tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12144761842993060472024-03-05T03:43:03.459-08:00The PruittsAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-47178847321515651672011-05-05T08:19:00.000-07:002011-07-10T18:06:47.051-07:00Alyssa's 8th B-Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvM4q-krqy0wZGuFFC1aThtbwlSd75SVRsqje2oGwxWXNOa0ERnIBbedGJ7Zul0_ysBDxh9SB2tktbERDE0bb_U0q45Tp0an5kXFJ6GUBn9OOgUrXQqGoudubB3rWYN_fzFKYAzXBamw/s1600/DSC_0376a8x10.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvM4q-krqy0wZGuFFC1aThtbwlSd75SVRsqje2oGwxWXNOa0ERnIBbedGJ7Zul0_ysBDxh9SB2tktbERDE0bb_U0q45Tp0an5kXFJ6GUBn9OOgUrXQqGoudubB3rWYN_fzFKYAzXBamw/s320/DSC_0376a8x10.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627894695831412130" /></a><br />This year Alyssa decided that she wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese instead of having a friend party. The kids loved it and so did grandma Tricia and grandpa Gary. Grandpa Ron, Grandma Vicki and aunt Kristi were in Utah on her birthday so we were able to have a celebration with them as well. (Our camera died so I have no pictures of any of this. Just imagine lots of presents, and game playing and cheap prizes won with huge amounts of tickets).<div>She also had a party in Logan with Anthony and Shanel's family. She is a little spoiled, but we love this Girl! </div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-24994846397611143702011-05-05T08:14:00.000-07:002011-07-10T17:40:27.544-07:00UpdateSo I missed a few important things in 2010. Just Alyssa's 7th B-day, Easter, Lake Powell, Landen's 4th birthday and Christmas (I am sure there are a bunch more things too). After debating whether to go back and cover it all or to just start from now, my lazy side won and I have decided to start fresh...again! (at least all of these things will be in their scrapbooks....wait I have to do those too!)Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-26911459592705592642011-02-05T16:28:00.000-08:002011-02-05T16:30:37.467-08:00No promisesI am going to try to catch up and be better at blogging, but after the amount of time it took me to do this last post I am making no promises. It may easily be a year again before you get another post so I hope that you enjoy this one!Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-6471369377212564232011-02-05T14:44:00.001-08:002011-02-05T16:27:05.763-08:00Our New HouseWe moved into my parents house 2 years ago. We had our property and plans to build our house. The property needed to be leveled and developed. Between Pat's new business, scouts, remodelling the Joe's Valley cabin, and everything else in life, it did not happen as quickly as we hoped. I told Pat that if it wasn't started by the summer, I was looking for a house to buy. Summer came and nothing happened so I began my search. We wanted a house that was inexpensive and needed work so that we could fix it up and make some money in 3-5 years. (That is the new deadline for building) After looking at many, many, many houses that didn't quite work I found this one. I made Pat come and see it and even he liked it. It didn't look like much from the outside, but after going through it and seeing the potential, we decided it was the one we wanted. We put in an offer, and it was accepted.<br /><br /> Here is our new house!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeoANLM2TbOXrz7paGwXG2s08v-Gndbi6IsnS9EUqdzGuVhyphenhyphenzxfo8n_qd2W3kxAaPnXVEVa-GiqyQY2Eh3Ex3OoS9Khj9Q0cgdUoP7KXGc-mjQbCH0CoJGJdO2Lj_kmWvXezBrlucRBM/s1600/326.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570359501918000962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEeoANLM2TbOXrz7paGwXG2s08v-Gndbi6IsnS9EUqdzGuVhyphenhyphenzxfo8n_qd2W3kxAaPnXVEVa-GiqyQY2Eh3Ex3OoS9Khj9Q0cgdUoP7KXGc-mjQbCH0CoJGJdO2Lj_kmWvXezBrlucRBM/s320/326.JPG" /></a> We had to reshingle it replace the window in Landen's room, and fix a few other things before we could get the loan. It was kind of bad timing since it all had to be done while Pat's mom was in town from Illinois. But thanks to Gary, Jim, Brock, and Sue, we got everything done in a few days. <br /><br />We officially owned the home in September and moved in the first part of November.<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div>Everything needs to be redone, but the kids' rooms and the downstairs bathroom were in the worst shape. We did those first then we will do the kitchen, family room and laundry room. The master bedroom is not so bad, but the bathroom needs to be remodeled. It will be the last thing we do.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheOaKWrqPqOhCdL1m_Jn1IEWjQVUmMGJohOZgWZKKNn3Z4BLQBbdmZY-lTulNwERiYmm2XhFul1t7lPAXK2l2PyVBrGaa9KFRIZNSiPVI5UDYEDJ63LVVevk0Yl45atpexJhbbnW0sR4/s1600/336.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570358464234052258" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheOaKWrqPqOhCdL1m_Jn1IEWjQVUmMGJohOZgWZKKNn3Z4BLQBbdmZY-lTulNwERiYmm2XhFul1t7lPAXK2l2PyVBrGaa9KFRIZNSiPVI5UDYEDJ63LVVevk0Yl45atpexJhbbnW0sR4/s320/336.JPG" /></a> We used the recess in the wall to build a desk and book shelves for all of Alyssa's books and other knick knacks.</div><div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvxi_iiTbWvM8yCK8NdpeH1CwJHFa4wTmKBnKxT4EsB_kelUUb9KQH4ftPglCikq02wEZFrFC3sWxZsGjDjcpPEFD8n5BTfCa4vnv95RV_UEnx5pMXkHs4OpBn5r1xyZ6XukDOsmV2Ss/s1600/449.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570358149711361074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvxi_iiTbWvM8yCK8NdpeH1CwJHFa4wTmKBnKxT4EsB_kelUUb9KQH4ftPglCikq02wEZFrFC3sWxZsGjDjcpPEFD8n5BTfCa4vnv95RV_UEnx5pMXkHs4OpBn5r1xyZ6XukDOsmV2Ss/s320/449.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBLudrriAZRwz8XiT3DamYiQR8ToEWPo-I74fujl75XXRVqJ_UgwFau-K0JHN6NifcICwkPKQEBeJr7wuFkIAM9C9AyntTXYERf42pkfQfl5ECLNIKz_87VVO37FBLjitQPgGDvnnE4U/s1600/335.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570357904161588114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicBLudrriAZRwz8XiT3DamYiQR8ToEWPo-I74fujl75XXRVqJ_UgwFau-K0JHN6NifcICwkPKQEBeJr7wuFkIAM9C9AyntTXYERf42pkfQfl5ECLNIKz_87VVO37FBLjitQPgGDvnnE4U/s320/335.JPG" /></a> We took off the closet doors and put up curtains. Much easier the access the closet.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSkib1va-L1aBJX2kTbCjzBMAHWInxO1HBYr1AXnwGqoVOBgor4itrszShhMnBrcgnxg8cjTYCgXLVX4tM3Pi3HqvRVEXQcOkMI96ab_6H3Lke0DZj3fIH4ZFMMmV2kK8wHkvltHlFGY/s1600/450.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570357580405906242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSkib1va-L1aBJX2kTbCjzBMAHWInxO1HBYr1AXnwGqoVOBgor4itrszShhMnBrcgnxg8cjTYCgXLVX4tM3Pi3HqvRVEXQcOkMI96ab_6H3Lke0DZj3fIH4ZFMMmV2kK8wHkvltHlFGY/s320/450.JPG" /></a> <div>The old renters left behind a lot of crap. We cleaned out tons of stuff.</div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSiVrZrgF6RFZDwrJDOvScCxLKFdgJaGBO8ItKTXFI1RPwYpBir4XQBw3DDcGi9jmL7OBwkMufszAHDhQd4gcT2shJfLQxMWklc8ctB83LpDpoGTF76h3sr9bTCA3Cq5hle4A-iYcb7U/s1600/334.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570357173180403522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSiVrZrgF6RFZDwrJDOvScCxLKFdgJaGBO8ItKTXFI1RPwYpBir4XQBw3DDcGi9jmL7OBwkMufszAHDhQd4gcT2shJfLQxMWklc8ctB83LpDpoGTF76h3sr9bTCA3Cq5hle4A-iYcb7U/s320/334.JPG" /></a> At first we were really nervous about how bright the pink was, but it turned out amazing.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtWt_Kjm7liVcpEtN5rysQWYZBBGaaafUoafx66OxhRviMeVhnaq-xu6qXRPsda3m3hXwS4GuXGy2eixFYcIOoLMN1iL3aUDvb9SrE0gmMKmnfZJJJZA7GbL-Hh4u7VkJOT1Cv8a7bIY/s1600/451.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570356621855491234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtWt_Kjm7liVcpEtN5rysQWYZBBGaaafUoafx66OxhRviMeVhnaq-xu6qXRPsda3m3hXwS4GuXGy2eixFYcIOoLMN1iL3aUDvb9SrE0gmMKmnfZJJJZA7GbL-Hh4u7VkJOT1Cv8a7bIY/s320/451.JPG" /></a><br />I love the big window in Alyssa's room. She loves having a space that is all her own.</div><div> </div><div>Landen's room is a little smaller, but it is perfect for him.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCK9FA6K_-GLXC7pD-wjNAsgufNksYbY2xyjcRUfC_5OSnxvL4ZgfgeZ5aXBX5IdULhm2mliDTrm20D_bcpqg43KwJE1i7oS5oAqs6UiMxhV0uj7OJ31MFr8kphaveH4VJdBvxwDFRs0/s1600/340.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570355559754114850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsCK9FA6K_-GLXC7pD-wjNAsgufNksYbY2xyjcRUfC_5OSnxvL4ZgfgeZ5aXBX5IdULhm2mliDTrm20D_bcpqg43KwJE1i7oS5oAqs6UiMxhV0uj7OJ31MFr8kphaveH4VJdBvxwDFRs0/s320/340.JPG" /></a> Landen wanted all of the superheroes in his room.<br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4K_MXAbNVRAY-kq-Zltc5eATHFsJtm4CYbF7FnbAWJEpKqO4TRDxMY6IV8PYETTSzNU7dVA3FUMd1vA0_zB2pqEVLuDvHw0OH_543GE3aXLChO776r7-EdTjpJJhlKMxSf2N3oF47C0/s1600/458.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570355172363233730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb4K_MXAbNVRAY-kq-Zltc5eATHFsJtm4CYbF7FnbAWJEpKqO4TRDxMY6IV8PYETTSzNU7dVA3FUMd1vA0_zB2pqEVLuDvHw0OH_543GE3aXLChO776r7-EdTjpJJhlKMxSf2N3oF47C0/s320/458.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguIYL3q9m9bbRyNmXCvBSdEyR7PGxF1_udO_XaZAji5RGk1Tw_5Nb0Ex6uOzwhweAjK6hzdQYGfVRL0v81vCDBNyHrXR4tvkvCbvsyjEt4jqAN1e6H7GtCzXX3mhFi-t6mlHwUvnOjDA/s1600/457.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570354471543754450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgguIYL3q9m9bbRyNmXCvBSdEyR7PGxF1_udO_XaZAji5RGk1Tw_5Nb0Ex6uOzwhweAjK6hzdQYGfVRL0v81vCDBNyHrXR4tvkvCbvsyjEt4jqAN1e6H7GtCzXX3mhFi-t6mlHwUvnOjDA/s320/457.JPG" /></a> Landen loves his new room. He loved it even before it was redone. He was just so excited to have a space of his own. <div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB18V8zOm5YaSdIHu5Q-p-gdETmm90QL5DyuNX4GZjd2e5_aAnxQQTzOMmPz_tqA0YE_mkbemx-SUqCg5YpDBr58PPKRPgDzrxKCN91ROT1UyH5ZTtBjSg6CRT3NR6TJ4Qv5_uxGhVDV8/s1600/339.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570352888075555842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB18V8zOm5YaSdIHu5Q-p-gdETmm90QL5DyuNX4GZjd2e5_aAnxQQTzOMmPz_tqA0YE_mkbemx-SUqCg5YpDBr58PPKRPgDzrxKCN91ROT1UyH5ZTtBjSg6CRT3NR6TJ4Qv5_uxGhVDV8/s320/339.JPG" /></a> This great cowboy wallpaper was underneath the amazing paneling! Lots of surprises when you rip stuff apart.<br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzCkXHzFXmZaRXu-TxIgFuWjrYxsO4jLCDijkZSwGoeSntaEKP8ZmFg9K5nxxK4aUqfxbxsTXD8AHHD8NWmeP-qKvRaEY4_GvSpXNvYZ9cqJC5dDqAX7ulrWg23GwyQ1WUWtJzI-EeT0/s1600/375.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570351721365237490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFzCkXHzFXmZaRXu-TxIgFuWjrYxsO4jLCDijkZSwGoeSntaEKP8ZmFg9K5nxxK4aUqfxbxsTXD8AHHD8NWmeP-qKvRaEY4_GvSpXNvYZ9cqJC5dDqAX7ulrWg23GwyQ1WUWtJzI-EeT0/s320/375.JPG" /></a> I love how Landen's room turned out!<br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXLm7d2RSjHohjtPZb37UJgv8WVDf4of6c_6jla0G4z_V3BACkz__3O1c-zhADc4VkfpodjMKtXFohC7vqE-dY0WX5URnf2yuOaaPMed2RKJkG0aOzz7SVAOl3Ya5TBN2e9V0qr36_bI/s1600/459.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570349901952527266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXLm7d2RSjHohjtPZb37UJgv8WVDf4of6c_6jla0G4z_V3BACkz__3O1c-zhADc4VkfpodjMKtXFohC7vqE-dY0WX5URnf2yuOaaPMed2RKJkG0aOzz7SVAOl3Ya5TBN2e9V0qr36_bI/s320/459.JPG" /></a> We completely gutted the bathroom.<br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdo1ZlIJpzb4eVEUYdY8ZC5v9yekiycPmfNzBNADWtq7xuLMz3gIyektYqmv7bb37vwdkyTimuzM6ovaPrxDYHNaddfJF1ti-yB6uEb4rSkgt-TO1lfAXfnnfpIRmerv26ciYSexcZvTE/s1600/378.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570348002922009506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdo1ZlIJpzb4eVEUYdY8ZC5v9yekiycPmfNzBNADWtq7xuLMz3gIyektYqmv7bb37vwdkyTimuzM6ovaPrxDYHNaddfJF1ti-yB6uEb4rSkgt-TO1lfAXfnnfpIRmerv26ciYSexcZvTE/s320/378.JPG" /></a> <div></div><div>As much as I loved the glass blocks around the window, we decided to replace them with a new, slightly smaller window. </div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7JSWi9mA20xXOqZZgGM72Ywltiho2-7dQbPn_DJsQCbYu2UHcfWJHGcS0K3AuxZL2nqPCUa2iWTUWveTu4oTJc2Bp68jwk__fjNiXL4pt-blMCuWjLydrlKY2QM7mE4Oj1H2OUH_W7g/s1600/452.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570346917602062866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7JSWi9mA20xXOqZZgGM72Ywltiho2-7dQbPn_DJsQCbYu2UHcfWJHGcS0K3AuxZL2nqPCUa2iWTUWveTu4oTJc2Bp68jwk__fjNiXL4pt-blMCuWjLydrlKY2QM7mE4Oj1H2OUH_W7g/s320/452.JPG" /></a> We knocked out the wall around the tub and moved it to put in a bigger one. <div><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLomNYGFWqFWyJoSzAO3oPiUGPNbgbTm9a6ZuLGxFLaI5cnPsiMJgulUaJ7H-2LYclGrWeYD2kPhVYouS_zXdFymX078n42go7OjMzmC16BdFxIfAmbGq_JJ8Qza6DT1DCa8WSajfcBy4/s1600/379.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570345321835391906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLomNYGFWqFWyJoSzAO3oPiUGPNbgbTm9a6ZuLGxFLaI5cnPsiMJgulUaJ7H-2LYclGrWeYD2kPhVYouS_zXdFymX078n42go7OjMzmC16BdFxIfAmbGq_JJ8Qza6DT1DCa8WSajfcBy4/s320/379.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTUCq0wxJWxWU5V3hgmX2NEfQ3jEdTZr_nKNcc2Ni4h1sggPC28Q1CQxWT2jSpCEsv6YD_xq5JJF6fwWSgr8Z9LNnoVscrTljTshXfD__-9XTLKUZRwLAhhKPEVD48-Rc8naeKNWOW70/s1600/453.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570345015691379442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLTUCq0wxJWxWU5V3hgmX2NEfQ3jEdTZr_nKNcc2Ni4h1sggPC28Q1CQxWT2jSpCEsv6YD_xq5JJF6fwWSgr8Z9LNnoVscrTljTshXfD__-9XTLKUZRwLAhhKPEVD48-Rc8naeKNWOW70/s320/453.JPG" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3T4rVgC01m-8FnogJNtU3qnr-hbcE_Ebf8vqZLEIFPwTNjbeswX9B8ky2L7mp0PrWewWx9ad6WZr1hAPxZsVN_FmiDASbsEQ0THluHhReLcTIasyUI8W5ko989SKnPs6oLcLhFSp1Yo/s1600/455.