Monthly Archives: July 2006
Fun-Filled Week [Farmington]
The kids are excited about moving. Madysen and Speed especially so since Plano schools start on August 9. Their new schools start a week-and-a-half later. So they get an extra long summer. Madysen and her soccer team had Camp Don … Continue reading
Posted in Emma, Farmington, Friends, Layla, Madysen, Soccer, Speed, Swimming
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Nothing Is Ever For Sure Until The Paperwork Is Signed [Farmington]
Our house buying/selling saga continues. We inspected the prospective house this week, and it went very well. Several minor issues to tied down, but the seller agree to every repair we asked for. Meanwhile, the buyer for our house was … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Disappointing People, Farmington
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Puma Cup Runners Up [Soccer]
The Texas heat took a relative break this weekend (mid 90s instead of mid 100s) to allow Madysen to play a weekend of games in the Puma Cup in Arlington. They played up again, against U-14 girls. Unfortunately, the tournament … Continue reading
Posted in Emma, Madysen, Soccer
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Knock On Wood [Farmington]
Well, the final gust was actually the Penultimate Gust. Upon our decision to put a contract on a new home on Sunday evening, we (read 95% Holly, 5% me–and Holly might argue with those numbers) worked feverishly to get our … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Farmington, Holly
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The Final Gust [Farmington]
Following on the heels of the Thursday accident and the Friday birthday party, Holly and I looked for a new house and worked at getting our house up on the market. We had flittered with the idea of moving to … Continue reading
Posted in Dallas, Emma, Farmington, Holly, Layla, Madysen, Me, School, Speed
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Emma’s Fifth [Birthdays]
Though four days late because the kids were in Houston, we celebrated Emma’s 5th birthday on Friday night. (Layla called it Emma’s “fake birthday” because it was after her birthday.) Started off with a little birthday dinner–with Tinkerbell paper goods–of … Continue reading
Posted in Birthday, Emma, Video
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Whirlwind Couple Of Days [Disappointing People]
It’s been hard to catch a breath around the house lately. On Thursday night, Madysen and I were in accident on the way to soccer practice. We were rear-ended by a woman who did not have a license, did not … Continue reading
Posted in Layla, Madysen, Me, Soccer
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From Not-So-Great To Near-Great [Soccer]
Layla’s first indoor soccer experience wasn’t exactly legendary, but she played again this past weekend with much better results. They won 2-0, the first goal coming when Layla was fouled in the penalty box on a goal scoring opportunity. Of … Continue reading
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Fishermen Or Fisherwomen? [Funny]
While in Oklahoma recently, the kids went fishing with Uncle Kenny. They caught four fish and two turtles–Madysen one fish, Layla two fish, Emma one fish, and Speed zero. When a turtle was caught on someone’s hook, Speed freaked out … Continue reading
The Kids Are Back From Houston [Vacation]
They had a good time with the grandparents (my Dad hates to be referred to as a grandpa!) and aunts and uncles. Thanks to Aunt Abby and Mom, we have photographic evidence of the goings-on at Chuck E. Cheese, etc. … Continue reading
