tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70617259076032109152024-03-05T23:07:32.007-08:00The Juice BoxAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-72741301786158355992011-09-05T16:35:00.001-07:002011-09-05T17:21:03.404-07:00A couple more things from 1st GradeAs the school year was wrapping up Cole received another award from his teacher, this one for citizenship. (He's sporting his awesome SC jacket that I love.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj-INq6W2oBp8fd5X6ScbhcpBj4vt7LMIGQ1mloWN6rRb60syDigfbtjhO8tLBpvA9T1Sgn10sFbd6_mGDuml6tRl6Z8pNMBi27tT6F63f8vqJfiQhhuif3lwihcgVhgTgrPKQxVppp0/s1600/081+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfj-INq6W2oBp8fd5X6ScbhcpBj4vt7LMIGQ1mloWN6rRb60syDigfbtjhO8tLBpvA9T1Sgn10sFbd6_mGDuml6tRl6Z8pNMBi27tT6F63f8vqJfiQhhuif3lwihcgVhgTgrPKQxVppp0/s400/081+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649034248316223746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfJbjrC4Tsx51OE4dY4PNpL3b66GRtA1OtgQAza0A1r9u-2PKGB_a4EMbsUsuydFl0TaVEqPXrnqzB2YeX9aYihpXp4Gi5YCxLF5zfxkjDqQxKScrs1Gezb5r3dnT7jULgmAJo4Yq1-o/s1600/083+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfJbjrC4Tsx51OE4dY4PNpL3b66GRtA1OtgQAza0A1r9u-2PKGB_a4EMbsUsuydFl0TaVEqPXrnqzB2YeX9aYihpXp4Gi5YCxLF5zfxkjDqQxKScrs1Gezb5r3dnT7jULgmAJo4Yq1-o/s400/083+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649034242251675074" /></a><br />And then, I was so lucky to get to be one of the chaperones for Cole's class on their field trip to the zoo. I loved going with them!!!<br />Here's Cole on the bus with his best friend.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGKkz07pwqQMzqu5cW1JPDLt0AyCeS1HRdPdxB6i9ucEgE5qBIiYkpcJEn7lYJy08ojfibacZtP9BQJd8ii4vC7BA7QZtrtNEWcGod05qJxcXP4TT9_wuWRTt2BfOWpN_pBv-nOpeaN4/s1600/176+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGKkz07pwqQMzqu5cW1JPDLt0AyCeS1HRdPdxB6i9ucEgE5qBIiYkpcJEn7lYJy08ojfibacZtP9BQJd8ii4vC7BA7QZtrtNEWcGod05qJxcXP4TT9_wuWRTt2BfOWpN_pBv-nOpeaN4/s400/176+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649031563762685074" /></a><br />The kids were so funny. For the first half of the day they were constantly asking when they could eat lunch.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPcODXKANCUIxalGw4r7uPo0CieDY33xWVUC68TAJJ-Ow62bUjv4ooeEO7mbGSoGxr77CAYdbBKzWthXdW-97gY7zbDAVajwnsVnWzASd-ORpmIRleQ-hpLKrVr5ztTlLzoaanVyBczY/s1600/203.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikPcODXKANCUIxalGw4r7uPo0CieDY33xWVUC68TAJJ-Ow62bUjv4ooeEO7mbGSoGxr77CAYdbBKzWthXdW-97gY7zbDAVajwnsVnWzASd-ORpmIRleQ-hpLKrVr5ztTlLzoaanVyBczY/s400/203.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649029047676920434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5qvKsCbq0bLDuCK4WwSariv78iiiONnHPH_ZnuuyQUU1EaGKuWa2DGIWw_gTrJPEZgdW2FdYjRKqy67fe9CDEBQe67px0sS_MiQv7bmoHPHkrGis79tdBtrrv82VCtrWbj6mPS1SMcY/s1600/208.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5qvKsCbq0bLDuCK4WwSariv78iiiONnHPH_ZnuuyQUU1EaGKuWa2DGIWw_gTrJPEZgdW2FdYjRKqy67fe9CDEBQe67px0sS_MiQv7bmoHPHkrGis79tdBtrrv82VCtrWbj6mPS1SMcY/s400/208.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649029057468684626" /></a><br />They were just so hot and hungry.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WVsBxcmi9Sd2ot-9WUCAG0iHDV-6l-JzUVYGp0bRfb1rKVOXUfonCqooL6dhw_10y69q9Ss6FoqcbK1YsgqCkGMtz46PYLyhqBmQWFsxuwsvZRmTiEKaMOJkX5aXLnc68NfeCqFxJaA/s1600/213.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WVsBxcmi9Sd2ot-9WUCAG0iHDV-6l-JzUVYGp0bRfb1rKVOXUfonCqooL6dhw_10y69q9Ss6FoqcbK1YsgqCkGMtz46PYLyhqBmQWFsxuwsvZRmTiEKaMOJkX5aXLnc68NfeCqFxJaA/s400/213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649029052963608242" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiRqbfrh6LCAZx78TVw8anZLKuhFMWr12kR9pdKfH5lBCvhpSI5T5Pvugb8RoCAKhyOIX4Zbapy-5L4RIK70MJMlkoBCUYaWwo8z9olVck0392J3y1DN1F5erCCUM9D-kPFRD-rJaTIQ/s1600/189+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiRqbfrh6LCAZx78TVw8anZLKuhFMWr12kR9pdKfH5lBCvhpSI5T5Pvugb8RoCAKhyOIX4Zbapy-5L4RIK70MJMlkoBCUYaWwo8z9olVck0392J3y1DN1F5erCCUM9D-kPFRD-rJaTIQ/s400/189+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649029062756568018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3P976C9xm_D3swUmpul9eZQuRHye-F2dJ0pGKI6dTQCHaW7WxrLUWRBitFMXrD05StJfGTb4d7Sgs1-_zITnr74-SFvGCZ3I17jOd8JDmU9yOj2swjAAYRs-BqmszHxVAJkcGnx5Gs-o/s1600/209.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3P976C9xm_D3swUmpul9eZQuRHye-F2dJ0pGKI6dTQCHaW7WxrLUWRBitFMXrD05StJfGTb4d7Sgs1-_zITnr74-SFvGCZ3I17jOd8JDmU9yOj2swjAAYRs-BqmszHxVAJkcGnx5Gs-o/s400/209.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649026584673979490" /></a><br />They were so happy for lunch time. The second half of the day their question changed to, "Is it time to go home yet?" So funny.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBjnIzowblIdazQsclvhEt_4UdCQ_otnTVyOLK6q4cfNcwJGBYUF0rg1OXd5cdUhnWxuakth78uXNRrJQV-zQV-DVtq36H_yo3REHwWAdKKlxW54AOeOKVwWRs8CIcOw77DA5W4YIHMQ/s1600/214.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNBjnIzowblIdazQsclvhEt_4UdCQ_otnTVyOLK6q4cfNcwJGBYUF0rg1OXd5cdUhnWxuakth78uXNRrJQV-zQV-DVtq36H_yo3REHwWAdKKlxW54AOeOKVwWRs8CIcOw77DA5W4YIHMQ/s400/214.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649026580743229570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTNFjzdyZToi9l9FhHketihgdryUmuX7qTyanVS8ZBCF4JS6NROgkQJ6D1dmdVb4-C3zkwR8sRL-EzAKxw7lwgModPR3NWjGZwrx91m3O67F273S2XSpkxWTzkWxqfy2i6exvHjxpR2o/s1600/216.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTNFjzdyZToi9l9FhHketihgdryUmuX7qTyanVS8ZBCF4JS6NROgkQJ6D1dmdVb4-C3zkwR8sRL-EzAKxw7lwgModPR3NWjGZwrx91m3O67F273S2XSpkxWTzkWxqfy2i6exvHjxpR2o/s400/216.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649026575142418834" /></a><br />Here's Cole with some of his class. His teacher is on the end. We have loved her so much. She was a wonderful teacher to Cole.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3x90GwdN-OpW0KCc1GTpwWrYm6NBlkJgQMf6xFmSJuaGAidZpTD3Xa5cUcOCxedvKRGj0HRhv_IDrqG138UCdFVs4QfFu67ooQ8y_sueqnaONIkbJ0o9a7dD6ErrVrzmxb4mYSbtvKs/s1600/217.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3x90GwdN-OpW0KCc1GTpwWrYm6NBlkJgQMf6xFmSJuaGAidZpTD3Xa5cUcOCxedvKRGj0HRhv_IDrqG138UCdFVs4QfFu67ooQ8y_sueqnaONIkbJ0o9a7dD6ErrVrzmxb4mYSbtvKs/s400/217.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649026564822940386" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-72588275619300007132011-09-05T16:13:00.001-07:002011-09-05T16:34:36.927-07:00Baby CarterAlso back in May, my sister Emily had her 6th baby. She had a little boy named Carter. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrs2pVAyMjxQFebl_6Y1nHUg9IkO2l-L9MzFRnkUyQZRqWI3ys7I7JTk2mYl2wFlAcIioVdtgPvrvc5HpBoLkk80uaUzj4PW0pVLWy82YuDsReiYTOZTjozZWMVHwWIPQ937AAinJC1k/s400/248.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649019322067980946" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-11945120829712838732011-09-05T15:17:00.001-07:002011-09-05T16:12:28.454-07:00Cole's birthday (celebration #4)Our last celebration was at my parents' house. My mom made cupcakes and I made little flags of different countries to stick in them. Cole loves looking at flags from different places so he was very happy with his cupcakes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IXBaMiHQ0gXAEo7LWT99RJF22lD9gEJpHByrIPDNMPEC4sh5XfJnBw-lgF98NxQ7eGMa-KXQqYgfPgSZzYegDNhJZt6YNp8rxg6NbyjYgjkQxBQyHWuApR7Nyew7UMv-ZD09h93aKJ0/s1600/262.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IXBaMiHQ0gXAEo7LWT99RJF22lD9gEJpHByrIPDNMPEC4sh5XfJnBw-lgF98NxQ7eGMa-KXQqYgfPgSZzYegDNhJZt6YNp8rxg6NbyjYgjkQxBQyHWuApR7Nyew7UMv-ZD09h93aKJ0/s400/262.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649006530583447458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWH78hSbh732cbfcpTpdPteYpvhKxI1N8ndBP68j6zhC6Uh7RlyhLGwdSMwGObcJMD0THqsEXZlCpRNmOUXQoKO5wEvtvBfbvApwiY3bEaWqF4zYd8IxQYI-YuNzxvm9Kb0tqe3bpmpM/s1600/252.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGWH78hSbh732cbfcpTpdPteYpvhKxI1N8ndBP68j6zhC6Uh7RlyhLGwdSMwGObcJMD0THqsEXZlCpRNmOUXQoKO5wEvtvBfbvApwiY3bEaWqF4zYd8IxQYI-YuNzxvm9Kb0tqe3bpmpM/s400/252.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649006542991691602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09JG2ZYmDa22Euibaeg3bdRd4U7LPO8EEr38d0VOsOIV-rokV3ygsciAnPFg5n8ystNBJimTq6EbHcl_fV_ORDZbat7p44WyCFxxl63ykB9d1RLkPAllSQzFw-gOIKPHTmBcoNMN5ApQ/s1600/254.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh09JG2ZYmDa22Euibaeg3bdRd4U7LPO8EEr38d0VOsOIV-rokV3ygsciAnPFg5n8ystNBJimTq6EbHcl_fV_ORDZbat7p44WyCFxxl63ykB9d1RLkPAllSQzFw-gOIKPHTmBcoNMN5ApQ/s400/254.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649006533098776754" /></a><br />Cole's cousins were so sweet to make birthday cards for him and bring little gifts for him.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWY5Dfoz8TnjWosG7anIO67da0BWXgOZxb3Vi9W__akeUEyW2l_zS4A5ZFJ57r8Q1NKUyNWdvAtf4eYO0u-s5xaPPtm4SJ71jtYK1mBYf08rQhC3dN3So65edZQQ5T2mhsXdXHcNfChNM/s1600/264.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWY5Dfoz8TnjWosG7anIO67da0BWXgOZxb3Vi9W__akeUEyW2l_zS4A5ZFJ57r8Q1NKUyNWdvAtf4eYO0u-s5xaPPtm4SJ71jtYK1mBYf08rQhC3dN3So65edZQQ5T2mhsXdXHcNfChNM/s400/264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649006549765582146" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgAVbFbWvHV9sM2nPtpktJtBjJLQ4deKbJiJpWCdySW7jNxZkE9qL7Ft5hvBjbiqxdBmR3ynQmSrpl2srnS2JDdmSCwuVg_oV2BEQyXcCR2jXA92O1oad9fdXt5hkHEtVOhyphenhyphenm0FprGAQ/s1600/272.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgAVbFbWvHV9sM2nPtpktJtBjJLQ4deKbJiJpWCdySW7jNxZkE9qL7Ft5hvBjbiqxdBmR3ynQmSrpl2srnS2JDdmSCwuVg_oV2BEQyXcCR2jXA92O1oad9fdXt5hkHEtVOhyphenhyphenm0FprGAQ/s400/272.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649014025186400386" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2uHpcpAsHJX6l9PF1AkCdtW-ksSSc39Zb1cj_AWj9Lkgq5okp2VJX8x-OJTxyjUpUBQbc8kCuwDS7Bkxdf9CWWIMw0h-pX9k58-peIgevo_u9ycQFWpiV0qOgGs95X3TFoeM3EZabUY/s1600/268.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2uHpcpAsHJX6l9PF1AkCdtW-ksSSc39Zb1cj_AWj9Lkgq5okp2VJX8x-OJTxyjUpUBQbc8kCuwDS7Bkxdf9CWWIMw0h-pX9k58-peIgevo_u9ycQFWpiV0qOgGs95X3TFoeM3EZabUY/s400/268.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649014033842473762" /></a><br />And Cole was thrilled to get some more geography puzzles. He was very happy to sing some of his countries of the world songs for everyone as well. He now has memorized the names of every country in the world, what continent they are found on, what they look like, and where they are in relation to each other.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGHkFfLbLzUX7H-hZ5q1PrsQ95U9D0Gf6gD51btmGxLWStNoQRp5gf-CzlpyTQuIYC36RaiTGoSn80i-dSP4yAe0MikqBQnfHBbpuLXas_r1Goy13JON7mZ3BUJdM0JULl2lkq7NybVI/s1600/266.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGHkFfLbLzUX7H-hZ5q1PrsQ95U9D0Gf6gD51btmGxLWStNoQRp5gf-CzlpyTQuIYC36RaiTGoSn80i-dSP4yAe0MikqBQnfHBbpuLXas_r1Goy13JON7mZ3BUJdM0JULl2lkq7NybVI/s400/266.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5649014031451485618" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-14345181315350773522011-09-05T14:19:00.001-07:002011-09-05T15:16:10.902-07:00Cole's birthday (celebration #3)Cole had been asking for a while to have a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's. It ended up being a lot of fun! Cole invited 5 friends to come along and they all had a great time burning through their tokens.<br />We started with eating pizza but the kids were pretty antsy and didn't take long eating.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdDAQ4T0grPE0jjjHJ_rHZtsgPotsNlSDGRQIBKMC2svJ7Pg29RfAj5sKhU7KZECApxVUzxz__m-Aoxzrs-dVX7a265n3aq-sfjEoOHfifILJZ484_-ZFwBVUQ3zrkyNDeUI8yEMiodI/s1600/089.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdDAQ4T0grPE0jjjHJ_rHZtsgPotsNlSDGRQIBKMC2svJ7Pg29RfAj5sKhU7KZECApxVUzxz__m-Aoxzrs-dVX7a265n3aq-sfjEoOHfifILJZ484_-ZFwBVUQ3zrkyNDeUI8yEMiodI/s400/089.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648989893523948850" /></a><br />Onto the games.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37Gf86YnBqlmqTnniL8OE08HBwG79NWgpjYJIiePFDxG_Jwjbph3R2jJyex997I9j1X6FioShDNYnJbJXTTbJtFGA2JSsspSvaq6f3pBy3H_gcTS8SVXR9_tbPjIKXiVlIqnhEMYEOJY/s1600/084.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37Gf86YnBqlmqTnniL8OE08HBwG79NWgpjYJIiePFDxG_Jwjbph3R2jJyex997I9j1X6FioShDNYnJbJXTTbJtFGA2JSsspSvaq6f3pBy3H_gcTS8SVXR9_tbPjIKXiVlIqnhEMYEOJY/s400/084.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648989885120943954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCfJtK4W5MkU-MEe4i4tlJXNN7IotF7sbo0YAO9uqSfrwBTc8Db-xClITfdTCXTlSiBa7IsK3l0kbchUtSEe-3c_bJMzHjAoSETEe_8iTmPnXFtXtoiTMcSYqIySBCTIgebk1q1hMkns/s1600/090.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCfJtK4W5MkU-MEe4i4tlJXNN7IotF7sbo0YAO9uqSfrwBTc8Db-xClITfdTCXTlSiBa7IsK3l0kbchUtSEe-3c_bJMzHjAoSETEe_8iTmPnXFtXtoiTMcSYqIySBCTIgebk1q1hMkns/s400/090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648989896219187922" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYrJRWt_BhwjFKfli0BnhtZCHucClXxBZtvaBnU_pMMoBj7Iu-pVE1mOOxWZd0E26ccGCb4EvVLQtGa64-eD7l0ctoRVZNnAgcLmckIpD4umH67-nnid0X-RLJMMW6B_RMh8QfeP0C7E/s1600/091.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDYrJRWt_BhwjFKfli0BnhtZCHucClXxBZtvaBnU_pMMoBj7Iu-pVE1mOOxWZd0E26ccGCb4EvVLQtGa64-eD7l0ctoRVZNnAgcLmckIpD4umH67-nnid0X-RLJMMW6B_RMh8QfeP0C7E/s400/091.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648991739412614130" /></a><br />Cole and his good friend Reo.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdyaIZTJsSG_1NPMpUOjMwKSllzK5FxddFNa9FUpRCujYJ-8LLCsEq6zu9nGsY0CFe2yAlK2EdkYT38wc2xKDGMlafm2rBCsvoUj1W7kCodYxwtOsC31XUg9BgozhwgPrADkuNkTdH9A/s1600/092.