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570344602058807010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3T4rVgC01m-8FnogJNtU3qnr-hbcE_Ebf8vqZLEIFPwTNjbeswX9B8ky2L7mp0PrWewWx9ad6WZr1hAPxZsVN_FmiDASbsEQ0THluHhReLcTIasyUI8W5ko989SKnPs6oLcLhFSp1Yo/s320/455.JPG" /></a>I love our house! We still have a lot of work to do, but it has been great to have our own place. As soon as we finish the remodel I will post more before and afters. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-20562156834371626502010-03-04T06:54:00.000-08:002010-03-04T06:58:30.257-08:00So I finally updated (Yay!!) I really have been working on it, but for some reason the videos seriously took from morning to night to "process" and then upload. I don't know why, but this did incite a little complaining from me (o.k. maybe a lot of loud complaining) which led to the "don't be such a woman, mom" comment from Landen. It is now the favorite saying to anyone complaining in our household.Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-52930571087267739572010-03-01T16:25:00.000-08:002010-03-03T21:23:58.951-08:00Snowboarding<div>We took the kids snowboarding up Huntington Canyon. They surprised us with how well they did. I thought there would be lots of crashing, whining, and tears, but they were amazing!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmFKqhzZIyzdjfi0HuenLgJMVcLb4tl3iKvSoql0frfK7W9-SWQ_Awp-UuLYwtlIeMyqYHQnLCgQJIobR9TZ7BDwR7BOTYVcpVEamAbtkjnwUjasHso1AuPQK8NzW_cOar4xbcaffIp4/s1600-h/IMG_0391.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmFKqhzZIyzdjfi0HuenLgJMVcLb4tl3iKvSoql0frfK7W9-SWQ_Awp-UuLYwtlIeMyqYHQnLCgQJIobR9TZ7BDwR7BOTYVcpVEamAbtkjnwUjasHso1AuPQK8NzW_cOar4xbcaffIp4/s320/IMG_0391.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443830198781440994" /></a><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmFKqhzZIyzdjfi0HuenLgJMVcLb4tl3iKvSoql0frfK7W9-SWQ_Awp-UuLYwtlIeMyqYHQnLCgQJIobR9TZ7BDwR7BOTYVcpVEamAbtkjnwUjasHso1AuPQK8NzW_cOar4xbcaffIp4/s1600-h/IMG_0391.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoJBZg6iHzXPdyCpF5vJXWgDPKibCxBQBCa5I4dp2ezfU2W-HLOmyHqp72B4eeejZt33r7cjumbZkrKkKnX2_goq6UAXDDrm9cSLvZq4rPDv8jTB2_9thKvsq1nAO8U0hXEyKDHH53DU/s1600-h/IMG_0393.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGoJBZg6iHzXPdyCpF5vJXWgDPKibCxBQBCa5I4dp2ezfU2W-HLOmyHqp72B4eeejZt33r7cjumbZkrKkKnX2_goq6UAXDDrm9cSLvZq4rPDv8jTB2_9thKvsq1nAO8U0hXEyKDHH53DU/s320/IMG_0393.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444520139986163170" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Pat and I had a chance to go down the hill a couple of times, but mostly the kids did the riding.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmFKqhzZIyzdjfi0HuenLgJMVcLb4tl3iKvSoql0frfK7W9-SWQ_Awp-UuLYwtlIeMyqYHQnLCgQJIobR9TZ7BDwR7BOTYVcpVEamAbtkjnwUjasHso1AuPQK8NzW_cOar4xbcaffIp4/s1600-h/IMG_0391.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3PfWmhUCJ32EPZZHunZH-YJJKuXuIDohlbs0rd6GUOD4pvnRaWjdZ5jWl3VJ4jbLpdqhp5YOB4iprEvOSHu-BkYBBi12ZTIg7qGBTN23X3YU_k7NNwQs8dc1Qz9mPlaaWnC9YMuKjFA/s1600-h/IMG_0387.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA3PfWmhUCJ32EPZZHunZH-YJJKuXuIDohlbs0rd6GUOD4pvnRaWjdZ5jWl3VJ4jbLpdqhp5YOB4iprEvOSHu-BkYBBi12ZTIg7qGBTN23X3YU_k7NNwQs8dc1Qz9mPlaaWnC9YMuKjFA/s320/IMG_0387.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443829984387559394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUADwzyMq2DCOtdMusrJyL2KXW6H1InfQwHSCQB8i8GkfG3o1ochoNb9lZqtSj4GFzVz2kOmVKZd-Wg24LkJDdpBpiIzWmHCk-N7N93kIjhjlhrk3jgAz_isHt6bDj3KWzjb-yzcinaic/s1600-h/IMG_0381.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUADwzyMq2DCOtdMusrJyL2KXW6H1InfQwHSCQB8i8GkfG3o1ochoNb9lZqtSj4GFzVz2kOmVKZd-Wg24LkJDdpBpiIzWmHCk-N7N93kIjhjlhrk3jgAz_isHt6bDj3KWzjb-yzcinaic/s320/IMG_0381.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443829779835347618" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUADwzyMq2DCOtdMusrJyL2KXW6H1InfQwHSCQB8i8GkfG3o1ochoNb9lZqtSj4GFzVz2kOmVKZd-Wg24LkJDdpBpiIzWmHCk-N7N93kIjhjlhrk3jgAz_isHt6bDj3KWzjb-yzcinaic/s1600-h/IMG_0381.jpg"></a>Alyssa learned that walking up the hill really makes you tired!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr4f_64mLFeFJkTKptctnKRz2ald-4LTH8qDXgRrNbwUSTa4fHM3CmHQa9gv59y3RwQNNhcr2CGdtV2hY_SHcaXH_bk5e4Th-mauapyHJu3q9TevPWrYxcVfElfX4usvD4RfwTh1pYyk/s1600-h/IMG_0386.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr4f_64mLFeFJkTKptctnKRz2ald-4LTH8qDXgRrNbwUSTa4fHM3CmHQa9gv59y3RwQNNhcr2CGdtV2hY_SHcaXH_bk5e4Th-mauapyHJu3q9TevPWrYxcVfElfX4usvD4RfwTh1pYyk/s320/IMG_0386.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443829520012231554" /></a></div><div>She went about 10 times and then had enough.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSr4f_64mLFeFJkTKptctnKRz2ald-4LTH8qDXgRrNbwUSTa4fHM3CmHQa9gv59y3RwQNNhcr2CGdtV2hY_SHcaXH_bk5e4Th-mauapyHJu3q9TevPWrYxcVfElfX4usvD4RfwTh1pYyk/s1600-h/IMG_0386.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8gZ9CQyHYPA7ntpq-F4Ll78hoibhLuDMAbU6qWSzQU4dXI-BpwpdKZkWuTIJLXEKE6bYwUOmC9EC9uitd10aZb2q_Kd-4Vcq0-FQdpusijTPZaiLePzPE8tcejB6pjH2nu6egmaWj0s/s1600-h/IMG_0377.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8gZ9CQyHYPA7ntpq-F4Ll78hoibhLuDMAbU6qWSzQU4dXI-BpwpdKZkWuTIJLXEKE6bYwUOmC9EC9uitd10aZb2q_Kd-4Vcq0-FQdpusijTPZaiLePzPE8tcejB6pjH2nu6egmaWj0s/s320/IMG_0377.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443826584986670818" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8gZ9CQyHYPA7ntpq-F4Ll78hoibhLuDMAbU6qWSzQU4dXI-BpwpdKZkWuTIJLXEKE6bYwUOmC9EC9uitd10aZb2q_Kd-4Vcq0-FQdpusijTPZaiLePzPE8tcejB6pjH2nu6egmaWj0s/s1600-h/IMG_0377.jpg"></a>Landen didn't have to worry about walking back up. It was much easier to carry him with his board and all than trying to get him strapped in over and over. I think he about 50 times. It is much easier when everyone else is doing the work for you. Poor Pat, he did most of it!<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8gZ9CQyHYPA7ntpq-F4Ll78hoibhLuDMAbU6qWSzQU4dXI-BpwpdKZkWuTIJLXEKE6bYwUOmC9EC9uitd10aZb2q_Kd-4Vcq0-FQdpusijTPZaiLePzPE8tcejB6pjH2nu6egmaWj0s/s1600-h/IMG_0377.jpg"></a>These videos were taken the next weekend in Joe's Valley, at the Cabin. Pat and Grandpa took Landen up and made him a hill. He can't get enough.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyqPTVQJ615GjFe7XjMbP2tfVCPtw4M4fXynd-LrEYwQIKTYtS8z16jpfcycj2VH_Bz6lVPCH9PyJO6OPXVyA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div>Landen had a pretty good face plant on this one. It didn't stop him at all!</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwDj9SBtkAB3mhRoqkBY18M44Ngi5R_40issO7hE7sUYR5TRJLRgdk8lfIODtovkQmdtO7vnoJ1QOeE_Sq9eA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>He gets really mad when he doesn't make it all the way to the end as you can see in this next video. He decides to take it out on the snow.</div></div></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzgXBr0gayggvDxLrZYNuHO9Ykwktq0_2ogin_RghuatncUJ27m-8GxG2cUnzWq9-fFTKPI2YIHhDVtIN0QJA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div>This one is of Alyssa up Huntington Canyon. Just tilt your head to watch. For some reason I can't get the video to stay flipped when I upload it, and ignore the excited mom commentary. I really was not expecting them to do so well, so I was really excited when she made it down the hill.<br /><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx7XKQBDBKdibeugxXLaKhYN-2PIqy9-TaVCr7FwDLWHoR0BfwlyAZfUTca5c6tnq7HusMditfZf8D_JEar7w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-35679216199778283322010-03-01T16:06:00.000-08:002010-03-04T06:48:25.351-08:00Gymnastics Competition Feb. 27, 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><div><br /></div></span><div><div><div></div><div>This was Alyssa's First tumbling pass. She did so well, straight legs, pointed toes, cute smile. She is such a performer. I have never seen her do it this well. When we try to practice she gets really mad at me, but when it comes time to perform she is great!</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz7s-5SK0h-Te2xmK5yfFm7dm3WhMeA1O12NvT_Z3j0AOd8RMsz71nI-MXM0tWjMxdIQpzNj1vfi9jar9aR' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>Her second pass was just as good. I am so proud of her.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzYRijpw0PLsbGtdM-0qaM4U0SuD88CciPa8qWyRWIZaP2ZyqsdQjygeXc_iNhNdkA_mz6fLCZqZ8d5qggdvw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYW6Henv1bg6cTblUI8HMduKJjYkCQRhxfhTUskmKeO265Y-4tJW8p6dPXpbTOMScxEaeOqy-mDx1pRbM-ePCIEM72PMIg4zfAU8LWdelEg82yyukDtYzkhLQoXeUukvwiPIIWREbVws/s1600-h/IMG_0419.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYW6Henv1bg6cTblUI8HMduKJjYkCQRhxfhTUskmKeO265Y-4tJW8p6dPXpbTOMScxEaeOqy-mDx1pRbM-ePCIEM72PMIg4zfAU8LWdelEg82yyukDtYzkhLQoXeUukvwiPIIWREbVws/s320/IMG_0419.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443823471615774978" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Cheyanne took first, Alyssa took second, and Maya took third. All from flips -N- Tricks gym. We are so proud of them!</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRKbeQEbU9Icd3Tj56Po68M3PMvSeWFgI2JxoEipuqNJyQrB94MnsPasratI9XzdQsFr9mAvk26PXoAtfnKvcnnldNQRK8ProGwG7AdS7KNF2MXJBLtslGlgFmTr-mo56phxVtIl8Xno/s1600-h/IMG_0421.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRKbeQEbU9Icd3Tj56Po68M3PMvSeWFgI2JxoEipuqNJyQrB94MnsPasratI9XzdQsFr9mAvk26PXoAtfnKvcnnldNQRK8ProGwG7AdS7KNF2MXJBLtslGlgFmTr-mo56phxVtIl8Xno/s320/IMG_0421.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443823676339083442" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div>Alyssa (2nd) and Cheyanne (1st) with their medals. It is so much fun for Alyssa to have a cousin to do all of this with. They both did great.</div></div></div><br /><div><br /></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-9728317048609480672010-02-09T09:24:00.000-08:002010-02-09T09:39:35.561-08:00A day in the life of a mom<div> Child: Mom, mom, mom, mom <div> mom: What?</div><div> Child: Can you get me a drink?</div><div> Child: mom, mom, mom, mom</div><div> mom: What?</div><div>Child: I am hungry</div><div> Child: mom, mom, mom, mom</div><div> mom: What?</div><div> Child: my shoe is untied</div><div>Child: mom, mom, mom, mom</div><div>mom: What?</div><div>Child: can I watch t.v.</div><div>Child; mom, mom, mom, mom</div><div>mom: what?</div><div>Child: can I play at my friends?</div><div>Child: mom, mom, mom, mom</div><div>Mom: What?</div><div>Child: will you read me a story?</div><div>Child: mom, mom, mom, mom</div><div>mom: What!?!</div><div>Child: I love you</div><div>Mom: I love you too!</div><div>And it is all worth it!!!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MURKqnmW5vbM98WUt3vdlHyJP60_LOGhJBonhkVTfvtXflHiiBwfmbBUi53nplOu_nPCdpolfaSVC1KhytJCxZN2cJlaDKlt6k1H54hkZjn0Ob4W1C6idqAFBwEEgYkHjVEkeuWdUz0/s1600-h/IMG_0279.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6MURKqnmW5vbM98WUt3vdlHyJP60_LOGhJBonhkVTfvtXflHiiBwfmbBUi53nplOu_nPCdpolfaSVC1KhytJCxZN2cJlaDKlt6k1H54hkZjn0Ob4W1C6idqAFBwEEgYkHjVEkeuWdUz0/s320/IMG_0279.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436299431451494754" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div>I am so glad I get to be their mom!!!</div></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-91198297548573902282010-01-28T08:28:00.000-08:002010-01-28T08:36:51.734-08:00Freedom!!<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Landen</span> got his cast off yesterday. When we were in the room waiting this was the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">conversation</span>:<div><br /></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Landen</span>: I am not scared as last time, but I am just a little bit scared.</div><div>Me: It's o.k to be a little scared, but you know it won't hurt right?</div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Landen</span>: Just as long as they don't cut me it will be fine.</div><div><br /></div><div>He was so cute and trying so hard to be brave. While they were cutting it off he just kept saying it's not so bad. When she pulled everything off though and he looked at his arm, he started to panic and said it looks so awful! It was scaly and he told me just wash it and made me hold it. They took some more X-rays and said everything looks really good. It didn't take him long to start using it and then he kept saying look what I can do as he preceded to pick up everything in the office, run in circles so that he could fall down and use his arm and he was especially excited that he could hold onto the sucker that they gave him.</div><div><br /></div><div>He is back to his old self and has me terrified that he will just break it again, but the doc assures me that it is solid.</div><div>Hopefully this is the last broken bone we have, but somehow that doesn't seem likely!</div><div><br /></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-67899919494554622652010-01-15T14:56:00.000-08:002010-01-15T16:12:18.814-08:00The cast!<div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLd3NLhgPYmmBT55fPW3WTwP2lH6e5Mb9QqaAVPn0LDUESjMS6XalMAgifqUJLYAGSm9cQ_0WmH4DQdOddvstILry41xV2AejWGOqOkgf9v9IuQIpm_lFcoBcS6cluaJz4nCzNJJWLiyc/s1600-h/IMG_0339.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLd3NLhgPYmmBT55fPW3WTwP2lH6e5Mb9QqaAVPn0LDUESjMS6XalMAgifqUJLYAGSm9cQ_0WmH4DQdOddvstILry41xV2AejWGOqOkgf9v9IuQIpm_lFcoBcS6cluaJz4nCzNJJWLiyc/s320/IMG_0339.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427120294728723474" /></a></div><div>A bout a week after Landen broke his arm, we went in to have a cast put on. Apparently you have to wait that long for all the swelling to go down.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwpb_uqSLdQAXm1BcmLTLGZM1HH9buDBQzoYAV8PeJNQIoCF1CQB3WvOIdZGKbNlwHGFU4stCLI1XxZQkqkCG9SAbzV2sTeQ7cWrJfFF5KqFvTRc9fgLdaVqmZdmQ3MUB2J462lhkoWQ/s1600-h/IMG_0337.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwpb_uqSLdQAXm1BcmLTLGZM1HH9buDBQzoYAV8PeJNQIoCF1CQB3WvOIdZGKbNlwHGFU4stCLI1XxZQkqkCG9SAbzV2sTeQ7cWrJfFF5KqFvTRc9fgLdaVqmZdmQ3MUB2J462lhkoWQ/s320/IMG_0337.