tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41060680800241709902024-03-05T02:33:59.969-08:00the Nestman NESTLizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-32595285706931806742011-04-06T12:21:00.000-07:002011-04-06T12:57:14.632-07:00MARCH 23, Sommey Sue turns Cinco.We decided to have a little lunch date with some of Sommey's friends for her Birthday this year. McDonalds was the lunch of choice with nuggets winning out as top choice all around.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592554257281101410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjU9EPEgL1mc5wBYn9VYY_DLzaIxPVo68Fx8C5F56qsaOTBeaJQ5I76QRDpL0Nq9pvJpeBZvT31EjO-bzriJmgZ5Ry_zR3vkhCixM-F2F1EtpKCPpCoolWD3uXKq8Tpnxp_xR-WHHfIg/s400/SOMMER+BDAY%252C+Chicago+007.jpg" />It was still too cold for an outside picnic, so we covered the family room floor with blankets and improvised a bit.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592554718611321410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEvp2_Nez1WKVI6OwjwUxTAtsuFAll6vUkLKBw-zSLyzV-HekAVnc40uChGgzfWUcL2uoa7I3XhTAWQaeFjQGH7FQRNi-YYqrMcZKzyvwi7KL_jlB22yL1KxXY72KDjjuyckrUxnHf0w/s400/SOMMER+BDAY%252C+Chicago+010.jpg" />Later in the afternoon, I found a nearby candy store, which I thought would be fun for Sommer since she is CANDY's #1 fan. It looked super cute from the outside and not so cute on the inside...Well, it was cuteish, but didn't have much for Sommey to chose from. She looked around a bit and asked, "Mom, can we go to a gas station instead and pick a treat?" <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592555158174963634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvxdEngi-SgmKJ6mIC9RbOyiuGRDahXwhBTgx5V5kE2McOAN4zkEyYJ7Oq8OkV1A0ZTBFi_nVQAQJLozzKxDcCRImPbExxpduPoxcYQ2HljAfUHVBix7BsSWOoYb23qYyJrIvo1SJYQ/s400/SOMMER+BDAY%252C+Chicago+020.jpg" />Later that evening, Grandpa and Mimi came over to help us celebrate with some gifts, cake, and dinner.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592553789271522082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM3QmjxptmeuJkUMvs8WtsP2hyphenhyphenQ0TfNL9gfP_j7OtqwwAX-wq00LrFYJepJ2im2NReWksFy7QdS2-jA8kNClIfb7_Cqkbim7z28kg4cwItxpciX0aR_KpKDu4cv6Zb-BzLdgoEbbZfNQ/s400/SOMMER+BDAY%252C+Chicago+030.jpg" />!!!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592554867170168754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXliLcq5ZXqL89w2o0wErRljCd-2FAutNby51U3am-Zymwsxpl1iNdnbmlL-9it4C1n_1gqLX2JP7W1W8eknUCnh11ojeyR78Nqxrd2dF-7REjeyRhyphenhyphenjgzj5LWAdnphlu21NtV5kzHQ/s400/SOMMER+BDAY%252C+Chicago+037.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592553364693521618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgewZFTg9ladLiiv6VqlGjGSCzJBqf0RMmMVs39c5nfuIUZBh_b0-EzXDXTv3UnhXzvlqOPGMfknG9AARGlGoKO_0SxtoZovi9sBpsrl2J9VXhkCNTOSc0H6HenxLbDlxQOELhfLPJ6gQ/s400/SOMMER+BDAY%252C+Chicago+035.jpg" /> <br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">A bit about Sommey @FIVE:</span></strong></div><br /><div></div><br /><ul><br /><li>Her favorite colors are pink and purple </li><br /><li>She loves to wear dresses and skirts</li><br /><li>Will always tell you when she thinks you look cute or what she likes about your outfit</li><br /><li>Learned how to read SUPER fast in preschool and reads her books as fast as she can </li><br /><li>LOVES candy, especially skittles, suckers, and gum</li><br /><li>speaks very clearly and surprises you with the words she will use</li><br /><li>Loves to play with friends </li><br /><li>Super dancer with great moves</li><br /><li>Outgoing and happy, loves to make new friends</li><br /><li>Sassy, cutest little lady</li></ul><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#993399;"><strong>HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOMMEY! WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!</strong></span> </p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-36184518007684801812011-03-12T16:09:00.000-08:002011-03-12T16:47:12.305-08:00Christmas Season 2010-SNOW-Santa Clause and A Nestman Family FirstFirst snow of the year began with Sommer playing in our backyard bundled up in her winter wear. She managed to make the effort of getting <em>in</em> the snow gear worth it by making multiple snow angels, attempting a snowman, and running her bum off in the winter wonderland. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583358168127740690" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglydtc3GjySLtmwDmtJlHAo1bXphvD7v_xiyL53kaCcvwUJTKzrRxN-KAcoojVq9sUf8J7J1fnvi4piu8pr4BmzLvISLSqFnzfIYBfdIiN9CLFlaBN8vOQCBv9JPTyzq53ObLjrkxeSA/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+018.jpg" />We had our first visit from Santa at Lo's work party. In these blurry shots, Sommey and Drew had a chance to share what they wanted most, which was fingernail polish for Sommey and Legos for Drew.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583351240077970498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vvKeq2f1ggtGljinLY4HvcuNlOhs2lMwqvzXGndsNPSXp8rX_0M13hOH_sGE-2gMwMmosZ_glM6DzAibzQ64VPdg9oF4enlmkmMs8XSM0tV2AhEI0tD94PKq-SB2qGyw2VNybgOtnA/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+022.jpg" />Drew told me that this Santa couldn't have been the real one because he was wearing shoes like him and the real Santa only wears boots.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583351079885297618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dhYk_YXufdlsYKNErVi7dQ8efbKD7VUQ1Xq1M9iIFfv7TB9lfpgo2FYwDAejXTSrSiC_f0pa1X4J2eLFIPL2JRf_6e54bPXkum0K5BcdUomuO8kyJQyNMLs_ya-PTrXRaCrCOgviYA/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+021.jpg" />Santa came through with some Legos for Drew,<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_VMpKeKMJrYwKE_fFL2Qam2aMqsYZGcyzmWK-1kRM5xUaAUB9VazmPAlnukb3JyW9pO1cBiLtvjwd1bwyHXdXse3ovH9pXs_mZGYxXtxpiCoShg4oPFoZJnkInSMRcEc_h8DGFfn-w/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+040.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583352675695629506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-_VMpKeKMJrYwKE_fFL2Qam2aMqsYZGcyzmWK-1kRM5xUaAUB9VazmPAlnukb3JyW9pO1cBiLtvjwd1bwyHXdXse3ovH9pXs_mZGYxXtxpiCoShg4oPFoZJnkInSMRcEc_h8DGFfn-w/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+040.jpg" /></a> and fingernail polish for Sommey,<br /><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1owdcmfdywZ0Jo-WBVxA1HQQHLlYMeDpohxgDbfDo_xMHFMKVYurWz-cMRuhc12lFpD7DZnIXf-vE0LJTTiXF7nZHYF0cypDMhhR8DY1VjHwedAO4AeV3MhbfyAJX0oAPuF2l5VL8g/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+037.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583352548842411346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1owdcmfdywZ0Jo-WBVxA1HQQHLlYMeDpohxgDbfDo_xMHFMKVYurWz-cMRuhc12lFpD7DZnIXf-vE0LJTTiXF7nZHYF0cypDMhhR8DY1VjHwedAO4AeV3MhbfyAJX0oAPuF2l5VL8g/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+037.jpg" /></a> and Aubrey was happy with everything she got too.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ng8f02DX8lpjV5_D-YNJYE5hxztEpNMn1bU9fnCRbndoegVWWbAcv6l2S26NSkTox_YE-sxGI-tCLSzNUx3q6cnlgoHOsep-TOCvgsuIqtEOJavjrlN39P179a1bLSYPdytfHN6NrA/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+028.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583352319496118322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Ng8f02DX8lpjV5_D-YNJYE5hxztEpNMn1bU9fnCRbndoegVWWbAcv6l2S26NSkTox_YE-sxGI-tCLSzNUx3q6cnlgoHOsep-TOCvgsuIqtEOJavjrlN39P179a1bLSYPdytfHN6NrA/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+028.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWAeF437dX_bCU8p-g8RN0auCDE8XEfxhaNasu6I0hpNBYXXhmFTheqPKkESxiSyfwy_F0yWUIzKbAiNxfNef5rdLhgxAVh5vP-cVyjNiXb3KfX8Xp7JrUwlIdX85lX7QHmPjW1-tFQ/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+044.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583352078109222322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWAeF437dX_bCU8p-g8RN0auCDE8XEfxhaNasu6I0hpNBYXXhmFTheqPKkESxiSyfwy_F0yWUIzKbAiNxfNef5rdLhgxAVh5vP-cVyjNiXb3KfX8Xp7JrUwlIdX85lX7QHmPjW1-tFQ/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+044.jpg" /></a> It was our first Christmas with just our own little family in our house for the Christmas morning events. Grandma Jane and Grandpa and Mimi came over later that day for a yummy Christmas lunch.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9Py1GXB0M1FZ_LWZsr8-0rYj6DnQl2Iyf59GyRQCwQZEdWuo5FpXJZz8cyDPBuVMgJLGcAqUueXIil_S3sZvBwBXrUWjbHJnzlOih85nO03bNvI9FV1rRLKnoNCJL1m0_pjA98b0dA/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+042.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583351956512916722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9Py1GXB0M1FZ_LWZsr8-0rYj6DnQl2Iyf59GyRQCwQZEdWuo5FpXJZz8cyDPBuVMgJLGcAqUueXIil_S3sZvBwBXrUWjbHJnzlOih85nO03bNvI9FV1rRLKnoNCJL1m0_pjA98b0dA/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+042.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdhu49xEGRvj4wo5fzDk92yYbhEtyZRPBHVngO75hz0_qeH6gfKS2vC3XXwnh0FjH0wXhrUEofNOerv2ekGGd_39QLsVWGaZoDbFPnOpIkHyXNr6KlRFmu7sSSW_LQSC5pAPuMN-2Zw/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+025.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583351551958898594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdhu49xEGRvj4wo5fzDk92yYbhEtyZRPBHVngO75hz0_qeH6gfKS2vC3XXwnh0FjH0wXhrUEofNOerv2ekGGd_39QLsVWGaZoDbFPnOpIkHyXNr6KlRFmu7sSSW_LQSC5pAPuMN-2Zw/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+025.jpg" /></a> We had a very Merry Christmas! I think next year Santa should bring me a new camera.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-32977423816708771752011-03-12T15:46:00.000-08:002011-03-15T11:25:05.015-07:00FOUR FREE DOLLARSAt the end of last year, Drew sold the amount of coupon books required to be in the <span style="color:#006600;"><strong>MONEY MACHINE</strong></span> at his school. I was not going to miss this event, thinking that we were surely going to be hundredaires, and made sure to snap a few shots of the event. Drew did great, but lacked an outfit made entirely of tape, or syrup, which would have been such an asset.<br /><br />Rules state that you must tuck in your shirt, so Drew is gearing up and getting ready to go.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583345150165243538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVJmueOWsitf11EHwqP2LJqgJfbeqEaY0vnGjQBy2QTP2GDOI7B4qg60NHZ1NEJ56871Dr-lnYSrMajct7ATFLd1pJkERdWGUcw6zwwp4R9zfZKv04hACOVvZQha_kC8f5U8ZDmABLA/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+012.jpg" />Drew grabbed the money as fast as he could and managed to grab $4 during the 20 seconds<span style="font-family:arial;">(<span style="font-size:85%;">Boooooooooo to the person that decided they only got 20 seconds)</span></span> of money grabbing mania. