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| Thula went rock climbing at Natural Bridge State Park with the stake youth. She loved it. |
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| I love Lela's little hair-do. |
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| Stuart likes to play on the elephant (just like me when I was little at my Aunt Ruth's!) |
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| Fall Festival at the YMCA |
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| Thula's first school chorus concert. I'm sad she gave up the violin, but she seems to really be enjoying her time in chorus and really likes her teacher. |
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| Lela, Molly, Ava |
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| Stuart's friend had a fourth birthday party at the park. Simon, Lincoln, Stuart |
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| Thula, Lela, and Stuart and church friends are all playing soccer on the local Baptist church league. Stuart was put on the opposite team from his church friends! |
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| Lela's team. She is really playing well this year. She's made a few goals and is pretty speedy on the field. |
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| Stuart's favorite pass time while his sister plays soccer is to roll around in the dust at the baseball diamond. |
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| Playing soccer with new friends. |
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| I signed up with Kentucky Refugee Ministries to befriend a local refugee family. I met Pakirathi and her two boys from Sri Lanka through KRM. We went to the park one afternoon and played soccer. It was fun. |
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| Playing with dad is always a treat. A little game of driveway soccer. |
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| Every year Lela has been chosen to be student of the month. This year (2nd grade) she was picked for the month of September. Each teacher nominates a student and at the end of the month they hold a little ceremony for the students. I was so proud! |
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| This little plaque hangs in the hallway for the whole month. |
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| Two other kids from church were student of the month in September too! |
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| I came to eat lunch with Lela one afternoon and I took a picture with her and her good friend, Ava. |
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| Lela's school had a math night and her teacher Mrs. Gendron dressed up as spider man. She has a very fun teacher this year. |
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| I found a black and orange fuzzy caterpillar in the yard back in August. We put it in a mason jar and it spun a web/cocoon around itself. For several weeks I thought it was dead, but one morning out popped a pretty moth. It was fuzzy white with an orange body! |
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| The cocoon/web on the lip of the jar. |
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| Thula was interested in making pies, so she followed Grandma Robin's recipe and her first attempt wasn't too bad. |
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| The following Sunday she tried again and it came out really good. |
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| So proud! |
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| New chore chart! |
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| Lela likes to read stories to her brother. |
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| Thula has been the only girl in Young Women's for most of the year. In September we had a Young Women in Excellence program to welcome some new girls into the program. It was a fun night and I made a layered jello with all the Young Women value colors. Everyone was impressed (thanks for the recipe Michelle Yuyi!) |
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| Me and my soon to be teenager. |
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| Thula acting goofy with her new church friends. |
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| Discovered a beautiful little park in east Louisville. My favorite way to spend the day. |
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| striking a pose! |
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| Swimming at Deam Lake, Indiana |
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| We went with our friend's the Perez's. We swam, went out in the row boats, and picnicked. It was a fun day. |
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| Some of the primary kids in the Louisville 4th Ward, learning about missionary work. |
