Planet Moffitt

Snow in Texas!

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February 11, 2010
This picture reminds me of the street my parents live
on, in SOUTH DAKOTA!

Where have we been? What happened to....

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JANUARY AND FEBRUARY?

Cub Scout Halloween Cake Contest

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

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First day of 1st grade.

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Ian looking quit handsome for his

first day as a "grader".

Ian and Mom.

Ian and Dad.

Ian and his teacher.

A ticket to ride!

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Sunday, June 14th - Ian decided to try

riding without training wheels!

By Monday the 15th, he was a pro!

A Tiger Cub in the family.

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Ian is officially in the Boys Scouts of
America!
We are looking forward to all the fun
events and family activities coming our
way!

Ian with his cousin, the "Eagle Scout"!

Ian's last day of kindergarten - June 5 2009

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Ian receiving his "diploma" from
Principal VanHorn.

Nice!

As a mother, I have the right to embarrass
my child. This is only the beginning.
I was waving this sign like an idiot!

Boat trip - part 3 (click on each image for larger view - use back arrow to go back to main page)

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Ahhhh the smell of "Red Bull' in the morning...

Sunday April 19th - Linda's BIRTHDAY!

What better way to celebrate than catching a BIG fish?
Yummy - Mahi-Mahi!

Deb planned a surprise "disco" party!

Scott enjoying the "Fart" application on Shayne's

iPhone! So easily entertained....

Boat Trip - part 2 (click on each image for larger view)

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Sunday, April 19th
Setting sail that morning for Anguilla U.K.

The girls hoisting the sail. You can't hire better
help!

All smiles - Toni, Deb, and Linda

Very important - sun screen on the nose!
"THANKS STEVE"!

Captain Walter (hot,hot,hot)

Make sure you choose the right person to apply
your sun screen! (Deb and Shawn)

It's "beer-thirty somewhere"!

FYI - click on the photo to make them larger! Use your back arrow to go back.

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Boat trip - part 1

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I ended up with 280 photos from our "boat trip"!
I have decided the best way to share them is a few
at a time.

April 17 - First order of business once you get
on the Belline II, is a champagne toast!
Our shipmates (L to R)- Lela (1st mate), Scott,
Steve, Deb, Shawn, Linda, Shayne, Walter (captain),
and me (Toni).

Saturday, April 18th
SHOPPING! St. Maarten.

Let's get this party started!

America's Next Top Model!

Nice.

Mother's Day

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We spent Mother's Day in the The Woodlands Texas.

At the Luke's house. We played in the pool and hot tub

all weekend, had great meals, took photos!

This is my fav.....

and this one.....

FUN with Photoshop!

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Blue Bonnet Fun....

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I LOVE Texas Blue Bonnet season!

One down 19 to go.....

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Ian lost his 1st tooth! He pulled it himself!
Saturday night the Tooth Fairy paid him a
visit! It had been loose for some time, but
I was still shocked when he did it himself!

WAAAAAYYYYY back....

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Sono of baby Moffitt....

Memory Lane....

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Ian's first haircut.

Introducing....Spring Break Boy & Road Kill

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Ian - aka "Spring Break Boy", has been on spring
break all week. He has been hanging out watching
movies, playing on the Wii, and visiting with
friends all week.

Tiki - aka "Road Kill", received his new name on
Saturday, the 14th, after he was hit by a car!
Dog ran past one of kids as they opened the front
door. We had no idea he was out, until a passerby
brought him to the front door, she asked if he was
ours , he was just by the car sitting out front of the
house.
Lucky for us, no dog damage and no car damage!
Dog thinks he's a cat with nine lives!

Flowers for Valentine's Day

2009-02-17T20:45:00.002-06:00

Vacation of a lifetime....PART 2!!!