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427120125041874242" /></a></div><div>He was actually doing really well with everything. He wasn't freaked out at all and just kept telling the doctor about motorcycles and what Santa was going to bring him for Christmas.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwRPSe1TydOenvYUWYYIQPJTKS7svY6_a7vxbilhteAe3yFc6uHCc7XEOQj_wIgpC148RDkWm2L0wNZErytGSZqT39cioDqYkGHU7XiNE1BYYgxvPw5bJBLassbo5CM20o7RKPui63aw/s1600-h/IMG_0338.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwRPSe1TydOenvYUWYYIQPJTKS7svY6_a7vxbilhteAe3yFc6uHCc7XEOQj_wIgpC148RDkWm2L0wNZErytGSZqT39cioDqYkGHU7XiNE1BYYgxvPw5bJBLassbo5CM20o7RKPui63aw/s320/IMG_0338.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427119974656054242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2zGF7wIU-Wwjh9FGKVlsGJWFxCJKCqbaxNqaSdrdjMI48YoZ8l3Bq1L62BhOEks8ugZB2kaaZZP9pbGmx9Lfh8X80TKXJsY7-kkME-3CrA_F5V4n7VMy3bXiYpCFgSUPJt_SXFlY9W0/s1600-h/IMG_0336.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh2zGF7wIU-Wwjh9FGKVlsGJWFxCJKCqbaxNqaSdrdjMI48YoZ8l3Bq1L62BhOEks8ugZB2kaaZZP9pbGmx9Lfh8X80TKXJsY7-kkME-3CrA_F5V4n7VMy3bXiYpCFgSUPJt_SXFlY9W0/s320/IMG_0336.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427104674363022002" /></a><br /></div><div>He was fine until they got the cast on and the doctor had to squeeze it a little to make sure everything was tight and set just right.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYlGSjOPEiEWpK6VgNgkSTUH-fJYPPuCks82kvmOweBwbHP14mDxW-s4uyk3wC3u7x5YdxmQCz67UR5Mp7ofpssBnLeHeUaVDklJUmPD4PcWZGV8XszmfQUqGVCZ6YlH6zYYiZoWfaa4/s1600-h/IMG_0340.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOYlGSjOPEiEWpK6VgNgkSTUH-fJYPPuCks82kvmOweBwbHP14mDxW-s4uyk3wC3u7x5YdxmQCz67UR5Mp7ofpssBnLeHeUaVDklJUmPD4PcWZGV8XszmfQUqGVCZ6YlH6zYYiZoWfaa4/s320/IMG_0340.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427120401343685970" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div>He started to tear up a little and the doc said he was all done. I am not sure that Landen liked it so much and he didn't want to talk to the doctor anymore after that.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jan. 13. </div><div>After 4 weeks in the full arm cast, we went back in for the half arm cast. Landen was a little nervous when they pulled out the saw to cut off the old cast. He kept telling the nurse "make sure you don't cut me". He was very careful with his arm and wouldn't use it at all or even put it down. He made me hold it up the whole time. He was pretty excited about getting a new cast, but he made sure to ask the doctor if he was going to squeeze it again. He was fine once the doc assured him that he would not squeeze it. He wanted a red "fire" cast this time.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLKF_UIq_U2LvoayO79Pc6cNeKr3MF7afkd69HX3mnhR1X1FoPPMzB2l69uW0VzeE7np-ufrqnJCf0H6TZqiW7my6PUqKsYHsszfmA4NA0IOVHkd7BBOJmsUAA5xeBXlY_B5ozJad5pM/s1600-h/IMG_0374.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLKF_UIq_U2LvoayO79Pc6cNeKr3MF7afkd69HX3mnhR1X1FoPPMzB2l69uW0VzeE7np-ufrqnJCf0H6TZqiW7my6PUqKsYHsszfmA4NA0IOVHkd7BBOJmsUAA5xeBXlY_B5ozJad5pM/s320/IMG_0374.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427121092420478898" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div>Ryan came that night and sprayed cool flames on it. He loves showing it off to everyone and "burning" them with his fire. I think he might be sad in 2 weeks when he doesn't have his cast anymore. It has been a great shield against all kinds of weapons and of course he won't be like the real ghost rider when he is not on fire anymore.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUokqui3ADlWoGfNqcEzVtNUrnTr8KsZC-OwcyW96TlWc9AGXBGFeAMy3pomJjXlKUxeGKjTA41UYEKWh2LG9Q1iSRPU9zBo6r7ztdQYYsOXUIhTeC3UmFHnNqCDzTDeM9Y1fcqdKpOTI/s1600-h/IMG_0376.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUokqui3ADlWoGfNqcEzVtNUrnTr8KsZC-OwcyW96TlWc9AGXBGFeAMy3pomJjXlKUxeGKjTA41UYEKWh2LG9Q1iSRPU9zBo6r7ztdQYYsOXUIhTeC3UmFHnNqCDzTDeM9Y1fcqdKpOTI/s320/IMG_0376.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427120924692277650" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-67383976708818293812010-01-14T08:04:00.001-08:002010-01-14T08:22:08.858-08:00Christmas!!!!<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wFI7HJg3lwgXHDY6wBHgrVc8qtJY_ortPh4hhcnoxjKHtvQxtsnsu8Ha_8XFTnXyAF3EhM5V193rRrHtDIVfm62RWlt1BridkR6HfFdiESvyU-CR1p3SuHg0QaTsCJsCv8-DRgkCj8Y/s1600-h/IMG_0350.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5wFI7HJg3lwgXHDY6wBHgrVc8qtJY_ortPh4hhcnoxjKHtvQxtsnsu8Ha_8XFTnXyAF3EhM5V193rRrHtDIVfm62RWlt1BridkR6HfFdiESvyU-CR1p3SuHg0QaTsCJsCv8-DRgkCj8Y/s320/IMG_0350.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426627331227498642" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div>The obligatory opening of pajamas on Christmas Eve. We all got some, but the kids were definitely the cutest.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMG0pR5y8NJVQ7TG0VrEOgGnEb4dOW-9SmWSS_mXsLfJ4mxsq-GBtgCQn7T_d9Jnnvg5N2mQP8UFhwk_WEDk_t-N5NkFrHTpyl_RrgGWi4sIhGvqcn-DTTrVrwd0fHvbuz15nVUk6axMs/s1600-h/IMG_0351.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMG0pR5y8NJVQ7TG0VrEOgGnEb4dOW-9SmWSS_mXsLfJ4mxsq-GBtgCQn7T_d9Jnnvg5N2mQP8UFhwk_WEDk_t-N5NkFrHTpyl_RrgGWi4sIhGvqcn-DTTrVrwd0fHvbuz15nVUk6axMs/s320/IMG_0351.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426627530894241778" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div>This was before the kids woke up to see what Santa had brought. Alyssa woke up at 5:00 and I told her she had to wait at least an hour, but then we heard Camden so we decided it was o.k. to get up. Landen was a little harder to wake up.</div><div><br /></div><div>The lovely morning pictures.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7co1fqnrD0Ch9sHbYy33n33Sw7yPT8-DtnMyF_82OJP51p2iUDXLQawA76cOstNrW1tv5XsB-udjbdPBB65cKFo8NK8JActspICsoTrH_jkxl3ehSarCDv5wTC5kgHsWy6mUo9ha73wI/s1600-h/IMG_0358.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7co1fqnrD0Ch9sHbYy33n33Sw7yPT8-DtnMyF_82OJP51p2iUDXLQawA76cOstNrW1tv5XsB-udjbdPBB65cKFo8NK8JActspICsoTrH_jkxl3ehSarCDv5wTC5kgHsWy6mUo9ha73wI/s320/IMG_0358.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426627741197473458" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye8YRgVeFmFZ6dtKyKa0iJYFbf_CWQDBYCBvbBiJvdPdjrSriFYRDTk-KcwZnXXFsRJORu7b2cPKGqL-1LfLebD-Xk-56M0VWbYnY2iAtXJOVLdOb7_Dn4flFIMQ43K3dn9NBtYs-3es/s1600-h/IMG_0365.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiye8YRgVeFmFZ6dtKyKa0iJYFbf_CWQDBYCBvbBiJvdPdjrSriFYRDTk-KcwZnXXFsRJORu7b2cPKGqL-1LfLebD-Xk-56M0VWbYnY2iAtXJOVLdOb7_Dn4flFIMQ43K3dn9NBtYs-3es/s320/IMG_0365.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426628012857626322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div>Alyssa loves anything to do with animals. This is not a doll stroller, but a dog stroller complete with dog carrier and doggie bed and a dog (stuffed, even as much as she tried for a real one). </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcukuMALYu_lJ65vjI9yE52pPQ0BpkHFvaeiIpQlO52LtQlvhfpEz3RUG7IvDH2PHH6WFrxnNp9LFIIz6lkBYplyITn817LWt1aTobAotUCBvhDbxASP_tXqmpWDN2d9NYlXrh8_fgAAo/s1600-h/IMG_0364.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcukuMALYu_lJ65vjI9yE52pPQ0BpkHFvaeiIpQlO52LtQlvhfpEz3RUG7IvDH2PHH6WFrxnNp9LFIIz6lkBYplyITn817LWt1aTobAotUCBvhDbxASP_tXqmpWDN2d9NYlXrh8_fgAAo/s320/IMG_0364.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426627906600590802" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div>Of course anything that has wheels and can be driven makes Landen excited, so this 4-wheeler was great. He spent all day outside in the driveway riding around.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEW4y9z5w7lepxEF1U2a0HpONoorptWBeTqNAtLLfL7gkK7VB51VU-FzWCgWRCVOtdUtUX773wPHjMGHq0i1xnojYzVMjNdHcU9XuwVNUgc-ldZwqO9x5mHZ7xWOE31JElwdukW-38Js/s1600-h/IMG_0360.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEW4y9z5w7lepxEF1U2a0HpONoorptWBeTqNAtLLfL7gkK7VB51VU-FzWCgWRCVOtdUtUX773wPHjMGHq0i1xnojYzVMjNdHcU9XuwVNUgc-ldZwqO9x5mHZ7xWOE31JElwdukW-38Js/s320/IMG_0360.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426628388006506210" /></a><div>Camden was so cute. I don't know if she was as excited about being up in the morning as my kids were though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi865FkVz3TRXeXMbF5sXSONfamz7f29huVAPR9CR-AwdysskA1s2XgriFoBepGCcyqRVlHHdi_M3MdCLCb9uAqtIMoZgg_UKrmtU_wH6kWmDuYQM9U1BQGPd5Pbpe_1jr7dAg4d8DAr0M/s1600-h/IMG_0368.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi865FkVz3TRXeXMbF5sXSONfamz7f29huVAPR9CR-AwdysskA1s2XgriFoBepGCcyqRVlHHdi_M3MdCLCb9uAqtIMoZgg_UKrmtU_wH6kWmDuYQM9U1BQGPd5Pbpe_1jr7dAg4d8DAr0M/s320/IMG_0368.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426628282179306562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vc6tWf0qKiTQ7Zshv6-uESuuwOgSdHfkSk9OBtCkNNIh09RDYPHRk-CCqu9-iJfmeiMpx7AVxY_jFSeTSP6G4to_YGvp8lCDwafdtWYvKixKn9mAFFspq2dzOMBzmIAPzsg1TEdAKUQ/s1600-h/IMG_0366.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_vc6tWf0qKiTQ7Zshv6-uESuuwOgSdHfkSk9OBtCkNNIh09RDYPHRk-CCqu9-iJfmeiMpx7AVxY_jFSeTSP6G4to_YGvp8lCDwafdtWYvKixKn9mAFFspq2dzOMBzmIAPzsg1TEdAKUQ/s320/IMG_0366.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426628174690656818" /></a></div><div>Every year I wonder who has more fun, the parents or the kids. We love seeing their faces when they see what Santa brought and as they open their gifts. And of course if we get to play a little too that makes it even better!<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div><br /></div></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-61194668820386428612010-01-14T07:48:00.001-08:002010-01-14T08:04:27.551-08:00Caroling<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">Keenan, Brittani, and Camden were with us for Christmas this year. They wanted to go caroling so dad hooked up the trailer, found some hay and we were off.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdH-q_V3XVv-462ADMNKAFeusmXHdyCTCNauFWNGZq8o3vpSjoG7Wm7B3Itxn3fHKK1dWFKJWAMRcEn7XqE7mhxqXtUjBQvFVdRMbNheL27l0ECpdLUaRiUdlxBCJ99LGuatV3oAM52kA/s1600-h/IMG_0343.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdH-q_V3XVv-462ADMNKAFeusmXHdyCTCNauFWNGZq8o3vpSjoG7Wm7B3Itxn3fHKK1dWFKJWAMRcEn7XqE7mhxqXtUjBQvFVdRMbNheL27l0ECpdLUaRiUdlxBCJ99LGuatV3oAM52kA/s320/IMG_0343.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426624005215865298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);">They even hooked up a small generator so that Brittani would have a keyboard to play while we all sang.</span></span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 204, 204);"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmwBw0EJIvWzFvPaFXDKdPEhIWHX2XjXqmPBD_RGahFH4EA2PHwJSHYgBWxUOj4HKDgDPJbX3nWnMVe95iDgiuEp0gE9YaE5FnwXZR5suSb30VvrlwIYZAHuLGDv8UWDpcFcghH68jHU/s1600-h/IMG_0347.jpg"></a></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmwBw0EJIvWzFvPaFXDKdPEhIWHX2XjXqmPBD_RGahFH4EA2PHwJSHYgBWxUOj4HKDgDPJbX3nWnMVe95iDgiuEp0gE9YaE5FnwXZR5suSb30VvrlwIYZAHuLGDv8UWDpcFcghH68jHU/s1600-h/IMG_0347.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmwBw0EJIvWzFvPaFXDKdPEhIWHX2XjXqmPBD_RGahFH4EA2PHwJSHYgBWxUOj4HKDgDPJbX3nWnMVe95iDgiuEp0gE9YaE5FnwXZR5suSb30VvrlwIYZAHuLGDv8UWDpcFcghH68jHU/s320/IMG_0347.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426624447676458674" /></a></div><div>My kids loved it, even though it was freezing!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ty65p8KS54KHn-YpPPLacoqneqExJLcRJSJLt1hKbu4X_0rxksDNA7d-q9EsNOqMUIojPeEMZveUogeSmVSdnv4_jy4dImzxnM3-uXr-QUydFhBG4HTHnOXMxXW5g4wrLKkLwv4d0eQ/s1600-h/IMG_0345.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ty65p8KS54KHn-YpPPLacoqneqExJLcRJSJLt1hKbu4X_0rxksDNA7d-q9EsNOqMUIojPeEMZveUogeSmVSdnv4_jy4dImzxnM3-uXr-QUydFhBG4HTHnOXMxXW5g4wrLKkLwv4d0eQ/s320/IMG_0345.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426624348003557266" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBqlq85udPM5jnvdIuIcZicWfUFgGxtRJRZh2OLa2vp2TAfKrWQwNMJWusM2bLLLlVjPsAPu_Ocw2Y1WcxNcVYGwIiF963P8RyRfCUoWmlGZVZS1rNgKAs3WHMLWRXUJfD8ReFaF5fCo/s1600-h/IMG_0344.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHBqlq85udPM5jnvdIuIcZicWfUFgGxtRJRZh2OLa2vp2TAfKrWQwNMJWusM2bLLLlVjPsAPu_Ocw2Y1WcxNcVYGwIiF963P8RyRfCUoWmlGZVZS1rNgKAs3WHMLWRXUJfD8ReFaF5fCo/s320/IMG_0344.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426624259127001090" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9cT3yb6_e9AnLzhlef2IDDJyksFT1Nz9pV1iCAOb7wBkAgFOcBAyAF3juRgxUPucdcng0KGmN5YV54SgKmNr2yhh95EutzP3W31CdN-zUolKbNaM3ne4hdFE4JQ9gibXdDLiWsndU_U/s1600-h/IMG_0348.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG9cT3yb6_e9AnLzhlef2IDDJyksFT1Nz9pV1iCAOb7wBkAgFOcBAyAF3juRgxUPucdcng0KGmN5YV54SgKmNr2yhh95EutzP3W31CdN-zUolKbNaM3ne4hdFE4JQ9gibXdDLiWsndU_U/s320/IMG_0348.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426626333171451458" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div>I am not sure that this will become a tradition (those of you that heard us may be glad of this), but at least we had a lot of fun doing it.</div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-79883020831420160292009-12-13T20:04:00.001-08:002009-12-14T10:20:26.206-08:00Ouch!!!<div>December 13, 2009</div><div>We had just gotten home from our week stay in Park City. We had only been home long enough to unload the cars. The kids were in the playroom, Pat was out shoveling snow, and I was unpacking our suitcases. All of a sudden I hear <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Landen</span> scream and I ran out to the front room and he comes running in and this is what I see!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeaVl2uZRbQ2qfJ2LvrqtKRxKSXYfa0rjqyMz7WY5a_GpdHoty7s_tlYqy5yrVogG0JB4oEugBSJshaaZh6ztO45XTc9Sp4qUAzIztnzohpJ0HVjOr34RFRrTAMJG93NLeOk2L_gRidU/s1600-h/1213091534.