tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76969841543991287782024-03-05T09:24:10.673-07:00The Pearson CrewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-65870728128529988322010-07-06T16:05:00.018-06:002010-07-06T21:27:28.444-06:00Philippines Grand Finale!<div style="text-align: center;">Ok, this is finally it. The last of our trip to the Philippines. Wednesday we left the beautiful Bohol Beach Club and made our way back to Cebu.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One last walk and a few pics of the beach<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYd2UXaOjd7UR5bRdYZqeRllz-NsVbyD6Dz_qziUilQLoh8B0Fmal6DKutgaoPdtl4VDXuzSuVlHL94twg6BBuShnpw969IX1r48SQ74P_lJbjiFyQmsWgzji6Gjw_tqhCDze0rrvoSs/s1600/P1010258.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYd2UXaOjd7UR5bRdYZqeRllz-NsVbyD6Dz_qziUilQLoh8B0Fmal6DKutgaoPdtl4VDXuzSuVlHL94twg6BBuShnpw969IX1r48SQ74P_lJbjiFyQmsWgzji6Gjw_tqhCDze0rrvoSs/s400/P1010258.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490949455252471586" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">A big yucky beetle<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb99gNbg3YKl_WZG3G8u6bnLAJH1ol_6x_mWk0YHwKUE_WUibwLWngCQgs9Rp8LAx5wdxM6urwbzx6ktxq_Ezk4jHgSkXh97NkZTh2KDpti5PVUDfJIwTpYwIrfCgG2eb5RX8t7suNF6k/s1600/P1010259.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb99gNbg3YKl_WZG3G8u6bnLAJH1ol_6x_mWk0YHwKUE_WUibwLWngCQgs9Rp8LAx5wdxM6urwbzx6ktxq_Ezk4jHgSkXh97NkZTh2KDpti5PVUDfJIwTpYwIrfCgG2eb5RX8t7suNF6k/s400/P1010259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490948403015239618" border="0" /></a><br />I think this is a banana tree, it was in the front of our hotel. I want one for my yard.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmodRnGl00iFgT3cS0y2MfqwUwmunv0KQj0UQUjx6ceQSwQup-y_7CKmMcL_ZMYibYoOVOzKR_3Ejqx9kcbCca-Vp99hGbcw2wWBS7jDrCSGv-a7yT_zd3JhAVvCYS-Cq4VHvdaJWctVg/s1600/P1010264.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmodRnGl00iFgT3cS0y2MfqwUwmunv0KQj0UQUjx6ceQSwQup-y_7CKmMcL_ZMYibYoOVOzKR_3Ejqx9kcbCca-Vp99hGbcw2wWBS7jDrCSGv-a7yT_zd3JhAVvCYS-Cq4VHvdaJWctVg/s400/P1010264.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490948393625826754" border="0" /></a><br />On the boat back to Cebu. We had front row right in front of the big screen.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-m3gbQS1eseIvlTY4Lc9hBY-8DeNLZZ1673xcJTOF1c424wp5_P9u0536CwdUsHn86wSjJX-in8SmajOG1iHFeJOLil1LJY6B0esULB1lmvLlGZGqsYq3VrnnYM0uiR20DHXj1AHFoaw/s1600/P1010265.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-m3gbQS1eseIvlTY4Lc9hBY-8DeNLZZ1673xcJTOF1c424wp5_P9u0536CwdUsHn86wSjJX-in8SmajOG1iHFeJOLil1LJY6B0esULB1lmvLlGZGqsYq3VrnnYM0uiR20DHXj1AHFoaw/s400/P1010265.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490948380872310482" border="0" /></a><br />The famous Jollibee's. Nels loved this place while he was on his mission. It was in the mall right next to the Marriot in Cebu. It's like the Filipino version of McDonald's. We ate here twice.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe9h1sRMStBM60XQWyLA2kSb5beqsVmZ7IwHZJo6bneY9gugRs8P3e8QJ8mYYOnMKnrCklVTqwmNkUkadtCwA-pDZl9OWM7AtMebg2KuG0esV2IU6Lyb_LAyiVQEZywhIWs2cmnqjDkQ/s1600/P1010266.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYe9h1sRMStBM60XQWyLA2kSb5beqsVmZ7IwHZJo6bneY9gugRs8P3e8QJ8mYYOnMKnrCklVTqwmNkUkadtCwA-pDZl9OWM7AtMebg2KuG0esV2IU6Lyb_LAyiVQEZywhIWs2cmnqjDkQ/s400/P1010266.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490946018439169378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DTiF7ArnG_Tkqun2TQmQx8To8DwyI9MZ8J0_yjJqCBSgc5S34xBX1Uwlevnpww4s3jnusqB4_XcEeENCdi_KEPcCvasQNocVYRA1gIMfdilPQyzqsrXwc1MpBcGnjszW_SM5TSFpwN0/s1600/P1010267.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DTiF7ArnG_Tkqun2TQmQx8To8DwyI9MZ8J0_yjJqCBSgc5S34xBX1Uwlevnpww4s3jnusqB4_XcEeENCdi_KEPcCvasQNocVYRA1gIMfdilPQyzqsrXwc1MpBcGnjszW_SM5TSFpwN0/s400/P1010267.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490946007851652034" border="0" /></a><br />Nels and Ben got to golf at the Cebu Country Club on Thursday while Becky and I went to the spa and had a massage and facial.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLjUUs7wnfM_uk0X8hL2QF9OymoFtuK-flYFM2KIAZsn_jhehQKTbQonvw9qhOE-OtVXzEO7SY2eO8wTpyHswGnxB11lDlPCOLptz7qfMnx2Eul5JAnUdYferbqVzBgi7N2YMr-ijPPo/s1600/P1010269.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLjUUs7wnfM_uk0X8hL2QF9OymoFtuK-flYFM2KIAZsn_jhehQKTbQonvw9qhOE-OtVXzEO7SY2eO8wTpyHswGnxB11lDlPCOLptz7qfMnx2Eul5JAnUdYferbqVzBgi7N2YMr-ijPPo/s400/P1010269.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490945993983258738" border="0" /></a><br />They even had their own caddies.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS99myBwYBcv-eZVcIFG9fE_hRGwjE83aPIiAjt7O8fXsyA4z7ACPO3dmSQ8bF9DdXEoJ1va8v4DiQXgGnyPbiWkwyNCE2tZEO9sa0eboRRqBZftvqlHtr_Dgj3_MgtG0Pr5CFnLkIFs8/s1600/P1010272.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS99myBwYBcv-eZVcIFG9fE_hRGwjE83aPIiAjt7O8fXsyA4z7ACPO3dmSQ8bF9DdXEoJ1va8v4DiQXgGnyPbiWkwyNCE2tZEO9sa0eboRRqBZftvqlHtr_Dgj3_MgtG0Pr5CFnLkIFs8/s400/P1010272.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490944228692983506" border="0" /></a>Thursday afternoon, we met up with Rita Cuevas (on the far left) and she took us around one of Nels' old areas and also where she lived. This is her mom, dad, sister, and nephew.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhFoaLRO2ugfHqjKLaxiABfFBPLzQ9CVzTmlJMxAAetTQGM_AUiMiMm7sYMIMqKYH1Mz1_HP9f3GTf8ezpvuY8lujncpwwajTe8i1cDqvmdBQCsItfExKpy9bUgAvNUMD3Mt8F9bEEFU/s1600/P1010276.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqhFoaLRO2ugfHqjKLaxiABfFBPLzQ9CVzTmlJMxAAetTQGM_AUiMiMm7sYMIMqKYH1Mz1_HP9f3GTf8ezpvuY8lujncpwwajTe8i1cDqvmdBQCsItfExKpy9bUgAvNUMD3Mt8F9bEEFU/s400/P1010276.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490944223873827986" border="0" /></a>In the house of another gal Nels baptized. She is the one next to Nels. She isn't active any longer.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OWikAVcSxq1236qu3YySqnhdgQJ5BqIqtRdu7vHKFqQICeyVGRk7RH0dVzVaE4ps-ct8D2pLluHsAeKDrqRF6uFv-qBneL_gci42nti6VThgnfS6y06kt4K-6v2J1RcKfXZ0HJSI6h8/s1600/P1010277.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1OWikAVcSxq1236qu3YySqnhdgQJ5BqIqtRdu7vHKFqQICeyVGRk7RH0dVzVaE4ps-ct8D2pLluHsAeKDrqRF6uFv-qBneL_gci42nti6VThgnfS6y06kt4K-6v2J1RcKfXZ0HJSI6h8/s400/P1010277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490944215314677810" border="0" /></a><br />Thursday afternoon we saw an older missionary couple in lobby of the hotel. He told us to go to the Temple that evening and he would get us into a VIP tour (the real open house didn't open until Friday morning). So that night we headed up to see the Temple. My Uncle is the Bishop of the new Temple President in Idaho Falls and they had heard we were coming. They invited us into their office and gave us our own personal tour. It is a beautiful Temple and was such a great experience for us.<br />Nels and I with Rita and Brother Gaso.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKw6DCZAlzf_gvSmfJ7WEIw8zdVbxtvw9Rwj7SH1MDjG72FdqkskGAOh_-1haBSMOy5VlNVXm7rjDUaykAvPe8boCjTrJdiGmg2arnN3BnC-aRz_7-jCFDO6dx_0R-FuFMs5w14YO1p2U/s1600/P1010280.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKw6DCZAlzf_gvSmfJ7WEIw8zdVbxtvw9Rwj7SH1MDjG72FdqkskGAOh_-1haBSMOy5VlNVXm7rjDUaykAvPe8boCjTrJdiGmg2arnN3BnC-aRz_7-jCFDO6dx_0R-FuFMs5w14YO1p2U/s400/P1010280.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490941143147401282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9gbiaSZUzqL6ktMA9hMx9Lds8JosiZdGiPBg9TXJ8j32-MVSpbgeQLq2VHgUab3rqV4D1glnF_-B4qRJaRq8eHYK7etnCKmD5SUKBHdyiwUFSw-bR-p3HZAkik4SHyaNj0ixYS8-WII/s1600/P1010285.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9gbiaSZUzqL6ktMA9hMx9Lds8JosiZdGiPBg9TXJ8j32-MVSpbgeQLq2VHgUab3rqV4D1glnF_-B4qRJaRq8eHYK7etnCKmD5SUKBHdyiwUFSw-bR-p3HZAkik4SHyaNj0ixYS8-WII/s400/P1010285.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490941130767732274" border="0" /></a><br />Nels and Ben crammed in the back of Brother Gaso's car on the way to dinner Thursday night.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQiFl9ttEZkAbODUwY8vU2Ct7NXyM9_qC7JbyYnRsdFySv_1LVxPg7lnr3k08XTOdy2jXwHIriPl7c6K2DqbfzlwJRxt4cxolLvuTFKKgD0W40g0ZSgY4rzxHCVsZImJJmLB_k8ZY1iE/s1600/P1010292.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVQiFl9ttEZkAbODUwY8vU2Ct7NXyM9_qC7JbyYnRsdFySv_1LVxPg7lnr3k08XTOdy2jXwHIriPl7c6K2DqbfzlwJRxt4cxolLvuTFKKgD0W40g0ZSgY4rzxHCVsZImJJmLB_k8ZY1iE/s400/P1010292.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490941123082312402" border="0" /></a><br />Becky and I (Looks like I need a tan!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKw6xUHVxXTptq-QwJTgBUisQAJwKPlN4x3rVuR1VwM_ydc_S-NwlKv2-5I4hKvRKiKMdguAN86uq9vBSdmXCE2LxOg_y_cJ7OXbCNZoRtE3ytqwgCXAJfl8NcPpCXJ0o5Ru9D2-kBFjA/s1600/P1010293.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKw6xUHVxXTptq-QwJTgBUisQAJwKPlN4x3rVuR1VwM_ydc_S-NwlKv2-5I4hKvRKiKMdguAN86uq9vBSdmXCE2LxOg_y_cJ7OXbCNZoRtE3ytqwgCXAJfl8NcPpCXJ0o5Ru9D2-kBFjA/s400/P1010293.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490938628998620418" border="0" /></a><br />Dinner at AA BBQ. It was kind of like Tucano's Filipino style. We didn't realize how much food we had ordered. Brother Gaso had his two sons come and eat with us and the bill for all 8 of us was only $58. We even sent bags of food home with Rita and Brother Gaso.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHZjf293NSVw0_dmKQ0uYx2QlH24dF_NOEN9dISS9oz6GTdpDcQNn5ZTTjf_rHOQQux7vYUzEqjCuzTVu2oKfJBWUmshRakp3p-UsUyCD6G91G4wqYiJdPBmF-F737OVQB571-RJHTfI/s1600/P1010294.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEHZjf293NSVw0_dmKQ0uYx2QlH24dF_NOEN9dISS9oz6GTdpDcQNn5ZTTjf_rHOQQux7vYUzEqjCuzTVu2oKfJBWUmshRakp3p-UsUyCD6G91G4wqYiJdPBmF-F737OVQB571-RJHTfI/s400/P1010294.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490938623249548642" border="0" /></a>It was also the only place we found "Lift"(like MT Dew). Nels really liked this on his mission too.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5SchozgcZMvzCNxWV5KUZ2jdcldE1ink3MZ5g6cXcITcThsWJE1y8M4TY1uRF0YEtNrXvfgIsrsc_Nxm6GvY3UA88m75B3I67fu-3BCsTaUsR3XqnHcYSLv0xRqz0pv1vrBHY4P3hyphenhypheng/s1600/P1010296.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5SchozgcZMvzCNxWV5KUZ2jdcldE1ink3MZ5g6cXcITcThsWJE1y8M4TY1uRF0YEtNrXvfgIsrsc_Nxm6GvY3UA88m75B3I67fu-3BCsTaUsR3XqnHcYSLv0xRqz0pv1vrBHY4P3hyphenhypheng/s400/P1010296.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490938612863400306" border="0" /></a><br />Friday morning we went through a regular session of the open house.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95cMGxM4YMb8GppPo59L1s17doM8NAYHHj6RUWCYf-BEhosnkrzol6tZ07C5rCICwNriOZWRDTA1RJuPbuYkB2TDLwNq0oPPhQAwmVuSKWXjCfYt3xelx6HNbg7ziLHUefrtNmle4Yhs/s1600/P1010299.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95cMGxM4YMb8GppPo59L1s17doM8NAYHHj6RUWCYf-BEhosnkrzol6tZ07C5rCICwNriOZWRDTA1RJuPbuYkB2TDLwNq0oPPhQAwmVuSKWXjCfYt3xelx6HNbg7ziLHUefrtNmle4Yhs/s400/P1010299.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490936972685030354" border="0" /></a><br />The girls putting little white booties on our feet before we went in.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMw0pGewFzZ07R3Qm7pev_DHO7r5-o20lQG20K-MKG68dkYbRaedH5EbnOFWoChN9Iqaf0bzRZE1ng0_h9cA_yXNqVp8Z06CGaY5ZrotP-2u6CZqa662mNlkNCNQ6J6QvwGGYJD4NzSI/s1600/P1010303.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMw0pGewFzZ07R3Qm7pev_DHO7r5-o20lQG20K-MKG68dkYbRaedH5EbnOFWoChN9Iqaf0bzRZE1ng0_h9cA_yXNqVp8Z06CGaY5ZrotP-2u6CZqa662mNlkNCNQ6J6QvwGGYJD4NzSI/s400/P1010303.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490936961869002290" border="0" /></a>This girl was in our group going through the open house (Sister Florentes). She thought Nels looked really familiar. Turns out that she served in McKay's mission.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjun3l64gw8RtslRp4xeeH7qtSqHwt2bDzQwyx9Daamx31EzJyJVIWgGG2CpKkTyHIIzPCoIItXbzVoktYwhD1aMnAxLjzJx75GtY30emIWQBFPb1bYku5XB9CW7qknzNjFinTLBGfkNO8/s1600/P1010305.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjun3l64gw8RtslRp4xeeH7qtSqHwt2bDzQwyx9Daamx31EzJyJVIWgGG2CpKkTyHIIzPCoIItXbzVoktYwhD1aMnAxLjzJx75GtY30emIWQBFPb1bYku5XB9CW7qknzNjFinTLBGfkNO8/s400/P1010305.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490936950859860562" border="0" /></a><br />An American in a Filipino hat!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZS8DpfK3p7y2Llqc6tWyFhrXNPMUMPnz6LySK-tbMT-_q1Zr3CfLi4z4I71zI9tZpPHXaw0s-XZSUS9s_M3MPiPQ3oBa8tOYwEgMu4n7Ug0oRAe4e_NRV9B2eDmTU98e6UQHHOY3kWeg/s1600/P1010310.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZS8DpfK3p7y2Llqc6tWyFhrXNPMUMPnz6LySK-tbMT-_q1Zr3CfLi4z4I71zI9tZpPHXaw0s-XZSUS9s_M3MPiPQ3oBa8tOYwEgMu4n7Ug0oRAe4e_NRV9B2eDmTU98e6UQHHOY3kWeg/s400/P1010310.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490934783698565890" border="0" /></a><br />The kids are sooo cute!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGgOBWwhe7qIv38P-4fcfArmk6PUpqJtAHc09gOoe21cYTs5yCY1oopHqIUQkqYuO9sybv3zqQjcn_VRxL6Bpa2YKtiJA3J_igaBocTUCHtuMsjkFjWTYOFYf1o_R9zNwLSTx106rBG4/s1600/P1010312.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGgOBWwhe7qIv38P-4fcfArmk6PUpqJtAHc09gOoe21cYTs5yCY1oopHqIUQkqYuO9sybv3zqQjcn_VRxL6Bpa2YKtiJA3J_igaBocTUCHtuMsjkFjWTYOFYf1o_R9zNwLSTx106rBG4/s400/P1010312.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490934774489669394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_M7CJY79pkkx6FdPbn4NAlzvVRCABIwuHxsoPKnf0tJoEOWR49GHfx4ChK4KUmLmzG7fPlDFB1pnGQi-RLAUZ4ZSCusbY6vt0BQxU5F2Pp3pCsNrmMIdcy1CQOSIYZw5DpBqRVuu6VGs/s1600/P1010313.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_M7CJY79pkkx6FdPbn4NAlzvVRCABIwuHxsoPKnf0tJoEOWR49GHfx4ChK4KUmLmzG7fPlDFB1pnGQi-RLAUZ4ZSCusbY6vt0BQxU5F2Pp3pCsNrmMIdcy1CQOSIYZw5DpBqRVuu6VGs/s400/P1010313.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490934764527883506" border="0" /></a><br />Another crazy shot of their power lines.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwaSkiDrtRGulf2bZ5tGbliSZKDgW7v-HplTSEj6itTUH0AlA_BTZlus0-OeOTQYy-q7PlRn41QbflBEZcHNBZNUalz1cLK3vvrUVvtMs311fmfbWuiNLIvdJBgNHUgvKpo7Vr7pWUWg/s1600/P1010314.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwaSkiDrtRGulf2bZ5tGbliSZKDgW7v-HplTSEj6itTUH0AlA_BTZlus0-OeOTQYy-q7PlRn41QbflBEZcHNBZNUalz1cLK3vvrUVvtMs311fmfbWuiNLIvdJBgNHUgvKpo7Vr7pWUWg/s400/P1010314.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490932676207618370" border="0" /></a><br />Saturday we went up to the Taoist Temple.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS4_abLBRpXhN9FHU0qW0HOQla9Zb7g4arAbmVT4MmBmrv-GnEXXz65sN96vwo9yBfCDpA8nKlCAQtYc6N4wD-iyW2E9yQG5aR86VQrtLs5eW4tPSkxmxRDw-BW5z3RmDKC8kkU3UQymk/s1600/P1010323.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3eS6dt9s1Z5yKCvVunHZTd_kNL3Ymy9D_SHTkfjivmjn8dz_YmO97vbogKfLvjVVYMPiapq9zCAWaVZXjvqmpV07XfZYGoeLtCbKOkfpfn-7unLiBDJCgPSA-dyaGsjt4_urkFJSgTKY/s400/P1010332.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490928996664193970" border="0" /></a><br />Cebu tops, on a clear day you can see the whole city.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfsla44hIHNZEWAQW-JqZRJiYN-4qSI4i5_BCxaLDLfVJAU_C9pf5Yi4TiF6uildPrST49mxft5JWKGDVWqpGUvNatpBU9xkHdruaw1IcIUHkQjEncf2rIKl2zHCx0s9UoCJYu194Sd0/s1600/P1010343.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzfsla44hIHNZEWAQW-JqZRJiYN-4qSI4i5_BCxaLDLfVJAU_C9pf5Yi4TiF6uildPrST49mxft5JWKGDVWqpGUvNatpBU9xkHdruaw1IcIUHkQjEncf2rIKl2zHCx0s9UoCJYu194Sd0/s400/P1010343.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490928985855292306" border="0" /></a>The "love bell". Hold hands and ring the bell. It was very loud!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsEAMiNlmwpjYL0a_bF3O3x1xkazKrIOHpJeI9rIFVcU_Zvo2UVQGWOcc07LwR3pMYpqATf4MAx0OGGlPQJ11QbnpZGbqFJsh_UA8DzRhuQvGR9ypCG_qi1ePAyeaomODzoVwlZaraT8/s1600/P1010345.