- School day for Reagan and Anderson-Reagan was the line leader and painted an American flag. Anderson reported that he saw Reagan on the big playground
- Graham getting to go swimming with Lilly and Cash this morning
- Picking up Grannymom and Graham and heading shopping for Graham a birthday present
- Aunt Dana calling and Reagan and Anderson getting to go play with Lilly and Cash this afternoon
- Graham not being happy that his playmates were gone and fussing most of the time that Reagan and Anderson were gone
- Supper with Dad and then playing with Mom until bedtime while Dad ran on the treadmill
Dennie Kids: June 30, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
Dennie Kids: June 29, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Reagan and Anderson making cinnamon rolls for breakfast
- Helping Mom with some chores and playing in our Thomas tent-Graham loved it!
- Making lemonade-Mom let us make some because we all stayed downstairs while she dusted upstairs
- Gluing our stars on our fourth of July banner-but it is still too gluey to hang up yet
- Lunch with Dad before watching a few movies
- Reagan made Dad a picture for his desk-he sent us an email showing where he had hung it up
- Naps and then more playing
- Everyone sitting and watching Sandra Lee cook up some food on a cooking show-Anderson sat so still and would laugh at everything she said. Reagan would tell me if she liked each ingredient and if we had it in our house
- Baked potatoes for supper and then ice cream sandwiches-Graham screamed when he finished his
- Hide n seek and then a great big bubble bath for Reagan and Anderson and a little duck bath for Graham
- One last movie before bedtime!
Dennie Kids: June 28, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Sunday morning and more muffin tops for breakfast
- Last night, Dad whispered to Anderson that he was going to see Ms. Peggy in the morning. Anderson then went to Reagan to tell her who he was going to see and he said "going to see Mickey Mouse"-he might have been a little disappointed today!
- Graham fussing when going in his class this morning, Reagan goes without complaint but it is a little shy about it but Anderson can't wait to go in and play
- Lunch at Nonna and Pops house and playing tea before we left
- A quick trip to Krogers and then afternoon naps
- Back to church tonight and seeing Nonna and Pops in the hallway
- Another supper at Copelands tonight-we like cheesecake!
Dennie Kids: June 27, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Playing while Mom and Dad both ran on the treadmill (not at the same time)
- Breakfast of muffin tops-our favorite breakfast now (especially since Mom has 10 boxes of them)
- A quick bath for Graham before his quick nap
- Reagan and Anderson playing at Grannymom's house while Mom, Dad and Graham went Krogering (oooh, and Mom got some good deals)
- Lunch and snacks at home before naptime
- Supper and then swimming-Mom and Dad had cleaned out the pool earlier in the day
- Favorite part of swimming was when Dad made our pool into a giant wave pool-everyone loved it! (click here for a video)
- Baths for all and then snacks and a movie before bedtime
Dennie Kids: June 26, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Graham waking up too early but laying simi-quietly in bed with Mom and Dad for a little bit
- Washing our potatoes early this morning
- Playing, playing and more playing until lunch with Dad
- Painting our red and blue stars for our 4th of July sign
- Spankings before nap (Anderson) and fussing after nap (Reagan)
- Everyone watching a few movies and eating raisins before supper
- Graham spending supper at Macaroni Grill staring at another baby, Anderson eating everything on his plate-twice and Reagan loving being able to color on the table
- Grannymom and Grandpa coming over to see us for a few minutes
- Legos and baseball before bed
Dennie Kids: June 25, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Breakfast at Nonna's house-cinnamon bread, grapes and juice. Graham really liked the grapes!
- Playing hopskotch and ring toss outside until we got to hot
- Graham taking a morning nap with Pops
- McDonald's Happy Meals for lunch-yum, yum! But our favorite was the ice cream from Papaw
- Playing with every toy at Nonna's house and Graham doing his best to knock things off of all of the tables
- Back home for a few minutes of playing until naptime-we had to help Mom give Dana our camping stuff. Reagan asked if we could go camping for 2 night-nights next time. Mom said yes and then she asked about 3 nights and Mom said probably not!