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583347628793045762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh78IlxxgEnVor96baFgy2GoIqi3nUPa_Q3pY0IfFcRHSpTfFeDmii8kIndr26ifX3RDIxE83AYJ-mrJ1CHCEUsj4q4jMRnySIi7FzEDXpJujoQ1ki467VBDhK7Eyz19bGe3gBcv6F7yg/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+014.jpg" /> Another cool part of the day was eating lunch with Drew at the cafeteria. I really wanted to follow him around for the rest of the day, but decided that would prove to be annoying to Drew very quickly. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583349344417498562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnSI_8RmX9iTASAkFZ52fGEGMsp-pS29U7wukZgZY7bmgL0nwoiciD2IAd6V-OarTAYo1Q_uBAYLKGRIOa9diNm8u0g94oTSSUjA9OOXZq3K8xakXcYOFN8oTy2-CKekXcmfuSfqDxw/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+010.jpg" />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-27891779030202957712011-03-12T15:20:00.000-08:002011-03-12T15:45:39.966-08:00Halloween Party-Starting all the way back in OctoberWe welcomed the Halloween spirits with a Halloween party for Drew and some of his friends.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583343038404198722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLH1ZQmZvUkMjmC4xCGSf3_NKDAcLTs4zK9sspLeNkhB2R5spLi_0v4cj_WjVUQP7aN4eGmn5dpzSib32QJ9x_wnPLDTNuURP2mln-7RO54kVwAtEbEwHNGY0WQTdDNq21SIyOZi7IFg/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+004.jpg" /><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-DeoATZpifm7CQgHFv14c60Xq6qvq-VgLRPd-Pc-7h8dWf2cL_KMgIYDz-rL_AaTB4qDa17cDkyryc-fzsgBmcDCKkbiMWKFM34r1tVhzP4qVGDB4yaHrPdCco1aKeP9mRIJnEAMVw/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+006.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583342094266767234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-DeoATZpifm7CQgHFv14c60Xq6qvq-VgLRPd-Pc-7h8dWf2cL_KMgIYDz-rL_AaTB4qDa17cDkyryc-fzsgBmcDCKkbiMWKFM34r1tVhzP4qVGDB4yaHrPdCco1aKeP9mRIJnEAMVw/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+006.jpg" /></a> Everyone came dressed in their Halloween best ready for games, treats and prizes.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLuMC4cDB7rB3i6j2x-1R-9_NHnz_jZOoRTf7yy4a8-4SjnqMuMY_ARLCMQdBSA3Ubq19Ur5LUy-Jwjf86oltdvXAzJiK-Hia17_b6g8JspSWQjIEgIuF2C1G-Tfn-exLR0yXIF34Sg/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583341696049027458" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNLuMC4cDB7rB3i6j2x-1R-9_NHnz_jZOoRTf7yy4a8-4SjnqMuMY_ARLCMQdBSA3Ubq19Ur5LUy-Jwjf86oltdvXAzJiK-Hia17_b6g8JspSWQjIEgIuF2C1G-Tfn-exLR0yXIF34Sg/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+007.jpg" /></a> We made sure the have a viewing of one of our favorite Halloween movies, <em>Icabod Crane.<br /></em><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-0WHdZgY-LSy8soGDt9GkJMK1mCvz9rNjY8E_nd0-yTqoqXGbNNS9hlM31_eyJntfSRel1RutWskYwdYbvxbqM032zPdgqTgRqKHrDIUjbvlGoy0sTzPiqCP7Zxe-azfEOfdPqiipQ/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583341525046275618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-0WHdZgY-LSy8soGDt9GkJMK1mCvz9rNjY8E_nd0-yTqoqXGbNNS9hlM31_eyJntfSRel1RutWskYwdYbvxbqM032zPdgqTgRqKHrDIUjbvlGoy0sTzPiqCP7Zxe-azfEOfdPqiipQ/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+008.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRh90JgU8t3N3fWAR868ConegonCn-ue6EAwpvTTwx7zcrUfgLbLPfStlFQ1NeeHPD3Kq7O2Wg2JZhG2neIg2QH849soEo_6-VkK1psmucXSHrI-piIZ0B3kh3ASK2VYQx7wZoHkBiRA/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583341178512997666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRh90JgU8t3N3fWAR868ConegonCn-ue6EAwpvTTwx7zcrUfgLbLPfStlFQ1NeeHPD3Kq7O2Wg2JZhG2neIg2QH849soEo_6-VkK1psmucXSHrI-piIZ0B3kh3ASK2VYQx7wZoHkBiRA/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+005.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgHI0HCGdq3qFX9L3YP3-Jt1aZUnpP2jE0edLR-YkczF_AAczyXoIpeHiA4ISuVjkdUILpnzirpbGT8j8AQiAAssjN7yT0t_Nk3QizSTDqEVdkSn92Qp-eO4jHp4WseIn8XhRe0Jhww/s1600/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583340945057871874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAgHI0HCGdq3qFX9L3YP3-Jt1aZUnpP2jE0edLR-YkczF_AAczyXoIpeHiA4ISuVjkdUILpnzirpbGT8j8AQiAAssjN7yT0t_Nk3QizSTDqEVdkSn92Qp-eO4jHp4WseIn8XhRe0Jhww/s400/Halloween+Party%252C+Christmas+etc.+003.jpg" /></a> Although it is March, we couldn't move forward without mentioning our fall, Halloween fiesta.</div></div></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-85269699082672423892010-10-19T12:08:00.001-07:002010-10-19T12:42:00.579-07:00TETONS and YELLOWSTONE<div style="text-align: left;">We spent the long UEA weekend in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Our first stop was Old Faithful. We arrived just after it had erupted and we were not patient enough to wait around for the next eruption, so the bit of steam coming out was good enough for us.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikLHHNphZTBT_Pi88GYayYeQlxzlcMX85e2KbjSS7rs8JUlKHekqtm_Buhk3-MyyYX2qkeAk4c9Q2yFUY16Gb9nxcI16xYn0KcmYuE7nhiJirqVnifEQSYAnlReNY72liyG9b2KTwlg/s400/TETON+TRIP+005.jpg" /></div><div>We saw a lot of Bison on our trip. Bison proved to be a tricky word for Drew. He kept calling them Binos's and would correct Sommer if she didn't say the word just right.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVp_dXarUt2t-UdvhWIAhnOFicOA1z678GFvFQKhOXWtWOa53JkBBHbkQoBUw3nYF_T3M_ZzfDfNCmcCzp_bKxVGzdVowQXTNxr2T35nSE8mwF_FFl8HkJlZd33zwitiuw26iAcQhRaA/s400/Copy+of+TETON+TRIP+002.jpg" /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6095gQCI7rfdNxlYis3sAVgGNbPFo75uEWfSrac_1arsJ5v09UttfHTreFTF78NaRF5dYWk66knJ98XKPCHHxASqHHi8J_X0BFR7ohcVDWUq2_hXm8tqoYWg0k8mriO1074InOWNyJQ/s400/Copy+of+TETON+TRIP+031.jpg" /></div><div>We also saw a lot of Elk. Lo got this picture of this giant one just off the side of the road. </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGsLEiqG7iIdetAEIdnbCEeR59jx0dbuxgOT9iQ6mNI1diMDAK5Zk-njsOqzb2IyKwjo7tzYcjmQojgPh_p5TF_TWwA0O4sdJv63z1apvRywCrkMaOlzfFdHmti3jwC6NPtlFekx7fA/s400/TETON+TRIP+036.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQk8yeshA4PNb7vC5sayTy3WpqRE6PJNVDUPQj5pi3wfe0SYGKttcb0lG743bBfY3Z0_ebFRHmhTVNe_fTnOCmqaP_moT-l6U3896vw6UCFUXX8aorXaPLqjbXfoLl0lzNICGSUDXCA/s400/TETON+TRIP+001.jpg" /></div><div>The Tetons are one of my most favorite places in the world. I have so many great memories of this Park and it always does my heart good to go back.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fpK7TDbvPwt9ZUZChFZT9Bv-T_ECj2-0O0008JcdBCXUIwbVjcYEYYc24fVYvWzcLDQGysToEeLeIWh_N90EyJrhl23mrLepj4ExCzzMMICVvdyrrCO_60znWKNScPad9aDPlB6I4g/s400/TETON+TRIP+017.jpg" /></div><div>This is the new Visitor's Center in Moose. It was fun to see my old stomping ground and exciting to see the changes that have gone on since I was there.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9974kOapLKabtTxE4m2Ip1jzzAdU48uM-lqdEfeKVmUcDGwUZ1iqv3pLZodP5eZaHY4zl_36MA5Z-eHwJR9ZMD9pTlVfFLNH23jXReO-ZXdpJF8W4b15YCGaUioE0-jhym111cD8Hg/s400/TETON+TRIP+027.jpg" /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">We took a short walk around Jenny Lake. We threw a lot of rocks in the water and saved Aubrey's life a lot. She was determined to go in the water and we had to cut our stay at the lake short due to her determination.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQWr_p_7VmdRxpCLpPOFjuer4xehyBu5H1IXEcVpHy5Ubm7TIjq-huKumCxmxcXSUeh2J-CV7WkMf_2pA7OvDIhthG4bFKCqj9N3xqYqVKMYMrY-LZr-7TzaaOLpBAr99WsYiX9Pb9A/s400/TETON+TRIP+038.jpg" /></div><div>Here is the one picture that I accidentally caught of myself in the rear view mirror. It proves I really was there on our family vacation. Beautiful surroundings, animal sightings, fun adventures and great company made for a really fantastic trip. It is always good to get away!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4MCviF8jbPDzf6lznXRtG5pzMclVSK_j7N9_XuU9TUrBNG7IRoSbjaopgu8jIboDmH2q0Zin4hiLwBeKlP8kpFV6dvwcHdTJFVA7KjoEF1-iJU1Mc1yH6fv_UX2h3OOAnVqP1GJVcg/s400/Copy+of+TETON+TRIP+007.jpg" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-32544785058629668672010-10-05T07:53:00.000-07:002010-10-05T08:56:59.134-07:00New Jazz Player-#19<div>Zion's Bank is a sponsor of the Utah Jazz and so Lo had the opportunity to play a little basketball with the Jazz coaches at the Energy Solution arena last night. They had 4 teams that played for the title of Zion's champ. We had a fun night. The kids, when they weren't running crazy in the stadium seating, loved watching their Dad play well and make some nice shots. I took a few unfortunately fuzzy pics of the game. GO #19!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIXVIqodU9zKw9EjJ70oVtL-esEw-ZJiSfnuTK74BmBD7EdKZ7hAS0zZhQOuJ3pY8CbtDRnUyKRM5ScOdtR-V-FfBid-NKjEJ9ld-SsvE3T3w4Xr0jv2KfQ7xPOAEMHDPz7EmoZs2eg/s1600/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIXVIqodU9zKw9EjJ70oVtL-esEw-ZJiSfnuTK74BmBD7EdKZ7hAS0zZhQOuJ3pY8CbtDRnUyKRM5ScOdtR-V-FfBid-NKjEJ9ld-SsvE3T3w4Xr0jv2KfQ7xPOAEMHDPz7EmoZs2eg/s400/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524576907744771858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-ZE0IvhlCn1jApL3VgkasRjIVhSYnfvY72SNTWtcqWRn1cWd0kgIbFFOrKgOaqpQbQHSxCYqupqsdcX3txTOd5ENsrLsESVVY06TljEJhA3wywy-fGyYi_GIzDLmdGcUwqN5WZARXg/s1600/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4-ZE0IvhlCn1jApL3VgkasRjIVhSYnfvY72SNTWtcqWRn1cWd0kgIbFFOrKgOaqpQbQHSxCYqupqsdcX3txTOd5ENsrLsESVVY06TljEJhA3wywy-fGyYi_GIzDLmdGcUwqN5WZARXg/s400/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+028.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524576807612286818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrwdR6vBmLSHDfC5lZ4DaG_qiaD5gjn1MmIJSxruuD8Pb48IaImdyl0wtvViHz02fRtyaT1QouBpQiZUqVhCwtk9NGhGxYL0YpP3ugZU8wTGVnIRzPlr17zIEXWO-0XeWh6v08PKeZA/s1600/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrwdR6vBmLSHDfC5lZ4DaG_qiaD5gjn1MmIJSxruuD8Pb48IaImdyl0wtvViHz02fRtyaT1QouBpQiZUqVhCwtk9NGhGxYL0YpP3ugZU8wTGVnIRzPlr17zIEXWO-0XeWh6v08PKeZA/s400/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524576657494153986" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-Wrm_Ub5jApnKxj9n2suMkbQ5unZpSjeEQHaoXsHEe_TiybAtQe2lY7mTFbG8bB2GBNygRKiBc_hQatO0mjZYIjFPj984H0ArXCtHzTfUSORoNCSEPZGG1roj9tTpBuMwjaKbt382g/s1600/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-Wrm_Ub5jApnKxj9n2suMkbQ5unZpSjeEQHaoXsHEe_TiybAtQe2lY7mTFbG8bB2GBNygRKiBc_hQatO0mjZYIjFPj984H0ArXCtHzTfUSORoNCSEPZGG1roj9tTpBuMwjaKbt382g/s400/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+023.