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Happy 12th Birthday!

Polar Bear Swim 2010

On New Years Eve day, Pete came in from testing the pool water and told me he would pay the kids $20 to jump in the 45 degree pool. I told him he was crazy and to offer them $5! He gave them the offer and they were downstairs in their swimsuits within a minute!

I don't think they quite understood how cold the water was! It took a couple minutes to convince them, but Syd jumped in first. Her reaction was great, but was nothing compared to Hal's! She didn't even let us know that she was going to jump in. She was seriously out of the water before we realized she had even jumped. She was not happy with the cold water! Her reaction was so funny, I don't think Pete and I have laughed that hard in a long time! Tommy made it in after he stopped laughing too.

They survived, got to jump into a warm shower and then turned in their prize money for a dinner at Red Robin. We have a new family tradition!

Our fall full of sports!

Band Concert

Grateful hearts

This year, in our home we are trying to be grateful. We are trying to have grateful attitudes and grateful hearts. We need to think about, remember and give thanks for as many of our blessings as we can. We have too much to be thankful for in our lives.

I made a family notebook where each day we can write down one thing we are thankful for. Every person in the family has one page to write something for each day in November. It is fun to watch how each of us come up with something different! I love this because each year we can continue and look back at the things we have written in the past.

I am including a download for the cover and inside cover for our "Family Thanks Book." I bought my spiral binder at Wal-mart - it is a sketching book, so there are no lines. I want to include a page for a picture of everyone on Thanksgiving! The cover is regular paper size, so it can be printed on cardstock or photo paper. I modge podged over the cover of mine so it would be a little sturdier and last through the years.

Get the cover download here and the inside cover here.

*I would love to give a thanks to the proper digi kits, but when I lost my hard drive all the details were lost. So, whoever made these elements, thank you!

Halloween Pics