More of the first day

Leslie and I spent the first day of school working on getting the house ready for guests. But it was a really long day. Leslie asked about Lindsay several times and told me she missed her. When we went to pick Lindsay up I got my first experience in the carpool line. It was not a good one, luckily It has gotten much better. I sat in line watching walking parents pick up their kids 20 minutes before the first car in line even pulled out. I chose to drive because it was in the mid 90s and that is not fun to walk in. I guess that even though it took me nearly an hour to get Lindsay, I was at least in an air conditioned car. Even if the school is only 2 minutes away from my front door. When I finally got Lindsay in the car, she was really quiet and wouldn't talk. I decided that maybe she needed to have some time to herself for a while. When we got home I found out that she was a little miffed at me because I hadn't given her a hug and kiss before saying goodbye at school. STUPID!! Obviously I meant to but in all of the bustle and worry about her seeing the tears in my eyes I neglected to send her off to a good start with a big hug. And obviously she thought about it most of the day because it was the very first thing she told me when she started talking again. I will never make that mistake again! And you can bet that she will get a kiss and hug every morning on her way to school as long as she is not embarrassed about it. I'm not going to let that slip by again!
That first night after Lindsay was in bed and as I was headed to bed I couldn't stop crying. I can't really tell you what all I was feeling. I have just been really sad that my little girl has to be away from me and her sister all day long. I never expected to feel this sad about it. I'm not over it yet, over a week later. I guess this is just the beginning.

My view of the Carpool line.

Leslie isn't bothered by the wait!

Doesn't she look a little mad still? This pic was taken as we walked in the door. Oh I felt horrible!

Scenes from the first day of school.

Our baby is in Kindergarten! She was so excited this morning, we were ready 10 minutes before we had to leave... That NEVER happens! :-) Of course, as a good scrapbooker/blogger I had to take a bunch of pictures (We weren't the only members of the paparazzi). Here are just a few:

Lindsay was very brave and didn't cry at all. I was afraid that she would be attached to my leg but she was easily lead to her seat in the class. I was proud of myself too because I didn't cry in front of her and only actually got teary a few times. Now I just have to figure out what to do with a 3 year old for the next 7 hours!

The Angels are Having a Party in Heaven!

Last night about 30 minutes after Lindsay and Leslie went to bed, Lindsay came out and said, "I prayed that Jesus would be in my heart and wash all my sins away." We have been very careful not to push on this subject. Waiting for her to gain understanding. Our focus has been on just her knowing that God loves her. It's important to us that the decision be her own and not pressured by us. So we were very excited when she somehow came to the conclusion herself that she needed to pray. We hadn't talked about it in a long time. We asked her why she decided to pray and she said that she was looking at her Bible book pictures and decided that she wasn't afraid anymore and she wanted to pray for Jesus to be with her.
Pray for us as we guide her to grow up and live her life for Jesus in a real and personal way.

I meant to post this a few days ago. Wrote it, then forgot to post. Sorry!

History According to Lindsay

I over hear Lindsay playing with Leslie in the other room and she asks her if she wants chicken or pig to eat. I didn't think much of it because we had a conversation about how ham is pig recently. But then when I came in the room Lindsay tells me that they are pretending to live in the olden days like the 70's and they are going out to kill and eat a pig.

Did they get this from Sesame Street?

Church Video

Check out the first video in the side bar on the right! :-)

Funny Video

I would have put this on my blog, but it is not up yet. This is for all the Redwing fans in my family! Enjoy

How's my day been?

I've written about it in my mom blog HERE.

Lindsay is 5!!?? How did that happen?

Lindsay's 5th birthday was yesterday! We celebrated with her special birthday girl necklace, a special trip for DQ cones with Mommy, a special birthday Starbucks drink from Daddy, special gifts from family far and near, and a special cake. I'd say the day was special enough. Though we couldn't have a big party this year, we tried to make both girl's birthdays joyful. We also made sure that we updated her birthday table cloth with this year's date and handprints and we put her current hight on the growth tree.
I can hardly believe that it's been 5 years! I am continually amazed at the love God has shown us through our little girl.

Changes

Some changes are coming to our blog. You may notice the blog list on the sideline only includes the most updated blogs so if yours isn't there, maybe it is time to write!! :-) Also, Lance is starting his own blog soon so keep a lookout for that. It will show up in the sideline too. More changes may come too, but we'll take it one at a time.

