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The lights were Bret's design.  : - )

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Precious Arden who God loves so much.  You say of course He does, but supernatural things have happened to me involving Arden.  Did you know God is in the Supernatural business?  


But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. John 16:13

Awesome!

Anyway, Arden is working too much, and going to school.  She'll graduate in about a year or less I think.  

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So, Boone's doing OK... for Boone.  He is off TV and computer for a while except for practicing his Chinese, Christian TV and Fox news.  LOL  

The other day he asked me to take him to the store before school.  Sure.  No problem.  We get to the store, and he pulls out $20.  It took me quite a while before I thought the fact Boone had $20 bucks was strange.  So, I asked him where it came from.  He tells me he won it from a bet at school and it was due to basketball.  Hmmmm...   He goes on to tell me the boy lives with his Dad.  I figured even if I didn't mind the gambling part, which I do, it was wrong.  The man needs to know his son is giving away a lot of money.  At least to me that is a lot of money.  Anyway, no big deal.  So, I take Boonie Butt to school and give the $20 to the principal, who happens to be our next door neighbor,  and told him how Boonie BUTT received it.  

About an hour later, Mr. Neighbor calls.  Sigh... Boonie Butt told a big fat lie.  He was taking kids' money and buying gum for his friends.  Don't ask me why he thought that sounded worse than gambling.  And, to top it off, the teacher kept telling Boone to stop chewing gum, but he didn't....  

Of course, in Boone's defense, the teacher does allow them to chew gum sometimes.  On the other hand, Boone is old enough to do what his teacher says when she says it.  

Ugh.   




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I don't think Pryor has been in trouble all year.  Yeah!  And, he just made Junior National Honor Society.  : - )))))))  It comes pretty easy for him too.  He sure doesn't study much to make all As.  The picture on the screen is actually him practicing Chinese.


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Pryor rushes, I mean rushes, home from school everyday.  Does whatever chore I have ready for him and then runs here.  Right here.  This is the crazy part.  He is actually playing and talking to his friends.  How do they do that?


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Stafan is still Stafan.  Perfect.  : - ))))  Handsome, smart, sweet and being a good Christian.  He's on the track team, but recently hurt his hip.  Time for the doctor.  

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Oh Lyric.  Smart and funny.  Taking advanced classes and kicking butt.  I recently chopped off her hair without telling her.  She couldn't believe it.  The next day though she told me it was easier to take care of.  LOL 

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Cokie is another one that makes As.  Her favorite thing to do is talk about basketball though and because of that she hangs out a lot with her brothers.


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Remi is another great student and thinking about starting college next Fall.  And.... OMGosh she got her first ever detention at school.  Everyone's response was pretty much "Remi?!!"  She left for lunch with some girlfriends without signing out.  Oh well.  

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Bret is working and going to school for accounting at the IU Kelley School of Business.  About every day she is doing something for me.  Driving the kids, getting my Frappuccinos etc....  Lael and I argue over who gets Bret.  LOL  


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I guess you can tell what Lael is doing.  I heard her talking about me yesterday when she didn't know I could hear her.  "Mom thinks I make so much money.  I don't!"  LOL





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Shepard is Mr. Serious.  He loves to help his Dad do projects around the house.  He and Stafan both played on a basketball team this winter.  This week we met with his school counselor.   The counselor said not only was Shepard engineer material (that's what he is interested in) but he was Rose Hulman material.  Say what?!  I didn't know that.   

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I threw my niece Darby in the mix because she cracked me up today. She told me she dreamed about me.  LOL  I was two different people.  One I was funny, nice and danced for her.  Which, I do when no one is looking just to freak her out.  LOL  The other me was a boring business lady.  Hey, that's what she said.   

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Odds and ins.

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Stafan loves his sports.  He and Shepard are both playing basketball too.  

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I got a good picture of Arden, but Lael was not cooperating.

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And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the LORD's people.


Ephesians 6:18

Every Christian needs to be in the Spirit.  They need to be controlled by the Spirit.  It is called "walking in the Spirit or to be filled with the Spirit." 





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It was my Birthday dinner and we brought Boone along.  

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I don't know what kind of cake this was, but it was really, really good!


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For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

I did want He told me to do. 


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Lael went all out for my birthday.  I told her I wasn't expecting it, but from now on I might be.  : - )


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I didn't get a good picture of this.  It says prayer box.  Inside is paper and pen.  How cool!

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After dinner we went shopping and ran into my niece.  

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Lyric in high school... man life goes by so fast.  




Blast from the not too long ago...


http://sammynmick.blogspot.com/2014/05/all-our-5th-graders-had-great-year.html






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Better is a dish of vegetables where love is Than a fattened ox served with hatred.

Proverbs 15:17



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