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Awana Awards

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, May 31, 2012
I was out of town.  So sad that I missed this.  Especially since Job finished the Awana program at Northlake Church.  He started in Cubbies and worked through all the books through TnT.  He participated in the different nights including being a volcano for Hawaii night.  When I realized that I was going to be out of town I begged John to bring his...

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My Dad

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, May 31, 2012
Renee with Denis Albert with Denis Meme, Albert, Renee at Denis' Baptism Pepe & Meme with Denis Denis with his guitar In Italy Front left side  (he dealt with the radar) Lead guitar for his band "Fried Eggs" Denis with his mother Renee Karen & Denis in Switzerland Denis giving his daughter Nicole away at her wedding (August 2009) Wow, what a hard...

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Wisteria

By Leslie Parks - Sunday, May 27, 2012
About 10 years ago John built this play structure.  I had read in a magazine how a landscape designer used plants to camouflage his kids play structure.  His play structure had a jungle feel to it and his kids loved it.  I had also read in a Martha Stewart Magazine about Wisteria how it can take over a structure.  So John's Dad brought...

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He's 14!

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Yikes,  Isaac turned 14.  Where did that time go?  I ask that each time one of the kids has a birthday.  With Isaac turning 14 though it just seems like a milestone.  No can't drive but he's ending his middle school years.  He'll be in high school next year.  He's starting to get to be more of a man.  But just starting.  You...

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In Between season

By Leslie Parks - Friday, May 04, 2012
There is this in between season at our house.  It's between winter (rain) and the pool opening, when those sunny days call to us to be outside but it's still chilly.   Well that is a relative term, relative to I want to be outside or inside playing video games.  There is this area in the back yard that has sand and mud where we...

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Mark Twain

By Leslie Parks - Thursday, May 03, 2012
Remember the part of the book Tom Sawyer where Tom gets his friends to white wash the fence for him.  Well that really does work but the child has to be younger by a couple of  years and that child has to feel like they are getting something out of it; such as being able to play with the older child.  A few...

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Cha Ching

By Leslie Parks - Wednesday, May 02, 2012
We have two referees in the house.  Both Isaac and Job are refereeing this season. It has been a challenge keeping every one's schedule straight on Saturdays.  Not to mention that a couple of times schedules had changed but I didn't realize that some game times were changed.  I'm trying to keep track of when three kids play soccer and two kids ref games ...

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