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKdyaIZTJsSG_1NPMpUOjMwKSllzK5FxddFNa9FUpRCujYJ-8LLCsEq6zu9nGsY0CFe2yAlK2EdkYT38wc2xKDGMlafm2rBCsvoUj1W7kCodYxwtOsC31XUg9BgozhwgPrADkuNkTdH9A/s400/092.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648991742215261394" /></a><br />Our hostess gave Cole a birthday medallion that he thought was pretty cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYdOF7ySt-8Q1Blw56dO_Ni_krTsv8Q2XZmi5AgmbKBunKvUGqznCswWdqSEmI3wzXqUiyUdTyMNRitsGFWhla2jC2T3Db91udn-h1On-ab24zxA6BhtjVs4wBRR4pPO2HpxT9meQQVQ/s1600/105.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYdOF7ySt-8Q1Blw56dO_Ni_krTsv8Q2XZmi5AgmbKBunKvUGqznCswWdqSEmI3wzXqUiyUdTyMNRitsGFWhla2jC2T3Db91udn-h1On-ab24zxA6BhtjVs4wBRR4pPO2HpxT9meQQVQ/s400/105.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648996262539968434" /></a><br />Then Chuck E. Cheese made an appearance and helped sing happy birthday to Cole.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4xmTWfFqp97VxRQffl4cpv1eK-CnxHQ1fQyktTObjMCNJgwBk3DpRMMnYEuJY8bQjWtW-a1h3JddljPThIopF7OqV25GPKx6kSUhpQU7KGJNHeVPtZdGSnQvrCb4R2ow4rzSJ1dHadQ/s1600/094.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4xmTWfFqp97VxRQffl4cpv1eK-CnxHQ1fQyktTObjMCNJgwBk3DpRMMnYEuJY8bQjWtW-a1h3JddljPThIopF7OqV25GPKx6kSUhpQU7KGJNHeVPtZdGSnQvrCb4R2ow4rzSJ1dHadQ/s400/094.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648994064028446850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64bAL9o-hMB6jDo3dhx69hQnzFEAlJmc293HMuN4OydXBInnJs9XpZQpznx-XRei-mEczF2iOlPF5e33EO97JVAiIAPyEs7cuApvQB87v3LjDb0CuyzrFVh5Xav5chNB_xBgmel9mC5U/s1600/097.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg64bAL9o-hMB6jDo3dhx69hQnzFEAlJmc293HMuN4OydXBInnJs9XpZQpznx-XRei-mEczF2iOlPF5e33EO97JVAiIAPyEs7cuApvQB87v3LjDb0CuyzrFVh5Xav5chNB_xBgmel9mC5U/s400/097.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648991745777043746" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6l7RWRFgc9lkr8GEMK4j9haSU-gcPiS7t1EyypFURDVG6Ds1tLzjhteU2lH38bdYxtU-XtN5wnG7RDRtep4V6gf72QIl4n94LZaesmqE_VQgw3sd9uAUGlP9768oGImhpZ0s-RuEAp4/s1600/098.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6l7RWRFgc9lkr8GEMK4j9haSU-gcPiS7t1EyypFURDVG6Ds1tLzjhteU2lH38bdYxtU-XtN5wnG7RDRtep4V6gf72QIl4n94LZaesmqE_VQgw3sd9uAUGlP9768oGImhpZ0s-RuEAp4/s400/098.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648991750681961074" /></a><br />Being the birthday boy, Cole got to spend a minute in the ticket blaster machine and try to catch as many tickets as possible. When it was over, he had a ton of tickets and got some pretty cool prizes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAXdgtNC2ny_AVS47LEJy6bHv2dMbNNLwXEY71oC_xOeTjSn8OIdZkxQQOrPze1qDa3Z15nDIEY0uNdDMWAuVgdiacMnHrx4IwlaVOphIeKcZcvLJeSO5ryUfIWWDOxuvIRyHaaASS_A/s1600/107.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmAXdgtNC2ny_AVS47LEJy6bHv2dMbNNLwXEY71oC_xOeTjSn8OIdZkxQQOrPze1qDa3Z15nDIEY0uNdDMWAuVgdiacMnHrx4IwlaVOphIeKcZcvLJeSO5ryUfIWWDOxuvIRyHaaASS_A/s400/107.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648996263105081666" /></a><br />We ended the party with some chocolate cake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccUoDFkflZoN4eeoBJ18eF2EutyCBo4uG6Mv2kqe-bE1iVMIxIwTUWSCrCJfCjeIDcuwS4fyWTaKtI56C03Tjev2rc8Se83iA20XmhHpwB5MdwXzP5kPpJmoXOzWcJVeqnVEUXMXhhFw/s1600/104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccUoDFkflZoN4eeoBJ18eF2EutyCBo4uG6Mv2kqe-bE1iVMIxIwTUWSCrCJfCjeIDcuwS4fyWTaKtI56C03Tjev2rc8Se83iA20XmhHpwB5MdwXzP5kPpJmoXOzWcJVeqnVEUXMXhhFw/s400/104.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648994071053913170" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-58727921937964019092011-09-05T12:05:00.001-07:002011-09-05T14:10:43.209-07:00Family Reunion 2011Cole was so lucky to have his actual birthday land on the first day of the family reunion in St. George. He got to have another little (or not so little) celebration with tons of cousins and aunts and uncles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEO5i7_BtbPFvzgogYiypbTzsFlAULZk2Gc5t5j4Zi0Bp_0SIx1benBHrP83VaTYv7sbyQfrKacxSV2riTMSThMT-hjpuvlEYnqyXx2NRJ6VRZ6LQNjXpnuiL4YMeoaIURFbfWm6exkI/s1600/013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEO5i7_BtbPFvzgogYiypbTzsFlAULZk2Gc5t5j4Zi0Bp_0SIx1benBHrP83VaTYv7sbyQfrKacxSV2riTMSThMT-hjpuvlEYnqyXx2NRJ6VRZ6LQNjXpnuiL4YMeoaIURFbfWm6exkI/s400/013.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648954915725651554" border="0"></a><br />It was so nice of Aunt Rebecca to have a birthday cake there for Cole and also for his aunt Melaina who's birthday was the following day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhC_deJ8WWyjHLGXWtmE-lCGZ_JyPg3O8moGAjFanRJqgo6yBO_rSJhEosUj2YSAyp3tjxB15Rp-mKlNF4kQ_ZqCc3KrRi041dE9dLA5AzO32o8616HUq8SVIdmD0Ix1GVmmpjr80CUQ/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhC_deJ8WWyjHLGXWtmE-lCGZ_JyPg3O8moGAjFanRJqgo6yBO_rSJhEosUj2YSAyp3tjxB15Rp-mKlNF4kQ_ZqCc3KrRi041dE9dLA5AzO32o8616HUq8SVIdmD0Ix1GVmmpjr80CUQ/s400/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648954923784619858" border="0"></a><br />The family reunion was so much fun as always. A lot of time was spent at the air hockey table by both Cole and Luke.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9iFlEnjJInU1JO1FfrbYeNUgEGKFoJJtHSauZj4u8RveHuLnPPHmLDy6votJcac-24y3IS9HDD0aN8iT-cYBgjWQsdbMllR4ViLFdc1Q196e4lHj6l7qjsKUDHLT-neR_hDRAhV9ze8/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ9iFlEnjJInU1JO1FfrbYeNUgEGKFoJJtHSauZj4u8RveHuLnPPHmLDy6votJcac-24y3IS9HDD0aN8iT-cYBgjWQsdbMllR4ViLFdc1Q196e4lHj6l7qjsKUDHLT-neR_hDRAhV9ze8/s400/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648954922771958562" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOLyiml0gWcNXdspwLfubDhb3KwDx4yBWpRqYtUMHrOZJYF_c0PmGV5r8S38WXxAqbSL5TyTfWX21xqUMj4HI0_yPZgLRqq78tHIc9pQYh97vvPfr6UmwBETXCKqfDDjJtqzH1X8NyKw/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOLyiml0gWcNXdspwLfubDhb3KwDx4yBWpRqYtUMHrOZJYF_c0PmGV5r8S38WXxAqbSL5TyTfWX21xqUMj4HI0_yPZgLRqq78tHIc9pQYh97vvPfr6UmwBETXCKqfDDjJtqzH1X8NyKw/s400/018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648954928569881106" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XTpG6Kk9Im9OKJUoaUbL6Kk3YYRUfNSDKZ1PRR-4o6ygK3B_S2o-DyjDYa2JQcs0HID48IbTAJl6h_5kApedT786k7k5gdoOiVVM8kXODBQIPs9l6JBbKSqEU4KDkoeoUWAmFqPgk54/s1600/020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5XTpG6Kk9Im9OKJUoaUbL6Kk3YYRUfNSDKZ1PRR-4o6ygK3B_S2o-DyjDYa2JQcs0HID48IbTAJl6h_5kApedT786k7k5gdoOiVVM8kXODBQIPs9l6JBbKSqEU4KDkoeoUWAmFqPgk54/s400/020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648957398015896386" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8exwGloSC1QAHHbnsWB8-6_ohOTlJZ4fvljv8FZGQBbE8rJ_nscXExMqYZe7L8vYmTMoEqXR3zcsKE_f76JylcSrW8gtaMZI_fU2ih11uW9YsqsshO0Ez5zUlDZyhB8fuDbyGWB5J-g/s1600/019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8exwGloSC1QAHHbnsWB8-6_ohOTlJZ4fvljv8FZGQBbE8rJ_nscXExMqYZe7L8vYmTMoEqXR3zcsKE_f76JylcSrW8gtaMZI_fU2ih11uW9YsqsshO0Ez5zUlDZyhB8fuDbyGWB5J-g/s400/019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648954937153087442" border="0"></a><br />I was just tickled by these two. Luke and Olivia are both 3 and seemed to really be enjoying each others company on this particular afternoon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwILXIFq5pAoQbu-9FVwV6bMeDlZGFTgEwJNcG8Su2Ij9FcjrlqoexICQfa5V6d1Q5zzIBaqb5vsUcGHSx0L1NNRfazAebnpwHPp7zCxFDh_Jv-QeXHP4vnd2zjI1bHUbVUr3aJjHMT8/s1600/025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwILXIFq5pAoQbu-9FVwV6bMeDlZGFTgEwJNcG8Su2Ij9FcjrlqoexICQfa5V6d1Q5zzIBaqb5vsUcGHSx0L1NNRfazAebnpwHPp7zCxFDh_Jv-QeXHP4vnd2zjI1bHUbVUr3aJjHMT8/s400/025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648957408246885346" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwnuNy6aVbphaVnHV2-XaReMCLhp4kml9BIQTLfJQBoD8zvfOo45zIsTECxcau-WQz743qR-RQC1T2G14wjFhEiLWJmdZOr0bue3b5A8s5EGlJDoIjYO_pBCNY5-QTtPm3qfPQrb2S2o/s1600/022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwnuNy6aVbphaVnHV2-XaReMCLhp4kml9BIQTLfJQBoD8zvfOo45zIsTECxcau-WQz743qR-RQC1T2G14wjFhEiLWJmdZOr0bue3b5A8s5EGlJDoIjYO_pBCNY5-QTtPm3qfPQrb2S2o/s400/022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648957410037066194" border="0"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBK8CnBPHbk-uMF1JHcOcOBZJ8cA3nRmf7jGXv4XODfQboBilNp8Ct8jIJiBefl9GsJmnkim71hb6fIwwdwMvoNpUDmgqdJPgeVbV9kRswlb_rGpueQaVbGIfmrZE9CpfITkqWcykqqI/s1600/029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBK8CnBPHbk-uMF1JHcOcOBZJ8cA3nRmf7jGXv4XODfQboBilNp8Ct8jIJiBefl9GsJmnkim71hb6fIwwdwMvoNpUDmgqdJPgeVbV9kRswlb_rGpueQaVbGIfmrZE9CpfITkqWcykqqI/s400/029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648957414471248242" border="0"></a><br />Luke was such a fan of Riley during the reunion. All day long he wanted to follow him and would constantly ask me, "Where's Riley?". <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKzoj-QrqDXOtTtUoRi0HlWGPZSTZrA7LB0ERIx9iX1K1Xnl9AKdH2hMP3rlb2nylOHvn-Q-TFw4j5Qn7Xc1g-27deDWEp2toZvGAnLB0QOcQMsURDbu5zayPFU2YZlqkKpXv6cTvqvg/s1600/072.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKzoj-QrqDXOtTtUoRi0HlWGPZSTZrA7LB0ERIx9iX1K1Xnl9AKdH2hMP3rlb2nylOHvn-Q-TFw4j5Qn7Xc1g-27deDWEp2toZvGAnLB0QOcQMsURDbu5zayPFU2YZlqkKpXv6cTvqvg/s400/072.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648969469986850930" border="0"></a><br />Making and eating smores. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhshN6nn7KTL7efWO8DJpGAo2FrCLt27ZSD-Lns_Yy7qVPsDP48WY08P3exOCPA1vaYZ3u5nW37XiCmMtTi4_FXxaHZbJ7EIbhJPoRl7AhK3gRKR061Q0nri7pqxgqkxbtbv25ri3dV33g/s1600/041.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheAdhyphenhyphenVqPmO-Et3M_3s4sJm7ndVgaV5bGSSJ-JDXazZxPXxQUnsb-MGFMS2VNixSzK4Pkv1rVXOGJfueyaS-riH6B44OcI_96okFQYMhgl-ImFt02tY1HxEdE1R5oHzaZHDyBTZ_yKf2U/s400/clay+and+amy+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648977282191822754" border="0"></a><br />And last but not least, our Lukey. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UW_xZ1Dstcf2A2VQ-xEilA1YLBEFk_ATGAi6ML0Jef-dcbS-EMAcScWOtA97NrFTJElz05l5Jjv39FTu2UliGzpSCOz3gntuPYJZ0_t1XACTxJq4bTKRvewENIkL_EF6oF9G5fwfljk/s1600/clay+and+amy+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UW_xZ1Dstcf2A2VQ-xEilA1YLBEFk_ATGAi6ML0Jef-dcbS-EMAcScWOtA97NrFTJElz05l5Jjv39FTu2UliGzpSCOz3gntuPYJZ0_t1XACTxJq4bTKRvewENIkL_EF6oF9G5fwfljk/s400/clay+and+amy+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648977286383800194" border="0"></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-65021655580313704982011-09-05T11:38:00.000-07:002011-09-05T12:12:30.090-07:00Cole's birthday (celebration #1)Cole turned 7 this year. Somehow he ended up having a few different parties. The first was a small celebration the evening before his birthday with just his mom and dad and brother. We had donuts (which has kinda become our tradition--making a whole cake for just the four of us isn't really necessary.) And then he opened his presents from us and both of his grandma's. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouG5xUboxq1zjYzvvH6Mo06bMHu7ImRP01r5TTnZ9jrdhoJvuZdz5_FtIFJteHDeUkYpV9isv-EaOW2huRWs3fvStECgt8AUMP5y6OkfxC2OyL-KFvwjLoO0uOtPdFjzxKRPBOELgK1M/s1600/001.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhouG5xUboxq1zjYzvvH6Mo06bMHu7ImRP01r5TTnZ9jrdhoJvuZdz5_FtIFJteHDeUkYpV9isv-EaOW2huRWs3fvStECgt8AUMP5y6OkfxC2OyL-KFvwjLoO0uOtPdFjzxKRPBOELgK1M/s400/001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648949807541447906" /></a><br />One of his gifts from Grammy Susie was a pillow pet. It's a brown bear that Cole named "Penny". He loves Penny so much.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHTthZqXPM1dIVfOpGCEjXR_q6mc5RxWnzwANaS2QUUWLTaT-yzSGfwMY7-ah70yEEnaaeilMVdBDIYjYCXm82bfXOmuyUEtDCCEkI_DGLxs3psZCpqMS6IajooEhsBiGGHJWXUaNo8A/s1600/007.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzHTthZqXPM1dIVfOpGCEjXR_q6mc5RxWnzwANaS2QUUWLTaT-yzSGfwMY7-ah70yEEnaaeilMVdBDIYjYCXm82bfXOmuyUEtDCCEkI_DGLxs3psZCpqMS6IajooEhsBiGGHJWXUaNo8A/s400/007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648949815937061090" /></a><br />One of his presents from Grandma Suzanne was the complete second season of Avatar: the last airbender. Our family loves this crazy, silly cartoon.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwi0IlwjurlPixuGZFAa6Fc57W9wX9qJ6ANTUn1Ep4ypj5LuOgjGpxhkn3Wqg_CDbwd5pOBLRhjP_aQjKjemSF4v19qjfI9WwfupovVnYna0Dlcel0DGLTAa0gJAJpH3QaCKzIeFmzUKw/s1600/006.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwi0IlwjurlPixuGZFAa6Fc57W9wX9qJ6ANTUn1Ep4ypj5LuOgjGpxhkn3Wqg_CDbwd5pOBLRhjP_aQjKjemSF4v19qjfI9WwfupovVnYna0Dlcel0DGLTAa0gJAJpH3QaCKzIeFmzUKw/s400/006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648949809900802242" /></a><br />And Clay thought it would be fun for Cole to have his own bow and arrow. A nearby park has an archery area with haystacks and targets that anyone can go practice on.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqONWCGTUzFWw3EaNjDjoc-Wh4QPTm-sHR4O0Hzwudnir4-rwvzXE_wewFVYH9OoyaugKZjoymRq8qtJ-Aluk1JS2JL3s1cFiPge9K1VpL3Noo2QnkTl4XY61x__nIsQL9wawrE-cm2U/s1600/008.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQqONWCGTUzFWw3EaNjDjoc-Wh4QPTm-sHR4O0Hzwudnir4-rwvzXE_wewFVYH9OoyaugKZjoymRq8qtJ-Aluk1JS2JL3s1cFiPge9K1VpL3Noo2QnkTl4XY61x__nIsQL9wawrE-cm2U/s400/008.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648949820723912978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnTb1TxxdSikKzbUsCBdgjfiuuQGI65_tduCWIhOjaxx4LXI2BXL9I5UWqu8hU5mKCX64FsSfhLOIf4Pk0uo2hY0wKXOq9M9sNne_wiPQ6Vy0tYqrXVM8dX-TTnweiDhX0U8FISsxPFs/s1600/077.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnTb1TxxdSikKzbUsCBdgjfiuuQGI65_tduCWIhOjaxx4LXI2BXL9I5UWqu8hU5mKCX64FsSfhLOIf4Pk0uo2hY0wKXOq9M9sNne_wiPQ6Vy0tYqrXVM8dX-TTnweiDhX0U8FISsxPFs/s400/077.