tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-384371022024-03-14T02:58:03.873-07:00The Hamilton FamilyHamilton Artshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05278250122968902946noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-10525945295854943372009-05-30T12:47:00.001-07:002009-05-30T13:12:41.892-07:00MAY BIRTHDAYS!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsnDVzUZBFdwJMbWUWBgxqg74FY_xBDD4j-802UonqUOa-yVEGHGQavULJKgZf2wuZVjTlVZ8GIbMqgI_DR_vSlvAub6-guwC7wQcYURt2eglEe8oHyilM1oPF-f7BXud0Svl/s1600-h/DSCN0894.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBsnDVzUZBFdwJMbWUWBgxqg74FY_xBDD4j-802UonqUOa-yVEGHGQavULJKgZf2wuZVjTlVZ8GIbMqgI_DR_vSlvAub6-guwC7wQcYURt2eglEe8oHyilM1oPF-f7BXud0Svl/s200/DSCN0894.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341706321003155938" /></a><p></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6Yah3r5BpOEtmdEnKzgY08I7MOfsNA4NdvTHBO0FpoDllW_SNrFVwNdXB7yWUhmzPkXyQnP-p8S5hgNGxyrV_z_kIyT36DMCFHuGaTyOETPzOUliIdx1F1iCJQFkie6eIknR/s1600-h/DSCN0889.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr6Yah3r5BpOEtmdEnKzgY08I7MOfsNA4NdvTHBO0FpoDllW_SNrFVwNdXB7yWUhmzPkXyQnP-p8S5hgNGxyrV_z_kIyT36DMCFHuGaTyOETPzOUliIdx1F1iCJQFkie6eIknR/s200/DSCN0889.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341706312510793074" /></a><br /><br /><p>May is full of birthdays in our family!</p><p>On May 1st - my baby turned 2! I can't hardly believe it, time has gone by way too fast. In my mourning of this day, I forgot to take pictures. I know I'm a terrible mom - but to my defense - Jimmy (who is usually the photographer in our family) also forgot. So here's a picture of Ries wearing his Tigers shirt and reading his animal book that he got from his Aunt Joell. <br /></p><p>He was so excited that I brought him balloons - it was his favorite gift! With me being gone everyday at school, him and his Grandma Jo became best friends. He was more excited to show her his gifts than me. (I'm hoping to change that now that I'm home more this summer!) </p><p>Some of the things I think are great about Ries are:</p><p>- He loves animals - especially dogs.</p><p>- He loves to play baseball, and uses everything he can find as a bat.</p><p>- He learned how to climb - and climbs everything!</p><p>- It's so cute to hear him talk, he repeats everything we say and is so proud of himself.</p><p>- But most of all he is the sweetest kid!! He loves to give kisses all the time and to EVERYONE!</p><p>We Love You Ries!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKiwXx0D6sogsFDpBZqj2oZanry-v0k4S1Z8EmYHH6YwY8qp1lOXMy6di9VccR2q-dvffgw191Zv40KExynbI_a7BUIDbMj0xAJkl6MBpaW0PGe7U0AJIpghCb7d1Z3c-o1J_o/s1600-h/DSCN0899.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKiwXx0D6sogsFDpBZqj2oZanry-v0k4S1Z8EmYHH6YwY8qp1lOXMy6di9VccR2q-dvffgw191Zv40KExynbI_a7BUIDbMj0xAJkl6MBpaW0PGe7U0AJIpghCb7d1Z3c-o1J_o/s200/DSCN0899.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341709352429150706" /></a>May 4th is my Birthday. Which, being between my boys' birthdays, I kind of forget about it. But this year my friends came by EARLY in the morning to wish me a happy birthday. I have such great friends whom I love dearly!! You know they're true friends when they're willing to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to make sure they catch me before I exercise and go off to school. Thanks ladies - you made my day!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoz0Pjm6Z2JGjzkaXtUzw8T5nEb_tVdBDqPIk7cEJW6ByQ80UFfysb_ixktBZgDlIyOwwLPwoRyQ2mWqoZVdkooht8xJXpq3NT8uIQrnAB7lyGi74iOcyleBoJZFGe2T8LK9L/s1600-h/DSCN0909.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoz0Pjm6Z2JGjzkaXtUzw8T5nEb_tVdBDqPIk7cEJW6ByQ80UFfysb_ixktBZgDlIyOwwLPwoRyQ2mWqoZVdkooht8xJXpq3NT8uIQrnAB7lyGi74iOcyleBoJZFGe2T8LK9L/s320/DSCN0909.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341709942972169650" /></a>MAY 12th is TJ's Birthday. He turned 10 this year and we celebrated with his friends swimming and having a barbecue. TJ also has some great friends and it was fun to have them all over. TJ is also such a sweet boy, very tender hearted, but a true boy loving sports, video games, scouts, playing with his friends and playing the violing and piano (I wish). TJ has really grown up this year and it's been nice to rely on him to help me. I've even started leaving him in charge of the other kids for an hour at a time during the day. How nice it is to be able to run to the store and not take all three of my kids! We're really proud of the choices he makes and the kind of person he's turning out to be. We love you TJ!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-39511584854557587182009-05-30T12:29:00.000-07:002009-05-30T12:45:39.339-07:00CONCERTS & RECITALSThe end of the school year is busy with school programs, concerts and recitals...<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>ORCHESTRA CONCERT:</strong></span><br /><br />TJ decided to try the violin this year at school. It started off kind of rocky with him complaining about it. But by the middle of the year he started getting the hang of it and by the time of the concert he was really enjoying it. He even told me he might want to play it next year too (we'll see)! We're really proud of you TJ for sticking it out through the year and how you've tried hard and improved - Way to Go!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRDj5G11Pmm25ZnVrWAjGLqMSyZiD7F2BMIyjpXmMuxR8oo18nx2Qbl623SUgbTFoKZFVEHChAnHdUBxPvJEf6-sv4kR3o1NK25E2p6IGY24IQUHb_Z7T8IEDPO9_GDsuGeol/s1600-h/_IGP1387.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRDj5G11Pmm25ZnVrWAjGLqMSyZiD7F2BMIyjpXmMuxR8oo18nx2Qbl623SUgbTFoKZFVEHChAnHdUBxPvJEf6-sv4kR3o1NK25E2p6IGY24IQUHb_Z7T8IEDPO9_GDsuGeol/s200/_IGP1387.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341702394864070642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw9vYBDWCdYH6rzltqanlTbH3Jh9cUtoDEd6P9cPiKLvIwfXXU40am2GYZwfMNrk8Z6qwMLBcGdwgcFJUuPWATXunZcBh8Ukjs_r9xf3S9K5k39avSCNd-gLMFBOeEjshw3lH/s1600-h/_IGP1385.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPw9vYBDWCdYH6rzltqanlTbH3Jh9cUtoDEd6P9cPiKLvIwfXXU40am2GYZwfMNrk8Z6qwMLBcGdwgcFJUuPWATXunZcBh8Ukjs_r9xf3S9K5k39avSCNd-gLMFBOeEjshw3lH/s200/_IGP1385.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341702391347752818" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJysdNbGKSCXnXuZEBhnS7GwMDkR_dFao8Mu00xa-dxUfbhTVhEWt7QY-SNeffER4mnTmKTAfdQWlL3TBVTGHuE2Uq53XgfPcyLprrJJSDz-NDtCBC8hVtSdH4onyoBYgcORw/s1600-h/_IGP1384.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIJysdNbGKSCXnXuZEBhnS7GwMDkR_dFao8Mu00xa-dxUfbhTVhEWt7QY-SNeffER4mnTmKTAfdQWlL3TBVTGHuE2Uq53XgfPcyLprrJJSDz-NDtCBC8hVtSdH4onyoBYgcORw/s200/_IGP1384.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341702385716589314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgednbxtGtitsHBgDV6PpzU_pfgvuq6vo_Oe51j6cFoIvZYNHGxvKmllvgAj8XdJ8KHHThRRtJQ90cXA1wyqTcqGCwsS6rYzSzlakSTPUaHDTQoEOtBOLcZiegrmF6xbV5pfKvE/s1600-h/_IGP1378.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgednbxtGtitsHBgDV6PpzU_pfgvuq6vo_Oe51j6cFoIvZYNHGxvKmllvgAj8XdJ8KHHThRRtJQ90cXA1wyqTcqGCwsS6rYzSzlakSTPUaHDTQoEOtBOLcZiegrmF6xbV5pfKvE/s200/_IGP1378.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341702379231579250" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />LET'S PLAY MUSIC RECITAL:<br /><br />This was Josie's first year of doing "Let's Play Music". My good friend, Amber, who lives across the street teaches it and all the kids Josie's age on our street were in the class. It's such a great program, giving the kids a wonderful foundation for their music learning. At the end of the year, they combined with three other teachers and put on a recital at Poston Junior.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvZapx-l_YlVjIuFzzzanBOn1nXntYi0ErVcr_cZ4E8BQ9ECZyJizWT06Xzsfpddgxk6CmZhi3IkD2gR_1ZGDad8YQgmGULfLVVPUBnXHT2FkS-qWNCE9lPz1FanIu9VxLXwZ/s1600-h/DSCN0884.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvZapx-l_YlVjIuFzzzanBOn1nXntYi0ErVcr_cZ4E8BQ9ECZyJizWT06Xzsfpddgxk6CmZhi3IkD2gR_1ZGDad8YQgmGULfLVVPUBnXHT2FkS-qWNCE9lPz1FanIu9VxLXwZ/s200/DSCN0884.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341703787925188002" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvEyd8BAJ5ESpbKJpMSeltwbnjn0UYkUIFxPDZY9QYIoYOcVL7cxQWEhZVKaiogs9XeXVU7kLS-et-5g1PiugoJBO-z8igqr_uvDH4T7bm1GD4FJatQSZQ7S6LjoB4xF0BGnx/s1600-h/DSCN0883.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvEyd8BAJ5ESpbKJpMSeltwbnjn0UYkUIFxPDZY9QYIoYOcVL7cxQWEhZVKaiogs9XeXVU7kLS-et-5g1PiugoJBO-z8igqr_uvDH4T7bm1GD4FJatQSZQ7S6LjoB4xF0BGnx/s200/DSCN0883.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341703786142054882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifS-jPA8MNdXJjkXeWtn7KJZwDTrjJPqpmyKWFGVEneAL-h9LzeRtRvOucio1CTJwwv7dBjktfozuZuouDGOgeC0BSMBiZWhSy1QV6cZ5xx3fZqht38sZacMSNkEfy9OIVw2sl/s1600-h/DSCN0879.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifS-jPA8MNdXJjkXeWtn7KJZwDTrjJPqpmyKWFGVEneAL-h9LzeRtRvOucio1CTJwwv7dBjktfozuZuouDGOgeC0BSMBiZWhSy1QV6cZ5xx3fZqht38sZacMSNkEfy9OIVw2sl/s200/DSCN0879.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341703781677476786" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />DANCE RECITAL:<br /><br />The yearly dance recital is again, something we look forward to and then so happy when it's over. It's a lot of work with extra practices and pictures, but it's great to be able to see how far the girls have come and improved. Josie is a good little dancer, she loves it and really tries hard. This year was great because her cousin, Kami, was in her class again. Her other cousin, Mallory, had dance class at the same time so the three of them spent the year together on Fridays going to dance (and to the dollar store after)!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkcsBvD2YEAEZupv9T_4STUTzBf-Sve75bgTKTG5hHm8cWup1EpT5Qh8iuqUqT6Vaxlm1NbqGCaBM1wElxlfgpcoAj5tRI6FuoS58VW7ZZxgJ4VTqWSAn7-0k-SE-xT8T1v6Q/s1600-h/DSCN0914.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFkcsBvD2YEAEZupv9T_4STUTzBf-Sve75bgTKTG5hHm8cWup1EpT5Qh8iuqUqT6Vaxlm1NbqGCaBM1wElxlfgpcoAj5tRI6FuoS58VW7ZZxgJ4VTqWSAn7-0k-SE-xT8T1v6Q/s200/DSCN0914.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341704751588979122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q7eFHnAeXAFUYujGMcEGcFVlml5xWPTIXwp-vmMXR1HAW_o9MBLHjtXWcHItVuxJmDQY_u2IRZ5iMFOiO-dSZmZxuDWZaQCsnu8YTeNs0XHiw8j22rv_1Cbcr1aDuJai6D7V/s1600-h/DSCN0913.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-q7eFHnAeXAFUYujGMcEGcFVlml5xWPTIXwp-vmMXR1HAW_o9MBLHjtXWcHItVuxJmDQY_u2IRZ5iMFOiO-dSZmZxuDWZaQCsnu8YTeNs0XHiw8j22rv_1Cbcr1aDuJai6D7V/s200/DSCN0913.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341704746439287858" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEzxKRJ1XXmxu354IjiCu8fpa0XgpXIXlux0kJPty7qCnxWB2vZygEaNnCEt-N8b68bWS3U3eytjx3w77leB9nHXzN_kD0m13ZNfbyoC4ZcWjJGHJLEKp_QbSPweEUx_LgYr8/s1600-h/DSCN0912.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmEzxKRJ1XXmxu354IjiCu8fpa0XgpXIXlux0kJPty7qCnxWB2vZygEaNnCEt-N8b68bWS3U3eytjx3w77leB9nHXzN_kD0m13ZNfbyoC4ZcWjJGHJLEKp_QbSPweEUx_LgYr8/s200/DSCN0912.