Take a look back at some of the posts I've finally caught up on!
Fisher-Girl
A Perfect 10!
#4 is No More
And scroll down just a bit for O.W.W.&W.W.W.!
Showing posts with label Chasing Time Rewind. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chasing Time Rewind. Show all posts
10.03.2011
6.15.2011
Chasing Time Rewind
I'm finally caught up! Check out some posts that have been long overdue!
Valentine's Day
A look at Trent's creativity.
A trip to one of my least favorite resturants.
And if you scroll down a couple posts. You'll get a great flashback to the 80's.
Enjoy!
Valentine's Day
A look at Trent's creativity.
A trip to one of my least favorite resturants.
And if you scroll down a couple posts. You'll get a great flashback to the 80's.
Enjoy!
12.01.2010
Chasing Time Rewind
I always wanted one of those digital picture frames, but could never find just the right one. I don't need it anymore now that my computer is here in the kitchen and I have the screen saver set to slideshow.
The pictures always get the kid's attention.
Today, Callie asked me why I take so many pictures.
I remember my life in pictures. If I didn't take a picture of it, it pretty much might as well have never happened. I am able to write this post because I can go back into my picture files and see what we've been up to. Hummmmmm, lets see......
When we were up at the cabin, Trent wanted to make a torch. Marshall made some pretty impressive ones, Man Vs. Wild style. We brought them home and lit them, one clear August night. Trent was maybe a little too into it.
The kids started school at a new school here in our home town. Not just any school, public school! Huge. HUGE. Step for me. During homecomming they had Crazy Hair Day. I was just gonna skip it, but last minute Trent wanted something, so I took a marker and colored stripes into his entire hair, and a chunk of pink into Callie's. Later that evening Callie got a-hold of the marker.
This school has been a whole new world for us, but so far so good. I am offically NOT SMARTER THAN A THIRD GRADER! Sometimes Trent gets his homework wrong even after I check it! His teacher is a bit strict in her grading. I was very nervous about conferences, but she laughed the whole time, telling me stories about how nice it is to have Trent, and some of the negative, yet entertaining things he does, like try to "sneak" up to the front of the classroom while she's in the middle of teaching to whisper in her ear, asking if he can go to the bathroom.
End of October we went to LaCrosse for the annual hunting trip. My Dad, cousins and Marshall with the dogs had a great hunt. Marshall has found love all over again. 
Kids, Gran and I were in our usual spots. The pool, the stores, the old fashioned IceCream parlor for a blast from my past, Black Licorice IceCream! And of course a visit to the Kids Coulee. I am on a quest to get a framer of the kids at this park, but mostly they want to have nothing to do with a photoshoot.
Happy "Hallaween"
Loved Trent's costume this year! He didn't really ask to be anything, so I made the decision to turn last years remote into a Lego Brick. I know my strengths and creativity is one of them. Again, the effort was spent on Trent's costume, but Callie got exactly what she wanted, a butterfly.
We carved our pumpkins on Halloween this year. It was a nice way to round out the evening. We're one pumpkin short, Marshall picked a rotten one! Ooops!
This is the chaos that is our lives! Yes, its a One Adult, Two Kid and Two Dog wrestle mania
NEVER a Dull Moment!
The pictures always get the kid's attention.
Today, Callie asked me why I take so many pictures.
I remember my life in pictures. If I didn't take a picture of it, it pretty much might as well have never happened. I am able to write this post because I can go back into my picture files and see what we've been up to. Hummmmmm, lets see......
When we were up at the cabin, Trent wanted to make a torch. Marshall made some pretty impressive ones, Man Vs. Wild style. We brought them home and lit them, one clear August night. Trent was maybe a little too into it.
The kids started school at a new school here in our home town. Not just any school, public school! Huge. HUGE. Step for me. During homecomming they had Crazy Hair Day. I was just gonna skip it, but last minute Trent wanted something, so I took a marker and colored stripes into his entire hair, and a chunk of pink into Callie's. Later that evening Callie got a-hold of the marker.
