tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23788070809046026452011-09-21T08:59:02.808-04:00The Barnes Family Adventures... Psalm 103Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-54086833950780025192010-06-28T21:52:00.003-04:002010-06-28T22:20:27.423-04:00

Luke, my oldest, will be six years old in fourteen days. Fourteen days...what? I can't believe it. First grade is breaking the horizon and I seriously just can't believe it. When he was young...not that six isn't young...maybe around two or so...Jon looked at me and said, "Why don't you just let him wear shorts and a t-shirt for bed? It's just easier." I thought about it for a minute and said, "

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-47986976280916267612009-08-07T13:08:00.002-04:002009-08-11T08:30:10.305-04:00

How my kids know they should all get up at various times in the middle of the night on the one night I have decided to hit the hay early? It’s an amazing phenomenon…Why my kids wake up at five a.m. on the mornings we have no reason to be awake and sleep in on the days we must be up early. Really? Must it be every.single.time. Talk about amazing phenomenon’s…How at least one child will have an

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-87087129361636530752009-07-11T22:01:00.006-04:002009-07-14T15:25:39.378-04:00

Come back please.No.Come back now.I don’t want to…I want to go with them.I know but…Please let me go with them…He was desperate…he turned his back to me and continued to make his way down the middle of the creek to play with the “big kids”. He teetered and tottered over the slick rocks…he slipped a few times but stood up…I winced…he looked back at me and smiled…I tried again…Luke! Luke! Come back

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I got tickled and thought that this must be what it is like to live in a commune. All of us…laid out in an empty bedroom…sometimes I really wonder how my kids get through the night when I see how they contort their bodies in their sleep…I totally scored…had the entire air mattress to myself. Blinking…the light in the bathroom was on and in my face…it must have been about 4:30 am. It was raining.

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-90786624469767752252009-07-02T22:39:00.002-04:002009-07-02T22:49:22.406-04:00

I recently went to see John Rosemond speak…I have read a few of his books about parenting and, I have to admit, I drunk the Kool-Aid when it comes to his philosophy on raising kids using more traditional discipline “methods”. I say, “methods” because I don’t recall him speaking about specific techniques like, time out or some fancy shmancy something or other that supposedly works. He

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-8826166298972883922009-06-11T12:07:00.003-04:002009-06-11T20:32:49.792-04:00

Uh-oh…it’s on! Luke graduated from preschool yesterday with a full on graduation commencement at his daycare (moving tassels over and all)! It really was so sweet. I was taken back to the “pre-kid Dawn” when I said to myself and aloud, “Those little kids graduations are so stupid and a waste of time. I mean, why does a 4 year old need a cap and gown and all that nonsense? My kids will NEVER

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-88614802334072768582009-06-02T13:52:00.000-04:002009-06-02T13:53:54.783-04:00

My son Henry is getting ready to turn three in a few weeks. Someone told me recently that your children’s personalities at a young age are pretty much the same as they mature…this news made me smile a deep happy smile when I mentally mulled over my kids personalities. We are blessed in this way. When my thoughts turned to Henry as an adult…I laughed out loud. I would describe him as clever,

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-53619316121041330552009-05-21T12:50:00.001-04:002009-05-22T12:27:29.270-04:00

After many, many efforts to go back to sleep at 4:00 am…after hitting snooze no less then 5 times…after coming up with every excuse on why it would not be in my best interest to get out of bed and workout this morning….45 minutes had passed on a wasted conversation with myself. I completely guilted myself into it…I was WIDE awake and have no idea why it’s so difficult to just freaking get out of

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-44504135531980329392009-05-18T21:19:00.003-04:002009-05-18T21:34:41.859-04:00

Welcome back to me! It’s been a long time…things are just busy and it’s difficult to find the time to just sit, think and type all at the same time. But, here I am. The baby is now eight and a half months old and is cruising all over the house and boy is he a big’un! Huge. Not a roly poly type big, but in a dense bones big. He has an incredibly peaceful disposition and crazy smile. Henry is

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-74929533327824856642009-03-12T13:25:00.002-04:002009-03-12T13:48:28.410-04:00