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341704742712134898" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-69561621430945479842009-05-30T12:12:00.000-07:002009-05-30T12:29:15.080-07:00Little League 2009Another year of baseball season has come and gone. We get so excited for it to start and then again, so excited for it to end. For two months we spend four nights a week down at the ball field for a ball game, on the off nights TJ usually would have practice. But it was a fun and exciting season! <br /><br />It was TJ's first year playing Minors and he did a great job. His team was excellent and ended the regular season tied for first place. When the tournament came though, they had a bad game and lost, which put them out of the tournament, ending the season in third place. 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She really improved this year! She wanted to play infield rather than outfield, that way she could talk to the cute boys running the bases. 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There's room to run and play and of course playing in the dirt!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIYQd2Lj-tGWcf_5bGk74zrkmE-xGIcQ46Vz3V8NGU-AZVGz9u5Lj9ETIqxD542gQfCSYCyGNr6O_w08IAjdaekrexVwHSTyOwnO6MT-XtSR9sMJ6MACLBV5-H4n_No4POWQ_/s1600-h/_IGP1296.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIYQd2Lj-tGWcf_5bGk74zrkmE-xGIcQ46Vz3V8NGU-AZVGz9u5Lj9ETIqxD542gQfCSYCyGNr6O_w08IAjdaekrexVwHSTyOwnO6MT-XtSR9sMJ6MACLBV5-H4n_No4POWQ_/s200/_IGP1296.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341700557230077170" /></a><br /></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwz6jhg2WCo-TEUuqKwS72FfkVJ2cZCJwcQxHaRmxorCncYLPRoOPBR0QnghKiPW88gRmI2dzgHzGeVhQWrGf6cBpkg6w3CXMWTKRgRYkzTXOqumCl-rfYe8TLMDrdCZLv4Ej/s1600-h/_IGP1239.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwz6jhg2WCo-TEUuqKwS72FfkVJ2cZCJwcQxHaRmxorCncYLPRoOPBR0QnghKiPW88gRmI2dzgHzGeVhQWrGf6cBpkg6w3CXMWTKRgRYkzTXOqumCl-rfYe8TLMDrdCZLv4Ej/s200/_IGP1239.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341700550178673666" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-80540739644585384112009-05-30T11:18:00.000-07:002009-05-30T12:11:21.788-07:00Our New Puppy DAISY!!We seem to be a home that lost dogs drift to. TJ had found a little chihuahua in our yard. So once again we took in a dog trying to find the owner. This was the first dog that we weren't able to find it's home. So after two weeks we took it to the Humane Society. Our kids cried and cried and cried, they were so heart broken. Since they did do a good job taking care of that dog and are getting older, we decided we'd start looking for our own dog. We wanted a bigger dog that could be outside, one that the kids could throw a ball and play with and the kids wanted one that would swim with them in the pool. So after a couple of months looking, we finally found a beautiful yellow lab puppy. 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And she loves loves loves the swimming pool. When the kids are swimming, she wants to join them and play. The problem is she tries to climb on top of them in the pool. So right now she can only swim when the kids are out of the pool, but she loves for them to throw a ball in the pool and she goes after it. She is just a puppy, so the chewing is a little out of control. She's chewed up our drip system in the back and torn everything out of my vegetable garden, even though we tried to put a fence around it. She's torn up our rug outside and if she can get a hold of the beach towels, she tears them up too. So we've still got some training to do, but she's learning fast.</p><p>The kids are still a little worried that she'll do something that will make me get rid of her. But hopefully she'll actually be a family pet to last!!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-60628963985715797172009-05-30T11:06:00.000-07:002009-05-31T18:16:42.786-07:00JOELL'S VISITIn March, Jimmy's sister, Joell, came to AZ with her kids to visit! Jimmy's dad was celebrating his 70th Birthday and she wanted to surprise him! It's always great when she comes, and this time it had been way too long since we had seen them! Our kids are close in age and love each other so much! It's amazing to me that they hadn't seen each other for a year and a half and soon as they're together they're all instant best friends again - I LOVE IT!! It was a short visit but we had a great time together (my kids especially liked getting out of a few days of school too). We enjoyed going to the zoo, the park, had bday party for Jim and swimming in our freezing pool. We thought those thick blooded Michiganites wouldn't have a problem swimming in 68 degrees, but it turned out the Arizonans handled the cold water much better - go figure. 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His teacher, Mr. Collins, was the perfect fit for TJ. The year was full of incentives and rewards for hard work, which was the only way to get TJ to try his best. Every quarter they had a "4th Grade Challenge" where each class competed against each other in various activities. The last one was the "Battle of the Books". Each class chose a 3 member team to compete in a jeopardy style game, where they were asked trivia questions about many different books. TJ was priveleged to be on his team of all boys. The other teams were all girls. TJ's team won the challenge!!! Where they each received a t-shirt, a certificate and a book. And the class received the trophy for winning the challenge. This has been great motivation for TJ and he now FINALLY enjoys to read! GOOD JOB TJ - WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6ziI8e60afcS4yQdAClWtd5gX5SCjRdR5Yfgzy0Z8w1yNAVXqG0Njd_rbso4olgdRj-L4f4EgP61lXxb-3TwXNW055CTv0Nf3sFbxMTiA-ej_MDBY6SaLTk9Cb_z9IAwlN1X/s1600-h/DSCN0903.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht6ziI8e60afcS4yQdAClWtd5gX5SCjRdR5Yfgzy0Z8w1yNAVXqG0Njd_rbso4olgdRj-L4f4EgP61lXxb-3TwXNW055CTv0Nf3sFbxMTiA-ej_MDBY6SaLTk9Cb_z9IAwlN1X/s320/DSCN0903.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341679426537568978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQ6TH2-BqhEUG7DXpw-vACLg93eAVd3vRqB3VvEbUpJnPu4qvInf_PMILACGt6J5hudkzAEKCxY-gIJYnECubxpnLeePWJhyAFIJtA37izjFQJgDcpSCGbJsm7stEAgd1D90V/s1600-h/DSCN0900.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQ6TH2-BqhEUG7DXpw-vACLg93eAVd3vRqB3VvEbUpJnPu4qvInf_PMILACGt6J5hudkzAEKCxY-gIJYnECubxpnLeePWJhyAFIJtA37izjFQJgDcpSCGbJsm7stEAgd1D90V/s320/DSCN0900.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341679422199259250" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-66277305814540599332009-05-30T10:30:00.000-07:002009-05-30T10:55:39.912-07:00CUB SCOUTS!!!After starting school, I was released from the primary and put into the cub scouts. It's so fun to be with TJ and the boys! So we keep busy, a few things we've done lately.......<br /><br /><p><span style="color:#3366ff;"><strong>BLUE AND GOLD BANQUET</strong></span></p><p><span style="color:#000000;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_UlSa6zYpHURiw-bltyU05DI5d8gaSkQ7ZzCIROFWYoE5QnkAW5Cq9NG-PlZHZwmHD3OMxxYUg3cVLyZXFDqavLus7ZMayjaQUF6LDvIpMumBk3dVR-_q77nv3HpgCf5hGWo/s1600-h/_IGP0796.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_UlSa6zYpHURiw-bltyU05DI5d8gaSkQ7ZzCIROFWYoE5QnkAW5Cq9NG-PlZHZwmHD3OMxxYUg3cVLyZXFDqavLus7ZMayjaQUF6LDvIpMumBk3dVR-_q77nv3HpgCf5hGWo/s200/_IGP0796.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674155869835250" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LrtbYbd-588W7XVFusfINNYdnF2FfytUK9qEXfGuAO4AEu3rO4HmCX67MWB8eCkeHxQk216KVsFgTxU-xJWnkslmmNG1ju-3XQ46vnDjLwOLm2YxeKyudYWYJjlwbM8MfSVo/s1600-h/_IGP0792.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0LrtbYbd-588W7XVFusfINNYdnF2FfytUK9qEXfGuAO4AEu3rO4HmCX67MWB8eCkeHxQk216KVsFgTxU-xJWnkslmmNG1ju-3XQ46vnDjLwOLm2YxeKyudYWYJjlwbM8MfSVo/s200/_IGP0792.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674153978485426" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1unLG4bndYOppWk4klhtYkVqBcfpnowIX4t_SDRCDibC4bR0hNB57wf-GUbVFcb3u6TUlI2BF3t8tU1liYp1-p-1Oe3VIbiTjNKjD3tXTimXWhARYdIjH7K6FZ2ignaP2ueE/s1600-h/_IGP0784.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1unLG4bndYOppWk4klhtYkVqBcfpnowIX4t_SDRCDibC4bR0hNB57wf-GUbVFcb3u6TUlI2BF3t8tU1liYp1-p-1Oe3VIbiTjNKjD3tXTimXWhARYdIjH7K6FZ2ignaP2ueE/s200/_IGP0784.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674150078748082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkBOxwZYLZfwdUB9lP-S9eUQ0YxEJDIwjv71eB92P7HZ7Y3b4PkVzgPRYmhFMU0cq2nT5HlwDyjonaZfq9Hf6aZ8UTuOKHiDBTGoIztNBG1rgZ4hG12JyHXOIatxMvR_NVI4Y/s1600-h/_IGP0780.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkBOxwZYLZfwdUB9lP-S9eUQ0YxEJDIwjv71eB92P7HZ7Y3b4PkVzgPRYmhFMU0cq2nT5HlwDyjonaZfq9Hf6aZ8UTuOKHiDBTGoIztNBG1rgZ4hG12JyHXOIatxMvR_NVI4Y/s200/_IGP0780.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674143611379154" /></a></span><br /><span style="color:#000000;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4SzE6jzc-M6RFrJCy0qHFexI9Cw7luFJGkAh-8_KovWil8ArgmnmyWfiOZ-AI_tcbGt5mbY3cN6hYW5rglr8h_Oroke56omWL0w9DrmpyGys6jLhWMXih2hnhIhxC-52yB-5/s1600-h/_IGP0779.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE4SzE6jzc-M6RFrJCy0qHFexI9Cw7luFJGkAh-8_KovWil8ArgmnmyWfiOZ-AI_tcbGt5mbY3cN6hYW5rglr8h_Oroke56omWL0w9DrmpyGys6jLhWMXih2hnhIhxC-52yB-5/s200/_IGP0779.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674139401192098" /></a>For Blue and Gold this year (which is the birthday celebration for Cub Scouts) we went to a farm in Lehi. Everyone had a wonderful time! Petting the horses and playing around. The awards and recognitions were held in a barn.</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYGY4aXYOGBDaDLCaKhFnlXYj1hrHeyjMc8RtTxkroXzaODZm_7XiyKzRheBGfUQCwskh1vnMMfmSstvQz-J_y0mPB2AhirbmfxSg56EfMO7QMlxvLc4nb16KpSFz9on1WV4h/s1600-h/0228091338.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYGY4aXYOGBDaDLCaKhFnlXYj1hrHeyjMc8RtTxkroXzaODZm_7XiyKzRheBGfUQCwskh1vnMMfmSstvQz-J_y0mPB2AhirbmfxSg56EfMO7QMlxvLc4nb16KpSFz9on1WV4h/s200/0228091338.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674931453772738" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSD4vjw1jT6gOk-VNaT_NX0e5DBmWuMY8VzCMdPgRnpzo0rOLPJE353ofkerpXQirz5RpKTMLaqNcgWidCI5u65MpoPRTZLK0m7roGk9jL3dIeRh1Z16oLxBalymeirBi04fxi/s1600-h/0228091336.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSD4vjw1jT6gOk-VNaT_NX0e5DBmWuMY8VzCMdPgRnpzo0rOLPJE353ofkerpXQirz5RpKTMLaqNcgWidCI5u65MpoPRTZLK0m7roGk9jL3dIeRh1Z16oLxBalymeirBi04fxi/s200/0228091336.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674932150788354" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtymr-PZjfJxe9WQi5uuSSFOzkXTney3XboJ48Xl1sYv5wlAYgQxNXPAXtW5H-IWXJzxytzSH-LgvHfoAwUzT_YCFgUikoklNEoOYo8WXlr7TEk_vKUmdcwHPzIrhFbc374qXr/s1600-h/_IGP0803.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtymr-PZjfJxe9WQi5uuSSFOzkXTney3XboJ48Xl1sYv5wlAYgQxNXPAXtW5H-IWXJzxytzSH-LgvHfoAwUzT_YCFgUikoklNEoOYo8WXlr7TEk_vKUmdcwHPzIrhFbc374qXr/s200/_IGP0803.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674925178499074" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaXYxFqzUARPwNzHfTk56ZdWwUscKlPwBHPqjuK62GN7-3a4SjFG3DjRtfuka7tpYeadrwGMUiDZJpAcMsPBF34I2KDLbqbwFlthGmxmUJcvETdjKgmyyVrFGk-2VFHZTJcXB/s1600-h/_IGP0802.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOaXYxFqzUARPwNzHfTk56ZdWwUscKlPwBHPqjuK62GN7-3a4SjFG3DjRtfuka7tpYeadrwGMUiDZJpAcMsPBF34I2KDLbqbwFlthGmxmUJcvETdjKgmyyVrFGk-2VFHZTJcXB/s200/_IGP0802.