tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178206162024-03-07T00:14:02.464-07:00Amanda and Tim's HappeningsMiller Family. Our family consists of Tim and Amanda married August 2005. Tim works as a Chemical Engineer, while Amanda is a stay at home mom. Shyler Elizabeth, was born in March, 2008 and Adam was born in February, 2010. Every day is a new adventure as they both grow and learn! We love our happy little family and the adventures that come with it!Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-79710309652738089652014-01-09T15:30:00.000-07:002014-01-09T15:30:56.719-07:00Life keeps on goingI feel like every time I post I should have a few pictures. I think it makes it more interesting, I guess… So i got my pictures downloaded and while I have at least one sleeping twin I thought I would try to keep my life of pretty much the same old stuff updated.<br />
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Also, I guess it should be noted and updated that since the last blog of Cori pooping in the tub and Peyton screaming in the middle of the night, we had Peyton poop and Peyton shift from screaming in the middle of the night to right when we laid him down. I'm not sure which is better since both still involve full on screaming, but I think right at bed time is better because at least it's not my bedtime. The other night he was going at it and Tim and I kept debating about going in to check on him. And just to note, we do usually check on him, it is just that he is the type of baby that will either scream and eventually fall asleep or you have to hold him for like half an hour to calm him, and rock him to sleep and then lay him down and I am not about starting that habit! So, on this particular night he had been going for awhile, and I did check on him after about 15 min, by about 40 min we heard Cori wake up and start to fuss a little, then they both promptly stopped and went to sleep and slept all night! It was so crazy and we really think it was Cori's way of telling him to stop and go to bed! I'll take it! Maybe next time she can try that after just 10!<br />
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We did end up painting! Shyler was excited to try out the color wonder paint set she got. Cori missed most of the painting because she was just too cranky, I had to put her down for a nap at like 10. Shealso didn't seem to like these paints because they were clear and she didn't think she had anything on her brush. It would appear on the paper, but it wasn't fast enough for her!<div>
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Peyton seemed to be tired of the paintbrush so I pulled out the paint. I realized we didn't have finger paint and that he would probably do better with finger paint, it washes better that's for sure!</div>
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I remember last time I posted about Shyler and the figurines that she wanted for…gasp…full price, well we held to our promise and last week we ventured to the mall and had Tim meet us after work. I had a great time shopping the clearance at old navy (2 regular shirts, a drift work out shirt, and pj pants for $15!?!?! I was pretty excited and happy to shop!) and then the kids loved walking through the Disney store. The funny thing is she was so set on a Jake and the Neverland Pirates set and she saw the frozen sets and completely forgot about Jake. when she decided she wanted the figurines Tim tried to point out the difference between what she wanted at Kohls and what she was getting at the Disney store, but I think she was too excited to have frozen dolls! I think she gets it a little, but she is almost 6.</div>
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Adam was pretty excited to get figurines from the movie Planes. We walked around the Build a Bear store and they both wanted bears, of course, and we were like sorry, you don't have any money and you don't really need another bear right now. They were pretty good about that and then we were on our way! On our way home I was going to stop at Target, but as I was driving and looking at the beautiful day outside we decided to stop at a fun park by Tim's sister's house. The wind was blowing and you could feel the cold front coming in, but the kids didn't care and had such a blast playing and running around! Little miss c and mr p loved climbing up the steps and riding down the big tall slides! </div>
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I couldn't get enough of the sun rays reflecting on the eastern horizon as it was getting close to sunset! It was so pretty to me!!!</div>
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And then it snowed!!! And got cold!!!!</div>
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Shyler and Adam spent an hour playing the snow! It was nice, and I can't wait for the babies to realize playing in the snow is fun! </div>
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I really like the sun… but I couldn't believe how crazy it looked a few mornings later as the sun was trying to break through the fog and clouds! </div>
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Such a big helper! She loves that she has her own vacuum. Actually, Peyton and Cori, both got a vacuum for Christmas, Peyton's even came as a part of a whole set and so there are many fights over the broom and mop and dustpan. I just hope they remember how much they love to clean and help!!!</div>
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Cori is little miss independent. She wants to do what everyone else is doing and to do it for herself. So when we were eating animal crackers for snack and she saw me dip… she had to dip. When I put peanut butter on top… she had to have some too. When I had fajitas with queso and chips… she had to have a chip and to dip it in my queso. She is very insistent too. When it comes time to go somewhere she wants to pick out her shoes and jacket, and she also likes to pick out her own pajamas and outfits for the day. </div>
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This picture is from today. I was unloading the groceries and she decided to sneak around the car. Somehow she found a blow pop, took the wrapper off and thought she was so sneaky! She wasn't too happy when I took it away though! Both babies were pretty cute at the store though… they insisted on helping the checker by handing them items from the cart! Cute! They are getting so big!</div>
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Lucky for Peyton I think he is getting better at his screaming, or he is finally letting his exhaustion get the best of him. he only cried for a few min last night! Now he needs to do a better job of napping again. He went right to sleep today, but only slept for 1 hour! Then after he wakes up he screams! There is no point in leaving him in there to fall back to sleep like Cori would, he just stands in the corner with his blanket and his sippy and whatever stuffed animal he has and he screams! I really think it is crazy how she seems to need more sleep and usually has always napped better and slept longer. I wish I would have had the two girls together so I could get a nice consistent long nap together… oh well, at least I still get nap time! </div>
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Tomorrow is Tim's birthday! I can't wait to celebrate! We get to go out to dinner with a special thanks to my mom for babysitting. He gets to go skiing on sat and then on sun his family is coming over to watch the Broncos game and have his favorite, beef stroganoff! And then I may go crazy because he has a business trip, yay! </div>
Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-79757252298496806062014-01-02T21:48:00.003-07:002014-01-02T21:48:43.507-07:00New Year, New Goals<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello out there if anyone still checks this. If you have lost faith we understand, it has been almost an entire year! I always had good intentions of blogging. I even thought it would be great to remember the ups and downs and craziness of our life with newborn twins… well, here it is Jan 2014 and they are 17 months old…17 months??? I can't even believe it! I can clearly look back and remember all that was happening in our lives when Adam was 17 months, maybe that was because Tim packed up his little car and took off for Ohio for 6 months… We had so many trips and adventures during that time, and I remember specifically going out to California on a family trip to see my brother and Tim telling me how much Adam had changed and how much he was talking. I say that because that is the one thing I am waiting on for the twins to start doing a lot of. </div>
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At 17 months they run, climb, cling to their mother (peyton) or cling to their father (cori) and they point and have a few signs. They have a couple of words that I have interpreted, and to most it sounds like they say mama, dada, and adaaaaa a lot. Occasionally we will hear a sound come out and think, did she just say that? But so far not too much else that we can remember hearing as words. Let's be honest… things are a lot different when you have two babies and two other kids, in comparison they do get a little shafted in the department of receiving every min of mom's attention…. </div>
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I came across the book I put together for Tim, and let's be honest, for me, of our blog and I really wanted to get back into it. I wondered where I should start, after all, we have 17 months of catching up to do…. I thought I could do a super quick over view, but really I think we will just start where we are right now :-)</div>
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Today was a great day to relax. After a super fun, and busy holiday starting from most of December through the New Year, it was needed to sit at home and not do too much. And that is what we did! I did decide, and remind myself this quite often, that when the kids ask to do something like Paydoh, you should just say, yes. A lot of times I want to just say no right away thinking that it will be a huge mess and I don't want to deal with it, blah, blah, blah, but, in reality, it is a great distraction and great entertainment for the kids. The babies even had fun, Peyton only tried to eat it once! Maybe tomorrow we will get real crazy and paint! I also taught the kids monkey in the middle. I feel like I have tried it before, but today it actually worked and they had so much fun, and so did I! </div>
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I have a new philosophy in life, well, newly rediscovered philosophy in life… A lot of times I feel like I should always be around the kids and either cleaning up the house doing normal chores or watching them play or playing with them. I guess I don't want them to feel deprived. But, what I realized is that I do need time to do the things I want to do, and I do not have to spend every second with them. I am a stay at home mom, which I love, but I spend all day everyday with them. The reason why I think I need to remember this is because when I sit around with them all the time I usually want to be doing something else so I just sit around semi- paying attention to them checking my phone. Facebook can really be a time waster! But I have found if I give myself the time to run on the treadmill (oh yeah, I love having that thing) while the kids run around the basement, I am more excited to spent 20 min playing monkey in the middle. It hasn't happened like this everyday, but that is my new years goal! I really want more quality time for myself, and for my kids! Here goes nothing!</div>
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Yesterday was the first day of this new year. We tried to convince the kids to sleep in, which of course didn't happen, but we enjoyed the annual Rose parade! I really enjoy watching it every year. It brings back memories of childhood, and let's face it, it is way better than the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade! I also was excited to go buy some new running shoes!!! We all got a little Christmas cash from Grandma and Grandpa Miller and Tim and I decided we needed new running shoes (and by need, I mean it was probably even before Tim went to Ohio when we last got new shoes, partially because Tim is too cheap, and partially because I didn't run while pregnant or nursing for that whole first year.) It was fun because the kids were also excited to spend some of their christmas money as well. We had a few returns, and Adam got a glow pet in place of the tent that ripped. So with their amount they had they went around the toy section searching for the toy which caught their eye. Shyler found a cute My Little Pony purse and Adam was content with his glow pet. Shyler also found this little figurine set that would have been $12 and I <span style="text-align: center;">could just not let her buy it. I know she really really wanted it, but I couldn't let her buy something at Kohl's that was not on sale! So, I finally convinced her that we could go to the Disney store and get even more figurines in a different set for pretty much the same price. Phew! I am not a super cheap person, but over the years I have learned what is a good deal and what is not and for the most part I am good at searching out a deal (without going to any extremes), and it is just so hard to think of buying something that is not a good deal when I know it could be. She was happy when she did get to buy the soft and fluffy purple elephant conveniently placed at the checkout and Adam was excited to pick out a dog that was supposed to be from the book Go Dog Go, which is one of his favorites! </span></div>
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So, here is to the start of hopefully something more regular and at least I can keep up with the life of toddler twins! That might be even more exciting! Oh the stories we will have! See, I almost forgot about the poop I had to clean out the tub just last night and the transfer of Cori to the bathtub in our bathroom with the boys and getting Shyler to run into our shower… Poor little Cori, she was so mortified that there was poop floating around the tub, she barely would get in with the boys, but she hadn't been washed yet… She finally did and enjoyed the rest of her bath with her brothers in the bog tub. Or there is the story of Peyton who may be teething and how he woke up screaming at 1 am and wouldn't stop unless I was holding him (as mentioned above, he very much prefers his momma) and by hold, I mean cuddling with me and his blanket, teddy bear, and sippy cup while standing up and rocking. I tried to sit and he would squirm and fuss so then I would have to stand back up, finally I put him down and he screamed and then he woke up Cori, so we let him scream and Tim took his turn rocking her. Finally when she got restless in his arms we both said we give up and we let them scream together. Eventually she fell asleep (which luckily, she does pretty well even with Peyton screaming) and at some point he did too. I think the two big kids have learned to zone it out because they didn't even make a peep, but poor Tim can't sleep through the screams. I was so happy when this phase was over before, but it is always so bad when it comes back! Tonight they went right to sleep with not a peep and it has been 2 hours, already its a better night! Wish us luck!</div>
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It started as a typical ridiculously hot summer day, I met my sister-in-laws and father-in-law and dropped the kids off with them so they could go to the zoo! What fun! They asked if I wanted to go, but seeing as how it was only 9:30 and I was already unbearably hot and could not imagine walking around in the heat with my big belly I passed. Plus, I had a date with my hubby! Well, really I had to pick him up so we could go sign some life insurance paperwork. So off they went and off I went to get Tim. We finished up atound 11:30 and thought, lunch date? Yes, please!!!! Even with my huge belly I devoured my chicken nachos and enjoyed some time with my man! I dropped him off at work and contemplated what else do to with my free time. So I decided to hit up the grocery store. I went to sunflower and target and got tons of yummy looking fresh produce and some random odds and ends a nesting pregnant lady insists on buying. I have this theory that no one will go to the store for like a month so I make sure that even our deodorant and toothpaste is well stocked! I ran into the lady who normally does my ultrasound and said, "see ya soon" I have my appt in just a little while!" I had just enough time, luckily, to take it all home and get to my doctor's office. </div>
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In all of the books you read when preparing for a baby they say to pack a bag, which I did, but i don't remember if they say pack it for your doctor's visits... For this visit, my 37 week, (technically, I was 37 1/2 weeks) my normal doctor whom I had seen at every prenatal visit was out of town, no big deal just a vacation to mexico! So I saw a new doctor, Dr. Head. I do the usual weight and heart rate checks and then wait with my pants off to see how far I am dilated... in comes my new doctor who is very nice and asks how I am doing? I say fine, I have been feeling some back pain which gets to be very very uncomfortable, but otherwise I'm just a fat pregnant lady waiting for just one more week to be induced :-) She says, well lets just check you out and see how you are doing....</div>
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Down she goes with her hand... With a look of confusion she says, "Are you sure you're not in labor?" To which I reply, "I don't think so, I have never gone on my own, so I couldn't tell you, do I look like I am? And why do you ask???" "Well", she says, "You are 7 cm dilated and I can feel your little ones little feet kicking me!!!" Oh that's neat I think to myself and she follows with, "I've never experienced this except for with a women in labor. So, what do you think about having your baby today?" With tears in my eyes and a state of shock I say, "Um....", and think, but that wasn't my plan. She proceeds to tell me that I should go home get my stuff, get my husband, and go check into the hospital and when she is done in the office for the day she'll induce me....</div>
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"Nope, actually I want you to just go right over there right now!!!" What??? She could tell my look of confusion and concern so then she informs me that with as far as I am dilated she is afraid that my water will break and if that happens worst case little baby a's cord could prolapse, or slip out first and the baby could lose oxygen and well that would be bad. Did she just tell me that? Way to scare me! So I ask her what her experience with twins is and she says she has done tons of c-sections and has delivered many sets of twins. I was comforted enough with this information and say , well I guess I will see you in a little while. She really was a sweet doctor and very nice and I am glad to have had her if I couldn't have had my regular doctor. I'm really glad it wasn't the one guy doctor there that I don't like!!</div>
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So I go to move my car from one parking lot around to the hospital parking lot and call Tim, "Hey, honey hows about we have a baby today?" I tried to be all nonchalant about it, but really I was kinda freaking out. He sounded a bit shocked and was like, when? Ummm... right now. Finish up I say and get my bag from the house, oh and my phone charger would be good since my phone is almost dead and I'll see you in the hospital :-) </div>
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Remember the previous fact about my almost dead phone? Yeah, so I send out a mass text to my mom, sister, mother, father and sister-in-laws, and try frantically to call my father-in-law to tell him there is a change of plans. Three tries later I call Karen, she doesn't answer, so then I call Sarah, hoping they are still together, nope, they are in separate cars on their way home. Well, please pass this message on to him and please take care of my kids, I hope they are ok and being good. See ya later!</div>
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They got me all ready and with whatever they gave me I was cold, or I just started to shake and I was nervous so they gave me something else to relax me. They wheeled me into the operating room got me ready and just before the cut they brought in Tim. Whatever they numb you with is crazy and instantly I was numb! He got in there and I felt like all of a sudden I had a baby! I felt this huge amout of pressure, more like relief as I had a baby taken out of my tummy, It's a girl!!! Then 30 seconds later, It's a boy!!! I felt them tugging around and fixing me and sewing me up and I strained to look and see my two little bundles of joy!!! They look good and healthy, I hear and I let out a sigh of relief, and probably a tear or two! All of a sudden I have my cute little tiny baby girl being held over me and as soon as I have time to recognize what is happening I have my cute not so little baby boy added to the pile! They are real, they are here and so precious!!! We were a very happy mommy and daddy and so thankful for these precious gifts!!!</div>
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We had lots of family waiting in the waiting area for us. They just knew my c-section was at 5 so they came and were so excited to get to meet two new babies! Well little did we know of how it works when you have a c-section. After they took them out, they took the babies to be looked over by the nurses. I went to a recovery room and soon Tim got to join me. After a little while I was also joined by the babies, 6 1/2 months later this part gets a little fuzzy. I think I was able to feed them at this point, which was about an hour after I had had them. Again they were whisked away this time for a bath and I was wheeled down to my real room. Unfortunately there was a lot going on in the hospital and they only had one tiny room left, but down the hall we went, past the nursery and past the parade of family who were patiently waiting and into my room! Soon the family came in and I got to chat with them for a little bit and let them take guesses at the babies names. Finally at like 8:30 Corinne was ready to come in! We introduced her to the family and let everyone know that while I was in recovery we finally decided on her name, Corinne Jo. We went through like 8 names and that was the latest one we were on and then we picked Jo after my mom, who was also named after her great grandmother Josephine. </div>
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Everyone took a turn holding her and could not believe how tiny she was, the smallest baby by far that was born on both sides of our family at 5lb 8oz! Next we had a fun time having people guess what the little man's name was. At they zoo they had tried to coax it out of Shyler, but they thought they were confused. When we finally told them there were a lot of mixed looks. Mostly they were like, really, Like the new Broncos quarterback? Yep, just like that! Actually we liked the name even before he was the new quarterback and we had picked the middle name even before we knew it was a boy for sure. There was much debate about his name being reversed, but in the end we agreed on Peyton John!</div>
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Now that we had finally introduced both babies I was one tired momma!! It was 9pm well past visiting hours and I could hardly keep my eyes open (partially from the drugs)!!! People started to get the hint and we got ready for our first night of not one, but two newborn feedings!! </div>
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Lucky for us, my sister had a lot of free time so she took the big kids home and was able to watch them for the next few days while we stayed in the hospital. She was the biggest help I could have ever asked for! She had my niece with her to entertain the kids and she cooked and cleaned and spent a few weeks with us! I am glad that I did not have to experience the first month without her, my mom, tim's family and the amazing people in my ward at church! I actually felt like the first few weeks were easier with the twins than with Adam because I had so much great help!</div>
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Here I am! </div>
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Here are the twins and me at 32weeks, but measuring 37! </div>
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Here also are some little, or maybe well known, facts about this pregnancy:</div>
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1. I hear this a lot... "You are so tiny! I can't believe you are having twins"... Now I will admit that I am super fortunate to be so small in comparison to some women, but none the less I feel ginormous!!! But, I do admit that it is hard to believe that there are actually 2 babies inside of me!<br />
2. I have gained 38lbs so far and even though I know I am supposed to gain 40-45, I hate to step on the scale and see the numbers going up and up!<br />
3. In connection with the previous, I do eat food and don't feel like I have any weird cravings... mostly just aversions. I can't stand to eat corn for example. A lot of times lately I don't know what to eat and nothing sounds good. While Tim was out of town this week we had cereal for dinner, which the kids loved!!! Then the next night we had breakfast...<br />
4. That leads me to my next one. I hate cooking dinner and making the decision of what to eat. So unless I get told what to make it ends up being what sounds the easiest to make, so we eat spaghetti and hamburgers a lot.<br />
5. I am not a fan of this super hot summer!!! 5 days in a row with 100 degree plus days and records did not make for a happy me... but I think that pregnant or not I would be feeling like that! I do love my prenatal swim class which helps me cool off and gets me doing something active!<br />