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeaVl2uZRbQ2qfJ2LvrqtKRxKSXYfa0rjqyMz7WY5a_GpdHoty7s_tlYqy5yrVogG0JB4oEugBSJshaaZh6ztO45XTc9Sp4qUAzIztnzohpJ0HVjOr34RFRrTAMJG93NLeOk2L_gRidU/s320/1213091534.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414938176703326594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><br /></div><div>I knew that it was broken. I started yelling for Pat and he comes running down the stairs. Poor Alyssa is wondering what in the word is going on. She hadn't seen what happened and didn't know how he broke it and Landen was crying to hard to tell us. We rushed to the E.R. and luckily they took us right back. The whole time <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Landen</span> is crying, and all I could think was how sick his arm looked. They finally came to give him some pain <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">meds</span>, but getting the i.v was almost as bad as him breaking his arm. Luckily neither one of us passed out (I guess that happens often). After several attempts, and a lot of crying they finally got the drugs in him and he fell asleep.</div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9N96tpayj3pdph98w_9QkQn4yC-mndNpWI6cU0ICo_PtTKjE-4wBa1dIyiH7SMfHTis3WQRCn-OdD5afRjFE9yx_HlaUn8hcsZ991EcQ3FDtR85Xz-0S7rx418cDMyhFVLspawWmA-eY/s1600-h/1213091532.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9N96tpayj3pdph98w_9QkQn4yC-mndNpWI6cU0ICo_PtTKjE-4wBa1dIyiH7SMfHTis3WQRCn-OdD5afRjFE9yx_HlaUn8hcsZ991EcQ3FDtR85Xz-0S7rx418cDMyhFVLspawWmA-eY/s320/1213091532.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414938471583160386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnl-recjWN8TQL59qnEAs51gAhRsn5Q4Phhd9yfmbueBgEOdYno_s2GwKLYXtpihcttet-ejS1jPDfFEWiq9qkQkoHJPnOye9oRJG1IvMKlRKm82l151Z1PN41RX3XcXB_WbFsMeewOw/s1600-h/IMG_0315.JPG"></a></div><div>This is when we took some pictures, because what is a great story without the pictures to go along with it. They took some x-rays and the Doc said it just need to be set and we were good to go. He explained that they would sedate him, but he would not be completely out so he would still feel it a little, but not remember it. I asked if I could be sedated too because I didn't want to remember it either, but I guess that's not really allowed. He finally set it, and yes I think he did feel it based the crying, but luckily another set of x-rays showed that everything was were it should be and they didn't have to do it again. He calmed down pretty quickly, they put a splint and a sling on him and we were able to go home. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxaEvmV2woj38GauiVf-D1beh38glRjfUcu00YzIpxvYxXY-MnBvzrM28RgmkobQmBq7oeNTVYinmLqlU6oHpzIBkeOwyE7DNNA3V4giaSNYUKLbzdMjfXSoCLZipcJI7tjfc0CAa94CM/s320/1213091459.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414943105688297586" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="">When we got home Landen kept telling everyone that he broke his arm, but the doctor fixed it. We finally got out of him that he had fallen off the stairs in the castle in the playroom. He just sat on our bed being a very brave little boy. He has kept his arm elevated and let us ice it. I think this might be the drugs, but he doesn't seem too upset. I think he is enjoying all the cartoons he is getting to watch.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnl-recjWN8TQL59qnEAs51gAhRsn5Q4Phhd9yfmbueBgEOdYno_s2GwKLYXtpihcttet-ejS1jPDfFEWiq9qkQkoHJPnOye9oRJG1IvMKlRKm82l151Z1PN41RX3XcXB_WbFsMeewOw/s1600-h/IMG_0315.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnl-recjWN8TQL59qnEAs51gAhRsn5Q4Phhd9yfmbueBgEOdYno_s2GwKLYXtpihcttet-ejS1jPDfFEWiq9qkQkoHJPnOye9oRJG1IvMKlRKm82l151Z1PN41RX3XcXB_WbFsMeewOw/s320/IMG_0315.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414943578741970306" /></a></div><div>The doc said it was a simple fracture and should heal really well especially because he is young. We have to go back to the doctor tomorrow and when the swelling has gone down in a few days he will get a cast. Until then he has to wear the splint and sling, I am still wondering how I am going to keep that on a three year old. All in all he is doing really well, I am not sure that his parents handled it as well as he did. I think I may have lost a few years off my life.</div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-88955419835600490952009-12-13T19:46:00.000-08:002009-12-13T20:03:49.840-08:00The Tooth Fairy!December 6, 2009<div>So Alyssa's two bottom teeth had been loose for a few weeks. We kept telling her to play with them and wiggle them so that they would fall out and the tooth fairy could come. They kept getting looser little by little and we had several attempts at "pulling" them with tissue, but they are slippery little buggers and we could never get a good grip. If you know Alyssa, you know that she is a drama queen, and pretty terrified of most everything. We let them go thinking that eventually they would just fall out, but her new tooth started growing in behind the loose one so we decided that action had to be taken.<br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMKlmtb3Vt9SLXzLTxaaawQcnM0yxO_bEfBg6V1CewFmXJtI3LHqXhuyzIxzxy3ITOzAuIkhQGL5xylXs9gswIcgr4Jur-K5XtiOwWqPfY_8sDIqOOgOVSW9hyphenhyphenfN2JgR8bwNlm2rka9w/s1600-h/1205090856a.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggMKlmtb3Vt9SLXzLTxaaawQcnM0yxO_bEfBg6V1CewFmXJtI3LHqXhuyzIxzxy3ITOzAuIkhQGL5xylXs9gswIcgr4Jur-K5XtiOwWqPfY_8sDIqOOgOVSW9hyphenhyphenfN2JgR8bwNlm2rka9w/s320/1205090856a.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414933993972816994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVB2of-nUz5ZkuVawV0lPWB5UzX-TyzTd5a-4QEMBuf6xFt1O3DgYvhtbpUiYs_tkdb_NhnCTS6S2Il4hEIDQDTsCOZeYJnaRv08hKT2yqb2fPXvRuyjqJgMmPPmV7m6g5iIHnsdjr3Y/s1600-h/1205090856.jpg"></a></div><div>Grandpa saw how loose these teeth were on this particular day and decided that he could do the job. (Dad was gone with the scouts). You see here that she is friends with the pliers, but the teery eyes tell the whole story. We were going to try and trick her and tell her to close her eyes and we could just pull them, but of course that didn't work so well. She caught sight of the pliers and it was a mess from there. We finally convinced her to let us try (I am not really sure how we did that). She was great though once she was convinced. She sat there very still and didn't even cry. When we pulled it she just said "that wasn't so bad." </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVB2of-nUz5ZkuVawV0lPWB5UzX-TyzTd5a-4QEMBuf6xFt1O3DgYvhtbpUiYs_tkdb_NhnCTS6S2Il4hEIDQDTsCOZeYJnaRv08hKT2yqb2fPXvRuyjqJgMmPPmV7m6g5iIHnsdjr3Y/s1600-h/1205090856.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOVB2of-nUz5ZkuVawV0lPWB5UzX-TyzTd5a-4QEMBuf6xFt1O3DgYvhtbpUiYs_tkdb_NhnCTS6S2Il4hEIDQDTsCOZeYJnaRv08hKT2yqb2fPXvRuyjqJgMmPPmV7m6g5iIHnsdjr3Y/s320/1205090856.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414934122607048146" /></a><br /></div><div>You would think that she would be fine when we went to do the next one, but it took another round of fits, crying, and tears before she let us do it again.<br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgml_wEfjGwqQRVi35B9p1hLXZGqiwCSDVnEvQhSnMctH9XyIbaMx279sxM3FOUYhYp8y5ee1corpLaPt8AfVUczfQeKhyphenhyphenMkzjTGwS10alYCWnkX2QWnJLpufaKsgrjjXmMF4E0m5B4Mvk/s1600-h/1205090857.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgml_wEfjGwqQRVi35B9p1hLXZGqiwCSDVnEvQhSnMctH9XyIbaMx279sxM3FOUYhYp8y5ee1corpLaPt8AfVUczfQeKhyphenhyphenMkzjTGwS10alYCWnkX2QWnJLpufaKsgrjjXmMF4E0m5B4Mvk/s320/1205090857.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414933761941158338" /></a><br /></div><div>I have to say that really she did better than I thought she would. I thought we were going to have to hold her down, but she very bravely sat there and and didn't cry once we had her convinced. Now she has two dollars instead of her two teeth.</div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-13133886780933750652009-12-13T18:56:00.000-08:002009-12-13T19:46:10.785-08:00Landen's 3rd B-Day<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnoR2baE0u0phLMZ4pcraBB4djPFHhzkT7FR6VUv10nCbyTAAyjrMj-OH8i2tiPWm1Anucjb6o5Ds0xxuGANToDU9WjkqB8Y4YIpnPMEuG_GS1PRss7y30ch4Fn0TP3fZc55EEsfFaf0/s1600-h/IMG_0254.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnoR2baE0u0phLMZ4pcraBB4djPFHhzkT7FR6VUv10nCbyTAAyjrMj-OH8i2tiPWm1Anucjb6o5Ds0xxuGANToDU9WjkqB8Y4YIpnPMEuG_GS1PRss7y30ch4Fn0TP3fZc55EEsfFaf0/s320/IMG_0254.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414921223680042322" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /> </a></div><div>I Can't believe that my baby is 3 years old. He has gotten so big and is so smart and fun. He loves anything that has to do with motorcycles, four-wheelers, or basketball. He is very particular about what he will wear. He will only wear clothes that have anything to do with these things. His shoes have to be "fast"shoes, meaning skateboardish kinds. We can trick him into wearing other kinds if we tell him that they are basketball shoes, but it takes a lot of convincing.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnoR2baE0u0phLMZ4pcraBB4djPFHhzkT7FR6VUv10nCbyTAAyjrMj-OH8i2tiPWm1Anucjb6o5Ds0xxuGANToDU9WjkqB8Y4YIpnPMEuG_GS1PRss7y30ch4Fn0TP3fZc55EEsfFaf0/s1600-h/IMG_0254.JPG"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdzywp_DMIAj4MjN93GzXixtW6fShxQEK7LbfzllsXWkqj2PWSyzdmNfQBsx0PvOMoQ6IkQcb3yYw4oL1wi-L52UYPHTaJ50-srZjsGHWb8sl3hcg32BCBe4XPdFcRLKv4bT0Q2HnWX0/s1600-h/IMG_0257.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdzywp_DMIAj4MjN93GzXixtW6fShxQEK7LbfzllsXWkqj2PWSyzdmNfQBsx0PvOMoQ6IkQcb3yYw4oL1wi-L52UYPHTaJ50-srZjsGHWb8sl3hcg32BCBe4XPdFcRLKv4bT0Q2HnWX0/s320/IMG_0257.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414921716294983890" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hdacnsd2QOvbU0mxPEQrm7FezkNjnzKId2ST6y5lEqZnw_sULZPW5HjdR6FLbU7aa-PXAx1aM8dIQBEm0zA2TInznp-b-evtsyGzBlALqr8LYgTqeQGMzR-Gse6zSPuqnIx_RS17VhY/s1600-h/IMG_0249.JPG"></a></div><div>We had just a small party with family and Ryan, Mindy and their kids. Landen loved being sang to and was very excited to blow out the candle.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxA5nl3K9vJ6_OfZkq1xpdO2QX5jCCZ1Tzw73kmFZk9Knztk1n6T1UCeQP-8o1toI99tCfEJ5zqNUT-rjoffg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><div>He wanted a basketball cake. We were going to have wal-mart make one, but decided we could do just as good a job as them. So here is the finished product. I think it turned out great!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vNU3m_m1L1pYd7rxkhehXk09Nz3pTZEPwCyN1N4qPMrrUVUq78flbdUGFNSpACRKfsGA4c5PuFplOHz44-t0c-oaZ87rrnedNLWuC4kZqkGiYXM_JXO3xzzv_H_MBAM6EgaCDh6HCGw/s1600-h/IMG_0253.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vNU3m_m1L1pYd7rxkhehXk09Nz3pTZEPwCyN1N4qPMrrUVUq78flbdUGFNSpACRKfsGA4c5PuFplOHz44-t0c-oaZ87rrnedNLWuC4kZqkGiYXM_JXO3xzzv_H_MBAM6EgaCDh6HCGw/s320/IMG_0253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414922474398148866" /></a></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAegZaGqq_A84oJ4KBYhvIu_hzfApDKckxZzItqqpYnY9KUv9vtzkEoxwtIEFZ0_wGECgd0NXxUmiS6wbG_vuMs1aH_KKEM1KAPFceaesTj40N7PN_HgaN5kwMAyTwzVOzuEPZ6mIbvw/s1600-h/IMG_0252.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAegZaGqq_A84oJ4KBYhvIu_hzfApDKckxZzItqqpYnY9KUv9vtzkEoxwtIEFZ0_wGECgd0NXxUmiS6wbG_vuMs1aH_KKEM1KAPFceaesTj40N7PN_HgaN5kwMAyTwzVOzuEPZ6mIbvw/s320/IMG_0252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414922135349142402" /></a></div><div>Of course there is always a little trial and error in everything, right!?! This was my first attempt, I tried to take it out of the pan before it had cooled and it turned into this mess. It might not have been so bad, but I was ticked off so I may have karate chopped it a few times. Alyssa said it still tasted good with frosting. </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hdacnsd2QOvbU0mxPEQrm7FezkNjnzKId2ST6y5lEqZnw_sULZPW5HjdR6FLbU7aa-PXAx1aM8dIQBEm0zA2TInznp-b-evtsyGzBlALqr8LYgTqeQGMzR-Gse6zSPuqnIx_RS17VhY/s1600-h/IMG_0249.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4hdacnsd2QOvbU0mxPEQrm7FezkNjnzKId2ST6y5lEqZnw_sULZPW5HjdR6FLbU7aa-PXAx1aM8dIQBEm0zA2TInznp-b-evtsyGzBlALqr8LYgTqeQGMzR-Gse6zSPuqnIx_RS17VhY/s320/IMG_0249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414922902787901554" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br />We are so glad to have Landen in our lives. He is such a sweet, loving boy. He is definitely all boy and we love him for it. He is so silly, and loves to make us laugh. He has a great sense of humor and likes to play jokes on you and then say "I'm just teasing".</div><div>Happy Birthday Landen!!</div><div><br /></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-67050662645651224642009-10-23T01:53:00.000-07:002009-10-23T01:58:56.063-07:00First Day of School<div>Alyssa was so excited to start 1st grade this year. </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFT7DruzosSlHR-BfxNcuKy4HPNHAU5fOzthR22ts_4LXbrH-aFam_-rP3EnWG0nFQFTwbf4E7zYNn2JjgZrgMaPLZbIXLf0Q-nfIwcqpakGjeBB-FAC3UQkWvIqSobbqHcXUeCLwN0-Q/s1600-h/IMG_0225.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFT7DruzosSlHR-BfxNcuKy4HPNHAU5fOzthR22ts_4LXbrH-aFam_-rP3EnWG0nFQFTwbf4E7zYNn2JjgZrgMaPLZbIXLf0Q-nfIwcqpakGjeBB-FAC3UQkWvIqSobbqHcXUeCLwN0-Q/s320/IMG_0225.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395716641384956242" /></a><div><br /></div><div>She loves getting new clothes and a new backpack.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMg4kCDOtYchRBwglMllP1eUABP5VpPwVpWSjOyPxp5f0C__H3TLp7IXJyFAqWVKaP0U4WEXBOwWcEoQcgpZ3WKSAAMdnOvYwYC-HUlmxeGI8veHXVOZQ48CUXD6lqvDB_ZWcrYBWac0/s1600-h/IMG_0227.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMg4kCDOtYchRBwglMllP1eUABP5VpPwVpWSjOyPxp5f0C__H3TLp7IXJyFAqWVKaP0U4WEXBOwWcEoQcgpZ3WKSAAMdnOvYwYC-HUlmxeGI8veHXVOZQ48CUXD6lqvDB_ZWcrYBWac0/s320/IMG_0227.