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Oh my gosh! Scott and I are so excited! We just found
out, actually the pieces kinda fell into place. One
might say, the planets all lined up in our favor!
In 2004 we and 3 other couples, some of our very
best friends, chartered a catamaran for a week to
sail around the British Virgin Islands!! We called
it "the vacation of a lifetime"! But, alas, we get to
live the dream again!!! In April! Please click on
the link in the "Link List" Belline II. You will get
an idea of what we are talking about!!!
A special "shout out" to the "planets" that made
it possible, you know who you are, thank you!

Bump on the ... bed?

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The bump you see is Tiki! The only DOG I have ever

known to completely crawl under the covers when

it's cold out!

Noodles, dry ... coming right up!

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Ian likes his spaghetti noodles dry, no sauce.

Also, it appears here that he dislikes forks too!

December 11, 2008 - The Space Shuttle

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Back in December the Space Shuttle made a stop

at the Joint Reserve Base over in Ft. Worth.

Ian just happened to be home sick from school

that day. I realize that he should have stayed

home in bed, but it was the SPACE SHUTTLE!

Anyway, we jumped in the car and ran over

there to see it, just in time, only a few minutes

before it taxed and took off. TOTALLY COOL!

The Art of Digital Photo Painting

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Ian in Pepa's old red truck.

If you "click" on image itself, you well get the full frame.

Silly string...

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One of our "traditions" is silly string on New Year's Eve.

Grandma & Grandpa J. even get involved!

This one makes me laugh, Ian shot silly sting at me right
when I took the photo!

January 20, 2009

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As a citizen of these United States of America, I would be
remiss to let this day go by with
out saying ...

History has been made today, "good luck and God speed
to our 44th President, Barack Obama".

Addiction

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The "crazed" look you see in Ian's eyes, is called "addiction".
This kid would easily spend 6 to 8 hours a day playing his
Lego Star Wars game on the Wii system!

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Make a Smilebox slideshow

December ...

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I love these kinds of images at the holidays.

December ...

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Ian advising Santa of EXACTLY what he wanted!

A Razor Scooter, like the 1st graders have.

Merry Christmas!

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Hello - I realize I haven't had and entry in 3 months!

2009 will be a much better year, PROMISE!

Our 2008 Christmas card photo.

KINDERGARTEN!!!

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Everyone knows that before you start school, especially your first day of kindergarten, you MUST have a new pair of shoes. Ian picked out "Slimmers", we saw them on a TV commercial on Cartoon Network! Way COOL!

One also needs a TON of new school supplies!

(sorry the photo is sideways, my bad)

OK - the BIG day - August 25, 2008. I took the day off of work to take care of

Ian, Scott took the day off to take care of ME!

Lot's of kids and parents walked to school that morning from out neighborhood.

Ian got settled in and comfortable right away!

Already using his new "First" pencil!

A genius in the making!

After school, mom gets a quick smile. Ian had a GREAT day!

By the way, mom was fine too, dad took mom shopping! Nothing a little

'retail therapy" won't cure!

We also, celebrated completing out first day of school by going swimming at

the brand new Community Activity Center's mini-water park! A fun, cooling way

to end the day!

CONGRATULATIONS IAN!!! - LOVE YOU!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME (and Scott) - 15 blissful years TODAY!

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Scott and I have been married 15 years, today! Amazing how the time flies! We had THE best wedding ever! Our friends and family came from all over the country just to spend the weekend with us in Sioux Falls SD and celebrate. I have the wedding video to prove it! Come by the house sometime, I would be over-the-moon to share it with anyone willing to sit for a couple hours! Snacks and beverages will be provided.

We look so young!

August 7, 1993

What happened in July?......VACATION!!!

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I must apologize to my loyal readers, you know who you are, for taking sooo long to get a post of our vacation done!

Vacation this year was on Mustang Island, Port Aransas TX. We rented a condo at Mustang Towers, cool place. We had a huge group again this year, will probably continue to grow. More invites for next year! Anyway, this years big story at the beach was hurricane "Dolly"!

Sunday 7/20 - We take the ferry boat from Aransas Pass over to Port Aransas. It's more fun than driving over to the island! Scott and Ian on the ferry!

