Armbruster Family Blog

High School Is Just A Memory

2012-01-19T21:42:00.002-05:00

Hannah graduated early and she's off to full time employment until August, then she's off to college.

Time to Catch Up

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January 11 - Day 11
The moon at 7:30 a.m. last week. I was pretty impressed at high in the sky it still was at that hour and how full and bright.

January 12 - Day 12
First Snow Fall of the Winter - totally unimpressive.

January 13 - Day 13
The laundry room - long overdue for a re-do. It is now empty of everything you see. I'll update as we go along or maybe just wait until the end. It isn't very exciting.

Januay 14 - Day 14
I don't know if they're looking at the same thing or not.

January 15 - Day 15

Jauary 16 - Day 16
Made laundry soap compliments of beingcreativetokeepmysanity.blogspot.com

January 17 - Day 17

Best Face Photo of 2011

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Iheartfaces.com Best Face Photo of 2011 for me is Abby. Catching her looking sober is rare, She usually has a mischievious look on her face because she's always up to something along the lines of ornery!!

The link to Iheartfaces.com is at the bottom of this post. Go have a look at the other links. I promise you'll find some beautiful photos and subjects.

January 10 - Day 10

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A beautiful ornament gift from a beautiful friend. Despite her being in the hospital over Christmas, despite her having lost 23 pounds (she didn't have 23 pounds to lose) and feeling horrible and weak, despite the additional stress of having a family to care for, she managed to send me an ornament. Grateful.

January 9 - Day 9

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If they are together, they are holding hands.

January 8 - Day 8

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Makes me laugh that she's chewing on a piece of grass. Not sure how she knew to do that.

January 7 - Day 7

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Heart Melter

January 6 - Day 6

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Hello Gorgeous!!

Day Five - January 5

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Cades Cover- water mill

Day Four - January 4

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Grandsons

January 3 - Day Three

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The Chalet! Five bedrooms, including a huge master bedroom, three bathrooms, over the garage will be three more bedrooms each with their own bathroom, a kitchenette and a game room. It's pretty awesome!

January 2 - Day Two

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The view from the deck at the "chalet".

January 1 - Day One

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Cade's Cove, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. My family spent the week between Christmas and New Year's at my brother's cabin or as a friend of mine referred to as a "chalet" which totally makes more sense. We had a great time.

I'm committing to a 365 project again this year. Got half way through last year and stopped. We will see how it goes. I'm adjusting to posting a picture every day rather than taking a picture every day. There just aren't enough "things" to take pictures of as far as I'm concerned. For at least the month of January, I'll post pictures of our trip. I took 650 of them!!!!!!!!

Christmas Eve Eve

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Catch Up in Pictures - December 22, 2011

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I started this post in early November, got busy with life and forgot about it.

Miami Whitewater Forest

Sharon Woods

Backyard

Same grass a few weeks later.

Coney Island - Halloween Festival

Miami Whitewater

My baby turned 18 in November, she's graduating early and will be off to Bowling Green State University in the Fall of 2012. Blink.

Alex turned 11 in November also.

Christmas bokeh.

Christmas Cookie-A-Rama

Furry Faces - Iheartfaces challenge

2011-12-12T17:24:00.002-05:00

Tamara up close!! I love Pet Week at iheartfaces.com. Click on the link below the post and check out the other animal lovers' photos. You won't be disappointed.

Sweet Shot Tuesdays

2011-11-16T20:11:00.003-05:00

My sweet Abby...on the carrousel at Coney Island. Playing along with Sweet Shot Tuesdays at 3boybarians.com. Their link button is at the bottom of the post. Go...check out some other sweet shots.

Autumn Splendor - Iheartfaces

2011-11-15T14:17:00.003-05:00

Last year picking pumpkins Leah had one in mind and she was determined to pick it up all by herself. Autumn is my favorite time of year. Honestly, I think it is for everyone. The beautiful leaves, the crisp air, pumpkins, halloween, thanksgiving, lots of traditions. Click on the iheartfaces button at the bottom and check out all the entries or just some of the challenge this week. Gorgeous photos, beautiful colors.

