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Activity

why oh why

By Leslie Parks - Friday, April 27, 2012
Sometimes I want to be like everyone else.  Wheelie Dealie night happened at Awana.  The premise is to bring a bike, scooter, or roller blades and ride around the parking lot for 20 minutes.  The kids love it.  Someone always crashes and gets hurt.  Sometimes it's cancelled due to rain, but there is a makeup night for it.  One year Isaac brought his...

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Exploring

Tulip Fields

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Our all time favorite field is Roozengarde Gardens.  We haven't explored many of the others but Roozengarde was the one with a climbing tree; until this year.  They trimmed the branches so they are too high to reach now.  A week ago we were planning on going as a whole family but that fell through. Luckily the tulips were late in blooming this year. ...

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Thoughts

Welcome Spring -Bienvenue le printemps

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Cherry blossom Plum blossoms Plum blossoms Hydrangea Cherry blossoms Cherry blossoms Pear blossoms ...

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Memory

Tent Season

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
We've had the warmest day of the year so far.  Somehow Lona got it into her head that they should be sleeping in the tent.  I'm thinking that its too early yet.  John's thinking why not.  So the tent came out along with the pads and sleeping bags.  They were so excited that they were very willing to go out to bed.  Lona...

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Learning

The wheelchair

By Leslie Parks - Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Job is my inventer.  He constantly is telling me what people should invent. Often it's already invented or just not feasible.  His mind is always thinking of a project.  Hence he's been working on a blog for the last nine months.  Originally it was to have a post each week but the photographer hasn't always been with it.  Job on the other hand...

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Projects

beautiful

By Leslie Parks - Monday, April 23, 2012
There are certain photos that I just love.  These are some of them.  It is a reminder of how blessed I am. ...

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Activity

Campfire

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, April 22, 2012
So winter has rolled away into a very rainy spring. With spring our yard is in need of some serious picking up.  We spent a day picking up sticks, branches and cardboard boxes into the dirt circle of the yard.  Then we called neighbors to have an impromptu campfire.  The only way to complete a campfire is with smores. John hates the smell of...

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Exploring

Espanola Way - Miami

By Leslie Parks - Saturday, April 21, 2012
In the midst of the world's largest Art Deco neighborhood, there is this little street tucked away.  If you don't know to look for it you would miss it, and miss it we did the first time we wandered Ocean drive on South Beach.  The street is narrow and is only about 2 blocks long.    Boutiques and cafes line the street with other...

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Memory

le brouillard

By Leslie Parks - Friday, April 20, 2012
I just love fog.  I love the way it wraps around the landscape almost caressing it, holding it close.  I lov the way voices move through it, secretive and hushed.  I love the softness of it and the glow that it creates when it dances with the lights.  I love the stillness of it in the early mornings.  I love the way it...

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Sports

It is broken

By Leslie Parks - Monday, April 16, 2012
practicing her headers practicing his meradonas head in a book John loves to play soccer.  He plays on an over 40 indoor team.  He's done this for the last few years.  Sometimes the kids go, sometimes it's just him, sometimes I go or sometimes we all go; but usually it is just him.  Well those 40 something plus guys can get pretty rowdy ...

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Projects

Painted!

By Leslie Parks - Friday, April 13, 2012
I decided to get some canvases done of the kids. I still have one of Lona to order but am waiting for that one. Usually it goes something like this, "John, what do you think if we painted...." or "someday, I want to do .... to the house."  John, with lots of eye rolling has started to ignore me.  He tells me that...

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