My kids love this song. I remember loving it too. We sing, sing, sing this song over and over and over again…and often! We pretty much name every single person my kids have ever met, every single cartoon character they have ever watched and pretty much every single object within sight. We have also sung about how He has “toot” and “poop” in His hands if that tells you anything, which always gets

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-739366035665635712009-02-21T21:18:00.014-05:002009-02-27T21:23:56.965-05:00

Luke woke early, early Saturday morning and crept into our room, hopped in our bed, gave me a cuddle and whispered in my ear, "Mommy, I had a dream last night that I swung higher on my swing then I ever did and I got on it all by myself..." "Neat...", I said drowsily, "…now let’s go back to sleep...it's still nighttime." He didn't. He wanted to talk about the swing...so we chatted in a sleepy

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-81344915068179515862009-02-13T21:33:00.007-05:002009-02-15T22:29:46.236-05:00

I went back to work in the middle of January...it's been a healthy four weeks and I have not worked a "full week" since I have been back. I feel ashamed about that even though I'm trying not too....sickness, a funeral, snow days...it's really all of out my control. I realize that at the end of the day and on my death bed, I will not say, "Gosh, I JUST wish I could have gone into work that day

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-5214653870449573122009-02-11T21:59:00.011-05:002009-02-13T00:10:09.419-05:00

I, along with most people, have been pondering the times we are in. It feels like limbo...waiting for it to get better, wondering what will happen, and hoping for the best. What is up with the bail outs, the gas price fluctuation, the cost of chicken alone is astonishing, bankruptcy, job loss...good grief! Not sure if everyone can feel the change, but there seems to have been a seismic shift in

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-86641733390987216222009-02-08T20:53:00.012-05:002009-02-08T22:31:08.420-05:00

If I had to describe myself, I would call myself an "efficient multi-tasker"...I mean, it's on my resume and everything. I make lists upon lists...I have a list for the working mornings, the weekend mornings, a grocery list, a weekly and monthly list and even an on-going list of things that hopefully will get done in my life time...oh yeah, I have Jon's list that also falls into the "things I

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We received the sad news that my grandmother died on Saturday. I was not surprised to get the call because her health had deteriorated significantly over the last year, but I was deeply saddened by the news. I wouldn't say we were as close as some people are with their grandmothers, I'm not really sure why but I loved her dearly and feel the weirdest void. She lived most of her life in the

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-20623099650815854352009-01-23T11:38:00.026-05:002009-01-27T21:36:57.504-05:00

I was sitting on my stoop this week (freezing) contemplating my "working mom dilemma"...since the day I took Luke to daycare four years ago, I have always felt unbelievable moments of overwhelming guilt...multiply that by 3 and you get lots and lots of very weird guilty moments. I get through it...it doesn't last long and I can completely justify being a working mom on so many levels...it works

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-33867660783250936842009-01-20T21:31:00.004-05:002009-01-20T22:49:39.521-05:00

I know I am writing 2 posts in under 30 minutes, but I must comment on the inauguration that happened on this snowy day in January. In the South, snow is either just barely enough to shut down the city or unpredictably too much and everyone is completely unprepared for it...today, it was just enough for us Southerners to not only shut down every school in a 100 mile radius but made us vulnerable

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-38726225269618831712009-01-20T13:46:00.008-05:002009-01-20T22:22:31.449-05:00

Wow...what a weekend. This weekend has marked our laziest weekend ever since we have had kids. It was cold out, we had firewood and enough food to feed an army. It sounds like we were out on the prairie or something...we weren't on the prairie but we were almost reclusive, which was actually really nice in a lot ways. I have recently made a couple of decisions about our lifestyle based on the

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-46254023642719432592009-01-16T23:16:00.002-05:002009-01-16T23:24:58.033-05:00

Am totally in love with my crock pot and we have mended our relationship. I "made" completely wonderful BBQ chicken. It was so, so good...so happy to be back together with my crock pot. Now, I did pick Luke up from daycare and very excitedly told him that we were having his fav...BBQ Chicken. He just looked at me and said, "I don't remember liking BBQ Chicken." I said beaming, "You do like it and

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-27384064321314863382009-01-14T21:36:00.003-05:002009-01-14T22:08:57.924-05:00