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674922487861458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxU-tjIOTtF2sE6Q1q0-e1Eyx83KBY856askDLvSX2eVhyMJgvGgyh6283ZG6D5aUAujfrqA93i-3svfQspZBywkXhKzrjQwNerpRuOQjPdx4oQ-7ydUM1FLcx8zJO4EW9D8j/s1600-h/_IGP0800.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivxU-tjIOTtF2sE6Q1q0-e1Eyx83KBY856askDLvSX2eVhyMJgvGgyh6283ZG6D5aUAujfrqA93i-3svfQspZBywkXhKzrjQwNerpRuOQjPdx4oQ-7ydUM1FLcx8zJO4EW9D8j/s200/_IGP0800.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341674917456890162" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>WIND CAVES</strong></span></p><p>Every year we have a pack meeting where we go to Usary Park and hike up to the wind caves. The boys love it. The whole family is invited and after we hike, we bbq and the boys set off their bottle rockets they made. All the siblings get a chance to set them off too, and they love getting wet as the rocket shoots in the air and the water in the bottle sprays all over.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_H_-rkDmVbgksSi9Mo1dJfqH9ZSy9ucbZ5QP6qWd-7CU78v-Ipho1koxqBQKK5MRN4d0aoTP65d7cvTpiWas3UtPHjyo4uKnoqcEw11PjM_ISFcQ-4urbfhFqmxV6i4-2d3v/s1600-h/DSCN0858.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_H_-rkDmVbgksSi9Mo1dJfqH9ZSy9ucbZ5QP6qWd-7CU78v-Ipho1koxqBQKK5MRN4d0aoTP65d7cvTpiWas3UtPHjyo4uKnoqcEw11PjM_ISFcQ-4urbfhFqmxV6i4-2d3v/s200/DSCN0858.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341676234518452722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IT8WWLmlKVhOBp4NofTR0z_o1Yoow94qBruAbW4ggIJS6CoYbfAHHp1kZoUc-17rnX5lz9RUcrLYibqfQzhyphenhyphenC1tWYTMZkj5VNruc1yOnpVNOupd-zaWBlP5s1V_sRSvP0Wpc/s1600-h/DSCN0854.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IT8WWLmlKVhOBp4NofTR0z_o1Yoow94qBruAbW4ggIJS6CoYbfAHHp1kZoUc-17rnX5lz9RUcrLYibqfQzhyphenhyphenC1tWYTMZkj5VNruc1yOnpVNOupd-zaWBlP5s1V_sRSvP0Wpc/s200/DSCN0854.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341676230487350306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uCJ_A4F6ZnSCQNtwy1FF1kTwKmrK5R4ibTmgnAacFlRHTRg_D8XOdhAe8k5DWLSWBe0BKkNQz1AAVHbB6WzfQu4wzjyHuBMDQTG1XgyvPjBe85BzoHEb7m9N0hBTcLETkh8b/s1600-h/DSCN0845.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uCJ_A4F6ZnSCQNtwy1FF1kTwKmrK5R4ibTmgnAacFlRHTRg_D8XOdhAe8k5DWLSWBe0BKkNQz1AAVHbB6WzfQu4wzjyHuBMDQTG1XgyvPjBe85BzoHEb7m9N0hBTcLETkh8b/s200/DSCN0845.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341676222573334450" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRd6U3OMn3Ui0xelg4IfkN9PcUGnyQGhC3koaB1S0H5G6wsDYkge0A9sfpXOQh42iCwFg_nQb6FGgJHCLVAteejPwlfbpMp403IN_dMGa22PJVq4VmuqKlzv9_EDqxm59zAatq/s1600-h/DSCN0831.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRd6U3OMn3Ui0xelg4IfkN9PcUGnyQGhC3koaB1S0H5G6wsDYkge0A9sfpXOQh42iCwFg_nQb6FGgJHCLVAteejPwlfbpMp403IN_dMGa22PJVq4VmuqKlzv9_EDqxm59zAatq/s200/DSCN0831.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341676225671359298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89nZhWcNSqRi4K-2vEiyino3sNE-6f1BepZfyO8pvXrugVeWF4JprUr5O-VT3Kpo4S4YsUu_N2Ft-hawNoH2N99E2bf50dgQCzS9aMZSWvGzptt1YSEnfBEpc4VcV6gke0P8j/s1600-h/DSCN0819.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89nZhWcNSqRi4K-2vEiyino3sNE-6f1BepZfyO8pvXrugVeWF4JprUr5O-VT3Kpo4S4YsUu_N2Ft-hawNoH2N99E2bf50dgQCzS9aMZSWvGzptt1YSEnfBEpc4VcV6gke0P8j/s200/DSCN0819.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341676218682916754" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-46703557213317165112009-05-30T10:25:00.000-07:002009-05-30T10:30:33.947-07:00I'm Still Around!!<p>So I've been on a five-month hiatus. In January I went back to school after 10 years. So my life these past few months have been extremely busy with no time for blogging. But now it's summer vacation and it's time to update everyone of what's been happening with the Hamilton clan these past few months!</p><p><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /></a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-21642230173384837912009-01-16T14:05:00.000-08:002009-01-16T14:16:44.985-08:00Christmas Morning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuD7d8R_x5eJihWl3q10qlAGm_P9HCr0-_bLcE6JhgtMibGipQF_I0rvibhB2U3Klg4Nx5S6aLbpdSW2vQT4NtLqy_-bRWiHDaTS0i7lW8x6Ekv7qEgR3Gqqf4nJv9KlKr0-_/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+061.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuD7d8R_x5eJihWl3q10qlAGm_P9HCr0-_bLcE6JhgtMibGipQF_I0rvibhB2U3Klg4Nx5S6aLbpdSW2vQT4NtLqy_-bRWiHDaTS0i7lW8x6Ekv7qEgR3Gqqf4nJv9KlKr0-_/s320/Christmas+2008+061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292018384606419682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3ABYNe0KJo9UmX0pTQnJ-O7ji6_kNnrGYbkP9rM-Xqpe8V8FWOje7HEOT2JQN7QvYd3BnYLC-q1ofSie1LGsPuqnGpDR21AgZR8I1mkSBtg6WHbKFzc3x34rX1rJcQkbAasz/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+032.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3ABYNe0KJo9UmX0pTQnJ-O7ji6_kNnrGYbkP9rM-Xqpe8V8FWOje7HEOT2JQN7QvYd3BnYLC-q1ofSie1LGsPuqnGpDR21AgZR8I1mkSBtg6WHbKFzc3x34rX1rJcQkbAasz/s320/Christmas+2008+032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292018378348584914" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0XZhhETD2gW7Ydazai2jy-Mk2uaDUZ6mRIUFIVnOtcyXBCnUslhWdprxu71Ltc5kcRurZ7I6kGbYbHVNV4PWUAkBGZ6ynCf5P2Aopuipz4G3QLJ7TQF0AGPnJOKyKfXj3qRG/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+053.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0XZhhETD2gW7Ydazai2jy-Mk2uaDUZ6mRIUFIVnOtcyXBCnUslhWdprxu71Ltc5kcRurZ7I6kGbYbHVNV4PWUAkBGZ6ynCf5P2Aopuipz4G3QLJ7TQF0AGPnJOKyKfXj3qRG/s320/Christmas+2008+053.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We had a quiet Christmas morning. The kids didn't wake up too early, around 7:00. We make them all come to our bedroom first and then Jim and I go out and turn on the treelights and get our cameras ready. That's my favorite part, seeing their first reaction at what's been left under the tree.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh2Buzz4qYLG_cCrIJc0A_48LcqzUf4QyK5Qc0KyyWaZhGH2wgK2ooCctx6BMig2KeNS0Y9cwXI7gw0ZmQXlZXeUpEOZQZXiMDW7rcptRY85wiOywWSKXZxP51WoialjIv-pU/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+045.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbh2Buzz4qYLG_cCrIJc0A_48LcqzUf4QyK5Qc0KyyWaZhGH2wgK2ooCctx6BMig2KeNS0Y9cwXI7gw0ZmQXlZXeUpEOZQZXiMDW7rcptRY85wiOywWSKXZxP51WoialjIv-pU/s320/Christmas+2008+045.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEClrLCGYtexRgi6wz0KvLSHkT2aAMVUCXLg6eaF2KdmsATCF_9mlvz7EUiG6r_lhUn-Ab5a0L7pe65tElFE708iBU-BDLYJkezEV60dh29mm_9Ah89L8mMjY0Sy3NhfEwdfIt/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+034.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEClrLCGYtexRgi6wz0KvLSHkT2aAMVUCXLg6eaF2KdmsATCF_9mlvz7EUiG6r_lhUn-Ab5a0L7pe65tElFE708iBU-BDLYJkezEV60dh29mm_9Ah89L8mMjY0Sy3NhfEwdfIt/s320/Christmas+2008+034.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p>Ries wasn't quite sure what to expect but thought it was great fun anyway. He was happy with just one gift, wasn't interested in opening anymore. They were able to open a couple gifts and then had to wait for their grandparents. We had both Jimmy and my parents over for breakfast and opening of presents. It was really nice to have them and to be able to be at home. Santa brought T.J. an electric scooter, Josie a pink Green Machine and Ries a pound puppy. It was a great day!</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyloWSY5SHIMr4mNs1zcM3knhY0SkVvw4SvPFFm9rLMD8MMuFUKrra_F6Trfel1l5vRgZG-IwRiaqdkqTS9kXwKebBZhY412pHRFuPp-_zrXBKrTnJXKtQcUEjYvrDXEcsffo3/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+070.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyloWSY5SHIMr4mNs1zcM3knhY0SkVvw4SvPFFm9rLMD8MMuFUKrra_F6Trfel1l5vRgZG-IwRiaqdkqTS9kXwKebBZhY412pHRFuPp-_zrXBKrTnJXKtQcUEjYvrDXEcsffo3/s320/Christmas+2008+070.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div style="clear:both; text-align:RIGHT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-64416440250783488482009-01-10T15:21:00.000-08:002009-01-10T15:56:02.714-08:00Merry ChristmasI hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We weren't able to get Christmas Cards out before Christmas this year - so here's my makeup.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74S0IptXfkGNqXLkp4aEQYHq3bCg1_0qkbK39u9Ol4ua0vIQMauN3evJ7gBmaEcfLXGhvtozZwyrgju_mdFmXl-UDwxBQtVdFTc0dSazrS_61FkBv6OZVmbURgM2a0Sm2raRl/s1600-h/2009+Christmas+Card.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74S0IptXfkGNqXLkp4aEQYHq3bCg1_0qkbK39u9Ol4ua0vIQMauN3evJ7gBmaEcfLXGhvtozZwyrgju_mdFmXl-UDwxBQtVdFTc0dSazrS_61FkBv6OZVmbURgM2a0Sm2raRl/s400/2009+Christmas+Card.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289811249816313442" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p>As always the year flew by us. <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;"> Jim</span></strong> has had some ups and downs as we started to end 2008. His job with Advantus was cut to a part-time position, but then was offered a full-time position at Velocity Designs (John Worthen's company). He loves the variety of work he does there and decided that he doesn't mind not working from home. This past month Jim was very ill and we discovered he has Valley Fever. Now that he's on anti-fungal medication, he's doing a lot better and continues to improve everyday.<br /></p><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"><strong>Terese </strong></span>has been busy as well running the kids around to their different places, volunteering at school and trying to keep up with Ries. I decided a few months ago that it was time for me to go back to school. So right now I'm taking one class and starting January 20th I will be a full-time student. My mother-in-law is a saint and has agreed to watch Ries while I go. <br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">T.J. </span></strong>is growing so fast! From August to December, he's gone up two pant sizes and three shoe sizes. He's proud to tell everyone that his shoe size is an 8 Mens (emphasize on the mens). He's doing well in school and absolutely Loves his teacher (it's about time). T.J. likes to try everything and this year he's in student council and orchestra. He loves scouts and can't wait for baseball season to start.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Josie </span></strong>is such a firecracker. She loves to gross us all out (like putting a bug and other concoctions together and drinking it) and then makes us call her "Josie Grosie". (I don't know where she comes from.) She started Let's Play Music this year and really loves it. After lots of pondering, we decided to put her in 1st grade this year and she's doing great! She loves to play with her friends and to sing and dance.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">Ries </span></strong>is also growing too fast! He's now 20 months, goes to nursery (at church) and thinks he's a toddler. He loves music! He likes to play and listen to music. He loves to turn Josie's radio on full blast and dance. He also absolutely loves dogs. It was his first word after mom and dad and goes crazy everytime he sees one, whether personally or on tv. He's such a sweetheart and loves to give hugs and kisses. If he could only stay this age forever!