- Supper with Dad topped off with ice cream sandwiches
- Playing with Dad while Mom went to Bunko; we threw the ball upstairs for hours (well for a little while!)
- Prayers and then bedtime
Dennie Kids: June 24, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Everyone helping Mom clean the bathrooms this morning-which wasn't really much help!
- Sitting in the floor singing songs most of the morning
- Playdoh while waiting on Nonna to come over
- Reagan saying that she wasn't going to eat lunch with Mom but she was going to eat what Nonna brought over (good thing Nonna brought something over)
- Playing with Nonna while Mom was at the dentist
- Long afternoon naps-we were all tired again this afternoon
- Skittles and movies until Dad came home
- Playing ball with Dad until bedtime
Dennie Kids: June 23, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Waking up ready to go to Grannymom's house
- First going to the zoo and even getting to ride the train
- Coming back to Grannymom's for a little lunch
- Swimming with Lilly and Cash and watching "lifeguard Jenna" at work-until the rain came
- Mom picking us up and everyone was exhausted so naps for all
- A quick supper and then getting in our pool with Dad-we were planning on swimming with Dad and we did despite the rain
- Warm baths after the cold swim and playing until bedtime
Dennie Kids; June 22, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Everyone waking up and wanting to go swimming (Dad had said that we would swim this morning)
- A trip to Krogers-it has become our Monday morning tradition-except Graham screamed the whole trip today)
- A nap for Graham and swimming for Reagan and Anderson (Mom tried but it was too cold)
- Lunch with Dad and then rushing him out of the door so we could swim some more
- Graham loving swimming-he kept getting facefulls of water but never minded
- Long afternoon naps for everyone
- Celebrating Jaymie's birthday at Kennedy and Camryn's house-Reagan loved playing with the girls, Anderson enjoyed the cake and Graham had a blast playing with new toys
Father's Day and Dennie Kids: June 21, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Anderson was so excited to tell Dad about his sign and to wish him "Happy Father's Day" a billion times this morning
- Reagan couldn't wait to help Dad open his presents and Graham couldn't wait for breakfast!
- Church and then lunch at Grannymom and Grandpa's house
- Helping Grandpa open his present and inspecting Aunt Dana's new vacuum cleaner
- Short afternoon naps for everyone and then a few errands
- Playing ball with Dad at the Traveler's baseball game tonight. We had hot dogs, an icee and popcorn but it was very hot!
- Coming home to cool off before going to bed-Reagan mentioned that if they sat on Mom's bed and watched a movie before bedtime they would cool off a little bit!
Dennie Kids: June 20, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Everyone sleeping until after 8 today-it must have helped that we stayed up later. I think Reagan did wake up at 5 and Anderson at 6:30 but all went back to sleep after pottying
- Watching "Arthur" (Reagan's favorite show currently) before going downstairs for a banana
- Shopping at Walmart before eating at Burger King
- Celebrating Saturday with cupcakes (bought from Walmart) after lunch at Burger King
- Afternoon naps-not for Reagan. She was wired and couldn't go to sleep but did play in her room quietly until the boys woke up
- Graham standing up all by himself for a few seconds with Dad-he won't do this for Mom. All he does with her is bite her!
- Supper at the Coffee Beanery-we closed the place up (at 6!)
- Back home for long baths and one more movie before bedtime
Dennie Kids: June 19, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Breakfast-something different for everyone
- Working on Dad's Father's Day surprises (don't get too excited Dad!)
- Swinging and watering our tomato plants
- Seeing Dad for a few minutes at lunchtime
- Laundry, playing and movies before nap
- Anderson shouting at nap time "Nonna, Pops come over here"
- Reagan waking up and helping Mom with another art project
- Everyone waiting the rest of the afternoon for Dad to come home so we could go and eat at McDonalds!