This school has been a whole new world for us, but so far so good. I am offically NOT SMARTER THAN A THIRD GRADER! Sometimes Trent gets his homework wrong even after I check it! His teacher is a bit strict in her grading. I was very nervous about conferences, but she laughed the whole time, telling me stories about how nice it is to have Trent, and some of the negative, yet entertaining things he does, like try to "sneak" up to the front of the classroom while she's in the middle of teaching to whisper in her ear, asking if he can go to the bathroom.
End of October we went to LaCrosse for the annual hunting trip. My Dad, cousins and Marshall with the dogs had a great hunt. Marshall has found love all over again. 
Kids, Gran and I were in our usual spots. The pool, the stores, the old fashioned IceCream parlor for a blast from my past, Black Licorice IceCream! And of course a visit to the Kids Coulee. I am on a quest to get a framer of the kids at this park, but mostly they want to have nothing to do with a photoshoot.
Happy "Hallaween"
Loved Trent's costume this year! He didn't really ask to be anything, so I made the decision to turn last years remote into a Lego Brick. I know my strengths and creativity is one of them. Again, the effort was spent on Trent's costume, but Callie got exactly what she wanted, a butterfly.
We carved our pumpkins on Halloween this year. It was a nice way to round out the evening. We're one pumpkin short, Marshall picked a rotten one! Ooops!
This is the chaos that is our lives! Yes, its a One Adult, Two Kid and Two Dog wrestle mania
NEVER a Dull Moment!
5.18.2010
Chasing Time Rewind
I. Am. Sooooooooooooooo.
Behind! You remember April right? Sure, it was just last month.
WHERE DID THAT TIME GO?
I guess Chasing Time Rewind is becoming a regular feature on this blog!
An extra day off school and a welcomed invitation for a playdate brought Callie and I to the Zoo. Though the bears were still in hybernation, it couldn't have been a nicer day. A little taste of Spring, which seems to now be a distant memory with all this rain and yuckyness! Is Spring always this windy?
We hosted Easter which was a pleasure and a pain at the same time. (So much going on earlier that morning.) The families came in shifts. My family first, a little mixer in-between and then Marshall's family. I do like having people over, I just need more practice at it! Practice makes perfect right!
Leah organized a little Easter Egg hunt for that side of the family and of course we all dyed easter eggs!
Usually a mother's day project, the piers went in early this year.
My Dad got a little more water in his waders than usual, and Jack took a swim!
April Showers bring May flowers and I finally got mine planted! Just in time for the return of the sunshine!
Behind! You remember April right? Sure, it was just last month.
WHERE DID THAT TIME GO?
I guess Chasing Time Rewind is becoming a regular feature on this blog!
An extra day off school and a welcomed invitation for a playdate brought Callie and I to the Zoo. Though the bears were still in hybernation, it couldn't have been a nicer day. A little taste of Spring, which seems to now be a distant memory with all this rain and yuckyness! Is Spring always this windy?
We hosted Easter which was a pleasure and a pain at the same time. (So much going on earlier that morning.) The families came in shifts. My family first, a little mixer in-between and then Marshall's family. I do like having people over, I just need more practice at it! Practice makes perfect right!
Leah organized a little Easter Egg hunt for that side of the family and of course we all dyed easter eggs!
Usually a mother's day project, the piers went in early this year.
My Dad got a little more water in his waders than usual, and Jack took a swim!
April Showers bring May flowers and I finally got mine planted! Just in time for the return of the sunshine!
2.20.2010
Old News
I was cleaning out my Outlook E-Mail and found this message I sent out from 2008. Thought I would re-post it for documentation purposes.
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:52:21 -0600
Hi Everyone,
Mass e-mail is better than no e-mail at all right! Here's the latest news from the Smith's.
Marshall starts a new job this week. It is with a body armor company called First Choice. His territories are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri. Further distances to travel, but no more nights away than before. Now he only has one product line and he's not actually doing the selling, he works for the manufacturer and supports the distributor. Its a good move. Came really out of nowhere. They recruited him.