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTsEAMiNlmwpjYL0a_bF3O3x1xkazKrIOHpJeI9rIFVcU_Zvo2UVQGWOcc07LwR3pMYpqATf4MAx0OGGlPQJ11QbnpZGbqFJsh_UA8DzRhuQvGR9ypCG_qi1ePAyeaomODzoVwlZaraT8/s400/P1010345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490928978139144514" border="0" /></a><br />Nels has a pic like this with him and all his mission buddies. I bet he never thought he would get one like it with his wife! (except he wasn't holding their hands) :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucqe5tAMoIZ77FvTyHeu9oUxBdUebfUDLSUM2ot4Tl2lyycqXTgDjFflE96Wjm14SQ4YxUr7udkT-JUbeVzQoLiU9izNzL47019S06ro20jkNBeM8gIb_FdgJw0zWvJM4V1JOL-JqbJc/s1600/P1010350.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjucqe5tAMoIZ77FvTyHeu9oUxBdUebfUDLSUM2ot4Tl2lyycqXTgDjFflE96Wjm14SQ4YxUr7udkT-JUbeVzQoLiU9izNzL47019S06ro20jkNBeM8gIb_FdgJw0zWvJM4V1JOL-JqbJc/s400/P1010350.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490925854540431074" border="0" /></a><br />Leaving Saturday night. Brother Gaso was kind enough to take us to the airport.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tKHsC2hSJxZu93ER8eusju1kP7DUZZumvXAck01krS3wu109EAsTH_WJlFO3WMnuRPSCL1gZi7qDllN02RcUQHOfpSrbb6-0IEH1Dn2IqtMWE0R6N8lhnSnyppKW9sys5fxaAz3HH2U/s1600/P1010351.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tKHsC2hSJxZu93ER8eusju1kP7DUZZumvXAck01krS3wu109EAsTH_WJlFO3WMnuRPSCL1gZi7qDllN02RcUQHOfpSrbb6-0IEH1Dn2IqtMWE0R6N8lhnSnyppKW9sys5fxaAz3HH2U/s400/P1010351.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490925843516478770" border="0" /></a><br />Almost home in the Seattle airport!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivetMxnwr6o7pPfQ0K6BxCn3JRwJP3qenttFWqnxXHA6PeQ-giKXkYbWw1XJw75PjPXaW_IB5HI41TmjR76CcLMu_wPeikjcIIUYI7QvLtlfhVHThb6-lT9SH9FZ6z303mWosN8yie_pA/s1600/P1010352.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivetMxnwr6o7pPfQ0K6BxCn3JRwJP3qenttFWqnxXHA6PeQ-giKXkYbWw1XJw75PjPXaW_IB5HI41TmjR76CcLMu_wPeikjcIIUYI7QvLtlfhVHThb6-lT9SH9FZ6z303mWosN8yie_pA/s400/P1010352.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490925831322588850" border="0" /></a><br />I will say this was the most incredible experience I have ever had. I feel so blessed that I was able to go back with Nels. Did I ever tell you the story of Elder Oaks personally telling me to go back with Nels? He came up in April of '09 for a Stake Conference. He stayed with my parents and we were lucky enough to have dinner with him before he flew out on Sunday. Elder Oaks had lived in the Philippines and my brother-in-law Jake expressed that I was really nervous to go over with Nels. He told me that I should go because it was apart of my husbands heritage. I am so grateful that I did! What a blessing this experience has been! I would love to go back and serve a mission there one day.<br /><br />A huge thank you to all of those who made it possible for me to go! Monica, Quincy and especially Janis for taking the time off of work to come stay with the kids. I am truly grateful! Thank you!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-9540886095441319072010-06-13T22:05:00.009-06:002010-06-15T21:58:33.715-06:00Tuesday In the Philippines<div style="text-align: center;">Tuesday we did some fun tourist things on Bohol.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZmqD9lSY94zbdi7f2c-qboKvuAd39gKV_EV5qSbtUelq6rqKezqdScZvee7I6XANYb20iF3y58eB115hGySXoObjAPklvYVJ9gyJcKUx4az1nwVOwU2toYfox7dvDop2jGNlfd_Z7T4/s1600/P1010138.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZmqD9lSY94zbdi7f2c-qboKvuAd39gKV_EV5qSbtUelq6rqKezqdScZvee7I6XANYb20iF3y58eB115hGySXoObjAPklvYVJ9gyJcKUx4az1nwVOwU2toYfox7dvDop2jGNlfd_Z7T4/s400/P1010138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482477566142678754" border="0" /></a>Up with the sun again, you can't beat an early morning walk on the beach to a beautiful sunrise.<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfBSP9aSSMJ3hVOMTt5rV8FIapIxr5yWiohox_Kvc8KEFhHKo5aP82x6vt8o06luOkoAoVZGlmJ90drh7bUCWqEDgkBXcTDC7Q2u_R8T9Up9lVOzHTB4bFGTVgikJNZsHQ8D8MwoR2l8/s1600/P1010148.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpfBSP9aSSMJ3hVOMTt5rV8FIapIxr5yWiohox_Kvc8KEFhHKo5aP82x6vt8o06luOkoAoVZGlmJ90drh7bUCWqEDgkBXcTDC7Q2u_R8T9Up9lVOzHTB4bFGTVgikJNZsHQ8D8MwoR2l8/s400/P1010148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482477579778284482" border="0" /></a>Breakfast with a beautiful view!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApieCb-lIDOEGB9kHJUPZ49gbc1xcRnRjmwdbTrF3IQ2gVgRh00DE986AFtOVdYy7F9dORE0DlZINAVaSOftH_qAguO5SpRs4QD4kJg09FfAMnBRrgPjr1GT0MWwyx83x780fN0kQuA4/s1600/P1010151.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApieCb-lIDOEGB9kHJUPZ49gbc1xcRnRjmwdbTrF3IQ2gVgRh00DE986AFtOVdYy7F9dORE0DlZINAVaSOftH_qAguO5SpRs4QD4kJg09FfAMnBRrgPjr1GT0MWwyx83x780fN0kQuA4/s400/P1010151.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483063344662759938" border="0" /></a>This was the path we walked to get to our room.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DrC5QrV5S64uuZGMjDTJqUwbVQDi2SM6Q_DpQ4Q1wwJxKyf-0Qu_vzmYPpyIrpqm92l1HMvHXld_vNEKiofyBZilIKq4S2kI20Iz13sUTPhbKoETZwomdQdKkPQSyp4YZGrBxisfPOs/s1600/P1010155.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DrC5QrV5S64uuZGMjDTJqUwbVQDi2SM6Q_DpQ4Q1wwJxKyf-0Qu_vzmYPpyIrpqm92l1HMvHXld_vNEKiofyBZilIKq4S2kI20Iz13sUTPhbKoETZwomdQdKkPQSyp4YZGrBxisfPOs/s400/P1010155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483063329265258306" border="0" /></a>This is the Blood Compact Shrine. Filipino Chief Sikatuna and Legaspi from Spain back in the 1500's made a blood compact to not fight with each other.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaz1BtBN-dkXnCoRVsVlPWOyWXoxWf6rXKegeYBfKLo0phlfOodaKAFPn0aTirF3sR-hFSyh5WrYRsOejE04hRGMAtVMPCqOJaSoI2YUD4yWne7jDqwRrFmDWahqcolmekwwIzb9YUrLU/s1600/P1010159.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaz1BtBN-dkXnCoRVsVlPWOyWXoxWf6rXKegeYBfKLo0phlfOodaKAFPn0aTirF3sR-hFSyh5WrYRsOejE04hRGMAtVMPCqOJaSoI2YUD4yWne7jDqwRrFmDWahqcolmekwwIzb9YUrLU/s400/P1010159.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483063323216849666" border="0" /></a>Baclayon Church, this is the oldest catholic church in the Philippines.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwuW6vlFWu2cumJqVAzH-apdYLhORwTgCSu5liTZLvFrtmA-uAZS_hjwHEIjutN7EKX1411GYQZtjXjR-RA56rS0ufPoku989CdEkybM9VMmCY1HeEvA3tLWkKeypq3N4gTooyMl3GU4/s1600/P1010158.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwuW6vlFWu2cumJqVAzH-apdYLhORwTgCSu5liTZLvFrtmA-uAZS_hjwHEIjutN7EKX1411GYQZtjXjR-RA56rS0ufPoku989CdEkybM9VMmCY1HeEvA3tLWkKeypq3N4gTooyMl3GU4/s400/P1010158.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482849543279236130" border="0" /></a>Our first time in the confession box.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68RVxyyukK6TSnQ1kSj3vvhSQzv12-9qppWuYzjbLP_NGCpByD3nnqGBwbcCWXQZ7FalNtn4e8MGf5P-8mm7flDor6XWOvVv2YQzoWo_ftSyRblELhrbstWJEaazvHkhh00zY_8MfrJk/s1600/P1010176.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68RVxyyukK6TSnQ1kSj3vvhSQzv12-9qppWuYzjbLP_NGCpByD3nnqGBwbcCWXQZ7FalNtn4e8MGf5P-8mm7flDor6XWOvVv2YQzoWo_ftSyRblELhrbstWJEaazvHkhh00zY_8MfrJk/s400/P1010176.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482849530454448610" border="0" /></a>Chocolate Hills- There are 1,776 hills like this. They think that this used to be a coral reef under the ocean that has broken down and formed little domes.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInx5eEvt5hzkGghzlsBS-U-l4LhwPSawCeRVoYEIzYo0NfHDYH2ns6mE6xFssuKCa7BcbP0GUICGz4IliNLnB1YwdImuHjYDCunZNvaitnrIABdCy2B65PsRF6jE9KF2XXnpDcuISZbY/s1600/P1010178.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInx5eEvt5hzkGghzlsBS-U-l4LhwPSawCeRVoYEIzYo0NfHDYH2ns6mE6xFssuKCa7BcbP0GUICGz4IliNLnB1YwdImuHjYDCunZNvaitnrIABdCy2B65PsRF6jE9KF2XXnpDcuISZbY/s400/P1010178.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482849524073380738" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzkxeYfFAK5yn9gTzeNWgZlepZqNzLkTTdz58D7GxUzPUJsgP4yKIPJ2YaOoo40SnTsCkUjy0VGRkkSMUIr93CAGTY0W3i7xGDvifFaRK65ySiyCzfaXYd7CYLr20XlZQGagkiLbTaiE/s1600/P1010187.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzkxeYfFAK5yn9gTzeNWgZlepZqNzLkTTdz58D7GxUzPUJsgP4yKIPJ2YaOoo40SnTsCkUjy0VGRkkSMUIr93CAGTY0W3i7xGDvifFaRK65ySiyCzfaXYd7CYLr20XlZQGagkiLbTaiE/s400/P1010187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482844436854515298" border="0" /></a>The kids really wanted us to get a picture with a caribaw (water buffalo). It was kind of a nasty one, it was caked in mud, notice how Nels was trying not to get too close.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUaavV-nuMd_Ar0Rp0huTA88TqKdfF94BhpaPfZ7Fj5U6cwEnGyC47rP_1QMAN8pFgKb9gzx3CdkQ0OW6bI4Z-uUNVaBghLPgrlrRngvIhgNMybyFpyj315AJxianBl3tQeEw8Pt6TGU/s1600/P1010194.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUaavV-nuMd_Ar0Rp0huTA88TqKdfF94BhpaPfZ7Fj5U6cwEnGyC47rP_1QMAN8pFgKb9gzx3CdkQ0OW6bI4Z-uUNVaBghLPgrlrRngvIhgNMybyFpyj315AJxianBl3tQeEw8Pt6TGU/s400/P1010194.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482844423178112178" border="0" /></a>Nels and Ben waiting for our boat ride on the Loboc River.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX7eZcjAQ4rrHXJTQV_zsRVMBRm1Ur9f8wnuq7yT_SIAuiKbn7xuK4UWaFequYYtalcpqAIQGscv0_twilVev8ShoLuCAXT3SJr8bfkdk9VxAfPgstIUr1I0vKgIDBJv9BlcIVIT0sZo/s1600/P1010208.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX7eZcjAQ4rrHXJTQV_zsRVMBRm1Ur9f8wnuq7yT_SIAuiKbn7xuK4UWaFequYYtalcpqAIQGscv0_twilVev8ShoLuCAXT3SJr8bfkdk9VxAfPgstIUr1I0vKgIDBJv9BlcIVIT0sZo/s400/P1010208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482844415746121538" border="0" /></a>This was hands down the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hhMJgB6Z2vI-t_80HpR7oAmhfYV2C5TE-l5X3egqpkYkux1oafliSQrDclD8vu7u9Syvan79ZndKbCeKo2UXx_PcgWUfIyrSv0Ydq-yKdx7pXrsCIt9bxsvIe_6V3-uLvBe6ftboWr0/s1600/P1010211.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hhMJgB6Z2vI-t_80HpR7oAmhfYV2C5TE-l5X3egqpkYkux1oafliSQrDclD8vu7u9Syvan79ZndKbCeKo2UXx_PcgWUfIyrSv0Ydq-yKdx7pXrsCIt9bxsvIe_6V3-uLvBe6ftboWr0/s400/P1010211.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482841317728463474" border="0" /></a>So grateful that I live in America and don't have to wash clothes like this.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBnkODLNwbhUsIa-aPYuT8gjST1NH48fwV4Nohyphenhyphenm2gp_Sol9D_fcJD_0rnJecv-zpAjRhrbKz-KqTXtIXIj6FxKJgtPghZY7jaZXvvTpZZvBv46MGmMKlnddvM9cy7RMLeG15J0K5nmI/s1600/P1010218.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsBnkODLNwbhUsIa-aPYuT8gjST1NH48fwV4Nohyphenhyphenm2gp_Sol9D_fcJD_0rnJecv-zpAjRhrbKz-KqTXtIXIj6FxKJgtPghZY7jaZXvvTpZZvBv46MGmMKlnddvM9cy7RMLeG15J0K5nmI/s400/P1010218.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482841308888623586" border="0" /></a>Along the river the filipino people performed some of their custom dances. This little boy was our favorite.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVyT-wU4T1olFq82qY5mra7A2gx3hsBJlwD_LIcWAYavQtDBCENKJgh9n_tu2eZEiM-k8Jf_t26qnuh8F4lv92SEuswZpwFc6gk7M0c9D5aKhk-cpwDYUuoGUHgtt5SQsAEBv01QwV7Y/s1600/P1010228.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVyT-wU4T1olFq82qY5mra7A2gx3hsBJlwD_LIcWAYavQtDBCENKJgh9n_tu2eZEiM-k8Jf_t26qnuh8F4lv92SEuswZpwFc6gk7M0c9D5aKhk-cpwDYUuoGUHgtt5SQsAEBv01QwV7Y/s400/P1010228.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482841298225918130" border="0" /></a>These are Tarsiers (the smallest monkey in the world). They have really big eyes, which will explain the next picture of me :).<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBNQmIvB4K5tBXaemIPfIjOCejCupCjFgyB-PqTnlOeFqacjIUllPvJ3BpzoLb4GI0Ri8PZRw_YE3NoZjlBW6Qdn5dXJ2ezbzYmQ0SHV4LQx8Njrmi4Zx31qGjL-VPhcqwAeFeH-S608/s1600/P1010229.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBNQmIvB4K5tBXaemIPfIjOCejCupCjFgyB-PqTnlOeFqacjIUllPvJ3BpzoLb4GI0Ri8PZRw_YE3NoZjlBW6Qdn5dXJ2ezbzYmQ0SHV4LQx8Njrmi4Zx31qGjL-VPhcqwAeFeH-S608/s400/P1010229.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482838797086701026" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsyItsGika2S9S6SqoKEie7CdBR0iRZCk2m1NkVl2rTLTNTie1M6Rl51O0TBPXFcB6XTz9jF6T_zrt7AqD3A2PpO3h5e9GUDP62UOUeyWxDjPi-WgK_A6mg8Ty9-VP2zr_3Ibxh6NxvE/s1600/P1010241.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEsyItsGika2S9S6SqoKEie7CdBR0iRZCk2m1NkVl2rTLTNTie1M6Rl51O0TBPXFcB6XTz9jF6T_zrt7AqD3A2PpO3h5e9GUDP62UOUeyWxDjPi-WgK_A6mg8Ty9-VP2zr_3Ibxh6NxvE/s400/P1010241.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482838790562645826" border="0" /></a>We weren't supposed to hold them, but our tour guide asked if we could. So I got to hold the smallest monkey in the world. It was pretty cool.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuS9Ao9IF8sNGd3BxZGkMTDAEStgdtvtbT8ozOF3VNiiPkkagmMBUjb5tiFD6FLha4pLaEhDs3LsmXiEvD_oxFVkjr8s_M93EAwQ-gWdCdWUAvYVnYIf6ha-hEYaYMIBMcW7MO-nrIu3o/s1600/P1010245.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuS9Ao9IF8sNGd3BxZGkMTDAEStgdtvtbT8ozOF3VNiiPkkagmMBUjb5tiFD6FLha4pLaEhDs3LsmXiEvD_oxFVkjr8s_M93EAwQ-gWdCdWUAvYVnYIf6ha-hEYaYMIBMcW7MO-nrIu3o/s400/P1010245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482838777044448914" border="0" /></a>Here's one with some genetic defects! LOL!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-59155629504569701312010-05-30T20:55:00.019-06:002010-05-31T21:54:42.683-06:00Philippines Day 2<div style="text-align: center;">Monday was probably my favorite day. We woke up early, went for a walk on the beach, and had breakfast. At 8 am we met up with our driver and headed to Calape to try and find some of the people that Nels baptized. It was about an hour drive from our hotel and I really enjoyed seeing the countryside on the way there. Lots of rice fields and little huts scattered all over. There was still garbage, but not nearly as much as Cebu. We stopped in the town of Calape and walked around. It was so humbling to see how these people live and survive. My bedroom is bigger than most of there houses.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Sunrise Monday Morning<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizH14-qWBpPMNqk_uSPF5TSxpvz5AhApzvXHjKQA9TrgtNZFjDOJU07jgCUzU-VNUpVCs7ZGm8qaRoLQlvurLd2FfWhqZg9DuPer8McboxG9_5bxq6a8IO29V8UChZiKFlf8-z0ZqlwY/s1600/P1010054.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiizH14-qWBpPMNqk_uSPF5TSxpvz5AhApzvXHjKQA9TrgtNZFjDOJU07jgCUzU-VNUpVCs7ZGm8qaRoLQlvurLd2FfWhqZg9DuPer8McboxG9_5bxq6a8IO29V8UChZiKFlf8-z0ZqlwY/s400/P1010054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477629713191190178" border="0" /></a><br />We found lots of shells for the kids on the beach. There was a little crab living in this one.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifx-40H4iXTerH1xkGyYGH3wz5N2vscFa0akfImDnJiiCdg5wIqmsJDJ5f9wNn5SOJE69y8iDaMR6KuK-i6oQUtc0MQi7a3hRvKZxZb718A6FkOYbOHqVoGUqojR-nKNe4xe_n2JDq0mM/s1600/P1010064.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifx-40H4iXTerH1xkGyYGH3wz5N2vscFa0akfImDnJiiCdg5wIqmsJDJ5f9wNn5SOJE69y8iDaMR6KuK-i6oQUtc0MQi7a3hRvKZxZb718A6FkOYbOHqVoGUqojR-nKNe4xe_n2JDq0mM/s400/P1010064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477629703240294722" border="0" /></a>We found Nels' old apartment where he lived for 7 months. While we where taking pictures outside The people who lived there came out and invited us in for snacks (we had no idea who they were). I was a little nervous to go in, these were my exact thoughts, "oh crap, it's only our 2nd day and I'm going to get sick." We didn't want to be rude so we went in and luckily they fed us little muffins that they must of made for breakfast, watermelon, and coke. I was very relieved! It was fun to see where Nels lived and cool that he got to eat in his old apartment.<br /><br />Nels outside his apt. 13 years ago.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPGW7S6qSfzEsep3vH-22HcbikdK8DSnzC5T5FiWFSKn4uLeehzHXTih1E4jvgQuQ2W8X3mdfNJIu_LFfaUa3KrC877gwf0J-86rtjmaXPdK3swOjRanZMmDYz7ajWLRbU7U3oB3p8eA/s1600/calape-nels.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPGW7S6qSfzEsep3vH-22HcbikdK8DSnzC5T5FiWFSKn4uLeehzHXTih1E4jvgQuQ2W8X3mdfNJIu_LFfaUa3KrC877gwf0J-86rtjmaXPdK3swOjRanZMmDYz7ajWLRbU7U3oB3p8eA/s400/calape-nels.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477642286469776930" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nels outside his old apt. 13 days ago. As you can see, they have done a lot of work to it. This was actually one of the nicer houses in town.