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395716506370591826" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>She really wanted to get Mr. Averett because he did a funny gummy bear song and dance when they visited in kindergarten. She was so excited when she did get him.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1VD6trxQEFWsDqnxF9d8ZpPeTyHs9Z7qcfFh_oaOx4kwovSyFE6PBsU6SzkoZeI7sXtvFwUWw7kcGXH3Ev5KoLVuexOuIQ-5T9vi450zrVzG0tTHbtvQ6rILkc97LX8uhQo25cD7MYk/s1600-h/IMG_0229.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP1VD6trxQEFWsDqnxF9d8ZpPeTyHs9Z7qcfFh_oaOx4kwovSyFE6PBsU6SzkoZeI7sXtvFwUWw7kcGXH3Ev5KoLVuexOuIQ-5T9vi450zrVzG0tTHbtvQ6rILkc97LX8uhQo25cD7MYk/s320/IMG_0229.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395716346155860162" /></a><br /></div><div>I can't believe that she is in 1st grade. She has grown up so fast. </div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-53459017185785090332009-10-23T01:42:00.001-07:002009-10-23T01:53:15.564-07:00Huff Reunion Aug. 2009<div>The Huff Reunion was once again held at Little Bear Creek Campground up Huntington Canyon. The kids and I went up for the day. They had lots of fun things going on. Face painting, rock painting, scavenger hunts, and of course washer toss and horse shoe tournaments.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPZA6Rt13ML7E1t4fLpiDC8Mo3e9WtVVws5cf-BNZkRZAyykYJ4lESs3MLqEqYS0qul227kXL8Bm6P-jIwbdHn_xsnth06Pui4oAJlfCQle9mbr-cyOTHo6swq4G5bfU_-KTQfw0WLp0/s1600-h/IMG_0216.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPZA6Rt13ML7E1t4fLpiDC8Mo3e9WtVVws5cf-BNZkRZAyykYJ4lESs3MLqEqYS0qul227kXL8Bm6P-jIwbdHn_xsnth06Pui4oAJlfCQle9mbr-cyOTHo6swq4G5bfU_-KTQfw0WLp0/s320/IMG_0216.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395714314940626482" /></a><div>Alyssa loved having her face painted, but I couldn't get Landen to even try it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYAJc2I2yL-ViSHa0qhxznm7sz1WSJuTUNZXb5tKfEJmN9ZLdlFwNmMzBVv0WPws3Y5eETilgUTQKzs9hZkNg-nNXTMeXwMbt6RIHYZ9i3GjDxlP1mfIAnTWf0gA1Eo3YEbK-7dprnYw/s1600-h/IMG_0218.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYAJc2I2yL-ViSHa0qhxznm7sz1WSJuTUNZXb5tKfEJmN9ZLdlFwNmMzBVv0WPws3Y5eETilgUTQKzs9hZkNg-nNXTMeXwMbt6RIHYZ9i3GjDxlP1mfIAnTWf0gA1Eo3YEbK-7dprnYw/s320/IMG_0218.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395714205586117266" /></a></div><div>Sitting around waiting for our turn at washer toss. My team lost out in the second game. Ron was my partner this year, and I really thought we stood a chance, turns out we both sucked!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw21AF2JHiRZr4ggMyaMAYX-nbdcEznhY8t8s14_fOmH5TP2skt00SHUyECz3auMYn65ZfPo-nrQ75rCxzaTeEHCRDoaY7UKbWMMoauZ-IxG5d56Mdyv3l7TBNbjJtBdN81n_ulEZF2jw/s1600-h/IMG_0220.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw21AF2JHiRZr4ggMyaMAYX-nbdcEznhY8t8s14_fOmH5TP2skt00SHUyECz3auMYn65ZfPo-nrQ75rCxzaTeEHCRDoaY7UKbWMMoauZ-IxG5d56Mdyv3l7TBNbjJtBdN81n_ulEZF2jw/s320/IMG_0220.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395714045320081874" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Fish pond is always a hit.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIQx-twwDeFf6b-v8bf5n0j4iPrvx8BEiVWLVpE8zhPC2dJcg2tmtwuj0yWpTKMAfIwnKQjqs8kXtvyb8j_mRGXa34QYCUVlUgzlyOGQO3zAHddH7TRYA9VNmdTrVdaMuF6Pd1nFXUe0/s1600-h/IMG_0221.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIQx-twwDeFf6b-v8bf5n0j4iPrvx8BEiVWLVpE8zhPC2dJcg2tmtwuj0yWpTKMAfIwnKQjqs8kXtvyb8j_mRGXa34QYCUVlUgzlyOGQO3zAHddH7TRYA9VNmdTrVdaMuF6Pd1nFXUe0/s320/IMG_0221.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395713910795264066" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBOGZqZxDcN_mi8Kd2bYKaP1NVwlpqrBt9gDoGU-t0RmrDez5gYZpJR6i2U49Em3KjEPkl_ddlFxtN6BSXJUiyI_2IFG8lJ4EYvjRuzg6Ga2cgiHhAHzu92CN54tb1LH4Paxv9R9OE9E/s1600-h/IMG_0222.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBOGZqZxDcN_mi8Kd2bYKaP1NVwlpqrBt9gDoGU-t0RmrDez5gYZpJR6i2U49Em3KjEPkl_ddlFxtN6BSXJUiyI_2IFG8lJ4EYvjRuzg6Ga2cgiHhAHzu92CN54tb1LH4Paxv9R9OE9E/s320/IMG_0222.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395713803291081666" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qaQ-SYEeyL5exZx0LzqsyagGjugjE8LJN7cAOkBPJl1jo3DeF_kkb2s7GNr-WgGWk1pvp5A__7UW13tK1cNVODMNIyENyeDERS9XMM7Q1D-E6hyphenhyphen-xCibSRy8bg5dYYUAbkV9BUSZ7uY/s1600-h/IMG_0223.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qaQ-SYEeyL5exZx0LzqsyagGjugjE8LJN7cAOkBPJl1jo3DeF_kkb2s7GNr-WgGWk1pvp5A__7UW13tK1cNVODMNIyENyeDERS9XMM7Q1D-E6hyphenhyphen-xCibSRy8bg5dYYUAbkV9BUSZ7uY/s320/IMG_0223.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395713611570662482" /></a><br /></div><div>All the cousins sitting together and checking out their loot. We really had fun, I always look forward to this reunion every year.</div><div><br /></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-11493239999170547042009-10-23T01:21:00.001-07:002009-10-23T02:08:28.990-07:00Lake Powell 2009<div>Lake Powell with Ryan and Mindy was so much fun this year. We stayed on their houseboat for 4 days enjoying the sun, sand, and of coarse the water.</div><div><br /></div><div>This was on our way to meet up with them. Notice how no one is bright red or exhausted looking yet.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwTJG9i9e6ic__zT_IN9OJMFlTPS9XKy388TywlNQ4F-6ZL4f8i_uQOIiVXEEro52M8TNwIebf6wDRBMJkxzXZc2Ggpsa4dH7mE_Vua1k6Ah6nxdeqL8wVzpyiCKOwjSbm9t_IpkVmqc/s1600-h/IMG_0195.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwTJG9i9e6ic__zT_IN9OJMFlTPS9XKy388TywlNQ4F-6ZL4f8i_uQOIiVXEEro52M8TNwIebf6wDRBMJkxzXZc2Ggpsa4dH7mE_Vua1k6Ah6nxdeqL8wVzpyiCKOwjSbm9t_IpkVmqc/s320/IMG_0195.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395709696263965586" /></a><div>The kids dug this hole and filled it with water to keep their caught fish. They managed to catch 2 carp and kept them in this hole, until they realized that the black plastic and small amount of water was actually cooking the fish. I think that they let them go in time, and they probably survived. (That is more than I can say for the fish that ate Pat's fire cracker pig-in-the blanket) the kids thought that was great.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnhcEdL9-F6hsKcedE-n2n5ycSJnO2NE5H2L0QSYN2DP5uZ4Su-XzgLmHQuSmaGExsCz1aQ5GZnqQsLUgpX6h0I_Ve9VSd5bRSvfepVId8G7CwRizc14Ge6QxUydRVrlqqZJNQGeJjRY/s1600-h/IMG_0198.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnhcEdL9-F6hsKcedE-n2n5ycSJnO2NE5H2L0QSYN2DP5uZ4Su-XzgLmHQuSmaGExsCz1aQ5GZnqQsLUgpX6h0I_Ve9VSd5bRSvfepVId8G7CwRizc14Ge6QxUydRVrlqqZJNQGeJjRY/s320/IMG_0198.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395709558968496978" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We did a lot of surfing when the water was too choppy for wakeboarding.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2fe6THL8_PRoMTO8whbdgR0wJvBTKXfzKya3cySSu52LgJSpuLxQw7iUy8gxSk_AYNQUiVzE-V1300ZVkYh2Mf15BHjg3JTYvy7UJilkMMlOCJzfe7YDv142tIvwKoPadktqSMV1Ltc/s1600-h/IMG_0202.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2fe6THL8_PRoMTO8whbdgR0wJvBTKXfzKya3cySSu52LgJSpuLxQw7iUy8gxSk_AYNQUiVzE-V1300ZVkYh2Mf15BHjg3JTYvy7UJilkMMlOCJzfe7YDv142tIvwKoPadktqSMV1Ltc/s320/IMG_0202.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395709191401237474" /></a></div><div>Pat decided that once he was a pro at riding on his feet, he was going to try sitting on the board instead. It did work once, he was able to ride for a little while without the rope. It was a lot more fun watching him try though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvPl5tOzZ_eVccOOhGY8hzREXbb_AwQb7y6QExsZvI8Mq6XmlABj3SA3YBK7A9PJnYtcn5SCpdr3U_Y2I8SZydn50498mQxVtlsDXvh3fTLLXUWazG5K1K-BPXPjlfsJY-5105NxX0kM/s1600-h/IMG_0207.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvPl5tOzZ_eVccOOhGY8hzREXbb_AwQb7y6QExsZvI8Mq6XmlABj3SA3YBK7A9PJnYtcn5SCpdr3U_Y2I8SZydn50498mQxVtlsDXvh3fTLLXUWazG5K1K-BPXPjlfsJY-5105NxX0kM/s320/IMG_0207.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395709081366123842" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Landen learned how to swim with his "big boy" life jacket.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRXdN_Bq5Zxp2grysfq3klpET0Vo4dfHGZzUJgKL9BmNcjta3Z3rEWLWtS_F7RvL9tR4ePjn-_hxs2v-Cc2HsZlSqBj8y3LpfKT5Yk9WqAsw9MHAv4yTnRwk5bQn988zaxBRoZtiRXlI/s1600-h/IMG_0208.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRXdN_Bq5Zxp2grysfq3klpET0Vo4dfHGZzUJgKL9BmNcjta3Z3rEWLWtS_F7RvL9tR4ePjn-_hxs2v-Cc2HsZlSqBj8y3LpfKT5Yk9WqAsw9MHAv4yTnRwk5bQn988zaxBRoZtiRXlI/s320/IMG_0208.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395708710185731858" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>He loved it. He learned that he could swim away from us, and he thought that was great.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKx_npErh9_quIjGE13Dd-X84NtxJWPEG7zkx1FRh4tr3T6FiVF56PnC3MfQzy0C2-H53QyVgfqIrPe5Ck2Dqqo5r2tN5wW912M7RaR34TZZ-gjsNQK6-_X-dnu4ukUDcdg5_Cy2_i6g/s1600-h/IMG_0209.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKx_npErh9_quIjGE13Dd-X84NtxJWPEG7zkx1FRh4tr3T6FiVF56PnC3MfQzy0C2-H53QyVgfqIrPe5Ck2Dqqo5r2tN5wW912M7RaR34TZZ-gjsNQK6-_X-dnu4ukUDcdg5_Cy2_i6g/s320/IMG_0209.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395708580015197058" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Alyssa has always been our little fish. I think that the kids spent 95% of their time in the water. From the moment they woke up, until we drug them in at night they were in it. They had so much fun.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6S-4GC3Klorz3x-auEKlgdYH8KHHcLgKpFJ7xlIDqyU06nzOWX3p60u6cmLOGH8pjTEiGy7IGeFvQXkIj32tFVSSrvtMdWkOw9OuyzLOlvjzs8HxSqMopxO8OyDKWWnEhF1jOYIWnzQc/s1600-h/IMG_0215.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6S-4GC3Klorz3x-auEKlgdYH8KHHcLgKpFJ7xlIDqyU06nzOWX3p60u6cmLOGH8pjTEiGy7IGeFvQXkIj32tFVSSrvtMdWkOw9OuyzLOlvjzs8HxSqMopxO8OyDKWWnEhF1jOYIWnzQc/s320/IMG_0215.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395708377514717474" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The trip was great, no one was really sunburned at all, and the weather was great until the last day when we were trying to dock the houseboat. The wind was terrible and another houseboat almost crashed into us as we were unloading everything, but still we had a great time.</div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-82237292530067875842009-07-24T07:50:00.000-07:002009-07-24T08:16:14.483-07:00Little Dude<div>I wanted to do a post all about Landen. He is such a cute loving little boy. He is also a really big daddy's boy. Seriously, if Pat is around he really wants nothing to do with me. I think that he has forgotten that I gave birth to him and nursed him for 14 months!!! But Pat has been gone to scout camp and I have had him all to myself.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CtBybogx9-UJV8IqjhBXITq88thQXl8fyd06kJBO7y0yJYjbCs1fex8YRNBGmXS1bYiaKtLtxUeGu3z6e3pl2UyzCBv02OYLr49wB-GG8JtKa1eZqhxwg9M49EdMqHgLfxKsAcsgCqc/s1600-h/IMG_1010.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CtBybogx9-UJV8IqjhBXITq88thQXl8fyd06kJBO7y0yJYjbCs1fex8YRNBGmXS1bYiaKtLtxUeGu3z6e3pl2UyzCBv02OYLr49wB-GG8JtKa1eZqhxwg9M49EdMqHgLfxKsAcsgCqc/s320/IMG_1010.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362040788736680674" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>He has been so sweet and cuddly. Although he does sleep better in his own bed when Pat is gone. Even when he woke up in the middle of the night he wanted me to come lay in his bed, instead of being in mine. I thought that he was asleep and I snuck out, only to have him come in a few minutes later and tell me to come back to his bed and not leave again!</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqYNTrkdrcmlmjNXtIIJcpoms6d5sRb0cu89TscG8CVxxblTVX9R9OX_PqTPpMvhf_nUgK4vO-AoeX1_CBSZMJRvEMfrJKeyhtc5gjneQA_TFy7JK1-MYLqoVkJ_BinyDHnNiRVGnZKk/s1600-h/IMG_1012.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFqYNTrkdrcmlmjNXtIIJcpoms6d5sRb0cu89TscG8CVxxblTVX9R9OX_PqTPpMvhf_nUgK4vO-AoeX1_CBSZMJRvEMfrJKeyhtc5gjneQA_TFy7JK1-MYLqoVkJ_BinyDHnNiRVGnZKk/s320/IMG_1012.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362040690739165330" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>He even told me that I was his best friend buddy! And he gives me a kiss every morning instead of waking up and asking where daddy is and then telling me to get away from him when I say daddy is at work.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6et-fDa5DA7X1faTa9-XN4DBMZGPNenhP9lNZTkfpdiZdpbWJ9eBBrHHtHsHS8y2quQlQJSkUH7RYkTUflOKrmkcfoPIGBA4mZ6uPYOXZkI1sFHKnxBQHW-oNIJKNrJRQazZcnLn1sqU/s1600-h/IMG_1011.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6et-fDa5DA7X1faTa9-XN4DBMZGPNenhP9lNZTkfpdiZdpbWJ9eBBrHHtHsHS8y2quQlQJSkUH7RYkTUflOKrmkcfoPIGBA4mZ6uPYOXZkI1sFHKnxBQHW-oNIJKNrJRQazZcnLn1sqU/s320/IMG_1011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362040527114352930" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>He really is a sweet boy. He loves to gives hugs to everybody. He gives all the coaches hugs when we get to gymnastics, and one of the parents told me that he gave her baby a kiss the other day. She thought he was so cute!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rhxWw_lI1Qn_64_MnjCrqn46YPIR9TDHpKDb2dbNrcT_Tr7wr0cZfyXLaYV8osLXI3vMYJnZuvdafVB864sBtbq6UqI-8cieYf4dpOB0MtEvsaPKomYcbagcsqa_e0MzN5Knvxgfnws/s1600-h/IMG_1009.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1rhxWw_lI1Qn_64_MnjCrqn46YPIR9TDHpKDb2dbNrcT_Tr7wr0cZfyXLaYV8osLXI3vMYJnZuvdafVB864sBtbq6UqI-8cieYf4dpOB0MtEvsaPKomYcbagcsqa_e0MzN5Knvxgfnws/s320/IMG_1009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362040361513060178" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is typical Landen. He always has a four-wheeler, motorcycle, monster truck, or car in his hands (or 2 or 3). His favorite is his Lightining McQueen. He even sleeps with it. It has been a great bribe for potty training, which he is doing really well at. He pees in the potty great as long as he is in underwear, but sometimes he tells me he wants a diaper. We have pull ups, but he tells me that those are just pull-up diapers. We are still working on the pooping issue.