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Just stuff...

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My Sweet, Loving, and VERY, VERY PATIENT husband, JASON
(he just loves it when I make him to a self portrait with me!)

I got new glasses incase you didn't notice! :)

(I added this second picture because someone told me it was the better one :)
and she KNOWS what she is talking about...she's a photographer...and her pictures are beautiful!

I tend to "over smile" but it is my real smile...very large...kinda' like laughing I guess???

So, let's see...today, not much in store here.
Jason had to go to another town about 45min or so away for the day. This church is building a new building and he is putting in there sound and media system....so he said he won't be home until LATE...bummer!

The boys had Little House on the Prairie day at school today...
I was like???? What are they suppose to where???
The only things I have are some Prairie looking dresses that Emma plays in!
I wonder what the their teacher would have said about that and little bonnets...eeek!

Emma is just sitting here playing her Dora Leapster Game (kinda' making me crazy with all of the little sounds? I think just 'cause I haven't gotten my coffee yet!)

Hmmm...any other news?
I am going to try and start a SunShine journal thanks to mymeanderings! :)
Along with a praise journal!
Yesterday I pulled out all of my journals to see if I had any that I could use for them....
I found one that I had been using right before I had Emmm so I was reading a bit of what I wrote.
It was from Jan. 25, 2002
I wrote about how warm it was....50's and how that was so crazy for Minnesota in Jan.
Then I went on to talk about how exciting I was about having a little girl and that I couldn't wait
until LITTLE MEG got here....OOPS!
She isn't MEG...she is EMMA ROSE!
We were going to call here Meg Abigail....I just loved Emma though and was able to convince Jason of it!
After she was born!!!
Some of the other names I found in that journal were fun...it was funny looking back thinking of that time and how hard it was for us to come up with a girl name...or decided on ONE!

There was...
Addison Claire
JoZee Clair
Elliot Yael (yes for a girl)
Penney Claire
Meg Abigail
Meggie Jo
Addie Rose

I do love EMMA ROSE...Maybe if we adopt I will get to use one of these other names. :)

Ok...since I am very much just rambling I better run and get some of that coffee that I am smelling!

"Here I come DOOR COUNTY COFFEE!!!"
(you have to try this! It's the best!!!)

My 2 Boys...what a pair!

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My two boys...
Patrick and Calvin
Both age 7

GOTTA' LOVE 'EM!

Pictures from our Sunday

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Well, today hasn't been anything to out of the ordinary.

I was home today with Calvin because he has some crazy rash going on with his skin!
Poor guy!
He is itching all over...his poor tummy is all red!

Anyways, so Jason took the other 2 kids to church with him.
I was so blessed though by one of my friends that I met here on xanga that shared her churches live webfeed with me! I was able to enjoy a live church service! It was such a blessing to me!
Thank you so much!!!

It has been snowing here all day today...I have no clue how much we have gotten.
I am horrible and guessing that!

Tonight now we are having some company over and I am so excited to be able to spend some time with other adults! I think we are just going to play games and EAT! :)
(of course!)

Here are some pictures from our day...
I love pictures if you hadn't guessed that yet!
Hahahaha!!!

Emma all ready for church
She tells me this morning after I got out her dress for her, "Mom, the girls are all wearing big dresses now at church, not these!"
Well, excuse me!!!! I guess I am not up on the fashions for 4 yearolds these days!

Emma in her cute new coat from Great Aunt Jennie

Emma kissing her daddy
...she asked me to take this pictures!
She is going to be as bad, or worse than me when it comes to pictures!

Jason
This is the look I get most of the time from him...a smirk!
I think he thinks I am strange...strange is good sometimes right?
Keeps life exciting?!

My big fat baby Clarence

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday!
Be sure to check out my new favorite website!

STORYNORY

Our house...cleaned finally!

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Ok, here are just some very random pictures from our Saturday.

Last night I worked my tail off to get the kids rooms clean enough
that we could even walk in them!
Ugh! They were horrible!!!
Anyways, this is how they are suppose to look! Much better!

(no, I am not posting a before picture...Jason would KILL me!
Hahaha! and I am NOT that humble! I do have a bit of pride...)

Sorry Courntey, I just couldn't bring myself to put a picture of the PIT on...

Emma's Room Clean!
~Yippie~

The boys room clean!
~Yippie Skippy~

Our room clean!
~Amazing~

Kitchen and Dining room

(Jason was making the kids some PB&J)

My Cats...My babies!
(Me without my makeup and Clarence ) (Ginger)

Patrick on phone smiling, so happy!
I love these pictures of Patrick talking to his Aunt Jo...He just loves her!
Here they were making plans about throwing snowballs at Calvin, Emma, and Daddy!
Thanks for giving him all of those great ideas Aunt Jo!
We love you so much!!!
(Look at his face...it is so sweet!)