- Sliding until Anderson was dripping wet with sweat. Graham loved watching them go up and down and Reagan enjoyed telling Anderson exactly which way to go and what to do
- Reagan watching a movie while Graham and Anderson played outside. Dad was mowing and Mom was pulling weeds
- Nonna and Pops coming to visit and bring us some bananas-we each had one
- Graham going to bed early and Reagan and Anderson staying up to eat some chocolate chip cookies before bed
- Reagan praying tonight "Thank you God for butterflies, kitties, cookie dough, bunny rabbits, thank you for taking care of us and thank you for everything we love"
Dennie Kids: June 18, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Waking up and heading to Grannymom's in our pajamas
- Going straight to the park-we had so much fun playing. Graham is quite the climber.
- Coming back to Grannymom's and jumping in the pool-she has two! Anderson's prayer tonight was "Thank you God, Mommy, Daddy, Reagan, Anderson, Graham, Grannymom pool, two pools, Amen"
- Everyone making happy plates. We were hungry after playing so hard
- Back in the pool after a short rest-we played in the pool until Mom drug us out
- Coming home and taking a long afternoon nap
- Reagan helping Mom make pizza for supper
- Staying in after supper-playing cars, working a puzzle, coloring and watching a few movies
Dennie Kids: June 17, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Everyone waking up for a few minutes around 5 this morning and then sleeping until after 8!
- Lots of people screaming, yelling and crying while Mom was on the phone with Nonna-everyone was then sent to their rooms
- Shopping at Target-3 packages of pullup, 2 bags of chips and a jar of salsa-$15! Reagan always asks to hold my coupons now-such a bargain shopper
- Stopping by Nonna's for a few minutes. Lots of snacks and riding bicycles
- A quick lunch with Dad before he headed back to work
- Laundry-Mom used to fold it on the steps and then take a few pieces up at a time when she went up-now with Graham climbing the stairs, she can't get it done while he is awake
- Afternoon naps for all-coloring for Reagan after nap, fussing for Graham after nap and sitting in the tent for Anderson after nap
- Supper and then a very quick trip to Pennys and Sams
- Getting to stay up late (8:00) and watch a movie in Mom's bed and drink some juice-good times!
June 16: Doctor Confirms Baby #4 is on the way!
(click here for pictures) After a few hours of work, Rob and I met at Dr. Phillips office to get out first glimpse of Dennie baby 4. After chatting with us for awhile about our travels we finally got down to business. My weight was good-actually very good for me and my blood pressure was nice as well (even though I am now taking blood pressure medicine for high blood pressure-of course my blood pressure is high-I have a 3 year old, 2 year old and a baby-yours would be too!) The ultrasound pictures were clear and the baby was moving his hand like he was waving at us. Tara thinks he looked like a boy-the boys room is sure going to get crowded. We couldn’t be more excited-except for the due date they gave us….Christmas Day.
Dennie Kids: June 16, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- School days-Anderson and Reagan always do great at school. Reagan even takes her hands out of her mouth long enough to wave at Dad as he leaves
- Graham going swimming with Lilly and Cash today-he loved it and swam until he was exhausted
- Dad picking up Reagan and Anderson so Mom could see a few more kids this week
- An afternoon nap for Graham while Reagan and Anderson ran to the grocery store with Mom
- Everyone making vanilla pudding before hot dogs for supper
- Mom and Dad looking for some place to take and walk and for Reagan and Anderson to ride their bikes-Woodland edge (to near the pool-makes them sad), Wildwood (closed), the trail by Kohls (not kept up) so we ended up at Knoop Park. The kids enjoyed it-rode bikes, climbed the steps, walked the trails. We are going to go back with a picnic. Anderson and even Reagan left dripping with sweat
- Snow cones to celebrate a very good day-grape for Reagan and orange for Anderson (who ate every drop of his)
- Graham falling in the bathtub again tonight while everyone else was pottying-he did catch himself with his hands and Mom grabbed him while he was doing a handstand with his feet over the ledge
Dennie Kids: June 15, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Mom getting an unexpected visitor while in the shower-Graham fell head first over the bath tub ledge into the shower. He was thrilled to be in the shower but didn't get to stay long
- An early morning trip to the grocery store everyone was good since Mom had M&Ms in her bag
- Coloring some pictures and playing until Dad came home for lunch
- Lunch with Dad and then lots of fussing until naptime
- Walking down the street to pick up some notes for Mom's work from Ms. Stacy
- Eating a big supper and then playing outside while Mom was at Target
- Baths since we were so hot and sweaty and then building a castle out of Mom's pillows until bedtime; plus shows from Reagan & Anderson (click here to see Reagan's video) (click here to see Anderson's video)
Dennie Kids: June 14, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Another Sunday-Reagan said wearing a dress was her favorite thing about Sundays and then she asked Mom if she wore a dress when she got married
- Graham being good this morning and tonight during church-no one said anything bad about him! Wow!