6. I am not a fan of heartburn!!!! I am thankful that I don't have it on a regular basis and if I did, I am sure Tim would force me to the doctor for an extra strength prescription because I would complain all the time!!!<br />
7. It's not all bad... I love feeling the babies move inside of me! I think it's fun knowing approximately where they are and so it is neat to know if it Baby A or B. A is the girl and is down low and usually I feel kicks from her more on the inside, like on my bladder. She also gets a nerve that shoots pain down my leg, but it is always nice knowing she is there and doing well! B is the boy and is up high. He kicks my upper stomach area and my ribs. These kicks are the ones that Tim can really feel and I can notice my stomach moving around more. I'm not really a fan of getting kicked in the ribs, but again it is still nice to know he is doing well.<br />
8. I have been told that Heavenly Father wouldn't give me more than I can handle, and I have also been told that I am a great mom and will do a great job with twins because Heavenly Father trusts me with 2 sweet spirits at once... Now, whether you believe that or not, I mostly don't believe the second theory... I do know that I am so lucky to have this opportunity and I continue to pray each and every day for the health and safety of these two little babies and for them to come not too early and that I will be able to have the mental and emotional strength to raise these little ones along with the other amazing 2 children I have been given. I am thankful for this blessing of being able to bring a total of 4 children into this world and I hope I can do the best job possible to make my Heavenly Father proud as I raise these children. I know that not everyone has it as easy as I have had it in having these children and so I hope that I don't take them for granted and that I enjoy each and every day that I have with them!<br />
9. Unless there are any complications I now have 6 weeks and 3 days at most until I meet these little guys! I keep wondering what they will look like. Will the boy have dark hair and eyes like Shyler or light hair and eyes like Adam??? And what about the girl? So many possibilities!!!! I also wonder if their activities and way they have been in the womb is an indication of how they will be in real life. For example, she is stubborn and will not listen to me as I plead for her to go head down. He on the other hand has always been on top of her and crowding her. Either he will demand to be the center of attention or he will be the best twin brother, always protecting her, which might be nice when the boys come around wanting to date her :-)<br />
10. No, we don't have our names picked yet. If you ask Tim he would say yes. But I am still not sure. We have decided on about 4 different girl names and then we change our mind! Well, mostly I change it and then Tim agrees. Either way we are not planning on revealing the names until they are here!<br />
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FYI the picture on the left is me with Shyler at 36 weeks and the one on the right is with Adam at 36 weeks!!! See I am huge!!!</div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-63613566140072036682012-06-28T15:22:00.002-06:002012-06-28T15:23:00.685-06:0032 weeks and counting...<div style="text-align: center;">
Well here we are and wow how the time has gone by. We have been staying pretty busy and I have been getting super tired so usually the blog is the last thing on my mind. This week I hit the 32 week mark for my pregnancy with these twins. At the doctor I measured 37 weeks and they both weighed 4 lbs!!! Baby A which will come out first is butt down so I am hoping she decides to turn herself around soon!!! It is one for the record books for sure as we had a 5 day stretch of 100 degree days or more!!! That has been interesting trying to survive the heat, entertain the children, and not get too worn out chasing them around too. We are super sad for Colorado and all of the wildfires that are burning so big and so close to so many people. We are praying and hoping for a nice rain spell!!! </div>
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Some of the things we have done are</div>
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.... "Babymoon" trip to San Francisco, just Tim and Amanda</div>
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.... Family trip to Estes Park for the weekend</div>
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..... Tim has traveled to WY for work a few times</div>
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.... Lots of swimming at the rec center, including me taking a prenatal swim class which I love!</div>
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.... Tim's annual memorial day bike ride/ brew tour with college buddies</div>
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.... Tim replaced a section of fence in the backyard (during previously mentioned heat wave) and painted the kids' room downstairs so they can move in this weekend :-)</div>
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.... Celebrated Tim's dad turning 60!!!</div>
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.... Mother's Day! I have the best husband how bought me a Kitchen Aid mixer!!!</div>
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.... Father's Day! He got a new grill!!!</div>
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.... Finished off the school year and preschool with Shyler</div>
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.... and growing 2 babies!!!</div>
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So the pictures I don't think uploaded in any special order, but here you go!</div>
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Adam and a little flour mishap with the kitchen aid</div>
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Silly Girls! Posing for the camera for their last week of school!</div>
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A month ago at 28 weeks</div>
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Huffin' and puffin, Having a great surprise party at Dave and Buster's</div>
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Princess Shyler after her beautiful face painting at a friends birthday party</div>
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Watching him cut and wrap the famous Estes Park taffy </div>
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Our cabin, Coleman, at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park</div>
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Chowing down on some S'mores</div>
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Hiking away and enjoying RMNP</div>
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Our first stop at Nymph Lake</div>
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Stopping for the camera at a cool little waterfall </div>
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We loved hiking with the Haun's!</div>
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<br /></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-41628884266885278722012-04-19T18:35:00.004-06:002012-04-19T19:11:41.429-06:00Twins and Easter!!!<div style="text-align: center;">Here is my growing belly!!!! 20 weeks along with the twins!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I guess I never announced our exciting news via the blog, but yep we are expecting not only one baby, but two!!!!! The past two ultrasounds have shown one boy for sure swimming around like a boy squishing his little sister that is just curled up, head down so far, under him. She is the one that we weren't sure on, but both times they were pretty positive it was a girl. We are excited for this new adventure and aren't quite sure what to expect, but I'm sure we will get through it and enjoy all of the fun they bring into our lives!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This picture was a few weeks ago, but our due date is Aug 19, which means probably at the beginning of the month the way twins go. The pregnancy has been ok so far, just your typical stuff just a little magnified, at least for what I'm used to. Now I'm past the sickness and onto the big belly that gets full really easily and the start of heartburn! The kids are really excited and even love giving the babies hugs and kisses. Shyler has named them Francesco and Franceski.... but it was pinky for a little while... Don't worry those aren't their real names and we will probably be stinkers and not tell until the birth because we are even having a hard time agreeing as it is :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhp4dn-CFHEub_jQYNZcRSwRAUCgdhkTeAcDBLTSGBB45rQ0XaLRUJiGqJgG6LWYb_04KkNP0Y6Wjnysxc68fuDOP7MaslReRx6xts3isPG-CBHl3VFkvqZLwVZy5wsNig-rP/s1600/DSCN5692.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZhp4dn-CFHEub_jQYNZcRSwRAUCgdhkTeAcDBLTSGBB45rQ0XaLRUJiGqJgG6LWYb_04KkNP0Y6Wjnysxc68fuDOP7MaslReRx6xts3isPG-CBHl3VFkvqZLwVZy5wsNig-rP/s400/DSCN5692.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733277451084759234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Another beautiful spring day that we got to spend at the zoo before our pass expired! Shyler loved meeting up with her friends from preschool too!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44IdUey_riYPs_UPzmcBV0037Dmo-WmaXYsutRENPIRhJaQmoCg2Tvr6Ye_jULpZ6KJYdbvQcFOmff8EcO7Ab8ZMcVIo0JzKIoLk2OmmG4p7We7OOCVzZ8i868ZypTCAqR-iY/s1600/DSCN5686.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44IdUey_riYPs_UPzmcBV0037Dmo-WmaXYsutRENPIRhJaQmoCg2Tvr6Ye_jULpZ6KJYdbvQcFOmff8EcO7Ab8ZMcVIo0JzKIoLk2OmmG4p7We7OOCVzZ8i868ZypTCAqR-iY/s400/DSCN5686.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733277440826131714" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler got a special day with daddy, he was in heaven at the Denver Auto Show and Shyler had fun being a cute little model. They really enjoyed the mustangs too!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyFjPJx4vJAE7AzrA0Z8QlB_zwpx9Fk5X7zZOAClLKLBqbRz3Et2jMnWFU2RPBG4X_vmtxu914GKrywrS2303WqrXb8-zE8bxSgn2Qcodsorue59WsUfD_ASzJ5JKaOf55UCn/s1600/DSCN5670.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXyFjPJx4vJAE7AzrA0Z8QlB_zwpx9Fk5X7zZOAClLKLBqbRz3Et2jMnWFU2RPBG4X_vmtxu914GKrywrS2303WqrXb8-zE8bxSgn2Qcodsorue59WsUfD_ASzJ5JKaOf55UCn/s400/DSCN5670.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733277430599494130" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">How does this happen? I don't even know how but, yes I did get peed on... Adam was behind me after his bath and then I was wet! Silly boy!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNrShxyTF9cBUPxAuhl-aWWprYM8eg3WBtYB52w0ZCNUaUPObcNBFbNhnwkM-maX1lkCviQ2Kbf-yEsaQJuZXv63gx4Db8Io53d8B7xM3cpesFSANrzq3JSYd5x7C1SrsrjOe/s1600/DSCN5626.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVNrShxyTF9cBUPxAuhl-aWWprYM8eg3WBtYB52w0ZCNUaUPObcNBFbNhnwkM-maX1lkCviQ2Kbf-yEsaQJuZXv63gx4Db8Io53d8B7xM3cpesFSANrzq3JSYd5x7C1SrsrjOe/s400/DSCN5626.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733277424991990706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler was enjoying a nice spring day with her new bike she got for her birthday!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc0OAhHm1HEJ0NFAYAeTVMxERcnKfIhp8WqoN84mQWi62BJCVZp7EJNb-9lKXFzq6acD2J_NGdEu1sdZCw2TqYKGy1Cejd_XS0omKbeWY82tYAFWy6UXyIM4Jd-f7dWCwJHQo/s1600/DSCN5622.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc0OAhHm1HEJ0NFAYAeTVMxERcnKfIhp8WqoN84mQWi62BJCVZp7EJNb-9lKXFzq6acD2J_NGdEu1sdZCw2TqYKGy1Cejd_XS0omKbeWY82tYAFWy6UXyIM4Jd-f7dWCwJHQo/s400/DSCN5622.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733277424084392994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a great time celebrating the Easter season. For Family Home Evening we did a cool idea I found on Pinterest. We used marshmallows to represent the body of Christ, butter, cinnamon and sugar to represent the anointing oils and spices, and then a crescent roll for the linens they wrapped His body in before His body was put into the tomb. After He was risen we took the finished product out of the oven and the marshmallows were gone just like Christ's body was when he was resurrected. It was a great visual and a very yummy treat, although Adam was very concerned where Jesus had gone.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuT-mg480CWmxKfJBUSQshTHugzSiYWl8BF-esOnaBUaJTT_Xb5_JGOE1FQYSZwf8xBQF7lZUYZdlhRpN6evdTeiOrvZuXnej-ysjBRm-1wLiWlkMWGqpPzxvao_C_UwVMkHz/s1600/DSCN5706.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuT-mg480CWmxKfJBUSQshTHugzSiYWl8BF-esOnaBUaJTT_Xb5_JGOE1FQYSZwf8xBQF7lZUYZdlhRpN6evdTeiOrvZuXnej-ysjBRm-1wLiWlkMWGqpPzxvao_C_UwVMkHz/s400/DSCN5706.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733275191425904802" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We did an egg hunt the city hosted with cousin Kimberly, one at grandma and grandpa's with all of the cousins, then one at home with cousin Tyler. It was lots of fun!!! Good think we were smart and just re-used the eggs each time! Adam did a great job and Shyler of course was really good!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVrfXv7IBDC2rG2RtkjAT4Vlfr3SM8GOxAVvplEkVVcvY2Up2Gw-gQ8BA0SsyFlFsWEoNBQMG_KPk65j0dgVoaU7FSXiJEymSOMqVpW5Ni2vCegb1nG8XZKoxo2S93-EClPuf/s1600/DSCN5731.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLVrfXv7IBDC2rG2RtkjAT4Vlfr3SM8GOxAVvplEkVVcvY2Up2Gw-gQ8BA0SsyFlFsWEoNBQMG_KPk65j0dgVoaU7FSXiJEymSOMqVpW5Ni2vCegb1nG8XZKoxo2S93-EClPuf/s400/DSCN5731.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733275183890402754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Easter!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKhLgL0vy9nXLYNk5clbr7OyB4nF6eB2WQcGURWoa_9ov6ubnhEatkEUjnf3jU4kqo-zrP-9MMSAibzQek7Swq9Rkbc4qNd1s7ZO7hVdF-WChan4qjlbeOcf8u3MIpRRnNpAj/s1600/DSCN5736.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXKhLgL0vy9nXLYNk5clbr7OyB4nF6eB2WQcGURWoa_9ov6ubnhEatkEUjnf3jU4kqo-zrP-9MMSAibzQek7Swq9Rkbc4qNd1s7ZO7hVdF-WChan4qjlbeOcf8u3MIpRRnNpAj/s400/DSCN5736.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733275175652779314" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">What a silly silly boy!!! He's missing his armbands though that he usually insists on wearing. That would have completed the picture. But just an FYI he insisted on the shorts being up like that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZr1ZQ3v3NdmTw1pK1HCzRUVEuAHbk5yVmFUgMfOLQlxwI5IHVyMRhVo14bHsdUcZsMnUFei1TYpmoj5VmARUNYJsBlUmo4zEpYQWUhd1f1rPitsmnX48woEmU1iL9cce5Yds/s1600/DSCN5742.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaZr1ZQ3v3NdmTw1pK1HCzRUVEuAHbk5yVmFUgMfOLQlxwI5IHVyMRhVo14bHsdUcZsMnUFei1TYpmoj5VmARUNYJsBlUmo4zEpYQWUhd1f1rPitsmnX48woEmU1iL9cce5Yds/s400/DSCN5742.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733275171474868194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Last Saturday he decided he didn't need to take a nap, so we get the infamous toddler falling asleep at the dinner table. We haven't had that in a while and it was very entertaining. Too bad there wasn't something like a bowl of soup for him to crash into, that would have been hilarious!!! And then of course after his head nods he got a second wind and was running around like crazy!!! Then he didn't even sleep in! Lucky for me I got a 3 1/2 hour nap out of both of them on Monday!!! During which time I should have slept, but instead read the 3rd book in the Hunger Games series. It was interesting and it really made me want to find out was happened, but I just didn't like all of the violence. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Besides spring cleaning and celebrating my mom's birthday that's about all we've been up to!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xmp80nUlSQ_BrtLlhnV-KEDZY_tOPyNw50YYr2LP3bk6OBMiSVAy1NgWmS9FOLliBtvQK8xV9XRAhZ8DSyEUcZmO5C1d3oD9FrIeV5BmRMvhO6A84d0dTZL7lY8nGaxi0fal/s1600/DSCN5747.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Xmp80nUlSQ_BrtLlhnV-KEDZY_tOPyNw50YYr2LP3bk6OBMiSVAy1NgWmS9FOLliBtvQK8xV9XRAhZ8DSyEUcZmO5C1d3oD9FrIeV5BmRMvhO6A84d0dTZL7lY8nGaxi0fal/s400/DSCN5747.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733275166491899058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-59829151297075331292012-03-06T14:54:00.006-07:002012-03-06T15:40:23.804-07:00Birthday's Galore!<div><div style="text-align: center; ">It's a busy busy time around here! We had lots to celebrate recently and we are excited for all of our many blessings!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In Feb we got to celebrate Adam's second birthday and my birthday with a super bowl party with our wonderful family! And yes he does have a nice shiner on his forehead, he decided to fall into the coffee table a few days before his birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJtQFUKo12tgF2V-SDbt2ngCQ5Tii4PDd0sJTTS8ll5Y-WAQ3B4dttUy5DgZ96iNl7X9nYQKYKi4nXV7VHbnWwWDsEvcDG-aVMoyBSQmMoTrlBASjgM2TU1RlyrSzY3JW-bTI/s1600/DSCN5552.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSJtQFUKo12tgF2V-SDbt2ngCQ5Tii4PDd0sJTTS8ll5Y-WAQ3B4dttUy5DgZ96iNl7X9nYQKYKi4nXV7VHbnWwWDsEvcDG-aVMoyBSQmMoTrlBASjgM2TU1RlyrSzY3JW-bTI/s400/DSCN5552.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716911752051162418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed our present of about a foot of snow and the fun times playing in the snow gave us. Shyler and her dad had a blast, Adam was a little more hesitant, but it was all in all fun times!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsy3MIzJHzmuYZB8NgecI8LpddHRTp8YVRX6LGTfrEXP7enDGqxF57nhGljsSBRApStLNb3IHZGBJKXNFLNXoAts-R-0M8E4CrEqHSWxBft1oJ1fJEHV7Y-pb3SzvaeP40ZVE_/s1600/DSCN5564.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsy3MIzJHzmuYZB8NgecI8LpddHRTp8YVRX6LGTfrEXP7enDGqxF57nhGljsSBRApStLNb3IHZGBJKXNFLNXoAts-R-0M8E4CrEqHSWxBft1oJ1fJEHV7Y-pb3SzvaeP40ZVE_/s400/DSCN5564.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716910200603836930" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Also for our birthday celebrations we got to go to the CSU mens basketball game with my mom and our friends the Fourniers. It was fun and we love showing our Ram Pride! The next week we also got to go to a play area and celebrate Cam the Rams birthday too. The kids loved running around and eating pizza, and cupcakes. </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6FxWLaH9R-WUU1T2BAVBWxn8LJvp1lR79OZwVMmSbt-kdjuCLh_pCRmcPw0KsyU_P9t0VJ8gnKbDs7lo2D531lpAvQGlu9ULRII0HZVIwvCEBW-KlyH-_UcURsy4HIHZEmHd/s1600/DSCN5568.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6FxWLaH9R-WUU1T2BAVBWxn8LJvp1lR79OZwVMmSbt-kdjuCLh_pCRmcPw0KsyU_P9t0VJ8gnKbDs7lo2D531lpAvQGlu9ULRII0HZVIwvCEBW-KlyH-_UcURsy4HIHZEmHd/s400/DSCN5568.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716910196415990290" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I spent some time trying to be creative and made some letters for the kids room. Adam loves the balls and points them out all the time!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBR0EiRkhXNnHDFoA_lDOiDP1TzWX4IkYFEjbmhS9OI1nY3lqNxST7LgO5q2eT3IYHCCnUKTREq37Fe0UNxbTCjPzqLkI6HyF0cTxN6s8Ol7wZdQqXlp8Z85sxbY4ghvd4QCKx/s1600/DSCN5589.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBR0EiRkhXNnHDFoA_lDOiDP1TzWX4IkYFEjbmhS9OI1nY3lqNxST7LgO5q2eT3IYHCCnUKTREq37Fe0UNxbTCjPzqLkI6HyF0cTxN6s8Ol7wZdQqXlp8Z85sxbY4ghvd4QCKx/s400/DSCN5589.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716910185363224354" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler loves hers too!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjHROgV7uT0ozh4QKA6scNzDo5_uXI8yPi1MbPwhO9WnqdBKRdNPax1wzgeS_AoXduSajsSC4FXsXPwOa64w_madH1SlGSY5Djx0SqKi3rIhMmqwUuOENGTzqcNxXsvbfvEmw/s1600/DSCN5588.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjHROgV7uT0ozh4QKA6scNzDo5_uXI8yPi1MbPwhO9WnqdBKRdNPax1wzgeS_AoXduSajsSC4FXsXPwOa64w_madH1SlGSY5Djx0SqKi3rIhMmqwUuOENGTzqcNxXsvbfvEmw/s400/DSCN5588.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716910182558788978" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She was so excited to finally get to wear her fancy new dress from her grandparents and loved her fancy curls Aunt Kelli gave her too! </div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLzIQtp2aH-9_dbJj8Glh3YURKXCd5ATHWvOz3hxfSrzdVl3zxbggy_uTpr3K1FFb6Jb1D5XnHs3VryKfvbSq0bs67rgHn4JD-SuhLEWsfnH4z_irVi0CY7ZdTFY1jziXr_82/s1600/DSCN5585.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLzIQtp2aH-9_dbJj8Glh3YURKXCd5ATHWvOz3hxfSrzdVl3zxbggy_uTpr3K1FFb6Jb1D5XnHs3VryKfvbSq0bs67rgHn4JD-SuhLEWsfnH4z_irVi0CY7ZdTFY1jziXr_82/s400/DSCN5585.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716910174628211810" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It may not have been a present, but got some tickets to the nuggets game. 11th row!!! It was a nail biter until the finish in overtime when they sealed the deal. </div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGLsA_ibU_BqbRc3hSA31kLSakYg9Wim6lcyFPDRBlt1j2m1qsxuk8MecibNMQiUZ8oH4jldWwa7r1UnoV_ZE9TbW8CP5u3tUQnE9-SXtLT40hD74O173xrnFPDD_uZACVpl/s1600/DSCN5596.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGLsA_ibU_BqbRc3hSA31kLSakYg9Wim6lcyFPDRBlt1j2m1qsxuk8MecibNMQiUZ8oH4jldWwa7r1UnoV_ZE9TbW8CP5u3tUQnE9-SXtLT40hD74O173xrnFPDD_uZACVpl/s400/DSCN5596.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716907714328427938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLYu-S0zsuiTm2ZRTz6RCAWYnZe5lCZMywB3A-E6OO2IC1P3z8Cp84qYOOzsHGSjTcSoXerNcUyvOW0gkk4DuAj5MgGrg5LoHYB4i1O7Y6gGU-7oW7KxtIaKtnoayL8QDYuOs/s1600/DSCN5619.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPn1AwVhjR97wdrl4rAvBZ9Wb781opaPa7J6w4livrX3GL-GUMb7vYKEUm9zdXC-2gyM5661YoYQOiXlCR5UJT5UJBmPD0oHOSel3FTM_-z6_Pk_zx9H1BcgLlGtZZqm_TRj8/s1600/DSCN5612.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A princess and her friends! </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler had a blast with her friends and they enjoyed a lovely day fit for a princess! We had fun coming up with a food for each princess, we played a couple games, like pass snow white's poison apple and then by then time they were done eating I could tell they were exhausted, so we watched princess sing-a-long songs! They were totally in the zone!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyKRSUNhaqRpzAeDvOXa0008NwtWOV2-uzURthypop7ASLZnFVYCDHcNuKpjjzRse7xTCLdAAc-Qiwf9-h74kFhF2RICVYC-4RZAVMyjbVq7HZ6zWSHoqJOaNcOeXdiiBIPoT/s400/DSCN5604.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716907718208548402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gz6vmjKzUXAxvaxVVy74cDbagJH3aB6xjmArzE9wGObxZpbRcIrG1qH8qpJdaKqLInABghoZr7DgNxrEX9zLdqnuj0DcmeKak9__wZ-fryRssJeT1gopG8FdcZcLrWjDfvj3/s1600/DSCN5607.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0gz6vmjKzUXAxvaxVVy74cDbagJH3aB6xjmArzE9wGObxZpbRcIrG1qH8qpJdaKqLInABghoZr7DgNxrEX9zLdqnuj0DcmeKak9__wZ-fryRssJeT1gopG8FdcZcLrWjDfvj3/s400/DSCN5607.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716907725456363426" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPn1AwVhjR97wdrl4rAvBZ9Wb781opaPa7J6w4livrX3GL-GUMb7vYKEUm9zdXC-2gyM5661YoYQOiXlCR5UJT5UJBmPD0oHOSel3FTM_-z6_Pk_zx9H1BcgLlGtZZqm_TRj8/s1600/DSCN5612.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPn1AwVhjR97wdrl4rAvBZ9Wb781opaPa7J6w4livrX3GL-GUMb7vYKEUm9zdXC-2gyM5661YoYQOiXlCR5UJT5UJBmPD0oHOSel3FTM_-z6_Pk_zx9H1BcgLlGtZZqm_TRj8/s400/DSCN5612.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716907746123445522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler was the perfect little princess and we were so proud of her for doing so well with so many other little princesses. We can't believe it has been 4 years since she blessed our lives and gave us the amazing gift of being parents!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On another note, we really needed a car wash... so real quick we did the drive through wash, and Adam did not enjoy it! Silly boy, next time we'll have to remember to leave him out of that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIyKRSUNhaqRpzAeDvOXa0008NwtWOV2-uzURthypop7ASLZnFVYCDHcNuKpjjzRse7xTCLdAAc-Qiwf9-h74kFhF2RICVYC-4RZAVMyjbVq7HZ6zWSHoqJOaNcOeXdiiBIPoT/s1600/DSCN5604.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdGLsA_ibU_BqbRc3hSA31kLSakYg9Wim6lcyFPDRBlt1j2m1qsxuk8MecibNMQiUZ8oH4jldWwa7r1UnoV_ZE9TbW8CP5u3tUQnE9-SXtLT40hD74O173xrnFPDD_uZACVpl/s1600/DSCN5596.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLYu-S0zsuiTm2ZRTz6RCAWYnZe5lCZMywB3A-E6OO2IC1P3z8Cp84qYOOzsHGSjTcSoXerNcUyvOW0gkk4DuAj5MgGrg5LoHYB4i1O7Y6gGU-7oW7KxtIaKtnoayL8QDYuOs/s400/DSCN5619.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5716907761462576466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-21429796569605698722012-01-27T11:30:00.005-07:002012-01-27T11:50:47.607-07:00Where has Jan gone?<div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas!!! This is us waiting for Adam to decide to wake up so we could start our Christmas morning!!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahz-DXU2xj8DORGU6DH2oiURBx_2epEqHyVi6emGCxwFh37sppYqfegShpl6aYUV8HaG-dh9MRWxNBNxAP5p_4rKaZrP_Or7LmwgRi_uYFGuDY_TCNIrsBr6qjql-hv4OvcTe/s1600/DSCN5527.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahz-DXU2xj8DORGU6DH2oiURBx_2epEqHyVi6emGCxwFh37sppYqfegShpl6aYUV8HaG-dh9MRWxNBNxAP5p_4rKaZrP_Or7LmwgRi_uYFGuDY_TCNIrsBr6qjql-hv4OvcTe/s400/DSCN5527.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702385678138371154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Well you would think that with Tim home my life wouldn't be nearly as crazy, but it is!! We have been busy enjoying time together when we can after work with Tim and trying to stay sane during the day with these winter months. This week the kids had a blast at the rec center gymnastics area where they had an open gym. It was a great deal, $2/ hour and they ran around and had so much fun!!! I think I will have to take them more often, and it was a nice change for the kids too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They loved the running trampoline they have!