I took Trent skiing for the first time last weekend at Alpine Valley. It was great! At first I had no idea what to tell him other than make the "V". So picture this: Skis are apart as wide as his legs will go, tips no where near each other, he's standing straight up and down and his arms are sticking straight out to the side. Oh and did I mention he's going straight down the hill, FAST! I had to either ski fast to grab him or tell him to push with one leg, which made him turn up the hill and then fall down, in which case he couldn't get up because his legs were wrapped around his body in a pretzel and he's screaming HELP! HELP, HELP, I CANT MOVE! Thank goodness our friends came with some advice and a little thing we attached to the front of the skis to keep them together. After that he really started to get the hang of it. I'm gonna try and go again this weekend. My calves are so sore though! Out of shape!
Callie's half-brithday tomorrow. I finally took the plunge to "big girl" underwear! Wish me luck!
~Jenny
With a start like that, its no wonder Trent ended his skiing career the way he did!
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:52:21 -0600
Hi Everyone,
Mass e-mail is better than no e-mail at all right! Here's the latest news from the Smith's.
Marshall starts a new job this week. It is with a body armor company called First Choice. His territories are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri. Further distances to travel, but no more nights away than before. Now he only has one product line and he's not actually doing the selling, he works for the manufacturer and supports the distributor. Its a good move. Came really out of nowhere. They recruited him.
I took Trent skiing for the first time last weekend at Alpine Valley. It was great! At first I had no idea what to tell him other than make the "V". So picture this: Skis are apart as wide as his legs will go, tips no where near each other, he's standing straight up and down and his arms are sticking straight out to the side. Oh and did I mention he's going straight down the hill, FAST! I had to either ski fast to grab him or tell him to push with one leg, which made him turn up the hill and then fall down, in which case he couldn't get up because his legs were wrapped around his body in a pretzel and he's screaming HELP! HELP, HELP, I CANT MOVE! Thank goodness our friends came with some advice and a little thing we attached to the front of the skis to keep them together. After that he really started to get the hang of it. I'm gonna try and go again this weekend. My calves are so sore though! Out of shape!
Callie's half-brithday tomorrow. I finally took the plunge to "big girl" underwear! Wish me luck!
~Jenny
With a start like that, its no wonder Trent ended his skiing career the way he did!
12.05.2009
Chasing Time Rewind
Not enough hours in the day!
We'll have to settle for a 3 minute replay instead of the full report!
We took Callie to the ballet, Cinderella.
We carved our pumpkins.
Callie wanted a three eyed, alien pumpkin.
Marshall got innovative this year.
Trent did his all by himself. He did such a great job! I really liked the face he created. I don't really like the "throw-up" pumpkin he wanted to do, but it was inevitable.
We took our annual LaCrosse hunting trip. I however did not take my annual Hobby Lobby trip!
It is usually the highlight of my trip, but I decided this year I really didn't NEED anything and didn't want to be tempted by SALES!!! (I did get a chance to go a couple month's ago after a tennis match so I didn't feel completely deprived.)
I thought it would be cute to stage a leaf fight for pictures. Trent took it a little too seriously! Nothing like an arm-full of muddy, wet leaves flung ruthlessly into your face!
Hockey is in full swing.
For Grampy's birthday I got him some "pin-up girls" stickers for his ski helmet. The look on Trent's face when he realizes what he is looking at is priceless.
Lastly, we had a destination Thanksgiving, Door County! It was a nice little get away.
We'll have to settle for a 3 minute replay instead of the full report!
We took Callie to the ballet, Cinderella.
We carved our pumpkins.
Callie wanted a three eyed, alien pumpkin.
Marshall got innovative this year.
Trent did his all by himself. He did such a great job! I really liked the face he created. I don't really like the "throw-up" pumpkin he wanted to do, but it was inevitable.
We took our annual LaCrosse hunting trip. I however did not take my annual Hobby Lobby trip!It is usually the highlight of my trip, but I decided this year I really didn't NEED anything and didn't want to be tempted by SALES!!! (I did get a chance to go a couple month's ago after a tennis match so I didn't feel completely deprived.)
I thought it would be cute to stage a leaf fight for pictures. Trent took it a little too seriously! Nothing like an arm-full of muddy, wet leaves flung ruthlessly into your face!
Hockey is in full swing.
