{"id":2902,"date":"2014-10-26T20:40:14","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T00:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=2902"},"modified":"2014-10-26T20:45:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T00:45:52","slug":"still-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2902","title":{"rendered":"Still here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MUST get better about blogging.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhoo&#8230;<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Did I share Lainey&#8217;s new bed transformation? \u00c2\u00a0She&#8217;s been wanting the bunk beds gone for a while, but we weren&#8217;t sure what we were going to do. \u00c2\u00a0Twin? \u00c2\u00a0Buy her a double?<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to say we did this because it&#8217;s just cool. \u00c2\u00a0Which, it is. \u00c2\u00a0But, we were motivated\u00c2\u00a0a teensy bit by the fact it meant we didn&#8217;t have to store the other bed. \u00c2\u00a0Ha.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s since picked out a really pretty king-size comforter. \u00c2\u00a0She loves it.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Dylan had a Shriner&#8217;s visit a little while back, where we picked up his 4th prosthetic leg. \u00c2\u00a0That&#8217;s 4 in the span of about 3 1\/2 years. \u00c2\u00a0This is a picture of his recent x-ray taken WITH his old leg on. \u00c2\u00a0Kinda cool looking!<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>It would be tacky to say something like &#8220;this boy is on fire&#8221;&#8230;.so, I won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>All four :)<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Garner Senior High<\/p>\n<p>Randy and I both celebrated our 30th high school reunions this month. \u00c2\u00a0It was great getting two nights away together (they were only 2 weeks apart). \u00c2\u00a0It&#8217;s nice having big kids that can hold down the fort and care for Lainey and Dylan while we&#8217;re away for a night!<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Apex Senior High<\/p>\n<p>We had a great time at both!<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Look closely and you&#8217;ll see a fish and a worm on the screen above. \u00c2\u00a0This is Dylan&#8217;s class at church, and Payton provides the voice (and accents) to Billy Bass and Wormy. \u00c2\u00a0Billy is a country boy fish, complete with a &#8220;suthern&#8221; accent. \u00c2\u00a0Wormy, on the other hand, is from the Indian ocean and has a very thick East Indian accent. \u00c2\u00a0How he keeps them straight, I don&#8217;t know. \u00c2\u00a0But, Payton loves doing it.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Now, we&#8217;re up to this past weekend. \u00c2\u00a0We crammed a lot into yesterday, fer sure. \u00c2\u00a0Testify had a fundraiser, giving car washes and selling BBQ plates. \u00c2\u00a0It was very successful, and we had a lot of fun helping out. \u00c2\u00a0I got a chance to channel my inner &#8220;lunch lady&#8221; and made up plates of delish bbq, beans, slaw, and rolls. \u00c2\u00a0Randy supervised the car washing. \u00c2\u00a0The big kids each had shifts helping out, and the littles jumped in to help wherever they could.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Dylan also had his last soccer game on Saturday. \u00c2\u00a0He really enjoyed this season, but he tells us he wants to get back into Acro and take free running classes. \u00c2\u00a0We&#8217;ll see. \u00c2\u00a0I do think he might go back to soccer eventually, he loved playing goalie (the above pic shows the ball that rolled between his legs and went straight into the goal&#8230;heh), and he was never afraid to get in the thick of all those kids kicking at the ball.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>They played Brazil on Saturday, and one of Dylan&#8217;s classmates at Classical Conversations played on the other team. \u00c2\u00a0Avery is such a cutie pie.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>We ended the day heading to our favorite farmer&#8217;s market in town, to let the littles pick pumpkins. \u00c2\u00a0We want to find a time for ALL of us to do this, but it&#8217;s been hard to get us all in one place at one time. \u00c2\u00a0Sigh.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Dylan picked his pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Lainey searched and fretted over all of them for a while.<\/p>\n<a href=\"\" title=\"\" rel=\"\" class=\"flickr-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm.static.flickr.com\/\/_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" title=\"\" longdesc=\"\" \/><\/a>\n<p>But, in the end, the perfect punkin&#8217; was found.<\/p>\n<p>I think that about catches everything up.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Fall, ya&#8217;ll :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUST get better about blogging. 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