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZXPi01QcQToj3RXhdxLgQEKCjIZUwjbWWC133-TpsLcfLixWIgFB4l8qcwBDPTiV92-aSBUsCsKCQtuPkUb-WYw-yFIUJGXu56i3Dk_CmbmqNa3hOUl-Uu1WXQeHvyKOJlz8/s1600/DSCN5542.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZXPi01QcQToj3RXhdxLgQEKCjIZUwjbWWC133-TpsLcfLixWIgFB4l8qcwBDPTiV92-aSBUsCsKCQtuPkUb-WYw-yFIUJGXu56i3Dk_CmbmqNa3hOUl-Uu1WXQeHvyKOJlz8/s400/DSCN5542.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702384928102911234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He finally got the hang of running down then walking back! We all took a good nap after this!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLL1EzF8ca0NJMx9u9vTUrbm44xQLNeqh12_1ji7uEuQY7UJik3L9JQrZx0HBglvT4s0L1Fe7UgB_m05_1EjkHxoy5VbCnVNURXz3gV0sO1AOlh_uiXQH_RfvehT9KU4IhFRD/s1600/DSCN5541.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLL1EzF8ca0NJMx9u9vTUrbm44xQLNeqh12_1ji7uEuQY7UJik3L9JQrZx0HBglvT4s0L1Fe7UgB_m05_1EjkHxoy5VbCnVNURXz3gV0sO1AOlh_uiXQH_RfvehT9KU4IhFRD/s400/DSCN5541.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702384921796759074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler tried out the balance beam, and the uneven the bars and rings too!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDI6Ictwt8h8Fhb65YRyoQfmbVyof0O4NsPZSJG4M0rYWTphoB7Sd8t66frTMrfuPkZHW9y0LQ4J3bGINMqfL-c_pCIqFI7r3ouVWJb9nsdqbxZNhOeyF0SivshoADRCt1R87/s1600/DSCN5537.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDI6Ictwt8h8Fhb65YRyoQfmbVyof0O4NsPZSJG4M0rYWTphoB7Sd8t66frTMrfuPkZHW9y0LQ4J3bGINMqfL-c_pCIqFI7r3ouVWJb9nsdqbxZNhOeyF0SivshoADRCt1R87/s400/DSCN5537.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702384894805740754" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tim survived his trip home with minimal weather which was perfect for us waiting for him on the other end. He enjoyed a stop in Omaha and a nice dinner out with his Aunt and Uncle as well. He really enjoyed his project he worked on and the people he met in Ohio, but luckily we won out and he knew it was time to come home... if we would have been out there with him I'm pretty sure it would have gone from a 6 month project to an 18 month one! He received many thank you's and made some good friends while gaining some invaluable experience so we are happy to have supported him in this. Now we are just so happy to have him home again!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a wonderful Christmas with the family and enjoyed the craziness at the Miller's with 6 grandkids aged 4 and under! It was fun having Christmas on a Sunday. Our family woke up, well i was up first followed by Tim and Shyler then we sat next to Adam until he finally woke up to us staring at him, then we opened our stockings. We had some yummy Costco muffins and enjoyed a great time at church. We came home and opened our presents then we went to spend the rest of the day with the rest of Tim's family. It was nice to have my mom with us and it was a fun time had by all!</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEr14AupRe5oYqsxLeM0KZVxMIdfJZdMDrGSTPaPrPfj3jFmUqTFfJMWEpYgAgGKy_ZFbD-k18I7MFqFq6k9NsSXPLj1IzzNZ6M5epva_XET7apbDtxCyw6nsvPW23TiLyZRrl/s400/Image.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702384887662807106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rnDFDs15yILia9aQf6irtK6uoOkqGpMGEj0NV2qbqYbGa5iOkmJZ0JyP8fpYUBCVCuVGwMZPQdcW41ZlHiJLSpD0kLThl8jTWB5ELMUFYdlQSJ45JImdhyphenhypheny_k7vD-LwiJ1q1/s400/Image+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702384889422384930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now we are getting ready to celebrate! Poor Tim was in Ohio for his birthday, but we celebrated when he got home. Next week is Adam's and my birthday! I can't believe is his 2 already!!!! Fun Fun Fun and a lot of craziness around here! </div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-42561373226959634932011-12-15T14:23:00.006-07:002011-12-15T14:58:48.688-07:00Surprise!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Rd0KQ9NfoT6IhlRhtDb3m6pzQrNkw-kWOzP9AlV0rkusOuuSqFIU1KbvSslB0qrcSAjF5DJspM2a7NvuyD9Gv5EmPzB6izA1Niuhoz0w69bR_ybIc5osyEw6rFvibjkwpfQE/s1600/PC090426.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1RcbfgGoD6o27fwckycKpRmpaPTrCWP3R859p2n7jmjz-HPwoc9IjjxEziAkVkmazqANuwakYpWn0hAVThqrqY7j5cbBFytIBBQQ7W3yq4iM9o6HLAi71TWf-c_gLYaHBoxF/s1600/PC020399.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h13exaWSQn5xYcAqqsAPQU3Te2DV1sM-4izRs4ZOY01vb_MOaEH5-kejyFIXhm8zy_-Uj7IlImU0v3pAfzNmJ2MIsmqH28DBNEzyKvFAKvfpef3jDzmCVZSrKjTAhwJ2tpFi/s1600/PC030410.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;">We were so surprised!!!! Last weekend Tim got on a plane and came home for the weekend!!! It was a surprise for sure and such a great treat! He got to join in with his Mom's side of the family for our annual Christmas gathering and also our ward Christmas party at church and we decorated our gingerbread house! It was a great weekend together that we didn't think we were going to get. The kids also LOVED it of course. They got a fort built again, play time, and more exciting, they got their new beds set up!!!!! We love daddy!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler already has been in a big bed for like 2 years, but we got her off the floor finally! These beds are going to be nice when we need to save some space because they will convert to a bunk bed!!!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5euLx4HTC_INJXttm7Jjc5TG3OB0uRyitMW-Pk4LinvLuXNDQf4oRIxkZgJvin8tw9iBNJaLhmtDMCIsoJPeDCPtyfu9KnExKSy_QW4RTfW3MNyMFeQ-MXacO2L24Ncf1DFW9/s1600/DSCN5513.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5euLx4HTC_INJXttm7Jjc5TG3OB0uRyitMW-Pk4LinvLuXNDQf4oRIxkZgJvin8tw9iBNJaLhmtDMCIsoJPeDCPtyfu9KnExKSy_QW4RTfW3MNyMFeQ-MXacO2L24Ncf1DFW9/s400/DSCN5513.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686470713876089442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Adam loves his new bed and was a little sneaky the first few nights, but has been great otherwise!!! I also love that I don't have to get him out of his crib in the mornings anymore, they are sleeping all night in their own beds and then come in and join me about 7/7:30ish where I drag out waking up as long as possible! It's been nice!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZFVkVfocmlt98JiEs_urjyo7AnMzQAzGRiGxKAWA326X3gzZITM0jl6zxPulZz1jNO6yjltpJaS9CHXukSXILvbungoeTlE7g1DSn53wv8tCp89KZCrriw5B5HAHXLNFZX1T/s1600/DSCN5512.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ZFVkVfocmlt98JiEs_urjyo7AnMzQAzGRiGxKAWA326X3gzZITM0jl6zxPulZz1jNO6yjltpJaS9CHXukSXILvbungoeTlE7g1DSn53wv8tCp89KZCrriw5B5HAHXLNFZX1T/s400/DSCN5512.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686470709084722370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler was telling Santa what she wants for Christmas at our ward party. She knew she would see Santa twice so she decided that she needed to tell him something different each time, the same two things she's been telling us though. She wants a Princess Rapunzel doll and princess cowgirl boots! She is getting the doll from her nana, but she has too many pairs of shoes right now, we are hoping she will be content with the other present Santa is planning on bringing. Also we are trying to downplay Santa a little I think and appreciate the people she has around her. We have also been telling the real Christmas story a lot and watching the new videos the church put out that are AMAZING, watch them <a href="https://lds.org/bible-videos?lang=eng">here</a>!!! I feel they are very accurate to the New Testament scriptures which tell about the angel appearing to Mary, His birth and everything in between. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qMNNVGAcr_HTJu5rMF7D1FMcXBok_d2aRgDSQJ99fjuVjKOPGaFTOQwuqhDIsep8lxSGumI6qJo3vgjn392LOJfSHsfut1fpV9AgpJPwS7ZohyphenhyphenOsQ8W_siSCgYsXdqscoaHe/s1600/DSCN5509.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qMNNVGAcr_HTJu5rMF7D1FMcXBok_d2aRgDSQJ99fjuVjKOPGaFTOQwuqhDIsep8lxSGumI6qJo3vgjn392LOJfSHsfut1fpV9AgpJPwS7ZohyphenhyphenOsQ8W_siSCgYsXdqscoaHe/s400/DSCN5509.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686470700927403442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This year I thought I would be super crafty and make my own gingerbread house. I had all of the ingredients and the store bought ones smell bad to me so we tried it.... Next year I need to be patient, wait to find a template, build it ahead of time then decorate with the kids. So many lessons to be learned each year! </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Tim was great at the construction process, although we waited to put the roof on to ensure structural stability.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Rd0KQ9NfoT6IhlRhtDb3m6pzQrNkw-kWOzP9AlV0rkusOuuSqFIU1KbvSslB0qrcSAjF5DJspM2a7NvuyD9Gv5EmPzB6izA1Niuhoz0w69bR_ybIc5osyEw6rFvibjkwpfQE/s1600/PC090426.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Rd0KQ9NfoT6IhlRhtDb3m6pzQrNkw-kWOzP9AlV0rkusOuuSqFIU1KbvSslB0qrcSAjF5DJspM2a7NvuyD9Gv5EmPzB6izA1Niuhoz0w69bR_ybIc5osyEw6rFvibjkwpfQE/s400/PC090426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686473810750260226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The kids were content to decorate their people, Adam especially enjoyed the eating part!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBdTdwLd2VdbxtvsYgcwjXrTMI6WZKaezWF0dm2MtcErsdN2ab7DpDfR4PjP0ayNiiDUo2o4LdSJzU7Na8Y_BNtqENHCbSCVrd_8mr0EaT7kxiGRIpL6oS7htHAPuVOb9Yr09/s1600/PC090425.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBdTdwLd2VdbxtvsYgcwjXrTMI6WZKaezWF0dm2MtcErsdN2ab7DpDfR4PjP0ayNiiDUo2o4LdSJzU7Na8Y_BNtqENHCbSCVrd_8mr0EaT7kxiGRIpL6oS7htHAPuVOb9Yr09/s400/PC090425.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686470691312600898" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUXR_nmXtt1dq7cxZiBp-lSE93HtJ8uXXMfn30_uqXAXnnC3Zx_XqBTd03oBa4tjdLcBbSOQztsM3IKeIFMdvhBN4ITkcV88EEw7VLSvxLrEwNmMvQQcN7yeAjW6RfcFA4zeF/s1600/PC090424.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUXR_nmXtt1dq7cxZiBp-lSE93HtJ8uXXMfn30_uqXAXnnC3Zx_XqBTd03oBa4tjdLcBbSOQztsM3IKeIFMdvhBN4ITkcV88EEw7VLSvxLrEwNmMvQQcN7yeAjW6RfcFA4zeF/s400/PC090424.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686470688610871922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The previous weekend Shyler got a special treat. My sister took her to see the Nutcracker! Shyler loved it! She loved getting all dressed up, going with just her aunt, and watching the ballet. She loved the sugar plum fairies the most! Then they got me a nutcracker ornament to match the Clara I got from my first visit to The Nutcracker. Such a special treat for Shyler! Thank you Aunt Kelli!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h13exaWSQn5xYcAqqsAPQU3Te2DV1sM-4izRs4ZOY01vb_MOaEH5-kejyFIXhm8zy_-Uj7IlImU0v3pAfzNmJ2MIsmqH28DBNEzyKvFAKvfpef3jDzmCVZSrKjTAhwJ2tpFi/s1600/PC030410.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h13exaWSQn5xYcAqqsAPQU3Te2DV1sM-4izRs4ZOY01vb_MOaEH5-kejyFIXhm8zy_-Uj7IlImU0v3pAfzNmJ2MIsmqH28DBNEzyKvFAKvfpef3jDzmCVZSrKjTAhwJ2tpFi/s400/PC030410.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686471805257714082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span>The night before that we crashed the Christmas party with Tim's parents ward. Since Karen and Jeannette's in-laws are in that ward they went too. The four cousins that were there had a good time together and waited patiently for Santa. Of course you never get 4 little ones all looking and smiling at the same time...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1RcbfgGoD6o27fwckycKpRmpaPTrCWP3R859p2n7jmjz-HPwoc9IjjxEziAkVkmazqANuwakYpWn0hAVThqrqY7j5cbBFytIBBQQ7W3yq4iM9o6HLAi71TWf-c_gLYaHBoxF/s400/PC020399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686472315509248930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">It took Shyler about 2 seconds after Santa walked in to point out that it was Walter! Oops, coincidentally Santa has a helper that looks a lot like Walter. Even with the close resemblance Shyler has opted for standing next to Santa this year... note the above picture... which is getting better every year. Adam would not go anywhere near the guy.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOrlYfg7K7tw_Mh0fbst9Emw_oPzRCGSd4_NxaafXwtw2UkF2yC6tm6ibwkdx0l_bjK6mBoKepMErr_UZZftkou_lIm9hBt_p1FLj0-nV_jAWJ4U17mQtJR6rNTNieyRKogiC/s1600/PC020401.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAOrlYfg7K7tw_Mh0fbst9Emw_oPzRCGSd4_NxaafXwtw2UkF2yC6tm6ibwkdx0l_bjK6mBoKepMErr_UZZftkou_lIm9hBt_p1FLj0-nV_jAWJ4U17mQtJR6rNTNieyRKogiC/s400/PC020401.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686471800311729074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">With only 10 days left I am proud to say I am done shopping, almost done wrapping, and ready to celebrate Christmas with Tim!!! All we have left is our annual baking day which is scheduled for Sat. We hope all is well and you are enjoying this wonderful time of year as we celebrate Christ, His birth and the glorious gift our Father in Heaven gave to us! Merry Christmas!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-67570478142734785742011-12-02T00:03:00.001-07:002011-12-02T00:03:23.140-07:002 posts to read ;-)Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-9953080150865985252011-12-01T23:29:00.004-07:002011-12-02T00:02:55.052-07:00Happy Thanksgiving<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Q90BnDkBKOmcG9lOPwRz3pb51SVbQskksaJp98_tcyMFsh_RHkTnOBG0dkkjPzd2hR9mRDB5x_yUC7nzbHgB7tvNbLY8a3Lm4SFRunJVlyutTrTBW2VXTVit1QhFVNiyvAs9/s1600/DSCN5451.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had such a great time together as a family for the whole week of Thanksgiving! We stayed together and did lots of fun stuff! We took the kids to Monkey Business to play and paint, we went to the park and ran, we shopped for our trashcan turkey and went to dinner with our friends the Haynie's. Then it was Turkey day!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tim was so excited to try out cooking a turkey in a trashcan! I left him in charge of getting to his parents with the kids and starting the turkey while I went to see Breaking Dawn with my mom and his mom. It was great but I can't wait for the next one! First he got the coals cooking then loaded the turkey and set up the "dutch oven" style trashcan. When it came out 2 hours later it was ready! Well, mostly ready, maybe it could have used another 15 minutes for the deeper stuff, but the breast meat was so unbelievably moist and delicious! He had also left the turkey in a brine overnight. After we got the good stuff we just put the rest into the oven. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Q90BnDkBKOmcG9lOPwRz3pb51SVbQskksaJp98_tcyMFsh_RHkTnOBG0dkkjPzd2hR9mRDB5x_yUC7nzbHgB7tvNbLY8a3Lm4SFRunJVlyutTrTBW2VXTVit1QhFVNiyvAs9/s1600/DSCN5451.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Q90BnDkBKOmcG9lOPwRz3pb51SVbQskksaJp98_tcyMFsh_RHkTnOBG0dkkjPzd2hR9mRDB5x_yUC7nzbHgB7tvNbLY8a3Lm4SFRunJVlyutTrTBW2VXTVit1QhFVNiyvAs9/s400/DSCN5451.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681416337078209794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVECs6RLCQ8xWPpaLxR0wqQ0gPjySmgu4y1AHzMZGm0_td89-R443wywZ10ofenqX15ceWXqxKKYNVCIzjBUD-nSgxuvAkP8723d4o92REGvtj-qGBVRty_ZrX6MSMWJ7xue5l/s1600/DSCN5456.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVECs6RLCQ8xWPpaLxR0wqQ0gPjySmgu4y1AHzMZGm0_td89-R443wywZ10ofenqX15ceWXqxKKYNVCIzjBUD-nSgxuvAkP8723d4o92REGvtj-qGBVRty_ZrX6MSMWJ7xue5l/s400/DSCN5456.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681416333334612866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm1c-U-79mJ3mpmybohfYa_wTgFqFJdVACBjtD3VQPX7tlh55qVfXC0iJBp96wNacXDYIrM_72qrzKgwl6mLnivNRDWdfva2g4npGrjCyghoCA47A523JYGK0W0UlO8bbttt5/s1600/DSCN5460.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpm1c-U-79mJ3mpmybohfYa_wTgFqFJdVACBjtD3VQPX7tlh55qVfXC0iJBp96wNacXDYIrM_72qrzKgwl6mLnivNRDWdfva2g4npGrjCyghoCA47A523JYGK0W0UlO8bbttt5/s400/DSCN5460.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681416324944457410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokjsl-tl0kdI1YZbWYu3IC8ghU28kgXHgp9bb3AmEuOcnx8EV5rFtAp2pjNYYTz6tNGJqmvqvqQ1pDSWpT8cVUCsjt4cQcg8UJ868S4ffxWGN84zounL3b9I8TcoapBTD4Wkr/s1600/DSCN5463.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokjsl-tl0kdI1YZbWYu3IC8ghU28kgXHgp9bb3AmEuOcnx8EV5rFtAp2pjNYYTz6tNGJqmvqvqQ1pDSWpT8cVUCsjt4cQcg8UJ868S4ffxWGN84zounL3b9I8TcoapBTD4Wkr/s400/DSCN5463.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681416320838720034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are so grateful to have been able to spend the with holiday with as many family members as we did, including my mom, Tim's parents and Uncle's and Aunt, and 2 of his sisters and their families. We are so lucky to have everyone so close by and to be so close to each other. We truly are blessed not only with our family, but with our health, job, safety, a roof over our head, and the Gospel in our lives. We couldn't have asked for a better life! And we are also so thankful for friends and people in our life that have been such wonderful influences to us, and to the people that have been there to help us, especially these past few months! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After a great dinner we started our annual craziness of plotting out black friday! We were so torn this year. Why did stores have to open on Thanksgiving??? They are ruining the spirit of Thanksgiving. Instead, they have people leaving their families to go shopping! I really tried to oppose going out when they opened at 9 and 10 but I caved... :-( we had a good time getting the stuff we wanted, but we were not a fan of the long lines to get into the stores and the different group of people out shopping to get a good deal. I prefer the people who are also crazy enough to wake up at 4 and shop. We also missed our usual post shopping meal, it is another highlight, but when you finish shopping at 2am there isn't much open nor are you in the mood to hang out when you are so tired. Next year I think we will try harder to stick with our normal early morning shopping and still get the deals. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After sleeping in a little, Christmas swept through our house! We got out all of our decorations and even put up our new LED lights on the house and ornaments on our new tree! Tim went out at 5 to get some door busters at Home Depot! Then the night was competed with watching Elf!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our last day together was Sat. We went to the Temple with family and enjoyed some time together. One the way home we went looking for a new entertainment center for when Tim gets home. We found some we liked but we took the kids back out later to check out another store... Then we completely went from looking to buying that and detachable bunk beds for the kids and a mattress for Adam! Yep we are moving him into a big boy bed! Well, around Christmas time we are. Then we opened the entertainment center box... wow what a way to finish the night. First the corner was dented, the cupboards were not closing well, and then the back was falling apart!!! Super annoying! So off Tim went to take it back! I guess we will get to go shopping again. </div><div style="text-align: center;">After a crazy, intense, and exciting Broncos game we went to the airport and now wait for Christmas to come!!! Only 3 more weeks! Time to enjoy the season!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tim has been filling his time with as much things as he can. This weekend he is going to a nativity his church out there is putting on. A few weeks ago he went to the football hall of fame! He was in heaven! Here is the actual shoe and ball Jason Elam used to kick his record setting field goal. </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWDgQwUu4t0Rmsjxb30CEtoCsCiU6Uo0wrX01_3fNM8o54zo3Cc1k04KibLQ5bcPy1PRfhJbgjzISWVFMttPbVDT4W9WKuWGFE-45aBF2pDopQRPK0N_KHeNftOHtL-YtiDCuk/s400/Photo0324.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681416316199765538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-4664136694693241382011-12-01T22:52:00.008-07:002011-12-01T23:28:59.622-07:00Fight Fight Go Rams!!! and our leaves!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM6w3_mIqM-NHzBSawgP2iI3uTGGeK1dvPov36HQHDeGHP_yMju3cC41EtKTuqqCVANT98a0Jc5ZfVdB_fCrmX_vowCJ2o0UHLPBNuKxrXqXwtNE_d9N8edJGFnyRgzaRr-1k/s1600/DSCN5399.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuM6w3_mIqM-NHzBSawgP2iI3uTGGeK1dvPov36HQHDeGHP_yMju3cC41EtKTuqqCVANT98a0Jc5ZfVdB_fCrmX_vowCJ2o0UHLPBNuKxrXqXwtNE_d9N8edJGFnyRgzaRr-1k/s400/DSCN5399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681406670359815890" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">November was a fun month! After Halloween we only had three weeks to fill before Tim was home again. We spent some time enjoying the pretty mild fall and played outside and ran and went to the park a lot.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOGNK7NTbWgqZhQe9a2ATwtSiTXdckNOYiSYS7vR5yjwPJ5GrENjJ14DiNjB7Tr7C_9IGxmEBVOhs4G_01BDZ6P-BFGpUuLaNibHJwnfa3PXS_7tJnyg5SNG7JOrxhkt_df9f/s400/DSCN5407.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681406665559754594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">We raked leaves and then played in the leaf pile! Funny how we had a huge pile in the backyard, but we don't have any trees in our own yard! One weekend we got to spend in Fort Collins. We got tickets to the CSU game from our Aunt Mary and the kids and I had a Fort Collins filled weekend! First we went to the farm.</div><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhVWrVnDUjorQ07AdiUsOmFW9VV0dtOG9OcU04HtVx3knS5COhExTOn4Fg2B2uiuP4fQFE7LA9GcMkw-Oa6AY1THPCquUr-S6FFIDoFcnLdEaa9KN8B9RvKZAxGiBJS0zt-68I/s400/DSCN5414.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681406652213657058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9jS7LrsQSNcTS9YwweCGuN2s6McgKm7RtJEQKa0LLBRGPZm4AuhCitBcRhTKZBd8_A2QXv-qCWFl3Q_2MZkSXj4-hBts_IQPkwZIZTEM9Oa_0ISploDARmgkNCEnOCmgFYAMJ/s400/DSCN5425.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681406640470036274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">The kids loved it! I think I'll have to bring them back in the spring to see the new babies! </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKhPg6jBhKGiXtcOZdle-41dXpjkroHjjU-8jCgAdcudLFARguj_zQvD1qvzsNBjqw87yowEdlN1D8A5uBzYBYP-XUsaRNQA2nBFzA4c-1AzhbdMSQY056KIexCzpweYCEpnG/s400/DSCN5423.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681406642309666098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxFvHc80QiLHX61u_lDvFgsuaBciI6OSGDOOFDFnFDjvy1PgKpmqfjyuuA35WMHvi7HbZ4db3WvOyAs30Qd2QG6j8bAoaK_m1CkWznoDBf6f6CIym1rjL1Ds1CJEZuR-iGKdy/s1600/DSCN5427.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxFvHc80QiLHX61u_lDvFgsuaBciI6OSGDOOFDFnFDjvy1PgKpmqfjyuuA35WMHvi7HbZ4db3WvOyAs30Qd2QG6j8bAoaK_m1CkWznoDBf6f6CIym1rjL1Ds1CJEZuR-iGKdy/s400/DSCN5427.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681407361594631730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then we went to the game. The kids did not take a nap so Adam fell asleep for most of the first quarter, Shyler was just being silly. </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCR9ZUPwiKuCWiQm_mtBu8VXk5WY3jmOiyh_9-g01BTmpMnsQdwcXa7ojyVt4jHTEyOP8ijn5-7INKbIJsV96rcT663SmBLyzT8_nv3u5o2HrDH7MmQW-DtTgqYxKG4RfOoCqy/s400/DSCN5433.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681407356002587890" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyvPyiCdUBWyva3wnruQgzni-XlVxqPWjXu3h6XQhyphenhyphendehv0oY8qNiOmqcqBCLnUdvM9CPjxsg7N5b2JjUvZrdSmGHodM2p2iXWyqH9APawA6YIQ5we37UgDTnYh3dsrqAUi81f/s400/DSCN5439.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681407341771360914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;">It was fun, minus the intense wind! A women sitting in front of us was so nice and invited us to go with her and her nephews onto the field at the end of half time! All of the kids in the junior ram club were invited to give the players high five as they came back out for the second half. I thought it was so cool, maybe the kids did too.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsBcdQV9-NHRaVuO5h4YdWNrTZrlE_2mQG-DTObK0uATaXFzpeYKGJjj9tywqNiWdTlGf1uM1S91PqSAOuqb9R2fbGYz-KZcPkGRchc2OYv6a6v8yckXGXZu5Cxzxz9yWOyyV5/s400/DSCN5442.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681407339079092770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div></span> But then we left because it was just too windy and cold for me to bare. Then I lost Adam's shoe!!! He is in love with his crocs and wouldn't wear his warm boot, and running back to the car we lost one! So I loaded the kids up and poor Shyler was so upset for him, it was pretty cute. So after looking around the car I decided the only other option would be to drive as far as I could retracing our steps.... and then by some miracle we found it!!! This is the second time we miraculously found the missing croc! Then we picked one of my favorite places to eat dinner, Cafe Mexicali! I love that place, so does everyone else now apparently because it was packed! <span class="Apple-style-span"><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On the 17th we got to celebrate Uncle Mel's 70th birthday! We met at one of his favorite restaurants and surprised him! It was a fun night that was finished with a win from the Broncos! Perfect for Mel! Happy Birthday! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I didn't get to watch most of the game though because I had to leave. It was the season ending tournament. The week before however we played in a few games called positional rounds and we won! So for the tournament we went in ranked and had a bye. We won our first game, and after a very very very intense and long game we lost to the other team in 3 games. I was so sad to finish the season losing, especially when I wasn't happy with how I played, but I have to remember the season as a whole. We had lots of fun, I met new people, and I got to do something that I love and something for myself! I hope I'm able to get on another team soon! I don't know why it took me this long to play!