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuQ8IJkyPkC2xEekJSkEOD7i3gxzs4KmwPr6gA7rHFQq8_LVMTss81TDsTRzF_dqTMgBX6GoE60vk0gIXVanIP_jfjwS1a2gd-PhkKPnsYyNI-wmvrQkDslmAPK2t5p98x_ykKOdjb4E/s1600/P1010069.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuQ8IJkyPkC2xEekJSkEOD7i3gxzs4KmwPr6gA7rHFQq8_LVMTss81TDsTRzF_dqTMgBX6GoE60vk0gIXVanIP_jfjwS1a2gd-PhkKPnsYyNI-wmvrQkDslmAPK2t5p98x_ykKOdjb4E/s400/P1010069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477627239329525810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPGW7S6qSfzEsep3vH-22HcbikdK8DSnzC5T5FiWFSKn4uLeehzHXTih1E4jvgQuQ2W8X3mdfNJIu_LFfaUa3KrC877gwf0J-86rtjmaXPdK3swOjRanZMmDYz7ajWLRbU7U3oB3p8eA/s1600/calape-nels.jpg"><br /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They took tons of pictures while we were there, they said we looked like movie stars (I liked that, LOL!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfanziXUQaRGwgOBjkAf9ggTZ_aihE9DKXE5-IXQz1Fsum0gJNddQCo3fFs7LdUK08rcF9xHKh4jEoINolE6WJKEim3Oa_-IuEJ9PGMjv7DD5mVzoPemUBmNq-2w16WPTMFDM_x9DFl4/s1600/P1010090.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacvDDTNQyFgGGiBqnK6sfzDEIWCeL6E6RQ-PcsIKOHFXSckiLJ55zbvN2a7n4Zf85oSy7_iXCPoXFjAiL6WzWlhaPzIq2AIF15JsmGUzfPZkjKlnM6jd450_qpebuExwmOV-5tEhq1Go/s400/P1010076.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477627229716769234" border="0" /></a>We walked through the streets and through the market. The market was very unique. I almost threw up when we walked in, things got better when I started breathing through my mouth. Nels tells me that this market was pretty tame compared to others. I was grateful we went to one of the cleaner ones!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwnm0bWbg6PJWwRP6T9YPCP13Wjj60lEwvu2Kn073GZr00IiLvFCDmXf4QLMMzNr3iSngm364w-qp36_tPruPOV1yiY2AZFl5JWxUZdvLvPk3yenea8JVk6Nzh8ZXBxMt_PipDZszGpNI/s1600/P1010093.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwnm0bWbg6PJWwRP6T9YPCP13Wjj60lEwvu2Kn073GZr00IiLvFCDmXf4QLMMzNr3iSngm364w-qp36_tPruPOV1yiY2AZFl5JWxUZdvLvPk3yenea8JVk6Nzh8ZXBxMt_PipDZszGpNI/s400/P1010093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477295933112655650" border="0" /></a>The little filipino kids are soo cute!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJolZHXaNKppR2uEXLMg6GEB31UeBSJBw4Fje2U3xpJ_2_JauGTCCYysRL7A1DdoclXYoIbyjiYV8aIASYQqW1kDa2XVaN1qBUY-_K5V0_N-EtwrV07K6ZXc73R9NHkxhbvTMfAxzamY/s1600/P1010098.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJolZHXaNKppR2uEXLMg6GEB31UeBSJBw4Fje2U3xpJ_2_JauGTCCYysRL7A1DdoclXYoIbyjiYV8aIASYQqW1kDa2XVaN1qBUY-_K5V0_N-EtwrV07K6ZXc73R9NHkxhbvTMfAxzamY/s400/P1010098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477295925669096482" border="0" /></a><br />After the market we met up with our first python that swallowed a chicken in a lady's yard (notice the lump in its belly). The police where carrying it out as we walked by. It was like something you would see on animal planet. It was pretty crazy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfanziXUQaRGwgOBjkAf9ggTZ_aihE9DKXE5-IXQz1Fsum0gJNddQCo3fFs7LdUK08rcF9xHKh4jEoINolE6WJKEim3Oa_-IuEJ9PGMjv7DD5mVzoPemUBmNq-2w16WPTMFDM_x9DFl4/s1600/P1010090.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfanziXUQaRGwgOBjkAf9ggTZ_aihE9DKXE5-IXQz1Fsum0gJNddQCo3fFs7LdUK08rcF9xHKh4jEoINolE6WJKEim3Oa_-IuEJ9PGMjv7DD5mVzoPemUBmNq-2w16WPTMFDM_x9DFl4/s400/P1010090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477627220549211090" border="0" /></a>We were too scared to ride in one of these. We figured since we had 4 kids back home we better stay alive!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZnTYFl5QcEbSlFECQrMYjgwj781l4yZz0Of6tfcLh5Z9xWOtbWcL02WKzKt7If8aXGEYeA151SkkFodrrYjF6_8SH6b1MrzCb1Wt749p_PPhuDwcc2mA4FZDYWz4xBaeLBKDXDiMfyY/s1600/P1010101.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZnTYFl5QcEbSlFECQrMYjgwj781l4yZz0Of6tfcLh5Z9xWOtbWcL02WKzKt7If8aXGEYeA151SkkFodrrYjF6_8SH6b1MrzCb1Wt749p_PPhuDwcc2mA4FZDYWz4xBaeLBKDXDiMfyY/s400/P1010101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477294020417191730" border="0" /></a>I experienced my first BBQ banana, Nels really likes them, but they weren't my favorite.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8M-XZ93FtMGBNQa23SWLJwvQVFzZCWLYV1o-qpvuVRFqCDVIE6OBUWv8W36J42cJl7RczCbzix9_DZQ0eCXGHJv50BnQbp-_xSBEr3d48sEYiwwF8dTmFGqv1EWUglufGF2bLHaay9_I/s1600/P1010103.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8M-XZ93FtMGBNQa23SWLJwvQVFzZCWLYV1o-qpvuVRFqCDVIE6OBUWv8W36J42cJl7RczCbzix9_DZQ0eCXGHJv50BnQbp-_xSBEr3d48sEYiwwF8dTmFGqv1EWUglufGF2bLHaay9_I/s400/P1010103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477294011728084370" border="0" /></a>This is how they move cows in the Philippines!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojECmteFVexD7cY91OrdrNnvXc7-QKdJ5Ew-zggDEtaM40QUNgiapEx6fGdegHgklpMECma82t5-2VfzOfXPe2YfekD4F15_l_Z0WJc6rYduUHVw1V8SJjRVbD9i6ysB8tzOgRFsmI3I/s1600/P1010066.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgojECmteFVexD7cY91OrdrNnvXc7-QKdJ5Ew-zggDEtaM40QUNgiapEx6fGdegHgklpMECma82t5-2VfzOfXPe2YfekD4F15_l_Z0WJc6rYduUHVw1V8SJjRVbD9i6ysB8tzOgRFsmI3I/s400/P1010066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477629695688247458" border="0" /></a>This is the church in Calape, the churches were really nice. It has doubled in size since Nels has been there.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbU0eXjHsmom1xd1zbg3spkVY8gmku5ACkbJQ4PBg4nXOpbkpraOF8SmoVdgBWD6tAE98ZccLSrBeqNljmPQCgLhYGP6xWenUOm6q6gHBQI_qkTk-NDyOLibrW1f_Hl77GLtOrGeYwoI/s1600/P1010104.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbU0eXjHsmom1xd1zbg3spkVY8gmku5ACkbJQ4PBg4nXOpbkpraOF8SmoVdgBWD6tAE98ZccLSrBeqNljmPQCgLhYGP6xWenUOm6q6gHBQI_qkTk-NDyOLibrW1f_Hl77GLtOrGeYwoI/s400/P1010104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477292386607861714" border="0" /></a><br />This was a picnic area at high tide. Obviously it is the hot swimming spot also.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKH7Fy3BEkRBpZ3wIrVTHzVzSafXtmTAFPjeIV_lRXkHilKppoNFUodYNO0goR7-7LDswwvnsJPcmLIuJXBCqr03ipvhpB4rVJ8apMpUwMDaa_rqJiOEu30REW0026fN54wVO95AMJx6U/s1600/P1010109.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKH7Fy3BEkRBpZ3wIrVTHzVzSafXtmTAFPjeIV_lRXkHilKppoNFUodYNO0goR7-7LDswwvnsJPcmLIuJXBCqr03ipvhpB4rVJ8apMpUwMDaa_rqJiOEu30REW0026fN54wVO95AMJx6U/s400/P1010109.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477292374752888786" border="0" /></a><br />Nels playing ball with the filipino kids.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SX6uslhZvebdUqd6pXFALL7KdJc0EQK8pGsfiaV5nHPOlLB_ooQmFl0ERrWN6kKxWsCtBnpX4eYWCzRG19Z7b0IfoPhYellCu93yeHzdpMuOhlHSYIVivj0qYKnIvd6PgDJX70Hn-TI/s1600/P1010112.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_SX6uslhZvebdUqd6pXFALL7KdJc0EQK8pGsfiaV5nHPOlLB_ooQmFl0ERrWN6kKxWsCtBnpX4eYWCzRG19Z7b0IfoPhYellCu93yeHzdpMuOhlHSYIVivj0qYKnIvd6PgDJX70Hn-TI/s400/P1010112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477290909298094610" border="0" /></a><br />Nels and Ben with Bo Parker. Nels baptized him 13 years ago, he has served in the Branch Presidency for 11 years. He still has our wedding announcement from 10 years ago!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZr6XAlDHjvElw2cKpRktbXdjeYoz82A81jDTzBwhjLK2RhgHpAl8l_pHmcGqTkSbl5fFZeQ3EMXKMlDcu4tM3LkBMTrfqOgnltcNH5_3V-3oteSizivwcrE0nVGYfbLyXeyhyphenhyphenU6GNEg/s1600/P1010114.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkZr6XAlDHjvElw2cKpRktbXdjeYoz82A81jDTzBwhjLK2RhgHpAl8l_pHmcGqTkSbl5fFZeQ3EMXKMlDcu4tM3LkBMTrfqOgnltcNH5_3V-3oteSizivwcrE0nVGYfbLyXeyhyphenhyphenU6GNEg/s400/P1010114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477289995383497506" border="0" /></a>Nels in front of Lourdes Buzon's house. She was the one that we really wanted to see, but she had left to go visit her kids in another town before we got there. We were disappointed, but notice the picture of Christ above her door. She is still active and going to church. She has also moved into a lot nicer house.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMUvA168aQl_9m9Xm6sUOOEoGrqvkjeIeWQr75Q3AnDVjjmPBEk7b_6BkMXENVOm5PTXpf7j1HXBp2Y9_vC0rL0m7DJBUW9q1axblu4DQ5k8Y_Mo1OZI-3ZlXhizM0VpUsoTzCKtwvGE/s1600/P1010118.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcMUvA168aQl_9m9Xm6sUOOEoGrqvkjeIeWQr75Q3AnDVjjmPBEk7b_6BkMXENVOm5PTXpf7j1HXBp2Y9_vC0rL0m7DJBUW9q1axblu4DQ5k8Y_Mo1OZI-3ZlXhizM0VpUsoTzCKtwvGE/s400/P1010118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477288518288602290" border="0" /></a>Eating lunch at Joe's Chicken Inato. This was Nels' favorite while on the mission. It was REALLY good. The dip for the chicken was Awesome!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBkl-iKUpMS6su7UiwgT7e_HvRsCEBerRUDAZBNwAxYKGfCVyKjLnMRJ0qebBzTLmnIy0YrzF_ViRO07MwW1dgUoMamSNAKyiKdWh-aRcy8Ex865maXD2xFsK1RBhG75uoRV8xU12Xm4/s1600/P1010127.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSBkl-iKUpMS6su7UiwgT7e_HvRsCEBerRUDAZBNwAxYKGfCVyKjLnMRJ0qebBzTLmnIy0YrzF_ViRO07MwW1dgUoMamSNAKyiKdWh-aRcy8Ex865maXD2xFsK1RBhG75uoRV8xU12Xm4/s400/P1010127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477289988529183026" border="0" /></a><br /></div>This is how they fix it it in the Philippines. This guy is in the middle of one of the busiest streets in Tagbilaran! His ladder is propped right up against the wires, but the little orange safety triangle should keep him safe!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSasILuqSmQng5K-SC8P0nKsN3235w09MZ7BSrYDR__GjJqR8bBMnxwYeyTiZ9Vy2GWS2fc7924PUtZvqdSWqzECJ6IYkDXK8v1ii9pV4S12h5EG7bL5BsI1xROc_qKcBRuRz-WQ-zog/s1600/P1010128.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRSasILuqSmQng5K-SC8P0nKsN3235w09MZ7BSrYDR__GjJqR8bBMnxwYeyTiZ9Vy2GWS2fc7924PUtZvqdSWqzECJ6IYkDXK8v1ii9pV4S12h5EG7bL5BsI1xROc_qKcBRuRz-WQ-zog/s400/P1010128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477287637961798834" border="0" /></a>Monday was an exhausting day. We got back to the hotel about 4:30, laid down for a sec, and totally fell asleep till the next morning!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-83927904452779017142010-05-28T21:45:00.009-06:002010-05-28T23:38:27.934-06:00Philippines!<div style="text-align: center;">Well, the big anticipated trip to the Philippines has come and went. I will say, I was nervous to go, sad to leave my kids for 10 days, and the worry of what if something happens to us while we are 7,700 miles away from home in a 3rd world country entered my mind several times. Well, maybe I just worry too much because I had the trip of a lifetime! With experiences and memories that I will cherish forever. It was the best experience I have ever had. Before we went, we prayed and fasted that we would have a good time, be kept safe, and that things would turn out how we wanted and hoped that we would have a great experience. Our prayers were answered!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We left Friday May 14th at 6 am and flew into Seattle and met up with Ben and Becky Skinner. Ben served with Nels in Cebu and so we where excited to be able to get to go back over with them. We hung out at the Seattle airport for 6 hours and then flew out on our 11 and a half hour flight into South Korea. It was nice because we all got out own TV screen to watch movies or play games. Plus the food wasn't too bad either. (Different story on the way home). After landing in Korea we had another 5 hour flight into Cebu. We got into Cebu at 11 pm on Saturday night and stayed at a hotel close to the airport. It was nice getting in at night so we could get some rest and try to sleep off the jet lag.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Sunday morning we got up and went to the Cebu 5th ward where Nels served for about 4 months. I will say, on the way there it was a whole new world. The poverty, the garbage, the smells, and the absolute CRAZY driving was a shocker. The only rule on the road in the Philippines is if something bigger is coming, you better get out of the way. We put a lot of trust in our drivers!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Church was wonderful! I love how when you are half way around the world, you always feel at home when you step into the chapel. I also felt this way going to the Temple while we where there. What a comforting feeling! Many people recognized and remembered Nels and I was quite impressed with his Visayan speaking skills! The people are so warm and receptive. I think every one of them came up and shook my hand to welcome me. (So different from America!) It was nice too that most of them knew some English. I finally got to meet Rita Cuevas, Nels found her on Facebook, her family was one that Nels loved. One member in particular, Brother Gaso, took us under his wing and offered to take us to lunch and drive us to the pier so we could catch our boat over to Bohol. This was super nice considering that very few of them even have a car.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The boat ride to Bohol was about 2 hours. My tail bone was sure getting sore from all of the sitting we were doing from traveling!<br /><br />Waiting for the boat, I think we look a little tired in this one.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjMejxVN1C0ruLuuEoIN9REzJO_fnUIICnY_GdsPv2HznBsACUjRdRtuMoqd6l4GH7NcZGY5qR18A6By4X8JPQeSeGjiiIV4izDA-IpB1nsB-VQHBTNfoffWe02gtEpCDRJWy71guv3o/s1600/P1010023.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjMejxVN1C0ruLuuEoIN9REzJO_fnUIICnY_GdsPv2HznBsACUjRdRtuMoqd6l4GH7NcZGY5qR18A6By4X8JPQeSeGjiiIV4izDA-IpB1nsB-VQHBTNfoffWe02gtEpCDRJWy71guv3o/s400/P1010023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476551258843987554" border="0" /></a><br />It was so nice to be in Bohol. It was much cleaner and less populated than Cebu. It was also beautiful. We stayed at the Bohol Beach Club which was absolutely beautiful! We got there at low tide so we where able to walk out and find all kinds of cool things like star fish and sea urchins. I remember as a little kid, whenever my family took a trip to the beach, I would always want to find a star fish, but never did. Well, my wish finally came true, cause we found TONS of them! It reminded me of the starfish poem as the old man was walking down the beach throwing the starfish back into the water and someone asked him why are you throwing them back? There is too many to even make a difference. The man's reply, as he threw another one back was, "It made a difference to that one!" So I threw them back into the ocean. (haha :))<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfO6XxjaCeHibjYENwfRk85IjVsRgHj82bd_wuUIttDVeQ8vvAdD7V1VZbNhyX_GZHNIijtN6Qknfg1q579etr1jn4X_dfdZ6xmBkwX7HnBQneD2gX7KmROQVkX3bejLfQWCjKBUNYSOk/s1600/P1010035.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfO6XxjaCeHibjYENwfRk85IjVsRgHj82bd_wuUIttDVeQ8vvAdD7V1VZbNhyX_GZHNIijtN6Qknfg1q579etr1jn4X_dfdZ6xmBkwX7HnBQneD2gX7KmROQVkX3bejLfQWCjKBUNYSOk/s400/P1010035.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476551278037308850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">He looks right at home doesn't he?<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCygbA07Nz4d8TcXLcJv_yT4ps7EWL94SyltDQqAJwlegVTxNZPCWAXLCXwD4mKdpbw1KiBG3AO-jOIgT5fYLHW5t4v9dC6ho_JvahbMAFZH5_sGR0g_SVpKcCqSdXO2-kva8eB0qKlrA/s1600/P1010025.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCygbA07Nz4d8TcXLcJv_yT4ps7EWL94SyltDQqAJwlegVTxNZPCWAXLCXwD4mKdpbw1KiBG3AO-jOIgT5fYLHW5t4v9dC6ho_JvahbMAFZH5_sGR0g_SVpKcCqSdXO2-kva8eB0qKlrA/s400/P1010025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476551270400718146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">First dinner in at the beach club with Ben and Becky. The restaurant was outdoors under a hut, off of the beach.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9kbL-GkW5KQSkho71xB6EepIIBSvd5Mn4xUXLpjbVb_KOvrtaj-hye18w5pSDq3SaH-reChA_OSQFCsn5bgKNMpOmiluBBeNiqeTmtkg2v2jx3dZv9KWxwUMwNYHclRMXb7pZKkuvys/s1600/P1010038.