Emma begging for a drink!
Then pouting when I told her just a second...

Hope you all are having a great and RELAXING weekend!

Coffee Date...Skype

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Heehee!

Here is my "coffee date" with my friend E (in Atlanta) using Skype!

This has been such a blessing to me this week!
I was able to talk with Courtney a xanga friend
...becoming a REAL friend, not just a "xanga" friend.
(did that make any sense? Wow! Sorry!)

It makes the days seem so much more FUN!

Thanks girls for brightening my day!

(like our matching mugs?) Oh, I am in the way left hand bottom corner...tiny...)

2007-01-19T10:35:00.000-06:00

God KNOWS!

He KNOWS all there is to KNOW about me!
My every thought, every word, every deed.

He KNOWS!
God KNOWS, all that is happening in my life today!

He KNOWS, all that is going to happen in my life tomorrow!

REST IN THIS TODAY!!
I am....

Cup of Tea

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Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company. ~Author Unknown

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea. ~Bernard-Paul Heroux

If you are cold, tea will warm you. If you are too heated, it will
cool you.
If you are depressed, it will cheer you.
If you are
excited, it will calm you. ~Gladstone, 1865

Tea should be taken in solitude. ~C.S. Lewis

Remember the tea kettle - it is always up to its neck in hot water,
yet it still sings!
~Author Unknown

I had my cup of tea...oh, what a joy!
I always feel the days troubles slip away with each swallow...

Daddy and Emma...poor Daddy...

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Emma was having some fun Daddy time...
Poor Jason, he gets so abused by us girls!!
But he is a great sport!

Emma's her daddy's girl!

Our Puppy Bruce Willis Gerdt

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Well, here is our naughty little puppy!
He has been such a booger this past week! I do not know what the deal is??
Anyways, I do love him...it's a stinking good thing he is so cute! Or he would be in TROUBLE!

He love pushing his nose down into the snow! I love it when the snow gets all stuck on his face!
and how he is kinda' standing up on his back legs in this one picture is so sweet! He does this all of the time!
I think he knows it gets to me!

HIDING GOD'S WORD IN OUR HEARTS

2007-01-15T09:02:00.000-06:00

Here is my new verse:
It is a familiar one, but I need to meditate on this one these next few days.
A refresher is always good!

HIDING GOD'S WORK IN OUR HEARTS

2007-01-11T01:06:00.000-06:00

I have been so convicted about my Bible memory, or the lack there of as of late.
So, I am going to put the verse on my blog that I am going to be working on for the week, or maybe I will do it every 3 days...maybe this will keep me accountable!
KEEP ME ACCOUNTABLE!
and if you would like...join in on HIDING GOD'S WORD IN OUR HEARTS!
I am setting this larger picture as my desktop background so I can see it throughout the day!

Check out Calvin at our camps FACEBOOK

The kids singing

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and Once again...A Few More Pics...

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A few more pictures...

My niece Emily...I loved her pigtails in this picture!
(Hi Em...I hope you are feeling better!)
(My brother Chad's little girl)

My niece Kirstie playing piano just like her mommy...well, she might have a bit more practicing to do to play like her mommy!
(my sister Tristan's little girl)

Emma and her many faces again!
(in order as taken)
(our little girl)

(Patrick fixed her hair for her...the bow matched the dress even!
He clipped the bow onto the headband...they are quite the pair!)

A Few More Pictures...

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Just a few more pictures of our time with family...

My brother Chad with his little shadow Calvin
(Chad said that Calvin is the computers shadow and Chad just happens to
be the one with the computer...haha! Calvin does love his Uncle Chad!

My sister-in-law Melissa mocking grumpy Emma

Patrick and Emma wearing some NASTY teeth
(in this first picture Emma was starting to gag from the teeth being to big for her mouth...)

My brother Chad with his son Jack

My sister Jodi surrounded by kids...the kids love her! She is a wonderful Aunt!

My brother Scott and his wife April

My sister Tristan and her husband Chuck and kids Shaye and Kirstie

Our family

Calvin, Jason, Carilyn, Emma, and Patrick

Daddy (Jason) and Calvin

More to come....

Emma and Mommy...strange girls that we are...

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Emma and Mommy being strange...as always!

(some pictures may be disturbing...hahaha!)

She is a strange little girl! :)

Christmas In Minnesota

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A few pictures from our time in Minnesota...

there will be more pictures to come over the next few days.

I hope that you all had a Wonderful Christmas and a Great New Years!

Me and Jason

(I made him wear my brothers glasses for this picture...I think he
looks great in them! I may have to set up and eye appointment for
him...hahaha! He is growling at me right now...Ha! Sorry hon!)