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648950818722075426" /></a><br />We sure love our 7 year old!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-78041131045922095192011-07-10T22:24:00.000-07:002011-09-05T11:34:23.615-07:00Stake FairSo these pictures are from back in May, I think. <br /><br />Our stake is so fun! Every year they have a fair for all the kids and we hadn't checked it out in years past, so we made it a point not to miss it this year. The boys had so much fun with the assortment of bounce houses and slip in slides. I especially loved seeing them on the pony ride.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao-HKMVBXKBoF-zh_zjt7c-BeMi-WT7skQmyOrWDURApmjJ-gbbzHgckX-gR-a7e78bQCitl7wzde8P-jSmgqB93IDPpBz7CbuXnYHA84BmZoLdOmUwkzlsH0KnzG8mOqiTFWgpLNIkk/s1600/117+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhao-HKMVBXKBoF-zh_zjt7c-BeMi-WT7skQmyOrWDURApmjJ-gbbzHgckX-gR-a7e78bQCitl7wzde8P-jSmgqB93IDPpBz7CbuXnYHA84BmZoLdOmUwkzlsH0KnzG8mOqiTFWgpLNIkk/s400/117+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627964825729152754" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGUTn5tePFolCd9kOkoq7srZNATyjzHwr1Wdvn2EKar0ZuNL7jtvxNMOprcig_puRtkfHyg0ayjwLCiNH8Sm7vZ4D3Vupg7oQM9YhRVOFqxwSBfzg3tSEL2sPEH1yZRVhXoobyOA1d6U/s1600/133.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw2mNHKPXz01-BhYjI-UbfpGxbxm35UOV6nSoB7z09kwUfqvG6t24kv5MziEe6P1vWqCvc71l7Np3AwC98tOz2Y9zt2YEgxEnsNxMR1xwB14nan3xSzkGIpj8zovaSfaObyrIbfdtFvE/s400/171.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648941946804933378" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2NgxKA9djp_rFKUnR32eUaZYvFrpq4r-ObJVeTj2KZUBV6OtxvdGW5DIkSjI4x29oCUIrIZO0dQn8LMimMSWzYBrgPd7Vy_kkWpGi3bfKkquUZKimpo4ZPyh3ajX0lqavCFtCU7AdLk/s1600/170.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_2NgxKA9djp_rFKUnR32eUaZYvFrpq4r-ObJVeTj2KZUBV6OtxvdGW5DIkSjI4x29oCUIrIZO0dQn8LMimMSWzYBrgPd7Vy_kkWpGi3bfKkquUZKimpo4ZPyh3ajX0lqavCFtCU7AdLk/s400/170.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5648943987923002722" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-83717073127286420462011-06-26T00:03:00.000-07:002011-06-26T00:32:14.783-07:00Just some pics. from EasterOkay, slowly but surely catching up, just two months behind. <br />We had a lovely Easter doing all the traditional things. First the boys found their Easter baskets. One of Cole's gifts was the 5th Harry Potter movie that he and Clay have been reading<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Mj3FBcVK0EH609WxmZv6n0BE24gjnERDl9fH85nfutYQ14S1i6FdPfK-H8-qIUAhZiXQnsCvpuWGgFB7NsV6WnGuQQWHNNezZ1T8SpGCiiF0AC-UJdWDazKssbs5NPyussDFEW-ZITk/s1600/095+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Mj3FBcVK0EH609WxmZv6n0BE24gjnERDl9fH85nfutYQ14S1i6FdPfK-H8-qIUAhZiXQnsCvpuWGgFB7NsV6WnGuQQWHNNezZ1T8SpGCiiF0AC-UJdWDazKssbs5NPyussDFEW-ZITk/s400/095+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622425870521566066" /></a><br />And among Luke's little goodies was a light saber<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQbcXWQWOmx-mJxRDcvSJ0rgn0Uncf6G_KFS8Tj9JoyS5r6nQXwEJaj5rfX4z8YEUcZrGpSZwOBKHZ-iMw6Wamt6M8a1328mT40OgWjI7hV6rlqZtUTfBhl2LpBiZs4Xg2k4cizl9l8o/s1600/094+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSQbcXWQWOmx-mJxRDcvSJ0rgn0Uncf6G_KFS8Tj9JoyS5r6nQXwEJaj5rfX4z8YEUcZrGpSZwOBKHZ-iMw6Wamt6M8a1328mT40OgWjI7hV6rlqZtUTfBhl2LpBiZs4Xg2k4cizl9l8o/s400/094+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622425866053531090" /></a><br />We did an egg hunt out front<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1HVRITANBNsorK3hoVzhWzlPAKYzpl6ayOeIT3z0_zk5Gzd1x32CMmCQ_qTk6E-w8Dgq0SK_LVqvhgBFX_ocdUiq-kUDdMJv-EmWE1dLbEQ6bCf0XgFB9csKDDZ83cX-MY5Ku1YtXHU/s1600/102+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji1HVRITANBNsorK3hoVzhWzlPAKYzpl6ayOeIT3z0_zk5Gzd1x32CMmCQ_qTk6E-w8Dgq0SK_LVqvhgBFX_ocdUiq-kUDdMJv-EmWE1dLbEQ6bCf0XgFB9csKDDZ83cX-MY5Ku1YtXHU/s400/102+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622425884622280850" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKX9d70Snbkkzo0iLkcRy1L_J5bPIyW7ZL0jSxQ2tVbPxIhwOaCr2719DJ5TpoBgk8wei-UnXAv59JuA9-2Usiqmzag_JqDeaka27AKQXpgYaQRClruHeurBLG9qdfxT0j2WkzpdDy1M/s1600/108+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVKX9d70Snbkkzo0iLkcRy1L_J5bPIyW7ZL0jSxQ2tVbPxIhwOaCr2719DJ5TpoBgk8wei-UnXAv59JuA9-2Usiqmzag_JqDeaka27AKQXpgYaQRClruHeurBLG9qdfxT0j2WkzpdDy1M/s400/108+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622425878338876914" /></a><br />And then dyed some eggs. When I told Luke we would be dying eggs he said, "But then they won't be alive!" Funny boy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs480jZL9-3Bojyca8cz_-OPIviiu4CoU6HssL_oiUjMsq1czAEcnsfF2F1F6V_tN-T7b0ZexWh9x-iSxR59v0QVZXr1nI1Igr8kca8NffuKYgv7MnkUN-pPyaObr7ZbEOboQkY8RNb5U/s1600/121+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs480jZL9-3Bojyca8cz_-OPIviiu4CoU6HssL_oiUjMsq1czAEcnsfF2F1F6V_tN-T7b0ZexWh9x-iSxR59v0QVZXr1nI1Igr8kca8NffuKYgv7MnkUN-pPyaObr7ZbEOboQkY8RNb5U/s400/121+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622425889115856674" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89Pkd1bFq-SzxHUabCq6ffYerL6196GrbI1FN2MtbY40ltgFm3H8e4eZzDLQdPKRrgGIXs2remg1mRTvNnkrnapLM8iO7mwZEtEH3Q2HvooPhk8_h_ryte13xYBNx2StbLf5-mNkIwJU/s1600/122+%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89Pkd1bFq-SzxHUabCq6ffYerL6196GrbI1FN2MtbY40ltgFm3H8e4eZzDLQdPKRrgGIXs2remg1mRTvNnkrnapLM8iO7mwZEtEH3Q2HvooPhk8_h_ryte13xYBNx2StbLf5-mNkIwJU/s400/122+%25282%2529.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622426443437551554" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-67675399873775939932011-06-25T23:16:00.000-07:002011-06-26T00:01:59.541-07:00Luke's 3rd BirthdayI can't believe Luke is 3 now! His birthday was in April and to celebrate we had a party at my sisters house. It was a combined party for Luke and his twin cousin, Connor, and cousin Ben who was turning 4 that month. <br /><br />The kids were so excited to play in the spider-man bounce house<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FijGScZXaYkGRGkzNkmtDrjUVZsKh9SFRX_eXRwwj1Aof4IifPPHplkjbzd5narSEOGvpm7qI9VUozFG9pSHg8jl-ZZru4fIiuDb-PSnlCZ6qgkpvAdow6PAYT7r9ZrrDXoqy81TGqk/s1600/120.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_FijGScZXaYkGRGkzNkmtDrjUVZsKh9SFRX_eXRwwj1Aof4IifPPHplkjbzd5narSEOGvpm7qI9VUozFG9pSHg8jl-ZZru4fIiuDb-PSnlCZ6qgkpvAdow6PAYT7r9ZrrDXoqy81TGqk/s400/120.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622411577813469458" /></a><br />But Luke preferred playing upstairs with some of Ben's toys.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2psxQEUEeGwUS668q9PrUlyPpuKg3fHUNubudOG8kRKlbPcbPgFcauEQSOBRxBD5JQRbdN2dxgbhMMZnKpjWfcxPB6hemOoORcfkALsKxA5arDEvO1AIDU0y9TxHlzCG691CHbBrUcw/s1600/133.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB2psxQEUEeGwUS668q9PrUlyPpuKg3fHUNubudOG8kRKlbPcbPgFcauEQSOBRxBD5JQRbdN2dxgbhMMZnKpjWfcxPB6hemOoORcfkALsKxA5arDEvO1AIDU0y9TxHlzCG691CHbBrUcw/s400/133.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622411590127720946" /></a><br />We had a batman pinata<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwn8isGSSr58hsRHD81fuTXhJz54Ux93BYuUDGuhO8Eeq_VFeKxY9r84W5RXtl9-s4TbPiTsvGRT77_PyCSzfGKFqap_QYKxS7-xegk3do93tx5YHu4mqbdwmf0qriimEa7PUV03ckGYo/s1600/146.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwn8isGSSr58hsRHD81fuTXhJz54Ux93BYuUDGuhO8Eeq_VFeKxY9r84W5RXtl9-s4TbPiTsvGRT77_PyCSzfGKFqap_QYKxS7-xegk3do93tx5YHu4mqbdwmf0qriimEa7PUV03ckGYo/s400/146.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622413748439109410" /></a><br />and then it was on to opening presents. Among his gifts was a big stuffed alligator that turns into a sleeping bag which he has slept with every night since.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51Qo1PDjThedrfZT4rNkqwrcoe0PE6EjIrbeOWyPZJyOzrwnPYJLQTswaIz1TYHxUmVQ2JXm6tzVY7L2FKWyUax-pw_2BLeEXmga7vbuc8BwbfStpLF5GniJiBiyksEEPO3op_V9dZ00/s1600/160.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51Qo1PDjThedrfZT4rNkqwrcoe0PE6EjIrbeOWyPZJyOzrwnPYJLQTswaIz1TYHxUmVQ2JXm6tzVY7L2FKWyUax-pw_2BLeEXmga7vbuc8BwbfStpLF5GniJiBiyksEEPO3op_V9dZ00/s400/160.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622413756514627490" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoHc-9oiP_5fT_uUL9byW5pWGyL4triAqu8SZGDE1-Ppss2-sEZgGVloW1feR_4VqR96xYfq8AdlAVmVtr_hnVnY-B379bOnUbQw7skT3RDuInZT9rc4OPpz_NNFAh42IPf62oXjuIQM/s1600/166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmoHc-9oiP_5fT_uUL9byW5pWGyL4triAqu8SZGDE1-Ppss2-sEZgGVloW1feR_4VqR96xYfq8AdlAVmVtr_hnVnY-B379bOnUbQw7skT3RDuInZT9rc4OPpz_NNFAh42IPf62oXjuIQM/s400/166.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622413759321910226" /></a><br />Cakes never turn out how I plan them too, and this one ended up being a superman cape.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgPyMgGcCiK7KuZQu-mHnpvrBwROYdFfWI2b5x6qoYwehmKjCtdwPlIad089mLpG3FiJ4Buy7w_IN4GQ1WW8EQOQTqScikDUHYVMW1UJP_JUWKIR31GrpHo8h17J_nipwYFhqNdIL4xw/s1600/117.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgPyMgGcCiK7KuZQu-mHnpvrBwROYdFfWI2b5x6qoYwehmKjCtdwPlIad089mLpG3FiJ4Buy7w_IN4GQ1WW8EQOQTqScikDUHYVMW1UJP_JUWKIR31GrpHo8h17J_nipwYFhqNdIL4xw/s400/117.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622411586115335938" /></a><br />Ready to blow out the candles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyy881pT-ophf5Lz9noOflX2dq4sfrd4gT816jHfCb217iyjNanbeNQ6IDTwiY5EA5vw6Rco5MfYZd3RmXMrZCp8rtPLsWbEjraZ0h5m86N4BCawxeU2YF0hJn2DC1Lj3KIN9dGLtKE4/s1600/168.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyy881pT-ophf5Lz9noOflX2dq4sfrd4gT816jHfCb217iyjNanbeNQ6IDTwiY5EA5vw6Rco5MfYZd3RmXMrZCp8rtPLsWbEjraZ0h5m86N4BCawxeU2YF0hJn2DC1Lj3KIN9dGLtKE4/s400/168.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622413766655947106" /></a><br />Luke finally warmed up to the idea of jumping in the bounce house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTls5BZp6a4qHGa5nDP9zjOYKmWgXIpXlyfXLi7h_eZPb0PQwZymh8h9unTtrv9HePD8du-rdWPTqB5i_TNEd1jU24L7kXFInV1Bg_GuXNCfmTTdRAfbnWoA1lFRrHLZoY8m5eYQpTeo/s1600/174.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTls5BZp6a4qHGa5nDP9zjOYKmWgXIpXlyfXLi7h_eZPb0PQwZymh8h9unTtrv9HePD8du-rdWPTqB5i_TNEd1jU24L7kXFInV1Bg_GuXNCfmTTdRAfbnWoA1lFRrHLZoY8m5eYQpTeo/s400/174.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622413774612155138" /></a><br />And once it was time to leave, it was hard to get him and Cole off :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMctncn8Zgb_374RRoTf0hyphenhyphenW6lZJwAaUjDEvD4fdTA1QL_cblYykKCuhGpLSeQ66UWk0XEv5MkSMgd5-FZI1B0f2H_bPQG4ggdRhPv0W6Np2p9EtJYiugKzBvTPnzH5i1vc92D4NFi8E/s1600/189.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJMctncn8Zgb_374RRoTf0hyphenhyphenW6lZJwAaUjDEvD4fdTA1QL_cblYykKCuhGpLSeQ66UWk0XEv5MkSMgd5-FZI1B0f2H_bPQG4ggdRhPv0W6Np2p9EtJYiugKzBvTPnzH5i1vc92D4NFi8E/s400/189.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622414269023864130" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-48454701474615825422011-06-25T22:42:00.000-07:002011-06-26T06:07:44.404-07:00Coach PitchCole really enjoyed playing coach pitch this spring. He did a great job playing for the Diamondbacks! <br />(The day before these pictures, he had a spill on his bike, hence the nose injury. When I checked out his nose a little while later and said, "Oh Cole, your poor nose", he said back shamefully, "I know, it's the British Isles".)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkNW-vbknwJjSUvXWdcYsJwqOxDyWZuBVkilFipMGTUyYSl10gyfpbxMuvlYDav82JwOcdIxPJ7W-5IPLmY83eLgqWKZO171KzgM2-Q_M6pz49gBMCkfuDqz_mA6mkAIIG49xPgGJaoY/s1600/293.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkNW-vbknwJjSUvXWdcYsJwqOxDyWZuBVkilFipMGTUyYSl10gyfpbxMuvlYDav82JwOcdIxPJ7W-5IPLmY83eLgqWKZO171KzgM2-Q_M6pz49gBMCkfuDqz_mA6mkAIIG49xPgGJaoY/s400/293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622404987700423522" /></a><br />Here he is with his good buddy Bennett.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3fOTLO6L8JcKCid-SHNWNR3_3m_4oxNHsuVSYrpBh6IOB6Og2dOAg7mvPtXI_XGrmoh5Wdng3YpvOWkOZIsG5LMiqPo5I1Gt8Dn4oaI5zWwam9j9tHgYI7giZn2ygT1gQLW-mvDmJsQ/s1600/292.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR3fOTLO6L8JcKCid-SHNWNR3_3m_4oxNHsuVSYrpBh6IOB6Og2dOAg7mvPtXI_XGrmoh5Wdng3YpvOWkOZIsG5LMiqPo5I1Gt8Dn4oaI5zWwam9j9tHgYI7giZn2ygT1gQLW-mvDmJsQ/s400/292.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622404979633971522" /></a><br />Playing ball...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicupyqJvf1z78vSbXalgkyd24fEFcJBQ0lCi_IH2p7iEusxNCwwFZ7YORTFmvz-rM1u1W3QCu9di6kcHkv_pSecnXhwHAojuEgKl7BpioRyGmmnbdNfbSGKQ5zF_gCQxiiqJ14i4L8GsU/s1600/295.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicupyqJvf1z78vSbXalgkyd24fEFcJBQ0lCi_IH2p7iEusxNCwwFZ7YORTFmvz-rM1u1W3QCu9di6kcHkv_pSecnXhwHAojuEgKl7BpioRyGmmnbdNfbSGKQ5zF_gCQxiiqJ14i4L8GsU/s400/295.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622404975198190594" /></a><br />Coming home<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEtuAQOGgY9qb_2xrBYxg0zQNe-H354zKt7DrcX7LQbMajBCn7O-zbKFaXiB7rbR9Lw1BeScO_hmP5gxh5wbj8y2E3sKpt9LEXfgCvaAqEke1DHl211sOmPqWsIr3RqHrek7DZ7cDeCs/s1600/300.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEtuAQOGgY9qb_2xrBYxg0zQNe-H354zKt7DrcX7LQbMajBCn7O-zbKFaXiB7rbR9Lw1BeScO_hmP5gxh5wbj8y2E3sKpt9LEXfgCvaAqEke1DHl211sOmPqWsIr3RqHrek7DZ7cDeCs/s400/300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622404971635583730" /></a><br />So proud of his trophy. Go D-Backs!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRkRkrXG8CuKwqVfEaWFKY_-Uyh6HXj8wSuZCGS9rXUbBubiQSdOM65y-d8UOd3VNnXDsKdHJUQjpYClwI0vZ_fkPI_V5RzUHd0ewAF9WZTZUpL0y6arqKRZmEPc5xkEvNUKIt7mBlWs/s1600/306.