Monday 7/21

Ian and Cameron catching some waves!

Tuesday 7/22

It's all about "Dolly"! Here is a shot of my Weather Channel hero, Jim Cantori. On Monday night the people at the Weather Channel said Jim was going to be broadcasting from Corpus Christi, and I was OK with this, for those of you who are fans of the Weather Channel, you know that they always send poor Jim into the eye of the storm! Anyway, Tuesday morning the Weather Channel announces that Jim is going to be broadcasting from Port Aransas, I am NOT OK with this! Jim does not need to be in the same town as me!

Photo #1 - Our beach at 12noon on Tuesday 7/22

Don't those "Dolly" clouds look awesome?

Photo #2 - Scott & Ian playing on the beach @ 3p 7/22

Waves are getting more and more wild! We didn't move fast enough and the ocean swallowed Scott's "man purse"! The first casualty of hurricane Dolly was Scott's cell phone!

Photo #3 - Our beach @ 430p

Beach, what beach?

Wednesday 7/23 - Our beach @8a! Storm had moved in during the night! Very high winds and rain. We went out to play in the waves, but I couldn't stay out as long because the wind was blowing the rain so hard it was stinging my skin! I have to admit I was scared! We were 150 miles away from the real storm, but that is about as close as I ever want to be to a hurricane, and Dolly was only a Cat. 2!!!

Wednesday 7/23 - To celebrate our survival of the hurricane, we went out to eat! Not a bad gamble, no one else was out so there was no waiting to get into the restaurant! I went for broke and ordered the king crab legs! AWESOME!!!

Thursday 7/24 - Sun is out and it's time to LEAVE! The 2nd casualty of Dolly was a window in our van! The pressure built up in the vehicle and one of the windows blew out! We were not alone, 2 other people lost windows in their cars too! Silly me, no camera to document!

BUT, I do have a picture of a HUGE shark! If you look real close you can see he still has a piece of his lunch stuck in his teeth!

Friday 7/25 - To wrap up our spectacular vacation, everyone moved to The Lukes house in The Woodlands TX. (Scott's sister's place) We enjoyed the pool ALL day Friday.

Ian learned a few lessons in water-gun combat.

Lesson #1 - Learn to shoot water gun!

Lesson #2 - Locate target - GIRL - aim and fire!

Lesson #3 - Befriend first target and go for target number 2 - GIRL!

Saturday 7/26 - A day at the Johnson Space Center!

Lines!

Ian was SOOOOO excited to see a mock-up of the space shuttle, can you tell!

Scott, Ian, & and a Saturn 3. We found out that this was 1 of 3 Saturn rockets built and NASA was preparing to launch when the funds were pulled! So this was a "real" rocket, not a "mock-up"!

Future astronaut?

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING THIS ANOTHER AWESOME BEACH TRIP!

Ian at the Lake...or should I say "In" the Lake!

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New Toy at Pepa's house!

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For big kids and little kids, maybe a dog or two!

The 4th of July - Pepa's house in Oklahoma

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Ian loves the smoke ball-no noise fireworks.

Tiki loves Oklahoma

This shot turned out really cool! You can kinda see Ian in the middle!

Flower Mound Children's 4th of July Parade

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Scott, Tiki, and Ian in the parade, Ian HAD to push his truck!

Ian gets another STRIPE!

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The purple stripe is for "Discipline"! Yep, you read it right! Ian earned a purple stripe in karate class for good discipline!

Ian meets FISH!

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We had a wonderful time at the Dallas World Aquarium

last Saturday night, 21 June.
Scott's company organized a fun, family event

for it's employee's, we had the whole place all to ourselves!

Grrrrrrr!

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This summer Ian's school/daycare has a ton of events planned

for the Pre-K class. So far they have gone to the Ft. Worth Zoo, had a picnic in Central Park, Lewisville, 'Splash Day" every Friday, and yesterday they brought in a face painter! Ian looks pretty cool if you ask me!

