goodbye june

goodbye june.

we will miss you.

we loved the first month of summer vacation.

we enjoyed not setting our alarm clocks every night.

we swam almost everyday.

we watched many movies.

we ate hot dogs at dell diamond.

we celebrated justins birthday.

we love lazy june days.

goodbye june.
hello july.

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#1) pink cocktails

#2) mail delivery

#3) march scrapiness

#4) afternoon dips
happy friday
happy weekend
see ya monday
enjoy

wall e friday

{photo from disneys web site}

not often a movie appeals to all three boys

not often i go to the movies a half hour before it starts

not often i go to a 10am matinee movie

not often we all enjoy the same movie

not often we get a free e-wally watch

not often we survive an entire movie without pop & popcorn

but today we did!

cute movie with an actual plot

kid friendly movie with a heavy 'go green' theme

happy weekend

thursdays cliff notes

todays excitement included...

• finding this movie at the $1.00 red box at mcdonalds. {just watched the first one in the series yesterday during our afternoon hibernation time.}
• a 20 point sticker at the heb buddy buck machine.
• a sixpack of cinnamon rolls for breakfast.
• afternoon swim at the pool.
• justin riding his bike to the clubhouse {i'm cutting the umbilical cord, slowly}.
• cheeseburgers on the grill on a THURSDAY.
• absolute metropolitan cocktail.
• driveway games of 4 square.

thursday photo...

{austin sky - june 20, 2008}

"we still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us."

-albert einstein

creative wednesday

creative day

february photos moved from the envelope in the drawer

to a couple 12 x 12 pages on the kitchen counter

love looking back at all the fun times and busy days of winter

colins week long sixth birthday celebration -

colins first visit to scott & white hospital -(hopefully last?)

special visitor for valentines day -
watch out march, april, may and june
i'm on a scrapbook roll...

todays notes

{texas sunset @ teravista parkway & oakmont drive - june 20, 2008}

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"one day at a time, this is enough. live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering"
ida scott taylor

weekend review

one sick colin
two bottles of jr. motrin
three days of watching tv
four clickers
five cups of ice chips
six cans of sprite
seven bendable straws
eight cold cloths
nine bags of ice packed on him
ten sad sick smiles
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hopefully healthier days ahead!

sunday morning lawn jobs

first there was this picture...

then there was this picture...
neighborhood fun on the weekend.
neighborhood fun after midnight.
52 card pick-up.
i'm gorgeous inside.
logs of wood.
crushed cans.
pet cages.
quietly moving the treasures from one yard to the next.
heres to the letters we all will get from hoa.
should be in our mailboxes this week.
lots of laughs.
lots of sippel stories in the making!

jdog is 11

your special day was filled with a doctors appointment for colin, a recovering fever boy nathan, daddy day camp rented from the red box, a dinner at fridays that had to be turned into a "to-go" meal when colin said he wasn't feeling well as soon as we ordered, a baby brother who then had a temp of 101, a special gift from your brothers - pokemon stylus for ds, a new bike helmet, a memory card for ps2 and the wrong game you wanted for playstation - exchanged on saturday for the right one.

you were so cool about your birthday not being textbook perfect.

you really are growing up!

heres to a fun filled year ahead of you.

heres to a year when you will grow taller then me.

heres to eleven!

jdog is 11

those special "11" candles are still with us

happy homemade chocolate cake day

jdog is 11

look whos still "11" today

nothing like a special cookie to celebrate

jdog is 11

those special "11" candles are following justin for the day

a mcdonalds cinnamon roll to start the day

happy eleven justin!

happy birthday justin !

wishing you a special day filled with wonderful memories

heres to today

heres to you

heres to eleven years of love and fun

happy day dude !

thankful thursday

{may 2008 - downtown austin sidewalk}
“the best inheritance a parent can give to his children is a few minutes of their time each day.”
- m. grundler

random wednesday

fathers day reminded me of this page i did last year.

watched juno last week - loved it.

rented p.s. i love you - good.

own 27 dresses - great chick flick.

finished the last lecture - good read.

baked martas' chocolate cake from scratch - way too good.

went to cvs at 2:38 am this morning - childrens motrin.

phone rang at 4:39 am this am to see if i could work - ha.

cant wait to try this chicken recipe - perfect summer dinner.

registered justin for camp - overnight kind.

going to miss tim russert - our buffalo boy.

love all the pictures everyone has been sending us -big smile.

vacation is around the corner - can't wait to see everyone.

happy anniversary

"it has been said that we need just three things in life:

something to do,

something to look forward to and someone to love.”