- Lunch at Nonna's house-our favorite was the strawberries. Even Graham enjoyed them
- Afternoon naps but Anderson was up very early-he should have slept until 4ish but was awake by 3! But did fine with such a short nap
- Evening church tonight. Since Reagan's teacher's weren't in her class, Robby told her that she could go to big church with us and she asked "are you kidding me?"
- Supper at El Chico-Anderson walked up the Mr. Kenny and sat at his table for awhile talking to them. Mom and Dad sent him over to see if they had their food. He came back and told Mom "cheese dip"
Dennie Kids: June 13, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Everyone sleeping until 7:30 this morning-they knew it was Saturday!
- Hanging out around the house before lunch
- Walking around the toy store and even getting some Super Why stickers, coloring pages and even tatoos (which we can't wear until after church)
- Long afternoon naps for the boys and a very short one for Reagan
- Spending the evening with Nonna, Pops and Jason-we had a blast
- But Reagan did get mad a Nonna when she hurried her on to bed!
Dennie Kids: June 12, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Reagan waking up early this morning-too early (6:30)
- Cleaning bathrooms, laundry and many more chores before breakfast
- Cutting Anderson's hair outside, swinging and watering our tomatoes (Mom didn't know it was going to rain later)
- Making snickerdoodle cookies for Dad-Reagan takes cooking so seriously and Anderson considers it snack time!
- Lunch home with Dad-he liked our cookies!
- Nap and then waking up to the tornado sirens-Reagan was already awake, Anderson was terrified of the thunder and Graham just wanted to climb on the steps
- Reagan asked if it was like at school when they practiced for an emergency. Then she asked if this was an emergency-Mom said kind of!
- Making popsicles this afternoon, watching lots of tv and playing in the tent
- Graham using his walker to walk all over the house
- Walking to Grannymom's house-Anderson and Reagan did great walking and Graham loved riding in the stroller. But she wasn't home! We still grabbed a snack from her house so we could make it home. Reagan walked up the Gamble hill without a complaint but Anderson had to be held (it is a long way for little legs)
- Grannymom and Grandpa stopping by to see us before bedtime
Dennie Kids: June 11, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Spending the day at Nonna and Pop's house
- Visiting Beebee and Papaw and eating popsicles-we like going over there for snacks. She even gave us coke this afternoon too!