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So besides getting the house cleaned and such we were ready for Tim to come home and to celebrate Thanksgiving!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></span></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-65451016683773646782011-11-09T13:16:00.006-07:002011-11-09T14:01:04.050-07:00Happy Halloween and Daddy Time!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpglKyUBZait4Fydl9fJM_v0Bn0swgoafcC3c_nIFX811CSmRmPNIcp1i9RPR1f1-qybQ7ANwVhUlZZb70H1zMaNiASAKv0VHNE5LzgpCicm-oJRuFjY9HP4vrz2HDU50w7th/s1600/vertical+on+bridge+2011.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;">The day Tim was scheduled to come in we received our first snow storm of the season. Six inches and none of it stuck to the driveway or sidewalks!!! The perfect storm! Well, except for the wet heavy snow that broke our poor peach tree. We hope it will survive! The kids had fun out in the snow. Well, Shyler loved it, Adam couldn't get over getting stuck in the snow and getting his gloves covered in snow. Luckily Tim got in later that night with only an hour delay and we had a fun weekend with him!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8q3uH3ZD59QH06JCh4046i2_tD3qn9HGSqIbodRP7iOOqEALMqYDtuvr_5a6xEHSMVwIC3fnW3Nht4IAZdoG5VrIRuH8VyclGT-vUndPFpcMg8voIg1d_LVbCvzxyEfqZLxHC/s320/DSCN5285.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673094406655849746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrwaD7jZamPauZEkbGo1bPHfHh7whDiQIVA6tuR6ib5W99PASm76mwCFz0GNqizE3LXyP72Zey0qwCoYz4JjSXVNE30DKW9MgVLs7-sVEzJoyWJmn0I-cSzXgcyYjKS8pZaXq/s320/DSCN5301.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673094411022039394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tim came home to take a big test for work. So with him he brought lots of big heavy books and the kids loved his fort he made. He is way better at it than I was!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigczOz2C2R7DVfpvFktuoRMMBgqgtmPhIhcb2wKAYnIyLoFYtlBYsWbCQVa0m7Li7JVLlSY8kCAzVXroztxoQdAinUoaFrGtJXRswsgKuf7ewPp4Fod1nVudqXC7hQEJZtTeIW/s320/DSCN5307.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673094421111218770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had fun picking out designs and carving our pumpkins grown in our own backyard!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYuxyKmYQkQL3PVZzDHEqV9p5ODwWTJVcI_TuO2TJ-yTXFQ1GNud0bz3o9Q1Z13BDwa1N4ylla5YnT5OZ2tzb0sZS4lMCMm0wUeT_qZBBR7s0OHfBv61algbd0vhKfJrH7FY6C/s320/DSCN5308.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673094427334002978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Saturday we also got family pictures taken by our good friend Katelyn Roberts. I love them!!!! There are many more that I love!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSpglKyUBZait4Fydl9fJM_v0Bn0swgoafcC3c_nIFX811CSmRmPNIcp1i9RPR1f1-qybQ7ANwVhUlZZb70H1zMaNiASAKv0VHNE5LzgpCicm-oJRuFjY9HP4vrz2HDU50w7th/s400/vertical+on+bridge+2011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673103585966348210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">We went to the trunk or treat at Tim's parent's church and met two of his sisters there too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The little ones had fun playing some of the games, but mostly just dancing!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBw8On4-NBw5UCVMcGfI6lnGzxfxfJbuRUaZmIs_979WOsNL_lXgV0254N21B-d0TZIdDgiEvOjY1t95FIudEBDZ3UdFn7cKU8eAR3itoZGVCXPJYQEHDguT8qZquJZ1Sx4Po/s320/DSCN5331.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673094437633467586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Four little kids do not pose together very well</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-9r3diNtQaS9mjpL1PvDUjQjrMchLnB3YJ-x86ZILPvLkhKF0ISDZ2hj9UUFfLZTJ7RcGar2GAX1RlX4-yE9HFXVAjYtKKvn9lvdOyuq5wOv9juE3Xp2FCZ3GjsOFef02i1c/s320/DSCN5342.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673095703467161138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Shyler and Grandma were both brides!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3J3ycvrwtp5RnxSBuRHrAL-Vm-w0HU8jkeBEFHVx8iewpWEY0WSYSdyE9X0THTKKaRRGNzxBB6lvkP4G1IURq6bPqwtVlLIpmQsO1VJaU2lgTnuVXtuSRgEEVx1fpTFIsKPXB/s320/DSCN5348.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673095709287801330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Tim only stayed until Sunday night, but we loved every minute we had with him and we are super glad it is only a 3 week gap between trips this time!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71M7dIJCGqxSIZSmr1192mOz_ekQFbOpf-0ZOSbCRhsS_p3D7fDj3Xqrcaxk6VFIP2L77OwOps_ol3ID1OxifBDGA5Cg3min1zIP1KgTMM2IGaWnMn7v_J-Z724O4pGyz-cCB/s320/DSCN5365.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673095717262513570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Halloween is now the favorite holiday for both of the kids. They are little sugar babies and Adam caught on quickly to the trunk or treating and was a pro on Halloween. Shyler was quick to ring the doorbell at each house, but luckily they remembered their manners each time and said thank you!</div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxhlPzOZ5GBws4GywUsdcCAiBe4X8DEutJpgmq9udOl0nWDaEjfD4WVRCufKK1PaZpAO5x7XwvxYNXecN0A93R8QqUqn8ft6nVxNATor2hSEQfHnfHfX0xV4C109JVe47waaiA/s320/VSCN5376.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673095727309317170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Adam was a little Bronco and Shyler was a "Bride Marry Girl"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-OpHRPt18bJKSbD4NkfQOrJaevjsY9uOLK8S0MwVKgBZ_OGjU3UmjCEQgPCchbDtsQ_Xt5YjenhNeDCbkd6kkZaIc5hGAHvBNDAWJ0uoqQb8XfzBQAxCZFfIwRng3e60wgB-/s320/DSCN5383.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673095732939013506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-46564053187693766822011-10-16T22:02:00.006-06:002011-10-16T23:03:20.427-06:00Farmers<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5Oezd9FVhKlUgb5-ZSe28RqokYmHE8rqBMCxNmTB3aJEan_ZNLJwq8t0FHcRBKMfr0EEB8fw_R5Cgi8qYWt2PoxWMo8Dp6QYKDQGL_eWt8o9jK14S9rAR-CymwQE6wYyMBcX/s1600/DSCN5236.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;">Look what we grew!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have been enjoying tons of zucchini and tomatoes all summer, but I just pulled out our carrots... This was our first attempt, and they are a little short, but they look pretty good!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5scoKzxh-1fzoFOBfpnSbANyevmaA04OfNi_-MmhxAV4-auCBsGyNsOjjOGq69G0-XyClgxp89cdkks_Gd5Gg2s_tq_msbEONrLkncpPdawvVDPa7r-DPFFP8TT4WBsHuj4A/s320/DSCN5223.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664318832248918674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our 4 pumpkins! We are so excited to have so much, I really can garden... a little</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4f98o37sJOIxFzNwBCmXDLTrZn_CJJPP6BfXtefZHJguvGIG9-CRgevnBR0kwOsPycbA0PJCLSU4CJDcJ7rbtbxWudokKY60Kctbs9mA8UGHJP7sooWlaBZMAPo7FMmsrXfA/s320/DSCN5222.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664318823319901058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">This week we went to a real farm, Miller Farms, with some of Shyler's preschool buddies. We had a great time picking corn, cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes, and another little pumpkin to add to our collection! We had a picnic lunch, played a little then tried to figure out what we could do with all of our stuff!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeiZVg7pjmkJLhPSTIQfIb8-Mes4JFbQpHhNF1KS_JISKPI-Y3IRMKA0KZ84IHoF-WjVBosqO8RO4Jd_CCtQ3RNPNTvy_7SJ_LijLsTCLcntnCkgcapJULjrTuKFx_Li4Jrsf/s1600/DSCN5225.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeiZVg7pjmkJLhPSTIQfIb8-Mes4JFbQpHhNF1KS_JISKPI-Y3IRMKA0KZ84IHoF-WjVBosqO8RO4Jd_CCtQ3RNPNTvy_7SJ_LijLsTCLcntnCkgcapJULjrTuKFx_Li4Jrsf/s320/DSCN5225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664318841238526130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Adam had fun picking too! He wasn't too sure about some onion skin that fell off into the tractor</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJ8Ktf_n1zOY9JjW31vj6oTEhTom6liQjjiR_2YPEmtsehN_ORN6teJpnaD7V06k3a5IS2maSmQkndI6bKsOVFwrWeUqTu6Lenx2P5PPKmtgjBUh9NZ6qGyNqxxxM7E_cchqi/s1600/DSCN5228.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJ8Ktf_n1zOY9JjW31vj6oTEhTom6liQjjiR_2YPEmtsehN_ORN6teJpnaD7V06k3a5IS2maSmQkndI6bKsOVFwrWeUqTu6Lenx2P5PPKmtgjBUh9NZ6qGyNqxxxM7E_cchqi/s320/DSCN5228.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664318844604996642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeiZVg7pjmkJLhPSTIQfIb8-Mes4JFbQpHhNF1KS_JISKPI-Y3IRMKA0KZ84IHoF-WjVBosqO8RO4Jd_CCtQ3RNPNTvy_7SJ_LijLsTCLcntnCkgcapJULjrTuKFx_Li4Jrsf/s1600/DSCN5225.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">Luckily Tim's dad loves cabbage pockets so he got a ginormous head of cabbage and some onions to start him out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">This week was my week to teach preschool. There are 5 total girls, but this past Thurs one of them was gone. I love doing the Mother Goose Time curriculum. This month is Ocean Commotion, and I got to teach about whales, sharks, dolphins, sea turtles and octopuses! They have so many great games and learning opportunities and so many cute easy crafts! The girls are loving the time together and Shyler loves to learn and play with her friends! They especially enjoy the added half hour at the end when they get to have free play. Of course I didn't take a picture of the super cool crafts they make, but dressed up and dancing and having a tea party.</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5Oezd9FVhKlUgb5-ZSe28RqokYmHE8rqBMCxNmTB3aJEan_ZNLJwq8t0FHcRBKMfr0EEB8fw_R5Cgi8qYWt2PoxWMo8Dp6QYKDQGL_eWt8o9jK14S9rAR-CymwQE6wYyMBcX/s320/DSCN5236.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664319805253231954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTJg5ZGFJUetDhn1Nm50c3UcR7fqS9HcSvUxui2Xba4bQC2PpoWLFfqqGCkL1yBeWhyphenhyphenMNh7xyMcgfhNSQESDYcIzymthlyeG5Ny1Jmalbo-QrNCPR03ILYNt6x1NfVtQshwoF/s1600/DSCN5238.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTJg5ZGFJUetDhn1Nm50c3UcR7fqS9HcSvUxui2Xba4bQC2PpoWLFfqqGCkL1yBeWhyphenhyphenMNh7xyMcgfhNSQESDYcIzymthlyeG5Ny1Jmalbo-QrNCPR03ILYNt6x1NfVtQshwoF/s320/DSCN5238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664317877217068178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler has been loving the space between the chair and the couch and she keeps putting a blanket up and making a fort, so this weekend we tried to make a huge fort! She loved it and now always wants one. We'll have to keep it up so we can make it awesome, this one was just the work of an amateur.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoPigldR4K08TfYAbA-vVqcf4oMtbM2T4xDqDbt4cMXJNMGy2DlkLvRhBbU84Mtc83SUal4d_6fBA5Yxb61OXdNKOxeWW8KD7MMrs8-usTsuIJAh2ZMk6_JYfkzUvZPLVIA_R/s1600/DSCN5242.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoPigldR4K08TfYAbA-vVqcf4oMtbM2T4xDqDbt4cMXJNMGy2DlkLvRhBbU84Mtc83SUal4d_6fBA5Yxb61OXdNKOxeWW8KD7MMrs8-usTsuIJAh2ZMk6_JYfkzUvZPLVIA_R/s320/DSCN5242.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664317873239073970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6T8rbXCR64ZnPYmMTAL-KuxGOWjCX1GvHMf7cfwQnTBackP_CUwecq5ynBbDNbvs3PeiGMX_8jICex_PNYzHcp_nERbzYJ8aKINbonsryiySVi24opEho3-3rGW9sO8igqsc/s320/DSCN5250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5664318819491597634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Last week I also was able to go to the Denver Temple. It was closed for 2 months and it was weird how much more I wanted to be able to go knowing I couldn't. It was good to be back! I also have been loving the our stakes volleyball night on Fridays and someone invited me to play in their city league! So last week I had 2 games on Thursday night. We won and my super competitive side comes out, it reminds me of the good ol' days of high school volleyball! </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe I'll become a more regular blogger... haha! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-31642529881626459802011-10-08T14:21:00.012-06:002011-10-12T23:00:52.531-06:00OHIO<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Brace yourself we had a fun time out in Ohio, but we also did a lot and took a lot of pictures! I narrowed down the pictures, but I still was quite wordy. If you are friends with me on Facebook, you probably already saw these pics and about 60 more, but here is a nice detailed account of our fun times!<div><br /></div><div>First we had a fun adventure on a super full plane as we flew to Detriot with Grandma and Grandpa. It wasn't too bad of a flight in the end. Shyler was great and Adam was good most of the time, but did decide after a while sitting still was not on his agenda. </div><div><br /></div><div>Thursday we got ready for our road trip! We picked Tim up at work, had a picnic lunch at a park next to Lake Erie and then we were off!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NBse3O4g5VQdfU0r5uuzVYunbq0wIGUqANwW7zmSGnimhsyoSSNS90i2lL2fvxtM7w8Z5D3fGFIuJM-4-0GJ5q3oQDiHAagFIZKqUnLvS7BcFaY7yGWF4A0WG0orxbuxi0XD/s200/DSCN4838.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661220725278060658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div>Our first stop was in Kirtland, Ohio. For those not familiar with Kirtland, it is the place where Joseph Smith and the church moved after they left New York. This is where the first temple was built and many revelations occurred. There of course are many other wonderful events that took place here. The Kirtland temple is actually owned by the Community of Christ Church, which branched away for the LDS church a long time ago. We arrived at 4 and much to our dismay we had missed the 3:30 tour of the temple and the 4:30 tour was booked with a tour bus. So we were only able to walk around the outside. They had beautiful flowers on the grounds and it was still neat to see it. </div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ax1uZN3m4nVqg2clGR9YeGESoGRhU5z9x4yKnyMhgZSeVRBHhhqvuue4MCNI-7ueQ20jzdW6M6lRc68wHpj9tjlTvuEbz-yiOhmYszcANW-lfVM-3fAKB26dyYQuUm71LiLc/s1600/DSCN4846.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ax1uZN3m4nVqg2clGR9YeGESoGRhU5z9x4yKnyMhgZSeVRBHhhqvuue4MCNI-7ueQ20jzdW6M6lRc68wHpj9tjlTvuEbz-yiOhmYszcANW-lfVM-3fAKB26dyYQuUm71LiLc/s200/DSCN4846.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661220717423456578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX5jesRWgz6pSiAmS-_RpXUoMe2QNTni1Ukuxt6fud3KG9X9-FYGe_A73Lutx21gRBXg105bhnDe2gbrFQ1bs_3i1BtErG0UOt1ZnUfPtfypdVszD8S8q_Xz9ne2pypKuox5j/s1600/DSCN4851.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX5jesRWgz6pSiAmS-_RpXUoMe2QNTni1Ukuxt6fud3KG9X9-FYGe_A73Lutx21gRBXg105bhnDe2gbrFQ1bs_3i1BtErG0UOt1ZnUfPtfypdVszD8S8q_Xz9ne2pypKuox5j/s200/DSCN4851.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661220712478787410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpH9HNB83t7tkjkzvq_hcNrGDh7Po0Bpt67YHkfCAd5zzuBDz2jmRDWlLGzkyngPGAMpNfwuoDALDbh1GSV92MGjqtvux_6r1Iquylq9b7lJl0IiPMXwPfZgc1Mrl8KZ4_CY_E/s1600/DSCN4853.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpH9HNB83t7tkjkzvq_hcNrGDh7Po0Bpt67YHkfCAd5zzuBDz2jmRDWlLGzkyngPGAMpNfwuoDALDbh1GSV92MGjqtvux_6r1Iquylq9b7lJl0IiPMXwPfZgc1Mrl8KZ4_CY_E/s200/DSCN4853.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661220698333882258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvGkvXFLH_9gvgoIXMj9M0ABeyrMMixUxw7ssP9TiPN8cXBwZ2W68uUri0SwuTrr4BHYAduBwcZ7t_AjmBpFVjDVvRWsqW8Kzi5cFw8x1MKMIn3zKRbr6ykhMla5O76FpfgKr/s1600/DSCN4866.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><br /></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvGkvXFLH_9gvgoIXMj9M0ABeyrMMixUxw7ssP9TiPN8cXBwZ2W68uUri0SwuTrr4BHYAduBwcZ7t_AjmBpFVjDVvRWsqW8Kzi5cFw8x1MKMIn3zKRbr6ykhMla5O76FpfgKr/s1600/DSCN4866.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div>After the temple, we were able to walk down the street to where the people lived at the time in the 1830's. There is a store which is also important to church history called the NK Whitney Store. Also in here there were many revelations and Joseph Smith came here first when he arrived in town. Newell K Whitney was very helpful in the building up of the church in Kirtland. The store is 85% of its original structure so that was cool to really feel the spirit and imagine life back then going to the "store". We got to explore all of the rooms including the upstairs where Jospeh held the school of the prophets, which was pretty much a class he taught on gospel principles. By then the kids were done and hungry so that was most of what we saw. We found the nearest place to eat which ended up being Wendy's. A quick dinner then we got ready for a bigger chunk of driving to Rochester, NY.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvGkvXFLH_9gvgoIXMj9M0ABeyrMMixUxw7ssP9TiPN8cXBwZ2W68uUri0SwuTrr4BHYAduBwcZ7t_AjmBpFVjDVvRWsqW8Kzi5cFw8x1MKMIn3zKRbr6ykhMla5O76FpfgKr/s1600/DSCN4866.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvGkvXFLH_9gvgoIXMj9M0ABeyrMMixUxw7ssP9TiPN8cXBwZ2W68uUri0SwuTrr4BHYAduBwcZ7t_AjmBpFVjDVvRWsqW8Kzi5cFw8x1MKMIn3zKRbr6ykhMla5O76FpfgKr/s200/DSCN4866.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661220694667713010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px; " /></a><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>We got in close to 11 and we all crashed!! The next day was a new day and a new adventure. We drove about 30 min east to Palmyra, NY. This is where Joseph Smith grew up. We went to the site of the recreated log home he was living in when he read James 1:5. He felt inspired pray to the Lord about which church he should join since there was a lot of commotion about different churches at the time. He went into the grove of trees by his house and got on his knees and prayed. This is where he saw Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. This special place is know known as the Sacred Grove. We got to walk through the grove and the log home and the other home they lived in while he was growing up see some of the places where different events happened. There are many stories about people trying to steal the golden plates and we saw some of the places he was able to hide them. After the grove the kids were ready for lunch so we headed to town. Thanks to our trusty GPS we discovered a yummy pizza place that made cheesy bread just right for our picky kids who don't eat pizza. Then we were able to go to the Grandin Print Shop where the first 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon was published. We got to see the process and how much work it used to take to make books. Shyler even got to practice creasing the pages and get them ready to be bound. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5HgkNp-GQqqU1RM4rfQQQiOlpZyyNzS9_uqoU6_YEi0vFArLbvK2uI4-RoyuEZGS90ZSPo8pU-46RnH4vS2VFYZfSJ4KiXCBhz2uZGtlwpvjjQQOUQstYyGOFXvZHelJzh5j/s1600/DSCN4910.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5HgkNp-GQqqU1RM4rfQQQiOlpZyyNzS9_uqoU6_YEi0vFArLbvK2uI4-RoyuEZGS90ZSPo8pU-46RnH4vS2VFYZfSJ4KiXCBhz2uZGtlwpvjjQQOUQstYyGOFXvZHelJzh5j/s200/DSCN4910.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661221802822282802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCS8XSmNd4_DRJZVtTrKjX86-E4u8lZHElELZDRZpZjGA6o1V_GLtWC_lr0JdNjQGe-kO80f0fobHeeW5rbi_32W4b-WGCIZAigE6hxrB2Bosru8l_qWiuqAce0usdse0yXVcE/s1600/DSCN4915.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCS8XSmNd4_DRJZVtTrKjX86-E4u8lZHElELZDRZpZjGA6o1V_GLtWC_lr0JdNjQGe-kO80f0fobHeeW5rbi_32W4b-WGCIZAigE6hxrB2Bosru8l_qWiuqAce0usdse0yXVcE/s200/DSCN4915.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661221796959378962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>On our way back out of town we stopped at the Palmyra Temple. It is beautiful, and as you are at the Smith family farm you can see the temple through the trees and as you are at the temple you can see across into the sacred grove. Our guide told us that this temple is the only one with clear glass, and it is on the window looking into the grove, they call it the Hinckley window after our previous prophet. All other temples just have stained glass all around. Our last stop was the Hill Cumorah. This is the place where the last prophet from the days of the Book of Mormon finished writing on the plates and buried them. It is here where Joseph Smith retrieved the plates to translate them. </div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyy_d9hVn7KNwarWfnpKf0NIFNK50QPUAUAx0-Z-mcpPRXPmpCxFr1HGiFu3M8qisFN2wGBrTU7oQf_B2DdZ49EoW6_k6trrxUM0amW3FYYuD60JKEgxylxFAVqRynByA8mlac/s200/DSCN4924.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662834602083239698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghf8MvM-KtACgmogeIYLaEfHM9jmB3zZBCVU4wz6XT0OW2-5QCooym8XZjKs0h3FMKrc1GKI2pNe7ZweRwV0d2vtcGnasqwhQrYN3fyuAv5jPbuTxDVOcUVQ7dySy9f_aGh3bL/s1600/DSCN4900.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghf8MvM-KtACgmogeIYLaEfHM9jmB3zZBCVU4wz6XT0OW2-5QCooym8XZjKs0h3FMKrc1GKI2pNe7ZweRwV0d2vtcGnasqwhQrYN3fyuAv5jPbuTxDVOcUVQ7dySy9f_aGh3bL/s200/DSCN4900.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661221790534052866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>After our fun morning adventure we headed back to Rochester and were lucky enough to meet up with Tim's Great-Uncle Don and his wife Mary Lou. They are super nice and we had fun getting to know them a little better. They took us to Cheesecake Factory where we of course ate a lot of yummy food and then indulged on some yummy cheesecake! After dinner they took us along the Erie canal and the kids got to feed ducks. It was a little bit of a history review as I remember hearing about the Erie canal and singing a song about it when I was younger, but never thought I would see it. It really is just like a river running through town, but there is just an amazing amount of history behind it. We saw no barges, but we did see a crew team parcticing, which still a first for us and the ducks loved the yummy treats!</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_iQx9sTZgKzNcI4NtyzKPF7I0PTKWvj823Rvz-uCeYtqn8OY6m82DKjBy3_V8WK8V74RZRY2M_d0lIWXaAVyFGMdSGCfNHplHR72iVEedMBsuScDMJlUFM-yeUydYbVEuKfQ6/s1600/DSCN4961.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_iQx9sTZgKzNcI4NtyzKPF7I0PTKWvj823Rvz-uCeYtqn8OY6m82DKjBy3_V8WK8V74RZRY2M_d0lIWXaAVyFGMdSGCfNHplHR72iVEedMBsuScDMJlUFM-yeUydYbVEuKfQ6/s200/DSCN4961.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661221782542153666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>On the road again... We made our way a little north of Rochester to an apple farm! It was a fun family farm that was at prime time for apple picking! We got to pick a variety of apples; cortland, empire, and macoun then we also picked fall raspberries. The kids enjoyed the picking and the play area. We also bought honeycrisp and sweetango from the market. We loved having freshly picked apples for the rest of our trip! They weren't super happy with us bringing them into Canada, but the border patrol lady just said make sure we brought them all back!</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDokUMZQaLGX4kduT3lTkVgKYT16RKWWoFJfOf4l4pXNlytR98W0lebGITZ6pIg6n4f-_E0W29wxDRfHpZRWfqlQlg7FMZw-zVr5y0esSJUCGr6aLXgO2rJduGhsXzF6sv_ZNm/s1600/DSCN4967.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDokUMZQaLGX4kduT3lTkVgKYT16RKWWoFJfOf4l4pXNlytR98W0lebGITZ6pIg6n4f-_E0W29wxDRfHpZRWfqlQlg7FMZw-zVr5y0esSJUCGr6aLXgO2rJduGhsXzF6sv_ZNm/s200/DSCN4967.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661221772685768258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aY0WPSGBQ1sj59lzblbTZs6oy54mjt_XKQ8bRKG6ZmBxJ44YROR9nNVRdAZEgl43CACR0IYNCq7WK9m8ylm4XwhmzMsWayKH4GrB3SbsFbrrjSXSHnwGtQ1eu1fGpHdXsZl_/s1600/DSCN4985.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2aY0WPSGBQ1sj59lzblbTZs6oy54mjt_XKQ8bRKG6ZmBxJ44YROR9nNVRdAZEgl43CACR0IYNCq7WK9m8ylm4XwhmzMsWayKH4GrB3SbsFbrrjSXSHnwGtQ1eu1fGpHdXsZl_/s200/DSCN4985.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661222748851290818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a>So after the farm we headed for Niagara Falls! We got there and the kids were ready to get out and we were excited to see the beauty of one of God's creations. It was beautiful! We convinced Grandpa that the boat ride would be fun and we experienced the falls up close on the Maid of the Mist boat ride. It was wet and we all looked like smurfs, but it was worth it. We only wish we would have spent more time walking around on the Canadian side, just driving by it was beautiful. We enjoyed getting grilled by the canadian border patrol, and like I said earlier we had to promise to bring back our apples... </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkhO1xbM4bPt0SQDC6Cy340K0PUhujQVXpDiBSUagAAQEatAdRD6TIYdEjb35FTNx-17O3F0tTmYmC_AdsNZHmIvcjmuidPGabtVEFEDBV9vONudmoqYk838radIgv00kiAJl/s1600/DSCN5014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwkhO1xbM4bPt0SQDC6Cy340K0PUhujQVXpDiBSUagAAQEatAdRD6TIYdEjb35FTNx-17O3F0tTmYmC_AdsNZHmIvcjmuidPGabtVEFEDBV9vONudmoqYk838radIgv00kiAJl/s200/DSCN5014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661222740047343202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPv4nI-YkqYSFcg-H4miheFV7hue9ahdRcpUzgtla3OxZmWKO_3XASr5rg74xuoOuTtc9Yg9dcxewKXEol1CyVcDAsQskldga4TR4l5dgEPIZUKpTEd2S1fEdCsjBj6AYKAsch/s1600/DSCN5026.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPv4nI-YkqYSFcg-H4miheFV7hue9ahdRcpUzgtla3OxZmWKO_3XASr5rg74xuoOuTtc9Yg9dcxewKXEol1CyVcDAsQskldga4TR4l5dgEPIZUKpTEd2S1fEdCsjBj6AYKAsch/s200/DSCN5026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661222735422465474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69VQa2rHj_3ZXIi8KUa21i30_43NBrQaPOjLyPTfe8hvRM0nH4_Yf7Q9YBmpFkt6chc6mzmozQHbOZOBmQc8ZsoCKIoo613iglxsLWgBVrwXqtlGeVOLgipsTw2EKgE6Z6OCM/s1600/DSCN5032.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69VQa2rHj_3ZXIi8KUa21i30_43NBrQaPOjLyPTfe8hvRM0nH4_Yf7Q9YBmpFkt6chc6mzmozQHbOZOBmQc8ZsoCKIoo613iglxsLWgBVrwXqtlGeVOLgipsTw2EKgE6Z6OCM/s200/DSCN5032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661222728634666626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zs48ZFoupVm0_ayhyphenhyphenn1bmaH9QVucO-9kQ5orWQs236hOGjDuiqIsmO8P1nOShQWRP3m1n57iIJzzhwfGhbvmPiZxZGVq6LW_FNLWUhSZJJXYWa7oPGjojeDAMNYUC1F3trjl/s1600/DSCN5037.