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRkRkrXG8CuKwqVfEaWFKY_-Uyh6HXj8wSuZCGS9rXUbBubiQSdOM65y-d8UOd3VNnXDsKdHJUQjpYClwI0vZ_fkPI_V5RzUHd0ewAF9WZTZUpL0y6arqKRZmEPc5xkEvNUKIt7mBlWs/s400/306.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622404963420588514" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-60371696618183631732011-06-25T22:13:00.000-07:002011-06-25T22:41:20.146-07:00St. Patrick's Day 2011Clay has been so into holidays this year. On the morning of St. Patrick's Day, Clay had fun green hats and beads set out on the table for the boys. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmVHN5_gGMXjDoT4m8FowKHxGoZUwCeNMTi6oLBYGQNFzAmBkSuD1_DmolWOFq2QzWDc6rhbxVnPITKCnYQ3CW6KHGHHFcNJuAjyOWRfduIOPWNZwPO-pcqr2eiM-rgHaO6ePJgaTh1k/s1600/034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmVHN5_gGMXjDoT4m8FowKHxGoZUwCeNMTi6oLBYGQNFzAmBkSuD1_DmolWOFq2QzWDc6rhbxVnPITKCnYQ3CW6KHGHHFcNJuAjyOWRfduIOPWNZwPO-pcqr2eiM-rgHaO6ePJgaTh1k/s400/034.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622396286017304866" /></a><br />He also put together a treasure hunt for them. Here they are looking for the next clue.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxt4wDRGGiby0bF-ssMm2A6kK620dSgcTk40JCOuhJuA0v0iuhr0NpWWJ7M8Kfsuha35XtY5zKBd0BhuZegjjWnXodiR567l8TlAg7V30llWJaWpeX9FqVlLraxa3eqg9kaUv1a_Sq6c/s1600/037.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxt4wDRGGiby0bF-ssMm2A6kK620dSgcTk40JCOuhJuA0v0iuhr0NpWWJ7M8Kfsuha35XtY5zKBd0BhuZegjjWnXodiR567l8TlAg7V30llWJaWpeX9FqVlLraxa3eqg9kaUv1a_Sq6c/s400/037.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622396296687337282" /></a><br />At the end were little paper treasure boxes filled with gold nuggets. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLWhyhYUceRpukQlkwBV0hQ2b6YdEiiLMBlI_vZdPJtBn80qiqbqfvMOjlMRw_4LCrkLX5vS3wkPQYKBiX2GVN2Y2Ps6qLWRhneb9x2VJQDWtDppNDWxulanaYUXCnC7_GxgQKjaE6ws/s1600/050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLWhyhYUceRpukQlkwBV0hQ2b6YdEiiLMBlI_vZdPJtBn80qiqbqfvMOjlMRw_4LCrkLX5vS3wkPQYKBiX2GVN2Y2Ps6qLWRhneb9x2VJQDWtDppNDWxulanaYUXCnC7_GxgQKjaE6ws/s400/050.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622396321872416034" /></a><br />Luke loved wearing his green bowler hat to the school that day and getting lots of attention from the other kids.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSZSDkg1T-BNWKsFm-kYIJDdGDxQqiQf1BNw1gH-67rzCHZLcRP9db_YUX5ovtvwQd35e-XCwZ2Z_vvY9ze4QgthL6OHqbrKlGDFmjxG3Kz59ObH8oIdJi35topj33ZW5hseLnsTs8Pw/s1600/048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSZSDkg1T-BNWKsFm-kYIJDdGDxQqiQf1BNw1gH-67rzCHZLcRP9db_YUX5ovtvwQd35e-XCwZ2Z_vvY9ze4QgthL6OHqbrKlGDFmjxG3Kz59ObH8oIdJi35topj33ZW5hseLnsTs8Pw/s400/048.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622396305765607074" /></a><br />We ended the day with green eggs and ham. Pretty silly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTIGzomqr8UaLUCDGHd7AMidL3W7gHH9hw-mgg_nZBI8h8jW1WCvYjTpT7U5ISf8ydcgmOtRufcCccOY9Iqek3WrXAnkhr_UIPmCeSoR5MUgQWepRdasreSau74QQevx3rkedYbbAiss/s1600/059.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTIGzomqr8UaLUCDGHd7AMidL3W7gHH9hw-mgg_nZBI8h8jW1WCvYjTpT7U5ISf8ydcgmOtRufcCccOY9Iqek3WrXAnkhr_UIPmCeSoR5MUgQWepRdasreSau74QQevx3rkedYbbAiss/s400/059.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622396309460195858" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-83669163319127851302011-06-25T21:56:00.000-07:002011-06-25T22:42:25.710-07:00A costume party?Okay so Clay's birthday was in March. We celebrated his 34th at his parents house immediately following the talent show (in the previous post). <br /><br />For his birthday, he wanted the kids to have some gifts too. So he ordered some really fun costumes for them. Here they are:<br /><br />Buzz Lightyear<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83CYEtxVVDEVjuIvTB-Di2sTiKDu4-fmEYU8w0xydrHlGV_goJ7-v922gnGoNze_AIvKAOYL2wOj7tERX7wbXyZ0kb9VfU7YQuPyTo_p52PANOnlkdqaCDRw_6HNIcMHTAdn1OqAXeac/s1600/075.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi83CYEtxVVDEVjuIvTB-Di2sTiKDu4-fmEYU8w0xydrHlGV_goJ7-v922gnGoNze_AIvKAOYL2wOj7tERX7wbXyZ0kb9VfU7YQuPyTo_p52PANOnlkdqaCDRw_6HNIcMHTAdn1OqAXeac/s400/075.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622391344756507186" /></a><br />Dobby, everyone's favorite house elf (complete with pillow-case shirt)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzFnFRAYrCP9rLKDd1yPO0EkzPyYzmA2fZG27Tqoyr_-gH1gU1hS7zuJa8nGTTInJ-n_eiq-S8AzFtjGlAxdkrkzONPOrDVS2QcYR5Yc2FpQbdnOIUESugeq05MXZGZl8_mB7Nv8oOcs/s1600/076.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzFnFRAYrCP9rLKDd1yPO0EkzPyYzmA2fZG27Tqoyr_-gH1gU1hS7zuJa8nGTTInJ-n_eiq-S8AzFtjGlAxdkrkzONPOrDVS2QcYR5Yc2FpQbdnOIUESugeq05MXZGZl8_mB7Nv8oOcs/s400/076.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622391349146580242" /></a><br />And Harry Potter. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWlU5oubxENU1h7k-vTUy_O0iZlCLgKg-hiqs-xfgN_6nZ0DWozz6LWPqCDO_aId5nNsd7y36F-iIu8cnZ6QGkc2SYey2MToTEUy3Lnr-OlfEg6NL5vAT7InybS3A5jPCSZ9-dq2pExk/s1600/078.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWlU5oubxENU1h7k-vTUy_O0iZlCLgKg-hiqs-xfgN_6nZ0DWozz6LWPqCDO_aId5nNsd7y36F-iIu8cnZ6QGkc2SYey2MToTEUy3Lnr-OlfEg6NL5vAT7InybS3A5jPCSZ9-dq2pExk/s400/078.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622391356021885250" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-50775328099885194572011-06-25T21:28:00.000-07:002011-06-25T21:55:45.680-07:00Just a little chickenOh to be faithful in keeping a blog. The hours usually reserved for blogging (8:00-11:00 pm) have a way of turning into sleepy time or catching up on reality tv time. Anyway, I'm not giving up and I'm hoping to spit out a few more posts tonight.<br /><br /><br />So back in March was the elementary school's talent show. Cole wanted to participate again this year and he and Clay actually had his act all planned out months in advance. He sang a song in Spanish called, "Los Pollitos" which means "the little chickens". It's a cute little song about a momma hen taking care of her baby chicks. <br /><br />We were so happy to have my mom, my grandma, my sister and her boy, and Clay's parents come up this way to watch his performance. Cole did a great job and his costume was a show stopper in itself.<br /><br />Something I want to remember about this night is how happy Cole was afterwards. He was so pleased with his performance and having his family there, and especially excited that we were going straight to grandma and grandpa's house for the weekend immediately following the show. ON the walk from the auditorium to the car, he was bursting with joy. He said things like, "Mommy, I'm just so happy. I just don't know what to do, like seriously, what am I going to do, I'm so happy. I'm gonna explode!" He's always a happy kid but this was beyond happy. He was completely elated and it was so fun to see. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxX6zjR859orpbJGMYPsztKetX6ZRliyUgm8aoLiNKVkbDBwzsjMBlV_uPMLyh5A3Dl1RyaR75UfyRCNDRYj9etUBJX6BPdIIB8RjoP85vjbVWl-3oCdftN81MQh5V5q55FaNdPTNtQbs/s1600/062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxX6zjR859orpbJGMYPsztKetX6ZRliyUgm8aoLiNKVkbDBwzsjMBlV_uPMLyh5A3Dl1RyaR75UfyRCNDRYj9etUBJX6BPdIIB8RjoP85vjbVWl-3oCdftN81MQh5V5q55FaNdPTNtQbs/s400/062.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622385674768550882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhMiYP7aQ9_RB06O5gsr6HzywRfIJGcg4HDZX5EYXzydITGteEluLKGc4Onigcvp6SDTqWSu79Xrv99ex2kLBioahyphenhyphenZB3xnwkU1EBq5DrfoHQ22fD23Jvi8lixvbX9BdE02pAC2ltBAQ/s1600/061.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXhMiYP7aQ9_RB06O5gsr6HzywRfIJGcg4HDZX5EYXzydITGteEluLKGc4Onigcvp6SDTqWSu79Xrv99ex2kLBioahyphenhyphenZB3xnwkU1EBq5DrfoHQ22fD23Jvi8lixvbX9BdE02pAC2ltBAQ/s400/061.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622385674773849010" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-1042828474651216112011-04-29T21:47:00.000-07:002011-05-05T20:06:37.093-07:00"I'll take geography for 500 Alex"(Ok warning, the level of bragginess in this post may be unbearable). Anyway, it all started when, well, it's hard to say when it all started. It was probably around the time that we checked out this atlas from the library.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkv06dmRUQEDyDs4FtPQgx-H-TOa8EIOsZVeLIHX8DigDgvRGp64AhahGfd3iKwIuFU5jWSRUKWJfxUbK0NYbm74uJJj2wTx2ZOHXTHrWOMeYnKNk5OelZstX6yS7KgbR8EzB_XaXdWYU/s1600/geographybieimage2%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqkv06dmRUQEDyDs4FtPQgx-H-TOa8EIOsZVeLIHX8DigDgvRGp64AhahGfd3iKwIuFU5jWSRUKWJfxUbK0NYbm74uJJj2wTx2ZOHXTHrWOMeYnKNk5OelZstX6yS7KgbR8EzB_XaXdWYU/s400/geographybieimage2%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601235716807425202" /></a><br />Cole loved looking at the maps inside and spent large amounts of time doing just that. And started enjoying drawing some of the places, especially the good ol' U.S.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHqmb0_nxzzVj4uapk-YUAGJXgU-FAHA4h7Fgbz4w0w89uplP4IbQzW_AfsApXBNznxuchiiHhyphenhyphenv2T6UuS1yuZZSlDr4ORdUPibXBWnEEgoXLqFjN_7e1_Bd_C6HsR7ViJ-MakdbtRpSg/s1600/scan0002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXHqmb0_nxzzVj4uapk-YUAGJXgU-FAHA4h7Fgbz4w0w89uplP4IbQzW_AfsApXBNznxuchiiHhyphenhyphenv2T6UuS1yuZZSlDr4ORdUPibXBWnEEgoXLqFjN_7e1_Bd_C6HsR7ViJ-MakdbtRpSg/s400/scan0002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601234321749049618" /></a><br />For Christmas we got him an interactive US map which he also loved. And again he spent lots of time looking at it and hearing the information about the various states.<br />At this point, I thought he would enjoy learning a song (that my little bro. taught me when I was like, 10) that recites all the states in alphabetical order. As expected, he loved learning this song.<br /><br />So with all this love of the states going on, I got curious. And one day, a few months ago, I asked Cole if he would like to have a blank map of the United States and see how many states he could fill in. I didn't know exactly how he would do, because aside from the song, I didn't spend any time teaching him anything about the states, and he hadn't been learning about it in school. <br /><br />I was totally blown away when he wrote in all but three states on his first attempt.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-azIeJCxKLmZCrN4lWQHFKiwSdzdJ8ZpTUu9j9_KMs6JL0_bTTAVgNVyb4l5e1LhHMJgyXaSeYr_uCQAD7LrxSyD7uCWI0FyVxGnEVSLeCjcY8CwhBkrW5zaqlZ_yIxZl9Nh5_GatCgQr/s1600/scan0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-azIeJCxKLmZCrN4lWQHFKiwSdzdJ8ZpTUu9j9_KMs6JL0_bTTAVgNVyb4l5e1LhHMJgyXaSeYr_uCQAD7LrxSyD7uCWI0FyVxGnEVSLeCjcY8CwhBkrW5zaqlZ_yIxZl9Nh5_GatCgQr/s400/scan0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601234318020918450" /></a><br /><br />And I loved the way he spelled some of the states. Like "Tenisy" for Tennessee.<br /><br />After the blank map game, he decided it was the best game ever and the next time we visited my family, he gave all the grown-ups a blank map to fill in. He LOVED grading all the grown-ups work! <br /><br />The love of geography continued to expand as Cole learned all the U.S. capitals from a song. Learning this song was followed by learning the president's of the United States song. And as far as the first song he learned, the alphabetical one, because of that song, he can name all the states in alphabetical order in under 30 seconds.<br /><br />He's looking more outside the US now and learning songs that list the nations of the world. It cracks me up when he makes comments like, "Mommy, that chipped paint is shaped like Lisutu" but then a few days later he says, "actually I got mixed up, it's actually shaped like Luxembourg and Lisutu is more shaped like Maine". He loves to ask me or any grown-up, "Do you want me to name as many countries as I can from (fill in the continent)?" He will then list the names of countries that I surely have never heard of. <br /><br />But even just our planet is not enough. Cole has expanded to studying the solar system and beyond. Last week he composed a song about the solar system, and with Clay's help, made it into a music video. These are his lyrics:<br />Mercury you'd think would be the hottest<br />Because Venus is the hottest one you see<br />After that comes Earth, the home to all of us<br />And then along come Mars with two moons uncircular.<br />(musical interlude)<br />After that comes Jupiter with the Trojans<br />Then along comes Saturn with the beautifulest of rings<br />Uranus the sideways <br />And Neptune, by my opinion it would be the coldest.<br />(musical interlude)<br />Ceres in the asteroid belt and then<br />Pluto once considered as a planet<br />Humea eliptical and Makemake <br />And Eris in the shattered disc region.<br />(Musical interlude with more verses to come)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsVaVS-8FE8lbB_i1m9FGbufR6szYJ28rPl7YH4onytTVlU110n8qhhsHBV6bwD0pu5DD0bRA6dU-ZwMZVUTPd-WLiV02iGPM21O-YYiiQBMtch8poVmVk_eE19miuWEEqwXMdtTpEHEF/s1600/scan0003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsVaVS-8FE8lbB_i1m9FGbufR6szYJ28rPl7YH4onytTVlU110n8qhhsHBV6bwD0pu5DD0bRA6dU-ZwMZVUTPd-WLiV02iGPM21O-YYiiQBMtch8poVmVk_eE19miuWEEqwXMdtTpEHEF/s400/scan0003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601234324921278658" /></a><br />Oh, and this picture is an example of what Cole's Sacrament Meeting doodles have been as of late.<br />We may have a cartographer on our hands.