IHeartFaces - Pink Challenge

2011-10-18T19:17:00.003-04:00

This little girl is my great niece and the sweetest, happiest, cutest toddler around! Had the pleasure of taking her and her family's photos last week and they just happened to be dressed in pink!! Iheartfaces' button is below, click on it and check out the "Pink" entries

Fall Blooms

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and leaves turning

Summer is Coming to an End

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Football, cooler temperatures, the smell of bonfires in the air when you walk outside on a Friday or Saturday night, lots of yard work now that it's cooler, windows rolled down in the car, windows up in the house, blossoms are fading, thinking about soup recipes, ready to decorate the house with splashes of Fall, hoodies, new episodes of Survivor and Amazing Race!!!

Earning Their Dinner

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Photo Shoot

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This is their idea of a photo shoot - we spent an hour taking shots like this.

Alex

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He is thinking about his "branding" already, so he wanted me to shoot him jumping in the air. This is a kid with a goal in mind. If you're going to be famous, you have to have branding.

Darling Girls

2011-08-28T23:15:00.001-04:00

Here they are getting ready to release pink balloons for Ava. Go here: http://www.sheyerosemeyerphotography.com/blog to read about Ava.

Three Little Girls, Three Birthdays

2011-08-11T18:49:00.002-04:00

August 5 we celebrated Audree's birthday 7.30, Leah's birthday 8.6 and Abby's birthday 8.12. Audree and Leah turned three and Abby turned two. Son-in-law, Brian is an August birthday also. Camera malfunctions prevented me from taking the normal 200 photos!!!!!

The cute individual cakes for each little girl.

Singing Happy Birthday - look at Leah and Audree's face, they are SO excited. Abby put her candle out with her fingerf!!

The Birthday Girls

Some of the birthday loot.

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She can't wait to see what it is.

Abby loves her babies.

She loves her present.
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It's chaotic, it's loud, it's a lot of work on Emily and Brian's part to host it, it's a lot of fun, the girls get so excited they can hardly stand it, I get so excited I can hardly stand it. It is so wonderful to have all three of them so close in age. I will enjoy watching them grow up and grow closer.

Audree Grace Bollmer Turns 3

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I know I can't believe it either. HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS AUDREE!!!!! WE LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK.

Summer Night

2011-07-28T20:20:00.002-04:00

I have no idea who took this I just know I like it. Rascal Flatts concert, tailgating in the summer heat.

I Heart Faces - Water

2011-07-25T14:30:00.003-04:00

The only place to be this summer is in the water or in AC if you're lucky enough to have access to either. This is July 4th weekend and it was hotter than heck. Audree's name should be changed to Ariel. She loves the water!! Button for IHeartFaces is at the bottom, click on it to have a look at the other blog posts for Water. Have fun.

365 Project

2011-07-20T09:00:00.000-04:00

Hannah and Steph jumping off of "jump rock". Wish I would have had my suit on cause I would have done that in a heartbeat.

365 project

2011-07-19T12:46:00.002-04:00

Have no idea what day I should be on, it's been a few weeks since I've posted a photo. I hate that I interrupted the continuity, life goes on.
This photo is from our trip to my brother's cabin in Gatlinburg. Hannah and Steph rescued a turtle from certain death. It was crossing the road and surely would have been crunched, I almost crunched it. They actually saved two turtles that day which gave me the opportunity to take a picture of an abandoned barn (I'm assuming) while I was pulled off to the side of the road. We had a really good time on our trip. I'll post more pictures. I didn't really take too many, had a lens problem and then had no memory card in the camera so I had to buy a new one, I think I have 10 of those buggers now.

Backyard Whiffle Ball

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Sweet Girl

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I Heart Faces - Red White & Blue

2011-07-05T10:20:00.004-04:00

Fourth of July for the Armbruster Clan includes our family party at Aunt Bunky and Uncle Pat's. They have been kind enough for the last 20 years to host it. Everyone pitches in with food but they do the rest which includes drinks, games, prizes, fireworks and the huge mess. The kids absolutely love it, they are so excited when they arrive and stay excited the whole day. Here are a few snapshots of the day. There is so much going on the entire day, it's hard to capture it all.