My sister Jodi and Uncle Don

(I miss you tons already Jo! Come and see us soon!!)

My nephews Jack and Shaye

(right after I took this picture Jack says, "Boy, his tummy is so hot I can't touch it!")

My boys with my Grandpa Calvin

(This is who my son Calvin in named after...the two Calvins are in the first pictures together)

Emma being grumpy...or sleepy???
Both maybe!!!

Daddy and Emma being Strange!!!!

Last, but not least for now...

and YES...the long awaited engagement of my sister...I guess I shouldn't say LONG awaited...maybe MUCH awaited!!!

Lynae and Chris got engaged on Dec. 31, 2006!!!

Congrats you two!!!!

(great job on the ring Chris!!! It is wonderful!!!)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

(stay tuned for many more pictures...)

8 Year Anniversary!!!

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When I tell you

"I love you,"

it means so much more than

just three little words.

It means that your happiness

is so important to me...

that I desire many blessings

in life for you.

It means that I always want

to be there for you,

no matter what happens.

It means that I would rather

be with you than anyone

else in the world.

It means that you're not only

my partner in life,

but also my ver best friend.

The longer we love,

the more "I love you" means.

(this is what was written on my card from Jason today)

HAPPY 8 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO US

Some pictures of our days together...dating...marriage...

You will notice some interesting pictures from our wedding...we decided
on a Tuesday that we would be getting married that Saturday...we got
married at my parents house...our cake my cousin and I stayed up until
after midnight the night before our wedding to make it...at that point
neither of us were bakers...

Our engagement picture

Our first date-fireworks 1995

We went on a double date...must have been an exciting one???

(hey, Holly Sundsmo, did we go on this date with you and Mike?)

(the picture on the right has seen better days, it has spots all over
it, I just remember how good I thought Jason looked that night! I
believe that was the night of the Artists Series Quink...for those of
you who were at NBBC at that time...it was an "unforgettable night"
hahaha!)

College days and dates

Jason and I met at Northland Camp&Confrence Center the summer of 1995

We worked there the summers of '95 and '96 and we were clowns :)

December 12, 1998

(look at my little sisters Lynae and Jodi on the left side!! and Scott
is on the right side...so young! Oh, what 8 years will do!! Jodi and
Scott are now married and Lynae is soon to be!!)

(not the best picture of my dad and I)

My Uncle Darrel married us on his birthday

(the cake that my cousin Andrea and I made...YIKES!)

Like I said, our wedding was at my parents house...that would be the
reason for the picture with the cute little sheep on it right in the
center of our cake cutting picture...hahaha...

and they lived...HAPPILY EVER AFTER!

(I had to put that...you knew it was coming...)

Oh, and one more picture...I HAVE to put this on...this is my sister Jodi! I love it!!!

Calvin saw this picture of his Aunt Jo and said, "You have got to be joking me!"

Look at her now...

Love you Jodi! I miss you!!! See you soon though! Cannot wait!

Slide Show from Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving with Mohlers

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! :)
I hope that everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving! and filled themselves full to overflowing!!! I know I did! Ugh!!!

Wonderful, but painful!!!

We have been in Minnesota for the holiday and have been enjoying time with my family!!!
The Mohlers.
To those of you who have been to NBBC for school, in this pictures there are actually 9 previous students!!

Other Blogs

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I hope everyone is doing well! :) I just love checking out all of the NBBC bloggers! It's so fun being able to catch up with everyone! :)

I just wanted to post my xanga site here at the top of my blog...please stop over to that site as it is my main blog. When you drop in feel free to sign the guest book...I love to see who is in the blogging world!

www.xanga.com/mom3kids3cats

If for some reason you have trouble with that link please let me know so I can fix it...

Tough Guy Bruce...Me and My Sisters

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I noticed I hadn't added a picture of Bruce all by himself!! Our little tough guy!

I just had to add this picture...I am sure that many of you NBBC bloggers know my older sister Tristan(Mohler)Kirchhoff.
(she is the one in the middle...the tall one!)

The little blonde one on the left is my little sister Jodi
and I am on the right.
Can you believe our height difference?
My sister Tristan is so tall!!! and we are so...
SHORT! Ugh!!!
(atleast standing next to her I feel short!)

The Jason and Cari (Mohler) Gerdt Family

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Meet our family!
I have come across so many NBBC bloggers that I had to make one on blogger so that I could comment and direct people to our blog on xanga. I hope that you will stop by and check it out!

http://www.xanga.com/mom3kids3cats

I am not sure why the pictures went on in this order? and I couldn't figure out how to move them around...so it starts with our youngest and jumps around from there...sorry!

This is our youngest
Emma Rose(4)

This is our oldest
Calvin Daniel(7)

Cari and Jason
(Mom and Dad)

This is our second
Patrick Clinton(6)