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zs48ZFoupVm0_ayhyphenhyphenn1bmaH9QVucO-9kQ5orWQs236hOGjDuiqIsmO8P1nOShQWRP3m1n57iIJzzhwfGhbvmPiZxZGVq6LW_FNLWUhSZJJXYWa7oPGjojeDAMNYUC1F3trjl/s200/DSCN5037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661222719658819506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>We made it Toronto after that for a late dinner, then another night in a hotel. We did however wake up to a beautiful fall day and spent the morning going to church and walking around the Toronto Temple. It is beautiful and so peaceful. We had a picnic lunch with some of our apples and snacks then headed back for an actual nap time at the hotel! We headed down town for dinner to The Spaghetti Factory, I know real original, but it was still delicious. After we had paid $20 bucks for parking we decided that we would do the CN tower that night. It was a tall tower and stepping off the elevator, it was crazy to think we were standing on a little tower 1,100 feet off the ground. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQY_Irh7qWND7oUphre_e7UHY3fhUBNbF6jwnShwGzDcQNBbKv269yYjSdMychM4p6-bujyjtxTS75RIlGXZx2MJNC-fMA3pIKfUegL-dIw7V4_sjTy5XSQiHAkUJgmagqB7st/s1600/DSCN5083.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQY_Irh7qWND7oUphre_e7UHY3fhUBNbF6jwnShwGzDcQNBbKv269yYjSdMychM4p6-bujyjtxTS75RIlGXZx2MJNC-fMA3pIKfUegL-dIw7V4_sjTy5XSQiHAkUJgmagqB7st/s200/DSCN5083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661223607632136066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3r4FGPZXjvS-fN1DtAiOhkuiSMSrKVVR4eZR_a5XnC_SOk4kfo683_yFrmIeZiI4dWA25hjQoDrXSGAHbK5hLA6NCJ1q-I6yQwEfQCAmLSfo6-ylJ6tEjpSzPmWjf1J_hmRt/s1600/DSCN5101.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI3r4FGPZXjvS-fN1DtAiOhkuiSMSrKVVR4eZR_a5XnC_SOk4kfo683_yFrmIeZiI4dWA25hjQoDrXSGAHbK5hLA6NCJ1q-I6yQwEfQCAmLSfo6-ylJ6tEjpSzPmWjf1J_hmRt/s200/DSCN5101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661223604430216546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfe3mFniUWlJEfatFjTTGKXOu05P2fa-E_qrWHY_cHQi5ae7-FYm74yovyALwu-0q3G_ilAkEYVwwZY7BjyU-O7kY6X9GVxoPDiwKwuVjTVbApBd-2DR0GCVa0Rj0y8N7L01b/s1600/DSCN5104.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfe3mFniUWlJEfatFjTTGKXOu05P2fa-E_qrWHY_cHQi5ae7-FYm74yovyALwu-0q3G_ilAkEYVwwZY7BjyU-O7kY6X9GVxoPDiwKwuVjTVbApBd-2DR0GCVa0Rj0y8N7L01b/s200/DSCN5104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661223595456083746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></u></span></div><div>Monday we drove back to Toledo. When we got up in the morning Tim was so thoughtful and decided to go get doughnuts from Tim Hortons. Apparently they are like Starbucks out in the northeast and they are everywhere!!! They call their little doughnut holes Tim Bits... so fun! We packed up and decided that we didn't really know what we were doing, except driving to Toledo with no GPS, just our map I bought at Niagara Falls to guide us. Luckily I was an expert navigator with an even better driver and we never got lost :-) we did decide to take a detour when we saw a sign for a maple farm. We saw them bottling maple syrup and got some fresh yummy treats. We also stopped in London, Ontario for lunch for another round of Wendy's. Driving out of town we saw what looked like a riot! Grandpa and I were curious, while Tim and Grandma were more like let's get out of here! Turns out it was just some high school kids protesting the police over a pepper spray incident. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WNhYxkq_XB2-4Ti8fPudJODAJxIRuhn6CPwIlGv0Bcc3WL2onBkwRsC9YzhpWyx_b_f2Xd5TRIXNJh0MiKCfW9C_4XAUs4vAnKxL9jet_xIqZ3Q5k9QPzywYeBBnO9nr47L6/s1600/DSCN5140.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1WNhYxkq_XB2-4Ti8fPudJODAJxIRuhn6CPwIlGv0Bcc3WL2onBkwRsC9YzhpWyx_b_f2Xd5TRIXNJh0MiKCfW9C_4XAUs4vAnKxL9jet_xIqZ3Q5k9QPzywYeBBnO9nr47L6/s200/DSCN5140.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661223586321803442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Almost there... we decided to take the northern route back into America through a town called Sarnia, instead of through Windsor. I don't know what the difference would have been, but we waited in line on the bridge for an hour to cross the border!!! But it was nice to be that much closer to "home". We got back close to dinner time and for the famous Tony Packo's. They have their specialty hot dog that you just have to try... well that is what everyone told Tim. So I tried it. Tim and I both agree we are not fans. It is a delicious hot dog, more like a sausage on a bun which is also good, but then it is topped with mustard, onions, a special sauce (it seemed like beanless chili), and then cheese... I would have been better with the chicken chili that I also got as part of my meal, now that was good! They have buns signed by so many famous people on display all around the restaurant, including the current and previous 3 presidents! </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvE_WuvcSEtG0IXvBiPZlDjx01jd8BxL7k_etTz1DJUDcd1n7wvT_4KgSUm_64tn1lVU6WR6ByOGlWNBVb-6aiehxonvwg5z3CZxcb8xt_Xl6qMrMwKfpoLrsLaMz2c0KUHWTx/s1600/DSCN5146.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvE_WuvcSEtG0IXvBiPZlDjx01jd8BxL7k_etTz1DJUDcd1n7wvT_4KgSUm_64tn1lVU6WR6ByOGlWNBVb-6aiehxonvwg5z3CZxcb8xt_Xl6qMrMwKfpoLrsLaMz2c0KUHWTx/s200/DSCN5146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661223581721997586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></a><div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm pretty sure no one is still reading about our trip, but we really did a lot of fun stuff in 5 short days, I don't want to forget anything! So after dinner we checked G and G into their hotel room. Well, Tim had enough points so they just upgraded them for free. They got a king size bed with a ginormous hot tub in room!!! With a little nudging, Shyler decided that the hot tub would be way cooler to swim in than the hotel pool and so she finally got to go swimming and we got to stay in the comfort of the room and not worry about it being too deep!</div><div><br /></div><div>G and G's last day... They decided to visit the Sauder Village just west of Toledo. It is founded by the maker of Sauder furniture and it is a whole village set up in pioneer times with actors in each little shop or cabin dressed to the part. It was fun and cool to see them still making toys or baskets like they used to and Shyler got to see a real spinning wheel at work!!! They also had a children's area which the kids loved! They got to milk a cow and play in the kitchen and even iron, that was much more interesting to the kids than the rest of the place, but it was still really cool. Then we headed up to Detriot to drop them off. On the way back home we got... Wendy's for dinner, yes, the 3rd time in 6 days! We are so original I know... but our kids like their chicken nuggets, and they have a fruit you can get, or a yogurt if you are in Canada, and the toy was a little sports themed toy which was also cool! I think we ended up with a football , volleyball and 3 soccer balls!</div><div><br /></div><div>Family time! So we had a few more days with just the 4 of us. Tim worked during the day, but Wed. Shyler got to go on a date with him to the movies! She saw Lion King in 3-D! I got a date with Tim on Friday and a delicious dinner at the Japanese steakhouse. We were so grateful to his co-worker that offered to babysit! Lindsey was a lifesaver! On our last day we met another coworker at another apple farm and went to the apple butter festival. Besides having the wind chill making it feel like 40 degrees, it was fun to pick apples again and enjoy the festivities. The kids loved the pony ride they got, Adam went back for another one after we took him off!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhE7tnGewjUM-Jj_0vkza16jGGDsfY5v-1rC3PNiF66B1VTEotzSefEGj-_0opERKwOg_VE3VVjzKY3JMl7prlXwoDk13u-hTLVCOMcsvvalzIEXpaU-I-ijV9-TwAaY6SrX16/s200/DSCN5212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662837078268555218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div>So then we were done :-( Tim dropped us off at the airport and I went through security with my 2 kids, a stroller, 2 backpacks, and a giant bag of apples! We survived and I was glad I had my sister to help on the other end. The kids were great on the flight and we had a whole row to ourselves. Adam even took a nap this time! We miss Tim, but glad how quickly the time is going and how soon it will be when we see him again! That also means that this experience is getting closer to being over! We can't wait!!!</div></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-57152867147909596832011-08-22T00:14:00.000-06:002011-08-22T00:15:00.741-06:00There are 2 new posts to read!!!Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-2611357792146998372011-08-21T22:51:00.007-06:002011-08-22T00:14:33.680-06:00California here we come!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXQ3kWegDXT6Hq46doNdc2QkhO2-uxoaQ2Wg8A7wMp5RgeWp825S1voroALWigL-MZbQyH0x1Xr4lFfia3EUr5DKrwYvirc_ypGI1kekvdBWYMq4ybNjwInb3FXfP_ZH4IXFm/s1600/IMG_1490.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><div style="text-align: center; ">As promised we have been busy busy! We finished off July with a trip up to Cheyenne to visit the Fournier's and Cheyenne Frontier Days. Becky Cody and I had a great time going to see Darius Rucker in concert, no fainting for me this time (unlike my last CFD concert of Taylor Swift when I was pregnant and I did pass out) and then we all had a great time at the pancake breakfast. Luckily, Shyler did not drop her pancakes, unlike last year and Adam and Finn got to indulge on some as well! All in all it was a great time! A tradition to continue for many more years, especially since it's been 4 already!!!</div><div style="text-align: center; ">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Watching Kevin Costner and Modern West getting ready for Darius Rucker! FYI He is really good in concert and does little dance moves while he's singing, a little hip swinging and such.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIcQCto7DxKa4Vydic0slB2jYUmAUh26MTdlhTDQviVGI5GgQkWkOv5UeCNOlT9XJEHocBqBW0sYwa1kEn7R78uoQmKa8g-8fZy7gShNR3aL9Tayqgl8WY1HmWUiOuza3vGN3/s1600/IMG_1654.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJ-lYjQL9JqPh5sccuFnU99LjIa2rMwj4mnfO9XhMj_TSYhyphenhyphen-5TItNe7fjfOqaRhe5BNEj_NVBV3npHYxR4ELTkl-7lzEf0T4UtPC0vgamXo6wyLraZt284aOEThw5eoqqRJy/s1600/DSCN4492.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJ-lYjQL9JqPh5sccuFnU99LjIa2rMwj4mnfO9XhMj_TSYhyphenhyphen-5TItNe7fjfOqaRhe5BNEj_NVBV3npHYxR4ELTkl-7lzEf0T4UtPC0vgamXo6wyLraZt284aOEThw5eoqqRJy/s320/DSCN4492.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643533664227360274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Shyler loving her pancakes, she ate 2 big ones!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd0TaIfR44_UDqwi0t2O6W2bQtbTyM5oWXZfgOyem2Cz5A_tLwnCK8e0WmA1kS7bcXgj_xRuQ3aaELueoQ2cdbAuYJ3zQ_1ijh05CS73Ks01SkCbxq-RcCqkZ780uizMVTQFO/s1600/DSCN4508.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd0TaIfR44_UDqwi0t2O6W2bQtbTyM5oWXZfgOyem2Cz5A_tLwnCK8e0WmA1kS7bcXgj_xRuQ3aaELueoQ2cdbAuYJ3zQ_1ijh05CS73Ks01SkCbxq-RcCqkZ780uizMVTQFO/s320/DSCN4508.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643533661180662658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; ">Adam also ate 2 big ones!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYLWXEGSsYnt8so6rLBNBtoW_Fm2HizVOqCBdCZ_lOSb5i8sIXK1mDGIwAjuMtx_b4dipDJvvNbjVrPPvaYoy2-DEs0uOKZbNvFZ6pU8bfSSTGuavtQK5MlHtCHSN9pJ7hxFo/s1600/DSCN4510.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYLWXEGSsYnt8so6rLBNBtoW_Fm2HizVOqCBdCZ_lOSb5i8sIXK1mDGIwAjuMtx_b4dipDJvvNbjVrPPvaYoy2-DEs0uOKZbNvFZ6pU8bfSSTGuavtQK5MlHtCHSN9pJ7hxFo/s320/DSCN4510.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643533649532366962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><div style="text-align: center;">Let the real vacation begin...</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Last week we returned home from a 6 day trip to the Central California coast. It was another great time! We spent a lot of time with my brother and his kids and enjoyed the cool coastal weather. Tim and I especially enjoyed a weekend getaway to Santa Barbara to celebrate our anniversary! (See other post)</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Adam got to sit with me and Nana for the flight and was so good! He just fell asleep before we even took off! Tim did a great job running them around before our flight. He slept for the first hour and then enjoyed watching the drink cart and the yummy cookie cart for another chunk then played nicely. Shyer didn't behave as well, but was still pretty good. She enjoyed her daddy time as they sat 2 rows behind us and read some of her new books daddy bought her and of course enjoyed the ipad!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEfEVjz4-mkk4f9MMANfJ2YueZKr-lBP5a0CLNco2PrgPiWfbBTF1XHjjsM0Jw5Uw3Fty-vCL67MZIrgYKJUdoX5NnuuUhOFxhOdA86FUI0-Ljlm9NfcKtSnIBwG0-22h-oYa/s1600/IMG_1541.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjEfEVjz4-mkk4f9MMANfJ2YueZKr-lBP5a0CLNco2PrgPiWfbBTF1XHjjsM0Jw5Uw3Fty-vCL67MZIrgYKJUdoX5NnuuUhOFxhOdA86FUI0-Ljlm9NfcKtSnIBwG0-22h-oYa/s320/IMG_1541.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643549990823111922" /></a><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Once we were in CA our first stop was IN-n-Out. Some may not understand our family obsession with a hamburger, but we love them! My mom has had 6 double doubles since our trip to Nevada and CA! They just taste so good! Plus we can't have them so we have to indulge when we can because we never know when the next time will be. Plus if you are gonna eat fast food, why not something so delicious! Plus the strawberry shakes are so good. I think I might have to start getting Shyler her own, she drank half of mine!!!</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOXQ3kWegDXT6Hq46doNdc2QkhO2-uxoaQ2Wg8A7wMp5RgeWp825S1voroALWigL-MZbQyH0x1Xr4lFfia3EUr5DKrwYvirc_ypGI1kekvdBWYMq4ybNjwInb3FXfP_ZH4IXFm/s320/IMG_1490.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643552370151469442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;">Then it was play time! We spent a couple days just playing around with the cousins. We played with blocks waiting for the marine layer to burn off...</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJ_qFa16dSbcjyn-gN2uw2FbiBR7P6EaWpZ9gnquPmfXzaw-ay0xTgOdF5gvEnRZXFcbJYcVjBFmpQo_Aoc_lZVCpq8q-IhvlbTbre7qbIur09qXrjGAxhc_G9Y0l5kV5okTA/s1600/DSCN4539.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJ_qFa16dSbcjyn-gN2uw2FbiBR7P6EaWpZ9gnquPmfXzaw-ay0xTgOdF5gvEnRZXFcbJYcVjBFmpQo_Aoc_lZVCpq8q-IhvlbTbre7qbIur09qXrjGAxhc_G9Y0l5kV5okTA/s320/DSCN4539.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643549979499541138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...we played at the park</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaU94dnz4GBRLLwpr239BPQL1RIynLgCXC5ucoDl_XpSumglqrTVSjMtPKXhpiGNrPE3NEWhUkPJwJ0R0JGN7m2Gnhfr0aEAHGBpyXgfWm8VdO8n8YaO5ZiG_gaQWMfDtDek84/s1600/DSCN4553.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaU94dnz4GBRLLwpr239BPQL1RIynLgCXC5ucoDl_XpSumglqrTVSjMtPKXhpiGNrPE3NEWhUkPJwJ0R0JGN7m2Gnhfr0aEAHGBpyXgfWm8VdO8n8YaO5ZiG_gaQWMfDtDek84/s320/DSCN4553.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643549975137449954" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...we had a picnic, and we had fun! My brother's oldest daughter was also there and we had fun seeing her for the first time in a long time! It was fun playing and if you notice they are wearing plants and long sleeves... yes it is California and yes it is the middle of August, but something I forgot and had a hard time believing was how the temp stays the same all year. By the end of our trip it got up into the mid-70's and it was hot for there!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZPM4xmBLdMxn-qAhveQM5_EuP80BtSZOHlILI8V2pyAssjlq4eNAQF1zV1Y0djQ4jsckSpEZFtSX6ErF5qgQJ7df7p4A3nx_c5BsTzWTDdoZPIE_3xLQi7rt2bULRFyn_feA/s1600/DSCN4558.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZPM4xmBLdMxn-qAhveQM5_EuP80BtSZOHlILI8V2pyAssjlq4eNAQF1zV1Y0djQ4jsckSpEZFtSX6ErF5qgQJ7df7p4A3nx_c5BsTzWTDdoZPIE_3xLQi7rt2bULRFyn_feA/s320/DSCN4558.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643548815876994386" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We spent one morning driving up the coast. We decided to visit Morro Bay. It was a cute little town on the coast with lots of boats in the harbor and of course a chilly beach. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpzQGYk3ABGJiL0qspV24Z8EQiC-I59qvLkOomChcLoAolM4GI67saKnBqm8Ba8l7ppXsiq5drJL6euBu2NXyYxoIZ9K8HBbgrfynff2Fl8bKcq6oF3kKJpwOXbt_D7uM8_aD/s1600/DSCN4570.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpzQGYk3ABGJiL0qspV24Z8EQiC-I59qvLkOomChcLoAolM4GI67saKnBqm8Ba8l7ppXsiq5drJL6euBu2NXyYxoIZ9K8HBbgrfynff2Fl8bKcq6oF3kKJpwOXbt_D7uM8_aD/s320/DSCN4570.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643548810183036370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There is a random huge rock right on the coast</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwejES6rx3M7eCvB-J3x2i0Dv55B_O7FwUD7UIq7WlILT2cZwTUf6QwLq_4ACbA0nD8nAD5ukskE50AJ4kL0JGFDTIqg04ryENLmnEPGmNW7LDrR6FIE0f_o8iJzgszGO2QQXp/s1600/DSCN4571.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwejES6rx3M7eCvB-J3x2i0Dv55B_O7FwUD7UIq7WlILT2cZwTUf6QwLq_4ACbA0nD8nAD5ukskE50AJ4kL0JGFDTIqg04ryENLmnEPGmNW7LDrR6FIE0f_o8iJzgszGO2QQXp/s320/DSCN4571.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643548805123217074" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler was so excited to build a sand castle on the beach but first Tim tried to convince her to get her feet a little wet. She's like her mom and not a fan of things that make her cold, so she didn't get in too much and preferred to play in the sand and try to build a castle.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLP5dPXNfUqorhGf_u4NWd_UHfkhDGiqYzgw6AzG54sEXLhWWYc9Nw4mcuLZdam-JH1HaR_o6-rVNHnD2y8tw7FDK4iY4_2Rpwp7VcGwQRcuAlW8p3fPRJ8_8m6_yWGnGxMCPK/s1600/DSCN4582.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLP5dPXNfUqorhGf_u4NWd_UHfkhDGiqYzgw6AzG54sEXLhWWYc9Nw4mcuLZdam-JH1HaR_o6-rVNHnD2y8tw7FDK4iY4_2Rpwp7VcGwQRcuAlW8p3fPRJ8_8m6_yWGnGxMCPK/s320/DSCN4582.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643548795692507602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Adam started out very cautious of the giant mass of water rolling in and out of the beach, but after a little convincing he went in with Tim and LOVED it!!! His poor little toes were so red but he didn't even care! Luckily I was smart enough to bring a change of clothes for both of them!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP6rJIr0MW0aMR5E7VvqjJ7D_u1TKfcVpfF-3gNx9ASW_ebRxWoe4Jd6pdgZ6lBaIYwI6CLO8Ejv7rrIcAphGQVzS8wirsrcW1hBKjI1Maql_99Y03OxUs9S2rfu-1mctjUwS/s1600/DSCN4604.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyP6rJIr0MW0aMR5E7VvqjJ7D_u1TKfcVpfF-3gNx9ASW_ebRxWoe4Jd6pdgZ6lBaIYwI6CLO8Ejv7rrIcAphGQVzS8wirsrcW1hBKjI1Maql_99Y03OxUs9S2rfu-1mctjUwS/s320/DSCN4604.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643548786656392450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center; ">The main event!</div></div><div style="text-align: center; ">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">So the real reason for a trip to CA was to congratulate and support my brother on his 21 years he served our US military in the Air Force. I am so proud of him and all of the work he has done and the sacrifices he has made. I am thankful also to my sister-in-law who supports him as well in this part of his life. They both have given so much to serve our country and I can't even comprehend all that they have done and that every military member does do each and every day for us. I was so sad Steph couldn't be there, but she was busy sacrificing for our country halfway across the world. Thank you!!!</div><div style="text-align: center; ">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Matt was presented with a shadow box that he designed. It was also so sweet to see him give each of his 3 children a set of his dog tags as he hung them up for good.</div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS5ssBf6v3SNhUZ0zeaNNfVM0B8WzxBJqOzQ8Xw46Uu5z79FpJdDYKp-qBVZQ1xx9E3qTArmxYQ0kDJJ1u1tfH-oiKY1bKLyFEiEmOCRPr_iAhCICdtdA3HDnmn_OvyCpeWxE/s1600/IMG_1592.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWS5ssBf6v3SNhUZ0zeaNNfVM0B8WzxBJqOzQ8Xw46Uu5z79FpJdDYKp-qBVZQ1xx9E3qTArmxYQ0kDJJ1u1tfH-oiKY1bKLyFEiEmOCRPr_iAhCICdtdA3HDnmn_OvyCpeWxE/s320/IMG_1592.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643547071445404098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My mom got the girls matching shirts and my Aunt got crowns for them to wear too! Of course the only way to get the 5 of them to sit still was to turn on the tv... and I still didn't get a good one of them all.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhD1Qsrn04_MrLYTG5zCKJCx-vQeMDvpzuFUkPeNygfX3-LJtN4mY7rdM6MySG3m9G1Rc70VDYT-3tLUziPONM7Brb8ujPnELz0UpgJ5GjsnTZ0E4ETVkvtwp4IZrYRYkE5Jf/s1600/DSCN4629.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhD1Qsrn04_MrLYTG5zCKJCx-vQeMDvpzuFUkPeNygfX3-LJtN4mY7rdM6MySG3m9G1Rc70VDYT-3tLUziPONM7Brb8ujPnELz0UpgJ5GjsnTZ0E4ETVkvtwp4IZrYRYkE5Jf/s320/DSCN4629.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643547065770301730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Before Tim and I left for our weekend we went to an event on base called, "Touch a Truck". Hearing the name, it sounded so weird to me, but it was really cool. The kids were invited to come and see an assortment of cars, trucks, rescue vehicles and heavy machinery. They got to climb inside and check them out. </span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Taylor enjoying the jet ski</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPfZn5DJX23qgT9VY6SG3KLTfZmmM48xCBWDbO8qEjmF_BqM7A_ckLRGm_oZVeZ1eNSDZYuLrb_aOi8xp2zDLqu8VrtD_ErWiOyPZyRSKCbP0E6z4kWXVuIz1aViCjOBpwRWi/s1600/IMG_1628.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPfZn5DJX23qgT9VY6SG3KLTfZmmM48xCBWDbO8qEjmF_BqM7A_ckLRGm_oZVeZ1eNSDZYuLrb_aOi8xp2zDLqu8VrtD_ErWiOyPZyRSKCbP0E6z4kWXVuIz1aViCjOBpwRWi/s320/IMG_1628.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643547053944876706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler and Jordan modeling the fire truck for us</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp_TUwGCfJAUUX1Iikt19eqWrvJ9pnTso4V1rPKjxWjESf9J44eaGhCVxwQwjuc-Wz6bfHdA8c1UCKKJzk-Num8cxw4IK0FkrCLbz2VmzTk1tk4Z5tAJDbON09m2Ox0-y7blD/s1600/IMG_1625.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQp_TUwGCfJAUUX1Iikt19eqWrvJ9pnTso4V1rPKjxWjESf9J44eaGhCVxwQwjuc-Wz6bfHdA8c1UCKKJzk-Num8cxw4IK0FkrCLbz2VmzTk1tk4Z5tAJDbON09m2Ox0-y7blD/s320/IMG_1625.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643547044779880450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Adam trying to stop the bulldozer</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiYt-y6qy_7zSSAxDffYFzanv-6NIjvc-nGxRhu2EcgV8mkAVXXIx86uW-PYq__ZXX3VOn9iqdPG1IbSIYvcMrn5JUHC0BaKvkWPr95Xz-3eWM-m902ZwUSuuNqfdBSteeJ90/s1600/IMG_1634.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiYt-y6qy_7zSSAxDffYFzanv-6NIjvc-nGxRhu2EcgV8mkAVXXIx86uW-PYq__ZXX3VOn9iqdPG1IbSIYvcMrn5JUHC0BaKvkWPr95Xz-3eWM-m902ZwUSuuNqfdBSteeJ90/s320/IMG_1634.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643547033539388722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">While we were gone the kids got to enjoy the beach one more time with their cousins. I think the attempt may have been a little better because Matt was there with the magic word, 1-2-3... Boogers! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIcQCto7DxKa4Vydic0slB2jYUmAUh26MTdlhTDQviVGI5GgQkWkOv5UeCNOlT9XJEHocBqBW0sYwa1kEn7R78uoQmKa8g-8fZy7gShNR3aL9Tayqgl8WY1HmWUiOuza3vGN3/s1600/IMG_1654.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmIcQCto7DxKa4Vydic0slB2jYUmAUh26MTdlhTDQviVGI5GgQkWkOv5UeCNOlT9XJEHocBqBW0sYwa1kEn7R78uoQmKa8g-8fZy7gShNR3aL9Tayqgl8WY1HmWUiOuza3vGN3/s320/IMG_1654.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643533679692333266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center; "><div>We also went swimming and I enjoyed being in the water more than out because it was surprisingly warmer in there... then I ran home as fast as I could to get warm, because I tried to shower off but the water was not warm... Have I mentioned how I don't like to be cold?</div><div>
<br /></div><div>The flight home was pretty good and I got to try to entertain for almost the whole flight. The flight attendant was brilliant though and handed me a stack of cups to give him and that was very helpful. The chocolate chip cookie was of course a nice treat again as well. Then after I kept him busy for the whole flight he sat on my mom's lap to look out the window during our landing and... fell asleep!!!! </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5aOPXE8pSDAvaRFZI_njn9ga8VZRDIcvlhfZ1KInIhLA6wnLqYt_eGL5ltr6ZpXd7HXj-VVccV5jIRxQ2ahrUIUsQft0goOGnzDbSAaDq-GuwRt92GPyWe1S69JrSRj1TLvV/s1600/DSCN4773.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5aOPXE8pSDAvaRFZI_njn9ga8VZRDIcvlhfZ1KInIhLA6wnLqYt_eGL5ltr6ZpXd7HXj-VVccV5jIRxQ2ahrUIUsQft0goOGnzDbSAaDq-GuwRt92GPyWe1S69JrSRj1TLvV/s320/DSCN4773.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643533674125643650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div>
<br /></div><div>We are back home and trying hard to re-adjust to life at home and all of its craziness. Adam has been having a hard time, but tonight he finally put himself to sleep. Much better than Wednesday night when he screamed for an hour and a half and never wanted me to put him down. Yikes that was hard!!! But, we are doing alright now. My sister has been staying here and got a job so it has been nice to have the extra help and another adult to talk to! I'm not sure how long she'll be around, but I will keep enjoying having a babysitter on hand and someone to talk to while it lasts :-)</div><div>