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524576346200919826" /></a><div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-17545067107098931032010-10-05T07:34:00.000-07:002010-10-05T07:49:02.510-07:00Broken Arm #2<div>When Drew was 5 he broke his left arm riding his bike, so I thought we had "been there, done that" Unfortunately, last Wednesday, after soccer practice, Drew fell off the monkey bars and broke his right arm. He was trying to show his Dad a fancy trick and ended up falling awkwardly on both arms. In fact, Lo said that he wondered if Drew had broken both arms when he first got up from his fall. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, we are <i>not</i> happy that he broke his arm, but we are happy that he broke<i> only</i> one. I am hoping we get more than a two year break from breaking the next bone. My vote is for NO more broken bones!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu2Hg2b36psgPcPqlF7AMxELsmpK_3-ppcAdWzTg56x7_JlviVCyT-PSVQabQfWLhItHplnPA36AY7g5ZQO1yUoBHVbZq8XtiIu9tzwCRvh3s3kktV0DXcVpSCT5AbdquFIJMirIxUA/s1600/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwu2Hg2b36psgPcPqlF7AMxELsmpK_3-ppcAdWzTg56x7_JlviVCyT-PSVQabQfWLhItHplnPA36AY7g5ZQO1yUoBHVbZq8XtiIu9tzwCRvh3s3kktV0DXcVpSCT5AbdquFIJMirIxUA/s400/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+018.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524572167657989042" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPA8-z31Q2gE-buonqAxTx5iUI3xEmuOTRwsl583IxB_KQiT-nwj86j1Xw4qLoSHPACcoO3vScD-rKbllrEvt9EMwX2o6TZPKWXKyvEAhYxuWcNpK0Jv5rFGmXN-PfwjYB32itH2B3cg/s1600/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPA8-z31Q2gE-buonqAxTx5iUI3xEmuOTRwsl583IxB_KQiT-nwj86j1Xw4qLoSHPACcoO3vScD-rKbllrEvt9EMwX2o6TZPKWXKyvEAhYxuWcNpK0Jv5rFGmXN-PfwjYB32itH2B3cg/s400/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+019.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524571911759511714" /></a>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-53141987768207762502010-10-05T07:22:00.001-07:002010-10-05T08:55:28.997-07:00Midway for Labor Day<div style="text-align: left;">Lo's parents invited us to spend Labor Day and Swiss Days with them in Midway. We spent a few nights at one of their friend's homes and enjoyed some crisp mountain air.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLBFBzC7qROOMdrQzd6gcj8PTN9XtWTEExmxHt72_QEnEqCK47_xyBVb613W598Py-lOXY6sZLe8DjvL34xP8ZDDyTamPnwLtO54eKp6dmJX0nv4zipalZlRwakYMhViXkVmEJAuKMA/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+152.jpg" /><div>Drew and Sommey chasing their Dad up the hill as he took Aubrey for her first ride on the 4-wheeler.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Q3q9aFBY8oCVOaW9pOCzKPPZq3y4D7qHwL5GmivpfJKRMMC2_LhCJL9hR5k8c1LsQDHjphLmOxIccwGCeWyhsND2VSoqaBWMntbaBmIWsKJ8vcdlIJ4s35aelIFgPpIUopniJH_9YQ/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+155.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Q3q9aFBY8oCVOaW9pOCzKPPZq3y4D7qHwL5GmivpfJKRMMC2_LhCJL9hR5k8c1LsQDHjphLmOxIccwGCeWyhsND2VSoqaBWMntbaBmIWsKJ8vcdlIJ4s35aelIFgPpIUopniJH_9YQ/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+155.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524568325128755122" /></a>While the boys golfed, Janyce and I found a fun park by the golf-course where Sommer found some ducks to feed. She fed them all of the snacks we brought for us to eat, so the ducks were very full by the time we left.<br /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdbvkE6zpfnTFA_YopmGl3gjbU5hgkhRxqXEHC0mTIVzuISVxCa5PMNDr8vu3KQSOKJBAQ_sc6hHOcNbBS9A0OIGAWtijK50m4uK_aRyTiXARieDmxsHD_k1VMIxVUMlV1GsGvE4noA/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+143.jpg" /><br /><div>I took this pic of the first sign of fall. There was one lone and bright orange tree on the hillside just above the home we stayed in.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QivvLhHS0dt9leCki7OwhWmtIW6GKBCyF0pnLFsUzpyt6zA3vBoNn4XG8pyuxsFFIsa_1YLIrxsWSZdrz5kgKj6SCOCyQUcJL9BepN5LgUeQw2lVuQTz_3cLcJzA6ZaV6-U5V3fRBg/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+151.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QivvLhHS0dt9leCki7OwhWmtIW6GKBCyF0pnLFsUzpyt6zA3vBoNn4XG8pyuxsFFIsa_1YLIrxsWSZdrz5kgKj6SCOCyQUcJL9BepN5LgUeQw2lVuQTz_3cLcJzA6ZaV6-U5V3fRBg/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+151.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524568191991774482" /></a><div style="text-align: left;">We had a great time and were thankful Mimi and Grandpa invited us along to enjoy their weekend getaway!</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdq8W5wwqR-cTzcbfd_An4gu6Wz8InsX6oQJjoPnuxA7Q1-udkYX5sxYhSsaTugnmNY1S01qL9wxcRwYE6kt-mUxaX9yBi-bhJYH9KaXWiWCiKx_mzRoDdXNzp06A91HROKU3wNf0TQ/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+148.jpg" /></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-15027258998058496942010-10-05T06:56:00.000-07:002010-10-05T07:22:00.277-07:00First Day of School<div>Sommer is in preschool this year. She is at Learning Dynamics and has Mrs. Buxton for her teacher. Mrs. Buxton taught Drew his last year of preschool and we love her. Sommer is loving school so far and just brought home her first book!</div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYslR7Hhdjhftg2CA57n5mFweySt6pqw7bduTdPv5jOyGhfZbf06FSbyQbd3jZSBTs1xj1MLldd_DaFxU3zTOQiKsXBR7rJoVrREEvQgi6u8LPRmLeeVdCMFhZ9YdNjLb8gXJw5y23Sg/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+137.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYslR7Hhdjhftg2CA57n5mFweySt6pqw7bduTdPv5jOyGhfZbf06FSbyQbd3jZSBTs1xj1MLldd_DaFxU3zTOQiKsXBR7rJoVrREEvQgi6u8LPRmLeeVdCMFhZ9YdNjLb8gXJw5y23Sg/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+137.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524562530040536146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-OlqSrQDschkysqGPRaCQxvx9P3NNp6kl8Z8N-ucoanxqz7QsL8rO4b6Gn_g_8XRj3m9LlffwV4IDV6sYAwaFHckpUwFjnm9sXXCPMinX7PjJDgDWDgm0KEM0ka2qsx8YM-p0yiOig/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+134.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-OlqSrQDschkysqGPRaCQxvx9P3NNp6kl8Z8N-ucoanxqz7QsL8rO4b6Gn_g_8XRj3m9LlffwV4IDV6sYAwaFHckpUwFjnm9sXXCPMinX7PjJDgDWDgm0KEM0ka2qsx8YM-p0yiOig/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+134.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524562434184856946" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a>Drew started 1st grade this year. He is an "early bird", which means school starts at 8:00 am. His teacher is Mrs. Urrutia. She is a great teacher! To start, Drew said that he wanted to take a lunch one day and then eat at the cafeteria one day, and he did this for a couple weeks. Now he changed it up and wants to eat at the cafeteria and said he will take a lunch only when they are eating something "gross" at the cafeteria. I think that is a smart plan. <br /><div><div>.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeRgm7unvFvq27s_tGW-YJHxYAqMun9Dgs-SOl7pI98AUxd56vILcjIaYD1pn22DT8eih1NOHHCwX-5W_D-tanVIcQwbRVoqFUUnAlq-GlGOifPWbR8BVHsKlf5mxahzoZ6bR_YDcFw/s400/Midway,+Soccer,+First+day+of+School+003.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihGkACsIiMWJETLfu2NsXer8KIAeOB9h0omfjnMZhKXUDP0JsZ5y835-gnbyIf2RibcPaGCqsF-lJ42liS0X-GBfUj7EIDK66xxwwoqyBrkAl3QxXrHEVrg1TaXqvbmlJPK3F5A1ac7w/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+129.jpg" /></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-43017738325985813242010-10-03T16:33:00.000-07:002010-10-03T16:47:27.738-07:00$2 Tuesday<div style="text-align: left;">A few weeks ago, we decided to devote our afternoon to Thanksgiving Point Gardens. It is an amazing place to spend the day and for $2 you can't afford not to do it. Here are a few glimpses of what we spent our HOT summer afternoon doing.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMgKByWbH4m1vYxpHpNGGk4u6Cuo6U1HZjU1mhkb3Uvwuowo9WSyBuQf3BvMvIyYkgdaworSHHWdiU9eBvnf54Voyvvd8OEX4sTTtAxcAZ6db93aUbKX8SgpLQgBKvKs8bcDG1bN5BA/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+065.jpg" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0N6p_i_k9CEenz6dbbIU2GPEp9G47kVndZ5gMQPmLusRV7uzY6YltJMZazIQDVIA1yM1OhJnqlcZtxCEVoFJHALmKuERjVoMuW7FEubcRrYG5KV8NFT35p4T9N8ok60Pn6ezzVsk1tw/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0N6p_i_k9CEenz6dbbIU2GPEp9G47kVndZ5gMQPmLusRV7uzY6YltJMZazIQDVIA1yM1OhJnqlcZtxCEVoFJHALmKuERjVoMuW7FEubcRrYG5KV8NFT35p4T9N8ok60Pn6ezzVsk1tw/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+088.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523969444892336962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTq8KViNDAzaAthnf05oZ31IVHDaQmRX9tCJ-pZ0yU11iPcNw_UzL6jsY8wi5Cxtgn_Y3TWjmUNzuADLgonP83oRrvFe-4mFlhgtYXcxb80M_l6dj3On_84OS_alk0lj_18y4KbwDHbg/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+081.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTq8KViNDAzaAthnf05oZ31IVHDaQmRX9tCJ-pZ0yU11iPcNw_UzL6jsY8wi5Cxtgn_Y3TWjmUNzuADLgonP83oRrvFe-4mFlhgtYXcxb80M_l6dj3On_84OS_alk0lj_18y4KbwDHbg/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523969081061714722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-k_o6XJZssK-5bfBn7owq22QB68asNIJpCcUtp3nV2wQY2BQl9fPYn87LVlA6_fXCSsa9uY7kxn1zLVpi8U78jg4rMl1H6XfPQsc_b488fPq7Hublht2HnGnMMwH7YwrI2_gZMf2bQ/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+071.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-k_o6XJZssK-5bfBn7owq22QB68asNIJpCcUtp3nV2wQY2BQl9fPYn87LVlA6_fXCSsa9uY7kxn1zLVpi8U78jg4rMl1H6XfPQsc_b488fPq7Hublht2HnGnMMwH7YwrI2_gZMf2bQ/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523968779594327362" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDhxy0bhdYCAa-cirHxLm85PH6AAUpg7E0bCwGVtJnusDn6uNrYJ_-o3Z2bZqBdJ1lD-ElTvryBj10WahD-SuiB4Ft4f1Ynb7dErawafXD6FZg6t-kkCj5mfKefLe3eYFxeEYN4ZyKFA/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+089.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLnvH1FsRYOYLHsAqwW2xr9iTgQ-xUvpYL60pftaDC_KcC23cXlC6ZC7QioBUXZNec2sgquKrQZtm1TdG1dFGk4Lpu9W1R1ZzeNje34GDtHK8axjEH6O5NiA7dCtIWC72NMM_9ue6C8A/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+068.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523968014089783394" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-G7x5NlERGavAGEvJdAQUP8IFsi0QNG7htnuWcxWRRBvRnWnN4iBMUFLGHwbwDd7oaGoO-o_fUyBm_7AqUgMy9HRgS4r5UbQJ2DAmF24BU8n6iRqf_lG2548WJzEwM1PD_tjGIVey-g/s1600/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+050.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-G7x5NlERGavAGEvJdAQUP8IFsi0QNG7htnuWcxWRRBvRnWnN4iBMUFLGHwbwDd7oaGoO-o_fUyBm_7AqUgMy9HRgS4r5UbQJ2DAmF24BU8n6iRqf_lG2548WJzEwM1PD_tjGIVey-g/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+050.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523967822896571602" /></a>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-84572230804598449192010-10-02T17:14:00.000-07:002010-10-03T15:13:38.709-07:00ONE Birthday Celebration<div style="text-align: left;">Aubrey had her very first Birthday party on August 20th. Although, she may not have known exactly what was going on, she seemed to "feel the love" for her first birthday celebration.