<br /><br /><p>We had a wonderful Christmas and always love the time to relect on our Savior and spend time with family!</p><p><br /></p><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-53372586615138856202009-01-10T14:14:00.000-08:002009-01-10T16:04:46.437-08:00Christmas Celebrations at School<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YpzQsy6GqdM0wfgqFTEFRB5e_NXBx9Vh8rnbH9sLqgl9ge9jS86ntmb7gNMGjcOM-h_gpLLDI8zU2InAavEgrD8SZxnzJ-Jk95V03BfwAkz6d1VVQPJtiyZ9e-GaRjcZBvpz/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+018.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4YpzQsy6GqdM0wfgqFTEFRB5e_NXBx9Vh8rnbH9sLqgl9ge9jS86ntmb7gNMGjcOM-h_gpLLDI8zU2InAavEgrD8SZxnzJ-Jk95V03BfwAkz6d1VVQPJtiyZ9e-GaRjcZBvpz/s320/Christmas+2008+018.jpg" border="0" /></a> The fourth graders have various competitions throughout the year. They call them the "Fourth Grade Challenge". Right before school got out, they put on a Christmas performance. Each class came up with something and they performed it for the 2nd graders and parents. The 2nd grade teachers then were the judges. One class stood and sang Christmas songs, one spelled "Merry Christmas" and said what each letter stood for. Another class changed the words to some Christmas songs, e.g. "Teacher got ran over my a school bus" (very cute). And T.J.'s class did a variety of things. They came out with all the lights off and each kid had a flashlight shining on the ceiling and then on their faces as they sang. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZhIXa9ChtHNYT6uesCqUlGFTuMaItX2Nhvpe1HQs1q8HRtgWbAla87egu6ynp7jide9P1FeN_3T3yaCUzx3eaA_ot_-hHO1FpY2KPm859Z0AVhbU8i_y8922hW0bn4v42io4/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+021.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZhIXa9ChtHNYT6uesCqUlGFTuMaItX2Nhvpe1HQs1q8HRtgWbAla87egu6ynp7jide9P1FeN_3T3yaCUzx3eaA_ot_-hHO1FpY2KPm859Z0AVhbU8i_y8922hW0bn4v42io4/s320/Christmas+2008+021.jpg" border="0" /></a> They also had this tree, and as they sang they put ornaments on. Then some of the kids went behind and turned on their flashlights, which made it look as if the tree had real lights on. It's very good - definitely the best one - and they did in fact win. Which, means they have the trophy until the next challenge. </p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOvfbCETzMcaaGV3VyRg1PPiEQBMmcPAhktgwpMEJW_ApEmjz6c1CD3Dff0PUS4W0yMB-_XeryRUL-tHcFuvMP0oTIHkqoIs4mguP2h9EvFboivisnJ5Gfo7fA6gN1sa3Zqoj/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+026.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOvfbCETzMcaaGV3VyRg1PPiEQBMmcPAhktgwpMEJW_ApEmjz6c1CD3Dff0PUS4W0yMB-_XeryRUL-tHcFuvMP0oTIHkqoIs4mguP2h9EvFboivisnJ5Gfo7fA6gN1sa3Zqoj/s320/Christmas+2008+026.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbWOIL1UtV8RAOx8F9ugmz9EVEj4ennUpvSqgaKlX4WfBu9iJtem_NqF5yroeE7z2YmSyOMy0wQMEz7t8ymRQndIll2L4I8Njt2CVPqWhdexv-6ZIGK5HGraSxGLrH0lSwBgH/s1600-h/Christmas+2008+024.jpg"><img style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbWOIL1UtV8RAOx8F9ugmz9EVEj4ennUpvSqgaKlX4WfBu9iJtem_NqF5yroeE7z2YmSyOMy0wQMEz7t8ymRQndIll2L4I8Njt2CVPqWhdexv-6ZIGK5HGraSxGLrH0lSwBgH/s320/Christmas+2008+024.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>I was able to go into Josie's classroom and help out while they made gingerbread houses. I think Josie had more fun eating everything than actually making it. Only half of her supplies got put on the house and then the house only lasted about a day.<div style="clear:both; text-align:RIGHT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-77869768853036633252008-12-12T19:10:00.000-08:002008-12-12T19:13:40.623-08:00Who Stole the Candy from the Candy Jar?<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2cG7lBGtYOj0Ge0gGvLVBzRaJHdMEiPVNuTG7hpKGGW4VsaRHglBoaKk3ms8BfinqMtEMQ4z3GkmI2kFkFUv4BWzlt5FOpLz-XRiYNDPN6fpfM7jhJNMDKIQdsifkDstyx2Q/s1600-h/DSCN0615.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2cG7lBGtYOj0Ge0gGvLVBzRaJHdMEiPVNuTG7hpKGGW4VsaRHglBoaKk3ms8BfinqMtEMQ4z3GkmI2kFkFUv4BWzlt5FOpLz-XRiYNDPN6fpfM7jhJNMDKIQdsifkDstyx2Q/s400/DSCN0615.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHbAdRX98xdMoMJGHNtBQVl1HquOP-1Zlxg53j0JLOM9XhaNJ6MgUNJVfd-tvfRKwVtm_9-OOPit_VBHxfYcWjbHd6xP_r8GOORx-o0eAlL9LW9KvSU0eBid997FdD1lPVME9/s1600-h/DSCN0616.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHbAdRX98xdMoMJGHNtBQVl1HquOP-1Zlxg53j0JLOM9XhaNJ6MgUNJVfd-tvfRKwVtm_9-OOPit_VBHxfYcWjbHd6xP_r8GOORx-o0eAlL9LW9KvSU0eBid997FdD1lPVME9/s400/DSCN0616.JPG" border="0" /></a><div><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-22277967166944984922008-12-10T09:37:00.000-08:002008-12-10T09:42:47.492-08:00Thanksgiving<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGB7ZTMugphRJl4227vguFrr_YDKrIsmymcBsyk6XOjhRNlSNzgFtrI7gWnJmti7RuhXe8sotSr6OlwjkkF7PsrOkARRJRP27fULYrttzy_OWb9RKzYFu8tGyr8mlV9mrsyCY/s1600-h/_IGP0023.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGB7ZTMugphRJl4227vguFrr_YDKrIsmymcBsyk6XOjhRNlSNzgFtrI7gWnJmti7RuhXe8sotSr6OlwjkkF7PsrOkARRJRP27fULYrttzy_OWb9RKzYFu8tGyr8mlV9mrsyCY/s320/_IGP0023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I know I'm a little late posting Thanksgiving...sorry! Life has been a little crazier than usual lately. We found out a month ago that Jimmy's job was being cut back to part-time. We have been so blessed these last 3 1/2 years. Jimmy's been able to work remotely from home for a company in Jacksonville, Florida. We have truly enjoyed having him home with us all the time, especially when Ries joined our family. The two of them have such a special bond that the other children didn't get to experience when they were babies. And I have definitely been spoiled. Able to run errands, help at the school, run the older kids around all while leaving Ries home (usually in bed) with Jimmy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsG7dHPZtCAyY81u4g1JxsyqWnGEhmyN3y3CIEeQiM9iHpSLrpgV81qcEANmWaRfAcj-1bmWD4uR5uyaYSL6Wf1dQhx9zRCAlvURjuHDHgPv4gMI7-04KBdz3-LNOq9L_wQCA/s1600-h/_IGP0029.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitsG7dHPZtCAyY81u4g1JxsyqWnGEhmyN3y3CIEeQiM9iHpSLrpgV81qcEANmWaRfAcj-1bmWD4uR5uyaYSL6Wf1dQhx9zRCAlvURjuHDHgPv4gMI7-04KBdz3-LNOq9L_wQCA/s320/_IGP0029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Even though this came as a shock and we were scared as to what that meant financially for our family, it made us stop and remember what we value most in life. Which #1 is our wonderful beautiful children! Aren't they cute...yeah, I know I'm bias...but REALLY they're so dang cute! We're trying to enjoy them more, show them more love and truly appreciate how unique they each are (which isn't always easy).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5Z-V44I9VCUTa4J9hRO5-wFG5S_9-OdFx1ic7UdmFQcIOv43-G__WQ2Uuhcg9NAm9eYUwZMduD22S9xOWhUym9u4cG7L2vzu8yCrZC3l2rfi9k9bN4CLpIpoQZ6VbLO1Egop/s1600-h/_IGP0016.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5Z-V44I9VCUTa4J9hRO5-wFG5S_9-OdFx1ic7UdmFQcIOv43-G__WQ2Uuhcg9NAm9eYUwZMduD22S9xOWhUym9u4cG7L2vzu8yCrZC3l2rfi9k9bN4CLpIpoQZ6VbLO1Egop/s320/_IGP0016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But we are so thankful for so many things! We're thankful for our wonderful families who love us and support us. We're thankful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. We're thankful for Jim's new job (even though he's now gone all day)!<br /><br />(the list could go on and on and on and on but I think everyone would stop reading)<br /><br />And we're thankful for so many of YOU our Great Friends who would do anything for us!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm29kRol4umOoL1nI3DDy9B5Qb5iq3xLX5qJYK-UfeEj62l9FuFTz-SYw7HClI7AhKJ3IfrscfeiFP2hlaX4M7zAcABWxrXUq4ggTPiOylArSCG_KHbZeAlnxfMKH4QV4Pt7L2/s1600-h/_IGP0012.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm29kRol4umOoL1nI3DDy9B5Qb5iq3xLX5qJYK-UfeEj62l9FuFTz-SYw7HClI7AhKJ3IfrscfeiFP2hlaX4M7zAcABWxrXUq4ggTPiOylArSCG_KHbZeAlnxfMKH4QV4Pt7L2/s320/_IGP0012.JPG" border="0" /></a> We Love you all!<br /><br /><br />Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are now enjoying the Christmas Season!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a><div><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-16277126155260525892008-11-02T12:07:00.002-08:002008-11-02T13:10:09.236-08:00Happy HalloweenI'm seeing double!! This adorable elephant costume was made by Jim's mom for TJ when he was Ries' age.<br /><div align="center"> "Ries 2008"<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnmWqg0vSfzuc-PgkbGvEMerp3Z028N3ktnan4R_JPJtUbQGCaMpM1KTNydVweNIRMUVAS7ukOBrvCN3kJnKa61UsDyE-M54u6_5hdehPsMd3WnpCup_ifzLs_WSimbhmNG2f/s1600-h/DSCN0514.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnmWqg0vSfzuc-PgkbGvEMerp3Z028N3ktnan4R_JPJtUbQGCaMpM1KTNydVweNIRMUVAS7ukOBrvCN3kJnKa61UsDyE-M54u6_5hdehPsMd3WnpCup_ifzLs_WSimbhmNG2f/s320/DSCN0514.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264162144893767234" /><br /><br /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXM_fTfP0MqS7ui9qSc9uTyhJkVZpCa6SlznZZosLtrdZoOKQMhXJjcS2jDDuf9PhMNgHZnQdoCHCiPmgiNI87lq7lVIl0ZDFNy6KjwRvFNGceVCCC0iMFimuESxHsvz4LmbsZ/s320/TJ_Elephant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264161596103230194" /> "TJ 2000"<br /><br />We had a fun filled halloween! The kids of course had great parties at school, I got to go to Josie's class and help out. This year they were an elephant, a witch and a ninja - Watch out!!<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zRLi-yE3Pv2SmP4_5PVFf2MckKqew3Rp911u43Ok2LbC1YVcFd83ClgFrP_VEuCTs7UUda5Ldk_S4qDACLeRuXfAjmiR4Nzb-giAP5OZaTkwWCAZiK-tXwOB4dkE1BbiaF8b/s320/20081031-DSCN0502.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264155206811399762" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJiKZ5Pw54k4jO9bZUK4xD169RFzOUrSdWe1nz33iO0W3-lBOldJiZa_FjdHX3HL7BXWfiH-4_GBHCTrPzy_nNlzt9FZfeH-IV1EtQYwe2kvPW2552WtUZJQv4Y1drfkrn2GRY/s320/20081031-DSCN0510.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264155215241846978" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzo4zg5yq18tibE37o2kqnt6QmjE6mRX1VhUyv4clg_AAIr4wrWRgQLI24vemuPg9iGr3jw1WWk2jFFEoofUtz3cc3KCsGi7l4wp89r5LoqDoTyjtLA3IWqqYtMMO3UAc1NNfF/s320/20081031-DSCN0518.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264155233764007330" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmPRowzTH3Dw-57gSVjQjtPCQx8Hj499k2YdGPomcvxwQ2vR5IFI7tvZmkjLpDxof05tGVMfHI_rdtXHbDMzU6Rw3cY8Ko_WaFDLDzvqgGjD59pcBUhyphenhyphenyl-5BbK4iFJi8aG6s/s320/20081031-DSCN0513.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264155222655427298" /><br /><br />The Wayas' hosted a block party with delicious food and fun games.<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4imrKIPoUv9NuEbhcQiHjAVydmuxx76EKCp-Jxm4UjjUR10fj_ryvFKFxHcLsT6MUrvJ22yq2nUuadgqRBgY32ZcixKP6xtcmKEBLvYPwaDytLGM-8J95R-57AnqfZUG9Kpg/s320/20081031-DSCN0534.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264163670609309090" /><br /><br /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs0hp8FHt1gVcmae7vkahiRA4qsNSrLly3y_4oS0ZLy3bM2igUs8Dp2is-aj-AtLcFFpxluIXr0I8U6RZ8dtVs7qCdQeGHPnAw4oTbG0uZvImRhitA5t8nD87m9eXm0Ys7v9bR/s320/20081031-DSCN0552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264157019120161170" /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCGEMNoWLVabxwL7ms3KgaR_cLMX-L5Pc4rS3iOHH-qRHE7cfUq8gWK4GjrbofncIM-SjBmNi5FWwCbKFl1fYIzW3iJn9xGI_nt4tiowfFaKge6TZ5f5ZuP8MlDpldCC9nIbvM/s320/20081031-DSCN0543.