For Grampy's birthday I got him some "pin-up girls" stickers for his ski helmet. The look on Trent's face when he realizes what he is looking at is priceless.
Lastly, we had a destination Thanksgiving, Door County! It was a nice little get away.3.29.2009
Chasing Time Rewind
Like the movie click, I'm taking some time to rewind to some of the other events we've been doing, but haven't blogged about.
Like....
Winter Fest
Lake Geneva does a snow sculpting contest every year. It brings talented scupltors from all over the world. The weather is always hit or miss. This year it got progressively warmer and warmer. Marshall went with his Grandma during the week while they were sculpting. We drove through on Saturday. Sad, they had done a lot of melting, we didn't even bother to get out and look closely. We went straight to the Mountain Top ski hill. (Note:"Mountain" Top is said with slight sarcasm for my lucky Colorado friends!) They have a ski parade and fireworks. Callie still doesn't like the sound of fireworks, but she got used to it as the show went on. Its a great little show, and not at all crowded.
The Circus
The circus was in town, and all of society was there. (Excuse me while I get up on my soap box,) I have never seen such bad parenting in all my life. I was seriously scared for some of these kids. (That's all.)
I forgot how fun the circus is. They had it all. The lions, the clowns, the trapeeze artists, and a man shot out of a cannon!
I was nervous when they opened with this guy.
The picture is out of focus, but you get the idea of how he danced around to the 80's heavy metal. Read my friends description of it. She nailed it! (Click here)
Callie really enjoyed her cotton candy. Have you ever seen anyone eat cotton candy like an ice cream cone?
Her favorite part of the circus was the "beautiful lady, with the beautiful white dress, then she changed to a different dress." This circus had the worlds only "Ring Mistress".
Trent liked the Man Shot out of the Cannon. It WAS pretty cool!
Trent and Marshall's Birthdays
I can't believe I've been a parent for SEVEN years! Happy 7th birthday Trent!
Every year their birthday weekend falls on the same weekend as the school dinner fundraiser. This year it was the same day as Marshall's birthday. It's a fun time, but I know not the way he would choose to spend his day. Once again I was a winner in the raffle.
On the flip side, Marshall was the big winner for the hockey raffle. He won three things, I won one. I'm telling you, you gotta believe!
Like....
Winter Fest
Lake Geneva does a snow sculpting contest every year. It brings talented scupltors from all over the world. The weather is always hit or miss. This year it got progressively warmer and warmer. Marshall went with his Grandma during the week while they were sculpting. We drove through on Saturday. Sad, they had done a lot of melting, we didn't even bother to get out and look closely. We went straight to the Mountain Top ski hill. (Note:"Mountain" Top is said with slight sarcasm for my lucky Colorado friends!) They have a ski parade and fireworks. Callie still doesn't like the sound of fireworks, but she got used to it as the show went on. Its a great little show, and not at all crowded.
The Circus
The circus was in town, and all of society was there. (Excuse me while I get up on my soap box,) I have never seen such bad parenting in all my life. I was seriously scared for some of these kids. (That's all.)
I forgot how fun the circus is. They had it all. The lions, the clowns, the trapeeze artists, and a man shot out of a cannon!
I was nervous when they opened with this guy.
The picture is out of focus, but you get the idea of how he danced around to the 80's heavy metal. Read my friends description of it. She nailed it! (Click here)Callie really enjoyed her cotton candy. Have you ever seen anyone eat cotton candy like an ice cream cone?
Her favorite part of the circus was the "beautiful lady, with the beautiful white dress, then she changed to a different dress." This circus had the worlds only "Ring Mistress".
Trent liked the Man Shot out of the Cannon. It WAS pretty cool!
Trent and Marshall's Birthdays
I can't believe I've been a parent for SEVEN years! Happy 7th birthday Trent!
Every year their birthday weekend falls on the same weekend as the school dinner fundraiser. This year it was the same day as Marshall's birthday. It's a fun time, but I know not the way he would choose to spend his day. Once again I was a winner in the raffle.
On the flip side, Marshall was the big winner for the hockey raffle. He won three things, I won one. I'm telling you, you gotta believe!
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