<br /></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Before our trip to California we booked the days we would be going to Ohio. I tried hard not to plan that trip before I planned and enjoyed our California trip, but while my brother was driving us to the airport Tim and I started planning. We are super excited to get to see Niagara Falls and some historical sites for our church! It will be another great vacation. I hope it won't be too early in the season to see some of the fall leaves. I also really have to enjoy this one since I have been told we are going to try not to travel for at least a year or more... That's a good idea, but it's just so fun!! We still might take a road trip somewhere ;-)</div></div></div></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-67415871541991345582011-08-21T21:56:00.010-06:002011-08-21T23:16:17.136-06:00A weekend away!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Our weekend in Santa Barbara was amazing and so relaxing. It included walking... a lot, relaxing, eating and just enjoying some quality time together! We walked up and down the beach, the harbor and the pier. We also borrowed bikes from our hotel and rode up to the Mission. Sort of a funny story with that... The lady checking the bikes out to us looked at me like we were crazy for wanting to bike the 3 miles to the mission. It was mostly an uphill ride but for 2/3 of it we rode our beach cruisers like normal and then had to stand up to push ourselves the rest of the way. Mostly I wanted to prove the lady wrong so I was determined to make it feel like no big deal, even when we arrived a little sweaty... The ride home wasn't too bad considering it was all downhill, it was only slightly scary having only the brakes be pushing the pedals back, so we rode slow even though it was downhill. Overall it wasn't that hard of a thing to do and was fun! Mostly it makes me laugh at how crazy she thought I was for wanting to bike instead of hop on the freeway and drive... silly. But another funny detail is that I seriously almost fell off the bike when I first got on. It was hard getting used to the positioning. Lucky for Tim those are the bikes he gets to ride around his plant when he needs to go check stuff out so he was a pro.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are so many boats in the harbor</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWXHoQ9r9b2okX6Ux6yphqZO39yY_2cTrQEDfSUbToECrAS4Ws1PcquEt8zwjGqSmEQ72rGYdvlizNwkDjF6K7KRdSLd1awGvaLZNz850UZ39zIODlFsxp9F5okUNX0NB12Rh/s1600/DSCN4759.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrWXHoQ9r9b2okX6Ux6yphqZO39yY_2cTrQEDfSUbToECrAS4Ws1PcquEt8zwjGqSmEQ72rGYdvlizNwkDjF6K7KRdSLd1awGvaLZNz850UZ39zIODlFsxp9F5okUNX0NB12Rh/s320/DSCN4759.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643536916621137986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the beautiful flower garden outside of the mission. And wishing I had a camera that would let me manually focus on what I want!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NAr4Ied1K3lMOnuUttSsJMqpNPI1gQ00iJgTOnn9jebcRhNoy_lkW4sDjz-0V80jL2Lv5kgxv9NyIO_hLl2ggf3j4hNfIK_MJIpv9GzmBvfFlROYozQtwjWfQCm4MPbLrWBd/s1600/DSCN4750.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1NAr4Ied1K3lMOnuUttSsJMqpNPI1gQ00iJgTOnn9jebcRhNoy_lkW4sDjz-0V80jL2Lv5kgxv9NyIO_hLl2ggf3j4hNfIK_MJIpv9GzmBvfFlROYozQtwjWfQCm4MPbLrWBd/s320/DSCN4750.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643536908626722354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our super cool cruiser bikes! They even matched!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOImF2HiwxK4PRVs7WtX6OXB8zVXC0uAxZCxDBKtpu_88364S0XzZTefnUlHNGOSj2rDcrs2iIcMvMyv_8O7sK1pGT7q95iQZHiQsmR2b29i0WEtNouvnU1m5GRsj0Rhy7ilEN/s1600/DSCN4744.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOImF2HiwxK4PRVs7WtX6OXB8zVXC0uAxZCxDBKtpu_88364S0XzZTefnUlHNGOSj2rDcrs2iIcMvMyv_8O7sK1pGT7q95iQZHiQsmR2b29i0WEtNouvnU1m5GRsj0Rhy7ilEN/s320/DSCN4744.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643536896513959650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The mission. This fountain was built as part of the original mission in 1808. The mission has had to be re built a couple times for various reasons such as good old California earthquakes.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUim2_2FuOe6OYpJyHVy0oMMCL9GOaduIyKtIlMr5NhP8GjId9b8ueLno8B7erQHtTNlRIK_Od4dkTaiKvrkmgmWSQYDagQSwIbGcVKnLxSzKE1YneiRIs5qlXJMK1ncXcKAuV/s1600/DSCN4737.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUim2_2FuOe6OYpJyHVy0oMMCL9GOaduIyKtIlMr5NhP8GjId9b8ueLno8B7erQHtTNlRIK_Od4dkTaiKvrkmgmWSQYDagQSwIbGcVKnLxSzKE1YneiRIs5qlXJMK1ncXcKAuV/s320/DSCN4737.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643536888071864242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJttuuUwEZzMNP4noy708iUPRt_gewVWkNz7QCbfQJMRiBKmw-hf4JszC3A4MwolQehYUAD6DQkXpnXCWBoh0PZ3m5jVld-Bk6Pw-_pIyxFIPQOBjuHHOGupsYKvle_KPhaLIG/s1600/DSCN4741.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJttuuUwEZzMNP4noy708iUPRt_gewVWkNz7QCbfQJMRiBKmw-hf4JszC3A4MwolQehYUAD6DQkXpnXCWBoh0PZ3m5jVld-Bk6Pw-_pIyxFIPQOBjuHHOGupsYKvle_KPhaLIG/s320/DSCN4741.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643541162575290402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the "few"palm trees. They were everywhere! Such an interesting tree. How do they not blow over?</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsi6S-Nn6w6YoeDT5D-cZePA6xGP38RMTDDwcxpw4oTTJBPcGBah4eWBptaUsGv-id1nqFah-2yq_HsGLdrcOvHJKvaKIQIBQUNZYSkz_4-t0n8IUaZ7xP4vOyg6FIg-qszfK/s1600/DSCN4706.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYsi6S-Nn6w6YoeDT5D-cZePA6xGP38RMTDDwcxpw4oTTJBPcGBah4eWBptaUsGv-id1nqFah-2yq_HsGLdrcOvHJKvaKIQIBQUNZYSkz_4-t0n8IUaZ7xP4vOyg6FIg-qszfK/s320/DSCN4706.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643536878140279698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found it so crazy that you could drive onto the pier and eat at one of the many restaurants. I guess I haven't been on too many big piers. But this person, driving their super cool Tesla, knew! Tim was pretty excited to see such a cool car and didn't feel so dumb having me snap a picture because we weren't the only ones! I didn't know this, but this is one of the first and maybe only fully electric sports cars. It is made in California and there are a limited number and as you can guess is pretty pricey.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtR0mFOP9bVv-MvmM9Q0S1kYXR6fqUw_nA5FRiA_C0Lgb7saF24m9OvJGu1bHmkEBU2BbyxG4GuLOY3SWWGpP_L9etcMpJZGfQPbDIqhyphenhyphenl-1PTm8tHwB9elvLd9yX8uutC_Pw3/s1600/DSCN4702.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtR0mFOP9bVv-MvmM9Q0S1kYXR6fqUw_nA5FRiA_C0Lgb7saF24m9OvJGu1bHmkEBU2BbyxG4GuLOY3SWWGpP_L9etcMpJZGfQPbDIqhyphenhyphenl-1PTm8tHwB9elvLd9yX8uutC_Pw3/s320/DSCN4702.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643541200229373746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Loving life!!!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCK5syFZP9Enc5nJoUMUAiotTL7eSmZppQNRd_lBEuSfnCZAWZqYOHlsD9Ng-FPv7TCYcBWTqf5GwSthEuENBBGQDnAEKiwfmV1wSbyUM8iJLLYcnTFJ1vx4aUtTKCTM-4cU5/s1600/DSCN4699.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCK5syFZP9Enc5nJoUMUAiotTL7eSmZppQNRd_lBEuSfnCZAWZqYOHlsD9Ng-FPv7TCYcBWTqf5GwSthEuENBBGQDnAEKiwfmV1wSbyUM8iJLLYcnTFJ1vx4aUtTKCTM-4cU5/s320/DSCN4699.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643541194309289538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The pier is pretty long and has a great view of the beach. You can see the restaurant we ate at just behind the flagpole with my friend Brittany from high school. She is such a great friend, we don't see each other much, but I know that she is there and I can always count on her! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmJKhp3zaD3uWp29F4kbL7hdj8tZ941awsU8Qps2eu68nL1xpFXgeffeCb5W0NLhdgjFx7jH9HmhNYCr4ZEugIEYUHPNuXnUzIjJOhyphenhyphentT41lIJYWvKysD-J-s-PebZuDijOXM/s1600/DSCN4697.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmJKhp3zaD3uWp29F4kbL7hdj8tZ941awsU8Qps2eu68nL1xpFXgeffeCb5W0NLhdgjFx7jH9HmhNYCr4ZEugIEYUHPNuXnUzIjJOhyphenhyphentT41lIJYWvKysD-J-s-PebZuDijOXM/s320/DSCN4697.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643541186214421922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed our first night in Santa Barbara celebrating our anniversary. We picked this small Italian restaurant on State Street, the big popular street with everything on it. We also walked up and down and looked at all of the fun shops, and once we knew that there was a yogurtland we made sure we saved room for dessert!!! </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan2gJxWx4Lo8S8_ZXTxgCEPMeIrwdKb0MOksMkZQcchOBpy7Yj6J5KIEpjWlM_piC6ozkRnz7X9DSPmUhUnPUYX2cat-rSjhIiVfxMLAdNOp1aHKaa8xKzdTeFrwow7G73OxC/s1600/DSCN4695.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhan2gJxWx4Lo8S8_ZXTxgCEPMeIrwdKb0MOksMkZQcchOBpy7Yj6J5KIEpjWlM_piC6ozkRnz7X9DSPmUhUnPUYX2cat-rSjhIiVfxMLAdNOp1aHKaa8xKzdTeFrwow7G73OxC/s320/DSCN4695.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643541175415418594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I LOVE YOU TIM!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for being my best friend, husband and the father of my children! I am so lucky to have you for eternity!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-46350071942246456022011-07-26T14:36:00.006-06:002011-07-26T15:24:43.758-06:00July 2011<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcfYqWxJVWL9lHvOev8wU0Pxog3cAMlmRKKELjsXzP21B4RB7eISRrzimC4gcTCfNplueqIsyOSUZXWRC2g04W4xdDZHqDa16Wha5D6DCDEa98nSPdnj6p3Bi-bsP-My7vOVf/s1600/DSCN4490.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;">July 1st started our month out with a bang! We had a joint first birthday party at the park for Kimberly and Scarlette. Adam and Shyler had so much playing with their cousins and in the water feature of the park!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGzt_KBza4YGq29svMrCW9G0QvvxSt-ABHgU8gvE2f9kFWAn1zlowIs8LsGocnHfdBXSYlJpUo2Cu7gbks1m69JuTcvo6uL07IqccvSXP1qHQEFGlRtQBQ-aovg61IaSPX3Z4/s1600/DSCN4364.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUfKPVZX-8MV4SxVsrhL2bhOG_nrTrXoa0w5zPQp7fTHrnjA0XKjlyP5F2fqhxNQBZPXNlQPVB1CNPL3NPMQXLwoocdwmO2xGUUpHY7x8pPGiPLLaHgdFyrW70cSjPWF7MJPy/s1600/DSCN4332.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtUfKPVZX-8MV4SxVsrhL2bhOG_nrTrXoa0w5zPQp7fTHrnjA0XKjlyP5F2fqhxNQBZPXNlQPVB1CNPL3NPMQXLwoocdwmO2xGUUpHY7x8pPGiPLLaHgdFyrW70cSjPWF7MJPy/s320/DSCN4332.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633765769655678466" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEEF8lOVGAhl6Ri7AbooQk1QV14kLJOo7oxHOgfOZedJq3sDds9rMMUR3G5_vcPLnf2VBRC1Mzl2g4GBCSWVneqL08g9Im_f4N6wvX_b-o9h8gG7yU-Wte1_oYB2j9vGFW2RS/s1600/DSCN4330.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEEF8lOVGAhl6Ri7AbooQk1QV14kLJOo7oxHOgfOZedJq3sDds9rMMUR3G5_vcPLnf2VBRC1Mzl2g4GBCSWVneqL08g9Im_f4N6wvX_b-o9h8gG7yU-Wte1_oYB2j9vGFW2RS/s320/DSCN4330.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633765763288733842" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZYfDYZ5HOZ7q5BzEmtHzDsmtROtDnJEMBw6CCyq5CgBBXB5WnPOM6KQ97dkxv9Kju5RDWZZyyx7sBlsHilJhyphenhyphen2cRuFgqPhFXVCy7fMZIqGCHnnS0QvpkkiXxrvHGe6IDccmh/s1600/DSCN4317.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPZYfDYZ5HOZ7q5BzEmtHzDsmtROtDnJEMBw6CCyq5CgBBXB5WnPOM6KQ97dkxv9Kju5RDWZZyyx7sBlsHilJhyphenhyphen2cRuFgqPhFXVCy7fMZIqGCHnnS0QvpkkiXxrvHGe6IDccmh/s320/DSCN4317.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633765755941053090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br /></u></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iT3dgbREZBaXipSbaGOmOESPSSyGSn93upQu8IiDknOoo1Ak-8yIsuPkgUCdtwh7FM40dzXbRmOA72Fwg-5-HSmie0ia4NG3hGJSYvT0nExcVZmB-QfgLKx1QznSBP_H1yWD/s1600/DSCN4399.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Happy Birthday Scarlette!</span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGzt_KBza4YGq29svMrCW9G0QvvxSt-ABHgU8gvE2f9kFWAn1zlowIs8LsGocnHfdBXSYlJpUo2Cu7gbks1m69JuTcvo6uL07IqccvSXP1qHQEFGlRtQBQ-aovg61IaSPX3Z4/s320/DSCN4364.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633765772954811234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Kimberly!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPr_Nm-wYl7WKuYTFO0vA6zIghxEoSLwc57MGJwIfLWhHy_F2Tw4ple_pK-aQDTyl4-hGk483l4WnKwL3FSecPytLW4yqziNl8UGOhKDZp3q56SVW_LRtpNQ_ZQsZJZlq4ST3/s1600/DSCN4355.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJPr_Nm-wYl7WKuYTFO0vA6zIghxEoSLwc57MGJwIfLWhHy_F2Tw4ple_pK-aQDTyl4-hGk483l4WnKwL3FSecPytLW4yqziNl8UGOhKDZp3q56SVW_LRtpNQ_ZQsZJZlq4ST3/s320/DSCN4355.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633764627784019922" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I finally bought Adam a helmet and the kids love riding in the bike seat and taking turns in the Burley! I try to bike more often, until the 95 degree days hit! But most Wednesdays we bike to Chick-fil-a to get their free breakfast item! Yummy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iT3dgbREZBaXipSbaGOmOESPSSyGSn93upQu8IiDknOoo1Ak-8yIsuPkgUCdtwh7FM40dzXbRmOA72Fwg-5-HSmie0ia4NG3hGJSYvT0nExcVZmB-QfgLKx1QznSBP_H1yWD/s320/DSCN4399.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633764632710123810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">We went to the zoo again... this time with my sister and 2 of her kids and I just loved the seals! They gave each other a little kiss, and I was so excited to get a picture of it! Much better than one time when we went and the giraffes were doing something even crazier and much better than the rhino turning with his rear towards us and letting go! That was gross!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mzaEJ3J1Xgo7gE782KcNXXN0q25zMBFhg8IfxhVmNKSnRdY7kHVcWBuRUSS0Rgze2d5-FaGHYh0UnvnECllrBPdkOoJk3yYj0ifpKTQyqArfOv0lg-H7FqOTZ5HYYIc3jXV5/s320/DSCN4426.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633764634613711906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Road Trip!!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">We drove to Utah and Nevada one weekend. Of course we got our In-n-out fix, (my mom got it twice). We also got to visit some friends. First we saw my friend Holli who used to live near us. I had so much fun with her! She is super crafty and I just wish I could be like her! She is also fast, I think that is my downfall. Well I told her I wanted to do something crafty with her so we made cute flower magnets with just 3 different sized pieces of fabric and put a stitch or button in the middle. Simple but cute!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-w3dwnzpsM1sQWudE-rxw2q3EcJhhttBAxJNcrLA3Rt7s6ixGw3ef9XNR8CcJTUxg3cTunSRV4mNmXtISRrjRPuzh62K2PrK90IX70mb-xmkYSdc-xdo41mLwO_RTsmttdr6/s1600/DSCN4480.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-w3dwnzpsM1sQWudE-rxw2q3EcJhhttBAxJNcrLA3Rt7s6ixGw3ef9XNR8CcJTUxg3cTunSRV4mNmXtISRrjRPuzh62K2PrK90IX70mb-xmkYSdc-xdo41mLwO_RTsmttdr6/s320/DSCN4480.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633763528658779906" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXOepptPbjHMMaxZJhDwt58hg4S80wJH5hwFgOB6SniBJ-UvMIrjsQ9pe0XIwZ7wcUVDoq1EvzQBO6KP1xLgBQcYc1lmWOjm_M4t_TQOWb59ctA6SbxhBjEyfu3Z8iVOePX3G/s1600/DSCN4477.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEXOepptPbjHMMaxZJhDwt58hg4S80wJH5hwFgOB6SniBJ-UvMIrjsQ9pe0XIwZ7wcUVDoq1EvzQBO6KP1xLgBQcYc1lmWOjm_M4t_TQOWb59ctA6SbxhBjEyfu3Z8iVOePX3G/s320/DSCN4477.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633763525363685138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I feel my mom deserves the note that she did not eat 3 hamburgers, she was just super excited to get hers!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy77nFF30xb6X9mPPf43QfEWpSjGXB1-O8zbDDfbZNuO20nk8g0onTaIHZTqHvfpYdLmO2zga8sLYbtC6D6PZGnXeVg-wa0G5gAbhGSJQ9zPrm7fUc1wPG0r74FVHzkqWiOtpS/s1600/DSCN4476.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy77nFF30xb6X9mPPf43QfEWpSjGXB1-O8zbDDfbZNuO20nk8g0onTaIHZTqHvfpYdLmO2zga8sLYbtC6D6PZGnXeVg-wa0G5gAbhGSJQ9zPrm7fUc1wPG0r74FVHzkqWiOtpS/s320/DSCN4476.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633763520437195970" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The purpose of the trip! We went ot Nevada to be there when my Aunt Sandi got baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She was so kind to ask me to speak on the topic of baptism, and then they both made a covenant with our Heavenly Father to follow the example of Christ and to take upon them His name. It was a neat experience! We are so happy for them too!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivc3I_plkle-WB_eqqX8CjqrbvQrmdbaQ9NxTKi-zp9c9VxfKy8mml0endD5TWFcVwQzHdU6lRA1AJbqZLRAKC19viNgtiImK3P-UN8Ci-V6Wy80owCHJKRUpT3aitMQB3AJEH/s1600/DSCN4470.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivc3I_plkle-WB_eqqX8CjqrbvQrmdbaQ9NxTKi-zp9c9VxfKy8mml0endD5TWFcVwQzHdU6lRA1AJbqZLRAKC19viNgtiImK3P-UN8Ci-V6Wy80owCHJKRUpT3aitMQB3AJEH/s320/DSCN4470.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633763515894798722" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">With their missionaries who spent a lot of time teaching them about the Gospel</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWLRFVqLhi3y1b7lZBsYvNowsHAX0BlUAeXiNbV0DU70x3iT_rXmK9DSZFu_y_WRxAxbWH8ugumWTOKl8vU10KJ9vRX0ttMLn5lvG8VVshtuUhNXfJFB2WNTZuOaQUbh-pnZK/s1600/DSCN4468.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWLRFVqLhi3y1b7lZBsYvNowsHAX0BlUAeXiNbV0DU70x3iT_rXmK9DSZFu_y_WRxAxbWH8ugumWTOKl8vU10KJ9vRX0ttMLn5lvG8VVshtuUhNXfJFB2WNTZuOaQUbh-pnZK/s320/DSCN4468.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633763507007831442" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;">The kids found many ways to entertain themselves along the way of 24 hours of drive time! Shyler played with her dolls, they colored, read books, played with toys, watched movies, ate snacks, and slept... a little. I couldn't believe how little they slept on the trip, I've always been a fan of sleeping, but apparently not my kids. On the drive home on Mon. which was 9 total hours including stops for gas, lunch at McDonald's so they could play and dropping my mom off, Adam only slept for 1 1/2 hours and Shyler was only 45 min!!!!</div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsXvV3nDuRjz05v3tt7Yi1aR6e5J8sqWUYbFCP47QC3Z4VZZea4g2Y48NvcmmhHK_d8D7aDeujrhVyAv2KDmofnOVvJ7vPrYZWGwnI9-vMkFtRn9RjsgsGOURZjvQl-eoFedjC/s320/DSCN4452.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633764649088841794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5syJEWzMpzJuV85XRYn2wuZuKr5M4u6Ruv3-R_LY28fsTwYQygyqFfXRmfW7krDObtkGMnItepoQZSlOx1bxL858A8tvZ2YJI9e11yadKdAhAmY3cIDQDb_UiiUWbwG5KntFQ/s320/DSCN4451.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633764644898132562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Also on the trip we went to a barbecue after the baptism. We stayed at someones house my Aunt knew and got to experience life on the ranch, and do wheelbarrow races. We also saw some of my mom's dear friends from CA and stayed with them. They were so thoughtful and the kids finally got a good meal! They also went on donkey rides with the neighbor!!! Tim wanted to know where I had taken our kids after the wheelbarrow races and burro rides!!! We also got to see my grandmother's cousin and her daughter. Also exciting for my mom, and cool to meet other members of my extended family.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After the road trip we continued to stay busy and go to park days and to a picnic celebrating the anniversary of the Mormon pioneers making it to Salt Lake. It really wasn't a super exciting picnic, but Shyler insisted on wearing her dress because the flyer said there would be dancing. </div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcfYqWxJVWL9lHvOev8wU0Pxog3cAMlmRKKELjsXzP21B4RB7eISRrzimC4gcTCfNplueqIsyOSUZXWRC2g04W4xdDZHqDa16Wha5D6DCDEa98nSPdnj6p3Bi-bsP-My7vOVf/s1600/DSCN4490.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqR7nkgIeKcay58fjcOe5D1foJ5ymICeozUfDQkEBLUe0Kiq1utt9_QN735ee-kWrk0ah5DnsrZAgt2DbImQ7vhd7SuDXHYLj5vj8qTFZXoa1AJw9uxDrnX9skIS0a3-gG4rv/s1600/DSCN4482.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqR7nkgIeKcay58fjcOe5D1foJ5ymICeozUfDQkEBLUe0Kiq1utt9_QN735ee-kWrk0ah5DnsrZAgt2DbImQ7vhd7SuDXHYLj5vj8qTFZXoa1AJw9uxDrnX9skIS0a3-gG4rv/s320/DSCN4482.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633767018290167746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Adam found someone's softball and bat and decided he needed to have it and walked around the big tree for nearly 20 minutes until it was time to leave, and even then he was sad to say goodbye... to the ball of course.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTs9HoI4gYWY3QiQWRMt_bAeO6EGGdfOvTCR8zqQHw6-L9_Txgh3N9GKP2k9-Vw03PQcOXM-fiTK8mWF_p70myi4pdoqSm-4D0wsgDIbHbGrckodPcTqY9qrXInu1BOwSOz_7/s1600/DSCN4481.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTs9HoI4gYWY3QiQWRMt_bAeO6EGGdfOvTCR8zqQHw6-L9_Txgh3N9GKP2k9-Vw03PQcOXM-fiTK8mWF_p70myi4pdoqSm-4D0wsgDIbHbGrckodPcTqY9qrXInu1BOwSOz_7/s1600/DSCN4481.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTs9HoI4gYWY3QiQWRMt_bAeO6EGGdfOvTCR8zqQHw6-L9_Txgh3N9GKP2k9-Vw03PQcOXM-fiTK8mWF_p70myi4pdoqSm-4D0wsgDIbHbGrckodPcTqY9qrXInu1BOwSOz_7/s320/DSCN4481.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633767012336958658" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">After the picnic I had a message from my friend Becky inviting us to the Rapids game. So in the tradition of keeping us busy we ate a quick dinner and made it just in time for the game against the New England Revolution! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">They are so cute!!! We love them!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcfYqWxJVWL9lHvOev8wU0Pxog3cAMlmRKKELjsXzP21B4RB7eISRrzimC4gcTCfNplueqIsyOSUZXWRC2g04W4xdDZHqDa16Wha5D6DCDEa98nSPdnj6p3Bi-bsP-My7vOVf/s1600/DSCN4490.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcfYqWxJVWL9lHvOev8wU0Pxog3cAMlmRKKELjsXzP21B4RB7eISRrzimC4gcTCfNplueqIsyOSUZXWRC2g04W4xdDZHqDa16Wha5D6DCDEa98nSPdnj6p3Bi-bsP-My7vOVf/s320/DSCN4490.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633767030779813410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Watching the action! We got really good seats, because Cody and his Awesomeness had just played in a 3v3 tournament and everyone that played got a free ticket to Saturday's game. He is so awesome because his team were studs and they crushed everyone and won the tournament for the second year in a row and qualified to play at the world's in jan, or something like that. And at the soccer game Shyler also insisted on the Sleeping Beauty dress, she is such a silly girl!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ufGHyvKqUwqovpGl4VnQWshv4e1oNNJT3pEPJYTP6Hy-SZWsH3gLEQWtAHPHV4ofKBLiu96Zne0_gxTh5lgcfO4jejcmfOtFqd7RcrI6nNZQP6FEpF-oXzStiTEMOW5fn2tP/s1600/DSCN4486.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6ufGHyvKqUwqovpGl4VnQWshv4e1oNNJT3pEPJYTP6Hy-SZWsH3gLEQWtAHPHV4ofKBLiu96Zne0_gxTh5lgcfO4jejcmfOtFqd7RcrI6nNZQP6FEpF-oXzStiTEMOW5fn2tP/s320/DSCN4486.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633767022657464210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">The game was mostly fun besides chasing around 2 little kids. Adam and Shyler lost interest pretty quickly and we got to walk around the concourse a lot, but when we did sneak back down to our seats we got to witness a lot of action including a red card, a penalty kick goal and another goal!!! It was fun during that!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">Now that July is almost over, I'm sure it'll be another month, but we will have lots more adventures to share!!! </span></span></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-6679555965244291282011-06-25T13:32:00.006-06:002011-06-25T14:18:53.517-06:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWS01p3NTEUzSLyf0OFV1rmYALEXD0pIbPt8zHISs3FW6QGiXHERU-_eylCsuVX85xjpbXWRLCiQCJ2hTv6GlyfbzBL-1-JMTV5yuCVO_EWdhs0Ngyp9Oyw-Sm6m2_NKXp4IZP/s1600/DSCN4061.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><div style="text-align: center;">So I was reminded the other day by my lovely mother that I haven't updated the blog in a while... 3 1/2 months actually, but who's counting. Then I saw another friend write on Facebook how she was unmotivated to post on her blog... so here I am finally blogging and reminding my friends that I still like to blog I have just been busy and forgetful... more forgetful though. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps I should start now and work back....</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Pudding night at our house... it was pretty funny!!!! Shyler couldn't get over adam's new look</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheax9su7qq209sLBtf-kvBqkVca90OKzXQI1US4ROllQ7mAmU5xvzzfC8T1nbdRpjIWG64G8MQWXkP9lml7-9QawZcPKjhMwZl-eiry020pUGpIByS-pIdmFkZAFlcpEFx8YdD/s1600/DSCN4295.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheax9su7qq209sLBtf-kvBqkVca90OKzXQI1US4ROllQ7mAmU5xvzzfC8T1nbdRpjIWG64G8MQWXkP9lml7-9QawZcPKjhMwZl-eiry020pUGpIByS-pIdmFkZAFlcpEFx8YdD/s320/DSCN4295.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622244193987565138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He whipped off his bib and left a little for later, including all over his head. Yeah it was bath time after that</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCZSMvySo5b19Zqvb7kuZ-yYnFkbOW1lQuAch_858PxnV8ilnOIGjN3Z9OTn9Pooe2-JIv0ooyLPdLtSANbJvLFfpIX3mQoqk2RltrIihgq75nRITq5EzX4CPQ7EQg1xkh0nE/s1600/DSCN4293.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCZSMvySo5b19Zqvb7kuZ-yYnFkbOW1lQuAch_858PxnV8ilnOIGjN3Z9OTn9Pooe2-JIv0ooyLPdLtSANbJvLFfpIX3mQoqk2RltrIihgq75nRITq5EzX4CPQ7EQg1xkh0nE/s320/DSCN4293.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622244181488590690" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">So last time we ate pudding I gave him a vanilla one and he wouldn't touch it. This time I let him pick and he devoured the chocolate. I guess he doesn't take after me in all things food.