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-25179969408695754402011-04-18T18:42:00.000-07:002011-04-18T22:31:23.113-07:00"i believe in science"Cole loves to participate in all things school. So when the science fair came around, with participation being optional, he opted to be a part of the fun. Clay and Cole decided on a mold experiment. For a month we had the pleasure of observing mold growth on bread. <br />Cole loved attending the science fair and showing his display board to the other kids and especially to his teacher. He waited with bated breath for his teacher to arrive so he could show her his work. He took me aside to where no one else could hear us and said, "Do you know why it's so important to me for Ms. Biederman to see my experiment?...Because she's my favorite teacher". He had to take me aside for this so that none of the other teachers would hear and have their feelings hurt. He is always overly cautious about others hearing something that could be hurtful, like when he waited til we were across the street from the school to tell me about the janitor, "Mommy, I loathe Mr. Ross. He never lets us eat our fill at lunch time". <br />Anyway, here's Cole with his project: <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPDhmKm7V5-IN6vHYIdUUxDN6PGvzfkuYjKLJMW14PE9_8jRpcmd18iH_cHepJ_XD_Ixwfs5HUzrGpNBg__SwomMUyn86rscEOoMUOSSiD1hlPZm0YyE2dLwDnpzIhMsFhW5wqo_a1Hrx/s1600/005.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPDhmKm7V5-IN6vHYIdUUxDN6PGvzfkuYjKLJMW14PE9_8jRpcmd18iH_cHepJ_XD_Ixwfs5HUzrGpNBg__SwomMUyn86rscEOoMUOSSiD1hlPZm0YyE2dLwDnpzIhMsFhW5wqo_a1Hrx/s400/005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597161342713139346" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierr-D8KySoRcdG5K56iX_9fmahVUwpkeTU0dAveRTen-taqblxB2DgROadAEG54bHzo4kqOaEB0-UlkbQxhyH_rt5n9DH_hac2dn2pCJ3maLlsvA6Y5zTclDyJVCd1YHP1KXXcmJ5dbWG/s1600/003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEierr-D8KySoRcdG5K56iX_9fmahVUwpkeTU0dAveRTen-taqblxB2DgROadAEG54bHzo4kqOaEB0-UlkbQxhyH_rt5n9DH_hac2dn2pCJ3maLlsvA6Y5zTclDyJVCd1YHP1KXXcmJ5dbWG/s400/003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597162696468253506" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0-md7qo23MHtOESi7o9Bsjxhje1T0GUCffkzcGcDJPoCWvSsFHdyD89sRCVDlKMOsHOl68iG_R2tz6DtZE5u_k9eV6qAUXW9Yc4xi4lTTaelQWznkYGGm5g768_RIarZ8MBaXMIfeCXb/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje0-md7qo23MHtOESi7o9Bsjxhje1T0GUCffkzcGcDJPoCWvSsFHdyD89sRCVDlKMOsHOl68iG_R2tz6DtZE5u_k9eV6qAUXW9Yc4xi4lTTaelQWznkYGGm5g768_RIarZ8MBaXMIfeCXb/s400/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597161350813330290" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-24535577841876715852011-04-18T18:12:00.000-07:002011-04-18T18:40:54.270-07:00got your goat(another adventure back in February) We hadn't been to the zoo in a really long time, and I wasn't sure that Luke even had any recollection of ever going to the zoo, so we decided to go on a fun family outing to look at some animals.<br /><br />Cole always loved climbing in these caves. Luke was too scared to explore because it's so dark in there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUtNSod46I-o0SaM43hl5Vb3s_oUxdSpcXOW_sPWcnvcAUOtVPVeUPfiGLd0uQrhF0QyYhKaqsWEwOTTw8HszNl_OWSUsKCM71mwxKrH5iM1AxbegnJQ-f-2QhACYyE8pb6EzFzmT4TIP/s1600/166.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifUtNSod46I-o0SaM43hl5Vb3s_oUxdSpcXOW_sPWcnvcAUOtVPVeUPfiGLd0uQrhF0QyYhKaqsWEwOTTw8HszNl_OWSUsKCM71mwxKrH5iM1AxbegnJQ-f-2QhACYyE8pb6EzFzmT4TIP/s400/166.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597099065476482402" /></a><br />Luke enjoyed viewing most of the animals from Daddy's shoulders.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sFjJEIIlKl9QCXiueaZQeseRyiz0lhjco4LCZZ84C9rAs83e2-1AqCN4yv4ax0386h1QeG8RfEvcdQfMEMyJoKm8VWsLTWOfaGAVwoHTvifOhuecSFTVnZPUChEBVkJJ8Sr9zzPfpEzU/s1600/188.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9sFjJEIIlKl9QCXiueaZQeseRyiz0lhjco4LCZZ84C9rAs83e2-1AqCN4yv4ax0386h1QeG8RfEvcdQfMEMyJoKm8VWsLTWOfaGAVwoHTvifOhuecSFTVnZPUChEBVkJJ8Sr9zzPfpEzU/s400/188.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597099062429524818" /></a><br />Trying to take a picture of Luke in front of the zebras. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUowHRtqKlcNQu0-mrUlzkUblxB9xgeHNfjmeH_PHxKklM1SXZ4MPtj9QYL1Ii5iuArw7q1psJsKEIo3sUOcPcb9W-Gaogq2t0KvynSm5wXNYmH3Jfq6AJiIFVzAWoxOoeeYBH6g8ifIBM/s1600/198.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUowHRtqKlcNQu0-mrUlzkUblxB9xgeHNfjmeH_PHxKklM1SXZ4MPtj9QYL1Ii5iuArw7q1psJsKEIo3sUOcPcb9W-Gaogq2t0KvynSm5wXNYmH3Jfq6AJiIFVzAWoxOoeeYBH6g8ifIBM/s400/198.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597099052590822498" /></a><br />Cole in front of his favorite animal, giraffes. (Although the giraffes are really blending in in this picture.) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZhouej59xriz3IESo6rDGwQB816A-IK-vtJssJZMfScjwU0p7AEAU8E4F_zocEwrLN8BSom2QeLEWi99V_o5d5bnIAVSxjHKmEhONpu17EBpE4i-522iCUZG9l9My7z6Xd8wi5Ctcj9k/s1600/203.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZhouej59xriz3IESo6rDGwQB816A-IK-vtJssJZMfScjwU0p7AEAU8E4F_zocEwrLN8BSom2QeLEWi99V_o5d5bnIAVSxjHKmEhONpu17EBpE4i-522iCUZG9l9My7z6Xd8wi5Ctcj9k/s400/203.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597099046410629314" /></a><br />We stopped by the petting zoo. Luke was just not sure what he thought of all the goats. There was one goat in particular that was especially aggressive. For a while, it was following Cole all over and Cole was getting really nervous about it. In the end they both enjoyed brushing this nice, relaxed goat.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtgv90QRGWNscbkc2xCc5cE0ZaifhptwlQoiU1uhrf5plepUAQOA3-sRnoWs9QX2Ibqt-KnHx5DK8NyygEVjgYqZfxeIJKbZDUzj_rvAu-v2PPVhul7aJpqiRtcastP3kUZV8c3KFt9b9/s1600/179.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPtgv90QRGWNscbkc2xCc5cE0ZaifhptwlQoiU1uhrf5plepUAQOA3-sRnoWs9QX2Ibqt-KnHx5DK8NyygEVjgYqZfxeIJKbZDUzj_rvAu-v2PPVhul7aJpqiRtcastP3kUZV8c3KFt9b9/s400/179.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597100233574623090" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OS4J1j6PQuJ8X5hgE4BT1hL43rN7CmJvRwlBCBKJiwVYDYx3gMJ8BYiiUmJL-MD3dmYJzSazuDPfaKm_Z8-RuOxPNv56JfASUxskdP6jyu0cn6O63bzjKCCWHkFWLe5NKPjtaDdnKwOM/s1600/173.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OS4J1j6PQuJ8X5hgE4BT1hL43rN7CmJvRwlBCBKJiwVYDYx3gMJ8BYiiUmJL-MD3dmYJzSazuDPfaKm_Z8-RuOxPNv56JfASUxskdP6jyu0cn6O63bzjKCCWHkFWLe5NKPjtaDdnKwOM/s400/173.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597100214271962338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIL_3v8lMgNyCKs2ZWO4cRanTzofywjkAbAKxGGEZB4RuDP7Fbpj8GbxJfBW2uJ4p-4JiY6IeXnFSB6F1ch_A_K0aHEJUGHtAcM5K6r6tAFZEKZgIxWEd2WHJWyVeBGyFgc3n26xHovnJ9/s1600/182.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIL_3v8lMgNyCKs2ZWO4cRanTzofywjkAbAKxGGEZB4RuDP7Fbpj8GbxJfBW2uJ4p-4JiY6IeXnFSB6F1ch_A_K0aHEJUGHtAcM5K6r6tAFZEKZgIxWEd2WHJWyVeBGyFgc3n26xHovnJ9/s400/182.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597099074956021298" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-57210729317571131862011-04-13T20:56:00.000-07:002011-04-18T18:12:10.113-07:00Red VelvetValentine's Day was so lovely. My boys made me feel so loved. They gave me this beautiful gift.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknoQRfyFkcUOUOHrhVQR5GdzfKvfWmB1cRQXVcpY90xAvWch6B_9S1ffCfJhUSHvlHi5nBUrJ2tCwcCOM4fUuTA0nLcbo3rkf7D6_PwmIm8vKcdzGGhLztBuf47p0Uocc-5qpyNsUWyr5/s1600/223.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknoQRfyFkcUOUOHrhVQR5GdzfKvfWmB1cRQXVcpY90xAvWch6B_9S1ffCfJhUSHvlHi5nBUrJ2tCwcCOM4fUuTA0nLcbo3rkf7D6_PwmIm8vKcdzGGhLztBuf47p0Uocc-5qpyNsUWyr5/s400/223.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597093199752271538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9aKxuWKVSd6r5fmuKIdoYxhX1YqZXWLr_XxfEg3pzIihGxSpVvLMrTcmTyy14bblk7ng4CXZBRzBtBDYvdvPEC4zpUdARVzA4mxCU6QobXDR7zuYbqrYwQaywKVFb1ZfEpfJzpAACJ5A/s1600/225.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx9aKxuWKVSd6r5fmuKIdoYxhX1YqZXWLr_XxfEg3pzIihGxSpVvLMrTcmTyy14bblk7ng4CXZBRzBtBDYvdvPEC4zpUdARVzA4mxCU6QobXDR7zuYbqrYwQaywKVFb1ZfEpfJzpAACJ5A/s400/225.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597093187878334514" /></a><br />I loved the card that Cole wrote for me. "Here are some delicious cupcakes" written his own way.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAnOR9rzyjTQr7BCmVTq-vil0ac9gKA0pXAXYYO7ykNFFkmfWnuPM8k6Or7YbtGdHM2ogrZOKH_eG5tgzBEcjng3S3zWX-pz1RJDlI5CWbF0U9NG6QOl-l5Of2PIPmoPGJxEm23Sv-iwE/s1600/227.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdAnOR9rzyjTQr7BCmVTq-vil0ac9gKA0pXAXYYO7ykNFFkmfWnuPM8k6Or7YbtGdHM2ogrZOKH_eG5tgzBEcjng3S3zWX-pz1RJDlI5CWbF0U9NG6QOl-l5Of2PIPmoPGJxEm23Sv-iwE/s400/227.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597093185580369586" /></a><br />WOW! Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. They were so delicious! I then found out that the recipe Clay and the boys used, actually made 100 mini red velvet cupcakes! So we enjoyed spreading some valentine cheer by dropping off plates of cupcakes to neighbors.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguonc8IQ-8tpnPpSM1i175SQN67RaM4KmtMolfkBK8Rc9hHFiEJ_iM5acpy_Sp99xA-E3b_v2ZQpP04whUeqcjZ3MrAOPa-hC_EAWvsIhRJmdE7rpLrFfC9C0fIu7fE87NMb5zovHI3W6l/s1600/228.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguonc8IQ-8tpnPpSM1i175SQN67RaM4KmtMolfkBK8Rc9hHFiEJ_iM5acpy_Sp99xA-E3b_v2ZQpP04whUeqcjZ3MrAOPa-hC_EAWvsIhRJmdE7rpLrFfC9C0fIu7fE87NMb5zovHI3W6l/s400/228.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597093174939613202" /></a><br />We ended the day with a red dinner. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyBqbM8DcgDpTJNJSwM8MC2ozhGsc8IDuuQrmrJvxiC3w_NgsX6gAV8Nl9hNV7g9HiIFLggcuP6UdE5n-I93ySNTViFtqAbuRX5agMFy4eWscj0VdTzuuMiMG3y8-l9jJ4YnQogEtnO-w/s1600/234.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXyBqbM8DcgDpTJNJSwM8MC2ozhGsc8IDuuQrmrJvxiC3w_NgsX6gAV8Nl9hNV7g9HiIFLggcuP6UdE5n-I93ySNTViFtqAbuRX5agMFy4eWscj0VdTzuuMiMG3y8-l9jJ4YnQogEtnO-w/s400/234.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597093171036457458" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-85540804407938129432011-04-01T16:40:00.000-07:002011-04-18T22:35:42.907-07:00Princess JasmineWhen baby sister Katie was little, she prefered to be addressed as Princess Jasmine. She was such a fan of the movie <span style="font-style:italic;">Aladdin</span> and would love to recite lines from it in Jasmine's voice, like, <br />"How dare you! All of you! Standing around deciding my future! I am not a prize to be won!" <br />She was very dramatic. Now that she's older, she's still dramatic. And she's found her prince. <br />Katie got married in January (oops, guess I'm a little behind on posting) to Ryan. It was such a wonderful way to start 2011! The ceremony was beautiful and so were the bride and groom :) <br />My sister-in-law Breanne was their photographer and I got to just follow her around videotaping everything on my little camcorder.<br />Here's a tiny bit of footage of their first moments as husband and wife:<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwrBdwLYuQ_JiqdRqrZxvK-QaayJbEnMEHl-B6czWDCvNT7qyKmR9AH279xyduXK0EiS6tTXRNmE_Q8tQlH6w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ns4FL6wPEyAXCwl9sdQWez049xL_MmuIZAf0KPb9rSgEV2P9NogjxBESsqBsnDOd2IUJLE3ezMY4UoYLcpothUx6fBEj4WN6MI1cVsfH8-vgl-ylMDipUlyO_EfrTEBRt7N3coNzVPBu/s1600/185908_1817738690817_1460635899_2005099_1019542_n%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ns4FL6wPEyAXCwl9sdQWez049xL_MmuIZAf0KPb9rSgEV2P9NogjxBESsqBsnDOd2IUJLE3ezMY4UoYLcpothUx6fBEj4WN6MI1cVsfH8-vgl-ylMDipUlyO_EfrTEBRt7N3coNzVPBu/s400/185908_1817738690817_1460635899_2005099_1019542_n%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5597164025057900642" /></a> <br />I need my family to email me more of the pictures, so for now, I just have a few.<br />Here are all the siblings<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkom73WhX8NkPZL_YxUA_KVvtiruI-xbqvcTGlglvc7Mg7d5fmt5lmH3wtBuXjrLPPLrT9jtaO-XVwACOZ3msKxD4PumpAwf8mGAl8QE4yv8Hx-BUYt5m-RdbLk6yv-c3C7VhTZ7iikHqY/s1600/katieandry.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkom73WhX8NkPZL_YxUA_KVvtiruI-xbqvcTGlglvc7Mg7d5fmt5lmH3wtBuXjrLPPLrT9jtaO-XVwACOZ3msKxD4PumpAwf8mGAl8QE4yv8Hx-BUYt5m-RdbLk6yv-c3C7VhTZ7iikHqY/s400/katieandry.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590774689631790626" /></a><br /><br />And here are my little men<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GiMquHBJmg9qytAIMJ3oCJNdWnUQHy4G7EUVMdPWXqZQnU4Qs3qGLe1Y2g6fCWkX5C-vVekmq_UerBrVym6J_NQrn1whCB3ittoRccXN7AXGeH_gWV7FLjYshnLNsh9oPYTZz3ppxuIy/s1600/katie_and_ryan_weddding_revised_65.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GiMquHBJmg9qytAIMJ3oCJNdWnUQHy4G7EUVMdPWXqZQnU4Qs3qGLe1Y2g6fCWkX5C-vVekmq_UerBrVym6J_NQrn1whCB3ittoRccXN7AXGeH_gWV7FLjYshnLNsh9oPYTZz3ppxuIy/s400/katie_and_ryan_weddding_revised_65.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590774693997174082" /></a><br /><br />Lots more pics at breannelarsonphotography.blogspot.comAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-31460925816567590882011-01-12T21:10:00.000-08:002011-01-12T23:41:44.196-08:00Christmas Break 2010The first few days of Cole's winter break were spent inside, doing nothing aside from trying to stay dry and warm. It rained and rained.<br />So it was such a relief when the rains ended and my sister Amanda invited us to go to legoland with her and her little boy, Connor. Here's Luke and Connor checking out the map.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgN7XJ08P0kvUKxQy_sVJ7QSblsi22_-ZJMneoSGKlsPxBzrLSzD3IP_-KedoD1YuCrk0LKn2wYbHbwQHUV12BtJaE76Le5pRMeluYNYLj1noGDS-B12XEt7gtWb9CuMXKNcF1o8DkhMw/s1600/293.