Happy Thanksgiving!

Guess maybe i should start posting again?

Are you tired of me mentioning FLL and Legos in general?  I'll try to come up with something more interesting next time, but....

The kids are an alternate for Regionals, so say a prayer and cross some fingers!  I hate to see some team miss going, but we would not mind taking their place if they can't make it!

Did you eat a lot of turkey yesterday?  Stuffing?  Pie?
We'll see you soon!
Have a great night!

Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary

‎"The Rosary is the most excellent form of prayer 
and the most efficacious means of attaining eternal life.

It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings. 

There is no more excellent way of praying."

-Pope Leo XIII

Hello? Hello?

Is anyone out there?

Apparently you are, as blogger tells me 27 people stopped by yesterday...WHAT!  It must have been you, maybe 27 times?  ; )

We are well.  School, robotics, sports, life ...it all keeps us busy.  How are you?  Please, feel free to comment!

Pictures?  .... sure, i'll throw a few up for you!

Recently we visited the beach, for a week .... these are just a few of the fun things we did!

+JMJ+

Please Consider Helping the Boys Out...

Pampered Chef Fundraiser! 

Davis, Chris and Ben are working hard to raise funds for their Rookie Season of FIRST Tech Challenge! 

FIRST Tech Challenge is a high school robotics competition where  teams design, build, and program their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. 

Please help them out by ordering your favorite or much needed products through their Pampered Chef fundraiser.


They will receive 10% of the total up to $699 and 15% with $700 and above in orders... PLUS as an added incentive, their consultant will match that with another 5%, and 7% respectively.


PLEASE invite your friends and family! The more people that order, the more they earn!  And please pass this email along!

Thank you!!!

FTC Team 5950

Davis

Chris

Ben

Mrs. Dunphy

You should check out our team site too!

Trial Camp - Chris and Ben

Trial Camp - Happy Campers!

Week 1 Camp - Davis

My poor, neglected blog....

We have been super, duper busy...no excuse, i know.  We hope everyone is having an amazing summer!

How about a picture....

Hey! We're still here!

Photos soon......

PRAYER FOR OUR NATION:

God our Father, giver of LIFE

We entrust the United States of America to your loving care

You are the rock on which this nation was founded

You alone, are the true source of its cherished rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Reclaim this land for your glory

and dwell among your people

Send you spirit to touch the hearts of our nation's leaders

Open their minds to the great worth of human life and the responsibilities that accompany human freedom

Remind your people that true happiness

is rooted in seeking and doing your will

Through the intercession of Mary Immaculate, Patroness of our land

Grant us the courage to reject the culture of death

And lead us in to a new millennium of life

We ask this through Christ, our Lord

AMEN

Raise Your Hand...

if you have been anxiously awaiting a new post here at Consoling His Heart...
Raise your hand if you're waiting for photos...
Ok. put your hands down! ; )

So now, Blogger has changed things on the posting/creating end of things, though you don't see it on the blog side...and i need to figure out this whole mess! Why do they change things that work?  Why can't they just leave me in peace?  i like peace...and quiet - anyone know where i can find some?

New cousins!

Farm Days 2012
It was a wee bit windy!

A new hobby?

Big Anthony at the Leaning Tower of Pisa
(He's the tall one...but not the tower! Poor Big Anthony!)

Sidewalk Chalk...

The finished product!

The Leaning TowerS of Pisa ...leaning of course!

Ready for tryouts!

The family Easter basket

No really!  I colored it myself!

Resurrection Rolls!

A little yard work...

Lego Menagerie (by Cat)  

Pure joy

A little reading!

Dreams of the Big Leagues

LOADS of LEGOS!

Need i say more?

Happy Easter!

(thanks Elizabeth!)

Have a Blessed Triduum

We're still here...

First
Happy Birthday T-bot! ; )

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Now...
sorry we have been MIA - we have had a real problem with computers lately.  I (yes, I) dropped our working laptop (which happens to be my husband's) and since then things have not been pretty.  We manage with the kids' desk top but still....
we have lost stuff again - yes, i know...back it up! - but most was able to be saved. 

We have been busy here with baby (5 mos now!) and school, legos, and life.  Thanks for checking in!

Prayer is the oxygen of the soul. ~Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina

Lego Lightning Black (team #7375) Food Factor Presentation 2011

Check out the kids' FLL video and share it! They are trying to get as many hits as possible inthe next week or so! You never know...YOU may one day have a Pure Flour 2000 in YOUR kitchen! ; )

365 Days of Legos!

The boys have been inspired to do a 365 days of Legos blog.  Add to that the stop action movie they are planning and things should get really interesting around here for a bit. 
We got a ton of legos for Christmas and Cory is considering changing the family's last name to Lego  : ) Time will tell (and for my brother, i know, not realistic due to copyright laws, trademarks, etc...but just smile and nod your head for now please!)

Lego are awesome!  Bet you never met a lego you didn't like...well, i did.  Recently we (read Ben Ben) acquired a Star Wars fellow who, while not Darth Maul, he comes pretty dang close...not pretty.  Even in Lego i can say no sometimes. 
Ninjago is the new big thing but Lego has recently added to their series and even our boys are complaining (why do people always have to go and ruin a good thing by making it 'better'???)

So we lego quite a bit here - i even found a brick in the baby's car seat the other day, yep we start 'em early here! (please note, it was accidental! No one knows how it got in there- he sure is not big enough yet to get into them...) But Cat continually brings us her newest creations while Ladybug and the boys build from scratch and from instructions some very amazing things.  There are developmental skills being acquired, engaged, and developed daily by those little bricks around our home. I just wish they had the ability to put themselves away!

Check out the boys' blog - 3 Boys and a Bunch of Legos....

Happy New Year!

Can you guess who fell asleep first? Last? ; ) let take a poll!