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSZ-LFR-pcUk1WBXEcvG_JpVxC9Qs_Mc97dy37v_Aw1SkgGiiAX0dwi23Oh28dMQEZwbUSN36OZJuo2KQtTQybpH-yGZbiogBQOkCB1V2LMz8ROkCIXCd1nJuNIxB6Z854_Fw/s1600/DSCN4289.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSZ-LFR-pcUk1WBXEcvG_JpVxC9Qs_Mc97dy37v_Aw1SkgGiiAX0dwi23Oh28dMQEZwbUSN36OZJuo2KQtTQybpH-yGZbiogBQOkCB1V2LMz8ROkCIXCd1nJuNIxB6Z854_Fw/s320/DSCN4289.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622244178915150450" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sassy Shyler loving her chocolate pudding</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzX-zRajfhBcVCuP7-ymqBoiTXVE_aMvYY30Wevo1DdPdfMopxm6mHn9eb7KL145Cg7N5JPkANYNvsR65DFXauoZc6UT5ovfLdGvLVyYBjE0PjyHvw9FaMkpLEW3VGZheXb0f/s1600/DSCN4286.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvzX-zRajfhBcVCuP7-ymqBoiTXVE_aMvYY30Wevo1DdPdfMopxm6mHn9eb7KL145Cg7N5JPkANYNvsR65DFXauoZc6UT5ovfLdGvLVyYBjE0PjyHvw9FaMkpLEW3VGZheXb0f/s320/DSCN4286.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622244168361411554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A fun family day at Little Monkey Bizness! The kids had a blast spending the day with us</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I8PIUS3fEhB-G01lGOhjKY4d9d0qyf4nhFi6u0tYP5W1oo30tbcMvWRFxaOsCDJPhxqay9Wp1SfO6p9ZPA6UFSUSsN4JH1DQP4mP2-WvmO4jlrh0XkrUYbqYhCCJe9dxPzh0/s1600/DSCN4280.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I8PIUS3fEhB-G01lGOhjKY4d9d0qyf4nhFi6u0tYP5W1oo30tbcMvWRFxaOsCDJPhxqay9Wp1SfO6p9ZPA6UFSUSsN4JH1DQP4mP2-WvmO4jlrh0XkrUYbqYhCCJe9dxPzh0/s1600/DSCN4280.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7I8PIUS3fEhB-G01lGOhjKY4d9d0qyf4nhFi6u0tYP5W1oo30tbcMvWRFxaOsCDJPhxqay9Wp1SfO6p9ZPA6UFSUSsN4JH1DQP4mP2-WvmO4jlrh0XkrUYbqYhCCJe9dxPzh0/s320/DSCN4280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622244159208473138" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I went to girls camp with the Young Women in my ward from church and Tim and his Uncle Mel and his dad took the kids fishing. Shyler loved her princess fishing pole Grandpa got her and actually caught the first fish of the day. She insisted that Uncle Mel let it go back in the water. Adam just wanted to run around with the pole I guess. </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSEnxHyvXv-wIJhHSLhnFkhYktpA7Av6IYiUg1iXTvQKmGvM9uzEENudH-OLzDWS8h0nTqSZNN9BuzNSZ68iS93JtpETmhEunA4rLRLg2lcqTiE-ZOZ7G8uIf_IK3NSzxO6DD/s1600/DSCN4255.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSEnxHyvXv-wIJhHSLhnFkhYktpA7Av6IYiUg1iXTvQKmGvM9uzEENudH-OLzDWS8h0nTqSZNN9BuzNSZ68iS93JtpETmhEunA4rLRLg2lcqTiE-ZOZ7G8uIf_IK3NSzxO6DD/s1600/DSCN4255.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSEnxHyvXv-wIJhHSLhnFkhYktpA7Av6IYiUg1iXTvQKmGvM9uzEENudH-OLzDWS8h0nTqSZNN9BuzNSZ68iS93JtpETmhEunA4rLRLg2lcqTiE-ZOZ7G8uIf_IK3NSzxO6DD/s320/DSCN4255.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622245158062328914" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We've taken a few trips to the zoo. This last one was with Calvin and Grandpa and Daddy finally got to come with us too!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a_4YSnshGXAjJT6a_xz7U4d2QtfOCSyXj9n5rqJEGl27VbrkEL8GF4GnvZhpYTLXXi7CwrXkcMZVYzWn_VTn-H3juAz7bIdW2ntInrDJdtQ7QXm2ALVj-K8gdsKySY0Sjghyphenhyphen/s1600/DSCN4253.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a_4YSnshGXAjJT6a_xz7U4d2QtfOCSyXj9n5rqJEGl27VbrkEL8GF4GnvZhpYTLXXi7CwrXkcMZVYzWn_VTn-H3juAz7bIdW2ntInrDJdtQ7QXm2ALVj-K8gdsKySY0Sjghyphenhyphen/s320/DSCN4253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622245147887828498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We went camping... Amanda style! We went to the Irwin family cabin just on the other side of the Wyoming border outside of Laramie and enjoyed 4 walls and a roof over our head and a set of bunk beds to sleep in. It was still roughin' it with no electricity or running water.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB5dm3pY1WftPKg3K4vFJ27Po8d6PVoW2p1UmnJ4BmyvAopGAooT6_erdEDYfjNxMCT30szRfgTs3hzHqGU7j7nbscGt7wPaP-5qB8YGTrvPwkN16DHVZLihul-YXZkR4qeW-/s1600/DSCN4209.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfB5dm3pY1WftPKg3K4vFJ27Po8d6PVoW2p1UmnJ4BmyvAopGAooT6_erdEDYfjNxMCT30szRfgTs3hzHqGU7j7nbscGt7wPaP-5qB8YGTrvPwkN16DHVZLihul-YXZkR4qeW-/s320/DSCN4209.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622245144184716770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was a beautiful sunset</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64jDKl6iNG5GRqoIKkjWasJrHHGmDL3ehFMlX0ZgEJWSCMr0npNEM24_ZP5xLb4baTqvR3yBhgu53GcNopsrV3i3eA8zXYMF7QUhU2RABfA5Sg4KcMal7-SJzfkz-kWqqVdnB/s1600/DSCN4193.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64jDKl6iNG5GRqoIKkjWasJrHHGmDL3ehFMlX0ZgEJWSCMr0npNEM24_ZP5xLb4baTqvR3yBhgu53GcNopsrV3i3eA8zXYMF7QUhU2RABfA5Sg4KcMal7-SJzfkz-kWqqVdnB/s320/DSCN4193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622245128828624370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Shyler actually took this one of Adam climbing around the rocks</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUDT_TOtqJXoKBKAN3KW7EjcZawN1LxRGmSRqNFy-tBSV2izHxGmf1Gmuh1fEwqNUWB-83yCA8XiTy9nJ1PgyM8JtCENnF4UivUfLfk9ri6KAcKFieuBhICTpusZtH7d_4MV4/s1600/DSCN4188.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUDT_TOtqJXoKBKAN3KW7EjcZawN1LxRGmSRqNFy-tBSV2izHxGmf1Gmuh1fEwqNUWB-83yCA8XiTy9nJ1PgyM8JtCENnF4UivUfLfk9ri6KAcKFieuBhICTpusZtH7d_4MV4/s320/DSCN4188.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622246459714779778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Going for a "hike" really just down the road to the pond, but she insisted on going in the backpack. Adam made it some of the way then I had to carry him and then he fell asleep... which was not according to plans.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_JkQf0cs54fGfhsuu4YRAMqBC8y4WaEe8EGGKaCIfwOyd2l4ONeEv5XbekzGiBpEXg1dnNwLLZebXLrLxvLNrBW3LSbIS63Aoo0DMIlNHLttxzW0bgcwSOOkPY55LwuIdqrO/s1600/DSCN4160.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_JkQf0cs54fGfhsuu4YRAMqBC8y4WaEe8EGGKaCIfwOyd2l4ONeEv5XbekzGiBpEXg1dnNwLLZebXLrLxvLNrBW3LSbIS63Aoo0DMIlNHLttxzW0bgcwSOOkPY55LwuIdqrO/s320/DSCN4160.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622246450790682098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Adam was a great helper sweeping up the cabin. Outside he found lots of sticks, rocks, and little round deer poop pebbles...yuck!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDm2E7190v3b1ClOOvaVsFfEAdqV6phSKgFrxCJTuS3oIKzyNWZHR6prxrsBw-EX9S-hcg8EiPuMVgNn-AVCJAdWbjtw4xG7nM35KBZbiFg1kWkSxjtQs77SC-LSJ2REx5XnYl/s1600/DSCN4174.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDm2E7190v3b1ClOOvaVsFfEAdqV6phSKgFrxCJTuS3oIKzyNWZHR6prxrsBw-EX9S-hcg8EiPuMVgNn-AVCJAdWbjtw4xG7nM35KBZbiFg1kWkSxjtQs77SC-LSJ2REx5XnYl/s320/DSCN4174.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622246444977220514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our little photographer Shlyer snapped a picture for us</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLar2wZGZ6PU35pUf2a5OcSSYDVvrRc45JMzbWMB4YV-iN7cj-SFsM5NRvXKdh1fYHNIlm2DZvV1nietuj-8ukrPOqHGLfQwgz6BLU_SHl8Lh3EyKktMbFn3zw99eqRNbAwhHx/s1600/DSCN4132.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLar2wZGZ6PU35pUf2a5OcSSYDVvrRc45JMzbWMB4YV-iN7cj-SFsM5NRvXKdh1fYHNIlm2DZvV1nietuj-8ukrPOqHGLfQwgz6BLU_SHl8Lh3EyKktMbFn3zw99eqRNbAwhHx/s1600/DSCN4132.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLar2wZGZ6PU35pUf2a5OcSSYDVvrRc45JMzbWMB4YV-iN7cj-SFsM5NRvXKdh1fYHNIlm2DZvV1nietuj-8ukrPOqHGLfQwgz6BLU_SHl8Lh3EyKktMbFn3zw99eqRNbAwhHx/s1600/DSCN4132.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccaKx7wRkkGjN7DpkOuJewPJHJAozJE-S_OpEQPS24Hlnm6CO5-tVXKswwblY4vkUqz_OvhTKV8A1mv954JjB7JPOQmA5rQzq0wSt2KsClIQ2NYwU0dUKLPUhH9MzpXaY0D1P/s320/DSCN4190.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622245126298648418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccaKx7wRkkGjN7DpkOuJewPJHJAozJE-S_OpEQPS24Hlnm6CO5-tVXKswwblY4vkUqz_OvhTKV8A1mv954JjB7JPOQmA5rQzq0wSt2KsClIQ2NYwU0dUKLPUhH9MzpXaY0D1P/s1600/DSCN4190.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccaKx7wRkkGjN7DpkOuJewPJHJAozJE-S_OpEQPS24Hlnm6CO5-tVXKswwblY4vkUqz_OvhTKV8A1mv954JjB7JPOQmA5rQzq0wSt2KsClIQ2NYwU0dUKLPUhH9MzpXaY0D1P/s1600/DSCN4190.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccaKx7wRkkGjN7DpkOuJewPJHJAozJE-S_OpEQPS24Hlnm6CO5-tVXKswwblY4vkUqz_OvhTKV8A1mv954JjB7JPOQmA5rQzq0wSt2KsClIQ2NYwU0dUKLPUhH9MzpXaY0D1P/s1600/DSCN4190.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: center;">Memorial Day weekend we were up in Fort Collins, but I don't think we got any pictures of that and on Memorial Day Tim and I ran the Bolder Boulder. And when I say ran I mean ran... he kept me going and we ran the whole time!!! It was crazy and hard to believe we did that, especially since we haven't gone for many runs since... This week I keep telling myself, but I have been taking the kids around town in the bike trailer so I figure I've just traded my type of physical exercise.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mother's Day was great and even though Tim and I said we wouldn't spend money on each other, he still bought Shyler and me matching aprons!!! I'm excited to at least have one now, and it's cute!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm1ZzS99bJ8A0M7C0kcCmHabDtWCb2zUfvm17N7XNRvtMDFrHZird0OJF-6N8riO-k4pl0JlOCqyCn50yCzj9c4ji4ar8XqwnW3eWuo_t4E6TGRByfG5_065YnWMurnWsCZMz/s1600/DSCN4120.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm1ZzS99bJ8A0M7C0kcCmHabDtWCb2zUfvm17N7XNRvtMDFrHZird0OJF-6N8riO-k4pl0JlOCqyCn50yCzj9c4ji4ar8XqwnW3eWuo_t4E6TGRByfG5_065YnWMurnWsCZMz/s320/DSCN4120.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622247734765153106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Silly kids!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkPmBDlTYoYB6RD45fGj7u3KtCYJZ6mXXZCFe7r8m_ww8EfFnpfAjQcv1C-inXwwVim4_boAz4PSy_CQkOsi35XbbG07E1hQ6moK0w90M11f6vV-CfkABmozdVfTnkt7amO0p/s1600/DSCN4112.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzkPmBDlTYoYB6RD45fGj7u3KtCYJZ6mXXZCFe7r8m_ww8EfFnpfAjQcv1C-inXwwVim4_boAz4PSy_CQkOsi35XbbG07E1hQ6moK0w90M11f6vV-CfkABmozdVfTnkt7amO0p/s320/DSCN4112.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622247725536490546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Happy Mother's Day to G-ma Miller. Here are the six of them, can you see who's the squirmiest? That'd be Adam crawling away<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglp7xlNNKvunRJ5wqOU7d76v9NWnpyjND8hpEu810Eu1OOMEl540Ub3rYXda7Y2o5U6XOxOXgd-Cpg1XoTrgytaugLfeG3-JQvJYLm6GiWUD4O40pC4Gzd0ck6MheOTJ-p8-ia/s1600/DSCN4102.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglp7xlNNKvunRJ5wqOU7d76v9NWnpyjND8hpEu810Eu1OOMEl540Ub3rYXda7Y2o5U6XOxOXgd-Cpg1XoTrgytaugLfeG3-JQvJYLm6GiWUD4O40pC4Gzd0ck6MheOTJ-p8-ia/s1600/DSCN4102.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglp7xlNNKvunRJ5wqOU7d76v9NWnpyjND8hpEu810Eu1OOMEl540Ub3rYXda7Y2o5U6XOxOXgd-Cpg1XoTrgytaugLfeG3-JQvJYLm6GiWUD4O40pC4Gzd0ck6MheOTJ-p8-ia/s320/DSCN4102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622247714527937442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Shyler and her pink bows that she loves and a princess dress and showing off her stepping stone that each of the grandkids made for Grandma<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLar2wZGZ6PU35pUf2a5OcSSYDVvrRc45JMzbWMB4YV-iN7cj-SFsM5NRvXKdh1fYHNIlm2DZvV1nietuj-8ukrPOqHGLfQwgz6BLU_SHl8Lh3EyKktMbFn3zw99eqRNbAwhHx/s1600/DSCN4132.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLar2wZGZ6PU35pUf2a5OcSSYDVvrRc45JMzbWMB4YV-iN7cj-SFsM5NRvXKdh1fYHNIlm2DZvV1nietuj-8ukrPOqHGLfQwgz6BLU_SHl8Lh3EyKktMbFn3zw99eqRNbAwhHx/s1600/DSCN4132.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLar2wZGZ6PU35pUf2a5OcSSYDVvrRc45JMzbWMB4YV-iN7cj-SFsM5NRvXKdh1fYHNIlm2DZvV1nietuj-8ukrPOqHGLfQwgz6BLU_SHl8Lh3EyKktMbFn3zw99eqRNbAwhHx/s320/DSCN4132.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622246440736790066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Adam was also proud of his stone<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwZguiNy22hEFor-8sFrn16gn7d1kFWvQ_mBEL0LHyNxCIPYyx2cvgrSFnKolaoRbFb574ts2gfQt7Hg1GV0ApJaOaNiHe7qyYO5mT4vloHnG7iAlq2evh0vLu0J4-gS2xbIw/s1600/DSCN4133.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwZguiNy22hEFor-8sFrn16gn7d1kFWvQ_mBEL0LHyNxCIPYyx2cvgrSFnKolaoRbFb574ts2gfQt7Hg1GV0ApJaOaNiHe7qyYO5mT4vloHnG7iAlq2evh0vLu0J4-gS2xbIw/s320/DSCN4133.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622246432642678562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Easter was fun. We went to the CSU Alumni track meet and spent Friday night and Sat up there. The kids loved the track meet and Shyler got to run the kids 100m race. We got to dye eggs with Tyler and have an Easter egg hunt too. Shyler really enjoyed the egg dying part including turning her hand green!</div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLar2wZGZ6PU35pUf2a5OcSSYDVvrRc45JMzbWMB4YV-iN7cj-SFsM5NRvXKdh1fYHNIlm2DZvV1nietuj-8ukrPOqHGLfQwgz6BLU_SHl8Lh3EyKktMbFn3zw99eqRNbAwhHx/s1600/DSCN4132.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWS01p3NTEUzSLyf0OFV1rmYALEXD0pIbPt8zHISs3FW6QGiXHERU-_eylCsuVX85xjpbXWRLCiQCJ2hTv6GlyfbzBL-1-JMTV5yuCVO_EWdhs0Ngyp9Oyw-Sm6m2_NKXp4IZP/s1600/DSCN4061.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWS01p3NTEUzSLyf0OFV1rmYALEXD0pIbPt8zHISs3FW6QGiXHERU-_eylCsuVX85xjpbXWRLCiQCJ2hTv6GlyfbzBL-1-JMTV5yuCVO_EWdhs0Ngyp9Oyw-Sm6m2_NKXp4IZP/s320/DSCN4061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622247746004237490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Adam was silly and trying to be sneaky at my mom's house. He's so cute!!!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIHMA7WFcbZb_tw9E0zdnP0wKYXisUu64xoK0q0IPMIVqBlEU8JqDnnIbkPeqyHLRcGyZtWpstoKB0fZSXzcoCpy3sdqfT6XAZRX8UbWrkPju956FZ3jkNATNZ3m9JgE-0JLQ/s1600/DSCN4063.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIHMA7WFcbZb_tw9E0zdnP0wKYXisUu64xoK0q0IPMIVqBlEU8JqDnnIbkPeqyHLRcGyZtWpstoKB0fZSXzcoCpy3sdqfT6XAZRX8UbWrkPju956FZ3jkNATNZ3m9JgE-0JLQ/s320/DSCN4063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622247743177223170" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's probably enough of an update and I will do a better job for sure!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">To all our friends, hope all is well on your end!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQm1ZzS99bJ8A0M7C0kcCmHabDtWCb2zUfvm17N7XNRvtMDFrHZird0OJF-6N8riO-k4pl0JlOCqyCn50yCzj9c4ji4ar8XqwnW3eWuo_t4E6TGRByfG5_065YnWMurnWsCZMz/s1600/DSCN4120.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSEnxHyvXv-wIJhHSLhnFkhYktpA7Av6IYiUg1iXTvQKmGvM9uzEENudH-OLzDWS8h0nTqSZNN9BuzNSZ68iS93JtpETmhEunA4rLRLg2lcqTiE-ZOZ7G8uIf_IK3NSzxO6DD/s1600/DSCN4255.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccaKx7wRkkGjN7DpkOuJewPJHJAozJE-S_OpEQPS24Hlnm6CO5-tVXKswwblY4vkUqz_OvhTKV8A1mv954JjB7JPOQmA5rQzq0wSt2KsClIQ2NYwU0dUKLPUhH9MzpXaY0D1P/s1600/DSCN4190.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheax9su7qq209sLBtf-kvBqkVca90OKzXQI1US4ROllQ7mAmU5xvzzfC8T1nbdRpjIWG64G8MQWXkP9lml7-9QawZcPKjhMwZl-eiry020pUGpIByS-pIdmFkZAFlcpEFx8YdD/s1600/DSCN4295.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheax9su7qq209sLBtf-kvBqkVca90OKzXQI1US4ROllQ7mAmU5xvzzfC8T1nbdRpjIWG64G8MQWXkP9lml7-9QawZcPKjhMwZl-eiry020pUGpIByS-pIdmFkZAFlcpEFx8YdD/s1600/DSCN4295.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheax9su7qq209sLBtf-kvBqkVca90OKzXQI1US4ROllQ7mAmU5xvzzfC8T1nbdRpjIWG64G8MQWXkP9lml7-9QawZcPKjhMwZl-eiry020pUGpIByS-pIdmFkZAFlcpEFx8YdD/s1600/DSCN4295.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-46349038191335332412011-03-08T11:13:00.004-07:002011-03-08T11:41:14.540-07:00Happy Birthday Shyler!!!<div style="text-align: center;">Last week was Shyler's 3rd birthday. Her golden birthday, she was 3 on 3-3!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course she is obsessed with princesses and so she got a pink cake with pink frosting and princesses! </div><div style="text-align: center;">So now I officially have a 1 and 3 year old and they keep me on my toes. We stay busy cleaning the house, doing puzzles, coloring, eating, going to the park and spending time with Tim when he gets home from work. We also try to run. Normally I push them in our Burley bike trailer that converts to a stroller, but it was a little rough when that had a flat and I had to push them in the regular double stroller! Yuck, now it's better, but I still enjoy the days I get to run alone, like Saturdays and some Fridays when Tim is home. I have to keep training because we are determined to run the Boulder Boulder this year! Our first 10K!!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"> I don't get much alone time these days since Shyler either doesn't nap or they are on the opposite schedules. And if I throw in doing Young Women's at church I really have none since I want to see Tim and spend time with him at night. So blogging and emailing and facebook is limited, unless it's a day like to today when they are running around and I am ignoring them. They are mostly playing nice though chasing each other from their room to mine... oh the fun of having 2 kids!!! Luckily when Adam does nap I can do a little bit more and some days Shyler gets to watch a show so I can get some sanity :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The cake we had on Sunday at her family party. I didn't want a whole cake for just the four of us to eat on Thursday so she just got one on Sunday!</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3Q7_u-iYf_4-jVH3T8ROk_IahHqs9dEXzUVsVhszXgRtbH8H5qFb1zkLd3rZbTaKmaGLNB9vKN8gBL3OimFyKucS63DsIVwMk3ICNjMXifnQBtKtahXBDML8zyR1la208aPy/s1600/DSCN3900.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3Q7_u-iYf_4-jVH3T8ROk_IahHqs9dEXzUVsVhszXgRtbH8H5qFb1zkLd3rZbTaKmaGLNB9vKN8gBL3OimFyKucS63DsIVwMk3ICNjMXifnQBtKtahXBDML8zyR1la208aPy/s320/DSCN3900.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581775983021012994" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">On Thursday she had some friends over from church including Kiersten who shares the same birthday and was even born at the same hospital as Shyler, so these two are only hours apart!!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tXUBroiZ9g_U42fEzMnxubUkLOKr6MjwGAwmwraSJNJPSzzJnrHHh3xsWPbDwOBfjHfHRdHCX7_Rd8n9yuBarPvzk2EEpRz9eaKDtKeddxJmgIntVbSdG9bCZaVwQ-l3YxFQ/s1600/DSCN3866.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tXUBroiZ9g_U42fEzMnxubUkLOKr6MjwGAwmwraSJNJPSzzJnrHHh3xsWPbDwOBfjHfHRdHCX7_Rd8n9yuBarPvzk2EEpRz9eaKDtKeddxJmgIntVbSdG9bCZaVwQ-l3YxFQ/s320/DSCN3866.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581775973060795874" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler got some roller skates from Grandma and Grandpa so she got to try them out in the kitchen since it was only 30 degrees out on Monday.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhNaHRdgs466I8ZRyrZNEwDcbIW9XJikmA485BQ4g0LjQmoanhyzmWwuvaBnjk74XTU3QbCckpfBS-0Ri4XMT4M-1rkUwZ8nEA7e-zZSL4BQNSeSc_j7YcdY6RPBOOozmA0fB/s1600/DSCN3938.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNhNaHRdgs466I8ZRyrZNEwDcbIW9XJikmA485BQ4g0LjQmoanhyzmWwuvaBnjk74XTU3QbCckpfBS-0Ri4XMT4M-1rkUwZ8nEA7e-zZSL4BQNSeSc_j7YcdY6RPBOOozmA0fB/s320/DSCN3938.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581775119046044562" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When we sang to her on Sunday she decided to be shy and hide her face... silly girl</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2H-s_HnP4JGDTwmzmgYf0AR4_5ry3CaGteXZ0DzKp-TFYwfqd-7ZyraC0R3BhMz5tOWVUYjMT8cEgJIAAv4mD7e4bx-Mda3cwT2NcflyojR0VIXX3Hz1-hMwFOABuHy8F9LYA/s1600/DSCN3933.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2H-s_HnP4JGDTwmzmgYf0AR4_5ry3CaGteXZ0DzKp-TFYwfqd-7ZyraC0R3BhMz5tOWVUYjMT8cEgJIAAv4mD7e4bx-Mda3cwT2NcflyojR0VIXX3Hz1-hMwFOABuHy8F9LYA/s320/DSCN3933.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581775103631505234" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She loved opening presents and insisted that her cousin help her unwrap. Ethan liked the extra paper too.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QuBKq6_1XkLiVy6PWy-JKuXOSQkQct6dj3B4Z-iQhWc6-o63ncAmEi-s97xdYDHTFyIF8Si8Ekus4cn20TJnjlbuzD38xxHaTOUxh59eo_w9hlUkqP30a9Jr-ctgJzhVyRwT/s1600/DSCN3922.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QuBKq6_1XkLiVy6PWy-JKuXOSQkQct6dj3B4Z-iQhWc6-o63ncAmEi-s97xdYDHTFyIF8Si8Ekus4cn20TJnjlbuzD38xxHaTOUxh59eo_w9hlUkqP30a9Jr-ctgJzhVyRwT/s320/DSCN3922.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581775099896864034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">She got a cabbage patch doll from her great grandma irwin for her first Christmas but we saved it for her birthday this year so we could tell her it was a special doll. It is really cool too because it actually has her same birthday on the birth certificate! She also loves the brush, blow dryer, curlers and curling iron that she got to pretend with also!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMNxiXcJx5jLcioE7R2qfMZdbtm2472yMy7NlVD8000bIy7n62xQ0VwfFmTwm5bE8a_NHSv-qPJGTHOOappdCpG8PxGOdozEiQmffOE29dNWVFWieNXcVfZ-nGPHo-uXrZKxA/s1600/DSCN3889.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHMNxiXcJx5jLcioE7R2qfMZdbtm2472yMy7NlVD8000bIy7n62xQ0VwfFmTwm5bE8a_NHSv-qPJGTHOOappdCpG8PxGOdozEiQmffOE29dNWVFWieNXcVfZ-nGPHo-uXrZKxA/s320/DSCN3889.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581775092772119506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">S0me of the princesses that were at her princesses tea party! They all came dressed up and of course Shyler was Sleeping Beauty!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPUO03f77cHf6mIOztx4dCFaBg-mm2mvvzyqPiWx6KYBesBx3xq_ROTsoXdXyj8nG7lW_914UsNUy-G6BxIxNm9gnIJnnti_s9VCiVnBcVKbUcKjMnCo3jdxzndeZ83SmtPpj/s1600/DSCN3873.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDPUO03f77cHf6mIOztx4dCFaBg-mm2mvvzyqPiWx6KYBesBx3xq_ROTsoXdXyj8nG7lW_914UsNUy-G6BxIxNm9gnIJnnti_s9VCiVnBcVKbUcKjMnCo3jdxzndeZ83SmtPpj/s320/DSCN3873.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581775088854862002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry the pics are all out of order, I just didn't feel like fixing them since I uploaded them out of order. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now that Christmas and all of our birthdays are over we feel like life may calm down a little so we are excited for that! Now it's just fun time!</div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-10098908088607063542011-02-04T22:52:00.003-07:002011-02-04T23:17:42.187-07:00Happy Birthday to our little guy!!!<div style="text-align: center;">On Wed Adam turned one!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">We are so excited to be able to celebrate his birthday! He is such a fun little guy who is such a boy and so in turn has been a completely different child than his sister, which is becoming more and more apparent as he gets older. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We are excited to have his family party on sunday and so naturally he gets a football super bowl themed party! WooHoo. </div><div style="text-align: center;">On his actual birthday we didn't do too much since it was super cold out and not even above 0 degrees outside. He got a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch and chicken nuggets for dinner, which are becoming some of his favorite meals, and a cupcake for dessert! He was not a fan of the frosting which I wasn't surprised about that since he woke up from his nap while Shyler and I were decorating them that morning and he didn't like the stickiness on his fingers, but unlike Shyler he actually got over the frosting and ate the cupcake and I'm pretty sure would have had another if we gave it to him. </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I feel like he eats a ton, and for the last month has only been on table foods since he firmly but an end to his pureed baby food days. But after his visit to the doctor he is no where near where I thought he would be on the charts. He was 20 lbs 5 oz and was in the 10-25%. He is not quite the string bean as Shyler was and was average in height at 30 in. I have to remember that he is walking all over the house and climbing up and down our stairs and all over our furniture burning tons of calories. His newest favs also include the couch and Shyler's baby doll stroller... boys boys boys.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So Happy Birthday to our little guy and we look forward to many many more with you!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The new born babe</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTDMNVWMuJ763UdA-pHVA9ZD-v6CSbqw0jt-nGhXtn1y3iV64qqtemxd_NJgkb4VBpQ3t9AXkHG6_Hp6PKhlQBEGqWn-PIKm7uuxOsj_kCAd7Bx9eTgeoWV-_-QQkJGFO2LAD/s320/100_1962.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570083523068019730" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Adam in his super cute football outfit just a few days old, on his first super bowl actually</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbZ21zZxcAtXJo5xiZw_JJ9FGswXwdA_th26yNsDdwQxNnTuNSvHC9cbxiD3mirvYNIsIAbNYtwDX4t7WZ_iaqzbPNKF0fH_-CBaw2OCLYCRRgkCvTLXKQgC-hw0luGPr8ZZc/s1600/DSCN2316.JPG"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbZ21zZxcAtXJo5xiZw_JJ9FGswXwdA_th26yNsDdwQxNnTuNSvHC9cbxiD3mirvYNIsIAbNYtwDX4t7WZ_iaqzbPNKF0fH_-CBaw2OCLYCRRgkCvTLXKQgC-hw0luGPr8ZZc/s1600/DSCN2316.JPG"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbZ21zZxcAtXJo5xiZw_JJ9FGswXwdA_th26yNsDdwQxNnTuNSvHC9cbxiD3mirvYNIsIAbNYtwDX4t7WZ_iaqzbPNKF0fH_-CBaw2OCLYCRRgkCvTLXKQgC-hw0luGPr8ZZc/s320/DSCN2316.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570083529845954866" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Adam!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQd0O1F0kabrIc13H7C3IPbeN0Rhn2Pkaw_RlyeDzVJxzWpp1GSyzHzcL1NFpo2itlTnJabY21n-bNSyqrHsU2hZNGOtE4wNE4g1DSk4DCpZ5jdx9_BH_FeGvHbU5cn2-q0Oha/s1600/DSCN3732.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQd0O1F0kabrIc13H7C3IPbeN0Rhn2Pkaw_RlyeDzVJxzWpp1GSyzHzcL1NFpo2itlTnJabY21n-bNSyqrHsU2hZNGOtE4wNE4g1DSk4DCpZ5jdx9_BH_FeGvHbU5cn2-q0Oha/s320/DSCN3732.