I don't really believe in curses, but I love to say that word out loud rather then cuss...it's just so...funny but harsh and simpsonlike. Like I said, I don't really believe in curses BUT there are a few things that really seem to "get me"...I can name 2...there is a restaurant in Charlotte that I love...it's kinda Tex Mex and the food is fresh and yummy. Like a lot of restaurants on this street

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-27820796850861612272009-01-13T20:34:00.004-05:002009-01-13T22:36:08.908-05:00

In my tirade yesterday, I completely forgot to mention my absolutely perfect 40th Birthday weekend at Pinehurst Spa with my dearest friends...I could go on and on about the spa, the rooms, the grounds, the customer service...but when it is all said and done we could have been in a paper box on the side of the road and I would have had a grand time because I was with seven of the people I know

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-6369675354923874032009-01-12T18:31:00.006-05:002009-01-12T23:36:48.209-05:00

After a splendid, blissful birthday spa weekend with all my favorite friends...the day to go back to work has come and gone. Let's just say I was GROSSLY ill prepared for getting myself and 3 kids ready for this day...it all started around 3 am when the baby got restless...Henry came rolling in our room around 3:30 am with an armful of stuffed animals and books then Luke followed around 4:00 am

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-59248216465745208032009-01-07T19:31:00.009-05:002009-03-01T14:51:23.030-05:00

Am feeling much better then my melancholy day yesterday about going back to work...I talked to my boss for a while...got out of my pajamas...had some good coffee. There really is something to just getting out of bed. Jon told me on Monday that he had planned to take Wednesday, Thursday, Friday off...my initial thought (sorry Jon) was "why?" I mean, it's my last week, I want to be alone in my

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-40912215990868097272009-01-06T13:51:00.002-05:002009-01-06T14:56:42.687-05:00

What a crazy, crazy 2008...it's so crazy that it's hard to even think of what some resolutions might be as we have no idea of what's really to come. At least we had a nice long Christmas, New Year and I am still celebrating the big 4-0! My wonderful husband celebrated 10 days of "Dawnakah" for my birthday. I received 10 days of gifts since the day after Christmas up until January 3rd...who knew

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-61561790613063483052008-12-24T00:31:00.003-05:002008-12-24T00:47:56.573-05:00

Today Luke was in the back of the car watching the Incredibles...out of the blue he said, "Can God make tools?" Before I could answer...he came out with..."or do the angels make them and bring them down to earth?" Not exactly sure how to answer, I said, "God can make tools...I think the angels can bring them down?" Totally unsure...I mean, why didn't I just say "Yes"? Impatiently he said, "Well

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-78613091028490272592008-12-18T13:21:00.008-05:002008-12-18T19:42:56.837-05:00

I was contemplating one of my many lists of "to dos"...this one being the "Holiday List" while browsing through Crate and Barrel. I was there to pick up a few small, inexpensive items for friends. I was rather ashamed when I left with $50 worth of things and only $10 of that was spent on friends...can only justify this by the fact that Jon and I aren't exchanging gifts this year...I mean, I need

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-86409078683646092122008-11-25T15:02:00.011-05:002008-11-25T20:45:21.495-05:00

It's really hard to list all the things we are thankful for...I mean in the grand scheme...there is really just so much. I absolutely love it when my 2 and a half year old, Henry, prays for the things he's thankful for...it goes like this: "Ga Bwess Daddy, Lukee, Mer-Mer [for whatever reason, I am always left out of his prayers...go figure]...thank you for milk, monsters, da wain, ketchup,

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-76751260485315007302008-10-08T21:32:00.004-04:002008-10-13T23:17:14.252-04:00

What an amazing few weeks...I have a job, I don't have a job, I have a job, I don't have a job. Wachovia is Citibank, Wachovia is Wells Fargo, Wachovia is no longer, Wachovia has hope...good grief! What a wide range of emotions the Barnes family has felt these last few weeks. We have the absolute joy of a tiny baby in our house yet the world seems to be in total turmoil. I have tiny moments where

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-78744094818580378952008-10-01T07:31:00.002-04:002008-10-08T21:31:23.810-04:00

I had the delight to take my kids to the Columbia Zoo with my mom this past week. It was so fun. I took ALL three kids to the zoo...I'm good! It's going to be OK, we will get through this...it's doable. Now, I did ship Luke and Henry off to daycare today, because, well...face it, I'm tired from our adventure and I want a pajama day for myself and baby Jonah because I'm that good of a mother.