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTgN7XJ08P0kvUKxQy_sVJ7QSblsi22_-ZJMneoSGKlsPxBzrLSzD3IP_-KedoD1YuCrk0LKn2wYbHbwQHUV12BtJaE76Le5pRMeluYNYLj1noGDS-B12XEt7gtWb9CuMXKNcF1o8DkhMw/s400/293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561552916660348882" /></a><br />Riding the train.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_hCK5MBiyINZikcfJSykWWWoM6iEYeFPc4B680r23yZV-bIVz_UFtZZmkR3cVJvOqXllMPysfW2yynqf_rqkkXVLSqoCMNMpjH9zyOcBLpbAWhG3bfXcX2pSXts6P76zlz_3Rde2V4DI/s1600/004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_hCK5MBiyINZikcfJSykWWWoM6iEYeFPc4B680r23yZV-bIVz_UFtZZmkR3cVJvOqXllMPysfW2yynqf_rqkkXVLSqoCMNMpjH9zyOcBLpbAWhG3bfXcX2pSXts6P76zlz_3Rde2V4DI/s400/004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561551988262393298" /></a><br />Digging for dinosaur bones.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPwuScApCKjnBLGnNx2W9QtBOWk6Ypqkw7Sd4QnRPK4QZcoKkcaiXuoGhr3ZIvovcaKf-nE5cr-hnhIjMS_DjNXfJr3lyD5lUxrkOs9QPaREyiCsII0GZdNt9Q950a78JRFlyhO2sEc93/s1600/323.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAPwuScApCKjnBLGnNx2W9QtBOWk6Ypqkw7Sd4QnRPK4QZcoKkcaiXuoGhr3ZIvovcaKf-nE5cr-hnhIjMS_DjNXfJr3lyD5lUxrkOs9QPaREyiCsII0GZdNt9Q950a78JRFlyhO2sEc93/s400/323.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561551983630206338" /></a><br />Marveling at the amazing lego creations.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPxKgNCCR3VYwLJnXDd7EgoIMtiR0tdOaDx8GA4jMvqsgrRXQEKybOIG_L-9epHcODQM0f7sZUzOgCJ4YMnoJaouK2TMPz65LBv-9DyXdKalKEr_9JL6XuKrNynh6qD-49N9mq1ugh4o5/s1600/328.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPPxKgNCCR3VYwLJnXDd7EgoIMtiR0tdOaDx8GA4jMvqsgrRXQEKybOIG_L-9epHcODQM0f7sZUzOgCJ4YMnoJaouK2TMPz65LBv-9DyXdKalKEr_9JL6XuKrNynh6qD-49N9mq1ugh4o5/s400/328.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561551981785112882" /></a><br />Cole loved it too. Here he is in front of New Orleans.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCg7HiQfVck_NFxOT6ebEjyaOGAvvCopssDLFP7DmA387ovXZMQWyxkFm0_2T1qkOarme0mKh7w4BIdoxrQXdEN-c0kuzPVjHLIoUjteind1zBNhU3dQ9hggoRw6PBnHG3Lx_CKV5T2BOf/s1600/009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCg7HiQfVck_NFxOT6ebEjyaOGAvvCopssDLFP7DmA387ovXZMQWyxkFm0_2T1qkOarme0mKh7w4BIdoxrQXdEN-c0kuzPVjHLIoUjteind1zBNhU3dQ9hggoRw6PBnHG3Lx_CKV5T2BOf/s400/009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561551973607469298" /></a><br />Had to get a picture with Hagrid.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSEc81PUJCB5fUR-WVo_AFZBe7eXpGi8h7nDOdEZ_UHQtb90KsLgnKhhO7_v6RcmLE6iolOsuj8GaMiqMeTBNRjpD2DbpFUbda3TbLsVijnRy2GjSPmMNNGUmzlwfVpY53bZEza61s-SO/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSEc81PUJCB5fUR-WVo_AFZBe7eXpGi8h7nDOdEZ_UHQtb90KsLgnKhhO7_v6RcmLE6iolOsuj8GaMiqMeTBNRjpD2DbpFUbda3TbLsVijnRy2GjSPmMNNGUmzlwfVpY53bZEza61s-SO/s400/015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561551966252925458" /></a><br />Feeling great peddling along on this ride.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xbu3aaI8bNFAjnD3rBWNRLF4vxnIYpDFkD9TsfhuOomLJS-OGRDnziwYdNmQG4EfwybSBphtAHtgvUC9PuzrIO2hplQ2MMaCIrmFtNJ1U05QfU0Q6VPjm8MHtq_Q1KokLDZbwhx1ljKH/s1600/018.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xbu3aaI8bNFAjnD3rBWNRLF4vxnIYpDFkD9TsfhuOomLJS-OGRDnziwYdNmQG4EfwybSBphtAHtgvUC9PuzrIO2hplQ2MMaCIrmFtNJ1U05QfU0Q6VPjm8MHtq_Q1KokLDZbwhx1ljKH/s400/018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561548764749656786" /></a><br />The next day was Christmas Eve. We had a wonderful get-together with all of my mom's family. I was in charge of helping the kids do a live nativity. Very low key, but I loved it! (It's hard to tell, but Luke was the "star".)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxzodiYHkeBE0y44edH0GK3YkRAwbzvTZiRsfJ5qTaGgMIAuvM6GM9pQAmOmN9tJLjypIC9BNluagMGP7dMppaPICOkaTcm4uyOJiVb2cLTqEvIZaq9zHncsrPx9nArevcuC1IcYP6ViC/s1600/269.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxzodiYHkeBE0y44edH0GK3YkRAwbzvTZiRsfJ5qTaGgMIAuvM6GM9pQAmOmN9tJLjypIC9BNluagMGP7dMppaPICOkaTcm4uyOJiVb2cLTqEvIZaq9zHncsrPx9nArevcuC1IcYP6ViC/s400/269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561548761090819986" /></a><br />All the mexican food was delicious (the treats were great too!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3dX1PeCOn1YKPHuUD54u8Kn9QdR55iH-EzAiEBfG0DUcgBu3ZaP6EaFGgAHDwXekHH0VbL2BeiT1kt6rFbaMwvMFxIJX0_0xhx29EX2hAyt7oOneEmkeLefBjjomoL5zl0gJyaQwZC5i/s1600/270.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3dX1PeCOn1YKPHuUD54u8Kn9QdR55iH-EzAiEBfG0DUcgBu3ZaP6EaFGgAHDwXekHH0VbL2BeiT1kt6rFbaMwvMFxIJX0_0xhx29EX2hAyt7oOneEmkeLefBjjomoL5zl0gJyaQwZC5i/s400/270.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561548757656894834" /></a><br />There were two white elephant gift exchanges, one for grown-ups and one for the kids. Here are the kids ready to start passing gifts around.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnAbuAUfDoU96h0lqRA6RGWfRkUjXX_WX7_lTC5hiQ_Jv5fSJhfe989Bok8xDWGbuGtHeItZgmQjabKtRDMb6K8qkJNZDRfHZxI6r6hLWWarHnc6Z1_aloeMH2wAO2p-qTrDRLhwQMddr/s1600/278.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnAbuAUfDoU96h0lqRA6RGWfRkUjXX_WX7_lTC5hiQ_Jv5fSJhfe989Bok8xDWGbuGtHeItZgmQjabKtRDMb6K8qkJNZDRfHZxI6r6hLWWarHnc6Z1_aloeMH2wAO2p-qTrDRLhwQMddr/s400/278.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561548752224074466" /></a><br />We went back home that night and woke up the next morning to find Santa had eaten his cookies, and his reindeer were mighty hungry too.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pkB-SqjWM6IyWh6FqLRLk1PY4XZMyhKOAjiSLtxQbd7Sc_rli30HLLF1TgFQ-8JDxqF9XhUcx4ZwDkI6dp4boahyBpAyIcOTfWgSvHQmplRafA0G9InFaHM99c3vbiLopYe-UTWQNCf6/s1600/284.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pkB-SqjWM6IyWh6FqLRLk1PY4XZMyhKOAjiSLtxQbd7Sc_rli30HLLF1TgFQ-8JDxqF9XhUcx4ZwDkI6dp4boahyBpAyIcOTfWgSvHQmplRafA0G9InFaHM99c3vbiLopYe-UTWQNCf6/s400/284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561546358602550738" /></a><br />Santa also left this letter (ALL of this was Clay's doing) explaining that they were such good boys, that as a special treat he had one of his elves design a magical quest for them, and if they were successful, their Christmas presents would magically appear under the tree. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZpDAcm9_3zrJaKdLahyphenhyphenTqsZIp1q_WmN1zZ-K5fZ6fxp9rg_gJNgd1aci2J5sTsYxCrpp1ocJzRxZsuJtbUBR4VSYwZhuZOSirNbdEfLDIQ0sS6T06TnFf-ycJt3HGv5CZnyuqf9zTlQ4/s1600/332.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZpDAcm9_3zrJaKdLahyphenhyphenTqsZIp1q_WmN1zZ-K5fZ6fxp9rg_gJNgd1aci2J5sTsYxCrpp1ocJzRxZsuJtbUBR4VSYwZhuZOSirNbdEfLDIQ0sS6T06TnFf-ycJt3HGv5CZnyuqf9zTlQ4/s400/332.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561546354954921906" /></a><br />Along with Santa's letter was another letter, this one from the elf who would be guiding them on their quest. This letter explains that there are 7 noble feats they must accomplish, each one helping a magical creature living nearby. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVIAXdN9P2iA7qUPHZGagyWjwTncX28S8jSLaDZ7fmhjg-7RJTX2PyS_7U1R70MktZwcecOUpReJi3gmjHk1s7MP9dNv8NujogRdbpv8x0NwMyRtQuEBhcbMyaX5AHdrxU2gUz2PY2BtH/s1600/334.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVIAXdN9P2iA7qUPHZGagyWjwTncX28S8jSLaDZ7fmhjg-7RJTX2PyS_7U1R70MktZwcecOUpReJi3gmjHk1s7MP9dNv8NujogRdbpv8x0NwMyRtQuEBhcbMyaX5AHdrxU2gUz2PY2BtH/s400/334.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561546342814687266" /></a><br />The letter also explained that this Christmas sparkle and these two wands were needed for their mission.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_OUeMoDhdc5LPjmLQHDnMZsAgItWgWyRmzydnE8dKCk_ZOtFeJVIeZI0FXs-QDNdkAmtKtBxgTJNxdNjsnD0mjlz5I2hZABHTfsvGzaVL-exjEHo5rWAImC2lolPBfOIzcrby6r-qkHE/s1600/286.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_OUeMoDhdc5LPjmLQHDnMZsAgItWgWyRmzydnE8dKCk_ZOtFeJVIeZI0FXs-QDNdkAmtKtBxgTJNxdNjsnD0mjlz5I2hZABHTfsvGzaVL-exjEHo5rWAImC2lolPBfOIzcrby6r-qkHE/s400/286.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561546338868626322" /></a><br />They were also provided with a map.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhL2QSrd9RnYxjq3sZ77nj5yyo1XrvqDxlUHJQIMu-RAGDzzXWUj7o_CTMvjriyVBGc_lzSi1VLO_Qygd3Eb3UcadaWQvFrTjEBDKKPY6X_9BXN_Oge7DsH8662U7mj3F1gr7rOQP5syD-/s1600/300.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhL2QSrd9RnYxjq3sZ77nj5yyo1XrvqDxlUHJQIMu-RAGDzzXWUj7o_CTMvjriyVBGc_lzSi1VLO_Qygd3Eb3UcadaWQvFrTjEBDKKPY6X_9BXN_Oge7DsH8662U7mj3F1gr7rOQP5syD-/s400/300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561548743091178866" /></a><br />Here's Cole and Luke ready to help out some magical creatures.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxlnak2so70bKUbfYw9FWNK1rWH0OxvYQJOEmU3FTEdy2TD4MbNLKoOM8t8MvPISntBdWo6RfDTXmMGOG3b1dZc9FH3CZmnDGiMRE35l6qiNExMzUjIxfNUTdFzMRRAEFbbBaJeHv0Yc3/s1600/287.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxlnak2so70bKUbfYw9FWNK1rWH0OxvYQJOEmU3FTEdy2TD4MbNLKoOM8t8MvPISntBdWo6RfDTXmMGOG3b1dZc9FH3CZmnDGiMRE35l6qiNExMzUjIxfNUTdFzMRRAEFbbBaJeHv0Yc3/s400/287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561546330707319090" /></a><br />Most of these creatures lived at this park. Here, they did a magic spell to help a troll living under this bridge.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bDCXYW2zJcxPaAssHemHSN7UlpJD4HqxRW7FOiGP2E799jGcLIsLz5zh_u0RWeuhVDWYKsyatvNAMbDKdP7QR1OGOybW-iKN21ij1rhBE6qR9Rt39211nrz0Mv5XWmjbuENmiiTNFN64/s1600/290.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bDCXYW2zJcxPaAssHemHSN7UlpJD4HqxRW7FOiGP2E799jGcLIsLz5zh_u0RWeuhVDWYKsyatvNAMbDKdP7QR1OGOybW-iKN21ij1rhBE6qR9Rt39211nrz0Mv5XWmjbuENmiiTNFN64/s400/290.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561543792960459090" /></a><br />Here, they helped some pixies. Clay kept himself hidden at all of our stops, but always close enough so that the boys could hear the sound effects coming from his laptop (sense the elf had said that the boys would be able to <span style="font-style:italic;">hear</span> the magical creatures but not see them.) <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKED01UnyKK6MF7ABagETjUGG_-pX-ti7CNhe1hd-RqFH4JvV3B5uS8LCDvkPI_lf9m5mBO9JJwFsBmENEIsQn08nafv8-F7f5unD49Xqait5fJXs27NZJlWFMHIlOpCG7HIbLhvpZRH3X/s1600/298.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKED01UnyKK6MF7ABagETjUGG_-pX-ti7CNhe1hd-RqFH4JvV3B5uS8LCDvkPI_lf9m5mBO9JJwFsBmENEIsQn08nafv8-F7f5unD49Xqait5fJXs27NZJlWFMHIlOpCG7HIbLhvpZRH3X/s400/298.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561543789408190898" /></a><br />Well, as you can imagine, the boys were successful in their 7 noble feats and had just enough magic left from their Christmas sparkle to make their presents appear. When they got back home, their presents were all under the tree and there was a note of congratulations from the elf.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IuhHhyphenhyphendeWGaz-4b47fMle-TBkGpomVaAnxsp6iXNa476EwMB7D7Z3DTxh4p20Lb2I0r8kAMfhZ9Dj2rRckAPXMJnUW32mmDUbRiex-SHtj-21glTF03EV6gW6Hv019wGZZPG5oZV3gIk/s1600/307.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IuhHhyphenhyphendeWGaz-4b47fMle-TBkGpomVaAnxsp6iXNa476EwMB7D7Z3DTxh4p20Lb2I0r8kAMfhZ9Dj2rRckAPXMJnUW32mmDUbRiex-SHtj-21glTF03EV6gW6Hv019wGZZPG5oZV3gIk/s400/307.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561543787507430994" /></a><br />Luke was very happy to get his Buzz Lightyear. It was the only thing he asked for this year. Also, I had to get him these wings because he is constantly pretending that he has buzz wings anyway.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48ZmMyFWT2zyr0OmPVidQJsIsQK1h2mmwpkZ_SGmWBn5KnE1W-M5gMF4DPWL3ZEqSEL1ntPkTfAMdEi-l5Ju8XyHzCgnmLB0cEQiZIKtgj3p2uUzHz8C8WsCVlESLQYfsZWtuJ0jl5KUm/s1600/314.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48ZmMyFWT2zyr0OmPVidQJsIsQK1h2mmwpkZ_SGmWBn5KnE1W-M5gMF4DPWL3ZEqSEL1ntPkTfAMdEi-l5Ju8XyHzCgnmLB0cEQiZIKtgj3p2uUzHz8C8WsCVlESLQYfsZWtuJ0jl5KUm/s400/314.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561543781839654530" /></a><br />Cole is so into maps lately. I searched everywhere to find him something fun and map-like.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXF3t75lhz4bEKp9xyBePTocec9JWxknL_O4LyjBnyx_vXbyqmQ126jHcgfwmgb3BwhbTVrIFXsKoc0TfZzJVp9Oz1CPyR2a_78Evlkz5-FakCVA9QaklGTXAWt1WYpiiuwsklxTpuZaf/s1600/313.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBXF3t75lhz4bEKp9xyBePTocec9JWxknL_O4LyjBnyx_vXbyqmQ126jHcgfwmgb3BwhbTVrIFXsKoc0TfZzJVp9Oz1CPyR2a_78Evlkz5-FakCVA9QaklGTXAWt1WYpiiuwsklxTpuZaf/s400/313.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561569886389945090" /></a><br />We also added to our pet family. We got the boys a snake, which Cole has named Peter. Peter is a baby corn snake and he loves us very much. I regret I don't have a picture of him yet.<br />The next day, we had a wonderful time at another Christmas celebration, this time with Clay's family. Afterward, we got to spend a couple days with Clay's parents. The boys loved playing with Grandma's new toys,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyuuyNSueE7-_brvMO07Q2UXh_1jP5cxVu3oJQCcX-1c6qeM6SiqFwzJBQrLsF04Em6z1jlasqKUK5qI8RMCk4JnfMo0_MRCEzzMW1Gdv_wsPt-Cfa6-mA6pvr93hwQRtdUFjheMYH6rq/s1600/345.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyuuyNSueE7-_brvMO07Q2UXh_1jP5cxVu3oJQCcX-1c6qeM6SiqFwzJBQrLsF04Em6z1jlasqKUK5qI8RMCk4JnfMo0_MRCEzzMW1Gdv_wsPt-Cfa6-mA6pvr93hwQRtdUFjheMYH6rq/s400/345.