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik9kbL-GkW5KQSkho71xB6EepIIBSvd5Mn4xUXLpjbVb_KOvrtaj-hye18w5pSDq3SaH-reChA_OSQFCsn5bgKNMpOmiluBBeNiqeTmtkg2v2jx3dZv9KWxwUMwNYHclRMXb7pZKkuvys/s400/P1010038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476557799298266034" border="0" /></a><br />This was the best dinner I had. Pancit with chicken and shrimp.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxC7h29giRb6KYVFPuaSvwXgCouaM8FsBB_h0OLBFDb_sgVBjk_VlBiE-CGENTIhfiy_MtSs9PIufAqeDI-mRiDI2QCrxYtiU8KXcRwvLWheuYsEOThzZJN85YtSruxHQZTeElOkR6Z5E/s1600/P1010040.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxC7h29giRb6KYVFPuaSvwXgCouaM8FsBB_h0OLBFDb_sgVBjk_VlBiE-CGENTIhfiy_MtSs9PIufAqeDI-mRiDI2QCrxYtiU8KXcRwvLWheuYsEOThzZJN85YtSruxHQZTeElOkR6Z5E/s400/P1010040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476557823642134098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxRLCNYHPixuXBT_F4dUR_Mco2FL6H0evmIVtZkHcWAMLSWFnq79vEJ0NFc_LeJD96RdFUElqRC8eTES1hk5ddQ8KXzIvpDGkct1rgH83nyXAf3UTcqnFLqrYlhDtSWcDUoDSFph1jUY/s1600/P1010039.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxRLCNYHPixuXBT_F4dUR_Mco2FL6H0evmIVtZkHcWAMLSWFnq79vEJ0NFc_LeJD96RdFUElqRC8eTES1hk5ddQ8KXzIvpDGkct1rgH83nyXAf3UTcqnFLqrYlhDtSWcDUoDSFph1jUY/s400/P1010039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476557808605627202" border="0" /></a><br />Ending the day with an evening under the stars on the ocean. Perfect!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SywyZ_L3KkIRsog2KGGjP5B6Qdisk-7Wdfrvjf_lQLKAL0blehE49OFT27qo_zMVjgJk07s_KY9iLjJDsj9rdE9o2yg5i0HIpVhoML4CNLWpMO7BHQHfwwCH8KFbQrH_3aeeLXpQNzs/s1600/P1010044.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3SywyZ_L3KkIRsog2KGGjP5B6Qdisk-7Wdfrvjf_lQLKAL0blehE49OFT27qo_zMVjgJk07s_KY9iLjJDsj9rdE9o2yg5i0HIpVhoML4CNLWpMO7BHQHfwwCH8KFbQrH_3aeeLXpQNzs/s400/P1010044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476557818960406002" border="0" /></a><br />That sums up day one in the Philippines. Stay tuned for lots more to come!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-69107802753943897982010-05-01T20:36:00.000-06:002010-05-01T20:37:13.350-06:00Andrea's 30th Birthday<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/play/4d5459304d4467304e6a633d0d0a&blogview=true&campaign=blog_playback_link" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="303" alt="Click to play this Smilebox slideshow: Anrdrea's 30th" src="http://www.smilebox.com/snap/4d5459304d4467304e6a633d0d0a.jpg" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="http://www.smilebox.com/?partner=google&campaign=blog_snapshot" target="_blank"><img width="386" height="46" alt="Create your own slideshow - Powered by Smilebox" src="http://www.smilebox.com/globalImages/blogInstructions/blogLogoSmileboxSmall.gif" style="border: medium none ;"/></a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">This <a href="http://www.smilebox.com/all/" target="_blank">free slideshow design</a> personalized with Smilebox</td></tr></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-40673425452505177402010-03-17T21:32:00.004-06:002010-03-20T12:09:52.765-06:00Why We Love Him...<div style="text-align: center;">Dylan is now 15 months old. He has been such a joy in our lives. He is so fun and has such a sweet little countenance. I must say though, I have started to see a little mischievous look to him lately.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitT_H1WJAHMUstktFrm1KPI928zmgLAJ06V6WP4L4pUFRUr_L4j7uYLrFeXD8-pX4OuJE_bOMUx3eAz0_r_1NF6zcRmdqzC8Kba5RYOZL3m5HuawVLqKtU1i-kZhRZTF2d0OAZEqcGhE/s1600-h/P3170923.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitT_H1WJAHMUstktFrm1KPI928zmgLAJ06V6WP4L4pUFRUr_L4j7uYLrFeXD8-pX4OuJE_bOMUx3eAz0_r_1NF6zcRmdqzC8Kba5RYOZL3m5HuawVLqKtU1i-kZhRZTF2d0OAZEqcGhE/s400/P3170923.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449812724324019442" border="0" /></a>Like the bruise in the middle of his forehead? That was an accidental golf swing to the head by his big brother.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4Waetu6nlj7u3hFwE202u3eCSNt49Tv_kU7HRp2DQdH1JPOzSgkHC3QoNXt2IfbIr-RaVkVQ4h5GnGRl0pTU33GZP91kwR6QvfeOopdxeWCsCVSkgzgHUihVeivwxMJ-qop69d217jY/s1600-h/P3170925.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4Waetu6nlj7u3hFwE202u3eCSNt49Tv_kU7HRp2DQdH1JPOzSgkHC3QoNXt2IfbIr-RaVkVQ4h5GnGRl0pTU33GZP91kwR6QvfeOopdxeWCsCVSkgzgHUihVeivwxMJ-qop69d217jY/s400/P3170925.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449812707326454818" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbm1rVXr2F7yw2IyA0aH_p1CI8uzIuQAXNkvh790DVvp1oTlZHSbcCUVDmwAGr8vrs_KZebg3oZRpslIjvRZqwfDKEmPmYVMypXW575eYw1DDzSzYBVTsEelC0llCs3HfQBTX8ASYCD4/s1600-h/P3030890.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbm1rVXr2F7yw2IyA0aH_p1CI8uzIuQAXNkvh790DVvp1oTlZHSbcCUVDmwAGr8vrs_KZebg3oZRpslIjvRZqwfDKEmPmYVMypXW575eYw1DDzSzYBVTsEelC0llCs3HfQBTX8ASYCD4/s400/P3030890.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449812741711628434" border="0" /></a>He absolutely LOVES to be outside. I have to drag him in kicking and screaming every day.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxg8vACenPqt8feUoPcxj6CZVTloyWt690EI_f1lPNJqyhozg91e5w1Z2-7fBmUggcjW2HBv7r2NSzIxTreSVHUMdNI5yA9WISd-lR2xvrNP4AXniVgaFJSKWy-k4On4O8cMw5P4S2w30/s1600-h/P3030896.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxg8vACenPqt8feUoPcxj6CZVTloyWt690EI_f1lPNJqyhozg91e5w1Z2-7fBmUggcjW2HBv7r2NSzIxTreSVHUMdNI5yA9WISd-lR2xvrNP4AXniVgaFJSKWy-k4On4O8cMw5P4S2w30/s400/P3030896.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449812731444731314" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-17151052707305166952010-03-17T21:09:00.004-06:002010-03-17T21:29:06.443-06:00Annie's 9th Birthday<div style="text-align: center;">Annie turned 9 on March 9th. Annie, Macee, and Carter have been taking ice skating lessons so she wanted to go there for her party the Saturday before her birthday.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGcg4O8thL91kTPYV9rM6jN1TO48rFWPkvpz1v4O81Fsk2zhOCzna9wgTWGhyphenhyphenq2HHYh3XA-BkIBN2-oJ9Km2QgdhNK5TCa4ga90AwuMBpJ2KLM_ijHs0Fk9km0OA97UnUMxi0oj_owNQ/s1600-h/P3060909.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipGcg4O8thL91kTPYV9rM6jN1TO48rFWPkvpz1v4O81Fsk2zhOCzna9wgTWGhyphenhyphenq2HHYh3XA-BkIBN2-oJ9Km2QgdhNK5TCa4ga90AwuMBpJ2KLM_ijHs0Fk9km0OA97UnUMxi0oj_owNQ/s400/P3060909.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449807896608655810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIKab7QQtvsVgVibiRE1FZnzyNaMis8qhNLFv-T7Jl9PbrMLHmpOhgNDvPycHpzZzPT4CAv1Ko2-Pg-PxJxibaCjd8vbb-GP_QY4Gi-4GBhck4xrf3GTBppOD-2Qp95tiEp0O4kzk5NA/s1600-h/P3060911.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrMq8Xcm_ET9AGHsjgDLexz6Tr2LdsQvvWEJqSB2qBIdzGLAetnnAWJuDmiLKl1qwxrVZRgbuaurKVUTZWPdVG4CzxzyjUo1ipneL9uxb6JWwXrLrenCMS8zcoqBBgnmNhntETPizMF8/s1600-h/P3060905.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrMq8Xcm_ET9AGHsjgDLexz6Tr2LdsQvvWEJqSB2qBIdzGLAetnnAWJuDmiLKl1qwxrVZRgbuaurKVUTZWPdVG4CzxzyjUo1ipneL9uxb6JWwXrLrenCMS8zcoqBBgnmNhntETPizMF8/s400/P3060905.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449807547370508818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr96Op1kpi0nrhPcuowjIWs_otNTdhV8w9uwpmDjhKF_24zXqIBfiP2DEhJAsuvGqz1Ibb0_1_6cfuzDW2iQ59kyebNnb4XV2uqUgvrKxJdWpNcypgHNN2Z_DYWHOue5YAdsNCd-hJv8/s1600-h/P3060913.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGr96Op1kpi0nrhPcuowjIWs_otNTdhV8w9uwpmDjhKF_24zXqIBfiP2DEhJAsuvGqz1Ibb0_1_6cfuzDW2iQ59kyebNnb4XV2uqUgvrKxJdWpNcypgHNN2Z_DYWHOue5YAdsNCd-hJv8/s400/P3060913.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449807536442853570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIKab7QQtvsVgVibiRE1FZnzyNaMis8qhNLFv-T7Jl9PbrMLHmpOhgNDvPycHpzZzPT4CAv1Ko2-Pg-PxJxibaCjd8vbb-GP_QY4Gi-4GBhck4xrf3GTBppOD-2Qp95tiEp0O4kzk5NA/s1600-h/P3060911.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIKab7QQtvsVgVibiRE1FZnzyNaMis8qhNLFv-T7Jl9PbrMLHmpOhgNDvPycHpzZzPT4CAv1Ko2-Pg-PxJxibaCjd8vbb-GP_QY4Gi-4GBhck4xrf3GTBppOD-2Qp95tiEp0O4kzk5NA/s400/P3060911.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449807556222609426" border="0" /></a><br />The night of her actual birthday we stayed home and had a family dinner and opened presents. She got a bike helmet, church shoes, and Nels got her her first set of golf clubs.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0X5EYaqE1faYG7znzHROtQmN7ghrg6Ex0k5k13VdH203cXHGllA5YsOhgtoKirjCkZy9VdoJ3lg3CQByQGycKOhPW_RFyJLMAVhG4e5F4O4DvgOXGTXWUYscMhjOTEan0dSUut1NGmFA/s1600-h/P3090918.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0X5EYaqE1faYG7znzHROtQmN7ghrg6Ex0k5k13VdH203cXHGllA5YsOhgtoKirjCkZy9VdoJ3lg3CQByQGycKOhPW_RFyJLMAVhG4e5F4O4DvgOXGTXWUYscMhjOTEan0dSUut1NGmFA/s400/P3090918.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449807527605339938" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOzHzBWd0tIhyphenhyphenY59EHmEkc7L_eLwt5eZ8FnnrvFN45PcPvJ0yrIkvvh8X2BlfIX80iITK5UTnK1R1Am3IU_Zl72SGyKcDHblcc4myjVw355MJ0z3W5YGQibqnhKsPjkB0ztt5vUFRPZI/s1600-h/P3090921.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOzHzBWd0tIhyphenhyphenY59EHmEkc7L_eLwt5eZ8FnnrvFN45PcPvJ0yrIkvvh8X2BlfIX80iITK5UTnK1R1Am3IU_Zl72SGyKcDHblcc4myjVw355MJ0z3W5YGQibqnhKsPjkB0ztt5vUFRPZI/s400/P3090921.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449807515235851266" border="0" /></a>Annie has always been such a sweetie! She is growing into such a beautiful young lady. She is such a great example to her little sister and brothers. We love her very much!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-85498567769697983792010-02-24T14:03:00.003-07:002010-02-24T14:15:26.900-07:00For Amanda and Kevin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJZ73jOhz_0USMSJj880zusapj3xLrK1p9OvHW3SxNIhGtSyC4xdU3hJVTyyGd6fS0J3bBd8PwoZ-gq5JGdepf-FQWKHCMKdunbL7zzpAgKG6HEI9OIJL-innV2xFo9e7Ckc-JLjElK4/s1600-h/P2170809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJZ73jOhz_0USMSJj880zusapj3xLrK1p9OvHW3SxNIhGtSyC4xdU3hJVTyyGd6fS0J3bBd8PwoZ-gq5JGdepf-FQWKHCMKdunbL7zzpAgKG6HEI9OIJL-innV2xFo9e7Ckc-JLjElK4/s400/P2170809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441920123894756962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTKIe0NX4VlcILn0bM7SyzPil0m_nh0aQ1gk1TQaloVqj1Ivs3CtipiApuMQWJyXVUNB3gWXjBeY1hfWsWhh20DnyDExnIYy7FrFmilq-V4rP7z93GobNGYrI65mX05V_GgT5Lv5ORLY/s1600-h/P2170811.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdTKIe0NX4VlcILn0bM7SyzPil0m_nh0aQ1gk1TQaloVqj1Ivs3CtipiApuMQWJyXVUNB3gWXjBeY1hfWsWhh20DnyDExnIYy7FrFmilq-V4rP7z93GobNGYrI65mX05V_GgT5Lv5ORLY/s400/P2170811.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441920112206550146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQVQlLD7S-EycZQKQMYbqdBkFBTGbNgwl95Xq9u90W_khNrluhD-KKLEAADNbrn3PvxT2OmVCUe1kuS-Tb9tfFC_CwQ2cb1P3qVVXsMnRvCQRvmvIdsgGJ4DypwlGoMX2OVP6m8NDuys/s1600-h/P2170815.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQVQlLD7S-EycZQKQMYbqdBkFBTGbNgwl95Xq9u90W_khNrluhD-KKLEAADNbrn3PvxT2OmVCUe1kuS-Tb9tfFC_CwQ2cb1P3qVVXsMnRvCQRvmvIdsgGJ4DypwlGoMX2OVP6m8NDuys/s400/P2170815.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441920102761072642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuCQlV9_1MiwL9m9fjexIKB-kMU-xRk75wQhyphenhyphenwmX84CxQP8LRkIFwMMfX2J6MjDseT2X13W8UKYTCZPVXY_o6P1vhMdFYWXUayiEseDF3pVtsZep64jLL1aCMyu-JGb8hVj0_pC3aQRE/s1600-h/P2180823.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuCQlV9_1MiwL9m9fjexIKB-kMU-xRk75wQhyphenhyphenwmX84CxQP8LRkIFwMMfX2J6MjDseT2X13W8UKYTCZPVXY_o6P1vhMdFYWXUayiEseDF3pVtsZep64jLL1aCMyu-JGb8hVj0_pC3aQRE/s400/P2180823.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441920092867490130" border="0" /></a>I even got them to do yoga with me!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHCpO-ytNegPbMH6IsAY8SBEaEJt4BtVDuYuQ9P6o6Yzn_n-_xLcmExRbGumOZ-TlwxLYqjnZ7WQTV0baHIf2dT6_7HooZVr9nGvaPYHOOGP0l2z6-IZt5sQcrVPog9pSYaL1F5m9Rxc/s1600-h/P2240844.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHCpO-ytNegPbMH6IsAY8SBEaEJt4BtVDuYuQ9P6o6Yzn_n-_xLcmExRbGumOZ-TlwxLYqjnZ7WQTV0baHIf2dT6_7HooZVr9nGvaPYHOOGP0l2z6-IZt5sQcrVPog9pSYaL1F5m9Rxc/s400/P2240844.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441920082404723426" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-58053216152116501682010-01-09T22:04:00.012-07:002010-01-11T08:42:16.990-07:00Christmas 2009<div style="text-align: center;">This year we packed up and headed up to Fairfield for Christmas. We got up there Wednesday night and hung out and relaxed most of Christmas Eve. Nels and I volunteered to cook Christmas Eve dinner to give Janis a break. We cooked Prime Rib, Fried Breaded Shrimp and made homemade fries. This was the first time we had ever done a prime rib, so with good directions from my dad it turned out great and was sooo easy to do! I was a little nervous, after all you don't want to be remembered for ruining Christmas Eve dinner :).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Nels and Tate hard at work frying the shrimp and fries in the garage. Thanks Tate for all your help!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1hcc2IKKcMwLU5EgrXdf6-gNHZ4NYd4Af1avtNeeB1ndu76kFMVMPNYtzEQ5Qr1qCCOWBDM3OU66D1j1JZDPSA6qFp_9Ev_RK4gcFwnghMsJltVBq8W2vPJg8n1-0J9W3HHjY7sP3wg/s1600-h/IMG_1929.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo1hcc2IKKcMwLU5EgrXdf6-gNHZ4NYd4Af1avtNeeB1ndu76kFMVMPNYtzEQ5Qr1qCCOWBDM3OU66D1j1JZDPSA6qFp_9Ev_RK4gcFwnghMsJltVBq8W2vPJg8n1-0J9W3HHjY7sP3wg/s400/IMG_1929.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424975928155014370" border="0" /></a><br />Slicing the fries, check out the potato slicer! So handy!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOK8ZfPU8X2dx57Wv_gisxjOrHnelMIAkOKVQ3OSxy9DoO9sekNTFkCSmgHvjwdWKHn37KqdciAMU43AorSTI8CJ-Y-O-OQyELwSTfxLL8av0SK2Tu0UZ2OnMpnIFNuoRH2g9hdVsvQHU/s1600-h/IMG_1889.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOK8ZfPU8X2dx57Wv_gisxjOrHnelMIAkOKVQ3OSxy9DoO9sekNTFkCSmgHvjwdWKHn37KqdciAMU43AorSTI8CJ-Y-O-OQyELwSTfxLL8av0SK2Tu0UZ2OnMpnIFNuoRH2g9hdVsvQHU/s400/IMG_1889.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424975932482705410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnMU8dPsB-aoskYZY4P9-w_lK877Gvjga4G3sSkEKyxmunn775JO-uDNG_FHXNhjAvtq5G-oN1G5bKVKUEHOTn6iovy0f6VHWzNueoVjkNqeWRBknMMsa7lmL3dNl8NnJm_wF27TgMOEA/s1600-h/IMG_1908.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheZJXGQ1TKF7SPXFiJWua9-_LPz95RHO_RM2GH-q9zUE91YzgChROIFrVdniEcQkrDC6T-7CpPqn25Jth2r_oJln9b0WBOTs1MYbEHVjtN7GY34TmIglsEJdLnNscC25AUlbhtbzmPzpM/s400/IMG_1952.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424975113595753858" border="0" /></a><br />Luke, Lacee, Kaden, Kolby, Ashley and McKay were all up there too.<br />All the girls: Ashley, Andrea, Janis, Macee, Annie, and Lacee<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iYmw-L86cEffkHOVD9YH7wbOx7csJJAkpAh7NHIfT3BktYpdPPft3Mqys2T7PWo2MqYaSOeWDEyrTsTTSOR9tJ06GIIgAak2rzUQudjBEb5Lke_4X56HQ-CF2VuhjbroFRlxm3vF9C0/s1600-h/IMG_1962.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iYmw-L86cEffkHOVD9YH7wbOx7csJJAkpAh7NHIfT3BktYpdPPft3Mqys2T7PWo2MqYaSOeWDEyrTsTTSOR9tJ06GIIgAak2rzUQudjBEb5Lke_4X56HQ-CF2VuhjbroFRlxm3vF9C0/s400/IMG_1962.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424975110883290642" border="0" /></a><br />All the boys: Tate, Nels, Charles, Luke, Mckay, Dylan, Kaden, Kolby, and Carter<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NV7QTLkmor8RT5Cmk8Gw3RvY-OAuT_HO5wDrAF7R5jt8gQz9w5_3Al_xKAPVfHmY1CDPPKWNmiOi1RQhBGrYBpH010DPzd7zrKd9sxcDB9CUaQ3X70uJO4LdUJ9_gx5VDnr7ZD9p2YA/s1600-h/IMG_1966.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NV7QTLkmor8RT5Cmk8Gw3RvY-OAuT_HO5wDrAF7R5jt8gQz9w5_3Al_xKAPVfHmY1CDPPKWNmiOi1RQhBGrYBpH010DPzd7zrKd9sxcDB9CUaQ3X70uJO4LdUJ9_gx5VDnr7ZD9p2YA/s400/IMG_1966.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424975102700391010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The kids spreading Reindeer Food so Santa would find us.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSc3RmXVd1bDlN_uobEtE8mZHTmioH2TWRUn82xqHGOx2GF_xNVvRsQIHYXuiIl2Nu5TP3TYhhQ2uvRDovSnbkHAslAqN_8_4e6XYEVUvsvEBC36wH5Ct14jpXTxIqyVdwyqW-JsCXW0/s1600-h/IMG_1944.