Leslie is 3

We celebrated Leslie's 3rd birthday this weekend. Unfortunately, she spent most of her actual birthday in a car seat, but we were able to celebrate with cake on Sunday. She was so exited, you would think it was an all out party.
I can't believe my baby is 3. She's moving out of the baby stage to little girl. It really goes too fast.

Why Family Reunions are Fun!

1) Color coordinated family Pictures






2) Brothers and sister together for the first time in one year.3) Putt-Putt bragging rights for the next few years.

4) A once in a lifetime moment: Grandma received an honorary high school diploma from the high school she had to drop out of to take care of her siblings after her mother died of breast cancer.
5) Silly family pictures6) The next Generation

Papa Jim's 60th Birthday

Last night we ate dinner at the Lazy J Texas Steakhouse! Kind of funny, eh? This is one of the places to eat on board the ship. We had a good time.

We also played golf earier in the day at Poipu Bay Golf Course. This is were the four major champions play each year at the end of the PGA season. We had a chance to go into the locker room.

Another Day in Paradise

Yesterday we docked in Kauai! Jim and played golf at the Poipu Bay golf course. Pics and video to come! I shot an 87. Here is a couple pictures from us playing in the ocean.

Fourth Day on the Boat - Kona, HI

WOW! Thank you mom and dad Skogman. What a great trip! I would say without a doubt, Kona has been the best stop so far! Here are a few pics from the stop!

This is a picture of Spinner Dolphins. We were on a glass bottom boat today and saw many fish, but it was really cool when we came across some of these guys!

This is a couple pictures of us at lunch. You can see Leslie was most concerned about the food and drink! See our boat in the background?

In addition to the food and the dolphins we went to the Beach and saw a couple of sea turtles up close! Tonight the boat leaves for Kauai! GOLF on Poipu!

First Full Day in Hawaii

Just wanted to send out a quick Aloha from the Bauslaughs! Here we are minus Lance (picture taker) at a beach side restaurant on the island of Maui! The cruise left yesterday and Honolulu was beautiful by night! Enjoy. More pics and videos to come!

Happy Fathers Day in Three Words

Well, our church had this great idea to do shout outs to our fathers for Fathers day today in the fashion of ABC News' Three words videos (click to see one). If you haven't seen one of these, they are quite fun and usually a tear or two comes along while you are watching the three word messages go across the screen. So the media department at our church has been soliciting pictures for the last 3 weeks and I submitted my picture 2 weeks ago, but for some reason, my photo did not get into the video. I don't know why, but since Lance and I have a meeting with the head media guy tomorrow, I plan on asking him. :-) Anyway, here is our "3 Words for Dad" photo. And if you would like to watch the video, it is on the top of the You Tube feed on our sidebar.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Here are some other important things that happened this day in history (I've Highlighted some of my favorites):

510 B C	Rome becomes a republic (one suggested date)
1594:	Orlando di Lasso died in Munich. He was 62. Orlando was one of the first composers to routinely compose polyphonic music, multiple melodies going at one time. Without Orlando, Bach might not have been possible
1642:	1st compulsory education law in America passed, by Massachusetts
1775:	United States Army founded
1777:	Continental Congress in Philadelphia adopts Stars and Stripes as U.S. flag, replacing Grand Union flag
1841:	The first Canadian parliament opened in Kingston
1847:	Bunson invents a gas burner
1900:	Hawaiian Territorial Government begins
1909:	Actor and folk singer Burl Ives born
1917:	Gen. Pershing and his HQ staff arrived in Paris during World War I
1919:	First direct airplane crossing of the Atlantic
1922:	Baltimore radio station WEAR first to put on a President (Harding)
1940:	German forces occupied Paris during World War II
1944:	First B-29 raid against mainland Japan
1946:	Real estate developer Donald Trump born
1948:	TV Guide is first published
1951:	Univac 1, the world's first commercial computer was unveiled and demonstrated in Philadephia PA. It was designed for use by the U.S. Bureau of the Census
1954:	President Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance
1961:	Androgynous rock musician George "Boy George" Dowd, (Culture Club) born
1968:	Actress Jasmine Bleeth born
1969:	Tennis player Steffi Graf (in West Germany) born
1971:	Actress Traylor Howard ("Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place") born
1976:	The Gong Show premiers
1977:	M. L. King killer James Earl Ray recaptured after prison break
1983:	Health Secretary Margaret Heckler said her department would give top priority to finding the cause and a cure for AIDS
1989:	Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was arrested for slapping a Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman
1989:	Smoking in closed areas and smoke commercials were forbidden
1990:	The Supreme Court, 6-3, upheld police checkpoints that examine drivers for signs of intoxication
1992:	The Chicago Bulls won the NBA championship, beating the Portland Trailblazers in game six, 97-to-93
1997:	Hong Kong's future legislature rammed through two laws Saturday to curb political freedoms and civil rights when China takes back the 156-year-old British colony in little more than two weeks' time
1998:	The Chicago Bulls clinched their sixth NBA championship, defeating the Utah Jazz in game six played in Salt Lake City, 87-to-86

