Thomas Family

Alexis tried out for the middle school talent show and made the cut!  She played a piano piece called Gathering Wildflowers.  She did a great job!  I am so proud of her for playing in front o...

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Alexis got to finally have her friend Birthday party.  She had three friends over and they had a Hunger Games party. Sydney, Maira, Alexis, and Valerie Audrey got to have a friend over...

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I found these pictures on my camera.  I don't remember taking these and I have no idea why they were taken but I love them!  

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Audrey has made some pretty awesome lego creations.  I thought they were worth sharing.

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I can't believe it but Alexis is now 13.  She is the best teenager ever.  I really am blessed to have her as a daughter.  She is not really emotional, is a great student, and is a social butt...

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Our good friends from WI ventured down to Indianapolis for a gymnastics meet for their daughter Maddy.  The girls and I decided to join them and stay overnight in Indy and then watch Maddy's me...

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One of the girls Christmas presents was to get their ears pierced.  The girls were a little nervous but they did it anyway.  Alexis was fine the whole time but Audrey almost didn't do it.  I ...

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For New Year's Eve we asked our good friend Q to cater for us.  He and his family have become good friends of ours in the last 7 months and they are amazing cooks.  We decided we wanted their ...

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Nicholas and I took a lovely group to the Botanical Gardens the week after Christmas.  We had our own kids and then a friend of Audrey's and a friend of Alexis'.  The theme at the Gardens was ...

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We had a quiet Christmas morning.  It's the first time we've had our own Christmas morning since Stanford days.   Stockings Granny and Grandpa got Audrey a Razor Scooter a...

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Christmas Eve was great this year!  We had the Schafers and Shakoors over.  Alexis started out the holidays by decorating her nails: Playing in the kitchen with Fritz. The girls pl...

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My  favorite band---The Lucas Cates Band---came to Indy again.  I recruited my friend Janet to come again.  We had a great time listening to and talking with our guys! ...

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For Thanksgiving I got to go visit my family.  Peggy and I flew to Salt Lake City to spend time with Andy in the hospital.  He had been really sick and it looked like he would spend Thanksgivi...

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Audrey had a Spa Party for her 9th Birthday.  I turned the dining room into a little spa complete with a  movie and magazines about One Direction. Pizza time with nails are drying. ...

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We took a family trip to explore Louisville, KY.  This is how Audrey spent the four drive:  And this is how Alexis spent the four hour drive:  We stopped at a statue store and fou...

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The Annual Dyer Family Reunion lasted two weeks this summer.  It wasn't planned but turned out to be necessary.  Two weeks before our planned reunion we found out that Andy had cancer.  Our t...

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When Audrey borrows the camera here is what you get:

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The end of June saw me taking a mini vacation to WI.  I went up to SummerFest to see my band--TLCB.  Patty, Amy, and I went out in the 100 degree weather to watch them.  It was so hot but at ...

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Ben and I ran in a 5K Zombie Run.  We ran in the 10am wave.  It was already really hot by then.  It was fun and a little crazy.  We had to run through water, mud, sand, dirt, and crawl on ou...

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Alexis went to Girls Camp for the first time this summer.  I drove a car full of the Young Women there and it was so fun.  I was just released as the 1st Counselor in Young Women and I am real...

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We took a great three day weekend getaway to Mackinaw City/Island.  We had our first cabin camping  experience and we are hooked!  We had an awesome two bedroom cabin.  The girls got to slee...

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After we went to DisneyWorld we drove three hours north to visit our very good friends, The Stricklers.  We had a good time playing and swimming for three days. Audrey and Catherine ...

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The day after school got out I surprised the girls by taking them to DisneyWorld.  I told them we were going to see our good friends, The Stricklers (which we did after we went to Disney).  We...

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Ben and Alexis ran in a race in Fort Wayne called The Frontier Race.  They ran a 10K---a 6 mile race.  Alexis got Second Place in her age group!  She had a great time too.

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The girls had a great piano recital.  They both performed wonderfully. Here is a picture of all the students taught by their teacher, Cathy Boys.

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