</div><div>Landen loves babies, even the ones that are only a little younger than him and almost his size. He loves to hold babies and gives them cute kisses on the head. Then he tells me "this baby likes me!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyuCKlORrfk9aVQUW7uCB4QQ5isjSQ3RpUtd-po74LUFNEqb6hiqiJ3kZbS_ufp-_LkNiNeisJ1tvS5JfYPkKTcIVo7R9tGLRlWevYYgoVFeOIg5g6i8vzoDZsyadHhf7iIzsvuGsih0/s1600-h/IMG_1007.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoyuCKlORrfk9aVQUW7uCB4QQ5isjSQ3RpUtd-po74LUFNEqb6hiqiJ3kZbS_ufp-_LkNiNeisJ1tvS5JfYPkKTcIVo7R9tGLRlWevYYgoVFeOIg5g6i8vzoDZsyadHhf7iIzsvuGsih0/s320/IMG_1007.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362040205374942754" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I have to say that I have the cutest little boy in the world, and one of the sweetest. I think that I need Pat to leave more often so that I can have this time with him when he actually likes me.</div><div><br /></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-59538399688821696862009-07-20T13:13:00.000-07:002009-07-20T13:16:56.406-07:00Summer TimeThought I would take a minute to give a quick update, sorry no pictures. We have done quite a bit this summer, Lake Powell with the Branches, so much fun, but I was a dork and didn't bring my camera. We have gone to Huntington and Joes Valley several times (what can I say, we like to boat). Again, I didn't take any pictures. Gymnastics has taken up a lot of time, but I love it so I can't complain. We are going to have a break after this week before the fall session start, so maybe I will get some blogging done! Mostly we have just been playing and enjoying the summer before Alyssa goes back to school (and we actually have to have a bed time!)Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-86570853148891254352009-07-07T06:24:00.001-07:002009-07-07T07:00:51.027-07:00Atwood Reunion<div><br /></div><div>June 27, 2009</div><div>The Atwood Reunion was at the South Park in Price this year. They had a sand volleyball court, a nice play area for the kids, great food and lots of family to visit with. The best part was the water slide for the kids. </div><div><br /></div><div> Alyssa loved the water slide, we couldn't get her off it to eat.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7QVwDgZtWZ2MaOvtYs5xhyphenhyphenUpyOlolGXzOpjf6g_WGhVrRz5KgIA3Rcf4pIO-0iLaKP51s839a4uM8ZIh1fia0hb8PFIgQDsBQVmsxY11vt-H0f0v2D94PiwE3l1sBtk9QVja3tM9jEo/s1600-h/IMG_0153.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7QVwDgZtWZ2MaOvtYs5xhyphenhyphenUpyOlolGXzOpjf6g_WGhVrRz5KgIA3Rcf4pIO-0iLaKP51s839a4uM8ZIh1fia0hb8PFIgQDsBQVmsxY11vt-H0f0v2D94PiwE3l1sBtk9QVja3tM9jEo/s320/IMG_0153.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355714375135124210" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xvwC40FnMeB2uI6amo9CUm-UepVdTP0PK7NiPyhyphenhyphenFJjUfDEYwc8QzjnacczTlg0Xcg65T71y15jH9cHL4KOyOMzM6sKb6k1G1QWf5QTB9em2PLRq4iHbLAmvuyHrEdg_K86XfCO2eK4/s1600-h/IMG_0156.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xvwC40FnMeB2uI6amo9CUm-UepVdTP0PK7NiPyhyphenhyphenFJjUfDEYwc8QzjnacczTlg0Xcg65T71y15jH9cHL4KOyOMzM6sKb6k1G1QWf5QTB9em2PLRq4iHbLAmvuyHrEdg_K86XfCO2eK4/s320/IMG_0156.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355714272015156594" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Landen did go down the slide, but he didn't love it. I took him up to the top and Pat caught him at the bottom. He was so mad at me that he wouldn't talk to me for awhile after. I guess it served me right that one of the kids pushed me as I was climbing back down and I got soaked.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4E3v2l5QeFY9983wYgunhK_xXZv8pR6xb_My4h7luWg9aX3hOl8zgxjWTuDNEtKdWBQ7jty4susfQxwGsC1BPPIgriprK6zcZoiNQ9bd4zZiVL6v4PoIG1dZWcHIZcqCU9sBwpa9bi8/s1600-h/IMG_0160.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4E3v2l5QeFY9983wYgunhK_xXZv8pR6xb_My4h7luWg9aX3hOl8zgxjWTuDNEtKdWBQ7jty4susfQxwGsC1BPPIgriprK6zcZoiNQ9bd4zZiVL6v4PoIG1dZWcHIZcqCU9sBwpa9bi8/s320/IMG_0160.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355713245839318258" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>He decided later that he wanted to try again. That time pat took him up and I caught him. He seemed to like me better that way.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>Landen and Corban had fun in the little pool, where there were less big kids to run them over.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxH2sS9vc_aYccpYWuTh4uCPgMR0BMiZb2N-u1Ysb2hy9_FRIREDbVB7KgWbiGyhx8WYhb8qU3s7hao7iEa8UAZdpkPkqK8ET4-GwVmPUuZ9aDqD5Gy_F1s3K2LDvVf_GHtkaUzM5qE4/s1600-h/IMG_0162.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxH2sS9vc_aYccpYWuTh4uCPgMR0BMiZb2N-u1Ysb2hy9_FRIREDbVB7KgWbiGyhx8WYhb8qU3s7hao7iEa8UAZdpkPkqK8ET4-GwVmPUuZ9aDqD5Gy_F1s3K2LDvVf_GHtkaUzM5qE4/s320/IMG_0162.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355712943357372226" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1vFYuKHh0-3QNhE-DoZOrYUvd90tKzQUK8KrxsC542uBMxqKplKq7hCV1xr299GdVLThDIbQTzh1Eq_0DcwHCuWJZ_agADgcpzIYaGlsBXa_9ZXGGxA6cr_XO3z32EspshPmeBWjwmA/s1600-h/IMG_0165.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv1vFYuKHh0-3QNhE-DoZOrYUvd90tKzQUK8KrxsC542uBMxqKplKq7hCV1xr299GdVLThDIbQTzh1Eq_0DcwHCuWJZ_agADgcpzIYaGlsBXa_9ZXGGxA6cr_XO3z32EspshPmeBWjwmA/s320/IMG_0165.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355712734675518658" /><br /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Landen made this cute hat, but he wanted to use it as a bib. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VmhwhzEyubQvrIjXmb6S5sTyWnLmjdu6GAb7J9q-uuOdA63a_vOfn22aZP1NQ-CdIsNIFJKmtmlqEWARKa-M67hWNitEEt2ZJXLwi5MnAlHhpP_WY-lTalFmfG950svB1yjAp8O8fRA/s1600-h/IMG_0175.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VmhwhzEyubQvrIjXmb6S5sTyWnLmjdu6GAb7J9q-uuOdA63a_vOfn22aZP1NQ-CdIsNIFJKmtmlqEWARKa-M67hWNitEEt2ZJXLwi5MnAlHhpP_WY-lTalFmfG950svB1yjAp8O8fRA/s320/IMG_0175.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355712043103892274" /><br /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKOCNSBpaPxpZVe07NVIO8Tqo_G58Q7cTBaQAa4-d6Fe2GNhKy3b9gjxgO6t7PrszMJHalBfyE_FHNlEGxqryL2TlYeP8LVVD1kk122Hy-jIi9fNfb9Mgpku0aFxRFUwaDQfpmvrCNrc/s1600-h/IMG_0177.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSKOCNSBpaPxpZVe07NVIO8Tqo_G58Q7cTBaQAa4-d6Fe2GNhKy3b9gjxgO6t7PrszMJHalBfyE_FHNlEGxqryL2TlYeP8LVVD1kk122Hy-jIi9fNfb9Mgpku0aFxRFUwaDQfpmvrCNrc/s320/IMG_0177.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355711946560298114" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNnu5Gv_a8GB01jz45N4HxPG-_V0Cu1Aion1ho6wGSGjCjirwk5fwHVvvDWNzSJ1K8i7aT9sbFvqBHZvn-ctg9D5OH8BC7kOqFVMBlJNvtlpYUD4Wl3uBbjqWEj6oMxPzmP4Wf4rrCKZ8/s320/IMG_0169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355711557900261138" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Just hanging out together.<br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe8QtguPIVzJxO2FGWPALXGMneNkydhqZFfT7dThzedA4FKZOxFP9Ek2xKviP-rSXV-v0BHkcESTJJJwnK6NB5jmO6_WP2J_lVS0GZpXrNMHTUi1mfmHCcOGbKYXNMTbe6BtJUD2ohm8/s1600-h/IMG_0170.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPe8QtguPIVzJxO2FGWPALXGMneNkydhqZFfT7dThzedA4FKZOxFP9Ek2xKviP-rSXV-v0BHkcESTJJJwnK6NB5jmO6_WP2J_lVS0GZpXrNMHTUi1mfmHCcOGbKYXNMTbe6BtJUD2ohm8/s320/IMG_0170.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355711436695868610" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Earlier in the day, Bruce decided it would be funny to throw Heather in the pool. All the guys decided to get revenge, and ganged up on Bruce to throw him in! It was great to see all the young guys working together to get him in.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp8NDo_-zyuh8qQjTcHGDQuTZmfhVNLfpUdbVVVQCuCG5IXfXE6Aq5w4pTjin7djfFCmxy3NwEkgSt6QwLCVIINAYxuuN7ByZaDC7Goq0luBOD-nMqSsVOhpCUnE0DFvF45Vi0d3_p78/s1600-h/IMG_0172.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp8NDo_-zyuh8qQjTcHGDQuTZmfhVNLfpUdbVVVQCuCG5IXfXE6Aq5w4pTjin7djfFCmxy3NwEkgSt6QwLCVIINAYxuuN7ByZaDC7Goq0luBOD-nMqSsVOhpCUnE0DFvF45Vi0d3_p78/s320/IMG_0172.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355710548303306850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMIDPFnni2v_CrnrJHWnS97Et34Y7f0hMUHbisEF7uTRKNifF2McTXxLGJpIRYjsKfRKlb4jvH1cXmAAcpruqamPgbWZtGClM-i_nv1WuwydkRc9kj2nFq0-lkedstrOCKnaur8eprK8/s1600-h/IMG_0173.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMIDPFnni2v_CrnrJHWnS97Et34Y7f0hMUHbisEF7uTRKNifF2McTXxLGJpIRYjsKfRKlb4jvH1cXmAAcpruqamPgbWZtGClM-i_nv1WuwydkRc9kj2nFq0-lkedstrOCKnaur8eprK8/s320/IMG_0173.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355710400642005266" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There were tons of people that showed up. It was so nice to visit with everyone and see everyone again. Our family is growing so much and it is great to see all the new babies. We love to catch up on what is going on with everyone and just have a good time.</div></div></div></div></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-78505166037679174122009-06-14T20:15:00.000-07:002009-06-15T08:16:37.437-07:00<div>I just want you all to know that the dance recital post took forever to do. So I hope you all enjoy it, and I hope I do not have to do that many videos in a post again.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-11426401502016426192009-06-14T19:21:00.000-07:002009-06-15T08:24:28.320-07:00June 6, 2009 Dance Recital "True Colors"<div>Alyssa had so much fun at her dance recital. She seems to like it a lot better when she is all dressed up in her costumes.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lvvyBe5jdfYUn0cQTwWK87y6iuYSu4KU1x2THep8s_rnVtNWgu5UHVXnx3chEy6n00KA52QyDoYMYigfsoSloto5dvmx6J186KTteGpXj0MLYo46-IqLuRUm_A7Mlr8nl5HxuZ6qv3w/s1600-h/IMG_0130.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lvvyBe5jdfYUn0cQTwWK87y6iuYSu4KU1x2THep8s_rnVtNWgu5UHVXnx3chEy6n00KA52QyDoYMYigfsoSloto5dvmx6J186KTteGpXj0MLYo46-IqLuRUm_A7Mlr8nl5HxuZ6qv3w/s320/IMG_0130.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347381017965289394" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT43F0-TSF3fxUMQn7pJAMueckTJP0eHZle-_Dgz90nHfat0KLopdnVExmjqfKqpMSLyTyHeEXDbWmGZFKutSrOqLnPZFxNTRXO3vKaSBEv14dJ5fTLRFuNMmkRO8yU3vB6tMydiv1t9g/s320/IMG_0129.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347380946100563442" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div>I put these curlers in Alyssa's hair that morning. She hates these curlers, but they make her hair so cute! At least I didn't make her sleep in them this time. She went around all day like this and she kept telling me that she looked "ridiculous". I think she looked pretty cute.</div><div></div><br /><div>Her first dance was L.O.V.E</div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz_x8aa0KKGxTsq_GL3ejQa31sTlrqgTL6lS6eo5PnhnNGMG-v3wO6eDQIqut8cgW__v4b9Y_H5oSyH8giCWQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXw2svMAFID5S-n2lrRJMvvIzlgciQwDD-Cc_yvp_x2znEHJf0aHsPB7iuaR61i49MJ6dG18Lj6r2S4pF5z8-VCjoCTh38zoau3VPcxlQNnUJ_Q4n53qGWxYyH3LG73C9qjkPBeIpfqqE/s320/IMG_0135.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347380275707560786" /> </div><div> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir14kAwsRRuZQw1ugj3pk_KrsVi4PvGEl4hSRinhZft1lHfBq6xGR_5QBJDqrhCHHSZGGydyvrp3b5PIkgWeHzgx58-nW-KwBF2Y3Lf3MXc_rDYgtjZZsiteEsUQVgdA40Gj6DQIr3SJ4/s320/IMG_0137.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347380409603606098" /></div><div>Posing with Cheyanne!</div><div><br /></div><div>Alyssa's next dance was "It's Not Easy Being Green". I had not seen this dance before the recital, it was their newest one. It turned out pretty cute. I think these costumes were super cute too!<br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1UhfNyD3uLjXc6kjLHrQtowzfOsuKSP1esCoQl7BUK3SRAXBqG8zJTyqH_jTiUPpKsjDrZM99AM9sajSFLciVmhVWa1oDyhI_13j5IYGU8epUV8gP6jq9LrlalZCNw_9TT6rszY1nNs/s1600-h/IMG_0146.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1UhfNyD3uLjXc6kjLHrQtowzfOsuKSP1esCoQl7BUK3SRAXBqG8zJTyqH_jTiUPpKsjDrZM99AM9sajSFLciVmhVWa1oDyhI_13j5IYGU8epUV8gP6jq9LrlalZCNw_9TT6rszY1nNs/s320/IMG_0146.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347387984487438322" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy7xR8vYPaENHKHx3K1vgCLiAmnEhsQdyzo1TX__Zxhu90JYvqcCSp4puzfaO2RqiCOCntirWmrctwfWjowlg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Her last dance was "Forever In Blue Jeans" I think this one was my favorite! She looked so cute shaking her booty, and the costumes were so cute.<br /></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dylskIh8KmQBWz-F2ncdHdBbBmfX_nJL6jv3GGEHZ54qlKm84bozWMIwrjhye8kZqEyvbxntSCBrywmJIrd9w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Jk5Ki02-gUY8kotn0C25Zp2GspjwVaIxB9mfgZp7tXOB9XxZSoxsKbLg1RS9ZM1XhqXRDSpDkEA5aC4ocZZ6756L36GJMpuMPiheDWZ6f90km4Cw9VyRI8Q0ghjlunJw4OizoiLrQGg/s1600-h/IMG_0141.jpg"></a><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLi2DeAItsB64oPkqWwgsFT8_cWb2Iym12EIUuYD10FzpZFlD2Q4PgaPTQu03NkN1MC_egdrPlIRrnlUVf6x3NAO90oMfq_ra0LJ1d5xbpGsNgCnYkohOSiBDx8Og5fwhTlRkvurnwWL4/s320/IMG_0147.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347396357609377970" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Jk5Ki02-gUY8kotn0C25Zp2GspjwVaIxB9mfgZp7tXOB9XxZSoxsKbLg1RS9ZM1XhqXRDSpDkEA5aC4ocZZ6756L36GJMpuMPiheDWZ6f90km4Cw9VyRI8Q0ghjlunJw4OizoiLrQGg/s1600-h/IMG_0141.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Jk5Ki02-gUY8kotn0C25Zp2GspjwVaIxB9mfgZp7tXOB9XxZSoxsKbLg1RS9ZM1XhqXRDSpDkEA5aC4ocZZ6756L36GJMpuMPiheDWZ6f90km4Cw9VyRI8Q0ghjlunJw4OizoiLrQGg/s320/IMG_0141.