tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364636212024-03-13T13:09:05.932-05:00lucas and amberkeeping in touch with our family and friends, near and far.Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.comBlogger983125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-14812165356825635842015-07-02T12:05:00.001-05:002015-07-02T12:05:04.242-05:00Find Us on Instagram<a href="https://instagram.com/amberjoydickson/">Click here to find our latest pictures.</a>Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-15220273297442856692014-10-20T18:16:00.002-05:002014-10-20T18:16:56.874-05:00Happy Birthday, Kelly!<a href="https://steller.co/stories/363939031752377695" target="_blank">Cupcakes!</a>Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-84499896628661773392014-10-15T17:55:00.002-05:002014-10-15T17:55:59.342-05:00Fall Flowers<a href="https://steller.co/stories/361625430588917653" target="_blank">The guys came home with a treat for me!</a>Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-84652872829810230302014-10-15T17:54:00.000-05:002014-10-15T17:54:26.904-05:00Friday morning<a href="https://steller.co/stories/358973224530216917" target="_blank">Last Friday</a>Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-28730152033300744462014-10-15T17:51:00.000-05:002014-10-15T17:51:05.161-05:00Sweet Sundays<a href="https://steller.co/stories/358460754082399697" target="_blank">A few Sundays ago.</a>Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-31049124605999008412014-09-27T12:43:00.001-05:002014-09-27T12:43:27.616-05:00Fall Afternoons<a href="https://steller.co/stories/347582418879776678" target="_blank">After school</a>- we're enjoying the early fall weather.Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-3742630855485079362014-09-27T12:11:00.001-05:002014-09-27T12:11:24.831-05:00More from Nana's VisitHere are a few more pictures from <a href="https://steller.co/stories/347588890606962603" target="_blank">Nana's visit last weekend</a>. 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<a href="https://steller.co/stories/332501479157925094" target="_blank">Milo and I had a nice morning today.</a>Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-12696768464030842672014-09-05T14:09:00.004-05:002014-09-05T14:09:48.009-05:00Beat the Heat<a href="https://steller.co/stories/332512749361825007" target="_blank">Lots of fun this summer at the pool.</a>Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-5807374937665822292014-09-05T14:08:00.001-05:002014-09-05T14:08:28.482-05:00In Line<a href="https://steller.co/stories/332518765830866166" target="_blank">This should be interesting.</a>Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-5884160544444937172014-09-05T14:06:00.001-05:002014-09-05T14:06:38.593-05:00I Can See You Now<a href="https://steller.co/stories/332520381325772023" target="_blank">Levi gets glasses!</a><br />
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Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-70727644059058506572014-09-05T14:02:00.003-05:002014-09-05T14:02:16.516-05:00Tiger CubI'm experimenting with new ways to share pictures. Check out Levi all ready for his first Tiger Scout meetings:<br />
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I love watching them play. This summer, though, their individual interests became more clear.
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Levi loves a project. He wants to make plans and DO. Here he is chiseling.
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Milo likes to create. He loves his paints and markers...
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...and sidewalk chalk.
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One especially hot day we came home and Levi immediately asked if he could work on sawing a big limb in the backyard. <br />
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I asked Milo if he wanted to do the same. He looked at me like I was crazy then asked to do some crafts- inside where it was cool. <br />
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Levi sawed and sawed and sweated and sweated.<br />
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Milo cut and drew and colored and made a mess.<br />
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I get such a kick out of them!Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-83855486680402640182014-08-20T19:32:00.004-05:002014-08-20T19:32:49.760-05:00Summer DaysThis foursome comes up with the best stuff. Sometimes it's a one-act play. Sometimes they'll treat you to a concert. Here was a construction project.<br />
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Well, maybe an empty refrigerator box or a <a href="http://ladickson.blogspot.com/2009/01/look-at-what-my-parents-let-me-play.html" target="_blank">space heater</a>.
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<br />Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-52653009819148301562014-08-10T16:41:00.000-05:002014-08-10T16:41:30.370-05:00Family VisitSummer is wrapping up! This blog is our digital scrapbook and I want to capture some of our summer's great memories.
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Mom, Dad, Grandma, and Grandpa came for a visit end-of-June. We got to celebrate Dad's birthday as well as July 4th. They were here for a week and it was such a treat to spend that time together.
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<br />Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-45682619300851321692014-07-14T11:45:00.002-05:002014-07-14T11:45:53.818-05:00Beach BebeMy beautiful sister lives with her beautiful family in Boston. I have to share a few snapshots they recently took because I keep looking at them and melting into a pile of goo.
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Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-17111559655191706962014-06-25T14:01:00.000-05:002014-06-25T14:01:00.230-05:00Chicago and My BestieAt the beginning of the month I flew to Chicago to meet up with my best friend, Tricia. We walked in the Cancer Survivor 5K. She is a thyroid cancer survivor.<br />
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It was fun being in the city again together and we had great food and lots of fun shopping. The absolute best part of our weekend, though, was the Segway tour we took of the lakefront on Saturday. A huge storm came up just as we started out and we got soaked. Despite the gale force winds and my lack of coordination and balance, we had an amazing time and by the end my stomach hurt from all the laughing.<br />
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Waiting for the train, trying to take a selfie. This is pretty much what we looked like the whole time.<br />
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<br />Lucas, Amber, Levi, and Milohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02661342282049993975noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36463621.post-91249630155746433862014-06-23T13:55:00.000-05:002014-06-23T13:55:09.005-05:00Lemonade StandLevi and Milo had been looking forward to running their own lemonade stand. Last Friday we had a free morning and they worked hard getting it set up.
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We took advantage of the fact that there was an estate sale going on just outside our cul-de-sac. We loaded up the wagon and our neighborhood's first pop-up shop was up and running.
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We sold a lot of lemonade to each other but they also had several generous customers.
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