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Kids Fall activities

Ryan McLaughlin — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 23:00:45 +0000

This fall Jaren and Raelynn both had activities. Raelynn was involved in two different dance groups. The first one is through school, and the second is a private dance company.

Jaren is involved in gymnastics. He is a natural and after only a couple practices he is keeping up with the more experienced students. However, his dad is not a natural as you can tell at the end of the video.

A hike up to the Timpanogos Cave and a tour inside.

Ryan McLaughlin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:10:30 +0000

As a family we recently took a hike up to the Timpanogos Caves and a tour inside. These are a series of videos of the whole event.

Baby chicks and the kids

Ryan McLaughlin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:48:41 +0000

We took a trip to the local feed store and the kids got to hold some of the baby chicks.

How to solve software problems like a pro

Ryan McLaughlin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:01:31 +0000

I ran across this flowchart on how to solve computer software problems and I wanted to share it with you. As one that often gets calls for help, I can testify that this is how I solve most problems.

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To give credit where credit is due, the original image came from http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/tech_support_cheat_sheet.png

Christmas at the McLaughlin’s

Ryan McLaughlin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:53:01 +0000

This year we decided to stay home for Christams. I have been pushing hard for us to come up with some of our own traditions rather than traveling hundreds of miles each year to visit family.

One of those traditions is to give the kids something small on Christmas Eve. This year they got pajamas.

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Another tradition is that on Christmas morning we let the kids go one at a time to see what they have in their stocking.

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Madelynn had a lot of fun opening her presents and seeing the surprise inside.

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Candy is something that they always get in their stockings

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It is also very satisfying to see the expressions on the kids face when they get a gift they have always wanted.

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Madelynn got a lot of clothes, she has been out growing so fast that it is hard to keep up.

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The older kids got a new computer so they will keep off of their moms.

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Sidewalk chalk was also something that the boys got.

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Raelynn got a new doll.

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The all got roller blades which will help them play outside more.

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The kids have wanted Guitar Hero for a long time and we have borrowed it from Jared a couple times. So we decided to get them instruments of their own. We now have outr own little band in the house.

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Madelynn certainly is not one to be left out.

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The big gift of the year is a Nintendo Wii.

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Anna had us this year and she was very creative and generous.

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Jared’s Wedding

Ryan McLaughlin — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 05:52:51 +0000

Well, the youngest of the McLaughlin boys just got married. The wedding date was December 19th and Jared and Danielle got married at the Mesa Arizona temple.

The night before the wedding we all participated in a nice dinner.

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That evening all the McLaughlin boys and Jared’s “Best Man” had little Bachelor party.

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The day of the wedding both Jared and Danielle were very happy and anxious.

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After the wedding we all traveled to Tuscon for the reception. They had a clever little table setup with several jars of candy. Each guest was suppose to fill up a bag and take it with them. As you can see it was a big hit.

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Thanksgiving trip to Anna’s

Ryan McLaughlin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:13:09 +0000

As many of you know Anna recently had a baby. So we decided to take some time off and go to Idaho for Thanksgiving and also for his baby blessing.

We stayed there for a couple days and on the first day Raelynn slept over at the Marshel’s. That next morning Seth and Raelynn made breakfast for everyone that was at their house. Unfortunately, Jennifer and I were not there until later. I had to borrow these pictures from Anna.

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For Thanksgiving we had a very large dinner and a lot of people. As you can see from the pictures there were also lots of kids, and the mothers were hovering over them, providing for their every need.

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The blessing took place on Saturday morning so some people could get home for Church on Sunday. We choose to stay and go to church in Idaho and leave for home right after.

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Just after the Thanksgiving dinner Madelynn got her first haircut. Anna was kind ehough to do this and as you can see it was very cute.

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Happy Birthday Keaten

Ryan McLaughlin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:36:03 +0000

Well it was Keaten’s birthday recently and he turned the magical age of 4.

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The kids are very excited to begin opening the presents. Often the other children are more excited than the birthday child.

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This year we tried to keep it a bit more practical by giving him some needed clothes

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I really love this picture. while Keaten is showing off his gifts, Madelynn is in the background having a blast with a box. I think next year we will just give her boxes.

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Despite how much fun cloths are we also wanted to give him a few toys and moves. He specifically asked for Curious George and Caillou movies.

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It’s Halloween time

Ryan McLaughlin — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:11:39 +0000

Or should I say “it’s candy time?” Halloween is one of my children’s favorite holidays. Anytime they can get free stuff.

We have a tradition of going to a particular pumpkin patch and picking out pumpkins. At the place they have a corn maze, slides and other activities.

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Picking out pumpkins is also a lot of fun. We let the kids pick there own.

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This year Jaren and Raelynn got to dress up for school. They were suppose to choose a costume that related to what they were learning. Jaren choose to dress up as a mummy because he was studying Egypt. Raelynn dressed up as a pirate because she was studying the War of 1812.

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We reused those costumes for Trick or Treating and we dressed up Keaten as a leopard and Madelynn as a Lady Bug.

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The seven faces of Madelynn

Ryan McLaughlin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 04:22:56 +0000

Madelynn has learned to make several different faces and I thought I would share them with you.