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWSc3RmXVd1bDlN_uobEtE8mZHTmioH2TWRUn82xqHGOx2GF_xNVvRsQIHYXuiIl2Nu5TP3TYhhQ2uvRDovSnbkHAslAqN_8_4e6XYEVUvsvEBC36wH5Ct14jpXTxIqyVdwyqW-JsCXW0/s400/IMG_1944.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424975127169909714" border="0" /></a>Kaden, Kolby, and Dylan are all one month apart. Lacee got these adorable PJ's for them all last year when they where born. I am glad we where together for Christmas. We may as well call them the "three musketeers" now! I see lots of mischief at future get togethers!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPmhLR7PtdgoK-Ek2vl5pku-coQyiVXm3mKhnWFKhxmf9wtVAMjLU10xddgBIi7W5QaZWr57onzheygimvYjKDq5joG0liMYjiWAPC2SNn3bdH8ZjKLBXmk4twuZiPCxwS-tYLypRApw/s1600-h/IMG_1969.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPmhLR7PtdgoK-Ek2vl5pku-coQyiVXm3mKhnWFKhxmf9wtVAMjLU10xddgBIi7W5QaZWr57onzheygimvYjKDq5joG0liMYjiWAPC2SNn3bdH8ZjKLBXmk4twuZiPCxwS-tYLypRApw/s400/IMG_1969.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424974341939332850" border="0" /></a><br />Dylan on Christmas morning<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAIP2HZQySNAGWPm0SA-XQZdAFr1Q9vXipx_BgFf-DcWYtGydD-RsE6JMm0zcNuAZDwXCnjfflRT6HMAcRRSexBgw7iW-Mp0CVwyxFdyz5usQ9ure2mDUf1-RTV1lCxB6dKyidCMC-c0/s1600-h/IMG_1987.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGAIP2HZQySNAGWPm0SA-XQZdAFr1Q9vXipx_BgFf-DcWYtGydD-RsE6JMm0zcNuAZDwXCnjfflRT6HMAcRRSexBgw7iW-Mp0CVwyxFdyz5usQ9ure2mDUf1-RTV1lCxB6dKyidCMC-c0/s400/IMG_1987.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424974335326728818" border="0" /></a>Inspecting his toys<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jjG_qzQaJSWazeyjEfoPXeqAPvNCfVWU4GIl3ukTNe_KaJfKoGKYGSjx62OZgkJncbg5yzihr1aU5QUP9lFRoEC2oTOddByr6rgcS-OotcPinD2RQhUtECEsUt0d_ZfN4QBup43Lbhg/s1600-h/IMG_1988.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jjG_qzQaJSWazeyjEfoPXeqAPvNCfVWU4GIl3ukTNe_KaJfKoGKYGSjx62OZgkJncbg5yzihr1aU5QUP9lFRoEC2oTOddByr6rgcS-OotcPinD2RQhUtECEsUt0d_ZfN4QBup43Lbhg/s400/IMG_1988.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424974329675928066" border="0" /></a><br />Carter's loot from Santa<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXaaM17KEoJAspskN1yu94y-KqQOi9ToIPWqGzdnEouBDeGNbkQBrTQIgYDEpRXpkkkHRb3bDlUr1POySSJlXTpEgqowmIyingDl4k7L8k-pqu-RjmkGqSi1-CCOEtw8KaWXNO_GwY1s/s1600-h/IMG_1978.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXaaM17KEoJAspskN1yu94y-KqQOi9ToIPWqGzdnEouBDeGNbkQBrTQIgYDEpRXpkkkHRb3bDlUr1POySSJlXTpEgqowmIyingDl4k7L8k-pqu-RjmkGqSi1-CCOEtw8KaWXNO_GwY1s/s400/IMG_1978.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424974320378628482" border="0" /></a>I could tell that Annie is really starting to grow up this year. She didn't want any toys from Santa, just clothes and an MP3 player.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJX5VqjNc7389PfglqVj2ziyMBsTOXMwmUCXhvbxds2iVoT2DiwFOHM7nkAiNX8a0YmusqvAP_DDNeWrXlaK5Py1oxdJ0zqFW2cP2g0ldYVv_Jaeq75zoYlt-efG3I975beChlGRTU-E/s1600-h/IMG_1989.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJX5VqjNc7389PfglqVj2ziyMBsTOXMwmUCXhvbxds2iVoT2DiwFOHM7nkAiNX8a0YmusqvAP_DDNeWrXlaK5Py1oxdJ0zqFW2cP2g0ldYVv_Jaeq75zoYlt-efG3I975beChlGRTU-E/s400/IMG_1989.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424974316352848786" border="0" /></a><br />Macee got her barn set<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7Z1bKTd-wnwuhB4HD7U2tanJZMjVXNG11Pyy5QbVKWCT2qXZdTV2rCB5GnZkQQX9lhOVNsE9NjZqDyrHH64NiucyzOI5Hk4JIVhXAAu9Bfn9H-JK7cExQBJWX1QDTXQ0a4mqWPxppcI/s1600-h/IMG_1990.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7Z1bKTd-wnwuhB4HD7U2tanJZMjVXNG11Pyy5QbVKWCT2qXZdTV2rCB5GnZkQQX9lhOVNsE9NjZqDyrHH64NiucyzOI5Hk4JIVhXAAu9Bfn9H-JK7cExQBJWX1QDTXQ0a4mqWPxppcI/s400/IMG_1990.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424973586965061602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWsFN8kQB7PcDs6BeqD1nKLJR_ZOIFj5siW3RYt9yv4T1HZUxmRaiRQOpvopdmZSRjicej4YGKjZBwlgGG0c-4Bp_1kFJilctci6em1q0rmzjzqqqc4mJiPGEYukXqVD7_LQ8GERHe9k/s1600-h/IMG_2016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWsFN8kQB7PcDs6BeqD1nKLJR_ZOIFj5siW3RYt9yv4T1HZUxmRaiRQOpvopdmZSRjicej4YGKjZBwlgGG0c-4Bp_1kFJilctci6em1q0rmzjzqqqc4mJiPGEYukXqVD7_LQ8GERHe9k/s400/IMG_2016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424973585362451906" border="0" /></a><br />Dylan has found his nose!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4OmzyBvrPT3Bpr3f_wogPv4_tkPaHMDG8duOokfWMFYSryZ-XvMn5iI2TLSJ4f8MWLYwKydml6cWMhVHB3Of5L2yLCMTftSfEWfqz0zFfQDw-tyXzuKfygtgSPHZeZUONLMgiYJ8rQk/s1600-h/IMG_2025.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit4OmzyBvrPT3Bpr3f_wogPv4_tkPaHMDG8duOokfWMFYSryZ-XvMn5iI2TLSJ4f8MWLYwKydml6cWMhVHB3Of5L2yLCMTftSfEWfqz0zFfQDw-tyXzuKfygtgSPHZeZUONLMgiYJ8rQk/s400/IMG_2025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424973575224305554" border="0" /></a><br />Making sure Carter's train table looked ok.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7qlgL1LT04eJNPeUH0t5UcqqacffNLTIB7cTBnRgA2u6txE_PKqB-bdVm9I-y5eewUtmv_kjHwt_piq8dedJfaatu7M-9xWaOAJjctG3F8XOUFYirey1iG-B-LUWp8w9YaLKAIFk5Y0/s1600-h/IMG_2037.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7qlgL1LT04eJNPeUH0t5UcqqacffNLTIB7cTBnRgA2u6txE_PKqB-bdVm9I-y5eewUtmv_kjHwt_piq8dedJfaatu7M-9xWaOAJjctG3F8XOUFYirey1iG-B-LUWp8w9YaLKAIFk5Y0/s400/IMG_2037.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424973572259817650" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYJuXAjO7Zvzq_VkfsLt6vn8ejSiPwH9UVI-8y-WUvEtQg2LZnF4Mh7jAWlZGch3fESUiM7SQ7ZzY21HdO9tIunU3Y7kFWXq712wbM2WJ5BOi8MKVWHuk6vr_Y6IieVZPh_tgFra-JcM/s1600-h/IMG_2036.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcYJuXAjO7Zvzq_VkfsLt6vn8ejSiPwH9UVI-8y-WUvEtQg2LZnF4Mh7jAWlZGch3fESUiM7SQ7ZzY21HdO9tIunU3Y7kFWXq712wbM2WJ5BOi8MKVWHuk6vr_Y6IieVZPh_tgFra-JcM/s400/IMG_2036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424973566110344434" border="0" /></a>Christmas Day was so wonderful. We stayed in our PJ's and played with toys almost the whole day. We did venture out later on that afternoon to play some basketball at the church. Lots of late nights, game playing, and of course eating way too much good food! We sure had a great Christmas and am grateful that Charles and Janis let us come take over the house. I am so thankful for my family and that we can be together forever! We have been so blessed in our lives!<br /><br />P.S. Thanks Lacee for taking all of these pics for me (my camera wasn't working).<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-36434954582757972662010-01-09T20:48:00.007-07:002010-01-09T22:03:52.061-07:00Disneyland Cont....<div style="text-align: center;">Here is our Disneyland trip continued, I know it's about time. I had to start with this picture of Macee. This was our last night there and we were soooo sick of park fried greasy food, we needed something good to eat. So we walked to the Cheesecake Factory and ate some gooood food. As you can see, Macee thouroghly enjoyed her ribs!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUQ3qTrw8AuuzmYicCiQYVSmN7UY9uQS3ocfxiAl-4JtmYYoiOCNU45d9LeJ26UbrmIXGRSb7pyVLdj8FRHPyurxlOaRMbpTAe8Bd2Xg01KczNJFCkicQ3p4uTq0bbP2zf25IOM-5KMc/s1600-h/IMG_1237.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUQ3qTrw8AuuzmYicCiQYVSmN7UY9uQS3ocfxiAl-4JtmYYoiOCNU45d9LeJ26UbrmIXGRSb7pyVLdj8FRHPyurxlOaRMbpTAe8Bd2Xg01KczNJFCkicQ3p4uTq0bbP2zf25IOM-5KMc/s400/IMG_1237.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424968757868108978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Day 2 we spent the day at Sea World. It was so nice not having to fight the crowds all day. I think the Shamu show was hands down our favorite.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zbwzssaHFI2QjNEAz3qsKeerE25Yw063tnBqSvbTG0CSZzMMYenLsFCxmC1M42ObNoIznlP2g-G0ZAOxrS-1JDnmLN0-Elid6q6yYrVpYg23FkJ-BexZXiDzImIQYwcL23QSRWPqPBE/s1600-h/IMG_1182.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-zbwzssaHFI2QjNEAz3qsKeerE25Yw063tnBqSvbTG0CSZzMMYenLsFCxmC1M42ObNoIznlP2g-G0ZAOxrS-1JDnmLN0-Elid6q6yYrVpYg23FkJ-BexZXiDzImIQYwcL23QSRWPqPBE/s400/IMG_1182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424968739530998050" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDJRroLYQ1kVD82quwzyU1iwWx8ePpS3i2flrWD5ilHnSdUbEKeOfZvhviVdKZfXNrB3QB2aumgMMqMWnoBStn6Q9tjGyCoW_J8sUGXZC2yc_rxJirr_umX0NnBY65rQC1CibGMIPkPA/s1600-h/IMG_1201.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDJRroLYQ1kVD82quwzyU1iwWx8ePpS3i2flrWD5ilHnSdUbEKeOfZvhviVdKZfXNrB3QB2aumgMMqMWnoBStn6Q9tjGyCoW_J8sUGXZC2yc_rxJirr_umX0NnBY65rQC1CibGMIPkPA/s400/IMG_1201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424966670891646786" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobcQEcrNjDyADd7X1mK7L-SgT8k5Z6j9BLCl4weeLjL1t8Rimqq7bbWiRC7igpSnmF4Gf3oPWIdaFYq6FP1sD12Uek2pohONc6-ai9LdEpsJrRaJjuWkmDSR8sAf6ySRBmd6eWFOVIkg/s1600-h/IMG_1214.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobcQEcrNjDyADd7X1mK7L-SgT8k5Z6j9BLCl4weeLjL1t8Rimqq7bbWiRC7igpSnmF4Gf3oPWIdaFYq6FP1sD12Uek2pohONc6-ai9LdEpsJrRaJjuWkmDSR8sAf6ySRBmd6eWFOVIkg/s400/IMG_1214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424966661101147330" border="0" /></a><br />Annie touching the "bat rays."<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzrdRP06qbw38OIw1JBmpA2nBEQDM_VT1QKUIfu1hOTmXZjpmt-QzLaBaDmRpX0iS58HKhSGQ0H3NU5C2Vy921gZOmKhsU8YrL-gAWxhocgrp9tuyYWTRHc4napwNWuqkDgkrKi-7gZs/s1600-h/IMG_1191.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzrdRP06qbw38OIw1JBmpA2nBEQDM_VT1QKUIfu1hOTmXZjpmt-QzLaBaDmRpX0iS58HKhSGQ0H3NU5C2Vy921gZOmKhsU8YrL-gAWxhocgrp9tuyYWTRHc4napwNWuqkDgkrKi-7gZs/s400/IMG_1191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424966652789528162" border="0" /></a><br />Waiting for Shamu. We sat in the soak zone first, but then chickened out and moved to higher ground.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNW2mmeE4XyZrj4Iy307kGMKVPWXK19OttBhO05EN86E28iXnKaNukwGDvk2fs-9mZYIi2psW46raZPryF7PXSc51YOZjnt2uLJtQT06C0bQuJShykZfWkgN4RgDpbmXvwLnidOEeQVGE/s1600-h/IMG_1184.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNW2mmeE4XyZrj4Iy307kGMKVPWXK19OttBhO05EN86E28iXnKaNukwGDvk2fs-9mZYIi2psW46raZPryF7PXSc51YOZjnt2uLJtQT06C0bQuJShykZfWkgN4RgDpbmXvwLnidOEeQVGE/s400/IMG_1184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424966644665772194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJeQFfNNNNQQE2F_97ayJ3csvk-UGhaSSBAQE4_nvzBjl76-VeAFz7I3aBbcjgvGDMlNzaXXfP3RrBo4kS5P8XZM3bB-UDQFfMgdt93uACs9VjfxX_dmZDg7FdsLCmhBJIt73sXpPEj0/s1600-h/IMG_1234.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJeQFfNNNNQQE2F_97ayJ3csvk-UGhaSSBAQE4_nvzBjl76-VeAFz7I3aBbcjgvGDMlNzaXXfP3RrBo4kS5P8XZM3bB-UDQFfMgdt93uACs9VjfxX_dmZDg7FdsLCmhBJIt73sXpPEj0/s400/IMG_1234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424968766048138386" border="0" /></a><br /><br />All the kids getting ready to go shoot up Toy Story. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-oJWnv63bKnYPoW-NWfIhboSqDtEQtnDbjqd48GJwVHgTW7lRTDY-H7iZ3dfFyDpK2sRHDUNKqq5FNwRFGV7av2zXiaxzTuzabcrZgZHU5WvSuEs_PCp-dzQkBfRRKZSPOK9o7XnKtQ/s1600-h/IMG_1222.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju-oJWnv63bKnYPoW-NWfIhboSqDtEQtnDbjqd48GJwVHgTW7lRTDY-H7iZ3dfFyDpK2sRHDUNKqq5FNwRFGV7av2zXiaxzTuzabcrZgZHU5WvSuEs_PCp-dzQkBfRRKZSPOK9o7XnKtQ/s400/IMG_1222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424968749149747586" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VcS-c-v-G3mbNbzvlvMwh2ijoHMgc_AWSbPWJM8RuHe_cehWKys3uxUEo8FwUpfVEg0-EgH8TL4UM-Uf-BejEJt0xD6QBCF0Q3M79Hfw42Dqa4mlW27W0_azZvwnJDX9RGPaXI9Bkqg/s1600-h/16206580001.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3VcS-c-v-G3mbNbzvlvMwh2ijoHMgc_AWSbPWJM8RuHe_cehWKys3uxUEo8FwUpfVEg0-EgH8TL4UM-Uf-BejEJt0xD6QBCF0Q3M79Hfw42Dqa4mlW27W0_azZvwnJDX9RGPaXI9Bkqg/s400/16206580001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424960294280073218" border="0" /></a><br />The big Christmas Tree in the entrance to Disneyland.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLredV8UUCFjFgcR2xpcoyyRdMJxNCYkV3eBMHgeMcvh3wSvnKBEheDphAhl0M1LNvif4fLAu-_djc3q3VpAUWoEj_KA1GWxMgRepVb66bPFxFAH7K7tCDBVDEGlVwTFYaz8PkYzus_zY/s1600-h/16206580003.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLredV8UUCFjFgcR2xpcoyyRdMJxNCYkV3eBMHgeMcvh3wSvnKBEheDphAhl0M1LNvif4fLAu-_djc3q3VpAUWoEj_KA1GWxMgRepVb66bPFxFAH7K7tCDBVDEGlVwTFYaz8PkYzus_zY/s400/16206580003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424960286628862674" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdAYEQMbIaDRx4VXA0W3_H3RDc1xYMowqbFO9unY_vubpvxQ-xrQ1io4YwLHyXFWczgdq2kPwSqRE1KsgNM6LC17yMhiKsFO1P3UoUCX6bZQ_XQepeyaRN1wIwY4Vea24S5GiOnwNfws/s1600-h/16206580002.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdAYEQMbIaDRx4VXA0W3_H3RDc1xYMowqbFO9unY_vubpvxQ-xrQ1io4YwLHyXFWczgdq2kPwSqRE1KsgNM6LC17yMhiKsFO1P3UoUCX6bZQ_XQepeyaRN1wIwY4Vea24S5GiOnwNfws/s400/16206580002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424960278537400226" border="0" /></a><br />The whole crew!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT_bdGoe1DFhv-X8zbl3sVSYgyGbRPxx73bImzigyQncRCZFjDZIIwHeVLhFxkxecq6shcj9zxAVYbZzCevdz2HXpAVD5ZOiXML-WvSqkRxk8U4w3vk9XAp0yI2VJbW7IhK1OATSzigc/s1600-h/16206580000.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT_bdGoe1DFhv-X8zbl3sVSYgyGbRPxx73bImzigyQncRCZFjDZIIwHeVLhFxkxecq6shcj9zxAVYbZzCevdz2HXpAVD5ZOiXML-WvSqkRxk8U4w3vk9XAp0yI2VJbW7IhK1OATSzigc/s400/16206580000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424960270501467058" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-69256350864322049552009-12-12T13:22:00.003-07:002009-12-12T15:24:02.535-07:00Happy Birthday Dylan!!<div style="text-align: center;">I know I say this with each of my kids birthday posts, but I really can't believe that Dylan is already a year old! This has been such a busy year that time has literally flown by.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Why I Love My Sweet Little Boy:</span></span><br /><br />1. He slept through the night after just a few months and will sleep 12 hours to this day every night. (I know this shouldn't be the top of my list, but I do love that he is a good sleeper).<br /><br />2. He has a very sweet, calming spirit. He is so content and mild tempered (he must take after his mom :) lol).<br /><br />3. He is a snuggle bug, which I absolutely love. My favorite thing to do is feed him his bottle in his rocking chair in his room. When he is done he lays on my chest and will snuggle until I lay him down. <br /><br />4. He has a great little smile that can brighten anyone's day.<br /><br />5. He can captivate an audience while just playing with toys.<br /><br />6. He is very playful and is starting to get a little more rambunctious.<br /><br />7. He crawls on his fists and is starting to scale the couches.<br /><br />8. He loves to rub his mouth all over the front of the stove and wipe his hands all over the front of the dishwasher.<br /><br />9. He is a fast learner, we haven't had to block the stairs with anything, he has fallen down 1/2 way once and now he stays away.<br /><br />10. He is always happy to see anyone in his family and can make them happy by just flashing them his smile.<br /><br />We have been so blessed this past year with a healthy baby and kids. We are so blessed to have Dylan as part of our family, we love him so much and can't wait for all of the adventures that await us with him!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQKr-vKFOGQAKP2szC8QIQfL4ZyfXk4W2zbDqhU31lY9cKuGGCieFEa21Qy1kg2LqGxb-C4BnqOLZNPFel44G9WEBLGNezni1RoON05iAONTFc0Z_9xL_pJb7cxvQ9m4JtL7rHoavtEo/s1600-h/PC120398.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQKr-vKFOGQAKP2szC8QIQfL4ZyfXk4W2zbDqhU31lY9cKuGGCieFEa21Qy1kg2LqGxb-C4BnqOLZNPFel44G9WEBLGNezni1RoON05iAONTFc0Z_9xL_pJb7cxvQ9m4JtL7rHoavtEo/s400/PC120398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414452834936777410" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9mDCSpAGnSdRS7-ytqCMzRdJ6TQwMvkqpdwuQt58TQhyphenhyphenzXjeIavHghiTSbwRAG0kuqr2fIOuNm6R-FrjS20Fwtxo7R9FYc_FlMKJSdfbyiLzYWeIIsTxp36d6is39nMuQaZ3x0caxgM/s1600-h/pearson-115bw.