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264156127976807618" /><br /><br />And then the big group went trick or treating! We are so grateful that we live on a wonderful cul-de-sac with lots of great friends!<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMcHzbovq4lqGlUrwQ6MxQ5h5-Dm4r0MOzdVdjiDe-gSxUvvkeJasNOqJwHxKHEBdJvzTLdSdFgPtR-tUemthwFsR69Pf0yO0TPzh1rPUwZlluGHyCKF_ULtcpWWuspSLODW_6/s320/20081031-DSCN0523.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264156100615731394" /> <br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5BvLe7wP-BD1E7Kl8NfQX1k6fr-C0uYghIucZi2CMoN92zHYO43m_e0Dk49MRLG0WgITNBHyCInN7k4kmsTfEOpw8WH-MIxUsNHepQ4cC0H_7PG6rYYlIJ6jvtWZlDTM6oAr/s320/trick+or+treat.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264165979671168146" /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-88910732100122132342008-10-30T12:52:00.000-07:002008-10-30T13:33:20.319-07:00Arizona State Fair<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJAhoLc-U-L_aPvClzfzeSj2d5CtBgOeKXkKcEuaMaOGKmAj2oefNCAlQx62V0ARqjMjDDINtwcUh9G-DbNH7M9WdSauP3f_L6eih5RGYtEoBzY5tztlQBXpHg2E5bxAOh1I2/s1600-h/logoAZStateFair.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJAhoLc-U-L_aPvClzfzeSj2d5CtBgOeKXkKcEuaMaOGKmAj2oefNCAlQx62V0ARqjMjDDINtwcUh9G-DbNH7M9WdSauP3f_L6eih5RGYtEoBzY5tztlQBXpHg2E5bxAOh1I2/s320/logoAZStateFair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263039258116186594" /></a>It has been years since I've been to the state fair. I've never taken my kids, just seemed a little too scary and dirty. But this year Josie danced at the fair.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CCkrsm964bjjPGfWUhyphenhyphendcDsW3ioQHPGnlt1wFukXTo-4G3tm0Yo_wT4u_MSz67SqIyogcE5HWyrGgFdy_KU1oDUE1yCfwbxNqIYaaHkSIoD-_gGO7_FwDcRRabdi9Wob50-Q/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9822.jpg"><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CCkrsm964bjjPGfWUhyphenhyphendcDsW3ioQHPGnlt1wFukXTo-4G3tm0Yo_wT4u_MSz67SqIyogcE5HWyrGgFdy_KU1oDUE1yCfwbxNqIYaaHkSIoD-_gGO7_FwDcRRabdi9Wob50-Q/s320/20081025-_IGP9822.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263041170389022562" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOe02LYSToFIkr17cHbZxXVrXVtsjg7L-B-mZtpce7KmBNX2cPgXsBqFKXj7lnf3QtMwNUqC8MzFK9tVoe71F63DONgnrX_cbQ2wwjdZ0aHXLBJ0O2Lou7stx_UPHOUjYUye7/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9813.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOe02LYSToFIkr17cHbZxXVrXVtsjg7L-B-mZtpce7KmBNX2cPgXsBqFKXj7lnf3QtMwNUqC8MzFK9tVoe71F63DONgnrX_cbQ2wwjdZ0aHXLBJ0O2Lou7stx_UPHOUjYUye7/s320/20081025-_IGP9813.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263041155769681842" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lxaicibxJNluW2uIQ1QwJqmIczyXHsZ29Gka5AEn8pqbXigeLRDv5IS77hWZNdOlCpn7F_Go5uD4kaWzfdSEptj7uHHbCGmlWTGZ3_fNpnDYE3S31l0ECFsWsgDwaRoD11RS/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9803.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7lxaicibxJNluW2uIQ1QwJqmIczyXHsZ29Gka5AEn8pqbXigeLRDv5IS77hWZNdOlCpn7F_Go5uD4kaWzfdSEptj7uHHbCGmlWTGZ3_fNpnDYE3S31l0ECFsWsgDwaRoD11RS/s320/20081025-_IGP9803.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263041146233427234" /><br /><br /></a>She did a really good job. She did a tap number to "Pump Up the Jam". She's really improved these last couple years and absolutely loves loves loves to dance! We're constantly asking her to PLEASE take her tap shoes off. With so much tile flooring, it gets very loud.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cqxS5KhvP52Hm4tPREPsUPihA9gvSw8m1XMjOHZG9eOXtemaGTy6VUOvMRetElZS3FmsjX8A2hhWKxR-nFw56amG54urh-q7kc73vvIKZqpor1Q1cNXbwZt3u5PvovXj8W8A/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9901.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3cqxS5KhvP52Hm4tPREPsUPihA9gvSw8m1XMjOHZG9eOXtemaGTy6VUOvMRetElZS3FmsjX8A2hhWKxR-nFw56amG54urh-q7kc73vvIKZqpor1Q1cNXbwZt3u5PvovXj8W8A/s320/20081025-_IGP9901.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263040630051938706" /></a>Her cousins, Kami, Mallory and Paighton also danced. So we had a great time together after the performances enjoying the fair.<br /><br />Going on rides...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZZgBZFkJFw1TIG-ONsWk70ZK7icEBoU3U__iWNFSWBAJGQi76Wz4DGjqG1aYPIwqeZxSz4ya86dL3hNRgynnuCM9m4VH_B7uHaTXIv6IoJXLpzFBFagEsJwjd1_78vDAx7lM/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9922.jpg"><br /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktro6Gaf9pPrQjklCw1wcj4kr0wEXVr1Y7ojlk-MbfKSn3sbOvAbHiRvLNrtDMLNb-NQhEJJ_1bGtFwv_Znlh0BjJvQTSOoK4rRdzsoa60vEdUsK1z90mkN6b31aAiKNXRY1K/s320/20081025-_IGP9855.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263040634234724242" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZZgBZFkJFw1TIG-ONsWk70ZK7icEBoU3U__iWNFSWBAJGQi76Wz4DGjqG1aYPIwqeZxSz4ya86dL3hNRgynnuCM9m4VH_B7uHaTXIv6IoJXLpzFBFagEsJwjd1_78vDAx7lM/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9922.jpg"> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZZgBZFkJFw1TIG-ONsWk70ZK7icEBoU3U__iWNFSWBAJGQi76Wz4DGjqG1aYPIwqeZxSz4ya86dL3hNRgynnuCM9m4VH_B7uHaTXIv6IoJXLpzFBFagEsJwjd1_78vDAx7lM/s320/20081025-_IGP9922.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263040624339220530" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZZgBZFkJFw1TIG-ONsWk70ZK7icEBoU3U__iWNFSWBAJGQi76Wz4DGjqG1aYPIwqeZxSz4ya86dL3hNRgynnuCM9m4VH_B7uHaTXIv6IoJXLpzFBFagEsJwjd1_78vDAx7lM/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9922.jpg"><br /></a>eating very fattening fair food...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9Yogx3S-t659wN-prUnnKneEd2Zkgp0m-ohWOToSR-cDj5z1qEpdTm0kx7mJY-cHW9p8sppcMWLpmtgAHtJXu8tjzTIJwNZNCV0lTcm-2GnuJz7uWdhRMUEOgS39YfA01xa3/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9953.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9Yogx3S-t659wN-prUnnKneEd2Zkgp0m-ohWOToSR-cDj5z1qEpdTm0kx7mJY-cHW9p8sppcMWLpmtgAHtJXu8tjzTIJwNZNCV0lTcm-2GnuJz7uWdhRMUEOgS39YfA01xa3/s320/20081025-_IGP9953.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263040619162107826" /></a><br />being so dang cute!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm5cYj-pyY6cpM_XIlva0bDSXIFNgxu9PjH8CByLgHHHOCM75_lWLRo-DroiskAdUyN4sa8c9Dqn2MdD7bZhmvwJeYHpttCkjxw5uJekrDQtFh0aBfIOM8KYFc0ioAJIXqxQd/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9954.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm5cYj-pyY6cpM_XIlva0bDSXIFNgxu9PjH8CByLgHHHOCM75_lWLRo-DroiskAdUyN4sa8c9Dqn2MdD7bZhmvwJeYHpttCkjxw5uJekrDQtFh0aBfIOM8KYFc0ioAJIXqxQd/s320/20081025-_IGP9954.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263040613227016754" /></a> <br />learning to milk a cow...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CNA4d09l40X235iKU39BdE5iveNj22wJUyTQ9hOBZR_XzOjX6-guQI7XsxZ0SM93KgzZ8oSyOuT_kCsthXvel8WGz8vPLmCq-jl1nlKfsttnWFYXQMzj1CW-6iYndbcvG_US/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9962.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7CNA4d09l40X235iKU39BdE5iveNj22wJUyTQ9hOBZR_XzOjX6-guQI7XsxZ0SM93KgzZ8oSyOuT_kCsthXvel8WGz8vPLmCq-jl1nlKfsttnWFYXQMzj1CW-6iYndbcvG_US/s320/20081025-_IGP9962.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263039290428446434" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYweDeTNUVKd6QdQ90siz7Wzp8k8zcYvQDQyCZV15GF7pjOcu7eBsGOTLK0YADFB_w0Clz98VLx_wGDSK5oWsIm0uIoWBerPFwKExLdSu_8oWsHMXaCyMTcXDAkKFPvhQc5jM/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9957.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYweDeTNUVKd6QdQ90siz7Wzp8k8zcYvQDQyCZV15GF7pjOcu7eBsGOTLK0YADFB_w0Clz98VLx_wGDSK5oWsIm0uIoWBerPFwKExLdSu_8oWsHMXaCyMTcXDAkKFPvhQc5jM/s320/20081025-_IGP9957.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263039282702624562" /><br /></a>and petting the animals! Ries absolutely loved the animals. He squeeled and laughed with every one!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYYak8CVvuriTPa0co1kpmSc7v-8SpOcuVHBdJwI0ErViQGnbwRbAFIdVwbDFdutiFCLcsQiiiCoMFhyphenhyphen20wW4aJ-qdQ3USxJSrODb7N6M2_LE49LAmVcRRLnIWWoEG2GifqtZ/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9981.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYYak8CVvuriTPa0co1kpmSc7v-8SpOcuVHBdJwI0ErViQGnbwRbAFIdVwbDFdutiFCLcsQiiiCoMFhyphenhyphen20wW4aJ-qdQ3USxJSrODb7N6M2_LE49LAmVcRRLnIWWoEG2GifqtZ/s320/20081025-_IGP9981.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263039268026508226" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBQvtw_23MJgB5ZO73gVHk_IJEi_7BmAqaE6RL_iGiuAmjMdUM_aejJuiKe8x9Cgl95lOEtbtXXi2UIr8d_f66tR2X5irmzwUXTc3dMYiek9SMEBmVQWPXkHKdInoijLuOnwA/s1600-h/20081025-_IGP9985.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGBQvtw_23MJgB5ZO73gVHk_IJEi_7BmAqaE6RL_iGiuAmjMdUM_aejJuiKe8x9Cgl95lOEtbtXXi2UIr8d_f66tR2X5irmzwUXTc3dMYiek9SMEBmVQWPXkHKdInoijLuOnwA/s320/20081025-_IGP9985.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263039262087871842" /></a><br />We had such a great day and can honestly say...We can't wait for next year!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-33434578476716816372008-10-19T14:32:00.000-07:002008-10-19T15:03:50.997-07:00A Hiking We Will Go!Yesterday, we took the kids to Superstition Mountain hiking and had a great time! Although it did get a little hot, it's always great to take time to enjoy and appreciate the beautiful desert we live in. <br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_TGKPw2LpNXvHVrBhXtBRfeCnNSZJInz0gcC9A371QKCpOCwNScmgstaOldztmP7kRFMxaKNZ5I6VCFbArTAm_YabhqhFdPi9c4oWFbXKpHlKGUxoVlo-_ZtaO__UH34ok5pd/s320/DSCN0449.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258982306633912258" />We're still cool and ready to go.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPv8Nnia4lFJPVB-DW0DpUYH_ZzSzjfBANmyJnjAGjTAWXUdAGhgVGuUJNihakT-7lNXdh5W8V4noLj1L2TIH-5dE1Yid7vgU7JzilSwXW0RtdyBdhddET7aHQPC7pHzu_0mgP/s320/DSCN0450.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258982312951330994" /> <br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg08I9BDD0no_JguERtMXh_0wKadwozA4F79bfpKXLl4xXTPhf6Iqklpz5TcIUrzsVtnQ9vZlKYE1tNvoOJdJPqJb7BO4SsSfTlzJkRO9bVb-PVcrbec_FMO65dJMbZOS-y3JxB/s320/DSCN0446.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258986060282090722" />Josie only fell down three times, T.J. fell down once and Jimmy felt like he was going to fall down a lot. (I guess Ries has grown a lot since last time he was in that backpack.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQhKmYyyzDlWFuLktxxCTx9zs-rR9nAkXvqaNaCZtwfEOcu66tdCCiF86vJnampFCS0_iqGBsN8V-oWFnqOHkmAWg5CNlFco1LFePU-RjoByQBGLQqr5vgZ9c6qgJvwWM8YwW/s1600-h/DSCN0479.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhQhKmYyyzDlWFuLktxxCTx9zs-rR9nAkXvqaNaCZtwfEOcu66tdCCiF86vJnampFCS0_iqGBsN8V-oWFnqOHkmAWg5CNlFco1LFePU-RjoByQBGLQqr5vgZ9c6qgJvwWM8YwW/s320/DSCN0479.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258986062601712306" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2pyCeVZTUXmG7jE0H1m9oZavgqKoQLdotrL-7BDSCLxM6LBiC-auEDrX12cmHvxI82lPScgKBZQBqgsIQ5l2M5yMHbZjHU4Z-1UuTt27lpwCbLNgjDbZp_uIQtUXCfGX6DL5/s1600-h/DSCN0480.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2pyCeVZTUXmG7jE0H1m9oZavgqKoQLdotrL-7BDSCLxM6LBiC-auEDrX12cmHvxI82lPScgKBZQBqgsIQ5l2M5yMHbZjHU4Z-1UuTt27lpwCbLNgjDbZp_uIQtUXCfGX6DL5/s320/DSCN0480.