Deep Thoughts From a 4 (almost 5) Year Old

Lindsay says we need to look like Bobby because she thinks that spiders think that spiders think that our hair is a spiderweb. Then we should tell the whole world to look like Bobby so that they know.


- For those who do not know Uncle Bobby is quite fashionably bald. :-)

A recent conversation in our house

The girls were looking through Pottery Barn magazine.

Leslie:what dis?
Lindsay:a table
Leslie: what dis?
Lindsay: a table
Leslie: what dis?
Lindsay: AARRGGG.....I TOLD YOU!!! A TABLE!!!!!

Katie: Lindsay...if you get mad, count to 10

a couple minutes later....

Leslie: what dis
Lindsay: 1,2,3,4,5,6.......

What does a TX Bauslaugh do on weekend with $4 gas?

GO TO THE POOL!!!! 92 degrees with 102 after the heat index!

NEW CHAPTER!

Two weeks ago I started a new job. I was not looking to leave Sterling Athletics, but I believe God had a bigger plan in store for us! I began a new chapter in my career/life/you name it two weeks ago!

I now work for a company called the Pursuant Group. The Pursuant Group began in 2001 and they specialize in online fundraising. Their client list ranges from Universities, non-profits, and parachurch organizations. However, I am coming on board to sell a brand new product to churches and non-profits nation wide. I am really excited about this product. It is called Unifyer. You can watch a two minute video at Unifyer but clicking the logo below.Unifyer is a web-base communication tool that, LORD willing, is going to revolutionize the way Churches "DO COMMUNITY"! Or more importantly the way a church communicates.

Unifyer allows the church to communicate in real-time at all levels of the church. We do this through empowering the church members to collaborate, join ministry feeds and start & join affinity groups they are most interested in. This might sound like a lot, but just think of a social network (like Facebook) for your church.....under your church's name. You are able to communicate with other church members in real time. While the social network is a neat part of Unifyer, the real importance is on this new wave of communication.

We have begun to ask ourselves, "what comes after email?"

If you are reading this, there is a good chance you also have a blog. Blogging is a nice way to communicate because I can post a picture or video and you can check it out when you want. You come back to our blog because you know us, or because you think our girls are cute and want to see the latest picture or video(sorry for not updating lately). Can you imagine a church or organization communicating through a series of blogs where you just click on the a blog of the next person and so on..... Unifyer allows all those blogs and content to be "umbrellaed" if you will, under the organization/church's name. Anytime someone updates a ministry with new information. Everyone who belongs to the ministry will get an email notification telling them there is new info for them to check out.

I am just rambling now, but the point is. We are no longer just using static websites and emails. WEB 2.0 has been here for a while! Check out this video!



We are the web! The church needs to realize that before it gets passed up. There is so much technology available to us and we need to use it! I am fired up.

I would be curious to hear what you think once you have watched the demo video from the Unifyer link above. We will have new content on the Unifyer website shortly (6/7 I hope). Content geared more to the Church.

Anyway, that is whats new here! Thanks for reading.

Lance

It's Summer in Texas!!

Summer has arrived full force in Texas. We have spent many days this week and last working on our tans at the pool. (Gotta get ready for Hawaii) Today, Lindsay tried out some new swim wings. She has never been really excited about swimming but today, with the swim wings she discovered a new freedom. Her favorite thing to do is just float there on the water. Now she wants to swim all the time and she thinks she can cross the pool no problem. Something mom is not ready for her to do without me being an arm away. I guess she is going to have some funny tan lines this year.