- Playing with Jason-he even took off work today to come and see us
- Riding our bikes around Pop's cones-we liked moving them around the best
- Coming home and taking naps-everyone slept until after 5
- Supper at Chili's and then staying up late
- Playing hot dog man and donut man while Mom and Dad worked on our Atlanta picture books
- Going outside with our flashlights to check on our tomato plants before bedtime
Dennie Kids: June 10, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Hurrying this morning to get to story and playground time at church-we had ice cream sandwiches
- Seeing Pops at church and eating lots of snacks from him
- Playing so well by ourselves this morning-all three of us-until lunch time
- Eating lunch with Dad-black eyed peas and grapes
- Graham learning a new trick-scaring Mom to death while climbing up the stairs. When Mom takes Anderson to the bathroom, he tries to climb up to join us. Mom had to leap down the stairs twice to catch him
- Watching a movie until naptime but Anderson fell asleep-he was awake for the first picture Mom took and by the time she looked at them again he was snoozing
- Naps for everyone. Reagan watching some shows until the boys woke up
- More playing until Dad came home
- Supper and then another special treat: Krispy Kreme
- Anderson has been without his paci for 2 weeks and asks for it still every night-he is fine without it but one thing his paci helped him do was fall asleep. Now he is up singing forever after bedtime
Dennie Kids:June 9, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Our first day back at school-everyone was in the same classroom but Reagan had a different teacher. Anderson also did very well staying dry today
- Picking up Graham from Grannymom's house and begging for a snack
- Cutting and coloring all afternoon while Graham took a long nap
- Graham loving playing in the tent-even though Reagan will sit in front of the door and won't let him out
- Supper out-Mom and Dad had other plans but the kids begged for McDonalds so they won. And so did Mom, since she and Graham left everyone to go Target shopping
- Playing until bedtime-Mom and Dad were busy with our trip pictures and forgot about us and let us stay up late
- Anderson and Graham going to bed in the same room-Anderson is chatting away!
- We have estimated that by the time Reagan is 18, we will have taken 360,000 family pictures
Dennie Kids: June 8, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Waking up and Reagan reminding Mom that we hadn't cleaned upstairs before we went down for breakfast
- Breakfast and then helping Mom mop the floor
- Playing all morning long and then eating lunch with Dad
- More work around the house and playing in the tent-Mom couldn't find Graham one time and he was in the tent by himself
- Afternoon naps-Reagan had her snack while Mom was on the treadmill. Her job was the listen for the boys to wake up-but they didn't until 5
- Supper and then a special treat
- Riding our bikes around the trail at Pinnacle Mountain-but we had to ride fast since there were swarms of mosquitos-everyone only got one bite!
- Playing on the playground until we were hot and sweaty
- Home and baths for everyone
Dennie Kids: June 7, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Waking up for church this morning and even leaving the house early
- Playing in Mom's class before going to our class-and Dad even got to help in Graham's class for a few minutes!
- Lunch and bike riding at Grannymom's this afternoon
- Afternoon naps for everyone (even Dad)
- Back to church-and Graham was fussy! (surprise!) He did okay though when Pops dropped him off
- A special treat-stopping for snocones on the way home. Anderson picked grape and Reagan got pink! And Graham enjoyed Mom's quite a bit too!
- Folding laundry before bedtime
Dennie Kids: June 6, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Waking up in the tent-everyone slept great even though it was a little bit chilly last night
- Muffins for breakfast-and a few cookies before one last walk/bike ride around the camp area
- Coming home for quick showers and baths-we were all filthy!
- Picking up Grannymom and Grandpa to go to Heifer International
- Petting a few animals (but not the camel-we were scared of him), listening to some music and seeing the firemen
- Lunch with everyone at Genghis Grill-one of Mom's favorites. Anderson's too since he had mac and cheese. Graham slept through everything
- Coming home and helping Mom and Dad put all of our camping stuff up-we really aren't that much help but we don't know that!
- Cookies and then a short movie before naptime
- Supper and playing outside at Grannymom and Grandpa's house while Mom and Dad were out with some old people-we stayed up very late and it was great!
Dennie Kids: June 5, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Last night, Graham was eating and I told him he could have a cookie when he finished and he started clapping!
- Anderson walking through the kitchen with his baseball bat and saying "I've got my cane." Later Reagan told him he couldn't come in the tent with his cane and he said "I've got to, my knee is hurting"
- Watching the train at the grocery store-a boy growled at Reagan and Anderson and they just backed into the corner and stood there frightened-Mom had to leave the check out line, Graham and the groceries to rescue them
- Watching Mom do lots of work in the garage while playing with the inflatable razorback. We didn't know what she was doing but she was working hard
- Playing outside some before lunch
- Dad coming home and telling us that we were getting to go camping tonight-Reagan is thrilled, Anderson said "no, Grannymom's house" and Graham clapped
- A puzzle, laundry, making muffins (and Anderson spraying himself with cooking spray) and naps this afternoon-while waiting for Dad so we could go
- The adventure will continue tonight and this post will continue when we return....
