas Calendar where you  open the doors each day and pull out the Lego pieces to make a village.

AND  They put a Candle in your Caramel Dulce De Leche Cheesecake and the crew of waiters and waitresses sang the REAL version of HAPPY Birthday to YOU!  it’s not very often anyone can get away with that you usually get your way and say no and don’t get the restaurant chorus.

The Boys and Kids and i sang happy Birthday to you at about 3:00 and had a cupcake cake from Smiths.  You and the Brothers went back to the store to make sure you had the best guns got your Nerf Dart fights!

 

Happy Birthday!

 

Glad you are MINE!!

FAMILY Xmas XChange

Filed under: Uncategorized — Devanie @ 12:51 am

2009
Mom & Dad -Buy For – Molly & Allen
LeeJoe & Kim -Buy For – MaryAnne & Dee
Janika & Mike -Buy For-  Devanie & Nathan
Leonard & Kelli -Buy For- Thomas
Thomas -Buys For- Leonard & Kelli
Devanie & Nathan -Buy For- Janika & Mike
MaryAnne & Dee -Buy For- Mom & Dad
Molly & Allen -Buy For- LeeJoe & Kim

2008
Mom & Dad -Buy For- Molly & Allan
LeeJoe & Kim -Buy For – Devanie & Nathan
Janika & Mike -Buy For-  Leonard & Kelli
Leonard & Kelli -Buy For- Thomas
Thomas -Buys For- LeeJoe & Kim
Devanie & Nathan -Buy For- Mom & Dad
MaryAnne&Dee -Buy For- Janika & Mike
Molly&Allen -Buy For- MaryAnne & Dee

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CHRISTMAS X-Change LIST!

2007 + 2nd Family reunion – Held in Utah
Mom&Dad -Buy For- Thomas
LeeJoe&Kim -Buy For – Leonard&Kelli
Janika&Mike -Buy For- Mom&Dad
Leonard&Kelli -Buy For- Molly&Allen
Thomas -Buys For- Janika&Mike (sorry it has to be 2 years in a row, but now you for sure have mike, mikey and lexie =) and TWO GIRLS on the way!)
Devanie&Nathan -Buy For- MaryAnne&Dee
MaryAnne&Dee -Buy For- LeeJoe&Kim
Molly&Allen -Buy For- Devanie&Nathan

Now everyone has had a turn except thomas buying for Leonard – Remember for next year.

NO limits, just do what you can. Home make if you have to.

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2006 + 1st family reunion year – Held in Nevada
Mom&Dad -Buy For- Devanie&Nathan
LeeJoe&Kim -Buy For – Thomas
Janika&Family -Buy For- Molly&Girls
Leonard&Kelli -Buy For- Mom&Dad
Thomas -Buys For- Janika&Family
Devanie&Nathan -Buy For- LeeJoe&Kim
MaryAnne&Dee -Buy For- Leonard&Kelli
Molly&Girls -Buy For- MaryAnne&Dee

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YEAR 2005
Mom&Dad -Buy For- LeeJoe&Kim
LeeJoe&Kim -Buy For- Molly&Girls
Janika&Family -Buy For- Leonard&Kelli
Leonard&Kelli -Buy For- MaryAnne&Dee
Thomas -Buys For- Nathan&Devanie
Devanie&Nathan -Buy For- Janika&Family
MaryAnne&Dee -Buy For- Thomas
Molly&Girls -Buy For- Mom&Dad
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YEAR 2004
Mom&Dad-Leonard&Kelli
LeeJoe&Kim-Janika&Family
Janika&Family-MaryAnne&Dee
Leonard&Kelli-Nathan&Devanie
Thomas-Molly&Family
Devanie&Nathan-Thomas
MaryAnne&Dee- Mom&Dad
Molly&Family-LeeJoe&Kim
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Year 2003
Mom&Dad-Janika&Fam
LeeJoe&Kim-MaryAnne&Dee
Janika&Fam-Nathan&Devanie
Leonard&Kelli-Thomas&Divina
Thomas&Divina-Mom&Dad
Devanie&Nathan-Molly&Jeremy
MaryAnne&Dee-LeeJoe&Kim
Molly&Jeremy-Leonard&Kelli
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2002
Matt&Jans-LJ&Kim
LJ&Kim-Mom&Dad
Len&K – Matt&Jans
Thomas-MaryAnne&Dee
NateNDev-Len&K
Molly&Jer-Thomas
Mom&Dad-Molly&Jer
MaryAnne&Dee – Devanie&Nathan
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YEAR 2001 – LOST
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YEAR 2000
Mom and Dad buy for Leonard And Kelli
Leonard and Kelli for Molly and Jeremy
Molly and Jeremy for MaryAnne
Maryanne for Matt an Janika
Matt and Janika for Thomas
Thomas for LeeJoe and Kim
LeeJoe and Kim for Nathan and Dev
Nathan and Dev for Mom and Dad

2006 Review went over with Maryanne
Devanie NEVER for Maryanne
Mom and Dad NEVER Thomas/Maryanne
Molly NEVER Devanie
Thomas NEVER Leonard
Janika NEVER Mom
LeeJoe NEVER Leonard
Leonard DONE
MaryAnne DONE

November 1, 2009

Happy 4th Birthday Zach!!

Filed under: Birthday, Personalities, Photo Updates, Zach — Tags: , , , — Devanie @ 11:23 pm

This Year being 3 years old you have continued your love of trains!  You took your first ride on a Fast Track train, and loved every minute of it!

You have been the best friend to Aurora, always sharing your toys and playing nicely with her and saying “Remember Share this” .  You do a lot of pretend play with her and mommy.  I’m usually the mom horse and Aurora is the baby horse. 

You have been to the Circus, 2 Zoos, The local Amusement park(many times), you started pedaling a bike with training wheels, You have been on an adventure ride with Mom and your sisters for over a week and rode on “Roady Coaster” hilly roads in Missouri, you have driven through, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, you’ve been to Idaho and Nevada.  You got to see a real frog at the local fishing pond, A dead fish floating on the pond. You Visited Great Grandma Leavitt and loved her wheelchair at her nursing home.

You started Preschool!! 2 days a week.

we had a bithday party just Mom, Dad and your sisters at Chuck E Cheeses Friday since Saturday was Halloween and Sunday was your real birthday.  You asked for another Thomas the Train birthday cake.  Daddy frosted it this year it turned out awesome!  Out of the cake choices White, yellow, pink, chocolate. . .you chose Strawberry!  mmmm!

This year you got a Discovery Toys brand kit with a car, motorcycle and airplane that have a bunch of plastic screws and 2 screwdrivers, 1 power and one manual.  it’s fun for you to build and fix them and other things like that, you also got a little toy car, a croched spaceship with finger puppet aliens (Mom found at a boutique a 70 year old lady makes them)  You also got a Thomas the Train blanket quilt.  grandma and Grandpa S gave you a cute card with a lot of things you could count to 4 with.  and $25  and the Delivered it in person and joined us for the Party.  it was good to have someone celebrate with us.

                                   

We made a trip to Toys R us so you could get something with it.  You chose to get a Thomas the Train Take-A-Long (different from original wooden trains) Round about station you already had a few trains to go with it and you spend about 3+ hours playing with it after you got home from preschool.

 

This year for Halloween you were Thomas the Train AGAIN! picking a costume was easy – we already had it!

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