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9mDCSpAGnSdRS7-ytqCMzRdJ6TQwMvkqpdwuQt58TQhyphenhyphenzXjeIavHghiTSbwRAG0kuqr2fIOuNm6R-FrjS20Fwtxo7R9FYc_FlMKJSdfbyiLzYWeIIsTxp36d6is39nMuQaZ3x0caxgM/s400/pearson-115bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414452843214591282" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhEI7qPoeCVudHvgaU8G53B6U7hqt8pHDhjCtelr6_MCt616hEVZDwKDb0KL6LLP7bNjnDsJhp5oejbW4RlzlJwfsNLgcGuZF8HiiBw3rMIv6TSXvde2IqvvOaTrA08cF5Ex8YPndEnY/s1600-h/pearson-155bw.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhEI7qPoeCVudHvgaU8G53B6U7hqt8pHDhjCtelr6_MCt616hEVZDwKDb0KL6LLP7bNjnDsJhp5oejbW4RlzlJwfsNLgcGuZF8HiiBw3rMIv6TSXvde2IqvvOaTrA08cF5Ex8YPndEnY/s400/pearson-155bw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414452852201921826" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-78845946406383018862009-12-03T11:23:00.009-07:002009-12-07T10:55:23.412-07:00Our Disneyland Adventures<div style="text-align: center;">A few weeks ago we took Annie, Macee, and Carter to Disneyland, California Adventures and Seaworld. Dylan got left behind and partied with Grandma and Grandpa Griffin. We went with our neighbors who have kids pretty much the same age as ours. The first night we got there we went and walked around Downtown Disney and ate at the Rainforest Cafe. It had a very fun atmosphere with thunderstorms and the animals would periodically come alive.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Eo6XmLEhnj-OQA63E2sjg1R6jn9ZuCOgVpTyZSWfRWQZRl2oJLaj6rr9McBSilE-Mrn8_pi6ljtD9x3cufuB9oLYSeC0iPGCuT70S9u60tHyAR4v_JqM1QtOaJJwWRSmcNjUJGqbR3Y/s1600-h/IMG_1142.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Eo6XmLEhnj-OQA63E2sjg1R6jn9ZuCOgVpTyZSWfRWQZRl2oJLaj6rr9McBSilE-Mrn8_pi6ljtD9x3cufuB9oLYSeC0iPGCuT70S9u60tHyAR4v_JqM1QtOaJJwWRSmcNjUJGqbR3Y/s400/IMG_1142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411081386908016130" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj911e7YbPd833e7zaMMYU_f0Q8vSpiU2_bQk9cJwAbovE4rSlcpQAWU5ktCCEDx3voPYgOsR-JUlUiLGyahKnwUBnYx9ooHiclfPhm9P2ZATsdsegnOiVPWRuTOLuxBuacX7CzzFza2bM/s1600-h/IMG_1144.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj911e7YbPd833e7zaMMYU_f0Q8vSpiU2_bQk9cJwAbovE4rSlcpQAWU5ktCCEDx3voPYgOsR-JUlUiLGyahKnwUBnYx9ooHiclfPhm9P2ZATsdsegnOiVPWRuTOLuxBuacX7CzzFza2bM/s400/IMG_1144.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411081404184814530" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">All of the kids in front of the Christmas tree in Downtown Disney (minus Carter, he was not feeling photogenic)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Io8cCKQJck3VaB8mcete-oDsrbYFImg6G3OECNkJXA7b0lNgKJfeSNSgynXKp0_cVJsPURZ1QNF-oRQjKNvpiWXlaroXiMHGPpFWZkfSJC4KySVXzIM0RW0gkb72E7mXgB26OoSmxOo/s1600-h/IMG_1145.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Io8cCKQJck3VaB8mcete-oDsrbYFImg6G3OECNkJXA7b0lNgKJfeSNSgynXKp0_cVJsPURZ1QNF-oRQjKNvpiWXlaroXiMHGPpFWZkfSJC4KySVXzIM0RW0gkb72E7mXgB26OoSmxOo/s400/IMG_1145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411081398824285154" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the gates to open for our first day of fun! We took pictures with Mickey in the "C" of California adventures.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtAsCB9Eljpd8n55ZV8KZCkanXxjPB3c3LFaDRw5gwZHp_gQkYEb7-XKdSRhBd__atrTgoKhhrt67apVUWmc1v4v3ebCsPodzcMLQ3rkwvtRxqKGzv7Ir4Be-YBtsx5vmEHZzfMQG4N0/s1600-h/IMG_1152.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjtAsCB9Eljpd8n55ZV8KZCkanXxjPB3c3LFaDRw5gwZHp_gQkYEb7-XKdSRhBd__atrTgoKhhrt67apVUWmc1v4v3ebCsPodzcMLQ3rkwvtRxqKGzv7Ir4Be-YBtsx5vmEHZzfMQG4N0/s400/IMG_1152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412542247806496098" border="0" /></a><br />Macee and Maddie meeting Ariel<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnupaINw1dfKCJU84Br6B3MCjGFrZ6-RtbywVqrxZhiJ2C0S9Ei-1VZG1bvESp-BTK9dAW_AfApYR91xYJEG06Yxyg5-X1JryYmhyphenhyphenL0ZVslT_vYFQrDGtLTri_WyUQNFpOXpXDAYiViCw/s1600-h/IMG_1161.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnupaINw1dfKCJU84Br6B3MCjGFrZ6-RtbywVqrxZhiJ2C0S9Ei-1VZG1bvESp-BTK9dAW_AfApYR91xYJEG06Yxyg5-X1JryYmhyphenhyphenL0ZVslT_vYFQrDGtLTri_WyUQNFpOXpXDAYiViCw/s400/IMG_1161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412542256500235538" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Waiting for the parade in Calfornia Adventures to start. It was really neat. All my pictures turned out dark.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HLXVvcqUDk5K3Q352ejmhPbn2E7ilx9EkcFeewu3iIGfG1Qz9OHBdL6sJ0QzzC8bOF4V9VIS21_q7NGffbi0wzZWKzo_UPCwMqhGexig6F0BXrHzFHJjMcjASw-bI0SR0vgCPUoiGxE/s1600-h/IMG_1168.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HLXVvcqUDk5K3Q352ejmhPbn2E7ilx9EkcFeewu3iIGfG1Qz9OHBdL6sJ0QzzC8bOF4V9VIS21_q7NGffbi0wzZWKzo_UPCwMqhGexig6F0BXrHzFHJjMcjASw-bI0SR0vgCPUoiGxE/s400/IMG_1168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412542264619610418" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Everything was decorated for Christmas! It was beautiful!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the Castle.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yfB7zdP6bELpRkMoYSNAvx4kgjlHHdY01PPPzMJ7U5UDf3foMwl4IUuihmclzO9l-FSKIc2ufOCJ20kslD25cBb0cWBkrUHPRmJQ02cfTfmn7WnGykMQisYHGz2yvipc_qG5jfb3V28/s1600-h/IMG_1155.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yfB7zdP6bELpRkMoYSNAvx4kgjlHHdY01PPPzMJ7U5UDf3foMwl4IUuihmclzO9l-FSKIc2ufOCJ20kslD25cBb0cWBkrUHPRmJQ02cfTfmn7WnGykMQisYHGz2yvipc_qG5jfb3V28/s400/IMG_1155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412549108733861058" border="0" /></a><br />Carter pigging out on Cotton Candy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-yfB7zdP6bELpRkMoYSNAvx4kgjlHHdY01PPPzMJ7U5UDf3foMwl4IUuihmclzO9l-FSKIc2ufOCJ20kslD25cBb0cWBkrUHPRmJQ02cfTfmn7WnGykMQisYHGz2yvipc_qG5jfb3V28/s1600-h/IMG_1155.jpg"><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyCenter" title="Align Center" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 11);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/blank.gif" alt="Align Center" class="gl_align_center" border="0" /></span></span></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNbANzaorGJ7_E-udXusu7Knbg2F1nYuPjiVnxADDpb9PCEJ8WRLiXcOy6PnvSYOB5Evrnl1NBeLpwT_LUPQPjpNhi_vrwTZYnlvZfbYEb0oQKSbRNscsX-Q4bAqldxhpDO9nm7zK-zY/s1600-h/IMG_1221.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNbANzaorGJ7_E-udXusu7Knbg2F1nYuPjiVnxADDpb9PCEJ8WRLiXcOy6PnvSYOB5Evrnl1NBeLpwT_LUPQPjpNhi_vrwTZYnlvZfbYEb0oQKSbRNscsX-Q4bAqldxhpDO9nm7zK-zY/s400/IMG_1221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412550562153630578" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hang on tight! Notice Carter was not afraid of going first. He loved evey ride and wanted to do them multiple times.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EYu5spkoAhtS52maKCeJdc_UwDyvhVKxfnlFi1pTZqoPpUFFb_njbQjCrV7tikX8R7BCxRJlEUffFLvwi320bFfUGMEKH7hMYDKSQ-J70IqxSy24eXZdzFG3UDg0UYfnj5yyN6RD4_g/s1600-h/IMG_1173.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EYu5spkoAhtS52maKCeJdc_UwDyvhVKxfnlFi1pTZqoPpUFFb_njbQjCrV7tikX8R7BCxRJlEUffFLvwi320bFfUGMEKH7hMYDKSQ-J70IqxSy24eXZdzFG3UDg0UYfnj5yyN6RD4_g/s400/IMG_1173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412550571566696226" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I must say Carter did great, but this is how we took him back to the hotel every night. I think a half day would have been perfect for him. The first day we spent about 14 hours between Disneyland and California Adventures. We crammed in as much as we could between the rides, showes, and of course waiting in lines, just to wait in another. We thought going the weekend before Thanksgiving would not be so busy. Turns out everyone else was thinking the same thing! Stayed tuned for our second day in California.....<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-91841229119558915652009-11-10T08:34:00.003-07:002009-11-10T08:50:58.273-07:00I hope they call me on a mission to...The other morning the boys and I were out for a walk. Carter and I were talking about where Nels served his mission and what you do on missions, etc. I told him that daddy went to the Philippine's and that you teach people about Jesus. I asked him where he wanted to go on a mission when he got older and he said, "McDonalds!"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-74576243905997703332009-11-06T11:02:00.002-07:002009-11-06T11:48:39.165-07:00Lovin It!!!<div style="text-align: center;">In August I brought 2 of our old horses in from my dad's old ranch. I am boarding them at the place where I used to take lessons as a little girl. My girls are now taking lessons from the same people that taught me. We have sure been enjoying every minute of having them close to us! <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IXhT-e9Ih0_K_r6HlTPpI2ebJheStCpeObMoAe66hIkTp1pDMyrltNf7BNvar_itsLj5bvRuaafU1MZFDNSE0wlYNz8OnZ3gsOGRfxUa9OH9nG8NFJagqfU4VstUWEqDpHQmctC2BWo/s1600-h/IMG_0950.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IXhT-e9Ih0_K_r6HlTPpI2ebJheStCpeObMoAe66hIkTp1pDMyrltNf7BNvar_itsLj5bvRuaafU1MZFDNSE0wlYNz8OnZ3gsOGRfxUa9OH9nG8NFJagqfU4VstUWEqDpHQmctC2BWo/s400/IMG_0950.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401056286113209154" border="0" /></a><br />Meet Stormy. He is 17 years old and totally kid proof! He is the babysitter and is very lazy!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0vktkc5flMVrgOEyplN1WF9hIJWsHJSbP2xBIV1eXKCRzV_oC_l-hHQOrGY_jG6nvPLYZLcVxdR-rKajnWscn5_BRxH1Sz4wFCcAL8zegiLXNsALXdhBbYrVWfXcMeGzrc2QhfxY1q8/s1600-h/IMG_0949.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi0vktkc5flMVrgOEyplN1WF9hIJWsHJSbP2xBIV1eXKCRzV_oC_l-hHQOrGY_jG6nvPLYZLcVxdR-rKajnWscn5_BRxH1Sz4wFCcAL8zegiLXNsALXdhBbYrVWfXcMeGzrc2QhfxY1q8/s400/IMG_0949.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401056282983636754" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />This is Willie. We have had Willie for 21 years (ever since he was 2). He is 23 now and still has a little spunk left in him, yet Carter can ride him by himself in the inside arena. This horse has done it all, he has been in the mountains, drug calves, been showed in 4-H and everything else in between. He is definitely the favorite and the girls take their lessons on him because they can actually get him to go!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-s9gr26beMDtBQnpmzmgyGk0MPIw7v0hIZOLj_8UuUpovs0MxJ8gKtxRTkEINHrCiMYy0Z-310rpYopFo7HEunNBGam2oJn9dOOUxpojHskLHiQD1WacAN8aG6x_IC157tKLEdbJIUhw/s1600-h/IMG_0956.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-s9gr26beMDtBQnpmzmgyGk0MPIw7v0hIZOLj_8UuUpovs0MxJ8gKtxRTkEINHrCiMYy0Z-310rpYopFo7HEunNBGam2oJn9dOOUxpojHskLHiQD1WacAN8aG6x_IC157tKLEdbJIUhw/s400/IMG_0956.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401057540042763794" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudImcxQajAj-VjcLfwAB2Ihio130IjRMZC3F6MkT_gGsUcM-7tXgDSjnaVsAWnAOT7WIdndHWXi63w-zKsxdOPodCWDTrg4tagbaEmIV6agMz3rnECPv17oKQt8QmCoICGmzb22YSYb4/s1600-h/IMG_0951.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgudImcxQajAj-VjcLfwAB2Ihio130IjRMZC3F6MkT_gGsUcM-7tXgDSjnaVsAWnAOT7WIdndHWXi63w-zKsxdOPodCWDTrg4tagbaEmIV6agMz3rnECPv17oKQt8QmCoICGmzb22YSYb4/s400/IMG_0951.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401057537015561058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have also been able to ride and exercise some of the horses that Gary and Linda have because my kids hog the horses the whole time and never let me ride! I do enjoy riding the younger horses and I have been able to sneak a lesson in for myself also. I grew up with horses and used to show in 4-H and did a lot of ranch work on them. I sold my childhood horse 4 years ago when I got pregnant with Carter. I was boarding him at this same place before I sold him. It has been so good for me to be able to share something that I love with my kids and so good for them to learn a new skill and hobby! I do need to get some more action photos of the kids because they really are staring to get good, especially Annie!<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-69991136413493215622009-10-22T12:42:00.005-06:002009-10-22T13:58:41.538-06:00June<div style="text-align: center;">In my desperate attempt to catch up on our blog from this summer, this is what we did in June. I want to someday get these all printed out into a hard bound book, so sorry these are so yesterday's news.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />The first part of June my sister Amanda, her two kids Kasen and Addie along with nephews Quest, Koby, and Kylan were all in town. We decided to load into the Auction's two 15 passanger vans and make our way to Red Lodge. With coolers full of food, fishing poles, strollers, 15 kids, and 7 adults we piled in and were off to Wild Bill Lake. We got some crazy looks while we were walking around the lake trying to find a spot. We pretty much took it over.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Getting the fishing poles ready<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDR4LhZXV0Qofg_2bd2AAfICvC7wDutP1M76l7HEi7FGOcGfgp003CKiQv749of8H19c5x9zlM4ouU5heyWFaTom4eoBefeAjw5rPFeGA_JJkpTEKWInb6FJtqWI2pQ6Sz3LVhLgv6YBc/s1600-h/IMG_0652.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDR4LhZXV0Qofg_2bd2AAfICvC7wDutP1M76l7HEi7FGOcGfgp003CKiQv749of8H19c5x9zlM4ouU5heyWFaTom4eoBefeAjw5rPFeGA_JJkpTEKWInb6FJtqWI2pQ6Sz3LVhLgv6YBc/s400/IMG_0652.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395498940928421538" border="0" /></a><br />Not the best pic of me, but everyone else looks good<br />Aunt Lauraleah, Addie, Andrea, Dylan, and Taylor<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZF8TpMBH5qh24mgnjaVRXWw7BsYKXG-6O9YmGY7ozp7v3208aHC9gzL5I9dbOtXY2vMQ4hffljD6LQGq5nr2sxrdgIjVZz2nTyUsP_hVs8PAhifxCDr4tAfOCHKQC8cGPgrO0Wy400YM/s1600-h/IMG_0660.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZF8TpMBH5qh24mgnjaVRXWw7BsYKXG-6O9YmGY7ozp7v3208aHC9gzL5I9dbOtXY2vMQ4hffljD6LQGq5nr2sxrdgIjVZz2nTyUsP_hVs8PAhifxCDr4tAfOCHKQC8cGPgrO0Wy400YM/s400/IMG_0660.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395498935873693074" border="0" /></a><br />Here is half the group<br />Annie, Macee, Uncle Ben, Taylor, Spencer, Koby, Quest, Lauraleah, Addie, and Aunt Amanda<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxGwx6Dtbm2oiziYM42IiJdvU4dcmMSbCTOB4DFbxP6JkjOMXKRNJxT4tYIXunlZIgucWgiEbdDeqQnY8UxgxuL1bsJ4DNEEbYmOmZUmjLD-FgV8ICoV4w3CgdDIcVU5K6KeajFTN8ZI/s1600-h/IMG_0653.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxGwx6Dtbm2oiziYM42IiJdvU4dcmMSbCTOB4DFbxP6JkjOMXKRNJxT4tYIXunlZIgucWgiEbdDeqQnY8UxgxuL1bsJ4DNEEbYmOmZUmjLD-FgV8ICoV4w3CgdDIcVU5K6KeajFTN8ZI/s400/IMG_0653.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395498928657961826" border="0" /></a><br />Trying their luck, I think we did end up catching a few<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTsK9FB_wauOjpUnG8NGPqhBcC1dIWmSxjvFrJYCqDhuSwZLbS0aYPoWG890i758gz3RRfQTUjNIeNmAblEWFR1CAVHRY6F7drA53dq1t7VKMisdp1YZ9qTsjaaoqGa6xkwf3z6eSVuY/s1600-h/IMG_0665.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTsK9FB_wauOjpUnG8NGPqhBcC1dIWmSxjvFrJYCqDhuSwZLbS0aYPoWG890i758gz3RRfQTUjNIeNmAblEWFR1CAVHRY6F7drA53dq1t7VKMisdp1YZ9qTsjaaoqGa6xkwf3z6eSVuY/s400/IMG_0665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395498918379694018" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br />The end of June was also our ward campout. We went back up to Red Lodge to Greenough Lake.<br />I think we wore Dylan out. This was his second camping trip of his first 6 months of life.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHLGZb0KuZdnk2rFRV17fzlYl6F2Cw2aqDKMEJGqX3Q3NHxZEUPIVUytuvb1uji7qlyaFICbasIhlzHozopsbWDSqklLnp0I9nBDpx7ptXXRg3C8Qfk_7CyoLILmfyvMUjIUrfGojmBA/s1600-h/IMG_0710.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipHLGZb0KuZdnk2rFRV17fzlYl6F2Cw2aqDKMEJGqX3Q3NHxZEUPIVUytuvb1uji7qlyaFICbasIhlzHozopsbWDSqklLnp0I9nBDpx7ptXXRg3C8Qfk_7CyoLILmfyvMUjIUrfGojmBA/s400/IMG_0710.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395503089258267170" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNn5YMDeRlmOC9gpZ8T49vv8fcxXwPabcPqgY1vU9PfHrS_3ic1bcakBkexFsQG8_B0U_LkY-2nwsYHAPjwxITLjkYUKDR-wCg_4a-5FxRkOczdtbdJ1HObS5eU5x784yjPuAG_q-_ncY/s1600-h/IMG_0686.