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258986069097240002" /></a>Josie can't resist the opportunity to pose, even when she's tired and sweaty.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCagu8sZePzGtDdWxRiSC6OM6Gk6xQcOVRFA9lQa9wZ0COuCUug-cq7ruLeA7kfInUSsJ7L2mW2vgioCggljWjWXdP9AWhzshnnM41_AjXRafYJvktWCioyQB26azpJtX2zyh/s1600-h/DSCN0484.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCagu8sZePzGtDdWxRiSC6OM6Gk6xQcOVRFA9lQa9wZ0COuCUug-cq7ruLeA7kfInUSsJ7L2mW2vgioCggljWjWXdP9AWhzshnnM41_AjXRafYJvktWCioyQB26azpJtX2zyh/s320/DSCN0484.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258986070263196258" /></a>T.J. was excited that he can count this towards an achievement for scouts.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurR7TeI3F1pIqtXno84SBzYzjeSN2i3cDxIbd3yzM90C9rjOFFJLMwbdoje-hQdqscorM1ZzFMP8kRSW1Ne3y9GifFhiueizP3uBs5KlLaVbtDPw-BMsi34FuyMtUcXUfaq1U/s1600-h/DSCN0471.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurR7TeI3F1pIqtXno84SBzYzjeSN2i3cDxIbd3yzM90C9rjOFFJLMwbdoje-hQdqscorM1ZzFMP8kRSW1Ne3y9GifFhiueizP3uBs5KlLaVbtDPw-BMsi34FuyMtUcXUfaq1U/s320/DSCN0471.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258982317968681074" /></a>Is it over yet? We're now hot, tired and hungry. But it always seems like a great accomplishment when we're done. Hopefully next time it won't be 90 degrees!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-48545788030520796542008-09-16T14:16:00.000-07:002008-09-16T18:07:07.343-07:00Happy Birthday Josie!<div align="center">Boy do they grow up so fast!! Just the other day she was tiny and sweet. See....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTX0bwfq74ZDEJeYWfzcR2adLvaCRxjNDew7uhzw2dbwyKUWSlnO02z0_IPsa7wty7D6pJbBymvco888sDWv8d4RSCqwiDkd9rMTNaOp9yOLHu5evC13k7NpPjfzkHOvYESx1p/s1600-h/Birthday+Growth.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTX0bwfq74ZDEJeYWfzcR2adLvaCRxjNDew7uhzw2dbwyKUWSlnO02z0_IPsa7wty7D6pJbBymvco888sDWv8d4RSCqwiDkd9rMTNaOp9yOLHu5evC13k7NpPjfzkHOvYESx1p/s400/Birthday+Growth.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246780411857926018" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2E6c93sN8IXU5G2qij5s6esKcDaD-XNor_NyIZvfAiBkMGMEwTbjKG5ruFVoWdN4ktyUdGVKweXV_fcAVcIWkhzCj5tgpUUVj3lzVb0rcKNYGBTJ3pgDy21mvjxzisxSWoJP/s1600-h/Birthday+Growth.jpg"><br /></a>Now she's 6......going on 16!!! Yikes!!!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OS9lnQibA_CUiGD3DTO0SHlKQRctBp5Jggs2g6E_PvmlvQxTKUDVy9jjecqDg30zYgVnh8SnuSWFvGkH1gnrthKtT3GP2N9SdDaJZ65FI0j_Lnl_gmS5PCO5N4fPB6L9lwmf/s1600-h/6+years+old.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OS9lnQibA_CUiGD3DTO0SHlKQRctBp5Jggs2g6E_PvmlvQxTKUDVy9jjecqDg30zYgVnh8SnuSWFvGkH1gnrthKtT3GP2N9SdDaJZ65FI0j_Lnl_gmS5PCO5N4fPB6L9lwmf/s320/6+years+old.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246780491503928930" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Josie is such a fun girl, full of energy and SPUNK!<br /></div><div align="right"><span><span><span>She loves..........<br /> to shop<br /> to do her hair<br /> to wear lip gloss<br /> to sing and dance<br /> loves loves art<br /> to play with her friends<br /> to chase boys<br /> to create stories<br /> to swim<br /> her cousins<br /> to be the mother of her brothers<br /> her FAMILY!!!!</span></span></span><br /></div><div align="right"><br /></div></div><br /><br />We had a FUN Luau birthday party for her with all her friends!<br /><br />They made grass skirts and played fun games.<br /><div align="left"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDQ9i3grWXa-cHTxP05LZZ_uPxxdR3VwpRcXpIY1jE6kBy2JMuI9NMn2fBaiS3x9ym4CJgCLekNhV2PINrr1kMhZh9AeMTtNtzq1QgBSmatKaaEPypAWJ3IWf_ZVpaskTns6tH/s320/_IGP9527.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246784700388213602" /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSFJYl2ltswpWRwYb6AWz22Hirf-J2txs0RUaQJg92EEymGL08Zickhr4a42NvJmsGHWpfFO_A-SaWYkf-Wc5qWC20e4_pJYq7d-xRpA8qsWe0sSsr5n_szmCsgGBFAKrnHDH1/s320/20080913-_IGP9539.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246785764270921410" /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cWXVThAFh2WZa6khZE5fXsRVTmq-ZpHcADhnvPwSgNQh5727kiM9VK8yUEOtJxYmPZyza9YQuKM-8xJz0PEOiVC21fA2u8aYELT1ZopDqUYymKXxtmgajmTUaSgfMPl2cC_C/s320/_IGP9554.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246785771374141458" /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWewaJ8H6Qmf9GSMUd-hfc3BX1nYekBDoJCZw17RYjYB756Zf_8MD6LRgR2TGApKR23CIBnYqAfIv8V2Zh4jbwX_hRuCrMzezJ0gT9eO8Mn0Xhq2o60DHPWywpcUMTApXipx-/s320/20080913-_IGP9549.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246785778775721986" /></div><br />They swam, ate and of course opened presents!<br /><br /><div align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT5tABmAETYr_ldOYiZtUIiAs_B3q41fEY-47Cw9QEhK263dM4F9U4Z6eSAni_OZeW7mLKZOJD_95rw1qaFmWvb44yNLKh7BVFcU3sU9vSpd4ZIK1BrH_NF1HEXoCMy84tesaS/s320/20080913-_IGP9538.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246787506744753586" /> <br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_n7FMtuNZXKQSnZwCsPUeDhgI1sQFnKLnhTvJ771WxtJZ3-O7GWyg0CfJHnveAdqzc58DTplQwnONpOCO69RsJ6s79T0IOGrL952puz_eECsvy2cZ9RymzqKImO3u60J-cvm/s320/20080913-_IGP9590.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246787513087849426" /><br /> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGM71jKhyphenhypheneksD3yZnJSkAaWttrTpKCu8ZEIyzIuQv3gD9csA2-HNC3KvqTEFFJiIHpsBgaW8zLh6ALT2M4JeTBr3Z_4neISsO1e-naxhvMpuarWWxjcqWNHKNTeniZfMVFoaor/s320/20080913-_IGP9531.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246787515019936402" /> <br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWq9P_gY-TQroiBSkjU3WkdArPCBnyyRQWoi7ITz5BhNfssTfmnG8-gK8xXz072ZJKcmuSYF3WVNt78fLbJ1OZtRw1Ca6sho80plMpX9sFe_qZabRZW93weVETzeMF4QVZoYb3/s320/20080913-_IGP9532.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246787525350421122" /> <br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMjQYMnXh9YblK4ytFGk1seXWi2PF6qZKJ8ma7T_fkxGik3s5wODS4JlT0gLvrtHmgnEuORVWOE7vGXBw8uszrAKVTDEVxOe97wIUthzjG5vqUWgLyDIQWPw17B7jApXgD9fQ/s320/20080913-_IGP9583.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246787531167462898" /> <br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh044ViexdFkLHnnmN5v0plq1TnIix_kZ-5Ue5FGWcbzblxmqyEtiC4Yolzbe4WwtkbE-5emeQ9wx77hgi_HHT-pgeGsUiZp50vD_HGzd1ULomq1pvCZFLrBkflDSEuWJIyWsCc/s320/20080913-_IGP9535.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246789072746394658" /></div><br />What a great memorable day!<br /><span>HAPPY BIRTHDAY JO JO!!! We Love You!!!<br /><div align="right"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a><br /></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-51924641622532232712008-08-25T10:51:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:25:19.163-07:00Education WeekThis past week I've been up in Utah for <a href="http://ce.byu.edu/ed/edweek/"><span><span style="color:#33ccff;">Education Week</span></span></a>. I went with my sister, Holly and my claimed sister, Nicky (and met up with Marci - sorry you weren't in the picture).<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAcbSbQTFyH6aoQjlCUqf-RMUFCHoYFQBvjE928ycPD8C-q_UdePj4-vIaokBRyiCkTfy3Z-bxpi7_snHBk30lxpJjiQ2X6PKcJYp5llM7AfDdzZv-lql2lMRwLVR6BJONYbC/s320/DSCN0376.jpg" border="0" alt="" />We had such a great time!! For those who aren't familiar with Education Week, it's up at <span style="color:#33ccff;"><a href="http://www.byu.edu/webapp/home/index.jsp">BYU.</a></span> Every August they have a week where instructors give lectures all day on a a variety of topics. You can go to classes on gospel topics, parenting/relationship, self-help things, dancing, etc. - so much to choose from.<br /><br />This is my third summer going and I just love it! I get away from kids and responsibilities and get to focus on replenishing my cup. Which is now definitely overflowing! If you haven't ever gone you need to!!<br /><br />My friend, Anna, moved up to Utah a few months ago and we were able to spend time with her and celebrate her birthday - the BIG 3-0 (woo hoo)! (Thanks for flying up Melanie - it wouldn't have been the same without you!!)<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GlaYT1-Spe0V-TYXbJFEg28jOwVQw8br3Fcp39KaQBaCGbeeV7NHgtPcOIWZ0W78ArzofQANURkeTB7eu1PgHOyPi5VJNsCLqPzOrDnbDY45hrL6JRapRNQTF65yQucMKMym/s320/DSCN0378.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br />So here we are together again, Melanie, Anna, Marci, Nicky and me. <br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDQLU1Ixm11q8_AoxYmSEo891inpiLV09SkB2CHDx6-eZSfJU5BcLVt_zyYcuYLmVl8GTBhYwP3V61atblNTjCHZHU4IG8rj5Zy8C4ZZvfw_foXEPR_E4HBGfRvRkq2J6ZMi6/s320/DSCN0384.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238519204762911042" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU2PTQhw8dWv6wqE1mYoDBvaiKEphxN4aNiPxqY3OBEeuGny1ZnUaO_2w9_R9MJv1Jf4a1jnwk4dkfOSYEq3DDSky-XIHSSufkq_7JjdoFpSmS1MTUUfJ2prTbSqVooOK6nZIe/s320/DSCN0394.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238519224922635186" /><br /><br />We stayed with my sister, Melissa who lives up there. Which is always fun to be with her! So on Friday we had a fun sisters day. (Thanks for taking time off work Melissa & Michele!) Just a fun day of shopping, pedicures and out to lunch. It was great to be with just my sisters. We'll have to make that a regular thing.<br /> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz4O_dJPaqH4XtOJNgB7cDV6aRN0WeKbbui8xUquTK0sja-8qwl98msYXU5QtFnsS1FjIH6boyDDUARCbZJekkV0ZOq1yreduwv6cqnWp7u-evxoB5PfjNBncH-shB3JLQStH/s1600-h/DSCN0396.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz4O_dJPaqH4XtOJNgB7cDV6aRN0WeKbbui8xUquTK0sja-8qwl98msYXU5QtFnsS1FjIH6boyDDUARCbZJekkV0ZOq1yreduwv6cqnWp7u-evxoB5PfjNBncH-shB3JLQStH/s320/DSCN0396.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <br />(Melissa, Michele, Me and Holly)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYty8eDYlIiIy_GlLHYiEhuKwxsM6DmuImayzayF5SSCxpxa8ES5UVG63FvS9XqRhzm4bM0LXkIM5R89u8w3BZwoJjOvhyphenhyphenKaWin8JbYO2zhX8jVnYg0UDjSQP9aeJz-g7Jgbg/s1600-h/DSCN0397.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYty8eDYlIiIy_GlLHYiEhuKwxsM6DmuImayzayF5SSCxpxa8ES5UVG63FvS9XqRhzm4bM0LXkIM5R89u8w3BZwoJjOvhyphenhyphenKaWin8JbYO2zhX8jVnYg0UDjSQP9aeJz-g7Jgbg/s320/DSCN0397.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a> <br /><br />That evening we met up with the rest of my brothers who live in Utah as well. (We missed you Kevin!) We went out to dinner and just laughed! (Jared, I really think you should work on that dream of becoming an Olympic Speed Walker)<br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9Cy93cD2zssVqEmq_u6VlzV8SWHwhNXqHXtjSygyX7IYUZyqHi0KtB6A6PoimewfDEn8EwUP4PXFVCkHP2kIXsdSGAlK9nN3Kmogi_gf7W2qwug3cmZSkmbixd1_kg27S4V4/s320/DSCN0412.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238519230309692322" /> (The Wright Kids: Michele, Holly, Jared, Me, Mark, Melissa (Kevin absent))<br /><br />It was such a great week - can't wait for next year! <a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-56393160348003505142008-08-11T20:27:00.001-07:002008-08-11T20:39:02.906-07:00I gotta go back, back, back to school again!It's a big year for both TJ & Josie. TJ's now a big kid in 4th grade. Has a new playground, more school work and now takes care of his sister. Josie is in 1st grade. Last year she only went half-day...so big now eating lunch at school! They both were so excited for school and had a great day (so did mom & dad)!