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561540850669116082" /></a><br />and walking around the harbor,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgiIJXgWEa3RB-UzKtDX-zHBsVzQ8YPAh8xaKu9bd98O8GefsQByQQkpeT6zvOJQi29rBg669jdF1bYhNsoXne1rEBreJk6pfd8GClaFxepK8o3sEwKXWo5GyflMDWPycuyrGXAoxcMTKE/s1600/363.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgiIJXgWEa3RB-UzKtDX-zHBsVzQ8YPAh8xaKu9bd98O8GefsQByQQkpeT6zvOJQi29rBg669jdF1bYhNsoXne1rEBreJk6pfd8GClaFxepK8o3sEwKXWo5GyflMDWPycuyrGXAoxcMTKE/s400/363.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561540845891754802" /></a><br />and spotting some seals,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOSg0FZRc78G37sW3dHUTSzzBx96pZy6EiGNMRiebHewtgdbyk1t8vMdvymEo9aPanEdvN1uAIbCOATeB6tdfeq5uJ7UpbwXJchp9NCPFU1iwToF-m3EUr7wJS0DolR3TzTuCs_rt1MpD/s1600/360.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzOSg0FZRc78G37sW3dHUTSzzBx96pZy6EiGNMRiebHewtgdbyk1t8vMdvymEo9aPanEdvN1uAIbCOATeB6tdfeq5uJ7UpbwXJchp9NCPFU1iwToF-m3EUr7wJS0DolR3TzTuCs_rt1MpD/s400/360.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561540840786340434" /></a><br />and poking at sea anemones with sticks to try to get them to close up,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmppyZyBaH96K1zDtjkjcuJ5KZG_2nwHhngvonj_3J2Uemy-UCE-m_staZy4iZ06O7byvLqycVDe9oPGGtOmRSstItXje9kbdteI3ZY1sQM3wtNjJD55unjLGyCulluro_W_uqENUk4YN/s1600/367.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmppyZyBaH96K1zDtjkjcuJ5KZG_2nwHhngvonj_3J2Uemy-UCE-m_staZy4iZ06O7byvLqycVDe9oPGGtOmRSstItXje9kbdteI3ZY1sQM3wtNjJD55unjLGyCulluro_W_uqENUk4YN/s400/367.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561540836706958386" /></a><br />and Cole insisted on walking to the very very very end of the jetty. We had such a great, relaxing time! Thanks for having us Suzanne!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQXNGdV16heOliNvMOp0d6cRko_4sSqw9BMf9Vr49PyGV52UphlR4lsxgsNQApDZW8_gx1hjaFe8lfO0UmTUgdt5L73d5jNiUeYi6fZgF7weHVIpXeaqLwiAl9F4von3tm8JbxHR5cjgC/s1600/369.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQXNGdV16heOliNvMOp0d6cRko_4sSqw9BMf9Vr49PyGV52UphlR4lsxgsNQApDZW8_gx1hjaFe8lfO0UmTUgdt5L73d5jNiUeYi6fZgF7weHVIpXeaqLwiAl9F4von3tm8JbxHR5cjgC/s400/369.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561540826735295586" /></a><br />Once we were back home again, Clay still had several days off work. It was so much fun to have him around all day! We enjoyed so many outings with him like going to see Tangled (which was fantastic)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUCUqBrBBKtQVa4BV8Tf2-fra1ANE-ZK7BFX-HCirmdkboPJH0IvL3tBd4AXnOWdZ8UhimvNLn38sN86qY06JbB9dhsVXRWI7h-mb9ecW7qXkeWGG9J4ETmp6iQu1k6kq-uvvY2PdxcXv/s1600/379.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCUCUqBrBBKtQVa4BV8Tf2-fra1ANE-ZK7BFX-HCirmdkboPJH0IvL3tBd4AXnOWdZ8UhimvNLn38sN86qY06JbB9dhsVXRWI7h-mb9ecW7qXkeWGG9J4ETmp6iQu1k6kq-uvvY2PdxcXv/s400/379.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561538210678712114" /></a><br />going out to the yogurt shop--one of those where you serve yourself and pay by the ounce. This place has only been open for about a year but I don't know what this town did before it existed. We love coming here!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww2kdVC7HZpiACnS5mPV2eRGMQlwXwWQp79Cb2fSwN5MKfz6vGFnGmQHvSQCUjaCY0k4MfP7fK4FwxMqujsMhrxuDtrvak9p2uFk0ofmpZWYthaJcnSqWfxfgwp8LyoaB3431wXLO8R01/s1600/373.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgww2kdVC7HZpiACnS5mPV2eRGMQlwXwWQp79Cb2fSwN5MKfz6vGFnGmQHvSQCUjaCY0k4MfP7fK4FwxMqujsMhrxuDtrvak9p2uFk0ofmpZWYthaJcnSqWfxfgwp8LyoaB3431wXLO8R01/s400/373.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561538204510684450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieNSGqytYEiVyGLg5qEGoilE9Id13Ht6ZIKBmrXzPOq9vxef5ZDS0rj8pOFT4tB-oRB2FQnP7sCj6rcKKTKzaJ04bMUJNevTj4ir-lLoUvKjqmsasMwCshT5aULo0kJD0oPUwoGhzuAvp/s1600/377.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgieNSGqytYEiVyGLg5qEGoilE9Id13Ht6ZIKBmrXzPOq9vxef5ZDS0rj8pOFT4tB-oRB2FQnP7sCj6rcKKTKzaJ04bMUJNevTj4ir-lLoUvKjqmsasMwCshT5aULo0kJD0oPUwoGhzuAvp/s400/377.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561538200365779858" /></a><br />Took the boys to the indoor playgound. Luke was the perfect age for this, Cole not so much but he was a good sport.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc79njhuvns-JOvviQp_yIgzV-nIQI66yCag0g5HgumDiSQ_XkgcBfgrQ23ClMkdu5wryMXKXllAxQwvYKUpVA6QxrVkp-gsDtZIbCWNdT1QtuBvr5CIAgJYkxlk-W-ig9K2UAJP7u5Tav/s1600/386.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc79njhuvns-JOvviQp_yIgzV-nIQI66yCag0g5HgumDiSQ_XkgcBfgrQ23ClMkdu5wryMXKXllAxQwvYKUpVA6QxrVkp-gsDtZIbCWNdT1QtuBvr5CIAgJYkxlk-W-ig9K2UAJP7u5Tav/s400/386.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561538195892322034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4XtGqJplR7yzHMFzop_kK50VLcry74aQnFJmcjAwafTp74mfRK_3FYuI_QwFez0HcHfEVZm6CtEIBo1pyrmKKlLGPUb4AsA0CazbRYQnfgHgJmyYl0wzXHWxnEhcc2rX8ez3lkiDeHfT/s1600/388.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig4XtGqJplR7yzHMFzop_kK50VLcry74aQnFJmcjAwafTp74mfRK_3FYuI_QwFez0HcHfEVZm6CtEIBo1pyrmKKlLGPUb4AsA0CazbRYQnfgHgJmyYl0wzXHWxnEhcc2rX8ez3lkiDeHfT/s400/388.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561538191740863986" /></a><br />For Christmas we got year passes to Magic Mountain, so we had to go try it out. Here's Cole and Luke doing some driving.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGS5v0icg2EdgCygTz45cxmZISHH3pcMK5PNz5vGeFOG8BHNnEEFEEHq3G1yuSmfS9mf0ekwVa5mdfLp_ork0NWIDa1-hRtmoY1bPw9gOZum1QG1_9lzdS_pd3KJv_RibnSnKm6lCip-0/s1600/392.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGS5v0icg2EdgCygTz45cxmZISHH3pcMK5PNz5vGeFOG8BHNnEEFEEHq3G1yuSmfS9mf0ekwVa5mdfLp_ork0NWIDa1-hRtmoY1bPw9gOZum1QG1_9lzdS_pd3KJv_RibnSnKm6lCip-0/s400/392.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561535861518695634" /></a><br />Luke loves this room where you can shoot balls and vacuum them up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkNMq_wCPziLiLHCCxR6HZKaUE5SgT4jfwkU75P5nxusBQcIs9k-tPWrfUrUd8Y14kZhqY64_T1lXELTN8u68JwrMKLwEMng4LCP1yy9JERlBuvqAQmamqILVulrNDPVNVwSlCC9ka4NY/s1600/399.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkNMq_wCPziLiLHCCxR6HZKaUE5SgT4jfwkU75P5nxusBQcIs9k-tPWrfUrUd8Y14kZhqY64_T1lXELTN8u68JwrMKLwEMng4LCP1yy9JERlBuvqAQmamqILVulrNDPVNVwSlCC9ka4NY/s400/399.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561535857068030610" /></a><br />Cole enjoyed being on stage during this looney toons show.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt47Xd40iBlp73D3BUSxnkpUPMzoHs-RwNnRrC0pVwrmhemsZBnZptz20w0dSjyzeK2-rXeqIfLbNKLel-ClZNvN8Fcyi-U4Mvl-Jy3GgiME12Ap0_pV5o7hLW3SpReb3vCZXLVHXbnzo/s1600/423.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitt47Xd40iBlp73D3BUSxnkpUPMzoHs-RwNnRrC0pVwrmhemsZBnZptz20w0dSjyzeK2-rXeqIfLbNKLel-ClZNvN8Fcyi-U4Mvl-Jy3GgiME12Ap0_pV5o7hLW3SpReb3vCZXLVHXbnzo/s400/423.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561535855242668146" /></a><br />It was so cold outside! But the boys didn't mind at all. We had so much fun. And I think these magic mountain passes are gonna make 2011 pretty sweet!<br />Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOWY1g5xtg3YhhYbUa3CPpdUEG_vf6FwalJ1CUTvPehf4WRq4dZ5lDVE6ioibkHNZNEqnGlpizk7QVEdzKBiQD_i5jwjUm85lXUOZK_loFcHXEQ6xt5O8VpLcE0ymb3C48wQmwKNTraxp/s1600/433.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqOWY1g5xtg3YhhYbUa3CPpdUEG_vf6FwalJ1CUTvPehf4WRq4dZ5lDVE6ioibkHNZNEqnGlpizk7QVEdzKBiQD_i5jwjUm85lXUOZK_loFcHXEQ6xt5O8VpLcE0ymb3C48wQmwKNTraxp/s400/433.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561535839024910850" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-1677336950374046432011-01-11T22:21:00.000-08:002011-01-11T22:49:27.749-08:00Sad book wormsAs I've mentioned before, Cole and I started reading the Harry Potter books. I love them passionately, and Cole got completely hooked on the series as well. <br />The first book is so much fun, getting introduced to the wizarding world.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1f8UDtu6ZUUY_0ndGZuqEfSm7ZX3S8k_xwvVPnjBAzTpSjGG6htEYtqATMNxQPsn899vnwjVhFOK32SUPWsJM4I5TDnGiI3Q2IhjlleRf9XCL_U_en48B-JcRK52BZs6JTz8j5DQzV9se/s1600/imagesCA1O5633.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1f8UDtu6ZUUY_0ndGZuqEfSm7ZX3S8k_xwvVPnjBAzTpSjGG6htEYtqATMNxQPsn899vnwjVhFOK32SUPWsJM4I5TDnGiI3Q2IhjlleRf9XCL_U_en48B-JcRK52BZs6JTz8j5DQzV9se/s400/imagesCA1O5633.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561181163622112098" /></a><br />Second book is another great adventure, light and fun.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxzEf1dTQ-YVkXXKILLrEvWuU5nq6s6Y9aGlKh58ARa48vydnEYhx1xpMrWrrbfqAY8LdYrfr_p5mrVHcZbb1-2x-FctdXqgHU0Idvtoi6KX4sYaKM7-dcNceDTbOI66j9-6Em1uh651f/s1600/imagesCAEHX81W.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxzEf1dTQ-YVkXXKILLrEvWuU5nq6s6Y9aGlKh58ARa48vydnEYhx1xpMrWrrbfqAY8LdYrfr_p5mrVHcZbb1-2x-FctdXqgHU0Idvtoi6KX4sYaKM7-dcNceDTbOI66j9-6Em1uh651f/s400/imagesCAEHX81W.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561181159942960258" /></a><br />Third book, super thrilling, more intense<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4P1qQZWyLMG1GyZtsi_x1Zjs3jS_JTIBGxH2ScO9W2cuhUaqGvdpl9aw2V2ZEzrudTQuwjckUkE5tPQx8JoMFOYPS9bIf-fewqRC3xZQ0a7OnKI5U4LEtojn7b1fl-v3OSGi6-DgSko1Z/s1600/imagesCAGZ3KUP.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4P1qQZWyLMG1GyZtsi_x1Zjs3jS_JTIBGxH2ScO9W2cuhUaqGvdpl9aw2V2ZEzrudTQuwjckUkE5tPQx8JoMFOYPS9bIf-fewqRC3xZQ0a7OnKI5U4LEtojn7b1fl-v3OSGi6-DgSko1Z/s400/imagesCAGZ3KUP.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561181154009302834" /></a><br />Fourth book is many readers' favorite. But this is where Cole and I ran into some trouble, around page 700 or so. A death. When I read the words to him, "(blank)was dead", he was in shock for about 10 seconds, and then began to cry. He said he was done with Harry Potter. And that was it. <br />Luckily, part of him missed the nightly ritual of reading HP and after a week he needed another dose of it. And we did only have a few chapters left after all. So we were able to finish the fourth book with some mixed feelings from Cole. But I think he had mostly positive feelings about the book by the time we finished.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9hL4VPfDVk1VPKXmFRWk4v41BtJGxYwXPVnqMk9Ol3liFwzYjAcczBc9mIk3vU875mx6dqtEz9JtP0lCwrQNhC-gEomkE7WmsYU10UG1apDSabF9bNn493xgCAOV8Bn9aTa9vDlG7TKg/s1600/imagesCA04WK9I.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9hL4VPfDVk1VPKXmFRWk4v41BtJGxYwXPVnqMk9Ol3liFwzYjAcczBc9mIk3vU875mx6dqtEz9JtP0lCwrQNhC-gEomkE7WmsYU10UG1apDSabF9bNn493xgCAOV8Bn9aTa9vDlG7TKg/s400/imagesCA04WK9I.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561181162009318882" /></a><br />Although book five is available to him, he has opted to take a breather. I thought the novelization of Toy Story 3 would be a nice light read. But I was blind sided. I wasn't expecting to have an emotional reaction to this book, but I read the last chapter to Cole mostly through tears. And when I got to this line, <br /><br />"But Woody knew that the most special part was that it was the last time he'd ever get to play with Andy",<br /><br />I had to have Clay come and take over reading because I couldn't even choke out the words. We're a bunch of crazies over here huh?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iIvlDaXVxm-wctzIPf4p3TYIwc4ZKSF4qliUZi1shuoy2IU9oYWyl6blHTUyBQQXZ6q7hgkM8qk0WZo2sTmkwc3z6Lo2QXJpjvTmd8tFR2LFTdO83IcmPxjMd4rOR4VzJkx2BzYf0Rtj/s1600/imagesCAZEDVKY.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iIvlDaXVxm-wctzIPf4p3TYIwc4ZKSF4qliUZi1shuoy2IU9oYWyl6blHTUyBQQXZ6q7hgkM8qk0WZo2sTmkwc3z6Lo2QXJpjvTmd8tFR2LFTdO83IcmPxjMd4rOR4VzJkx2BzYf0Rtj/s400/imagesCAZEDVKY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561181151873900450" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-44766898801523450032011-01-11T20:44:00.000-08:002011-07-10T22:43:58.932-07:00Family PicturesAbout a month ago, Breanne took some family pictures of us. I know she must be tired of my gushing over her, but I can't help it. She is such an amazing photographer! So talented! She did my sister's engagement and wedding pictures also and holy cow, the pictures are unbelievable. <br />But for now, here's our little family (that many of you may have already seen on fb)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaNAFnifSahm3zt1Kt2TpIdd0yTRH90gkal1a1FSnNHlOHoO3tK_AlifwfPZr3sQvHcu6vyl3_gi4IDkkJLw2fY_w6uQ41W7rK4CHfwVWXLxK3RE7_Bd_lCB1pB5wSNNUOzOTJSQF9hPp/s1600/clay%252520and%252520amy%2525202010%252520revised3%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaNAFnifSahm3zt1Kt2TpIdd0yTRH90gkal1a1FSnNHlOHoO3tK_AlifwfPZr3sQvHcu6vyl3_gi4IDkkJLw2fY_w6uQ41W7rK4CHfwVWXLxK3RE7_Bd_lCB1pB5wSNNUOzOTJSQF9hPp/s400/clay%252520and%252520amy%2525202010%252520revised3%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561160166927606514" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineLZwnu8EK4wGiFXaiu93VGNKMizw55HlzE0ijHihzO604dTGrf-XwA4yrxRfR-srfT8GY0B9BQKnxhVXxsXMG2G2BboHnswovyiT_SV-dNK2PoaVo7F-LVaZXAbpjyCzDlW9Rpfwg_UR/s1600/clay%252520and%252520amy%2525202010%252520revised%2525202%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguLNyqdfVqUX1Ge0nUC0SY0ckaiYFnq2s2b9Uw-tKLdBxpbzjoO9LB-19ZsGdgBHaxk4YKN12By0l817SrAmrsN1Pd4zEPO1GTD2mcElgDCfBK06gQ5K4lEVnvEehb7nOHlyLe3GQVoc99/s400/clay%252520and%252520amy%2525202010%252520revised%2525209%255B1%255D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561160188665163218" /></a><br />This post is also a small tribute to Cole, and to better explain my thoughts about him I have to talk about a movie. I saw "Mr. Holland's Opus" about 15 years ago when it first came out. I loved it then and still love it. For those of you who have seen this film you'll remember that Mr. Holland dedicates and sings the song "Beautiful Boy" by John Lennon to his son, Cole. That scene is so touching, and now as a mom of two boys, calling a boy "beautiful" is so poignant. That's exactly what little boys are. And of course, I love when Mr. Holland ends the song with, "Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Cole". Oh, it's just too much. Cole has become my beautiful Cole. <br />I love how he loves us. It was not at all surprising to hear him say to me the other day, "Oh my dearest darling mother, you are an angel descended from above". I love how close he feels to Heavenly Father. He told us last week that he has decided to start saying prayers before he eats his lunch at school and that he did so that day. He bore his testimony for the first time last month. He practiced for weeks beforehand and when he got up to speak it wasn't the generic primary testimony you usually hear. I love how he will not let us skip FHE, ever! Clay helps him prepare every lesson and he loves writing out FHE lesson plans, or as he calls it, his agenda. I love how he loves music, and will sing for anyone anytime no matter how large the crowd. Also, he is the only child I know of who has "humble days". These began because he was constantly shooting down our praise for him, saying things like, "No, I'm not the best, you are the best, I'm the worst". I wanted him to start accepting compliments by simply saying, "Thank you". He held firm to his belief that it's better to be humble so we compromised. Half the days of the week are "humble days" where he can disagree with praise for him, the other days are called, "thank you days" where he just has to say thank you when he's given compliments. <br />I could go on and on, but I'll stop here for now. I love both, no wait, all three of my beautiful boys!Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-39393303535306723642011-01-10T21:42:00.000-08:002011-01-10T22:22:09.186-08:00Wedding #1For months we have been looking forward to two weddings in the family. In December the first wedding came. The beautiful bride was my cousin Alexa. She and her husband Christian were married in the SD temple.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFa7zccQB30zQecpttIWPje_d6gQavHAlr5Mzrmajp5l1kolt1XzF6vI31eqOpTGzZjQnMmxmUc4Yv9GP9PIPcOlu1PYZEozM-S0OPYRNDODhs070pvirN9KdIkJQ59gbcD9htS7KB4BpI/s1600/202.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFa7zccQB30zQecpttIWPje_d6gQavHAlr5Mzrmajp5l1kolt1XzF6vI31eqOpTGzZjQnMmxmUc4Yv9GP9PIPcOlu1PYZEozM-S0OPYRNDODhs070pvirN9KdIkJQ59gbcD9htS7KB4BpI/s400/202.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560803452431235986" /></a><br />The newlyweds<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UTQk2UjRaLStzeWh_wQ6NCwa0kL1WzVL1hSxg0QAfAlDekNSn32Vh6L9240lO4v2hLSQDdlaZbE296FME5cjpYnNcGD-yxDN7wdTuKJcOgUUK_RzOjhcgRB-ufD3EFUnUaJNKhxvRKSG/s1600/201.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UTQk2UjRaLStzeWh_wQ6NCwa0kL1WzVL1hSxg0QAfAlDekNSn32Vh6L9240lO4v2hLSQDdlaZbE296FME5cjpYnNcGD-yxDN7wdTuKJcOgUUK_RzOjhcgRB-ufD3EFUnUaJNKhxvRKSG/s400/201.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560803475880101698" /></a><br />My grandpa Tommy and grandma Lyla<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE4EVjqqVfIcHBW45CP-M-p60TZGyzoNWNaxlPnWwB7lceEbTfdin1TCq1CP3ybTR2hsA8LsayyEGy0FwWc2i9UJRlBMbm__nUxs0rkx709Pao_9l3cSIgrIAdK0zid9pcHDvb24F17o2/s1600/193.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE4EVjqqVfIcHBW45CP-M-p60TZGyzoNWNaxlPnWwB7lceEbTfdin1TCq1CP3ybTR2hsA8LsayyEGy0FwWc2i9UJRlBMbm__nUxs0rkx709Pao_9l3cSIgrIAdK0zid9pcHDvb24F17o2/s400/193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560803468695765794" /></a><br />My uncle Jimmy (and father-of-the-bride) with his 3 other gorgeous daughters.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjeTK00tC6d7vuAyO1yMpICUEXuiG8_tLFntfSz5sv2_RgROyjmNE8tCgbNllUx7au0ny_oYDgUB6f4uYJQhvsJCCP9rgqvHaWnvAYZQcCJQ3pUjSYXKOhk3r-m-2aqjJqKCtFomVfruF/s1600/195.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjeTK00tC6d7vuAyO1yMpICUEXuiG8_tLFntfSz5sv2_RgROyjmNE8tCgbNllUx7au0ny_oYDgUB6f4uYJQhvsJCCP9rgqvHaWnvAYZQcCJQ3pUjSYXKOhk3r-m-2aqjJqKCtFomVfruF/s400/195.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560803457328368834" /></a><br />Then onto the reception for some dancing (Luke and cousin Annie)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTwv3fQ7PqG8WgsyhE0UU-h2l_B7AT-Ys_rh7oBKZtgBVi-zyEvOEhH4RgefJp_zpNxV4pe8IP5TuArYsQUQAvBbOPnM8TOtiiH7aXuTqmYO9e9ola9Em9Wp-m8yTOj0M4_5fkxkJ382S/s1600/258.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTwv3fQ7PqG8WgsyhE0UU-h2l_B7AT-Ys_rh7oBKZtgBVi-zyEvOEhH4RgefJp_zpNxV4pe8IP5TuArYsQUQAvBbOPnM8TOtiiH7aXuTqmYO9e9ola9Em9Wp-m8yTOj0M4_5fkxkJ382S/s400/258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560806903767293314" /></a><br />And some relaxing<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1Jp2DGeG65KWocVAooBFTnAMgyAYmPznED83L1aonszkD-0B6G7N984ixDdbRhbqBwl79UAQpuN5PJbEzLjPnPHkH4bKrpB6s-ttS38rWV8KF2F0NbaoLHcTlyqBuhLLLfDgqtlRBzj0/s1600/213.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1Jp2DGeG65KWocVAooBFTnAMgyAYmPznED83L1aonszkD-0B6G7N984ixDdbRhbqBwl79UAQpuN5PJbEzLjPnPHkH4bKrpB6s-ttS38rWV8KF2F0NbaoLHcTlyqBuhLLLfDgqtlRBzj0/s400/213.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560806899303590466" /></a><br />And pictures with the bride.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGNiippc0L4b2MHw9XCQa-6Nqoj9MPZfAYA9EVDDw5PrFfZl392I3VHgOrCQk3YK7o_lehiS34HLTNfpD5O4-6J8u8ZPwTyQ5U46JoAGyBFEOFrQb8yw2s8aUs0d7LDoi-aKdaHcJjgxK/s1600/265.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHGNiippc0L4b2MHw9XCQa-6Nqoj9MPZfAYA9EVDDw5PrFfZl392I3VHgOrCQk3YK7o_lehiS34HLTNfpD5O4-6J8u8ZPwTyQ5U46JoAGyBFEOFrQb8yw2s8aUs0d7LDoi-aKdaHcJjgxK/s400/265.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560806907327779954" /></a><br />And among the guests was this couple, baby sister Katie and her fiance Ryan (wedding #2, which I shall get to later). <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5qR4jVhbcS_MUIxQChS0sOUJ4JIxTDXeo0YtfOnhLxOwTVFHnJuCLQx_8HvCspN7kS_uqu4PCrAEB_egnrN_SEuuxY5W0enuZSNHSWhDoaPiTGaoVZxp99ToQ8h-DyrE78fsrgbi-tAP/s1600/204.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5qR4jVhbcS_MUIxQChS0sOUJ4JIxTDXeo0YtfOnhLxOwTVFHnJuCLQx_8HvCspN7kS_uqu4PCrAEB_egnrN_SEuuxY5W0enuZSNHSWhDoaPiTGaoVZxp99ToQ8h-DyrE78fsrgbi-tAP/s400/204.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560806890037640834" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-24841819440288122402011-01-10T21:27:00.000-08:002011-01-10T21:41:48.554-08:00Thanksgiving 2010We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Clay's family. We went to his parents house and enjoyed a delicious feast. It was so nice to have a couple of Clay's brothers there along with their little families. Breanne provided a Thanksgiving coloring page and crayon turkeys for each of the kids to keep them entertained until it was time to eat.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjKZ3W5_0ffIHm8pgPK8qIdZSDFJ8hnY12IRfYlWCjjrgntoC1ZA1_sunnp-5hF9WSpKz3qSNKyk2gHnOLw7uyKt_dDXfTr7L0uVk7E6YyiwTweItWBNf4dvRxDLBr1qJRCq2axCUShFk/s1600/169.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjKZ3W5_0ffIHm8pgPK8qIdZSDFJ8hnY12IRfYlWCjjrgntoC1ZA1_sunnp-5hF9WSpKz3qSNKyk2gHnOLw7uyKt_dDXfTr7L0uVk7E6YyiwTweItWBNf4dvRxDLBr1qJRCq2axCUShFk/s400/169.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560798031161091298" /></a><br />Here's the kids feasting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiTCbFcpOiQZlTqT8qWIebX9zOXPzmV9lfkq26IMkwDcN7PknYj6dvcJzPTgZG_kPDlvVbYxvvAfJO4Sbe0xPRUwVc99otY2P0RakQ8QKpbXPhw-Gvx9qUNdY7k5eAR1GRpBVlMO2HzcV/s1600/175.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQiTCbFcpOiQZlTqT8qWIebX9zOXPzmV9lfkq26IMkwDcN7PknYj6dvcJzPTgZG_kPDlvVbYxvvAfJO4Sbe0xPRUwVc99otY2P0RakQ8QKpbXPhw-Gvx9qUNdY7k5eAR1GRpBVlMO2HzcV/s400/175.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560798034680542626" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4NEkKRYp8k8HVUdbaC8Ra52VSZT9RZRZcE5Z83wHWwK7k7Y7aS75NR25d2mKzGL42PssSl5ypGJ8eryb79kfRVeHc99flwKCZwTRA14GeNdLG0vsXizVKpVxnyO1_iDIzI8dPG34QyZc/s1600/176.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4NEkKRYp8k8HVUdbaC8Ra52VSZT9RZRZcE5Z83wHWwK7k7Y7aS75NR25d2mKzGL42PssSl5ypGJ8eryb79kfRVeHc99flwKCZwTRA14GeNdLG0vsXizVKpVxnyO1_iDIzI8dPG34QyZc/s400/176.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560798041431678290" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-2995217550729956322011-01-02T20:52:00.000-08:002011-01-10T21:27:12.565-08:00School DaysHere is Cole's school picture for this year that I love!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyX43bpACDW_4nPeA6z126j9U4pGuxtedw1P2zbFQ-x3o_YVKL45NFbLu4yNbYj_RuxVR5xwsf1J4k4QYM6DAW0zWvUyxhrds5yDyNojF8391yCF2_0AhAY5XHAM6oaew4z-An3t2qebv/s1600/scan0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyX43bpACDW_4nPeA6z126j9U4pGuxtedw1P2zbFQ-x3o_YVKL45NFbLu4yNbYj_RuxVR5xwsf1J4k4QYM6DAW0zWvUyxhrds5yDyNojF8391yCF2_0AhAY5XHAM6oaew4z-An3t2qebv/s400/scan0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560788996313401538" /></a><br />And here is Cole at the awards assembly (back in November) where he received the Principle's Award for...diversity. We were a little unsure about what this award meant exactly, but at the assembly the principle explained that this award was for students who were kind and courteous etc. to everyone. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWM2vkCvY9YdAsBLetxNdkPVPMbfK7D2l58gSFoJazdXG0b-X4a-mAHOrIku-p_wDwNhYN-RitF6ZzflFhPaoVYJ7fEg2kPRK7xOpMgjmUl9S-7lkWRLA9NmqmwnLZRe5AYy0szjQEAUV9/s1600/158.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWM2vkCvY9YdAsBLetxNdkPVPMbfK7D2l58gSFoJazdXG0b-X4a-mAHOrIku-p_wDwNhYN-RitF6ZzflFhPaoVYJ7fEg2kPRK7xOpMgjmUl9S-7lkWRLA9NmqmwnLZRe5AYy0szjQEAUV9/s400/158.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557820643280595490" /></a><br />Also, I have the honor of being the art docent for Cole's class this year. This was our first project inspired by Starry Night.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeJM4h8KwldvQRlue3AHdrygxrJJssezXvIXzJhZhHdTK9cae2e2hG908mOBGkNqxhTayjF4vkgEguwQqP4mHCMTvLz6F3jxTBF9r46Frc8ZI7jVrKaL5n6N-VPUvqHXZZ5YBiRi5yliP/s1600/130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeJM4h8KwldvQRlue3AHdrygxrJJssezXvIXzJhZhHdTK9cae2e2hG908mOBGkNqxhTayjF4vkgEguwQqP4mHCMTvLz6F3jxTBF9r46Frc8ZI7jVrKaL5n6N-VPUvqHXZZ5YBiRi5yliP/s400/130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560792265429377122"/></a><br />And here is Van Gogh himself, although in this pic. you can't see the candles glued to the brim of the hat. (Did you know that Van Gogh put candles on his hat so he would have light to paint at night? And passerby would have to tell him if his hat was about to catch fire.) Anyway, I'm definitely enjoying this opportunity to get to be involved in Cole's class. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuAR-vXboe4BA63C3pBQ4WchZV1KHLT9JLheUAsFietrWtcbANbSHzAF59lczLgS_0tvuiwaDh4njmnHduHQCd4DOwnT8JvZ0cxj8LwLioqeQjPfH4M8s0EGUjdHUNq3DTmOuhEjlt3jc/s1600/126.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuAR-vXboe4BA63C3pBQ4WchZV1KHLT9JLheUAsFietrWtcbANbSHzAF59lczLgS_0tvuiwaDh4njmnHduHQCd4DOwnT8JvZ0cxj8LwLioqeQjPfH4M8s0EGUjdHUNq3DTmOuhEjlt3jc/s400/126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560792259318230658" /></a>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7061725907603210915.post-47455595162271800322010-11-01T22:58:00.000-07:002010-11-01T23:43:15.586-07:00Halloween on Sunday ain't badI must say it was nice having a quiet, cozy Halloween this year. Since it was Sunday we just stayed inside drinking hot chocolate, eating treats, carving pumpkins, baking seeds, and Cole (with Clay's guidance) made a delicious pumpkin pie! <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuST1rdVug5H15t9J2GsYtEJT7r9gzW6FQ-bcc5Gxz7jjvnGMHiZU3_mJvDFfhZb94qYXUynKqVTewDP4imjTtVXBw8UryaP8ecYlaIZN_p5DAH2sO5ekNe-VSrtIOmZydc-W-00JbUx7/s1600/DSC_1016.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534830655646884354 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOuST1rdVug5H15t9J2GsYtEJT7r9gzW6FQ-bcc5Gxz7jjvnGMHiZU3_mJvDFfhZb94qYXUynKqVTewDP4imjTtVXBw8UryaP8ecYlaIZN_p5DAH2sO5ekNe-VSrtIOmZydc-W-00JbUx7/s400/DSC_1016.jpg" border=0></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgsYFDvg65vRWWkmTwTBFE17hrRuvP_TBqgTh0WdG-KJBDtvMpfSsSBRP0J9zVlPwcObfVN7VADqlz4kvOQNvToQlkOeZDQZvAVy7CnakkHdHEPZ7vodf1bLNHWunn9T4wP41sRlki-fy/s1600/DSC_1021.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534830663868025010 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcgsYFDvg65vRWWkmTwTBFE17hrRuvP_TBqgTh0WdG-KJBDtvMpfSsSBRP0J9zVlPwcObfVN7VADqlz4kvOQNvToQlkOeZDQZvAVy7CnakkHdHEPZ7vodf1bLNHWunn9T4wP41sRlki-fy/s400/DSC_1021.jpg" border=0></A> <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRVNs8YOhTOa7kzacs9w3oL-SnIlrBhxV-Wg1DzVZ0HgOem6K7hPllrky6OlUaBXVoInYp0fjNwEL0mCT-GSIZrLyhNLj_aUuzyZduDwOkMEDXbdZRhUcbNBorsHRjEnRvXIHWvtjJ7dJ/s1600/DSC_1029.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534830675642346786 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvRVNs8YOhTOa7kzacs9w3oL-SnIlrBhxV-Wg1DzVZ0HgOem6K7hPllrky6OlUaBXVoInYp0fjNwEL0mCT-GSIZrLyhNLj_aUuzyZduDwOkMEDXbdZRhUcbNBorsHRjEnRvXIHWvtjJ7dJ/s400/DSC_1029.jpg" border=0></A> Of course, Luke made sure our Halloween wasn't too dull.<br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-e1b7c50cdfff86b height=266 width=320 contentId="e1b7c50cdfff86b"></OBJECT>Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11143306547392389230noreply@blogger.com4