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNn5YMDeRlmOC9gpZ8T49vv8fcxXwPabcPqgY1vU9PfHrS_3ic1bcakBkexFsQG8_B0U_LkY-2nwsYHAPjwxITLjkYUKDR-wCg_4a-5FxRkOczdtbdJ1HObS5eU5x784yjPuAG_q-_ncY/s400/IMG_0686.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395503082602955442" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Macee and Carter playing Bocce Ball (have no idea how that is spelled)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynG66v0q2SnogfUodyM8LLMy34izVTfN0tjC24lh_YWEf_inFqjjT2AFd6oIAmt_AIZwC3gZL34pd1wWHZIJlSgfb28rhlD3OJjZJPjs13HaCXkBeaslRsNcOYb3XpLU1mhR-FuAetdQ/s1600-h/IMG_0683.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynG66v0q2SnogfUodyM8LLMy34izVTfN0tjC24lh_YWEf_inFqjjT2AFd6oIAmt_AIZwC3gZL34pd1wWHZIJlSgfb28rhlD3OJjZJPjs13HaCXkBeaslRsNcOYb3XpLU1mhR-FuAetdQ/s400/IMG_0683.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395503074214931538" border="0" /></a><br /></div>I think this picture captures Dylan's little personality. So happy, sweet, and always ready to play.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWsMjm-pHY9P0XfEuDd-Np8UFjCg-xbB0GNwc2mGsPsr2hILvqXVCeM1R_pxTGAnR1Wcx5rJD2vRCp8BzNBb9qBY7dB2p0XAOP-nSXwGn-kRGSZJOIajw1Xaq6LlcuBF4Q56XE-4pxB8/s1600-h/IMG_0704.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBWsMjm-pHY9P0XfEuDd-Np8UFjCg-xbB0GNwc2mGsPsr2hILvqXVCeM1R_pxTGAnR1Wcx5rJD2vRCp8BzNBb9qBY7dB2p0XAOP-nSXwGn-kRGSZJOIajw1Xaq6LlcuBF4Q56XE-4pxB8/s400/IMG_0704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395509670569215506" border="0" /></a><br />I think this is the biggest fish that Nels has ever caught! LOL!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ77wZIYv0u8sh2TdPcP6jV-diJzuVacsX9Pt57qt65yEBzPm44CsDZXiZtN1zrIkT4fZ8lQ25wG3KcXVRSutcxOtt5W6V1GEbil7CXK_2VQHul5ciEOohuypAkXad8iVo21WIU37nZYg/s1600-h/IMG_0703.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ77wZIYv0u8sh2TdPcP6jV-diJzuVacsX9Pt57qt65yEBzPm44CsDZXiZtN1zrIkT4fZ8lQ25wG3KcXVRSutcxOtt5W6V1GEbil7CXK_2VQHul5ciEOohuypAkXad8iVo21WIU37nZYg/s400/IMG_0703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395509663434402226" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />Annie was reeling them in!<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Fb9IISfr973skdfj_ADfBCuKHLjef111lpNnxyccHQ2vaAWUnAUQ7SMK5-BGMnGpGhyZ6WC-jX9P4T1c2MwETH0dkK2QTjFxbNpJOGH2L14clgNWKq9IWVC3rZxuAggcX6uzARtVVcs/s1600-h/IMG_0699.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Fb9IISfr973skdfj_ADfBCuKHLjef111lpNnxyccHQ2vaAWUnAUQ7SMK5-BGMnGpGhyZ6WC-jX9P4T1c2MwETH0dkK2QTjFxbNpJOGH2L14clgNWKq9IWVC3rZxuAggcX6uzARtVVcs/s400/IMG_0699.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395509659301542962" border="0" /></a><br />I love him in this hat. He is about 6 months old in this pic.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-KZmEwdnw6F5B0DMN5_tvgdpwNXMMZQLWNQW2tCRA8EPnHUYsBTRvLosYWdp9F2hapM7r9mNLbjAJl9npNp7cp17wY-04izE-qHUsFo7m9L8Ie2A6uqNgKJQdwIHhBLWlYEfygWaLnA/s1600-h/IMG_0679.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-KZmEwdnw6F5B0DMN5_tvgdpwNXMMZQLWNQW2tCRA8EPnHUYsBTRvLosYWdp9F2hapM7r9mNLbjAJl9npNp7cp17wY-04izE-qHUsFo7m9L8Ie2A6uqNgKJQdwIHhBLWlYEfygWaLnA/s400/IMG_0679.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395503066971739778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-6459229921670647842009-10-13T11:31:00.006-06:002009-10-13T12:23:08.656-06:00Garden Craziness!<div style="text-align: center;">The Garden is where I spent most of my free time this summer. We had lots of picnics and dinners out at the garden while we were working. The kids loved it at first, but when it was time to pull weeds they weren't too excited. Dad and I planted 1/2 acre full of onions, tomatoes, green beans, peas, beets, brocolli, cauliflower, cabbage, squash, pumpkins, cucumbers, peppers, canteloupe, potatoes, zucchini, and of course 14 rows of corn! We canned, we froze and we had many home grown meals which included dad's own raised beef, pork, and chicken.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7euyOKjt5Y4J3wUeQ1U5KL7nH8-EGa7Qo102UXC4xsvdc0lj41m-ulvKHu-xbddSzJZ92JRiw5g3QPOF_MohzYVGfqXsxOAPcUljgXUi2TML3fzaMukujD6-rWSk_zhn4xHiqVLBeno/s1600-h/IMG_0794.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK7euyOKjt5Y4J3wUeQ1U5KL7nH8-EGa7Qo102UXC4xsvdc0lj41m-ulvKHu-xbddSzJZ92JRiw5g3QPOF_MohzYVGfqXsxOAPcUljgXUi2TML3fzaMukujD6-rWSk_zhn4xHiqVLBeno/s400/IMG_0794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392146215519659362" border="0" /></a><br />Our slave labor. All of the kids snapping beans. We canned 130 qts of green beans.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdvA31r7-5FtihvqJwNKXKGRfBLIwkKmXvVdKEPKzZtK3NABbnrtI8RJOoDo811q0PbDSuCYGjqJO9yESSwwtOqXj0PoYAInQx8LvHndgcEOUg565ewum77vLWWjk7ABecMEucZvok4I/s1600-h/IMG_0934.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdvA31r7-5FtihvqJwNKXKGRfBLIwkKmXvVdKEPKzZtK3NABbnrtI8RJOoDo811q0PbDSuCYGjqJO9yESSwwtOqXj0PoYAInQx8LvHndgcEOUg565ewum77vLWWjk7ABecMEucZvok4I/s400/IMG_0934.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392146206638109666" border="0" /></a><br />We found several little friends in the garden including potato bugs, frogs, and snakes.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwy4uGoNwFsuAnjFpevAmwqm5HYX5uw-c_LNt7ZSUmT7_q7TMwnwe53Ctq2sbrMaeLxvm_yYmBkGuIIx2jcZvl45MiSF_jk5-p15WcaS-uFwNqt4MB8JAxhSd1awye2vQdj5U_HMkOS2I/s1600-h/IMG_0930.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwy4uGoNwFsuAnjFpevAmwqm5HYX5uw-c_LNt7ZSUmT7_q7TMwnwe53Ctq2sbrMaeLxvm_yYmBkGuIIx2jcZvl45MiSF_jk5-p15WcaS-uFwNqt4MB8JAxhSd1awye2vQdj5U_HMkOS2I/s400/IMG_0930.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392146196248887618" border="0" /></a><br />Carter and Griffy helping dad plant potatoes.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnVFYlpMT9Kx6Eo02V6Zj46VaqisSUqcFYiYBrupvsDnQGnuOoSrb7HlRLtQs8-3lscyaqjIykhdanUCjbF-QPc_9AgLqRE6kupZbPjY3VyUSGgLV58IuJ852J7Cn5R8p3zzcbZ1kyxg/s1600-h/IMG_0124.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnVFYlpMT9Kx6Eo02V6Zj46VaqisSUqcFYiYBrupvsDnQGnuOoSrb7HlRLtQs8-3lscyaqjIykhdanUCjbF-QPc_9AgLqRE6kupZbPjY3VyUSGgLV58IuJ852J7Cn5R8p3zzcbZ1kyxg/s400/IMG_0124.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392146185867263218" border="0" /></a><br />Nels hard at work hoeing with Dylan<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gGigcmL2YFs19jUt6qdhCkOxYTHJG5VrQcEbH_Kuoj_10mccM6w_sX23ZNmSA8xPRz5z0RZuYfw4OuFWgTIrOhT0wfehuhfUqSHpVK9-ws9MsQfHRDnXkeOggJ9R1fAx8MWCZOze0Fs/s1600-h/IMG_0167.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gGigcmL2YFs19jUt6qdhCkOxYTHJG5VrQcEbH_Kuoj_10mccM6w_sX23ZNmSA8xPRz5z0RZuYfw4OuFWgTIrOhT0wfehuhfUqSHpVK9-ws9MsQfHRDnXkeOggJ9R1fAx8MWCZOze0Fs/s400/IMG_0167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392142753732565282" border="0" /></a><br />Macee, Grandpa, Carter, and Annie on the tractor<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZLK3W8sp0z_UCAHLd6DQU388uFt_DRjheuMIK5MSi8-vCDbRyzcjLSAOXvIR-BUeoVl4P5iojWZViYnaLe5MTIVRgsa2gGh2448SDgx3o4omaCfKrijqAeSYDz_a4VqBLmU6A0tw6f8/s1600-h/IMG_0166.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXZLK3W8sp0z_UCAHLd6DQU388uFt_DRjheuMIK5MSi8-vCDbRyzcjLSAOXvIR-BUeoVl4P5iojWZViYnaLe5MTIVRgsa2gGh2448SDgx3o4omaCfKrijqAeSYDz_a4VqBLmU6A0tw6f8/s400/IMG_0166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392142747480594610" border="0" /></a><br />Everything is home grown!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU122X6Oib-JB-1hhH42IncV7-EVFjcjwyqtoMvhS6EJ_rMLiV7puJHjCDVvsYJZhgCYOZpPZmRXa9-2Ph12d1Ic6KJeIxRulfYkAgYQhDD-Xe0tzWJEllQScgLGBL5dPGSAaBksquUcs/s1600-h/IMG_0841.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU122X6Oib-JB-1hhH42IncV7-EVFjcjwyqtoMvhS6EJ_rMLiV7puJHjCDVvsYJZhgCYOZpPZmRXa9-2Ph12d1Ic6KJeIxRulfYkAgYQhDD-Xe0tzWJEllQScgLGBL5dPGSAaBksquUcs/s400/IMG_0841.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392149836623356610" border="0" /></a><br />Carter in with the pigs<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEish4jtfzEjyUN6OHkm7bCxTH0oIUCicIenknecTLnIZwWQDwj8hPwWuGDiA9iBg35UY_VpoOUOsxoNzHfaG_hZsy6h01Yc_Hmw1SWcjdMRfjTZAlSNX8QrvChvw0h13l2V1piQoEZy4UM/s1600-h/IMG_0165.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEish4jtfzEjyUN6OHkm7bCxTH0oIUCicIenknecTLnIZwWQDwj8hPwWuGDiA9iBg35UY_VpoOUOsxoNzHfaG_hZsy6h01Yc_Hmw1SWcjdMRfjTZAlSNX8QrvChvw0h13l2V1piQoEZy4UM/s400/IMG_0165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392142739659518178" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-80290809811549679632009-09-24T11:29:00.009-06:002009-10-13T11:19:06.582-06:00Big time catch up!<div style="text-align: center;">Where did the summer go?! Seriously with how busy we were it was like one long day dream. I don't even know where to start to catch up my blog. I guess we will go back to June and start there. We were so busy I know I will forget about half of the things we did, but hopefully my pictures will help me remember which I am just barely downloading on the computer today! So here we go starting with the last day of school. The kids had a field day the last part of the day so the boys and I walked down and snapped some pics.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxRca0r65tglcBhIWIblku3byPKjDx3PNpgDq3AJ7OxhsxS2h73QXU-GTAjYf0jBXtieiV3GjgJxrWZfk2sTGbl1NbmPsL2yeJBay70fS-OqtgxrqqZMg0hWkRaATrtobAbrpP-2V6-E/s1600-h/IMG_0266.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqxRca0r65tglcBhIWIblku3byPKjDx3PNpgDq3AJ7OxhsxS2h73QXU-GTAjYf0jBXtieiV3GjgJxrWZfk2sTGbl1NbmPsL2yeJBay70fS-OqtgxrqqZMg0hWkRaATrtobAbrpP-2V6-E/s400/IMG_0266.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392129993426869234" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-u2Pdmf7B04xmfQFF75jN7SU5nKpkGOVRIEhV1ZSzrcF1HOUT3VtUMbEmujQiS7kZJbw9QoZiebA0tSTn1h5aS5Z-yUzUCBNccbOMi9uF_RH76kWYgPDN1EUlnUZDQRpA2gMGo0WkHk/s1600-h/IMG_0270.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-u2Pdmf7B04xmfQFF75jN7SU5nKpkGOVRIEhV1ZSzrcF1HOUT3VtUMbEmujQiS7kZJbw9QoZiebA0tSTn1h5aS5Z-yUzUCBNccbOMi9uF_RH76kWYgPDN1EUlnUZDQRpA2gMGo0WkHk/s400/IMG_0270.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392129986570437426" border="0" /></a><br />Macee and her friend Katie pulling hard!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-X1L4W1jE3PPEPRWVDJH5GiYm_ZeD9QtNpUVcC_14FksuvhExVsxvI-2RMLOQJjXynF4FyPB20cMa4aOgRna7JapaiGFSDpBtikJgB_7xzaEsJ9Z_9M4fugIv9QFpfaUhVc5JCxe1Zs/s1600-h/IMG_0274.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-X1L4W1jE3PPEPRWVDJH5GiYm_ZeD9QtNpUVcC_14FksuvhExVsxvI-2RMLOQJjXynF4FyPB20cMa4aOgRna7JapaiGFSDpBtikJgB_7xzaEsJ9Z_9M4fugIv9QFpfaUhVc5JCxe1Zs/s400/IMG_0274.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392129974180190322" border="0" /></a><br />Annie and Zach (we are going to Disneyland with him and his family in November! We can't wait!)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEith9bFzzPdFyRtzpC-Np48SPAYVkOt3DzUsddjvoP9QnZY48b0VPE2E8864NtTTi64cBl55cT3JFmTTTi-V-nIpUlSQI1QIXIAXrGlUQeZ5bwreIyVPfF-QWNfaHlZbZuCd1cIvyTcAyc/s1600-h/IMG_0262.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEith9bFzzPdFyRtzpC-Np48SPAYVkOt3DzUsddjvoP9QnZY48b0VPE2E8864NtTTi64cBl55cT3JFmTTTi-V-nIpUlSQI1QIXIAXrGlUQeZ5bwreIyVPfF-QWNfaHlZbZuCd1cIvyTcAyc/s400/IMG_0262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392129966827823986" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Grandpa Griffin got chickens last spring. The kids sure thought they are cute. Now they are big and ugly but starting to lay eggs.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJOwND90Lc4RaS1NUqRgCHgRpfd-va1a1cQEQ2_iz5QH7FuIa3niZkuLPRGwDv67A9j-mNGq_aEcHlzKxc8fqXELhBELBdZL_LJ7dRtbXdhheEqOk-d1sWvC1nWtsraz-geXg2-DDcpg/s1600-h/IMG_0293.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVJOwND90Lc4RaS1NUqRgCHgRpfd-va1a1cQEQ2_iz5QH7FuIa3niZkuLPRGwDv67A9j-mNGq_aEcHlzKxc8fqXELhBELBdZL_LJ7dRtbXdhheEqOk-d1sWvC1nWtsraz-geXg2-DDcpg/s400/IMG_0293.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392133686552339618" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iTqGieWIcpZDOgO-4oYB6pUH96P3ZiRTSdwJ8Z7UdkB7Q7I4u4JyxRN2EiVC_Ox2KEKP0GLu2wiGv4k7LX-rEgSikaTp2U9EKDgSBjL1IuT86rWekb9m5KTm2QFPDKxKWXjdABpspmU/s1600-h/IMG_0292.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0iTqGieWIcpZDOgO-4oYB6pUH96P3ZiRTSdwJ8Z7UdkB7Q7I4u4JyxRN2EiVC_Ox2KEKP0GLu2wiGv4k7LX-rEgSikaTp2U9EKDgSBjL1IuT86rWekb9m5KTm2QFPDKxKWXjdABpspmU/s400/IMG_0292.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392133670330388962" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpzZu3BHximMbnDz7LK-hVeR8N7wlQjtfH_GJZFoX2ELJ59HBhIk407C4isQorYdx6EVX64mKWYShW8lnQMXtP1Yf25xjh5l9Iyc3Fu4sd40syM17bFr3Lg0-nrqK1F_KgvqYQ4EdpY0/s1600-h/IMG_0291.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizpzZu3BHximMbnDz7LK-hVeR8N7wlQjtfH_GJZFoX2ELJ59HBhIk407C4isQorYdx6EVX64mKWYShW8lnQMXtP1Yf25xjh5l9Iyc3Fu4sd40syM17bFr3Lg0-nrqK1F_KgvqYQ4EdpY0/s400/IMG_0291.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392133662112668242" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-45914049872738382842009-06-05T13:24:00.002-06:002009-06-05T13:33:51.221-06:00Hey mom...Carter: Hey mom, can I have another fruit snack?<br />Me: No, you just had one.<br />Carter: I will give you $100 bucks.<br />Me: Really, ok I will take $100 bucks.<br />Carter: Ok, one second...<br /><br />He proceeds to go raid his sisters piggy bank and brings me a dollar. Needless to say I caved and gave him one because he is so darn cute!<br /><br />Another Carter potty training story. We keep telling him that if he poops on the toilet we will go buy a toy (yes, sometimes we bribe, judge how you may:)). So the other day he asks for his diaper so he can go poop. So instead of cleaning it out of his underwear once again I put a diaper on him. <br /><br />I sit down to feed Dylan and Carter goes and does his thing. He comes back and says can we go get a toy now. I say, "no, you have to go on the potty." So he goes back downstairs, takes off his diaper and dumps it in the toilet. Hmmm....sneaky right, well mom didn't fall for that one. Silly kid!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-14289183538192458072009-06-03T16:48:00.005-06:002009-06-03T17:20:09.921-06:00Camping<div style="text-align: center;">Nels and Carter went on their first father/son camping trip May 15-16. They went up by Red Lodge with the stake. Carter had a blast and felt pretty special that he was the only one that got to go. He keeps telling me now that girls can't go camping (I told him that girls can do whatever they want to :)). Here at home I had 2 upset girls because they didn't get to go. So we had a girls night out along with a cousin sleepover. I think that a Father/Daughter Camp out is needed here real soon.<br /><br />Nels and Carter at the Waterfall<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5iC8xitdcqwXdaHu0DEeETpyBK6VgchTLTvZXZUpp1CwWhJiHV2lF5-zzLuskd6zRFPXuhmXzWylXbmkitBkDyRu0MABt3TvaWqbPnuSQ1v5xoXkS1ct2RKwtRE2ffLez1xNhuBqUAU/s1600-h/P5150606.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5iC8xitdcqwXdaHu0DEeETpyBK6VgchTLTvZXZUpp1CwWhJiHV2lF5-zzLuskd6zRFPXuhmXzWylXbmkitBkDyRu0MABt3TvaWqbPnuSQ1v5xoXkS1ct2RKwtRE2ffLez1xNhuBqUAU/s400/P5150606.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343241989854473618" border="0" /></a><br />Carter on the hike (Nels said he did great) he even picked me a flower and brought it all the way home to me.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBsH05iw2uTWWFdSXbTsXAIAOxzBWk9nz_0aWETjriOUSRWVRFr5ZlS_MHON3jO_n076kMcRoFTo32Wc7aCz7OemQhc2cFmA6ebyc-3ohI8hwbovf3bGvVZ4oOiin7XZcMcKByC6dJXo/s1600-h/P5150601.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBsH05iw2uTWWFdSXbTsXAIAOxzBWk9nz_0aWETjriOUSRWVRFr5ZlS_MHON3jO_n076kMcRoFTo32Wc7aCz7OemQhc2cFmA6ebyc-3ohI8hwbovf3bGvVZ4oOiin7XZcMcKByC6dJXo/s400/P5150601.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343241984163305650" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4j5ZbLdPQAxsyTy09MuqWf24PFmYNeU_3IKSh3g00jrp0VygLDlMk6gYl2lTjEfSh8t6vU7ZCFyefNFtWYJxH3hxQbUKB9v-2q3_4lH_DqIzqb12_oPeWeSUaH19FKdwZoCdTn1yvgQ/s1600-h/P5150607.