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-63252972035287314922008-09-25T22:51:00.002-04:002008-09-25T23:24:28.763-04:00

...I really do...he's such a good guy. We will be celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary on Sunday. Wow...seems like a long time ago, could be the three kids we now have...all under the age of five. Jon is such a trooper...he really is...I mean, I have been hormonal for about four years if that tells you anything. Poor guy. There's seems to be something about a new baby that makes women (at

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-18747981909772231652008-09-16T21:55:00.007-04:002008-09-17T09:06:09.569-04:00

Yup! He's finally here. I sit here holding a new baby yet still surprised that I am not pregnant anymore, which is a very weird sensation. When I drink a coke or coffee, I keep thinking...oh yeah, I can do this without guilt...it's totally OK now even though you did it anyway! Hooray. Anyway...Jonah Andrews Barnes came into this world on Friday, September 12th at 3:27 p.m. He is gorgeous! He even

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-36917518798247075132008-09-05T10:02:00.001-04:002008-09-05T10:06:42.087-04:00

Sassy...you are wonderful. We hope you had a fantastic 65th birthday!

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-25735530497540541142008-09-01T12:12:00.022-04:002008-09-05T09:55:52.199-04:00

It's labor day weekend and I am spending the weekend with my 2 year old, Henry. Long story short, we planned our annual beach trip in December before I knew I was pregnant...a very nice house on the water with a pool! We look forward to this trip all year...it involves several families with kids our same age and it's just so fun! I thought for some reason (maybe it was just a mental pregnancy

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-37848730891600333512008-08-22T16:36:00.028-04:002008-08-29T13:51:08.520-04:00

Maybe it's just the guilt of working parents that send their kids to daycare all day every day...but we are constantly on the look out for fun things to do with our kids to fill the weekends with something other then t.v. I mean, we are constantly on the go...it's a little ridiculous. It's a little more ridiculous because I am 9 months pregnant and with the exception of a nap or two over the

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-45026946467332113792008-08-15T12:48:00.002-04:002008-08-15T16:41:00.086-04:00

I picked the kids up from daycare yesterday and as I was getting the kids situated in the car...a car pulled up into a space close to ours. So, our car, then empty space, then new car. It was one of the father's picking up in the car...he got out, looked at me, smiled and said "Hi". He went on to fix the car seat in his car and I went on to get Henry buckled in. Both the doors of the mini van

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-20240923950636545942008-08-11T16:35:00.004-04:002008-08-12T12:23:25.707-04:00

So, I guess I haven't come right out and said on the blog, "Hey, I'm pregnant!" but I am saying it now. 34 weeks to be exact...which would be why I have not blogged 30 of those 34 weeks. Barnes Baby Boy number 3! So the family dynamic shifts once again...the poor dogs...I'm sure they feel like they are hanging on to their place in the family by a single claw. You can just see it in their eyes...

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-56018627845848595772008-08-04T12:48:00.001-04:002008-08-04T14:18:06.316-04:00

Ok so, it's been 6 months since I blogged. Shameful, I know! But I have a very good excuse, I swear! Now, for all you moms out there that were suffering mentally because you were thinking that I was such a fantastic "get your kids to each veggies mom"...you will be glad to know that I have not thawed one bag of pureed veggies for my kids in six months. As a matter of fact, I had to throw all

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-42664920470110702242008-02-15T14:23:00.002-05:002008-02-15T14:23:48.954-05:00

We hope you have a fantastic day and Birthday weekend!

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-51569471983885788732008-02-15T14:09:00.003-05:002008-02-15T14:22:54.994-05:00

Valentine's Day...crazy holiday of racing around...as I like to call it. I know, I know...it's about love! Maybe it's just that we have had a crazy two weeks and believe me, it's not been "fun crazy". Everyone in the family has been sick with a nasty virus...it's been going on for two weeks now...the kids were out of daycare for 5 days! EEK! Of course, Superstar Mom that I am...did not get it!