Happy Fourth of July 2011

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From my car window...

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Charles Scott English - February 4, 1941-June 30, 2011

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You're at peace and whole again. I love you big brother.

Love That Shot - Reflection

2011-06-30T11:46:00.001-04:00

Alex & his guitar.

[Iheartfaces} Whimsical

2011-06-27T19:15:00.002-04:00

Last August we gathered at my house for a tea party to honor Ava Rosemeyer. All three little girls wore tutus, princess crowns and carried wands. We ate pink cupcakes and sent off pink balloons for Ava to see in heaven. Took hundreds of photos so it was hard to choose just one. This is my entry in the Iheartfaces.com challenge for this week. Their button is at the bottom of my page if you want to head on over and check out the other entries. Have fun.

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2011-06-23T17:35:00.001-04:00

Leah having fun creeking.

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2011-06-22T09:00:00.000-04:00

He's licking his paw but to just glance at this, he looks a little off in the head which he is.

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2011-06-21T09:00:00.000-04:00

She stared at this space for five minutes. I half expected a mouse or a snake to jump out at her.

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Tamara sticking her tongue out at Jerry!!

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Happy Father's Day.

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In bloom.

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2011-06-17T09:00:00.000-04:00

Abby and Leah at the Redleg Run last weekend. Abby with her clueless look and Leah hamming it up as usual.

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So flipping sweet!

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Camp Out in the backyard. There are actually four children in this photo, Abby is face planted in the entrance of the tent.

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Audree and Bernie. Bernie had so much fun getting Audree to chase him.

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Beautiful

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BIG FAT BULLFROG

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I see these everywhere and never have my camera with me, but last week I did. Love the colors.

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Those goggles are awesome Jake.

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This has always been must do when we're at the pool, see how many tubes you can put on and jump in the pool.

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2011-06-16T20:14:00.002-04:00

Trying to catch up!! This was taken this past Sunday so I'm cheating a little but who cares. I'm having a "stuck" period with the camera. Haven't been doing much, out of ideas, too tired, you name it, I have the excuse!!

LoveThatShot Photo Challenge - Pretty in Pink

2011-06-15T10:11:00.002-04:00

Love my peonies. Really wish they would bloom more than once!!

LoveThatShot Photograph Challenge - Fresh

2011-06-14T20:22:00.001-04:00

Bright & Vivid - IHEARTFACES

2011-06-13T21:12:00.004-04:00

Photo challenge for this week at iheartfaces.com is Bright & Vivid. This is Audree enjoying a little pool time on Sunday. She's a fish. FYI: the button for Iheartfaces.com is at the bottom of my page.

Love That Shot - Summertime Treasures Photo Challenge

2011-06-09T21:29:00.002-04:00

I'm in the mood so here's another one for Love That Shot. Ah, the summer time popsicle in the backyard without a shirt on. Technically not a very good photo but I love everything it says and I love the kid!!!

Love That Shot - A Few of My Favorite Things Photo Challenge

2011-06-09T05:15:00.001-04:00

My entry for a photo challenge LoveThatShot is doing this week. I love barns, any kind, but especially old dilapidated barns. This one is not too far from where I live, shot it from the driver's seat out the passenger window. Love That Shot's button is at the bottom of the page is you're interested in checking out all the other entries.

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Jake ready and waiting at first base.

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Audree (processed with Sheye's Little Buttercup).

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Audree

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Craisy Daisy

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Roxie very interested in Leah's chips. Dog is the biggest moocher.

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Abby loving on Roxie, our neighbor's dog.

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Wow I love this.

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Summer begins with a water fight preceding washing the cars.

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My handsome grandson, Alex. I have a photo of Hannah that is similar to this and Alex said to me "take a picture of me like the one you have of Hannah"!!!!