My new earrings! - Love Them!

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New Critter in our backyard!

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We can add this guy to the list of visitors in our backyard, along with the rabbits, squirrels, blue jays, cardinals, and a cat or two every now and then. Keeps Tiki on his toes!

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BTW - the photos below are of me and my friend, Heidi. Heidi used to be my next door neighbor, she moved to Austin. We have MANY reasons to visit Austin!

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This is what happens when Scott takes a picture.....he takes forever to push the button!

Karate update - Ian gets a"stripe"

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To: My Friend Annie

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Ian - The Photographer

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The Clouds.
The Airplane.
Kelly, Toni, Scott, and Daniel.
Mac the truck.

Getting over our Shyness.....?

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Is it possible? Is Ian coming out of his shell?

Last Friday night, June 6th, we attended a graduation ceremony.

During the reception, Ian decided to entertain those who were enjoying

their cake and punch.

Just for Fun.....

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Backyard S'mores

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Yummy!
Tiki was trying to get in on the fun! Can you blame him?

Flowers!

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We are trying to make our little "postage stamp" of a patio look nice and inviting!

Ride'm Cowboy - Summer kickoff Party

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Ian's First Joke

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Ian tells uncle John O' a joke.

The making of a genius!

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Ian doing some homework.

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On the boat.

We enjoyed a WONDERFUL holiday weekend at Pepa's house.

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PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!

On this Memorial holiday weekend I thought it appropriate to find a image of my favorite American monument. This was taken last summer, July 2007, on a visit home. I grew up in Sioux Falls South Dakota and have seen Mount Rushmore many, many times and every single time is a treasured memory. Be safe this holiday weekend and take a moment to remember those who went before us, making it possible for us to be free. "Freedom is not FREE".

2008-05-22T11:27:00.002-05:00

Without question, today's photo needed to be of Ian's new hair! Scott took him last night. I snapped this shot this morning on our way out the door to Pre-K school. He is so darn cute!

2008-05-21T12:48:00.002-05:00

We have GRASS!
For those of you who know us, this grass is really an accomplishment!
The grass is pretty thin once you walk into the the yard, but hey, the view from the street ROCKS!
Nice job honey!

2008-05-20T15:25:00.002-05:00

I missed a post for yesterday, the 19th. I am looking for a good photo of Scott. This weekend should be the perfect time to get one, we will be in Oklahoma visiting Scott's dad, Pepa.
Will try to get one with Pepa, Scott, & Ian!

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A few of Ian's favorite things.....

Memorial Day

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Tiki

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Yesterday, Ian's best buddy, Annie, visited him. So darn cute! Annie used to live next door, but moved to Austin. We owe Annie a visit to her house now.

2008-05-17T09:49:00.002-05:00

I was going through some of my photo files this morning, ran across this 'self portrait"! Taken during spring break, Breckenridge Colorado. I was taking a snowboard lesson, by myself, so there is no proof that I really did it, but, I DID! It was a blast, until I got altitude sickness! Oh well, next year!

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Last Saturday, at this time, we were on our way to Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival. We try to go every year, something Scott and I have done for a long time. My brother Todd and his wife Heather joined us again this year, they come as often as they can. This year was the FIRST time for cousin Geo, I think he had a pretty good time.

2008-05-16T10:31:00.001-05:00

The new "Karate Kid"! Ian had his 2nd lesson, and is LOVING it! I am so proud of him!

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My gardenia bush has blooms ALL over it this spring, they smell so good!

2008-05-15T15:23:00.003-05:00

So the blog is started...now, what to do with it....hmmm.

I am thinking, " a picture a day". Sounds like a pretty good challenge.

This picture shows all the wonderful treasures I found this morning in the pockets of Ian's shorts.

Marble, ping-pong ball, trash, seeds, rocks.....

2008-05-14T13:54:00.000-05:00

Wow! a blog.....my friend, Heidi, started her blog, she suggested I give it a whirl. So....here we go!