Today we had some friends join us.
Leslie doesn't understand why she doesn't get wings but for now she will have to be happy with the lily pad floaty.

Relay for Life

I wanted to post these pics a long time ago but better late than never!

We had fun at Relay again this year. Personally, I was able to raise $200.00 for the American Cancer Society. The entire event raised more than 2 million!!

The theme for our tent was Du Wop Bop out Cancer and we wore poodle skirts! If you've never been to a Relay for Life event you need to check one out in your area. They are fun, inspirational, reflective and therapeutic. Every year there is a moment that just gets you. This year, it was when I was walking with my friends during the luminaries part of the relay, talking about nothing important, when we came across two people in purple survivor shirts sobbing and holding each other over a particular luminary. It's hard to even think about without getting tears in my eyes.

Anyway, here is some of the fun we had:

It's been a while.

The last two months are a blur. We've had visitors from South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington and a new roommate from Chicago (Lance's sister Debra is living with us for a short time). So here are some pictures from March and April. We didn't get pictures of all of our visitors but there are a few represented. Also, notice that Lindsay beat both Grammie and Grandpa in Wii bowling. :-)

Maple Shade HS Dancing Principal

Is this guy cool, or what?

Relay for Life!

I will be participating in Relay for Life again this year. I am excited to be raising money for such an important cause. I don't know anyone who's life is not affected by cancer in some way. I have almost reached my goal for fundraising but would love to blow it out of the water! If you would like to join me in this effort please check out my fundraising website.
I am participating in memory of my Grammie and Auntie Sharon. And in honor of my mother, a survivor of more than 25 years.

Click HERE to see the site.

The Door

The Door!

Snow!

A very small slide show of the last couple of months.

No, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth. We're just in Texas!

I know it has been forever. We have had a busy couple of months since Christmas but not much to blog about. Just work and some play. Tonight we had some excitement because it is snowing in Texas!!! Real snow, not the pittance we usually get. It started shortly before bedtime and is really coming down right now. What is truly unbelievable is that it was in the 70s yesterday and today, it is clearly in the 30s. Gotta love it!!?? Lance is missing it all for a show in Indiana but I thought I would put a picture up for you all and Lance to see what he is missing. I only wish that the girls could play in it, but I think that it is going to be gone by the time they wake up. I have actually considered getting them up and bundling them up to go play in it, but I don't think the neighbors would like to hear us frolicking at ten o'clock on a school night.

Happy Birthday Lance!

Today, Lance enters the last year of his 20's. :-)
29 years ago today, my best friend was born. I thank God every day for the man he is.

We Love you Lance!

Kissing the Ground

We arrived back in Texas this afternoon. The plane touched down at 5pm central time. I had enough time to listen to the Seahawks loose the lead and get it back just as quick as they lost it.

Anyway, at about 3:30pm central time our plane was dead center over the Rockies. We were flying very smoothly. We were enjoying the flight as it was not very full and we were able to claim a whole row of seats. Katie had Lindsay in a set of three seats and I had Leslie in the other three seats. ALL OF A SUDDEN....BAM!!!!! The plane shook violently. Now, I have experienced turbulence before and this was was crazy! Picture the TV show LOST when stuff goes flying everywhere. We were in the back of the plane and the flight attendants were in the galley with all of their serving items loose. Lets just say it went everywhere. One flight attendant ended up laying in the middle of the aisle and she did not voluntarily lay down there! A guy two seats in front of me lost his coffee only instead of it falling to floor, it was all over the ceiling of the plane.

The plane shook and dropped and moved for only about 30 seconds we figure, and then it was fine again. Needless to say it was not a happy 30 seconds. The girls handled it like Champs. While both girls were frightened, Lindsay did have a comment when it was over, "WEEEEEE!" We believe she has flown too many times for a four year old! :-)

When we were getting off of the plane, we saw a guy in a suit with an FAA badge requesting a special inspection of the plane! We decided that it is really amazing that something made by man can be 30,000 feet in the air traveling a break-neck speeds and handle that kind of pressure/violence.

Another side note......we got home and the house was a cool 62 degrees. We lowered the temp in the house while we were gone. Guess how we warmed the house up????? We opened the windows. It was 75 degrees outside with a slight breeze! Got to love Texas!