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2011-05-29T19:40:00.001-04:00

My Summer Home Away from Home: Next Door.

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I'm all sorts of behind and I've tried to think of different ways to catch up, I've settled on this way.
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25th Wedding Anniversary

2011-05-24T20:04:00.002-04:00

Yid and I celebrated our 25th on the 23rd. On the 22nd we took everyone to dinner at Montgomery Inn. Here's a few photos from that evening. As usual, it was hectic and crazy but fun and enjoyable.

Will try to catch up on my 365. Life got in the way for a week or so.

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Noooo, I'm not coming inside, the sun is still shining, therefore I shall stay outside.

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A crown fit for Queen Mum. Jakob made this for his mom at church on Mother's Day. Beauty Full.

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The humor of a two year old. She was biting her goldfish in half and feeding the half to Daisy and cracking up every time she did it.

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Jakob not hiding from the camera for once.

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Doing what she loves to do.

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He is always hiding from me and my camera.

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2011-05-08T09:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Mother's Day. This is a picture of my Mom and I, taken a very long time ago, before Alzheimer's, before a little bit of her would leave and not return. I haven't given much attention or thought to the anniversary of her death, her birthday, Mother's Day, all holidays since she passed away but for some reason this year, this Mother Day's, it's been hard. Maybe it's the knowledge that my own mortality is creeping ever closer, hate to think about that, but it's a fact of life. So, Happy Mother's Day Mom, I miss you and wish you were with us to celebrate. More than anything I wish you could see the grandchildren, your great-grandchildren. They are incredibly gorgeous and wonderful and funny and so sweet. You would love them. I can just imagine you sitting and watching them and smiling. I think about that every time I'm with them.

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2011-05-07T15:49:00.000-04:00

From a walk with Audree.

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Look at her hands, so sweet.

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Nana's fountain.

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Zoo Tulips

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Japanese Red Maple

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Mother Nature is amazing.

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Thank Goodness for Spring

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Audree & Daisy

2011-04-28T17:46:00.002-04:00

Audree has been staying with us since Tuesday night. Today finally the sun was shining and it was pleasant enough to be outside. We did bubbles, chalk, rode the four wheeler and Audree did this the most. She loves Daisy sooooo much.

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2011-04-28T16:11:00.001-04:00

Whachoo looking at Willis?

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I'm watching you watching me.
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2011-04-26T22:57:00.002-04:00

Ornery, Reserved and Bossy. Any guesses who's who. Abby is on the left, Audree is top right and Leah is bottom right.

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2011-04-25T17:43:00.001-04:00

This is one of those "lucky" shots. Walked by this peacock at the right moment. Taken at the Cincinnati Zoo over spring break.

I Heart Faces - Pets

2011-04-25T17:12:00.003-04:00

This theme is always tough. Can't decide between the dog or the cats!! Went with the cat this time. This is Jerry, the love of my daughter's life. Jerry was fostered and then adopted by us as a little kitten. He was very, very sick, it was touch and go for a few days but with lots of love and care, he got better. The animal shelter that we adopted him from and where my daughter volunteers was a horrible, awful place. The building was 100 years old, the plumbing and ventilation was outdated, was in constant state of malfunction. If a dog or cat went in there healthy chances are it would be sick within days of being there, lots of respiratory ailments and they would spread very quickly because the horrible conditions of the facility. Thank God (and I mean that literally) there is now a brand new fabulous state of the art building for the stray cats and dogs of our county. It was a long road to get there, but with the spirit of the volunteers and residents of our county, it happened. Actually, the shelter's yearly fundraiser is always a sell out and keeps growing year after year. But anyway, back to Jerry, he can't jump very well, he loves to sit in the bathroom with my daughter when she showers sometimes jumping in with her, he talks to us all the time, he loves to be cuddled and and brushed, he's just a very special feline dude and we love him. Check out Iheartfaces.com's other entries, they are always amazing and gorgeous. There is a button at the bottom of his post, just click it.

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HAPPY EASTER