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570083513620270546" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...I'm not so sure about this</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn7LaUPTeIW6aY0BYSb5M_dh01WgJ8e27nMpF97L5xNBXAjcTkPqA5Pv-INEcajhHNPgH4l1m7p52MRBJvvgSWRZpki0iQbIizADNoU4pSGxl9qfsDZtL59SquRkz4vZw1WJI/s1600/DSCN3751.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbn7LaUPTeIW6aY0BYSb5M_dh01WgJ8e27nMpF97L5xNBXAjcTkPqA5Pv-INEcajhHNPgH4l1m7p52MRBJvvgSWRZpki0iQbIizADNoU4pSGxl9qfsDZtL59SquRkz4vZw1WJI/s320/DSCN3751.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570083506239233058" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Yummy!!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe099lW6VZwYyHO8g22EG-9ydtCsNwnkmexS-KPgs-VTEfnw1kP2ckqHEUia1jE6FjzCHQ1GnegLcXCKziAb12lXgguYjMHMd6NTt2YMdSBBcFKkVGuQo4Y13gCvqbN9AnDT6Q/s1600/DSCN3762.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe099lW6VZwYyHO8g22EG-9ydtCsNwnkmexS-KPgs-VTEfnw1kP2ckqHEUia1jE6FjzCHQ1GnegLcXCKziAb12lXgguYjMHMd6NTt2YMdSBBcFKkVGuQo4Y13gCvqbN9AnDT6Q/s320/DSCN3762.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570083497961563602" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-7202955491016033452011-01-14T11:13:00.003-07:002011-01-14T11:41:43.682-07:00Christmas, New Years, and Tim's Birthday....<div style="text-align: center;">After a busy couple of weeks we are slowing down a little. We had a great Christmas and enjoyed our time together as a family. The kids also loved getting presents and spending time with Grandma Grandpa and Nana all day!! Adam has taken a special liking to Grandpa, he even prefers him over mommy sometimes! That is shocking considering how attached he is to me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a great time with Tim home from work for 11 days and we spent a lot of time together. The kids and I were ready to relax once he went back to work. </div><div style="text-align: center;">While he was home we went to the blossoms of light, Fort Collins for our friend Augustine's 1st birthday and dinner with the Fournier's, New Year's with some friends from church, Tim got a ski day at Winter Park, lots of present wrapping, and Christmas of course!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This week was Tim's birthday. He was excited to watch the BCS Championship game, but since we don't have cable his parents were happy to have us over and they even offered to cook his favorite Stroganoff for dinner! He was also given 6 inches of snow for his birthday that Shyler and I had fun shoveling and playing in. And the week before we got to go to an Av's game. They didn't play great but we were spoiled again to sit super close!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our biggest news and Adam's present to Tim is that we decided that he is officially a walker now! On Tim's birthday he really started walking around much more and doing it on his own. So we have a walker now!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some pics of what's been happening!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Grandma and Shyler at the Blossom's of Light at the Botanic Gardens</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoEiwLHih8GF8VmQyUL_rvodzly9umdbPrtheBvo0UO8X6ob4U_85B5TPmKni0Mspb-x12NN58pPWv4r2WwDaCDcamDew-EYEYbO5pyW0orhazIP7r2ivVZfC-w2vuIhmtb7n/s1600/DSCN3607.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMoEiwLHih8GF8VmQyUL_rvodzly9umdbPrtheBvo0UO8X6ob4U_85B5TPmKni0Mspb-x12NN58pPWv4r2WwDaCDcamDew-EYEYbO5pyW0orhazIP7r2ivVZfC-w2vuIhmtb7n/s320/DSCN3607.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562109591454636610" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">My Handsome boys ready for church</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1TE717y_WXiTCPpBBhwpfugLQPe9MHsAjnc8vYwGL_Y_uw2Osc33IjFVQbJYIaUyK5ypCmURf9iw8pvnDg__UjBMzClsDn4idq7I4avzfKl2_cbqUVpgxSP8RYeUOEYAUdd9/s1600/DSCN3604.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC1TE717y_WXiTCPpBBhwpfugLQPe9MHsAjnc8vYwGL_Y_uw2Osc33IjFVQbJYIaUyK5ypCmURf9iw8pvnDg__UjBMzClsDn4idq7I4avzfKl2_cbqUVpgxSP8RYeUOEYAUdd9/s320/DSCN3604.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562109589995943778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Super Grandpa! Tim's dad was excited to get his super-man snuggie for Christmas</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODtVIj2roZSRj__XOhnrqximmbil24d3y_9i1JWdqziIxXwPkke9SyFmoxJg2_6uiAyZz0qYf37-xwiM-6Q4pmheogUJH8BdRJxOnnCIWdS6CXX9mpU8AnLWXv8Dg6Vvs-bOG/s1600/DSCN3596.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjODtVIj2roZSRj__XOhnrqximmbil24d3y_9i1JWdqziIxXwPkke9SyFmoxJg2_6uiAyZz0qYf37-xwiM-6Q4pmheogUJH8BdRJxOnnCIWdS6CXX9mpU8AnLWXv8Dg6Vvs-bOG/s320/DSCN3596.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562109585743872370" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">G and G helping Adam open presents on Christmas</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSb_PWZZRE7jVXqgZ5HfHSB6VdzT6y0jEn5CZGsww3tYlm-OCwOLzk4nSx0sXmd2YIKCzQgfCN6Ar-s8VqeiX1eRTcbmnj4YuCpoATQ5xqvWkFiwbTvUJ4RBbLtU-T4u6SU8Nv/s1600/DSCN3593.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSb_PWZZRE7jVXqgZ5HfHSB6VdzT6y0jEn5CZGsww3tYlm-OCwOLzk4nSx0sXmd2YIKCzQgfCN6Ar-s8VqeiX1eRTcbmnj4YuCpoATQ5xqvWkFiwbTvUJ4RBbLtU-T4u6SU8Nv/s320/DSCN3593.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562109570739499554" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler and her pretty dress my mom made her opening Christmas presents</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAGIYormdnzwVuQ4wpBNVDZxGxd63QtclHXkO-0oIvwixcxixa4ypSbtbuNT6esx_8jqmBYBAzQrAz7eP5EERvhavukHtb8Pa7eYmFN3s56VagAFSBCaxOL7Ydwbr8pLHHfZ-/s1600/DSCN3588.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAGIYormdnzwVuQ4wpBNVDZxGxd63QtclHXkO-0oIvwixcxixa4ypSbtbuNT6esx_8jqmBYBAzQrAz7eP5EERvhavukHtb8Pa7eYmFN3s56VagAFSBCaxOL7Ydwbr8pLHHfZ-/s320/DSCN3588.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562109567248160178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Shyler and Mommy snow angels! Her very first one!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4F9dL_mKFep09VtoI1PVRIz36HsHvlIzcPh8zgWebYQr90L4Ym9QezOckExTH_9KwdXttu1ILJ9t8pUEEahyphenhyphenu-0qP0cLoIc2cyOyo6bzHl15KcXCs4ml_zfRx2mUQJ1j_BCW/s1600/DSCN3674.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4F9dL_mKFep09VtoI1PVRIz36HsHvlIzcPh8zgWebYQr90L4Ym9QezOckExTH_9KwdXttu1ILJ9t8pUEEahyphenhyphenu-0qP0cLoIc2cyOyo6bzHl15KcXCs4ml_zfRx2mUQJ1j_BCW/s320/DSCN3674.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562108384984925506" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Helping shovel, or should I say sweep</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0j96Zt-n0g3cdEeIimJMO1jZAK8gGL-8DwJNJPKgjYK2ds7tlqkgZjP9eexSxMIuNVhwTl5pK1gwciUEr7kwDU23H1FYIiniJVJjZltHcmAxUMHrArCp9GYLNJsZwQIQYU0J/s1600/DSCN3668.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0j96Zt-n0g3cdEeIimJMO1jZAK8gGL-8DwJNJPKgjYK2ds7tlqkgZjP9eexSxMIuNVhwTl5pK1gwciUEr7kwDU23H1FYIiniJVJjZltHcmAxUMHrArCp9GYLNJsZwQIQYU0J/s320/DSCN3668.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562108372754037922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Tim! I found him a shirt that matches Adam exactly!!! I'm excited to have them match... pictures to follow!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohyY78rTSfPmvBSIGXnbB-zRWleoKdp7LhXuVc9SNkRfyUaTsER3yi-4ZQTyGVMERPZt_mzr_3RJgiOz0865oZ0R1yvOpOorAqGzh0BG2oL48lP0PDlB_za6IVqLt7PQ7aMUa/s320/DSCN3667.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562108367679926450" /><div style="text-align: center;">Go Av's!!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XVe5LFCj6Um86Kl5J5vG_l2EQKwdvH7PgnRVBZuZvgbvwyF5vksVORGT5ChLKoE5sCD6haFPHfoSOR3a-9IDH-ebER326r4dEQcegl2mOF44ag1EiP94-XIiDDK3dUWYgEP2/s1600/DSCN3657.JPG"></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XVe5LFCj6Um86Kl5J5vG_l2EQKwdvH7PgnRVBZuZvgbvwyF5vksVORGT5ChLKoE5sCD6haFPHfoSOR3a-9IDH-ebER326r4dEQcegl2mOF44ag1EiP94-XIiDDK3dUWYgEP2/s1600/DSCN3657.JPG"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4XVe5LFCj6Um86Kl5J5vG_l2EQKwdvH7PgnRVBZuZvgbvwyF5vksVORGT5ChLKoE5sCD6haFPHfoSOR3a-9IDH-ebER326r4dEQcegl2mOF44ag1EiP94-XIiDDK3dUWYgEP2/s320/DSCN3657.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562108360973094850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Matching Family PJ's!!! Our friends Becky and Cody got us matching family PJ's, they are so fun!!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpRZWrS7JIWzUHqYdn2-PRreiehr3i2aw1IAD0bCXikQTYgS8AFvJUI01x_Gt2PRp-sxkP4vX1ot55kjQVzCkl65b57oWkFbi_7B3jdQPdmWHMarl6ZZmdTLyZRGV8hkytpV9/s1600/DSCN3640.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwpRZWrS7JIWzUHqYdn2-PRreiehr3i2aw1IAD0bCXikQTYgS8AFvJUI01x_Gt2PRp-sxkP4vX1ot55kjQVzCkl65b57oWkFbi_7B3jdQPdmWHMarl6ZZmdTLyZRGV8hkytpV9/s320/DSCN3640.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562108354749943250" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We aren't slowing down yet as we get ready for little A's big day!!!! the big one!!!! He's having a super bowl party, mostly because that is the day that works best, but it will be fun to tell him later on in life I guess.</div></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-68032125722334237182010-12-21T12:03:00.004-07:002010-12-21T12:19:38.665-07:00Merry Christmas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqYXWpxtQj0idigu4mYXBp_dxEjD_gQRQ7ngCB0sHZzEsxqW5H3DLSNwg-xgrKjC2c3d9YpfowlLPxZHjuCDiyL-U8Ua1dPRozqMy6FMsEd9UVA6yhJWfH7PTmLW93psa5XCo/s1600/DSCN3494.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLqYXWpxtQj0idigu4mYXBp_dxEjD_gQRQ7ngCB0sHZzEsxqW5H3DLSNwg-xgrKjC2c3d9YpfowlLPxZHjuCDiyL-U8Ua1dPRozqMy6FMsEd9UVA6yhJWfH7PTmLW93psa5XCo/s320/DSCN3494.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553217263068602642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7-1tPzDsoTwJw0gaMOf2P-qoyfLtP48xH2v5VqdAl2_kxqk5IV64uX8Ld74vTa-gEZqTldswblqcRSIbc5eM77Arrk6ym0hsqGxiYlyXK-ndL3_lcWLld95M1JYSf9b8BhKO/s1600/DSCN3497.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia7-1tPzDsoTwJw0gaMOf2P-qoyfLtP48xH2v5VqdAl2_kxqk5IV64uX8Ld74vTa-gEZqTldswblqcRSIbc5eM77Arrk6ym0hsqGxiYlyXK-ndL3_lcWLld95M1JYSf9b8BhKO/s320/DSCN3497.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553217254434711650" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Merry Christmas!!! We are such slackers... but we have been so busy having fun together as a family and getting ready for Christmas to come. We have been to a few holiday parties with friends, shopping and spending time with family. We are staying busy during the week wrapping presents, making a few presents and trying to keep the kids sane by not staying in. It has been super nice and I have even attempted to run a few times... yeah after the homecoming race I lost all motivation and came up with many excuses. But since it feels like we are in some tropical... well maybe more like a warm climate I told myself I should probably take advantage of it. I was also justifying that on the few days that it was cold that Just Dance 2 was a great alternative! It's also fun! Shyler is doing great. She loves her princesses still and going to the library and dancing and helping me. Adam is also great. He is trying to walk but is a little timid. He took a lot of steps to Tim last night. It is funny to see him so cautious. Shyler was a no fear type of baby and he takes a little more time to be adventurous. I finally have him on a good schedule. Too bad he likes to nap from about 10:30 to 11:30 or so... just in time for lunch, then in theory, Shyler should nap, then he goes down. So we do spend a lot of time at home. But like today I had to mail some things and we didn't get home until 11 so after a snack he wasn't asleep until 11:20. He's pretty flexible. He also doesn't sleep through the night which is sad, but hard to fix without having Shyler screaming back at him... or having her in our room which is most nights. We'll figure it out one day. Tim is excited to have a nice long vacation! He only has to work tomorrow then has 10 days off!!!! We are excited to have him home too! He has also been enjoying figuring out our new computer! We got a mac and love it, even though we don't even know its full potential but there are a lot of things we know it can do! We should try to make a movie!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well Merry Christmas to all!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We got a recent picture on Sunday of all of the cousins. L to R</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kimberly, Scarlette, Adam, Shyler, Ethan, and Calvin</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMlrC1bXsxGjt4qSD_7DAly6mEhrXyuPeWazIRvhiFIFw4HGwqTA3nVR5EmZjzlaPQ748Q27UPFgJ9NnvUFZGiHYtL_zURWH-6ZjinymaQlkSaTmeP7e-vaVFvNpdMpttB6pb/s1600/PC190721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisMlrC1bXsxGjt4qSD_7DAly6mEhrXyuPeWazIRvhiFIFw4HGwqTA3nVR5EmZjzlaPQ748Q27UPFgJ9NnvUFZGiHYtL_zURWH-6ZjinymaQlkSaTmeP7e-vaVFvNpdMpttB6pb/s320/PC190721.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553213633027822242" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17820616.post-42065739357084759752010-11-15T14:12:00.009-07:002010-11-15T15:08:33.327-07:00Halloween and Virginia<div style="text-align: center;">So I wasn't as good at blogging as I had hoped to be, but alas, here is another month of fun packed into one post. We had a great time running the 5k race. We didn't really get to run much to train for it since Tim had to go out of town so much, but we did ok and it was great weather. My mom watched the kids while we ran and then we enjoyed our traditional Silver Grille breakfast! We also made it the night before for the Homecoming parade. Shyler loved it and we also had fun at the bonfire and firework show. Something I thing they always do but was a first for us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-GQouLf7IqWzWFjPGEius5IJISqRiwECxlqMIuY-z8FPpYcNpziMGh-URDFY99wa6uv4D-qHhPeSXzw261CuPDr1t9fO6napm-iIuPw-sr8VfZz7jWQfSm8NxtUwPyH1m7F9/s1600/DSCN3279.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-GQouLf7IqWzWFjPGEius5IJISqRiwECxlqMIuY-z8FPpYcNpziMGh-URDFY99wa6uv4D-qHhPeSXzw261CuPDr1t9fO6napm-iIuPw-sr8VfZz7jWQfSm8NxtUwPyH1m7F9/s320/DSCN3279.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539891884295236578" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloJUtyl8FlC3tBFe_v3egbEGR_FhvVubPrr5veZnMgFVfNSbftKssQcqdFIu88sJtgC_9U5mb-PX_KZKsMBvY-4AB42-qeG9EqWwamgFE39qhMgG7wIHDCa8wLDV9wmdjDae3/s320/DSCN3250.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539891383955236610" /><div style="text-align: center;">Soon it was Halloween and we had fun carving pumpkins! Adam tried to get in the guts, but it was too weird for him and Shyler prefered to sit back and watch. She was excited to be Sleeping Beauty and she was a pro at the trunk or treats. She was also very polite and said Happy Halloween, trick or treat and thank you. When it came time for the real deal she wasn't so sure about it. She even asked to go home... until she saw the 4 neighbor girls that are about 8-12 years old and she wanted to go with them, then she had a blast!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyRV7Q6cuDd1ORr8rv2zXqaQgNl40RomCx3nqfyyPbk676xOOm_c1deoh0cWRiyQrjtHqYIz82lMB65f3pBmyKpdkB_iX-YkMOcA6-s9wrTN_C2_e_mLDD3kq0K5Y1hyphenhyphenMyirU/s320/DSCN3295.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539891371920376290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEH58HARVmYRtjm2MjxQbjwnIeH6UJMDDkdPUWyuYdrEo7AceriKMNktQ-JIHZYUGCc6sQC3M71hdjUMRkDp6Qo-MkPXCo3LsnGCwMJ_ghci0syPBkK4FWRxhOM6O44EEnQJof/s1600/DSCN3310.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEH58HARVmYRtjm2MjxQbjwnIeH6UJMDDkdPUWyuYdrEo7AceriKMNktQ-JIHZYUGCc6sQC3M71hdjUMRkDp6Qo-MkPXCo3LsnGCwMJ_ghci0syPBkK4FWRxhOM6O44EEnQJof/s320/DSCN3310.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539891374708970482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyRV7Q6cuDd1ORr8rv2zXqaQgNl40RomCx3nqfyyPbk676xOOm_c1deoh0cWRiyQrjtHqYIz82lMB65f3pBmyKpdkB_iX-YkMOcA6-s9wrTN_C2_e_mLDD3kq0K5Y1hyphenhyphenMyirU/s1600/DSCN3295.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbyRV7Q6cuDd1ORr8rv2zXqaQgNl40RomCx3nqfyyPbk676xOOm_c1deoh0cWRiyQrjtHqYIz82lMB65f3pBmyKpdkB_iX-YkMOcA6-s9wrTN_C2_e_mLDD3kq0K5Y1hyphenhyphenMyirU/s1600/DSCN3295.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then we went on our trip to Virginia!!! We could have done some of our planning a little better but in the end it worked out that we went straight to DC and got a hotel for Wed night. We had left our house at 4 and Tim and Shyler were able to skip their connection and just stay in DC. I was on a flight into the other DC airport and got on a shuttle and we meet tim and Shyler at the hotel. That night the kids tried swimming in the pool and we drove in (our hotel was in Arlington) to see everything all lit up. Adam crashed in the car and had one of his best nights sleeping... ever! Then we woke up to the forecasted day of gloom and rain and went for it anyways!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygO6xnHXzkPdN8YHd56Gh5xtWjmOzbbjo28WTYBlloYCdVFyPzzP-u0Yu24-gmV87IcZEnEu7f4ylbGtU-markWDe2HNF3Xr1rX_OgF6NJ1OeNHJ9UaU6rD-exOTHQriyhVgO/s1600/DSCN3348.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygO6xnHXzkPdN8YHd56Gh5xtWjmOzbbjo28WTYBlloYCdVFyPzzP-u0Yu24-gmV87IcZEnEu7f4ylbGtU-markWDe2HNF3Xr1rX_OgF6NJ1OeNHJ9UaU6rD-exOTHQriyhVgO/s320/DSCN3348.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539891413147126194" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Our hotel shuttled us to a metro station that we rode into town...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEH58HARVmYRtjm2MjxQbjwnIeH6UJMDDkdPUWyuYdrEo7AceriKMNktQ-JIHZYUGCc6sQC3M71hdjUMRkDp6Qo-MkPXCo3LsnGCwMJ_ghci0syPBkK4FWRxhOM6O44EEnQJof/s1600/DSCN3310.JPG"><br /></a></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ8vnhQV8XewpdWMIGRnYWeACDP-vmBc8PHGLBKKItErfu66CJcfdrQ_BGHxBSfi5k6vaFU0I54kywxfh-RyUQGbMmno4WXrNG5Um361NhOi_ZC0oeUaGSJ1zP7y6p8mni7R5V/s320/DSCN3363.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889072413795170" /><div style="text-align: center;">...and we walked through the rain to the monuments up close. Don't worry we were nice parents and bought the $11 umbrella so each kid had one and stayed dry. Not so much Tim and I. This is the back of the Lincoln memorial looking over the Potomac river towards Arlington... it doesn't even begin to show how much fun we had walking through the rain.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tim and Shyler look so tiny! I knew it was big but it's still so crazy to see in person!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPszL-rS9GC3pdJIRF2e_bYdPf_pO5UmYzwVdPojHlvomGQrXWHxRIqm1MilgDBlg5ZBH2ifD_sVvlJwCSR3eutflDquW6fOfx0o4cYDXPlYSuTFmDkCkcUgPkCC-M55nuO0h/s320/DSCN3351.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889058471508146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: center;">THe Washington Monument. We were also able to see the Vietnam and WWII memorials. We walked to Washington Monument, but it was too wet to get the camera out. Like most of that day. Sad. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLEHvRilfiRjpIffEbrwPcu-RfRb9IncH5m06qmRHVTFhihgIkc0gezQAWODPAvtUjfA4BF8Nn2q6nHpCvGJNU7xEQEeTVIwVuF7DhL__HE7CH0SVu6KitO9bB7wF3dARZjbYt/s1600/DSCN3370.JPG"></a></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPNI_cb5UL-F8f5lHj3oOO7znFYcDvByYyjr6DMKm3akQDBr3JlMdvlHXAIXraUXQ7_trKPDeBOyYvq0wWI-j9ne9fqHnm_O2MeORuO19L-m2HF_-K5MARQMVpic5gA3yu674/s320/DSCN3356.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889068644060690" /><div style="text-align: center;">The Smithsonians are so cool. We really didn't get to see all of them but we spent 3 hours inside the American History museum! We were sick of being wet and they had an really cool place for the kids both of them loved the spark lab! We also went inside the Air and Space museum which made Tim happy. Shyler however insisted that all of the rocket ships were airplanes, only mickey mouse has a rocket ship she said. (I think from one of the episodes she had seen, he goes in one)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLEHvRilfiRjpIffEbrwPcu-RfRb9IncH5m06qmRHVTFhihgIkc0gezQAWODPAvtUjfA4BF8Nn2q6nHpCvGJNU7xEQEeTVIwVuF7DhL__HE7CH0SVu6KitO9bB7wF3dARZjbYt/s1600/DSCN3370.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLEHvRilfiRjpIffEbrwPcu-RfRb9IncH5m06qmRHVTFhihgIkc0gezQAWODPAvtUjfA4BF8Nn2q6nHpCvGJNU7xEQEeTVIwVuF7DhL__HE7CH0SVu6KitO9bB7wF3dARZjbYt/s1600/DSCN3370.JPG"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLEHvRilfiRjpIffEbrwPcu-RfRb9IncH5m06qmRHVTFhihgIkc0gezQAWODPAvtUjfA4BF8Nn2q6nHpCvGJNU7xEQEeTVIwVuF7DhL__HE7CH0SVu6KitO9bB7wF3dARZjbYt/s320/DSCN3370.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889078687173250" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbmk98GFz1CmJRMWPTpckUmzF9Z9WDkIx_gewLndAYTt7-xXh7bjZ84VYWfRuvBWhp4gogIq2NrJdQbxysbafS7MtqtiwXM7xGWXVRUIr0uh8WECRa73GGGHWyNhJFJH3jPPd/s1600/DSCN3372.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbmk98GFz1CmJRMWPTpckUmzF9Z9WDkIx_gewLndAYTt7-xXh7bjZ84VYWfRuvBWhp4gogIq2NrJdQbxysbafS7MtqtiwXM7xGWXVRUIr0uh8WECRa73GGGHWyNhJFJH3jPPd/s320/DSCN3372.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539889090905320450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The white house! Shyler was so excited to get to see this. Leading up to it she would see it or the Capital and say she was going to see it and she was so happy! Well she had fallen asleep for like 5 minutes but we woke her up so she could see it! We think she really liked the white house because we said that that is where the president is and she thought we said presents so she thought there were lots of different presents inside!!! </div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcuwcr7NHjEBsAvqV8ta25Kmn77QmU66h_EbsJH8TFmQU6btMh7eu_lrVDHXy8MGpj-I3Xk99anc9JRxXs8NBZn1254_33OxIOiN5Whp5neG0v5nYb63F9Gc53eOOlr_j5096/s320/DSCN3380.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539888261768485330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ccPo5e_p-fmYwNlx5F6FXqJsWok2mj937z-sj6McY10zV_Jljyja0F6lZVMdiQuzBHRoLaQ81ChiI2b1kqusP1dIr05bS1URAVXlUIZo3OwsMABDs7lk703f1s8rLMb_ChA3/s1600/DSCN3398.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ccPo5e_p-fmYwNlx5F6FXqJsWok2mj937z-sj6McY10zV_Jljyja0F6lZVMdiQuzBHRoLaQ81ChiI2b1kqusP1dIr05bS1URAVXlUIZo3OwsMABDs7lk703f1s8rLMb_ChA3/s1600/DSCN3398.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">After our long day in DC and long trek back to the hotel to get the car we made the 2 hour drive to Richmond. We are so glad we didn't try to take a day trip up to see DC that would have been a real adventure!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Turns out I didn't get many of the pictures of Adam and Augustine, but these two little guys are only 5 weeks apart! It was fun to watch them play together, but I'm sure Andrea wasn't excited that Adam was showing him how to get in the kitchen cupboards and drawers and the dishwasher and how to climb upstairs. I have such a little trouble maker! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEqSwbaYJpkDAvujXDjlKQ9hZeUGFgllFUYZeWetdJxM_mF_ltoP3zGLOF4eze_6CXWZ2kAZe5wa3ItVglE2X-uiaNTYgsth3fCJXdWBLwC2nhcrgc-yArCERqGlk7Uvez6_K/s1600/family.jpg"><br /></a></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQV7AFZkHCuvujXmgtIeBJztxZvk3EZy6lDDlEPfAsvYolx9d9Sj_ALLMr7mVP946mmCFLo8gD-ShG1QlMqIWkkS-5Tm_2vVgfC3q8jln48is5jXrA2IGfJ2LveJvg54mrh7S9/s320/DSCN3434.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539888289468256242" /><div style="text-align: center;">On Sat we went to Maymont to walk around. It is this really pretty place with gardens and Animals and the original "mansion" from the 1800's. Shlyer had fun seeing the animals including the bald eagle, the black bear and the buffalo scratching himself with a stick! That was funny. They also had farm animals too!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyAP-XH62H-kH3YLBO7fdfPsdYX8LM7xZ3aZwsd-pnIc5yX1eywzys4Cu-KfBref332n1de4W4_BS8ogNPuvq5G4HyEwoQiHo9y2GNCqoe1-Az1VCt6POAMICYzJrXYaF87gR/s320/DSCN3414.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539888280717914530" /><div style="text-align: center;">Tim and Shyler walking around the Japenese garden, there's Luke looking around too</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ccPo5e_p-fmYwNlx5F6FXqJsWok2mj937z-sj6McY10zV_Jljyja0F6lZVMdiQuzBHRoLaQ81ChiI2b1kqusP1dIr05bS1URAVXlUIZo3OwsMABDs7lk703f1s8rLMb_ChA3/s1600/DSCN3398.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ccPo5e_p-fmYwNlx5F6FXqJsWok2mj937z-sj6McY10zV_Jljyja0F6lZVMdiQuzBHRoLaQ81ChiI2b1kqusP1dIr05bS1URAVXlUIZo3OwsMABDs7lk703f1s8rLMb_ChA3/s1600/DSCN3398.JPG"><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ccPo5e_p-fmYwNlx5F6FXqJsWok2mj937z-sj6McY10zV_Jljyja0F6lZVMdiQuzBHRoLaQ81ChiI2b1kqusP1dIr05bS1URAVXlUIZo3OwsMABDs7lk703f1s8rLMb_ChA3/s320/DSCN3398.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539888275309078418" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As we were leaving we had fun trying to do a family picture. Of course it's hard with 2 small children, but it was too hard to pass up the beautiful scenery of the fall leaves! </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We didn't do much other sightseeing, but it was exhausting enough trying to tote the two of them around when we did. They were great sports and we are so glad we got to go and spend so much time with our friends and celebrate Andrea's birthday with her! Oh I almost forgot about the yummy cupcakes she got! I had a delicious pumpkin one and Tim got a yummy chocolate chip one. They were from one of those cool cupcakeries! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Birthday Andrea and thank you so much for having us and feeding us and letting us stay with you!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEqSwbaYJpkDAvujXDjlKQ9hZeUGFgllFUYZeWetdJxM_mF_ltoP3zGLOF4eze_6CXWZ2kAZe5wa3ItVglE2X-uiaNTYgsth3fCJXdWBLwC2nhcrgc-yArCERqGlk7Uvez6_K/s320/family.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539888293751540338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div>Tim and Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04652069084137390800noreply@blogger.com3