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4j5ZbLdPQAxsyTy09MuqWf24PFmYNeU_3IKSh3g00jrp0VygLDlMk6gYl2lTjEfSh8t6vU7ZCFyefNFtWYJxH3hxQbUKB9v-2q3_4lH_DqIzqb12_oPeWeSUaH19FKdwZoCdTn1yvgQ/s400/P5150607.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343241981866639410" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJuLa-u6WcKRmjPBXJhHuVUV6-3ClCRkaYZlbKOGMj8W-zZlffVo7NZqq5gFqYGurQVmiTIAjxeop7aIOU-E5m5i1q0T31d1iBl8lAeZ9v8m2CRluUrQo1v9p0djRUv-I70EONFX7QhE/s1600-h/P5150610.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJuLa-u6WcKRmjPBXJhHuVUV6-3ClCRkaYZlbKOGMj8W-zZlffVo7NZqq5gFqYGurQVmiTIAjxeop7aIOU-E5m5i1q0T31d1iBl8lAeZ9v8m2CRluUrQo1v9p0djRUv-I70EONFX7QhE/s400/P5150610.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343241978106741522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The next weekend we were out camping again. We met Charles, Janis, Tate, and McKay up at Indian Hill (half way between here and Great Falls). We had a great time and Uncle Tate and McKay were great at giving lots of 4-wheeler rides and entertaining the kids.<br /><br /><br />Tate teaching how to skip rocks<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQP16iFgcc8SHWwOj0CKqUXTW_VpLy9dplk4wrY2ZfMyY-iDIYCktvp3-EH4ex7bOORjwWJBLRIidfdWx7RdwpyzElMjWP6bacL7KDYQ3WyTaVMZ5N8OUfyK9zAbDs6Lrwc6YoLfqLm6c/s1600-h/P5220621.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQP16iFgcc8SHWwOj0CKqUXTW_VpLy9dplk4wrY2ZfMyY-iDIYCktvp3-EH4ex7bOORjwWJBLRIidfdWx7RdwpyzElMjWP6bacL7KDYQ3WyTaVMZ5N8OUfyK9zAbDs6Lrwc6YoLfqLm6c/s400/P5220621.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343240603523854034" border="0" /></a><br />Dylan's first camping trip. 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It's kind of funny because the three older kids's birthdays are all about one month apart and all were on Mondays. We decided we needed to do something fun today so we went to the zoo with my sister and Carter's best buddy and cousin Griffy. We fed the horses, goats, and ducks. Then we finished off with a picnic and playing on the playground. Tonight we will have an ice cream Spider Man Cake and open presents.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5o5FF_N146f9ZGzdg-HMZlxJs3aeBb8c6fqKX_I6Ne6Zf4WxSWhxQSpAip0oiIbRhWk0sZ-hdrZ9F75f25lBQEv4iamtRkotTeL31-vGo2uSrrhhHvqFkW-DKx7cvTS7HFTr68JhY8_M/s1600-h/IMG_0175.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5o5FF_N146f9ZGzdg-HMZlxJs3aeBb8c6fqKX_I6Ne6Zf4WxSWhxQSpAip0oiIbRhWk0sZ-hdrZ9F75f25lBQEv4iamtRkotTeL31-vGo2uSrrhhHvqFkW-DKx7cvTS7HFTr68JhY8_M/s400/IMG_0175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334690776519790834" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiUPdMSrM_Q18nvCU-pj9hLiv7PMuiwtg5gTlaXhfGhl_X3e594165wmo7iSpVY5WvziqhfG9NZCTfW-9uy9kDSLrO1fHoAki6eqDn-xWZcdXWVe7OWywlHoo_kTKyPmg4IOWwJAHhFo/s1600-h/IMG_0181.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyiUPdMSrM_Q18nvCU-pj9hLiv7PMuiwtg5gTlaXhfGhl_X3e594165wmo7iSpVY5WvziqhfG9NZCTfW-9uy9kDSLrO1fHoAki6eqDn-xWZcdXWVe7OWywlHoo_kTKyPmg4IOWwJAHhFo/s400/IMG_0181.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334690780704445938" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Carter is such a sweet little guy, but can be mischeivious at the same time. Here are some of the top reason why I love my little guy:<br /><br />1. He is my first baby boy. We were so excited to be getting a boy after 2 girls. We almost didn't believe the doctor when he told us he was a boy.<br />2. When I tell him I love him he always says, "Thanks Mom."<br />3. He always asks me to come play toys with him. I need to do it more often because my opportunities are slipping away.<br />4. He is fearless. My girls are scared of anything that moves, but not Carter. He is always in the middle of things. My dad has pigs and while the girls won't go near them, Carter will go stand in the pen and just watch them.<br />5. He is a wonderful little helper. He loves to help with dinner and stir things for me. When it is time to clean up, he is notorious for disappearing.<br />6. He has a little serious side to him. It is hard to get him to crack a smile when he doesn't want to, he will just ignore you. We were planting potatoes with my dad a few weeks ago and he was all business.<br />7. He is a sweet big brother to Dylan (most of the time). Dylan has gotten a few toys to the head lately.<br />8. When we go to the auction to visit Nels he raids everyone's desk for candy (especially Grandma's).<br />9. Every night when Nels comes home from work, he hears the garage door open up and runs to hide in the pantry or under the desk. When Nels comes in, he jumps out, hits him on the leg and then takes off.<br />10. He always has to give the girls a hug and kiss on the cheek before they go to school. If he doesn't get a chance to, he throws a big fit.<br /><br />I love my little guy and am so grateful for his fun personality in our home. He is my little buddy and helper, until dad comes home.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NuBEIOOyB_EJVLHq9QcD2aSF_TWgQE4vR-pHgkWh18QYwXGCgsMZP1tXto_92-gf8zpIbq95qKgiztTyVNNVBt7m1B4BIZIIt5gyczBK0Kr06B0BcrXwth45fMJG8IeV5KVoqV9bJmM/s1600-h/IMG_0188.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NuBEIOOyB_EJVLHq9QcD2aSF_TWgQE4vR-pHgkWh18QYwXGCgsMZP1tXto_92-gf8zpIbq95qKgiztTyVNNVBt7m1B4BIZIIt5gyczBK0Kr06B0BcrXwth45fMJG8IeV5KVoqV9bJmM/s400/IMG_0188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334793901693585698" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-8839058412405347222009-05-05T17:20:00.004-06:002009-05-05T17:43:20.774-06:00Flyin Kites<div style="text-align: center;">We were bored over Easter Vacation so we went and got some kites. The wind was perfect and the kids kept their kites up really good, even Carter kept his up all by his self.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixr2SPg-xp60iyPpDsOBddavmmS5TvE8nJJ6XCi1DilS_-Q_kp8RZe9JinO0qr2XCOmo_9wEFJHIgD3m8apagameNBjgZM3CUdHMNDLZ2Q8uD97jLCmahDjMU9EhdxW1oeEdA0b4bj_x0/s1600-h/IMG_0106.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixr2SPg-xp60iyPpDsOBddavmmS5TvE8nJJ6XCi1DilS_-Q_kp8RZe9JinO0qr2XCOmo_9wEFJHIgD3m8apagameNBjgZM3CUdHMNDLZ2Q8uD97jLCmahDjMU9EhdxW1oeEdA0b4bj_x0/s400/IMG_0106.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332486977007424082" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjiSBeg7ZTx3hU0dLIiT-tzGIg-xGw_xg_tl3uV6fj9BCOE6y6lPDyhVJEqjEjxswguxe-qinQxAkO7DRMS0ByYGZsOobA0nYFaFEV2RYed560jG04nDt5RXYUeQsOBssr54FTIhIbl8/s1600-h/IMG_0111.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvjiSBeg7ZTx3hU0dLIiT-tzGIg-xGw_xg_tl3uV6fj9BCOE6y6lPDyhVJEqjEjxswguxe-qinQxAkO7DRMS0ByYGZsOobA0nYFaFEV2RYed560jG04nDt5RXYUeQsOBssr54FTIhIbl8/s400/IMG_0111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332486205019161154" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndQVGeincSI7kUHqvQMST4VO90mCOiQYNkgCdR6vqG9WEqgf71UxwMSomFgMvlBoV16uE1FKhPaIEz5QrSXNIi-bob8hYZDb5Pz9zRTkUncZfsaR1qyzl-zwt_Lp3hB1JZhwolVlIRA8/s1600-h/IMG_0110.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndQVGeincSI7kUHqvQMST4VO90mCOiQYNkgCdR6vqG9WEqgf71UxwMSomFgMvlBoV16uE1FKhPaIEz5QrSXNIi-bob8hYZDb5Pz9zRTkUncZfsaR1qyzl-zwt_Lp3hB1JZhwolVlIRA8/s400/IMG_0110.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332486200392754130" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhab155UmQYQPT5XjvvsRStU-MdMOz-8vi2T25-OaqQORo8juZumnyGkRJj_nj426tjL3bF9iU_-uMz1JvhksD7PU-0CsMaIVPED-Wes-nvyyUiiFemK62gjdIV8XgF1hjKMMJhKfwC4/s1600-h/IMG_0109.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhab155UmQYQPT5XjvvsRStU-MdMOz-8vi2T25-OaqQORo8juZumnyGkRJj_nj426tjL3bF9iU_-uMz1JvhksD7PU-0CsMaIVPED-Wes-nvyyUiiFemK62gjdIV8XgF1hjKMMJhKfwC4/s400/IMG_0109.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332486193528194290" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcTuPPw45uD3jRUIeBNqGGelveYXZOHvifskN6M-7VlGrMhmFoMz_HDKUE-WjpjATVwDQ1BAupTakK2ltt0FnDft5qLiU2LNiBRqFamJh5dgMmrnWKvEiHa9UlUJQPWkloOXJwOblMW8/s1600-h/IMG_0107.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBcTuPPw45uD3jRUIeBNqGGelveYXZOHvifskN6M-7VlGrMhmFoMz_HDKUE-WjpjATVwDQ1BAupTakK2ltt0FnDft5qLiU2LNiBRqFamJh5dgMmrnWKvEiHa9UlUJQPWkloOXJwOblMW8/s400/IMG_0107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332486189660030530" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-81437070128662877502009-04-25T21:22:00.005-06:002009-04-25T21:53:19.422-06:00"Ballin' Mothas"<div style="text-align: center;">Today I had the chance to play in a 3 on 3 basketball tourney up at MSU-Billings. Cressida Carrol (an old friend that I played with for a couple years in high school who is also a member of the church, she is just a few years older than me), and Libbie Oram (a girl from my ward who also played college ball in Colorado and in Great Falls) got together and decided to play in this tourney. We called ourselves the ballin' mothas because we have 8 kids between the 3 of us, me having half of them. I must say I was pretty nervous becuase it has been FOREVER since I have played in a tourney. We ended up taking second place to 4 former college players (2 who played for the Griz, one played for MSU-B and overseas, and the other played for Rocky). And they only beat us by 6 points. I must say I was pretty impressed with how we did. Nels was a good sport to bring all the kids to watch and cheer us on. It was super fun and we hope to do it again next year.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwByAWwPds3rYvqft3VmCOroW6_xE-hLD3R_xUVXktDBlRFOiaEzwNfhV0YYnFmak2fxU909NDnd36j_aQE9O1i2DW2OlWDCjbb7mZriwi4z2IsIS_RJ90-C7795k-c1toUsQF6UxF70/s1600-h/IMG_0140.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglwByAWwPds3rYvqft3VmCOroW6_xE-hLD3R_xUVXktDBlRFOiaEzwNfhV0YYnFmak2fxU909NDnd36j_aQE9O1i2DW2OlWDCjbb7mZriwi4z2IsIS_RJ90-C7795k-c1toUsQF6UxF70/s400/IMG_0140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328841985613773842" border="0" /></a><br />Us waiting for the next game (me, Libbie's husband and daughter, Libbie, and Cressida).<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfF5xm-jsEfzmRuYcCkoP5A3iicFzZX7d5zch6-8LrqtJVOr7ixpyut9A325Pw9yu1WhtBm3WcduA4HnbvkoOos9VaqfNR38edjlxdP7I7VrKTJ4rKTX6ITQKBbwprMOQSVur8hK7LsE/s1600-h/IMG_0158.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKfF5xm-jsEfzmRuYcCkoP5A3iicFzZX7d5zch6-8LrqtJVOr7ixpyut9A325Pw9yu1WhtBm3WcduA4HnbvkoOos9VaqfNR38edjlxdP7I7VrKTJ4rKTX6ITQKBbwprMOQSVur8hK7LsE/s400/IMG_0158.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328838845553667826" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Chatting with the other team, yea we beat them! lol</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqHJQQLgkXZ9MLK4s7BhtNt9tvjPbN7CpDAdMo6se4Wc2-q8WgGPtfBN1ewsGdqDDc7g_gwQbbQVNNvBcUB7ai3GrvW-FKDu-l8tHi1J_GuR9pkQfxnNSI2p3DtT7msdfLUdNBUugMvg/s1600-h/IMG_0145.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXqHJQQLgkXZ9MLK4s7BhtNt9tvjPbN7CpDAdMo6se4Wc2-q8WgGPtfBN1ewsGdqDDc7g_gwQbbQVNNvBcUB7ai3GrvW-FKDu-l8tHi1J_GuR9pkQfxnNSI2p3DtT7msdfLUdNBUugMvg/s400/IMG_0145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328838838186062850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepGRw1uQ4SLJcyBd1FDhv48aOCQ0skzCm9FdqIxE_rhqnfvWYhb8UYg4vWNeCqr9c5a5waw-jTdm_WzxjmctEvdE0QEzYFMYvPGvcpMClW9AK0oyUn-Q1XDvHyVx5jYrD2zexXHKvtEw/s1600-h/IMG_0142.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiepGRw1uQ4SLJcyBd1FDhv48aOCQ0skzCm9FdqIxE_rhqnfvWYhb8UYg4vWNeCqr9c5a5waw-jTdm_WzxjmctEvdE0QEzYFMYvPGvcpMClW9AK0oyUn-Q1XDvHyVx5jYrD2zexXHKvtEw/s400/IMG_0142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328841367584847698" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-51219816680848964092009-04-20T21:29:00.006-06:002009-04-20T21:53:39.195-06:00Amazing!<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="file:///C:/Users/Andrea/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-7.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Andrea/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-8.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Andrea/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-9.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Andrea/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-10.jpg" alt="" />What an amazing experience we had on Sunday. Elder Oaks (one of the twelve apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) and Elder Renland came for our Stake Conference and stayed with my parents. We got to listen to him of Saturday night for the adult session and then again on Sunday. Sunday we had the opportunity to have a family dinner with him for about an hour and a half before he had to leave. It was such a privilege to meet an apostle of the Lord. Such amazing men that lead our church. We prepped the kids before we went over to be on their best behavior and they did great. Annie asked "Can we give him a hug?" and we told her she could, I'm not sure if she snuck it in but Macee told me she did give Elder Renland a high five. Today we asked the girls how they felt when they met Elder Oaks and Rendland and they replied,"Happy". We are truely blest to have the gospel in our lives and the ability to know the truth for ourselves.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">All the grandkids with Elder Renland and Oaks.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJEP3wVUPUa1mR4x329M2NwuLYVgvFU5nrvSekBh-VFi10uXghoPgi2P_-ifdchmnxfrJQLPel-1aCRmP-Z7-f31PUeujhy30Gd4XBRJcIF-s6f1eGI0Q8mZum4Ho4ajyN3xzWp71D8LB/s1600-h/Snow-Fishn-GriffBday+100.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326907857882076306" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 318px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJEP3wVUPUa1mR4x329M2NwuLYVgvFU5nrvSekBh-VFi10uXghoPgi2P_-ifdchmnxfrJQLPel-1aCRmP-Z7-f31PUeujhy30Gd4XBRJcIF-s6f1eGI0Q8mZum4Ho4ajyN3xzWp71D8LB/s320/Snow-Fishn-GriffBday+100.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696984154399128778.post-90163856653278577132009-04-16T21:58:00.002-06:002009-04-16T22:13:16.112-06:00While I Was Feeding Dylan...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOe1OCmcAxCQUSLbR_NCbEBQQjVsVyFbBGTLGSKuBDj4fqOR4Rk_jQ7apOF7xIUM_hy1hgJfkgOL15EYSz4_bC93TUntYMP8xXBSDtlZUnh1ki3QYLtNXO_gZVcS-izf8Md1-TkPj0gc/s1600-h/Spring+%2709+020.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOe1OCmcAxCQUSLbR_NCbEBQQjVsVyFbBGTLGSKuBDj4fqOR4Rk_jQ7apOF7xIUM_hy1hgJfkgOL15EYSz4_bC93TUntYMP8xXBSDtlZUnh1ki3QYLtNXO_gZVcS-izf8Md1-TkPj0gc/s400/Spring+%2709+020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325507265173546754" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixD8kjXVV98wuH3EdUV5oO5ENIIRNKItDZRFYNi1_0B7nZ7GlFWDkMFlOT6rHCSnDNcAUCrSpoCPwweKyR-kf509djchITT9YX1sBC_Cx5Xis7w6_XmUfJHA9Junxwe9dvi-yEr2xYqlI/s1600-h/Spring+%2709+022.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixD8kjXVV98wuH3EdUV5oO5ENIIRNKItDZRFYNi1_0B7nZ7GlFWDkMFlOT6rHCSnDNcAUCrSpoCPwweKyR-kf509djchITT9YX1sBC_Cx5Xis7w6_XmUfJHA9Junxwe9dvi-yEr2xYqlI/s400/Spring+%2709+022.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325507264347691026" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUs3NtXMtFFvW3C_dwgOGTZbGWY6nrVUyhwhkyIFNZ6oYvC7EFu9VtwvN756o-6z9YsBMJOTfDE7iQ_Krfrbwd6Jft4akvv4CwEJsPT67C0WVhv0xdd4jM8WqDgocIoBMlW3TnjcHKsJ8/s1600-h/Spring+%2709+023.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUs3NtXMtFFvW3C_dwgOGTZbGWY6nrVUyhwhkyIFNZ6oYvC7EFu9VtwvN756o-6z9YsBMJOTfDE7iQ_Krfrbwd6Jft4akvv4CwEJsPT67C0WVhv0xdd4jM8WqDgocIoBMlW3TnjcHKsJ8/s400/Spring+%2709+023.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325507270084127522" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Culprit...sooo innocent<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPsyQMFMVmh18jdaxJVCuIOnpoYrCXhKnBfCf8EkdABB4WJk03CV_Jh0CsFLQMF7tEUxjI7xkCvmpX6PyzAOWVVBIBwoAop5UECegJAMtpPLe0lLxKuzTQAGwEm0sJDnegcZ3OYk2Jjg/s1600-h/Spring+%2709+024.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPsyQMFMVmh18jdaxJVCuIOnpoYrCXhKnBfCf8EkdABB4WJk03CV_Jh0CsFLQMF7tEUxjI7xkCvmpX6PyzAOWVVBIBwoAop5UECegJAMtpPLe0lLxKuzTQAGwEm0sJDnegcZ3OYk2Jjg/s400/Spring+%2709+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325507274479826866" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10