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50s3Q1Sa7NYqkZoSJSeUaXawaP-fEYKam07gsnt3KdMJ6aSAeNQSJ3-wBvjS5WUwBN7AnI87xiB-tveUWEVnr72tJxK6HVLw4dbDV4P7SVIonGlb4qkZMagurTAzqf1htafm1XLaNWQ/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+091.jpg" /></div><div> She got some great gifts and loved crinkling the paper and packages.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcipEo25UrerX0KoZruCxgxrLkQ-N1-0YdZOOyufsIKYMgZHk3QrOl4vsoNYu0oeZ-6VR0KmWmDcFIXLwmISGcUXflIPinulf0oguPRULt4EFki7JUuFzaDTBp_WjVlJg3EBJhMdawLw/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+103.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gJanHtW9WYNASwfUqmU5joiT646nFul8PtZno_t7PC9VhJgctUGiz2rBo7YIbjqxiNrBcASt1_vaqaENL4UqyNx5fBCnM8t2aubilvCvUxk68AVFIB_oJxU1rsTDSDDRfsJ-wxURRg/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+102.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaipFmOVjGpJ0KgOftRXed3QFjpOCbx3PPwqpe177Ay0mrCy6iENx97aKGTNHefcsX32bNeGb4zPtrzGsgjLjGoRzpMUoqDxrzGzv1H5HU9f5AuBC-cqsHzsYA7O6AtFimvN9mvRh9AA/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+100.jpg" /></div><div> We ended the festivities with yummy chocolate cupcakes.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLjROq5RDWvK5gxqjIxK71ZhWSWw1-O_SCJ-7SlNIY28PqiS4EAKLOVrIv00Xm-WwAsyxYgaJHevI_9iLxa_ey3quQUsB58XS06st-HVE_enpgieAHb9HCwXi4q56sSEGkS3jEQlPCA/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+107.jpg" /></div><div>She began by delicately tasting her cupcake but soon...</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIDCp2xZQj2fuRtdAGuQl40UiKyRr9J-Iz8YiHpsMW1mamlRYt7CmKRPC3RaJYhD0pTkNDu1k31nbOTM213O4rsVkMkw75d2j57Qk4DaO3hv2YbIRluLMvjJhAATWe1o0cTZK6lACVQ/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+109.jpg" /></div><div>after taking a few tastes made the mess deserving of a first birthday celebration!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitbtCqH1tSbTB3sassM5jAfA4CVrjS5OnQN9sLZaCC_lfgPCn_odcEV7u4Jt1yIapsJv7jymGw-adUo4gtlf-p36if62fnry6In-ingbPvZFMz4wH2kWkVXgey7Rc6UJBSYla5ael-yQ/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+119.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzIAomYC7Z6jvtqF6C00vdpjkJavNyXHi0BHnFHM9ULV-BuB_aZ2rTzzax3IW5wn99eTMLeTVlfjnSZCXP9kBmd6CcEZ8suImRnqMIWmaLKs9tsBMEt64p3NJ1nICCvXfMZbNEYvmHA/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+122.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Happy Birthday Aubrey! We Love You! We love watching you learn and grow every day!</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What you are up to at ONE:</span></b></div><div><ul><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">climbing everything(the computer desk is our favorite climbing spot)</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">finding treasures in the cabinets and leaving your binky behind as evidence of where you have searched</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">snuggling into your bed on your tummy with the blanket just covering your head</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">saying your name, Ahhhhhbey, okay and wow </span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">pulling all of the wipes out of the container</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">helping me with the laundry by pulling all of the clothes out of the laundry basket or dryer</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">gathering shoes</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">helping me unload the dishwasher </span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">running around as the busiest little lady ever </span></b></li></ul></div><div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-54226891519527279812010-10-02T16:48:00.000-07:002010-10-04T12:45:15.094-07:00Lucky #7Drew turned numero 7 on August 2. Seven is my favorite number and now my favorite little boy is my favorite number.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524275744240660898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1cOksKcB0LtYctib4uxB1SVBTbY2HqhYx1Os8eAv1Gbuj5oD1LmYPDgmJ_QsmvhP82M6ib29UwFHu_5o8lhXI8b9LreymSjmFO3zrKjNAikWjrX4Isz3dP5s2Cgi8k1BO3PXQ0gpkg/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+008.jpg" /><br /><div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjMnmaCNJSUjDNwwLDSx7FOzJcMCixe_k3Pp2FOwdgtbNytz9GNjK8i7bacHiYX0t_5R99rtvWWbMXT-8R9zzuN4mHdkQG08XKtBVf1G0WgQZl5q-BGl9Dm8LAPEnzSb4_jy2USMm3A/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+011.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524275200432886226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUu4rqX_sxCDE60RJkXkagMz50-e4ypmeS5RHd4-Ql2za6j1Wd199kZvPbJxA30vuAMvO3nBmyR6Lyzpf2Vcc-llpwQLNJAy5WKE_sCCIGFQipNe70yhLR6PpwGvCuVkZm__HhFNz4OQ/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+020.jpg" /></div><div>Drew decided that he wanted a lego cake, so we bought a lego airplane, put it together and I made a runway cake for it to take off on...easiest cake ever to make to date.</div><div>.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXxBOKlifWCcDDkJMRSbjToot8xZAZaCxrrJGZwQrjGI-SV0BGyY642V4l_J001lasYd5euK0FkBclOOh38c5Uzv37pTVRw6QawOrpb0xR6j68gEF9degSO0e2Y0jeTrsH9P49gIfZw/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+026.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJScPt0z1k6e6Dt74WkerLIr8sTKpUdMNuLxJqvc_YN0tm869xC2LaG7x0NchQFOssLyJBOX5HcBeq9xJycA8m5fqEtbhaV-FZb1DGmNVqR85G7xnArI63waPgGoup4brhqHGh5gRYnQ/s400/Birthdays-Soccer-etc.+027.jpg" /></div><div>Drew had a great day. We celebrated with balloons, Spongebob decor, family and presents. Happy Birthday Drew, We LOVE You!</div><div></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">What you are up to at SEVEN:</span></b></div><br /><ul><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">You still LOVE trains</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Cruising around on your bike like a pro</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">soccer, basketball and golf</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Starting the 1st grade</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Say the coolest things</span></b></li><li><strong>setting up intricate railroad tracks for our train sets</strong></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Kindest, loving kid with the most sensitive heart and cutest face</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Jumping ditches with golf carts...</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">and </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>the greatest kid ever!</b></span></li></ul><br /><br /><div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-12613982726235114072010-07-27T13:47:00.000-07:002010-07-28T09:15:35.254-07:00DAD 1944-2010<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGeNmC-AMByZQl0bJAJyGMdPYBWeG_ZW7B3H5Duun30ylGiyvNwmxTEhsWwav0v5hN_maBv7sA2LKlEllCzoX44OSLyrZuo67YfaIg21c4b98Zef-h2XsVLqyfVP5p5-b-FB2shxakg/s400/http---www.law.siu.edu-chlp-pdfs-91639%2520SOL%2520Visitor%2520in%2520Health%2520Law%2520proof%25204.bmp" /><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"> I never fully realized the limits of the English language until this happened in my life. There are no words great enough to describe how much you really love someone and there are no words descriptive enough to explain the emotions that go along with the process of losing someone you love.</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">I was told on July 3, 2008 that my Dad had cancer. and on June 24th, 2010 was told that he passed away in the home I grew up in. </span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My father said from the very first diagnosis that "He felt good about things." he would follow that statement with "I don't know what that means, but I really do feel good about things."</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">My Dad's words were always a great source of comfort and wisdom. Whenever there was a crisis(or at least, what I thought was a crisis) in my life, I would call to chat with him. He had the ability to help put my challenges into perspective and calm life's"storms."</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">In true form, my father continues to teach me and ease my mind. I was reading some of the letters that he sent me while serving my mission in Mexico. I found this letter and have included a portion of its contents: </span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>We are all doing fine and enjoying the blessings that Heavenly Father so regularly<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>sends. We are proud of each family member and the progress you are each making. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Heavenly Father has truly blessed us with great children, each of whom we love more<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>than words can express. How fortunate we are to be so blessed, and to live at this time in<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>the world. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>May the Lord bless you in your labors and sustain you during those discouraging and<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>trying times that will come. May he bless you with that great joy that comes only as we<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>obediently serve him regardless of obstacles placed in our path. We love you Bizzy and<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>pray for your protection and success each day. Work hard and be happy. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> </span>Love, Dad</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:georgia;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGkFK0a24n4HYaLwEcpuVnDijNoTfhmBD9qBM3bQ39o-ZvVhFIOQw7l9zesKOTDcACMPieYgEV7DqMhjMdlKJLzeJuOG4IVchbKnCAxwUpoLnvVyixSYEv6-ucWvKu98t1WmP67Xl9Q/s400/DSC02661_edited.JPG" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5lNnuXhSwmDL9vWBEyPygqLzdlgxVFP2O5ehSEvSDyCZrCWgZmjx0-8pJIDvsy9c2ovRCiWu-BPZb0sMotl0zBmwdXSuq0E2EtCBhMVR_CXY4ZKBqebGIBbut7WD_9CujPDddPvGYg/s400/DSC00339_edited.JPG" /></div><div><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZlF78tVIp8bSJ-pDt5_YiPUNv0dm79hs_KJGe5PIXuweA2sqq2Wtnq3_o5A0Fn_B0NlWPP6XRbNYO_GJ3YxdEM2MU9r6sTMrwp1l47upLyfF-MhpSiWC0tDQK2lqItLvaOpbXUEIgg/s400/11-11-06+112.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWNJhT9a3ZdC6OwiOe_PpdfeFkFxCz1KWEavIQGiiIrDrtZZXXKYAYzvruvvFjUI_2YTyUQ-vK1bjqBXEqtIqVKURAp_xFN4oa1nF9YfDNvo9mXlYLHLrrGojHaoQOV30JGuKRfQqug/s400/DSC02867_edited.