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4kxhxFXfAZP8HKrS8r0k60D9r9YbWYnF1HNNj4MSRNw5MUggvc8s3hxDkZLWVy2XeqYeAjBYy5kf82iWQW8nFlwb1YSIdpnsKINg45QXMUSJCoIxc86eUzst6mBV2dBtoMqP/s1600-h/DSCN0363.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4kxhxFXfAZP8HKrS8r0k60D9r9YbWYnF1HNNj4MSRNw5MUggvc8s3hxDkZLWVy2XeqYeAjBYy5kf82iWQW8nFlwb1YSIdpnsKINg45QXMUSJCoIxc86eUzst6mBV2dBtoMqP/s400/DSCN0363.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233468732630576594" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimf4L-BogMxpEN4Lf-Gt0i1ZtCSfrvU55Kp30VP582HkWZd2ZYcJ4aZMN7Glz0BdG92adoYm0_4P7lMs9SrR4h1ZPtyYMkSSSwzZFAqy3cunrhixyJAr1tmfnavvK-jHy2qvra/s1600-h/DSCN0366.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimf4L-BogMxpEN4Lf-Gt0i1ZtCSfrvU55Kp30VP582HkWZd2ZYcJ4aZMN7Glz0BdG92adoYm0_4P7lMs9SrR4h1ZPtyYMkSSSwzZFAqy3cunrhixyJAr1tmfnavvK-jHy2qvra/s400/DSCN0366.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233468741589580034" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1Kf_4yWxR0ShmM7LJgfCtVs4qKlwi710ZsoOOyjJowBvasxnnsSvQJHPJHXiBDU6DbQXxYYjXj9qSYircmHYUaHdj_rI3p0rMr8Gc2kwhk7ot5bWWA0VGvonIfuIYzxKsyP2/s1600-h/DSCN0369.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL1Kf_4yWxR0ShmM7LJgfCtVs4qKlwi710ZsoOOyjJowBvasxnnsSvQJHPJHXiBDU6DbQXxYYjXj9qSYircmHYUaHdj_rI3p0rMr8Gc2kwhk7ot5bWWA0VGvonIfuIYzxKsyP2/s400/DSCN0369.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233468748609983186" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-72762257796503739602008-08-11T19:21:00.000-07:002008-08-11T20:24:03.502-07:00And the winner is...A few months ago, Jimmy heard that the D'Backs were having a contest. They were wanting fans to email t-shirt designs. So he designed four different shirts, but was only allowed to submit two. Needless to say he talked me into submitting the other two. I had forgotten all about this, when a month ago I get a phone call telling me that I had won! Can you believe it?<br /><br />Here's the winning design.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYcxMzxRDzRGLaPi_mOt2ah9yULqM2nEDHEEBpVqcFIkkAd9FzYT-gNiVcjAJ63iY216d3DcHP_7dY0J3uFvFrgyFlztp7cylsNLIvHCHo9lX7aS152emkdK7EA-u8k_55daw/s1600-h/dbacks_entry2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWYcxMzxRDzRGLaPi_mOt2ah9yULqM2nEDHEEBpVqcFIkkAd9FzYT-gNiVcjAJ63iY216d3DcHP_7dY0J3uFvFrgyFlztp7cylsNLIvHCHo9lX7aS152emkdK7EA-u8k_55daw/s400/dbacks_entry2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233460450771225250" /></a><br /><br />They printed 25,000 shirts and gave them out to everyone as they came into the game on Saturday. We got 5 tickets to the game as well. We got there early and they took us out to the field. That was really incredible. We took TJ & my nephew, Riley, and Jimmy's parents. It was fun to watch the boys' eyes bug out.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYf5GCnZ0ZFsFGTZurRWfn3qK4DjXxKSTLBaueNofzo5_x_MUoaGongx88KZL550_Q6EiK23zslWE41pCtYJgWk9nlkQD2ArbbWXzCRKwKw7JRuAVS8TBN105Ddx7fHSE2vxZ/s320/08092008-atl-jw0283.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />We hung out in the duggout for a while and then they brought out Brandon Lyon & Augie Ojeda to meet us and sign one of the shirts.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3KRHCFT2-V5JHp-UHMOuIXlcTh58MeiP2uootY-mT21F19f9JdFH69fRNqaDuMrqVok-NQrFYSisZgaOd3dyBWrx_fP0SYhtIGyRYvl_FthMueCUhKch8H_qq2VoFvEIEcZO/s320/_IGP9173.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdpt9HVugcKsVHbfARLfxfJh26XLqMJAAUSHeKmGre9HDFHzc1_GSON6OJXY-W7RUjJKcO68EPicHjOo05kCIgXjBztzk3yCO7hogfcLyTP8mGHQzs_3-uMwzixwzO9GgxikAu/s400/08092008-atl-jw0302.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233456452157115442" /><br /><br />Everyone else then went to find their seats while I was on the field with the other finalists. Amare Stoudemire (with the Suns) was throwing out the first pitch. So we met him and I caught this picture of him playing catch with his son.<br /><br /><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXbldMWgqmwqtbzuc9jTYxbQd0Q5w7-8rD9YwC-Sq8HvtyShsRFTzD5yxJi5ti7QcmtMkpO6LKfmrV8to8y_qtJvMuA_Q6yXQHuZIzWSLtc0hq2oObr3aZ0RnKmqD_dbEGNGu/s320/DSCN0357.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br />Then they had us stand on the baseline while they announced all of us. It was very hard to stand there and smile while this camera was four inches from my face.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawUVXYs2hsouvnRvQRZ9WTpPhora_j6zQgL8z2MsOVdeFVJn_MiqDqn-sP7qF_yrXmHANx3ha_huEswQiGJyOdftsBbImJ2uK0h-XB3xTRMGzm5xLQ9427sYvuXJv0bcGCe-6/s1600-h/_IGP9207.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjawUVXYs2hsouvnRvQRZ9WTpPhora_j6zQgL8z2MsOVdeFVJn_MiqDqn-sP7qF_yrXmHANx3ha_huEswQiGJyOdftsBbImJ2uK0h-XB3xTRMGzm5xLQ9427sYvuXJv0bcGCe-6/s400/_IGP9207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233456445955811842" /><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsInEbpy70gVIMPOMC6T6O77n7EkcoKMU_zy8fJlyBHmZhcfb1vvzn06ARHG5nZIUxNwR9tXkVRYhkVH8zeFq1_OJ4BgvMjTiRuN_m8BpPcXUpdGrXZwdjxbiPe4WdzzqiZoOX/s1600-h/_IGP9210.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsInEbpy70gVIMPOMC6T6O77n7EkcoKMU_zy8fJlyBHmZhcfb1vvzn06ARHG5nZIUxNwR9tXkVRYhkVH8zeFq1_OJ4BgvMjTiRuN_m8BpPcXUpdGrXZwdjxbiPe4WdzzqiZoOX/s400/_IGP9210.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233456449500207010" /></a><br /><br />Even though the D'backs lost...it was a lot of fun. I think I would have had more fun if Jimmy was on the field instead of me (I think he would have too, he's still a little green with envy), but definitely something we won't forget.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-492407196541649522008-08-05T15:04:00.000-07:002008-08-05T21:49:08.999-07:00Summer Vacation!We just got back from St. George, Utah. I know, not the best place to go to get out of the heat. But my sister, Melissa, just bought a house there and since we'd never been we thought it would be fun. My brother, Marky, and his wife and boys came for the week. Also, my sister, Michele, and her clan came for a few days. So we had a great time being together and having fun. <br /><br />Before we left, our van wasn't running too well, so we borrowed my mom's Altima (thanks mom!). Considering we didn't have a whole lot of room for the five of us, our kids did pretty well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4sDZgBuoKg3mS3KDkUR08inAEjHDC2kkKwiASog94OkzMQtyFYw1-iO8-NkpMlqpw1c8YyUG5sEL0Hs8f7Zc0wkx1yMF8zbNAwxq62E_TSx8puGZwPPQLLbvKb9HfM-7dfZ5/s1600-h/DSCN0099.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4sDZgBuoKg3mS3KDkUR08inAEjHDC2kkKwiASog94OkzMQtyFYw1-iO8-NkpMlqpw1c8YyUG5sEL0Hs8f7Zc0wkx1yMF8zbNAwxq62E_TSx8puGZwPPQLLbvKb9HfM-7dfZ5/s320/DSCN0099.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257710406773666" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOdk7IMP2v5CHHQYVGJnQ0qQs9QB9xTDuA4WNJY7fZpgYuxGL7nJQdP8URb8kgoQl0rSD6DQnUBld1QPEFMPsrR8yIK9CzuUOlvffYu49Vlig8jkmNMT8BsFCazZWuphELMIf/s320/DSCN0106.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257709848177826" /><br /><br />I didn't realize how beautiful it would be there. The red rock is absolutely gorgeous! We took lots of pictures but they don't do it justice. We spent a couple different days hiking. One day we went to Snow Canyon. It was very hot, but beautiful. And once you walked into the different small canyons and out of the sun, it was cooler. We also spent a day at Zion National Park. That was amazing! The moutains were so red, with lots of greenery and water. It was so majestic. We spent all day and only did two hikes. So definitely, somewhere we'd like to visit again...just maybe not in July.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_N9Z2WieLAx5TIy1MqhFG_m_rFfqh3EncR4qrEzKSDOiHwwIxAQ1cO2rdMy22ud4MUA7qwE3AR87GiC70nSMYNOVOtAKyvDB-qpyYddHO80Qyfua2r0XPKq42jmGwrDEIrKG/s400/collage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231259694641521282" /><br /><br />Speaking of the heat, since it was still in the 100's while we were there, we frequented the different splash parks they have. It kept the kids cool and having fun.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHFSbDg87ux7RQurWeshwGxqA9Tg61j2M0l0ayxuP946pswfq9s_WCrGinSJ5B14st98UGjbvSbvV5LmJzkr82LdMEfAD0byu0R_uE1XOGTSlcul0W_TlI4FWBA6US68rZRvSZ/s400/Park+Collage.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231259225352736050" /><br /><br />One of the parks was located downtown, and right across the street was this cute old general store. (supposedly, the oldest store in St. George) It had old fashioned pop bottles, candy and a soda shop. And boy did we enjoy the ice cream...especially Ries.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMh5ktDRirLpZZDMSO5l0qg3qEJGLbar1BcfBc413k5DlQw8-yPivB5uS9AtvjA0SLMFylhZC6e6c_w0-ptUbYBYoL9mcQEF3eyxi-h5lvXV8OMUJJRTY7EXy757M0-aRLPJi-/s320/_IGP8994.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257020827176066" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6X_5KPSLf_b56S_nYxNw-V75fidrSZ0ijQDYHZxe6RwAQthUtMXuBSnMFvdrWO8RI1SXfQZea1Fj6IrjgrppK3e5ktxC0ejMSUzsHV2KoKTSzAFL8jXcNalqr3NnKwE7n5Gfg/s320/_IGP9001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257023714962546" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkN9nrDdFnh1489dIf77PpjtvHQoIGvGm7iDHa2SUFCKeptWwIKJPR4xk8x1Zu9VS2cOVRaV2g7ZPPve6NCINT7cxXqHgL8EPq4bDKB9vyMkU90f9AgWSMV97UeOBKjxgwPEP/s320/_IGP9002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257024830520514" /><br /><br />One night, Lori's friend came over to watch the kids so us adults could go to the Tuacahn Theatre and see Sound of Music. The theatre is gorgeous, it's an ampitheatre that backs up to the canyon. And they use the moutain as part of the stage. (again, the pictures don't do this justice)<br /><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnOcAbRV9JRojuW2c8tRyqVI6TSx0r1uOmnCgHky7TGJsdK-hJW0g9ZMB-h_bdIQRt-eT9IlePKHhLVRvod_PY25a8QkXTvqQCFIQvgrFnXeeyfsNpqxcL1cMEjKYH32c0-wgd/s320/DSCN0254.jpg" border="0" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH-_SRNkhDW9sPjZ0nLTSuxzdVrJ-b4ou9Stfkt_PCr4llyVIt38f2AlKsU4QEcvcSxJ_BjtVOVi40hWlbhXK5wEuYS6ORtT11vaMnrJkoIP09QDRa1kepnhvtmVTVQDtONVE5/s320/DSCN0247.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231258248733713874" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzKWyHrobogiEXPzZtocYYV4sKei6GoT_egh7wzVIKidRAFVCCBmla1RMDpK8IHvNCAwUjLjOsBiluPP7NIHjnozprUKPn1b032GY0SnZ0YpUEZ31S94sUg1QBGntnIS2c9gQ/s320/DSCN0249.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231258251756766978" /><br /><br />The kids wanted to go bowling one day, which of course is always fun. TJ did very well and was so proud of himself. (I guess all that Wii playing has paid off). It was fun to watch my 2-year-old nephew, Max, bowl he'd get so excited and didn't want anyone to help him. So we all watched as the ball took "an hour" to roll down the lane. And poor Josie, inherited that terrible Wright behind, where pants will just not stay up.