- Reagan and Anderson helping Mom and Dad set up the tent at Maumelle Lake while Graham sat in the buggy relaxing
- Hamburgers and hot dogs for supper before playing on the swings with Grannymom and Grandpa-they came to eat supper with us
- An hour long bike ride for Reagan and Anderson-their little bikes had never gone that far at all!
- Skipping the smores since we were so full from supper and heading to bed
- Reagan asked if the tent was our home and while falling asleep Anderson kept saying "Mom, home, Dad home" (as in let's go home)
- Everyone sleeping well-Graham stirred a few times but went back to sleep fairly easily and Anderson sleeping almost an hour later than everyone else-during this hour Graham was crawling all around the tent
Dennie Kids: June 4, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Everyone laying in Mom & Dad's bed before the start of the day
- Setting up the real tent inside and playing all morning; plus playing library mom. We would ask how many books we could check out and then disappear for awhile (Mom kind of enjoyed the library game!)
- Meeting Dad for lunch - we squeezed into the booth
- Afternoon naps and then more tent time
- Baths before Dad got home (Dad liked this!)
- Supper time with Mom before she left for class meeting
- Riding our bikes inside and pulling each other on the blanket
- Watching an episode of WordWorld before bedtime
- Saying our prayers and then to be
Dennie Kids: June 3, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Playing at the park early this morning-Reagan is quite the climber, Anderson enjoyed climbing up the slides (shh, don't tell anyone) and Graham's favorite was taking the walk around the playground
- Juice boxes and animal crackers in the car. Mom didn't even need her bribes since Reagan said "I'm hot, let's go home" and then Anderson said "me sweaty" and started walking to the car
- More playing outside while Graham was taking his morning nap-everyone loves to swing and swing high
- Lunch and books then more playing until naptime
- The lights blinking right before nap-Anderson was scared to silly, Reagan was upset because she heard the "nornado drill" (our alarm rings when the power goes on and off)
- Watching new shows that Mom taped for us before Dad came home from work
- Making a tent and playing in it until bedtime-we pretended like we were camping. Anderson enjoyed making pretend marshmallows and Dad was the monster
Dennie Kids: June 2, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Reagan laying all of her clothes on the floor before going to bed last night-a crown, shirt, skirt, princess skirt and high heels
- Playing all morning at Nonna's house-even walking over to see Beebee for a few minutes
- Staying up a long time before naptime-we were playing well and Mom was getting alot of work done so she let us stay up
- Long afternoon naps for Reagan and Anderson but Graham was up early and was fussy most of the afternoon
- Breakfast burritos for supper and then taking Graham's 10 month pictures
- Anderson staying dry all night and all day long today
- Buying a truck with a trailer and backhoe to celebrate. Reagan decided to buy a Pink Tinkerbell dress
- Playing trucks and Tinkerbell before bed-Graham was all over Anderson's new truck. Anderson took his truck to his room and closed the door. He said "hiding from Graham"
Dennie Kids: June 1, 2009
Highlights from today: (click here for the pictures)
- Reagan waking up at the crack of dawn today-she was so excited about getting Grandpa's bag ready (at Sunday School they made a bag for us to fill and give to someone to help them)
- An early morning trip to Krogers-we all ride while Mom pushed the buggy very quickly through the store and if we are good we get to look at the trains while she is checking out
- Eating popsicles when we came home
- Playing on our swings and even getting to play in the water-Anderson is a little skiddish of the water but Graham was just sitting in his swing and even got soaked
- Helping Mom make some pies (we don't know if they are any good though!)
- Long afternoon naps for everyone
- Going to see Grannymom and Grandpa-Anderson was convinced that Grandpa was still in the hospital. Reagan was thrilled to give Grandpa his bag of stuff (Mom even had to color a picture to put into it)
- Supper with Dad at Moe's and then a quick trip to Target
- Everyone going potty before bedtime-and then Anderson going potty again and again and even again after bedtime!
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