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div> I knew the Plan of Salvation was true before losing my father and only know with more surety of it's truthfulness after his passing. I have been overwhelmed by the kindness shown to my Dad, Mom and family throughout these past couple years. I am amazed and can see the Lord's care in the countless acts of kindness that have continued to be shared with our family during this time. </div><div><br /></div><div>How lucky I am to know you are my Dad forever. I love you Dad.</div><div><div><br /></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-81892863187549761522010-07-27T13:08:00.000-07:002010-07-27T16:02:08.417-07:00SWIMMING LESSONS<div>Drew and Sommer both took swimming lessons this summer. We have the greatest teacher! Drew learned the back stroke this year and did such a great job. He has a knack for swimming and catches on really quick.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sommer loved the dogs, jumping to make a big splash, and doing the alligator. She did great this year and learned a lot.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnrF9ga-Bz3L8jNFH2dGowiGyxjk1y1KV1TznqoBxWdic2-lcH-00wKH3WzOiCaqaBmfHUNdkjebb-iQbzMqiMtX9Y3edzsWd_g8BdDMUNnapz_lbADcgmhMFJribYW94WW9dsAQdEQ/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+207.jpg" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3s9UhanBFgHyeu3wgkrhTLv0GA0YbQNnnkKewDFslnItSkwm_CUnK0cHaIEpP_yFH82kY-IvH7ArO5SVaFYG5QnN-Ud0lSOGkploH2PwZEK89XhiwZnmY5whCJcnur65-8rkkBrW0A/s1600/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+217.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3s9UhanBFgHyeu3wgkrhTLv0GA0YbQNnnkKewDFslnItSkwm_CUnK0cHaIEpP_yFH82kY-IvH7ArO5SVaFYG5QnN-Ud0lSOGkploH2PwZEK89XhiwZnmY5whCJcnur65-8rkkBrW0A/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+217.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498682970782149218" /></a><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpX6QFLc5s9_UwV3sOA4iTKgEVW5x7PM_Is3oj0U2qx6vXBKleOsqJB2BmAUBpbM40S9piHjlhsrovvOd3swnWPIn8s0RKfWvemkkTGVXxAR4Q5E9Tjfn9ll3jurd5oCNTpZ_TCyYKWg/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+218.jpg" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0veNrsNj1F44Se5YU1YyKf_oyFRBMG5Jpto_w9L3Mr2P6rRlql1pxZVFIdoMwVtzoRXgDW1Wf39eEqYfPCSdRzZ66QodG3ZQihCaS0LqpSn4ej7S8DP0lg8LqPE_DS7le1j3vJKzZGg/s1600/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+213.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz8vbDyRz0D8DQOwjZLshPhKXFGrViVgGlEyF0Xesvo_phHzQWHwJ_R6M49kotXsu7m1NNnXxgqnVwrNygp18PFEBJhAYKE4P5xcHEK8tw0wCL_jUgpHfB4GQMha8SCz3SHogwvnNP1g/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+204.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498681716746009250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08YnhgXz6sVs1q03B9NH6bl3zLlfjThq3GmwkTZQ4T8h_GOQJ8cvUkGeOoFVhMHnNTV6rbwxmLm5RPh1oBjZIADtE7Dgsn_ojDxYCyo43vNpwAC3LklXmeO108miW2oCc2MnBtR2sgg/s1600/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+206.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08YnhgXz6sVs1q03B9NH6bl3zLlfjThq3GmwkTZQ4T8h_GOQJ8cvUkGeOoFVhMHnNTV6rbwxmLm5RPh1oBjZIADtE7Dgsn_ojDxYCyo43vNpwAC3LklXmeO108miW2oCc2MnBtR2sgg/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+206.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498681578046084178" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thanks Marianne for your great lessons!Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-68071948950877003952010-07-25T18:32:00.000-07:002010-07-25T19:29:04.055-07:00AUBREY is almost ONE and more updates still to comeSince it has been such a long time since an update I thought I should also include a few shots of Aubrey as she gets closer and closer to her #1 Birthday.<div><br /></div><div>Eating a little lunch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGOYFandEUG_hF7bGY1GBNUo68InWW6dY17wb1sjOBDn8T6oH9-em8868uuGahjtNDQ3U6QTSG_I6t6x0I017KQLGrlpEIvt32V9z083frl7QKtJZb3RaBRl_7t0_9kvQQD1d8VuC_A/s1600/Sommer's+Birthday+047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvGOYFandEUG_hF7bGY1GBNUo68InWW6dY17wb1sjOBDn8T6oH9-em8868uuGahjtNDQ3U6QTSG_I6t6x0I017KQLGrlpEIvt32V9z083frl7QKtJZb3RaBRl_7t0_9kvQQD1d8VuC_A/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498025389576552786" /></a>We no longer need assistance to walk. She and her fancy hair are officially walking all over the place.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG93hYH9L5jiIyykwWfPyIMz74UWWAiGSIGH_hhETp_I8mMkPgGHC1Gtfb45EaEBHffBM2jIhw13w9Q-uqiMgoKUdxWjvi17WVT3PjlxTlvcLETQMckMSLTgh0kerBVtcu-ce68WrO1A/s1600/Sommer's+Birthday+075.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG93hYH9L5jiIyykwWfPyIMz74UWWAiGSIGH_hhETp_I8mMkPgGHC1Gtfb45EaEBHffBM2jIhw13w9Q-uqiMgoKUdxWjvi17WVT3PjlxTlvcLETQMckMSLTgh0kerBVtcu-ce68WrO1A/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+075.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498024653220307138" /></a>Chillin' with her sister and brother.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQKTs4V1aFULioij78iEu7_SRLjKGaqIWSM7wtva_TEhf4I5gu3QdO-hnC1EP13eEfNmgIzVEu4BXU5nQFL6nEcaPA6PQHjn99Ppwj-zC3tfP8vZed_nB1L3MgLs4FNPk_8fFUfE8Sg/s1600/Sommer's+Birthday+040.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsQKTs4V1aFULioij78iEu7_SRLjKGaqIWSM7wtva_TEhf4I5gu3QdO-hnC1EP13eEfNmgIzVEu4BXU5nQFL6nEcaPA6PQHjn99Ppwj-zC3tfP8vZed_nB1L3MgLs4FNPk_8fFUfE8Sg/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+040.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498024359124553186" /></a>What Aubrey's hair looks like if you dry it with the blow dryer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBvSYAMDqtkEJgHEa2ppQgwOuUyiDPqjPh2bOn0tYdcHh2FXd4-atB5qCkDkdq8736aNfQpKqnz2QUvdKC1020boOHaj10sBsmheH5QSyFriIakSKjufgTDJ1wI7t2srTPZT4cDFAbg/s1600/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+084.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBvSYAMDqtkEJgHEa2ppQgwOuUyiDPqjPh2bOn0tYdcHh2FXd4-atB5qCkDkdq8736aNfQpKqnz2QUvdKC1020boOHaj10sBsmheH5QSyFriIakSKjufgTDJ1wI7t2srTPZT4cDFAbg/s1600/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+084.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBvSYAMDqtkEJgHEa2ppQgwOuUyiDPqjPh2bOn0tYdcHh2FXd4-atB5qCkDkdq8736aNfQpKqnz2QUvdKC1020boOHaj10sBsmheH5QSyFriIakSKjufgTDJ1wI7t2srTPZT4cDFAbg/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+084.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498023625889375218" /></a>Having lunch with Grandpa Poss during an Idaho visit:</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3snpcq_MdxCpGs3Hq7U6s1V9PBKVho2bjMWCiZ7bBo2iShxXt-ACWirISLvoTSveP-nw9NmAQTxSXxcWs6rbDpomXfpdkTffRl4L__WR8nS0-Z98o9pzRU7-spNiBOM5DZRBHO0qng/s1600/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL3snpcq_MdxCpGs3Hq7U6s1V9PBKVho2bjMWCiZ7bBo2iShxXt-ACWirISLvoTSveP-nw9NmAQTxSXxcWs6rbDpomXfpdkTffRl4L__WR8nS0-Z98o9pzRU7-spNiBOM5DZRBHO0qng/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+021.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498023397733510402" /></a></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-48451466534070789432010-07-25T18:04:00.000-07:002010-07-25T20:24:04.663-07:00A bit of what SOMMER has been up to: stitches, Gma Moss, messy lady, and Earrings<div style="text-align: left;">First, Sommer was the first kid to need stitches. She was running up our basement(unfinished) stairs and fell and sliced her chin on the stair. Luckily, she only needed 3 stitches and she was super brave. (photos to come soon because I need to download them from my phone)</div><div><br /></div><div>Next up are some cool photos with Grandma Moss during an Idaho visit. They dressed up in their most beautiful faces.<br /><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznq8pbSlMZ6_2OS8PihWimtW2NPc8XCLHvSH4BMjS1TJHouQAXhXOu8G-IYgaoZVEsLbXbzP_-8dGJUIxTo0xhdQ-u_0H2HZ1KbM2PyDidMA2jfHfNQUHj2LhkNHLisg_mSX1A1kD7A/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+019.jpg" /></div><div> </div></div><div>Being messy: She is such a cute girl and can make the biggest messes.</div><div>Here is an example of a simple spaghetti dinner with our Sommey Sue.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5fhjXy43ltvhqcN8j52nbqEu_BQRNPrqm5ZppqR7UL-WJVM46hK8bHS7_agsi5ZsC8_PSkTPDPgPeLMxKn5LsHuKUMEFxr0RoG4DDGQ3OUMOaodWpeW5IDJlTUahz2H1Dy3GZbAZtA/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+024.jpg" /></div><div>She has wanted to get her ears pierced for a little while now. So, while we were in Idaho, we decided to do it along with her cousin Katelyn. Here she is getting all prepped for the big moment.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7sE2Gb6ToqdaogplXZpp00UsYdU8u-IWR_lqeLpd658bHL3DLOvYqfLR22MVcks_hg2g-KDk6-XMm-8OpPJ359tswnzj24hI3UjetBSiRR_hwVjvU-EQSqH-nnIpa2iSUPEX3M_g5w/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+091.jpg" /></div><div>She looks a little more serious as the actual piercing takes place but she never shed a tear. </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_w6sEf9XrzlrQW4H5bPLLHtoLsU320uFnIikbyeDnuTU2un5Kwd94JVrszYOsC9jxrAJ4DFYkiRVSgj2JHimNJr_9n7xdEtf_xYP5Zva80VKc_uNd7GU-NP1anlNDPIqGHRBg8OwLYA/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+092.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-24025548761978394332010-07-25T16:47:00.000-07:002010-07-25T18:04:19.467-07:00DREW-Soccer, Basketball, Kindergarten Graduate and MUCH MORE....<div style="text-align: left;">Drew played Basketball again this year. His team was <i>The Shooting Stars</i> which was mostly made up of friends and neighbors, which was super fun.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9fnJ6gby5-L2YQBRGYh3V4MFQIWm-m6v30vDD9saFxiPro4HnoMMcFsJ4PsIdfWfisc9qXYmz1i6bvl-9ZQvnyAyi_75_OMKR6KHg78wOnGj8A4sCF2RIx5QwUmgNx8Nbfj_gFYXIAw/s1600/Sommer's+Birthday+030.jpg"></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTgEHnd8M_Pf37sX6fG-cx-pIND5YetYHspPWlrc0nzqWYvixjh_RbsGLQ40oJ_KWW7PspxXz97VrFnc2PyrG3rAXR4-7I4ExHo-MbksdMS84V5QOOd6t6t_rKBBtKjSQgpnED-qkHRg/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+030.jpg" /><div><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9TxdnRnDTHG6VGSq7lfD086EsDvTHJjnm_Awj1srXmoOsFiuF30IavRvlNVqFFKySJ6KhVFSYhP32jzh1sxwPiBi1GB-vAB0y6u071YFFxFIsPqyYQYtYV8OhnOT5y_HXS02nFQ1v2g/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+033.jpg" /><br />Lo coached Drew's soccer team again and they had a great year. <i>The Rockets</i> ended up winning 16 out of 20 games. </div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7bMuJbXbnc72v4hKWsJoRZ_3Koyx_2PS2lfj8k9Px0Y4zmDlHWVd1KMdPnabFVAbIjF60Rwj2TmzKLahsHlLoZ_ec60Jlt05GiYArqZb519PEOZnAOVqH3sO4DNqnlknv2OmOzn0RA/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+040.jpg" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMa_ac68U8i8r5Thy8hQqALQV7WG0z5aaJr7NiTkVCfUDm8oRVybBYgZfP7x7JIdgMCESHonrFS1xkzfHQ2t_4O9S5rbiL-j2JTX2yJUblisenGVJuPGMan1YjvQYj4_q-9bgTPfsfA/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+046.jpg" /></div><div><br />While playing soccer and basketball, he also managed to become a Kindergarten Graduate.