<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9WxYVFa958sPqXH5xpn-qSb4gtIserdvDtawaH-vqxNdvSfKPAGY8_HEXEPxMx8BZFoAsKLHfkX5eL-wyFBnoDAjAlmVPkewe1PZeP_MOlqRJQ07R09J1lXXyuiOVAYqCw61/s320/_IGP9073.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257030022520450" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G7UZ97tp8PaOUtYkVaXFHRwgngao70E5xWCOGPVS_Aoaq8XhdcL_1uX0vP6jB47JpVs3x1kMy1vIk2jNnu0JZSf3F3G93Sj3nSQKNC3UMnIRBWhBr-J0PjHTYhMx3nPnnSnJ/s320/_IGP9071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257025227594962" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17XJrUR2D4GSKQe7_IkeGliCUv0NMvNWXZeLzd-nD_MYrvBWIMWXcix2PPhtMsDiaQ4Qu4AJqmQBNZG57dQVdOKKu6gZJiiI59yA0p_IJWM0FpFxxixuydQyMD3l5di_2Su41/s320/_IGP9074.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257705439619474" /><br /><br />We also spent a lot of time playing in the water, throwing water balloons and just enjoying being together.<br /><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6a-q4flaAnS0iXSBLoKc33rMzTktPVoD6QG2ch9R8v219AUlQHi8bkjX1M4cg0I9Wze1YvM_Ubr-dyWc94jJ-cdbCscjH0JVISHLKrtBsHfE8IMLmrOopbxQYy_3BRd3kYbPR/s320/DSCN0337.jpg" border="0" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOwGI8EzB0GCMKrqjuW8i4GCaJdYlLw8SDuRRsmZLf_I8-Figs-OAZ80VYlcT-As5RZLLUfa860_Vex-g8hkBpW2uxKvEBzBl0LdZ7fMWRC2qfq0KCGxAH1NUNRcOCmROTRNU/s320/DSCN0119.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231258245204223106" /><br /><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3Cl1XevaC4ea0Ojds6VwBP3Oi0NOzUnmvpxKXCwR-6CroI_vCaKITOyRQ3mTHReXDnu8yzhllPXjL0RdgKgzTpSSvPfRCqt1bpdKCoMDRg3kb7ufIaGhmHWgxSHz62rUxVVI/s320/DSCN0328.jpg" border="0" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlSon-jqfcGfatVFbym4TGBu0MxFrwlmYDF4TCnfsfztb-hG668KRJwAKPlA_TgimiTlQClm-EAr9zRquWilfFd5zGJ1yVKkboAZ_ZBum5cmBkb5cwv2xY_HSef2WYJmv6BsG/s320/DSCN0124.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231257714007365618" /><br /><br />Thanks so much Melissa for sharing your beautiful home with us! We loved being there and had a great time and made many memories. And thanks Lori for all your hours spent planning activities for us to do. We love you guys!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-84652516655677577242008-07-17T13:35:00.000-07:002008-07-17T13:52:14.418-07:00Pizza Place #2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbZ1Dr2rmDWt_6DwMZEgJ9HZ5zek-BYdv_qPc6j2CFfnzstw0ThBklZmTYc8khR8pDG-8Oxm8XQyaweMhDLhN8zPk8AaMwyD8Gc7iGpeDfJluAqZk3psVEN3nPGHLkeC0q0Gv/s1600-h/oreganos.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtbZ1Dr2rmDWt_6DwMZEgJ9HZ5zek-BYdv_qPc6j2CFfnzstw0ThBklZmTYc8khR8pDG-8Oxm8XQyaweMhDLhN8zPk8AaMwyD8Gc7iGpeDfJluAqZk3psVEN3nPGHLkeC0q0Gv/s400/oreganos.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224087329219794802" /></a><br /><br />Our pizza place for July was <a href="http://www.oreganos.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Oregano's</span></a>. We went on a Tuesday night and were surprised at how crowded it was. There was an hour wait for seating inside, so opted for the patio which we didn't think would be too bad considering they had outdoor air conditioner and a misting system. But there was a lot of wind that day and with the air conditioner blowing hard at our table, it made it hard to eat. We ordered a thin crust pizza (again due to time, their deep dish takes almost an hour to cook) which TJ loved, but Josie didn't. The crust was a little too crispy and overcooked for me. We did have good service and the waitress brought the kids a little dough ball to play with which they loved. Jim and I have eaten there before without kids and really liked it, but this time we're going to give it 3 STARS (out of 5). We'll definitely try it again probably without kids and when we have more time to wait for the deep dish pizza.<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-13112844591347428382008-07-07T11:36:00.001-07:002008-07-07T11:44:03.821-07:00The Tooth Fairy Is Coming!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITN5i-4IGtZpAWn0E__kfQVlJS51wP5geuX2Xanqe_2rfNqyDJwH_wLNFQD1TpJZGJfDZQFrjh3umwm2d3qL8M_KxHJe3ULddso1xz5eEhnLfaNS7-1kiqQBeRCRixVmemIy5/s1600-h/_IGP8920.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITN5i-4IGtZpAWn0E__kfQVlJS51wP5geuX2Xanqe_2rfNqyDJwH_wLNFQD1TpJZGJfDZQFrjh3umwm2d3qL8M_KxHJe3ULddso1xz5eEhnLfaNS7-1kiqQBeRCRixVmemIy5/s320/_IGP8920.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220343804618675378" /></a>Josie finally lost her first tooth last night. It's been dangling for a couple of weeks now. She was so excited, but didn't want to put it under pillow that night. She wanted to be able to show everyone her TOOTH. So tonight we're on the lookout for the Tooth Fairy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnZBTejCMyIAP_IkTwejakc1i5ak8BLhea6-wYkXZAjCBEiXFdmalt0J0CPGzDmRqMLh81wE5Axwx15z46IXhjkmmgphH6DXoN8CJ3o_nwVwcgbAOzdePm4gntWejrW-jjH5n/s1600-h/_IGP8921.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDnZBTejCMyIAP_IkTwejakc1i5ak8BLhea6-wYkXZAjCBEiXFdmalt0J0CPGzDmRqMLh81wE5Axwx15z46IXhjkmmgphH6DXoN8CJ3o_nwVwcgbAOzdePm4gntWejrW-jjH5n/s320/_IGP8921.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220343822490301778" /><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYx9e6q5ibxbSaKWb8W48fJXkgWNkvwVLR_lQ1eiouEhjW56jSxSODL9auBnnIJQ0PIuM_Rv2h0P4B4q4N5uOZ5ox2700vIcq1pwJHVhumOG3P5m_mhoWsk1K1L0IW27VTsoR/s1600-h/_IGP8922.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYx9e6q5ibxbSaKWb8W48fJXkgWNkvwVLR_lQ1eiouEhjW56jSxSODL9auBnnIJQ0PIuM_Rv2h0P4B4q4N5uOZ5ox2700vIcq1pwJHVhumOG3P5m_mhoWsk1K1L0IW27VTsoR/s320/_IGP8922.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220343826455910594" /></a><br />Wow! You're so grown up now Josie! Love You!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-18932979453560924762008-07-07T11:13:00.000-07:002008-07-07T11:33:51.549-07:004th of July<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4hAQLnxGs8MqBV3XZA6UhLBmKwyetLpLjEkUFSbt_yghzjfA-_13eW5tTKlK_8_eHCkNEg0NFTsD_2PGSluxgpTT1Tr3y9Pc5eTd6HwGyk9xPdd-e7eLkFrb1FyeiVJ88727/s1600-h/_IGP8836.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4hAQLnxGs8MqBV3XZA6UhLBmKwyetLpLjEkUFSbt_yghzjfA-_13eW5tTKlK_8_eHCkNEg0NFTsD_2PGSluxgpTT1Tr3y9Pc5eTd6HwGyk9xPdd-e7eLkFrb1FyeiVJ88727/s200/_IGP8836.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220337466110718530" /><br /></a> We started our morning off bright and early at our ward party. We had a flag raising, which the cub scouts did, and a breakfast.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VtgfGfcz-_Z6jDa86ta56B00vZEhV9MpaXok0YBPgd-798RS3H2lhPR-Z2J56zvNl8QlIdsqorHeuJwMMi7gLFrntlMRKoWFFgkCoADvSjhLfgl8vLgRgh9rCRfmYI3xjpZi/s1600-h/_IGP8838.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2VtgfGfcz-_Z6jDa86ta56B00vZEhV9MpaXok0YBPgd-798RS3H2lhPR-Z2J56zvNl8QlIdsqorHeuJwMMi7gLFrntlMRKoWFFgkCoADvSjhLfgl8vLgRgh9rCRfmYI3xjpZi/s200/_IGP8838.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220337469252260818" /><br /></a> T.J. led us all in the Pledge of Allegiance<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcQLEQgEdnNVcM1R50uSBByS0i54RY1fEpbDOPo9rGwTqh_QgGiqbZ2LPSzcyo4OtxKuUO2Miqjcj5xfWltMiEIifOlwFHiQRZ6dnraWUIaXSYxjk02puAVqJmwfpQsjThyphenhyphenvf/s1600-h/_IGP8841.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEcQLEQgEdnNVcM1R50uSBByS0i54RY1fEpbDOPo9rGwTqh_QgGiqbZ2LPSzcyo4OtxKuUO2Miqjcj5xfWltMiEIifOlwFHiQRZ6dnraWUIaXSYxjk02puAVqJmwfpQsjThyphenhyphenvf/s200/_IGP8841.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220337476957051458" /><br /></a> We had family over in the afternoon/evening for swimming, eating and water balloon games. We missed everyone that couldn't be with us. But we had a great time together having fun!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeITG811NL81J5610MulTUwviuJsgf552EpS7BnG1MxK8rEcZpuu8jppZzWpZNctiQKIBSPZWiTgfEBd6C7u1KdRem_rQCyRHn3Qb0rfGjpqP6LqqmB6ElRHyt_PfQ5Y_HfZDm/s1600-h/_IGP8846.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeITG811NL81J5610MulTUwviuJsgf552EpS7BnG1MxK8rEcZpuu8jppZzWpZNctiQKIBSPZWiTgfEBd6C7u1KdRem_rQCyRHn3Qb0rfGjpqP6LqqmB6ElRHyt_PfQ5Y_HfZDm/s200/_IGP8846.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220337478236612978" /><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzLGa-H_hUGKh0T-2MYcyUxAR3m-FxiYrTUIUBCzMjI_BiRJXjs7JzIPoMPJ0wGJh_CEaJUcT-pFkbwM22V5_bsd6y6yp9Kq_ZW52IXIZ51KeD8dhy9tJUjeuOLxlz5Pn-E1Y/s1600-h/_IGP8855.JPG"><img 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But this year the church across the street postponed their fireworks show to Labor Day. (That just gives us an excuse to have another party!) But the kids had fun anyway with their glow in the dark stuff and poppers. Happy Independence Day Everybody!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/88/9D7FA97AB7282D7F8719B8EB09466EFF.png" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38437102.post-79086900543588306572008-07-05T08:55:00.000-07:002008-07-05T09:06:57.568-07:00D'backs Win!!!!!!(sorry to those that read TJ's blog, this is a repeat)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdk8ZpjYl4jwguTjnMd8TFkvkKZD_hURaxSpLQAUdkaDUJxnm9LHGPZNi56opz5n-TkhU2C7Q1Lb_m2Dnx-42s0Qulx2aXbQrfY25ncKPC2gW7U-dLc56L4ZOeq8wfLBro4YZ/s1600-h/070308_1.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdk8ZpjYl4jwguTjnMd8TFkvkKZD_hURaxSpLQAUdkaDUJxnm9LHGPZNi56opz5n-TkhU2C7Q1Lb_m2Dnx-42s0Qulx2aXbQrfY25ncKPC2gW7U-dLc56L4ZOeq8wfLBro4YZ/s320/070308_1.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219560768278269970" /></a>Jimmy took TJ to the Diamondbacks game. They had a great time being together. TJ was convinced that they were going to loose when starting the 9th inning it was 0-5. He wanted to leave early, but Jimmy told him "it's not over until it's over". And boy were they glad they stayed. The D'backs came back to win 6-5 with no outs.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSZ0QGaN_CnCMFpXnRZKQ_mTkRs4Nl5U_UF8MmmzQA3Tgyx1qVGiiFQT9xsuat1j_sg1dYA_kX3WV4l6DpFUyGR9DcDxsTfRS3xsHqntQ_AjPtKHIJqY9WB-UZohN7qsvd7Mn/s1600-h/070308_2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSZ0QGaN_CnCMFpXnRZKQ_mTkRs4Nl5U_UF8MmmzQA3Tgyx1qVGiiFQT9xsuat1j_sg1dYA_kX3WV4l6DpFUyGR9DcDxsTfRS3xsHqntQ_AjPtKHIJqY9WB-UZohN7qsvd7Mn/s320/070308_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219560772466775810" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs63GAc3Ib88glFcggntXE2xykP8gJO-OAW_jWr6J_VfZhBt-wcI_bLD0iP0eOdwieeyHDfR599M-njx-GmPMwCCinvCj9aTNduW2uuRCCBXbZ334i-86DQ690LVyRjQTIfn7t/s1600-h/070308_5.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs63GAc3Ib88glFcggntXE2xykP8gJO-OAW_jWr6J_VfZhBt-wcI_bLD0iP0eOdwieeyHDfR599M-njx-GmPMwCCinvCj9aTNduW2uuRCCBXbZ334i-86DQ690LVyRjQTIfn7t/s320/070308_5.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219560778872568770" /></a><br /><br />Aren't dads always right?!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge8cr8-fBxjKDTkrHmEY9ja0clLkPKjp-uhqLM6w1iKQI0XRPLNaQMkqhioEOI7gGDRV4uMZzRlrAy3hUwIB8KVEy4Wg4qnQ2Bo7ks4iPtRtMnxzQYh0voFQwZ7cuIwi764yh/s1600-h/070308_4.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge8cr8-fBxjKDTkrHmEY9ja0clLkPKjp-uhqLM6w1iKQI0XRPLNaQMkqhioEOI7gGDRV4uMZzRlrAy3hUwIB8KVEy4Wg4qnQ2Bo7ks4iPtRtMnxzQYh0voFQwZ7cuIwi764yh/s320/070308_4.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219560780335005362" /></a><br /> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3