-unknown

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happy anniversary sarah and troy !

monday fun

express game & my guys

hot dogs & cokes

foam fingers & chicken dances

98 & sunny

baseball cards & playground slides

all good stuff

happy monday memories

fathers day recipe....

take one justin picture....

add one nathan picture...

mix in one colin picture...

blend into one frame & add 'favorite sippel stories' title...

and you get this!

happy fathers day !

love,

justin. nathan and colin

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happy fathers day to two special dads...

“we never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.”
henry ward beecher

birthday wishes

{december 2007- photo taken by deanne - thank you}

happy birthday cousin graham!

make your day be filled with laughs, love and lots of sugar!

happy birthday lauren

happy birthday auntie engaged lauren!
wishing you a birthday filled with cake, balloons & bridal magazines!
heres to you as you travel with your man from buffalo to bloomington...
a little present awaits you at apartment number two...
(i'm posting late - she already opened it )
we are also so excited to receive a special phone call today!
we are so excited to all be a part of your special day!
we are truly honored.
we are truly excited.
we are truly growing into a great big family.
heres to birthdays.
heres to weddings.
heres to planning.
heres to change.
heres to life.
live. love. laugh.
everyday.
make memories.
these are everyday memories.

thursday candles

a big high FIVE to noah today!

happy birthday to you!

heres to a day filled with power rangers, cake and birthday wishes!

happy bday mike

i'm in charge of the stars and i'm here to say

hey michael

its your birthday - today

dadadada..

captain zoom and team from austin

wishing you a 'star'tacular 28th birthday!

{i'm sure sparkles wishes you a special day too!}

monday blues

blue skies

blue water

blue swimming trunks

blue eyes

blue towels

i love blue mondays

sunday

the hudsons hosted sunday night dinner with these - thank you !
the boys went canoeing on lake austin today after church.
i'm just finishing reading this - thanks gregg - what an amazing book.
survived the first week of summer vacation.
bought the boys this book and they LOVE it.
happy week ahead....

picture of the week

{mike - the snake master in action}

look what jamie and joel found in mike and mandys front garden this week...and thats not a jump rope!! its five and a half feet of hissing fun - just another exciting day on the path ! definitely wins picture of the week - hope it never wins 'look what i found in my garden' award at this house!! please keep those pets on that side of the path.

congratulations

my sister got engaged tonight!

congratulations lauren and aaron
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"the goal in marriage is not to think alike, but to think together."

robert dodds

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enjoy this special, exciting time

we couldn't be happier for the two of you

live. laugh. love

the big reveal...

and its a.....

"boys are found everywhere -- on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and heaven protects them. a boy is truth with dirt on its face, beauty with a cut on its finger, wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the hope of the future with a frog in its pocket."
- alan marshall beck

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congratulations jamie and joel !

wednesday wishes

{tom and stephanie - crescent beach - july 2007}

" the secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age "

- lucille ball

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happy birthday stephanie !

we'll fill that glass up soon and share a cheer on the beach!

tuesdays review

weekend recap in a nut shell...teravista cookoff resulted in some path winners - congrats to the "girls with grills" and "bad to the bone" on your wins!...summer vacation is officially here for the boys - turn those sponge bob alarm clocks off!...cheeseburgers on the grill for sunday night dinner, complete with weed eater at 7:30am sippel stories - love the twist!...dollar store adventures that lasted one hour - talk about value!...monday swims in the pool - along with 50 of our closest friends!...homemade & handmade individual pizzas grilled to perfection - will never be able to eat dominos again!...pluckers kids-eat-free-on-tuesday nights - need i say more - misters, mojitos and mcneil bats all rolled into one night...doesn't get any better!