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-O230WNHfBZM2JMy8HrM-RoR785rY4XInTvLqtpwZYJj2ICUFTDkaPvqrV0fMMT7w4TqE4FDave8vAWfyBP93acZOeu9ixFEqD4gyjyrcw5REikH7QKh6hSNi2tKQH14OETIAdRXVXg/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+051.jpg" /><br /><br />Miss Elder giving him his graduation certificate.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfdP-Y92hDEMd1QRh8pZoCgaxRjMdB9UU1H-i2KOEYZQqdgcYWg7r9u3LadpVU8zQhEhEZbZCD1ooRoYt4GmulUwscZ8YPNbTaUwkFns91XSXb5T3NwMcdepbo3B2OaFkqlYsAfQi8A/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+057.jpg" /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixS8dYe2mv-xKt7AtStkur_Bfud28t-p4SqRi3FPhcr_z3bg-QS7JegUbLExyN2AWeGmxyeozndn0IslRygKyMLzyQFmNU_sgnG1FjhUei__zhX5zjCD2G0AIcz3utvLIW3wKR8zxC8w/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+063.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>and now for the much more......Drew's first BIG story of the summer is the Golf Cart incident. While golfing with his Dad and Uncles, he attempted to jump a canal at the Teton Lakes golf course in Rexburg. Drew is now famous at the course and already has a "greatest golf story" of his short 6 year career. I was glad he was okay and still wonder(Lo?) why he was driving the golf cart all by himself in the first place. He somehow escaped this mishaps with only a few bruises and Lo and I escaped a bill for a golf cart because the cart was miraculously undamaged.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZsSVcu06DeZuNfx5i9VbDRNtZeqzqsqUPRAxNqdlBcOILLb2OCywkxY1lgTRjkjGAExKooTW-qZQWp75FLQqJzJ9EXEvlRLRbqrj6kYOdKOqyeWMNVed8yfLhW6s3kI5Kux9Cm7BWg/s400/IMG00144-20100703-1434-1.jpg" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-48254962638755477402010-07-25T15:48:00.000-07:002010-07-25T19:18:44.608-07:00Grandma J<div style="text-align: left;">It has been too long since I have updated my blog and the thoughts of updating it have overwhelmed me because of all that has gone on during my hiatus. This has been a summer to remember and I have learned and grown a lot through all of the changes.</div><div><br /></div><div>I don't really know where to begin. One of the first major events was the passing of my Grandma Johnson on May 14, 2010. She was almost 91 years old when she passed away and lived every second of her life to the very fullest up to the very last moment. She was still weeding her flower beds, planting her plastic flowers, attending the temple, drinking Pepsi, and making plans for more parties right up until her last day here.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here is her famous bathtub full of her flowers that never die.</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLVUx3YBo66TPESJXh2d0PxXW-5eU7hyphenhyphengxChGCKrBaHfPZz0yh2UyJGbTNiA5hqMsSnLsLt6nUDz-AyGa5Cg4qixyL_lR1QuSo0QGipkh0Ytnz9RQOmySaGrvcLBeH7Vp4r9QaTkttJw/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+154.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>The flower bed in front of her house that she had just put the finishing touches on.</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAMrFIfpeeObqEw7VtLYDE3do-7qR5eyEg_fFhetV42BkPbNql4GoWLpvdH9PJYuOgEB70igjSglQKgzACZy51FzaGnEK6f405b1bZtPWyTAxBXEsrqz4p7IXWjQYIZHf-xH5sIG3nzg/s400/2010-Soccer-Bball-Gma+J-Dad+198.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Grandma J posing with her 90 pepsi cans at her 90th birthday celebration last year. </div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJsSYcyXvuUqNXWuN14Z3jMDIJe4RRu1AOPxJah4N8t_KTb1sfKmSCwD7VJ7MS3TvB-SABnffIiypJGcd1pjfK1WABIz-5_jjdBKReDOZm54ps5QGKxHqKK3y_FZc3TFoMqvbWQSXnA/s400/DSC02812_edited.JPG" /></div><div><br /></div><div>She was an energetic, fun and most importantly, a faithful lady that made a lasting impression on her entire family. I called her a few weeks before she died to see if she could help with my Relief Society lesson about strengthening the family. She sent me a letter that included her thoughts on this topic. In the final part of her letter she said</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"I'm 90 and as I look back on the product of my Dad and mother I'm grateful to them for the teachings they taught us as a family and I see these things carrying on throughout the 51 now that are my family. I pray that everyone will realize that through the gospel and its teachings we have a plan to a happy life. I'm the last of my family and the last of my husband's, but look back with great satisfaction. We did o.k."</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-39817508957096890642010-04-06T15:43:00.000-07:002010-04-10T09:27:41.123-07:00SPRING for SOMMERSommey's celebrating began with family on her Birthday. We invited Mimi, Mardi and her kids over for dinner, presents and cake.<br /><br /><div align="center"><strong>Opening gifts:</strong> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457162090343157138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilyEJYcjQpV2vkViEQytlW8myTDVPNYF0riEb-fI58HruLkHQVvGGZVyM3ijl6VoFfD1frHpb8rP7UnOOXx2Bmsh4KysYJ5OnCqqGA7Uy91Xwz7pEi1l4mHljIC-A8xivIoe0XNSHb4g/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+056.jpg" /> <div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizItda446bcO8fp1gmvfW5RyHESXZTrCNBxr4QzLJ1SgsTF0f7-l_ayy0xyIGCt3fY9Dy0uLGJr5XGWt8xzNQsD_B78cCWBKxOk4mfVcQU7VldLRTA4xKIsNis0D15neiSl0sBnDnjTA/s1600/Sommer's+Birthday+057.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457161911083183122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizItda446bcO8fp1gmvfW5RyHESXZTrCNBxr4QzLJ1SgsTF0f7-l_ayy0xyIGCt3fY9Dy0uLGJr5XGWt8xzNQsD_B78cCWBKxOk4mfVcQU7VldLRTA4xKIsNis0D15neiSl0sBnDnjTA/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+057.jpg" /></a><strong>Opening the <em>Princess and the Frog</em>: A present from Droozer</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tI5y6BOEYvDqMpJe9JRUr_PZwLDGkV53XmAUNmyquZkU8B95Dk1bCgfP4URPfEZq2hmFP7oL6o9ol9nKuJMlWi0481LYH0rII5W9l7EsOkDRIkuYTDY8VWlv9v6n45mBbwd-ES74_w/s1600/Sommer's+Birthday+050.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457161761716710818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tI5y6BOEYvDqMpJe9JRUr_PZwLDGkV53XmAUNmyquZkU8B95Dk1bCgfP4URPfEZq2hmFP7oL6o9ol9nKuJMlWi0481LYH0rII5W9l7EsOkDRIkuYTDY8VWlv9v6n45mBbwd-ES74_w/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+050.jpg" /></a><strong>Blowing out the candles</strong><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBBctfJUwFfkbOBFoBoXS6B2ZPY4vVe5tmf96or7lTDL-kURc0s4TTL5EAXWtEwgDvA9C-nr78mPzfJP5za396e5fzArGom5opGZd38RyhFf3Z90RcSVoDNr18V37UzfhrLf0zBqHVA/s1600/Sommer's+Birthday+061.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457161370121177954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBBctfJUwFfkbOBFoBoXS6B2ZPY4vVe5tmf96or7lTDL-kURc0s4TTL5EAXWtEwgDvA9C-nr78mPzfJP5za396e5fzArGom5opGZd38RyhFf3Z90RcSVoDNr18V37UzfhrLf0zBqHVA/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+061.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijn3UHDxp3CRuIZtol9Q2WWY8Y9oDxzhxwjzSOtHOcSHNb6yq3OIvNhQh7qRVz5LnGiScc8PK4lRzfMQrI_419f-b9KDy3XXTgqDbwK_r_pONqb0PndZ7e5aqIelfYW2fmxFCBJoXY_A/s1600/Sommer's+Birthday+062.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457161246162850658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijn3UHDxp3CRuIZtol9Q2WWY8Y9oDxzhxwjzSOtHOcSHNb6yq3OIvNhQh7qRVz5LnGiScc8PK4lRzfMQrI_419f-b9KDy3XXTgqDbwK_r_pONqb0PndZ7e5aqIelfYW2fmxFCBJoXY_A/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+062.jpg" /></a> <div align="center"><strong>Butterfly Birthday Cake</strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457160734126622402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NDV6UpvRfwINIeSkyKaEMa-4e1ap2Y45gaozyfO6hN9JzOr-dikwiqk8Om-fnwPvmJR4pqHIFMLJtxmv21-O2n4jkD-oEdEo3QKvpbL2zbHNfG0qe71JPK1eiTUDhMjY9UxWobKbdQ/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+049.jpg" /> We decided to throw a Spring themed Party for Sommey</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc33cc;"><strong>Spring for Sommer</strong></span></em></div><div align="center"><strong>The Friday Friend Party</strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457159888830920018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRCNhlsYZlwDoxJxd7d_DqfrOChNNlxmYmzZARzB2Fa09jEdMSpFjlMQpgvrXfTQQrM0sbxqR7yj69yzlnlhbwf63KMriqNQuCBbCQ-DWFCO6mL46wTT5XI7v862uqAe8Elp88mPLGA/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+064.jpg" /><strong>Duck, Duck, Goose</strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457160845787066322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6HW0sc2xboii_dCOLS2hRAXkqMFUUq2WIM6fGu6KoS7Ycmc30sMjz4zfz0folQ0V2mfv3r_xr_yTQRZd98iOh8WZQrWMVDYazf0WR-PcrD8PkqDMcbDROok6Bm5sK2r7FFvOzpn43w/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+073.jpg" /><strong>Taking a swing at the flower Pinata</strong> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457160307353967122" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1rmd7sEDuL1JdnRx6iSLAbMXUUHK-k2WU7EkJZQyjrkR_8MMfm83kpThBK0KYXg0DmEtEp7JXsYR2jAoHJEhZV5zRCh1oI3yiFqPsRhdbm8oXGEWOLG2XvgymqRgstbMJduKYeeJyg/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+068.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457160146056303074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDh-CMNwVCgW3M2pQKyTDbOrhjcBniq_TCwXTrfR_MV4tgsptfnMHBtumxBfFhX6IYcnsQd_Ab1o684edQH0xNEmyPejsM4gBH5L2tdpxbJs7BjwqINAnEDPDZp2lCWdvjPBZzaWtm0w/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+067.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457160455840003794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEias0L8chOmfMuHp4xZxYyouUEfDM2g1c_yuutNpKHK_q1O6i4fTQ2U7AwXvLXhj3X1cNKegypbhUy_xNxVx2eTO5bsr6TjJlATQ_M9-9ZwNZI50vS1jPiap7NtCBHfzAJa74tYQTcTyw/s400/Sommer's+Birthday+070.jpg" /></div></div></div></div></div><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">We love you Sommey!