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347397340057758578" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The mom's dance ended up being a big hit. We had so much fun at the practices, but we weren't sure how things were going to turn out. It was great, and us mom's had a blast!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyAEINViHZJBPUsZYuf2iRrZbxW4lZWf9GrQHLzYEkbOwsbUQvpZ-_DCZZcSKeMQHzN_HzNir4QXsuTcgPLjw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /></div></div><div>Yes, that is me and Mindy flipping at the end! We've still got it.</div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-86131571994149201752009-06-08T15:38:00.001-07:002009-06-08T22:12:37.040-07:00Illinois!!!!<div><div>Our trip to Illinois was great this year. We decided to drive the 24 hours instead of flying. We weren't sure how the kids would do, but it was not that bad. Alyssa only threw up twice on the way there and both times were in Colorado. She made it the rest of the way without being sick at all. (I am really glad that I bought some puke bags at the hospital, they came in very handy!) I wish that I could say the same for Pat. I think the energy drinks he drank all night made him sick. He drove through from 1 p.m. until 2:30 a.m., then I took over in Kansas. I have to say that Kansas wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. I think that at 2:30 in the morning it was great! I drove until we hit Springfield, IL and then Pat drove the last 2 hours to Forrest. The kids did great. They fell asleep around 9 or 10 that night and slept until around 5 a.m. They mostly watched movies and played games. They only asked if we were there yet a couple of times.</div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXd5nDQoBBXTKg_kaFtqU0aWE-dwpVkAiHY81e13mgkLRNq6syNaQy1ll6vzVeupWqNRpb3TmMDEq5YeHhB_kKIOMWqKgiYvOPWl2lCn5LEAAsUe-8-xphixGtgGOFnSz1dw77iiIqbo/s1600-h/IMG_0930.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXd5nDQoBBXTKg_kaFtqU0aWE-dwpVkAiHY81e13mgkLRNq6syNaQy1ll6vzVeupWqNRpb3TmMDEq5YeHhB_kKIOMWqKgiYvOPWl2lCn5LEAAsUe-8-xphixGtgGOFnSz1dw77iiIqbo/s320/IMG_0930.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345175456862822962" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghL5UlOXQgcC_4FOkcQ5nsThMQmClD7rGCEUzHPY5YJj4jKBEkynhaZtjnj_zfFiGnANzKa1sp-h4tZMY-QiUt7bsZjbOvMm8leGorLR38p9iQF0pnC1OuGCAaPhy6ksfK1nrxubaGiMk/s1600-h/IMG_0931.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghL5UlOXQgcC_4FOkcQ5nsThMQmClD7rGCEUzHPY5YJj4jKBEkynhaZtjnj_zfFiGnANzKa1sp-h4tZMY-QiUt7bsZjbOvMm8leGorLR38p9iQF0pnC1OuGCAaPhy6ksfK1nrxubaGiMk/s320/IMG_0931.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345175567694084370" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwxSM_xFYl0KKcMvSjYL6FFKUgXjXENjYPNntDG8HLjZUDc7KpPZkTiFX44dZvVmukH9nZiVb2eAkX_2EY_OjC_7U1G2V4yP3nBg5zsnaBcGyTmenCVJYM69KXM9CGS-FxyGWdCjgmKc/s1600-h/IMG_0933.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This is as we drove into the driveway and started unloading kids out of the car. They were so excited to get out and see everyone. We were excited too, but I think the exhaustion was winning over excitement.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwxSM_xFYl0KKcMvSjYL6FFKUgXjXENjYPNntDG8HLjZUDc7KpPZkTiFX44dZvVmukH9nZiVb2eAkX_2EY_OjC_7U1G2V4yP3nBg5zsnaBcGyTmenCVJYM69KXM9CGS-FxyGWdCjgmKc/s1600-h/IMG_0933.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwxSM_xFYl0KKcMvSjYL6FFKUgXjXENjYPNntDG8HLjZUDc7KpPZkTiFX44dZvVmukH9nZiVb2eAkX_2EY_OjC_7U1G2V4yP3nBg5zsnaBcGyTmenCVJYM69KXM9CGS-FxyGWdCjgmKc/s320/IMG_0933.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345175754128026370" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnG_t8L0GO90U1HQ2uDku-suIAmFF23VsNM2eBXxS-Xf03JzQ-IoO6FxDuBoE737dt2fu80TyJ-dXt-AcW-W0kzvm37VYA6jZOzKWPSKfTWzzDAwc3Fh-HxZM-1RQXRnLTbSWKd2aa1ac/s1600-h/IMG_0932.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnG_t8L0GO90U1HQ2uDku-suIAmFF23VsNM2eBXxS-Xf03JzQ-IoO6FxDuBoE737dt2fu80TyJ-dXt-AcW-W0kzvm37VYA6jZOzKWPSKfTWzzDAwc3Fh-HxZM-1RQXRnLTbSWKd2aa1ac/s320/IMG_0932.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345175659465644130" /></a></div><div>We were able to take a little nap, and then we got to have dinner with Dutch, Kelli, Hannah, and Hunter. Poor Hannah, I don't think Alyssa left her side the whole time she was there. I think she probably got tired of Alyssa asking her so come and play outside.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJpBCdkBKkCrCfi80j55-jcmc31AF0W2lq6lJxeASM1Ono2iqgbFjkjWQNBIs6jdByKiK2OwdidcrZ0B6DmsTk_DPtwo-_nGYgxfwLw4rADSEqalYCYC2DU6SMEw05M2YhL_Us9xlZUU/s1600-h/IMG_0935.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJpBCdkBKkCrCfi80j55-jcmc31AF0W2lq6lJxeASM1Ono2iqgbFjkjWQNBIs6jdByKiK2OwdidcrZ0B6DmsTk_DPtwo-_nGYgxfwLw4rADSEqalYCYC2DU6SMEw05M2YhL_Us9xlZUU/s320/IMG_0935.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345177346704002242" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhF6pC_YrMkVh_CHYC8ZIxlUoocvlJj4jjEklxVoyrik9pOseKCvz_lHQcaAQT0m2JrlK7ruofbcmiWkAbj0eg-FBcYsam1Tt6P16M7ukpUSK0-9aYfcVzVSJyBQd9Xc4hio-Kzf9Pq7M/s1600-h/IMG_0934.jpg"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhF6pC_YrMkVh_CHYC8ZIxlUoocvlJj4jjEklxVoyrik9pOseKCvz_lHQcaAQT0m2JrlK7ruofbcmiWkAbj0eg-FBcYsam1Tt6P16M7ukpUSK0-9aYfcVzVSJyBQd9Xc4hio-Kzf9Pq7M/s320/IMG_0934.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345177253535336994" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The next day we went to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago!!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKtDzfKIlUnmL8TexjzCRJNw5era7kSRbNfMup_QQnnLgmtu_YxF1QysmO6m6zyWpM04kA86o_Z2x3lPZGIo6GeiJqMkNWCue6caPuRiVXQGn6VnWgdSF27dYjzwWLUjLC_u8UdTXTRI/s1600-h/IMG_0979.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTKtDzfKIlUnmL8TexjzCRJNw5era7kSRbNfMup_QQnnLgmtu_YxF1QysmO6m6zyWpM04kA86o_Z2x3lPZGIo6GeiJqMkNWCue6caPuRiVXQGn6VnWgdSF27dYjzwWLUjLC_u8UdTXTRI/s320/IMG_0979.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345173034054207938" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdXWU1brGJ0DenuNq0GfTjwKbRi1BWTn0JHooXC76g4eK3lwE71WIHaqHnF2oWwPAlV2nxTKZVs9mtlJ9I5Jw4t6K0lZL2ze2cw1raF4WFQFJPoPF2TYKdOqGRJJwGgFt3B-MmPAeL4E/s320/IMG_0941.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345172123328366258" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOdXWU1brGJ0DenuNq0GfTjwKbRi1BWTn0JHooXC76g4eK3lwE71WIHaqHnF2oWwPAlV2nxTKZVs9mtlJ9I5Jw4t6K0lZL2ze2cw1raF4WFQFJPoPF2TYKdOqGRJJwGgFt3B-MmPAeL4E/s1600-h/IMG_0941.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_7R7DaJgAEDtP7JuRWt526b8mrDj8Puz_BbGuaWhr1bOkVVuZQmVYeUHB6nPp5xuUohNbT9z48Cgfk-W5M-uzKYUHtC6Kf4Tst-fyetrAHRSqw4VN3kXSlxpqWW_GX7lbfawnkKo43Q/s1600-h/IMG_0983.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There was so much to see! They had a really cool dolphin exhibit, but they were not doing the actual show because the dolphins were still too little to perform all of the tricks. We were able to go in and watch them play around and then you could go below and see them swimming.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_7R7DaJgAEDtP7JuRWt526b8mrDj8Puz_BbGuaWhr1bOkVVuZQmVYeUHB6nPp5xuUohNbT9z48Cgfk-W5M-uzKYUHtC6Kf4Tst-fyetrAHRSqw4VN3kXSlxpqWW_GX7lbfawnkKo43Q/s1600-h/IMG_0983.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_7R7DaJgAEDtP7JuRWt526b8mrDj8Puz_BbGuaWhr1bOkVVuZQmVYeUHB6nPp5xuUohNbT9z48Cgfk-W5M-uzKYUHtC6Kf4Tst-fyetrAHRSqw4VN3kXSlxpqWW_GX7lbfawnkKo43Q/s320/IMG_0983.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345173159293217042" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9ZXfDJ15EfpU3u5uZPrlG9pSHRGxqJ5DIxqnK1QOj4v5_ih1p6aCY1yRbjptIpnUf0LO9I_fU45F-pe6J9kzzASI5lwkIEcdxO6rupcPKZ2VI3P34E3d13ukiUXBHWJz55CGuBhZ60Y/s1600-h/IMG_0118.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9ZXfDJ15EfpU3u5uZPrlG9pSHRGxqJ5DIxqnK1QOj4v5_ih1p6aCY1yRbjptIpnUf0LO9I_fU45F-pe6J9kzzASI5lwkIEcdxO6rupcPKZ2VI3P34E3d13ukiUXBHWJz55CGuBhZ60Y/s320/IMG_0118.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345091075521225122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9slnwApWPXejyt2yzw8KJth9i34Z359slmzMcWQ3IMnyv9LViZDQncmb1bUAfph4LtLE35G0KGx_qLqptUHnm6-ho7PQyZy9ow2gW1nAJRMEWLT805j32ceCI9zx1iTeGCwKdvLkLa0/s1600-h/IMG_0958.jpg"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9slnwApWPXejyt2yzw8KJth9i34Z359slmzMcWQ3IMnyv9LViZDQncmb1bUAfph4LtLE35G0KGx_qLqptUHnm6-ho7PQyZy9ow2gW1nAJRMEWLT805j32ceCI9zx1iTeGCwKdvLkLa0/s1600-h/IMG_0958.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9slnwApWPXejyt2yzw8KJth9i34Z359slmzMcWQ3IMnyv9LViZDQncmb1bUAfph4LtLE35G0KGx_qLqptUHnm6-ho7PQyZy9ow2gW1nAJRMEWLT805j32ceCI9zx1iTeGCwKdvLkLa0/s320/IMG_0958.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345172535038953714" /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_7R7DaJgAEDtP7JuRWt526b8mrDj8Puz_BbGuaWhr1bOkVVuZQmVYeUHB6nPp5xuUohNbT9z48Cgfk-W5M-uzKYUHtC6Kf4Tst-fyetrAHRSqw4VN3kXSlxpqWW_GX7lbfawnkKo43Q/s1600-h/IMG_0983.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruE9Ajx2y16aBS_agShqv73-um1Uk_K4TN36jo1StBYBt4Vuum-u98ZhfJBaNJJ15Mofo92EzQZk6C5JxKQZpNxX2feofPwH26STvGa8bl_ZvDzojlghuoMv9ZBrp2x8tdr4-nF2O_5U/s1600-h/IMG_0970.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruE9Ajx2y16aBS_agShqv73-um1Uk_K4TN36jo1StBYBt4Vuum-u98ZhfJBaNJJ15Mofo92EzQZk6C5JxKQZpNxX2feofPwH26STvGa8bl_ZvDzojlghuoMv9ZBrp2x8tdr4-nF2O_5U/s320/IMG_0970.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345172816715516594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsh0o9OB0RYNZF1a5Rp9JZvQfyk2WcQAGVw4bFDsIm8qXncLxEoDJ53xG0iGNct122wQaLU6TCcrwtD_V7bsOdEXpg4XdXJ6p3lJycXB7xhyOuug8WcneqW1_IjrFH_cc8sdHkOq5R_Wg/s1600-h/IMG_0942.jpg"></a></div><div>There was a baby giraffe that the kids thought was pretty cool, but the spraying elephant fountain won out! Of course they were soaked, but at least they weren't complaining about being hot! </div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsh0o9OB0RYNZF1a5Rp9JZvQfyk2WcQAGVw4bFDsIm8qXncLxEoDJ53xG0iGNct122wQaLU6TCcrwtD_V7bsOdEXpg4XdXJ6p3lJycXB7xhyOuug8WcneqW1_IjrFH_cc8sdHkOq5R_Wg/s1600-h/IMG_0942.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsh0o9OB0RYNZF1a5Rp9JZvQfyk2WcQAGVw4bFDsIm8qXncLxEoDJ53xG0iGNct122wQaLU6TCcrwtD_V7bsOdEXpg4XdXJ6p3lJycXB7xhyOuug8WcneqW1_IjrFH_cc8sdHkOq5R_Wg/s320/IMG_0942.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345172316227501394" /> </a></div><div>Everyone just hanging out, deciding where to start our adventure. Alyssa had the map and wanted to be the leader, of course. (It took me about half way through the safari part to realize that the brake was on the stroller. I couldn't figure out why I was having such a hard time pushing that thing. I really got a workout! Pat thought it was hilarious.)</div><div><br /></div><div>They were having a Dinosaurs alive exhibit while we were there, which ended up being the highlight of the zoo. They had animated life-size dinosaurs. They were pretty cool!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3M0h1-uuYf9aeOnkDTu4VAw6h_3E4NaOAqyCew-CeGSHVIrApzYYamN7RYrVZ03QeYfgIkkBctuCvCY9NgTm8vmF71LqasZiJpHTkUAcPwRRfLNteOlWuqgzmEYOZMv2wf_YZ2DJP28/s1600-h/IMG_0119.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3M0h1-uuYf9aeOnkDTu4VAw6h_3E4NaOAqyCew-CeGSHVIrApzYYamN7RYrVZ03QeYfgIkkBctuCvCY9NgTm8vmF71LqasZiJpHTkUAcPwRRfLNteOlWuqgzmEYOZMv2wf_YZ2DJP28/s320/IMG_0119.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345091270027353874" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ED3rG4uUL60Q-afkMAS6mTlgs7duoyL5L2SlBKIPzvC8BUtFV_jXkGKKmdB_w5joD_Ifzm-3ryRUeEKzWZnxrPiOJy6VF0-4fWdDv3Nrf8OSspIlprZSK5WT9hQDWf3ZMX5L1SEoVDM/s1600-h/IMG_0125.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ED3rG4uUL60Q-afkMAS6mTlgs7duoyL5L2SlBKIPzvC8BUtFV_jXkGKKmdB_w5joD_Ifzm-3ryRUeEKzWZnxrPiOJy6VF0-4fWdDv3Nrf8OSspIlprZSK5WT9hQDWf3ZMX5L1SEoVDM/s320/IMG_0125.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345091772244062722" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWfY-jxqAisNN0_RkzCD0lA-GkGJz6tI75KWv40k0Wfyyrrk0bhMKd4Ad3tpKxG4xkPkVSc4vGj55ec6C6t5iuOAHMhqBjUsGCKBD6V_9ywf3qfoj5Pkk_lj15szXKzwwhmytOFe-hmE/s1600-h/IMG_0120.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWfY-jxqAisNN0_RkzCD0lA-GkGJz6tI75KWv40k0Wfyyrrk0bhMKd4Ad3tpKxG4xkPkVSc4vGj55ec6C6t5iuOAHMhqBjUsGCKBD6V_9ywf3qfoj5Pkk_lj15szXKzwwhmytOFe-hmE/s320/IMG_0120.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345091533118425970" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ei7wYUFlmuf31sOdogSiOeIDVSx8LTg0Xp6BhE4vwke5Yr4N3qNH0PJC94eNwlaW7EYNUUMh4519NIKsOEoIx2hLICyI7jteCXHtfwksXqNs7J0knlEy9Bdxby93g70CEnT9RWjqMJ4/s1600-h/IMG_0124.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ei7wYUFlmuf31sOdogSiOeIDVSx8LTg0Xp6BhE4vwke5Yr4N3qNH0PJC94eNwlaW7EYNUUMh4519NIKsOEoIx2hLICyI7jteCXHtfwksXqNs7J0knlEy9Bdxby93g70CEnT9RWjqMJ4/s320/IMG_0124.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345091661214482914" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Landen loved them until Pat decided to stick his arm out for the dinosaur to eat. He started freaking out and yelling at Pat to keep his arm down. After that he wouldn't let Pat put him down for fear that the T-Rex would eat his daddy for dinner!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfU__iZR4xB0fI2cYjsSpkVgJfuI5azIO1SmBw-QZQhMsjrVXW6D_2M2qLRVCD8I9XywiaWUfa3g-JXbmfFAmZbX0I-nAcJtfqtyXkBYJLkRZspaZjAujr9fODof_AzdFCkO-_6tpPNkc/s320/IMG_0128.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345091979008244098" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc12jrAIikTm9WMoOKacvo9VZv5lPvwOAMSFIRF41Q6pCrrDzjRqLwsXf93OjWydlm0eXb7Q-MXlLj_CBSpXI89YWwdhLCIAtLc_g2vlXlIc7ukECwBPe47wpMr3lUany9NViZh_GaSKM/s1600-h/IMG_1003.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc12jrAIikTm9WMoOKacvo9VZv5lPvwOAMSFIRF41Q6pCrrDzjRqLwsXf93OjWydlm0eXb7Q-MXlLj_CBSpXI89YWwdhLCIAtLc_g2vlXlIc7ukECwBPe47wpMr3lUany9NViZh_GaSKM/s320/IMG_1003.