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-57858035291036468212008-02-05T16:34:00.000-05:002008-02-12T21:08:41.310-05:00

Ok...it's been so long since I have blogged anything for a variety of reasons (which you will eventually hear about)...but I've lost all my momentum about why my house smells like cauliflower...especially, since all the other odors in my house have taken back over and choked the cauliflower down. I know it is, however, still stirring in the far corners of my house only to rear it's ugly head when

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-9977666011441025982008-02-01T08:38:00.000-05:002008-02-01T19:09:42.956-05:00

I'm sure you are all on pins and needles waiting to hear about our circus adventures! Let's just let some of the pictures speak for themselves...Preshow...a little stressful, but we did not let it faze us! At the sight of the first elephant, he came right out of it! It was fantastic!We really did have so much fun...both Jake and Luke were fantastic. We had perfect seats...we were far enough away

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-53580522236731387732008-01-30T09:58:00.000-05:002008-01-30T15:35:38.736-05:00

Ah...the Circus...the Greatest Show on Earth! I made a secret vow at a young age that when I grew up and had kids I would take them to the circus every year of their life until they were at least 8 (which is what I think I was at the time). Now, I think I will take my kids every year of their life until they can figure out how to jump from the car on the way. It's a classic event in every child's

Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17799011737698687257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378807080904602645.post-58630007335539148182008-01-21T19:38:00.000-05:002008-01-21T20:19:56.442-05:00

We decided that it wasn't enough to just have a Wii...we needed to celebrate it and share it with our friends. Now, if you don't have one...it really should be a must on your things to get. I am a recovered video game player...you could not keep me away from the pacman's, galaga, mario brothers, etc...then they all went 3-D and I couldn't really make heads or tails of it all try as I might. The

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So, we decided that it was probably time for Luke to have his first family chore.He was very excited about the whole idea, little does he know that this will be the first of MANY! We said he was "allowed" to pick one of the following: Feed the dogs, Clean the toys in the tub up every night, "Make" his bed or take the plates to the sink and wipe the table.After much discussion, he decided to do

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Happy Birthday to my brother-in-law Brian (or "Brownie" if you are talking to Luke)! You're an oldie but a goodie! We know you have not been feeling well...so we hope your "make up birthday party" is a good one! Enjoy....We love you!

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Yup, we had a moment today when we were totally "that crazed family" with kids screaming in the middle of the Bagel store. AAAHHHH...you know it well. I was thinking..."what a wonderful picture this is of us all out to eat. We just love each other so much...it's so fantastic!" And it was! We had cream cheese all over...just enjoying the moment. It was quiet...all the people around us enjoying

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Our "other" dog...ROAR!...so scary.

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"At twenty we worry about what others think of us; at forty we don't care about what others think of us; at sixty we discover they haven't been thinking about us at all."I'm not really sure who to give credit for this quote, but it really is true. That's the beauty of 40 and getting older in general. Ok, do you hear me? Trying to make "aging" fantastic and it is of course...although, I wouldn't

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So we convinced Luke that since "Daniel Cook" tried gymnastics that maybe he should try it too. Tonight was the first class and he LOVED it. He told me last night that he would absolutely not be jumping into the foam pool like Daniel did, but he did it and it turned out to be his favorite part. His teacher is "Miss Boo" and we thought she was great...I don't think that Jon and I quite understand

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Hooray for 39...not to much going on here, just a normal birthday. With the exception, of course, that my husband ever so tactfully reminded me that in just 365 days, I will be 40. Nice.Actually, I am looking forward to it...it's going to be a great year.

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Ok...so, I must be getting ready to turn 39 (or 80) because we definitely did not "ring in the new year" nor did we even see the ball drop...Jon and I were both in bed around, say...9:30. Sad, but true. However, we did enjoy a late afternoon with the kids along with some very good pizza and our favorite Dean and Deluca salad. Not to mention, the 136 times we "got" to watch the

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Welcome to our blog and our first posting. Christmas 2007 was absolutely wonderful. A great way to end a fantastic year! We had several Christmas' this year. We, hopefully, started a new tradition with the Barnes family by celebrating Christmas the weekend before the 25th. Jon, Luke, Henry and I spent the night and woke up to a fantastic "early visit from Santa!" So fun! Then we spent Christmas

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