</span></p><p align="left"><strong>favorites at 4 and what you are up to:</strong></p><ul><li><div align="left"><strong>dress up</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>treats-<span style="font-size:85%;">wakes up and goes to bed asking for treats</span></strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>makeup</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>riding her bike</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>playing with friends</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>super vocabulary</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>changing her clothes many times a day</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>miss sassy pants</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>pink and purple</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>let's you know if she does or doesn't like your style choices</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>singing and singing and singing</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>dancing</strong></div></li><li><div align="left"><strong>loves shoes</strong></div></li></ul><p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-21726631368176911322010-02-23T13:17:00.001-08:002010-02-23T16:55:17.978-08:00LATEST PROJECTI decided to paint a little something for Aubrey's room and this is what I came up with. I have seen so many cute bird prints on baby girl bedding, and clothing lately, so I decided to paint a few birds in a tree for Aubrey. I apologize for the pics. I need a new camera and better camera skills.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441551962096466882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6c_I0OQJytU9i2dJbfYnmuD4LJlqL7EkA_Jn-a_rzbO9d9tDpPFE7rgsAhF_GYTF43DUSxo4JD-hofZengOQMqtS-q3ymgyxlWigJaGcUdeMVND9pdokXRaweyvHJHDLBFnayPce4A/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+035.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441552225592774802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlTre8_GhQ6-I8KurHfNn1XKHYK4TlUbdJZIi_uPQK1cx1fyRNTFWNepgHHyQaEPHYFiQymsR1Qtwaxjc7TS6dgoVNaKfY2yz3iKncegDVlZlBrr9Zv0NDDBXKnzfDr_uiS5QX21S3yg/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+036.jpg" />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-26663727328375152162010-02-23T12:37:00.000-08:002010-02-23T13:37:42.529-08:00First Ski Trip------Sleeping UNDER the BED-----AUBREYis 6 mos.----CRAZY HAIR DAY<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">RANDOM MEDLEY OF HAPPENINGS</span></strong><br /><br /><div><div><div><div>Lo and his Dad took Drew up to Brighton for his first Ski trip. Lo put him in ski school for the first part of the day. The instructor said he did a great job and was willing to try anything she asked. Drew loved the entire day until it was time to take his skis back to the rental center. He thought it was super dumb to take his skis back after we had paid money for them.</div><br /><div></div><div>Lo and Drew just before they took off for their ski day. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441542156774845762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinF_Dm7uFqrxFT1oSOziajUxLOIEbwXHtJEcjCre-3sgnTx91DnEQu02KHUztJbnPZ8Bb_QPfIrl-gssEJzgUbNg5Dp3BJi3DycbTlfZxnssLftKcLx8DqGUSh8nWovCVoulz4z-6mTQ/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+017.jpg" /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">SLEEPING UNDER THE BED</span></strong></div><br />Sommey was playing upstairs when it was suddenly much too quiet, which usually means trouble and messes of some sort. Lo took this picture of Sommey after he found her safe and soundly sleeping under Drew's bed.<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441543622579089410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-meqUgihTuXJpZDPLNQMMYWMas7rn8fy1lSyOb67K3-FKB8mX6WMT61VzOCEjhPgXmphbenyXhLd7CPgKR4e8LEfqor3PByEs6x7CDtVD4vbv8vZwQXtsY2gpvXwIeh02Q7JIoTaSvg/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+003.jpg" /><br /><div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">AUBREY IS 6 MONTHS OLD</span></strong></div></div></div><br /><p>I need to take more pictures of Aubrey. We have 350 million baby pictures of Drew(firstborn) and 100 pics of Sommey(secondborn) and 7 of Aubrey (latest arrival) Here is a recent shot of the cutest little lady growing up too quickly with her stylin' old man hair. She has been such a fun little girl!!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441545311935877730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTO51YvnHHWDTTqa-YY18j11X701SzJF3Vl_RWHNGmzkUyUqFpmX9GMcqeSBNWOBJF_4vHLRfdI4tythGPwOi0fGgJsSGb52WAxeIpG8unrZ5sHlyuWUCCA9wVCuOsqvA88Las4S3hOw/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+034.jpg" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">CRAZY HAIR DAY</span></strong></p><p>Drew's school is having <a href="http://www.strengthenthefamily.net/white_ribbon_week.php">White Ribbon Week</a> at school. They kicked things off with CrAzy hAir day yesterday. We decided to go for a little Blue, Green and Red combo and, against my better judgment, I used food coloring mixed into hair gel. I recall my sister coloring her hair with green food coloring for Halloween and to her great surprise and sadness the green didn't come out completely. She had streaks of green hair for at least a month. Regardless of this memory, I colored Drew's hair and luckily the color came out completely. He is running around again blonde as ever.</p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441546393231659874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCmbsXKqhvMeI_W4LZwapeYHENo9I-69_x14WFlPWzXmbSL0xdNK3hAjbb118wajpbgSWbNisb6ffSnEDVXHD5S_mQ_RClRc9MB_RdxuFOhCl7BZ7nfUN3-H2S2PqF_OcGUu_4C39HA/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+018.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441546493398616226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8u3_gmRB4CvE6Ob9pdECq_k47QeF8ssoe93-cz3LbDWH_Nbj-rLgk2hQqt9UGoFDPYEmjlfXvgXaIbCJgYVMbMPvXvKHYEDdpkl56DsD4Z-0GgCnkxBsp_acVmvf0hBKo-mqvnzMIA/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+021.jpg" /></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-7278353595888889392010-02-23T12:18:00.000-08:002010-02-23T13:33:35.038-08:00CHRISTMAS REPORT IN FEBRUARYTime to finally catch up and report on what has been going since Christmas time. We managed to visit Temple square a few days before Christmas. It was so cold that night that we quickly made our way around most of the square in 10 minutes or less.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441538166943173634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFqIgiWfgxM48j0Iwi6T-fUkG052FaY2hueQFQMDNoOWMPUHMzMarcP6U-331vq8c-dK7ZRBwYQxj9Mbq7tHxTcOddHR_Cu4NInWepyiGfbU4IVwjg6_6syoHXdPxAUh6GrmESsB0PQ/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+001.jpg" /><br />We had a very Merry Christmas. Grandpa, Mimi and Mardi and her family spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with us. Some of the major winners from Santa Clause were make-up and more tutus and wings for Sommer and Legos and a train set for Drew. Aubrey seemed very content with her travel backpack and diapers.<br />We had a very Merry Christmas; It just came and went too quickly.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441537971210821938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwSdYGSQnSa2-oJIA2QOJnPL8SRMxrlG3KtQoQR-8FHi_w7xIK7f2t2BUCKYfRE_u-2ryVOXjBluQoYjn-L7NJQIPBSkcVRCpkEKmnPpGHOHswytoAD74M2gYg24PI1er0ijwiyqlOgg/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+013.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441538359158046338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB0LOt8zpE3JjWkKn3PuCwpP1ThCZASS7zi3w876KQMYwuaH5BW7FpPBHOCQezs7J1JAhe4xIQYjLISdUiP8hc1Z4O7YAemiF6azd_o9GnnnhneYuiUQqW57aSI7L_A2T7zONmHdHbYA/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+015.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441538575975940274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-NviDZJA78LE4kg52eooK1-MHM2Qktb2dCR1of65FEmKg4BiHZTkNATNxFwh3W2TQHmRJ-ObCBexg786kgVbzhcrvY72hMcb-Z-TIhAWFgemVF1ilfG60rlHtC6m-eSQPZqkuB8BKrA/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+011.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441537837394311986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2R5IQQJ4pOv6V8-j6xwty1zRGdncotOX8mBrZEA4rT91ExQ03fyEDAnweKtNNrB-HUh-sugjEnMUCSWwz1phl7Fht1pHLMh35ecQ2GeCiI0B4kecldAb1BXU19t_bmNHDzUgldCKrw/s400/Christmas+2010+etc.+007.jpg" />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-24986102003627830032009-12-18T10:53:00.000-08:002009-12-18T17:10:05.112-08:00PINK BLANKET, THANKSGIVING and SANTA CLAUS<span style="color:#000000;"><strong>A report on what has been going on with us lately:</strong></span><br /><strong><span style="color:#000000;"></span></strong><br /><span style="color:#663333;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff6666;">PINK BLANKET-</span></strong><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color:#663333;"><span style="font-size:180%;"></span></span>A couple months ago, we finally convinced Sommer to throw away her beloved pink blanket due to its serious shabbiness. I wanted to make sure we had pictures of how loved this lucky blanket actually was. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416656892010990754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Eyrw6-6GvKmXjiTVj6Khx3qCjjz1pRjnyPorp8RTP7R7eN9c7dTo0m0VOhAQ_yvjiwDbgQGq9WZDFTXp70SHddH97JdJSHpJOWkZxPJJso7dRsSEQjAZISVQJZmcdbtSX9Ob57MJ6g/s400/DSC02858.JPG" /><br /><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;">THANKSGIVING-</span></strong></p><p>Drew was a "Native American" in his kindergarten feast that celebrated the first Thanksgiving. I told him he was lucky he got to be an Indian and he quickly corrected me and said he was not an Indian, but a Native American.....wow to political correctness beginning in Kindergarten. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416653004637431730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidbCEswNC711o8GPERkjfnwwpuW9gkNlFdR34Hafn-qrXC_FGhyr6CWm2HMsF6cujZqQZIDtFDeDy355mWzAP54KyrZ89J7ClkgOTRXWPpbB2x36ZZq0Bo-KNY9_RMgQj7ktO6NCBKrg/s400/Picture+023.jpg" />We were in Idaho this year for Thanksgiving. We had our yummy feast over at the church so that we could have more room to eat and for the kids to play and run around. We definitely had lots of yummy food to eat. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416653463377111138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuB3WFNTTZ1-WAa6mgqPybjVsCMRrEww6aNEvm306CNT19j7nwQUk9s6pXI3rYNPqELok0MZo9hVncxarwdJsSR59tZgNcURrYkDV2t1CFjKu1AAIu6ErLdrEyrPUEX4VbV22AZ74gQ/s400/Picture+066.jpg" /></p><p>we took a lot of pictures of the kids eating and hanging out together:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416653727404756034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig_yC-jUtB5ZzXBNkmyy5XduKcyct_Mvn5YOeGsAsZcRSd5uahpgBMJCNY8kq3ZQ7gQUmlAytaJRfKd3OrLYCri9UcV8CGFBKS4-boZdtj4M2Uxc78nw-2QmOj6WJT3wRSvPqz-KAYvQ/s400/Picture+065.jpg" />Sommey started out with few carrots and dip:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416653099420162610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkv_wYU8Ixwjp6_3RV4ZXNJVIq0hUXsTk_Q1Ihm6-vMTNH38Z0lYODO4g9Jms4OOqBmK3DAHn4rBYs-R4IMi5OrE0I03h1CVES7DZj_xJ4TGVCXef8-Z98dg_g4ncAY1ZKlBkv5-PjiQ/s400/Picture+063.jpg" />Drew and Josh getting after the turkey legs:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416653617968518338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sQHMZZgsdd8UWimU35ZK4-_uXszGwviaS9K9BvWL0NYmWWBCO9k4GjXX4hM64eNkMgSM2QpLvofPQvZVh_T4uIUg5juz6Ez4h3NQZEshbQXH-kKCg0OkMD6RYML1gv2DD5lrZ5ZBGw/s400/Picture+067.