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345182003230599538" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We were able to visit a lot of family while we were there. My kids love to go to Kevin and Martha's pig farm. </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHQjZwoSET3dVNa-FRGpxKlXdXHxqP5xIUsQIt-MODl9rm_beCQ9BhDe5Cwjlx9T1sHBQCoTR-VxTaSiufK8p3yLIivQ3MK3H89ud3ocSHzfgV5sCqM4aIc06yaCdW8lxWMabcwthIOc/s1600-h/IMG_1038.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHQjZwoSET3dVNa-FRGpxKlXdXHxqP5xIUsQIt-MODl9rm_beCQ9BhDe5Cwjlx9T1sHBQCoTR-VxTaSiufK8p3yLIivQ3MK3H89ud3ocSHzfgV5sCqM4aIc06yaCdW8lxWMabcwthIOc/s320/IMG_1038.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345183369137427394" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FjEN8aJC0r_fv8UZagjCl75eeyl5VXhX4UH5_ix9FhkVe3TEGyiGYynRRD3jBemCmHpQgWiCbgRiOCol1USDvlThFc1T8Ztb88w-EHiIUp708-mhAvu2O14EScvFv7fnukg7YXrU2sc/s1600-h/IMG_1019.jpg"> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FjEN8aJC0r_fv8UZagjCl75eeyl5VXhX4UH5_ix9FhkVe3TEGyiGYynRRD3jBemCmHpQgWiCbgRiOCol1USDvlThFc1T8Ztb88w-EHiIUp708-mhAvu2O14EScvFv7fnukg7YXrU2sc/s1600-h/IMG_1019.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FjEN8aJC0r_fv8UZagjCl75eeyl5VXhX4UH5_ix9FhkVe3TEGyiGYynRRD3jBemCmHpQgWiCbgRiOCol1USDvlThFc1T8Ztb88w-EHiIUp708-mhAvu2O14EScvFv7fnukg7YXrU2sc/s320/IMG_1019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345182778057153970" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>It took them a little while to warm up to actually touching the pig. But once they did they didn't want to leave it alone.</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-GMmnjgUNL91coi6GTfMxuDhwMZFYp2gXKmz-DYFcPLPiL3QplxOjC5tlCR5AhAYDRHD06veR8N9fzvIfqjTyIecQ4Ts0ogfN0ABsdHZV54OU-VbucHLqTZkEEBDPKbCSqwdKCmORmE/s1600-h/IMG_1016.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW-GMmnjgUNL91coi6GTfMxuDhwMZFYp2gXKmz-DYFcPLPiL3QplxOjC5tlCR5AhAYDRHD06veR8N9fzvIfqjTyIecQ4Ts0ogfN0ABsdHZV54OU-VbucHLqTZkEEBDPKbCSqwdKCmORmE/s320/IMG_1016.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345182663545947442" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJQrI4-gvXJOpGqaNb0BpVVC9347A2RZxTSX9t3BSCV_sJgMinOR1nYyQet8inM1SArH4j6TU2a1r8GEY0e0ivAxM17AiicsWzLDBfuwuzTLvArTT18CAHP14JGU3DgLso793PnOdBto/s1600-h/IMG_1015.jpg"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJQrI4-gvXJOpGqaNb0BpVVC9347A2RZxTSX9t3BSCV_sJgMinOR1nYyQet8inM1SArH4j6TU2a1r8GEY0e0ivAxM17AiicsWzLDBfuwuzTLvArTT18CAHP14JGU3DgLso793PnOdBto/s320/IMG_1015.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345182572510159010" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><br /></div><div>It just took the mention of a tractor to get Landen to leave.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNseRX3A9ifFFfpTOhP-S2Bcrpeoz6xJ-vd-NfRqihc3KBpotaUcerFCkBRRsjZcd9EHwHxzQNVeHO7jRfV31sBThTQC5hR6JFDHRJUf8wR_0Bwnc8KMr0ErN7sJbH7BgVgoCnfa9B1Hk/s1600-h/IMG_1022.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNseRX3A9ifFFfpTOhP-S2Bcrpeoz6xJ-vd-NfRqihc3KBpotaUcerFCkBRRsjZcd9EHwHxzQNVeHO7jRfV31sBThTQC5hR6JFDHRJUf8wR_0Bwnc8KMr0ErN7sJbH7BgVgoCnfa9B1Hk/s320/IMG_1022.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345182913932278498" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTDA1eL6sWiTCWcZHj4mMIftSHZW9Q4l_orAC43mbxucWCTJtKb4tKdGt7TmUWcQqEolImjEG8_w7YisC3ul-WTQOg3TzL4fMiNqi3zCe74jN2lpaeIWL5GDLBolPWimbyqcysIEk1n4/s1600-h/IMG_1025.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTDA1eL6sWiTCWcZHj4mMIftSHZW9Q4l_orAC43mbxucWCTJtKb4tKdGt7TmUWcQqEolImjEG8_w7YisC3ul-WTQOg3TzL4fMiNqi3zCe74jN2lpaeIWL5GDLBolPWimbyqcysIEk1n4/s320/IMG_1025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345183012422195042" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div>I think this was his favorite part of the farm. Of course he had to be the driver.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbenrT-P1LEvVLtZJu7MqPU4a6cgAQiUJNdajO28eAlmS41OTqxJ_G4BFNLOQQg2zZ_QZdSDx6460BURVprn6-txmZjJ86LKgg_O4J2dFdbe_cSQUrhPXfNWD6MlFGSdjPf_sOpTobrcU/s1600-h/IMG_1034.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbenrT-P1LEvVLtZJu7MqPU4a6cgAQiUJNdajO28eAlmS41OTqxJ_G4BFNLOQQg2zZ_QZdSDx6460BURVprn6-txmZjJ86LKgg_O4J2dFdbe_cSQUrhPXfNWD6MlFGSdjPf_sOpTobrcU/s320/IMG_1034.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345183216298135202" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><br /></div><div>He was excited to see the "big" tractors. He only has the small ones to play with.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfP3VRRw8fTqmZ5Lp5r3Y2CBIIaR76brgb0ZPbM2iER5t4mUjeNlJX3AL9B-lJ9TlG6y69uamzzol6MpOcXPno-vlvCJl2OeEWJygAK4r9L6UDMciU7w8ECp6dmQrAqaGgIW51iFsXKPM/s1600-h/IMG_1069.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfP3VRRw8fTqmZ5Lp5r3Y2CBIIaR76brgb0ZPbM2iER5t4mUjeNlJX3AL9B-lJ9TlG6y69uamzzol6MpOcXPno-vlvCJl2OeEWJygAK4r9L6UDMciU7w8ECp6dmQrAqaGgIW51iFsXKPM/s320/IMG_1069.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345184044536025394" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1Q7Ml18SgAPAK2Q-OmJBPqxX_7yz7Eh6wymcp_wmT6JK08Rxn2j6MKgcAQLG5Wx_NR8IkMFIL2r-mFFQVNkdL_UTHHFNelkfg9n0-iQYTrw6_x5nfx3lSwUVr6FWqUQvtBbImuPGt9E/s1600-h/IMG_1053.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1Q7Ml18SgAPAK2Q-OmJBPqxX_7yz7Eh6wymcp_wmT6JK08Rxn2j6MKgcAQLG5Wx_NR8IkMFIL2r-mFFQVNkdL_UTHHFNelkfg9n0-iQYTrw6_x5nfx3lSwUVr6FWqUQvtBbImuPGt9E/s320/IMG_1053.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345183700598971538" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a> </div><div>Playing around at the park. It was a little cold this day, but that didn't stop the kids from having a good time.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9z5YI0vJAj8hEM43_xcAfIKLBHtyBksfMN7JMLZoX16UCPxEZh1RipkCD2-P4UN6sj64-SesRzKa4dS4sTe9l_5rPQcvgIPvrRPxBB3vIfx0PCKJ4VoKnt6kvn8bW0K2XYnDolwyLC18/s1600-h/IMG_1060.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9z5YI0vJAj8hEM43_xcAfIKLBHtyBksfMN7JMLZoX16UCPxEZh1RipkCD2-P4UN6sj64-SesRzKa4dS4sTe9l_5rPQcvgIPvrRPxBB3vIfx0PCKJ4VoKnt6kvn8bW0K2XYnDolwyLC18/s320/IMG_1060.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345183849356903122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdteTQlUVGMF0IUyqSpWAi2VdmnEczpsvjgMQzd_CovCoOANdyYNIFVYeGgKL65syq22XR6A6BqSg_qOir0ZJ2kMBGRcqbDr6-VQuGq6FSTm5mv4lL-_W3VI-_a5WHgjzRZQ9L6H2GhFE/s1600-h/IMG_1076.jpg"></a><div>Pat and Kristi hanging out at the park.</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdteTQlUVGMF0IUyqSpWAi2VdmnEczpsvjgMQzd_CovCoOANdyYNIFVYeGgKL65syq22XR6A6BqSg_qOir0ZJ2kMBGRcqbDr6-VQuGq6FSTm5mv4lL-_W3VI-_a5WHgjzRZQ9L6H2GhFE/s1600-h/IMG_1076.jpg"> </a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdteTQlUVGMF0IUyqSpWAi2VdmnEczpsvjgMQzd_CovCoOANdyYNIFVYeGgKL65syq22XR6A6BqSg_qOir0ZJ2kMBGRcqbDr6-VQuGq6FSTm5mv4lL-_W3VI-_a5WHgjzRZQ9L6H2GhFE/s1600-h/IMG_1076.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdteTQlUVGMF0IUyqSpWAi2VdmnEczpsvjgMQzd_CovCoOANdyYNIFVYeGgKL65syq22XR6A6BqSg_qOir0ZJ2kMBGRcqbDr6-VQuGq6FSTm5mv4lL-_W3VI-_a5WHgjzRZQ9L6H2GhFE/s320/IMG_1076.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345184284601149298" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJS0PeDdaPFwRnvEOx63PfQg_wIl6T3XmTN0wVx7AnEryOJ6-rnIIxffphyphenhyphenAKNWQSWHOp70SfdB8PU37AMSDvshapkpl5ziplzhR28EF5Nglwvz1mNEAldpc3TsBKeKABfZTmc4Tq_CM/s1600-h/IMG_1041.jpg"></a></div><div>Playing with Hannah</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJS0PeDdaPFwRnvEOx63PfQg_wIl6T3XmTN0wVx7AnEryOJ6-rnIIxffphyphenhyphenAKNWQSWHOp70SfdB8PU37AMSDvshapkpl5ziplzhR28EF5Nglwvz1mNEAldpc3TsBKeKABfZTmc4Tq_CM/s1600-h/IMG_1041.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJS0PeDdaPFwRnvEOx63PfQg_wIl6T3XmTN0wVx7AnEryOJ6-rnIIxffphyphenhyphenAKNWQSWHOp70SfdB8PU37AMSDvshapkpl5ziplzhR28EF5Nglwvz1mNEAldpc3TsBKeKABfZTmc4Tq_CM/s320/IMG_1041.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345183503892188386" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a> </div><div>Chasing rabbits in Grandma Schaffer's yard.</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0wRdAYm9QqP4DfnSUTJLD3eedw_UwqkQCnKuchWXpTRuQ64DvyE5YO9bzg2EwMxkVa4qCLcH575iXHkMr8njBwJNo-f7QuYNXQHEe9c0keaMm7W0YzSwy0bFRG78_GUH6Y-GhRMI3X0/s1600-h/IMG_1077.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0wRdAYm9QqP4DfnSUTJLD3eedw_UwqkQCnKuchWXpTRuQ64DvyE5YO9bzg2EwMxkVa4qCLcH575iXHkMr8njBwJNo-f7QuYNXQHEe9c0keaMm7W0YzSwy0bFRG78_GUH6Y-GhRMI3X0/s320/IMG_1077.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345184415765845522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3Cw3115_BjPEHqg4XXgTQd3B_O5TY6DK27b_js5sbiW2m0WWfxwD8nHhNgitHXtolpNvxbgHqg9kcNrClkJp8qDj_y0XH3dvYu_XtKSab23xoFnz0Nwgg8pl0GrVtnLtSaOBEPDrQsI/s1600-h/IMG_1079.jpg"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3Cw3115_BjPEHqg4XXgTQd3B_O5TY6DK27b_js5sbiW2m0WWfxwD8nHhNgitHXtolpNvxbgHqg9kcNrClkJp8qDj_y0XH3dvYu_XtKSab23xoFnz0Nwgg8pl0GrVtnLtSaOBEPDrQsI/s320/IMG_1079.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345184533882054434" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We were able to see Dutch and Kelli and the kids quite a bit. We had a lot of fun visiting, and of course the kids loved wrestling with uncle "fuzzy". I think that they had the advantage because Pat only had one arm to fight with!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It was really sad to leave. We only get to see everyone about once a year and the time seems to go so fast while we are there. We made the 24 hour trek home, once again everything went well (nobody got sick this time!) The kids were great and even though we missed the lightening bugs by a couple of weeks in Illinois, we saw some on the way home in Missouri. Pat had been talking about them and wanted to show the kids, so we pulled over on the freeway so that he could catch one. (I think that they are really pretty cool splattered on my windshield, they make it light up and glow) We put it in a water bottle with some holes and watched it light up the whole way home. I have to say that it was a little distracting while I was driving in the wee hours of the morning, but it did bring a lot of excitement to Brock and the monson girls when we got home. I am surprised how long that little bug has lasted (it is still alive today, although I don't think it is going to last much longer). </div><div><br /></div><div> All in all the trip was great. We had a wonderful time and it was so nice to spend time with Pat's family. We love them and miss them so much and hope that they will one day soon be living closer so we can spend more time with them.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1214476184299306047.post-9983727568929355382009-05-06T08:38:00.000-07:002009-05-06T08:52:09.029-07:00May 6, 2009 Crazy Hair Day!!<div>It was crazy hair day at Alyssa's school today.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpKChIxTMkA_Qd3NstBqnyvjlYJX8RJzCs1bnLUmy9lV_szt-rGDOAoYVivPy4QRpTzEKu-q2AgWSPLaOxL7qDpy_pMI6dJQrnAj2mjKdtYWriQEsw1V9bwyLzZnChWxJ2g6Wo-QsSFk/s1600-h/IMG_0074.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpKChIxTMkA_Qd3NstBqnyvjlYJX8RJzCs1bnLUmy9lV_szt-rGDOAoYVivPy4QRpTzEKu-q2AgWSPLaOxL7qDpy_pMI6dJQrnAj2mjKdtYWriQEsw1V9bwyLzZnChWxJ2g6Wo-QsSFk/s320/IMG_0074.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332736058565726098" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /> </a></div><div><br /></div><div>She wanted a mohawk!</div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7mLaPwpowxpu2SJTXq6Z6_aD7L6m9X83humOUFFYSMyFwXvJZn09xN_1eSvVgOQdOeT5lYELrz3NzQRH2bcjvOoiitpm6T-vZ7zkOj-lR-V_UjF-3PvzMK-q5WlWbDakmhP2bwkxd0Q/s1600-h/IMG_0075.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7mLaPwpowxpu2SJTXq6Z6_aD7L6m9X83humOUFFYSMyFwXvJZn09xN_1eSvVgOQdOeT5lYELrz3NzQRH2bcjvOoiitpm6T-vZ7zkOj-lR-V_UjF-3PvzMK-q5WlWbDakmhP2bwkxd0Q/s320/IMG_0075.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332736512342255346" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><br /></div><div>And then she found some hair paint from halloween, so of course we had to throw that in too.</div><div>I think it turned out pretty cool, but she told me it wasn't a "real" mohawk because it didn't all stand up.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VVl_jHh9ttwwQ3xucgAjlhW9ZTXr8EYv8xhmzuyyRY9n9Jrq8jvJcBL0mNjvFgRNdz5Oe8EgcgILmDJW72z9kEBViFxMSSQNC1Z5OVPGfKP9omcRlziNTe4Pop-KbIyvGx7RgX6lL3Y/s1600-h/IMG_0077.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VVl_jHh9ttwwQ3xucgAjlhW9ZTXr8EYv8xhmzuyyRY9n9Jrq8jvJcBL0mNjvFgRNdz5Oe8EgcgILmDJW72z9kEBViFxMSSQNC1Z5OVPGfKP9omcRlziNTe4Pop-KbIyvGx7RgX6lL3Y/s320/IMG_0077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332736961168146882" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I think that all the kids in her class had a great time with their "crazy" hair.</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2bjwKu74i3Ul81JaOl7Iqqm1BB_TPQoaiy9x8kutqm-7tQvVcpoinU-wg2Tmen8eNjaLglSEv6LV51Mm3fhMBRdBzzmbazfzGFZykgnQiAfJMRFt8IfzCmtMOUWXqetaAZ-OhwRsB2c/s1600-h/IMG_0079.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2bjwKu74i3Ul81JaOl7Iqqm1BB_TPQoaiy9x8kutqm-7tQvVcpoinU-wg2Tmen8eNjaLglSEv6LV51Mm3fhMBRdBzzmbazfzGFZykgnQiAfJMRFt8IfzCmtMOUWXqetaAZ-OhwRsB2c/s320/IMG_0079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332737790120604642" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDXg-hjVqpyMRN0JzLEXLCWCmMVoiLztXJ-I0L_K3wQS62luDjv7k7_LdkK7hU6bloaPiD95EhQztw-ShFkTHnmSYNgruMZrdfffn_xynjDhqarCeXBjSR8KhDWUW4LEf-G7q4HdQ-RE/s1600-h/IMG_0078.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfDXg-hjVqpyMRN0JzLEXLCWCmMVoiLztXJ-I0L_K3wQS62luDjv7k7_LdkK7hU6bloaPiD95EhQztw-ShFkTHnmSYNgruMZrdfffn_xynjDhqarCeXBjSR8KhDWUW4LEf-G7q4HdQ-RE/s320/IMG_0078.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332737386271275570" /></a>Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04692552782496843299noreply@blogger.com0