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416654232929330818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5j8aU2WzDoqIa2WiZC6EK0Mi-OBWKhwlQ_sxzroaCOP_U9iMbwEKLNWlwKYlCNP_m85Jk9QS9e-EXsdkofwVknIxrAJGjKRPdjbvbqcqz7RKiFcgo9dNTO0N-nkRHItcZhII9vvnXg/s400/Picture+081.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416654041091666866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEGLrV96pdiSBDQS9r1VWeOd4Deiy5m8cFUtnu3yF57JXwNK13slfyUnlLt_wPtO93uL6yH-5qRcoCYxPvKIeixYvF-Hc5edfnaR5DHCub-ELj7_icRRgEZp6dVOhNfbjeY1E9mAcEg/s400/Picture+095.jpg" />We chatted, played basketball, ate yummy food and exchanged ornaments:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416654601816736866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhLQNBcBtJsNeSP06JJliCWM74WDf5Cao_RhsPt4rSoie7cCS1M9Rewsx0rF2Z3s1FQzekhhdbeNbhyeLivfheelDSWimSELk53CveezidGReIxWPWGJPyXpW2lZfpawjS1pxMDDqGmw/s400/Picture+074.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416652877447784914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikN_AP0Gu-kVrW-GW6dih83AI-nt7akR2U3najotDqcAxkarHSGwkBYjR8wWsQtKLefQb7wp-HfFKoBr7JDtcqDiEMeYBRbfo2z7EbKDZo-m6wBdySLL2050wmNb6MZX-IZ9VjGrFsfg/s400/Picture+054.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416655535761668434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Nq2FBjzzEbDGY0bIlE6qdyDJKwgtFHGzsiMJHQ69gmmSPm1Mb3wrXQFo-OOEA6ndUZzD7viCSA3zrcmqEIq4brKOed5hmv2xA5INn5GpZiRR4AAkJwBCoENvBZ-ZXq1QicncS8Ym3w/s400/Picture+087.jpg" />The kids even made the apple, gumdrop turkeys: <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416655863196325778" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHGSVs_WFJR_diuyhyua2_Tr85iINiGP5rMLtyKxJXmUiZF6Z5wpOKU2fqH9R9TwLdznbItIn7gmizYaFGTaTDqX08ETwP8W4X8b0TxuFPgZfmyoQzuu4tpZCbueel77n84jMAK1FJBQ/s400/Picture+082.jpg" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416655774156906914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEzRyh5D-_wPicvwfVikQgSK8yrT868lhiaLQO1rmJ53YAUMSsjD3F6CrcEPwRwY0RT4SQ0YGvvCmEqxygO_DbsS5lfm6Jeq8Cx8lW04j1LiwD8wH3ESRs0QWM1dbvQ-mnLAPjOHCagA/s400/Picture+084.jpg" />Perhaps a few more gumdrops than apple:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416655037041774114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdL7BSx8Lk7JXQliBtkJKCf3NuM6kMDuTMWk4i4CDN5RfzG8pKws1GIxCNplJIydF6EnkCIXYgJTI6mhaduzV6QBsWJpSZ78XPmh44i_gk5-rrs0nQI3Uz0hLaUO4W-t_1RsL_DtEZg/s400/Picture+091.jpg" />Lining up with the coolest turkeys ever made:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416655381367836994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-G6EZwnE1kOABV_xZZ9-vZ92WKQws65WjQPK3HPOSou5cQp6IcTYD43rOEZWpj-MeXXP0TRXOQ3scTMYnV1-vHISfknri7jsIxcdHyoz12X6lAnEdC1dh-bdq8VESLSesnlCAxyZ8OQ/s400/Picture+085.jpg" /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">SANTA CLAUS-</span></strong></p><p><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="color:#000000;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;">Zion's Bank takes us out to the movie every December and we get treats, toys and a visit from Santa Claus. Drew,Sommey and Aubrey got to sit on his lap and talk to him about what they wanted for Christmas this year. I think this may be my first picture of Kris Kringle throwing out the peace sign or is he giving Sommer bunny ears???</span><strong><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416654333050512674" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6AnorZ9oBwILX_zXnJEQmcn9EJebOdkMfuMVGdpGZnr_7q6q-TT9MiBLIGcPMA9LiukmCK2wOszAcmvwSR6Es9Z0KROk4XynLqjDH9O0lkhlpRvLHe_Rp1zRVKpX-kRmzfdNZUhGWA/s400/Picture+101.jpg" /></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"><strong>Merry Christmas Everyone!!!</strong></span> </p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-40801930720760728012009-11-10T14:41:00.000-08:002009-11-12T17:44:31.127-08:00AUBREY and HALLOWEEN------The Update Continues.............<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">AUBREY:</span></strong><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Aubrey is almost 3 months old now. She will be officially 3 months old on November 20th. Here are a couple of shots of her relaxing on the couch with Sommer:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402609785548922850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMeSsVm-tGqtV8uUrXTBQ2F1HFYwNVclGNq4adkeXauC6DsKVDrCKBpN6L47QppEMl6mA26TdAGaPY-1rn56xc_s4mW40T-xlBGGW-dRdHbUDKkUYb_tR05ddupcfbXWB1ntsu_RpoVM/s400/DSC02935.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402609606074453202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFcM5fJ3cscrlJP5Adzjw1JtkVnWc2mjYzkJsb9_CPZTbtqfUkF7wwo9OIQfTvtp4LGP3s-q6cb-JvFZJmpCUUsfY8B-OM9q7dbyus_7mEJyMiNxAVUOt9fcuaaCcS6OHNz4i_JO9bf0/s400/DSC02929.JPG" />She has been such a cute and GOOD little baby. Sommer and Drew were really cute babies, but not so great in the GOOD category. I <em>now </em>understand why many Mommas love the newborn stage. </div></div></div><br /><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">HALLOWEEN:</span></strong></p><p>One week before Halloween, we had our annual Halloween party with the Winder 9th crew. It is always so much fun to catch up with everyone and see how all the kiddies and families are growing. We got a picture of all the kids(<em><span style="font-size:85%;">all that would participate)</span></em> on our stairs. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403393013052941042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5e6RtdlPfl76qJUp17j4GslYigBq9bCjaR5v0wsPe3ucRkyCJn05JzuEKLa-bxywvrz8O0mzzlqFtreuIX3ZQNZankxsx6vFmBk_YVppbpxz6iMBaNhc52f47M7ppVfK5A9p9DFAcXg/s400/DSC02944.JPG" />Halloween quickly came and went. We went over to Drew's school for a Halloween parade, went Trunk-or-Treating, Trick-or Treating, visited Grandmas and Grandpas and dressed up as golfers, butterflies and caterpillars. </p><p>I wasn't quick enought to get a picture of Drew as he zoomed by me in his Halloween costume parade, so I got this picture of him during his class Halloween party. <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403392464329493618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwhBWSKvqM61p3X0XJsv1ZMn-6-lyoQ9oqcFnLw1qax7bbsPZBhhR1NsxaJ-jJOA1TS7YYg1c4mcuOfJ-vJ7IWjWlH5koy4rMdhuozKjZf3qcqJjXzgXLxC4pHLZwZ13f1MhlO7Xw2g/s400/DSC02962.JPG" />Drew and Sommey waiting to give treats to our neighborhood buddies in their butterfly and vintage golfer costumes:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402611498325729522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjudpdEhX5WZNEz8H9RtHOnC-JOrmraLvFk8EeMUKiFBib7eQ2KH2kWEqQnuGOs4hgKFwGgX6f5O-8OkQYtheteZTM4CWWf3MyqpILrE7f7ytJd2Lg_HaMfLYOoXiUTmUeAIteECLCbYg/s400/DSC02965.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402611681989928466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwjLhNWcU0YuMykZvf5YOqkguTJ_94KmxtHv8KX-N4cyIDJdS_BLSOu0zXaWCmOOYik-F9rRdVDmN1mcVxprkisH9rLJoBbTao2dN_risRP3e7hqgXm04ME_U-KMGjq9uSM0PdtE0xLQ/s400/DSC02966.JPG" /> I got this shot of Drew before he went to school. This is one of the few pics that show his socks pulled up.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402611318094259058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicSMoLKmcaurIZ6CbjP9ZexdhI5EhUXZYNowE7Tp3byQNB-d21Jk0li85ufXeU6Tb4EyTFp77aYDzDBJcRuCrkKcDAtMmfI8xopElHAqvhdjQa4s7-S0ZhxxOkeNcRDm0_nlIVC88Epw/s400/DSC02959.JPG" />I have a picture of Aubrey in her cute caterpillar costume, but I need to download it from my phone, so that is will be added in all it's blurry glory soon.</p><p>More update to come..............</p></div></div></div></div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106068080024170990.post-45108031610195842452009-11-06T16:48:00.000-08:002009-11-08T13:04:51.902-08:00The UPDATE of the CENTURY Begins with Rockets and Loose Teeth:<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">ROCKETS:</span></strong><br /><br />Lo's friend Kerry builds rockets every year and invited Lo and Drew to come and check them out. Drew LOVED it and was able to launch 4 of them, which was very cool.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401164901338682178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMWPuHS-VLdm6ACKaRPYo_U8T6_KFKXsCPhnJXRozGgHliJ4IqcjeE8nuLzY-gHXe-vH6N9CSnKMrWVg-dkFWQQhdkiPXb775W__YDbPCTxvire6eTWvV0CVM5VRM2hy-gJv8VHRcVIE/s400/DSC02916.JPG" />Pushing the "blast off" button:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401168557073792146" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4g_16knYdbSy1BN4A1RcmpnylCLbcBNAgvlwGs7GoXpNEZ_9PUB8gJ59uKmwPEFVjPvDS3Yi0I_STwwB9DuAHlbGElEjWoF0xIm1RShsusBZ8Cdtcf4CYXN1uts_9MXhtbYCklfUahM/s400/DSC02919.JPG" />Drew gathered the rockets after they parachuted to the ground so they can be used again next year.<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401165461431274978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWfmjNzjbXfXG2KS0x8MS9mjj1DDOOeFFL_Fcp5BiCacJe8PXOryYn0VrMC7Mu5JEuII-havb9LygeHTOAEWqQ_ckjzgVeTwMmIQxZw6OQNdxZqe2NNHZ8XzC-0x3t6-zPyAsaOF2Olc/s400/DSC02914.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401165904409491346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_zX5QE4FnipMLQPQ6BGBOE6XfT59pc-8izIYpUG8MX2YAFXtIY-n8Wg-P9CCi1dc773rnTVDqli6YR4s9TRWDY3uh-IznpOpMUPky_CXLUh3EGcQY5QnfZrwt6zWPzeDVdy5xr9A4iP0/s400/DSC02915.JPG" /> Maybe Drew will invent cool rocket parts for a science fair and have a movie made about him called <em>October Sky 2.</em><br /><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">FAREWELL FIRST TOOTH:</span></strong> </p><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401170165133970770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUr0FuFqrXKph5zBrDzUUGYTn4DMS2gmu6-B9Acxa3TjFPC_wICaZPbgNuYqmNHyx8cF0zpGn7d9aeJ2CclRM028a90npzIZ6SkfbCCr1bcm7RxsY34hXszXPc57pAWVyUYY9j8ai3Zsk/s400/DSC02954.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401170303779916434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8oeWvIBjsFQF7urHFR2b58U6C9SaOhCjjcZry_7Lt6QRzj8eCFb8tVlf-P2dZ56O8lWJflfgC9S88UHjuN1ZqO4HXHU2kWzdmaXRL9-ekLJ52QMZYV36VVryG12F-spCEemZ2ZmbFx-E/s400/DSC02955.JPG" />Drew breifly panicked when he noticed blood coming from the toothless hole left in his mouth , but the excitement of losing our first tooth soon outweighed the gory moment. Overall, losing our first tooth was pretty cool. </p><p><strong>Update of the Century to be continued soon..........................................</strong></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05543038985323457516noreply@blogger.com2