tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400947109214813262024-03-04T20:41:26.854-08:00My Blue Eyed BabesI've started a new blog in an effort to keep the wonderful people in my daughters' lives updated more often with pictures and stories as they grow everyday.
Thank you for sharing in their lives.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-15338827417156608222010-06-06T11:31:00.000-07:002010-07-25T11:38:53.352-07:00A Visit to St. HelensWe had the opportunity to go visit Mt. St. Helens with Grammy and Papa. They were taking a long-time friend and her husband, so we decided to go meet them there. I grew up with Mary's kids, but she hadn't been out here to meet mine yet. Kara was her usual coy self.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfx1O3HEsUSHE5ACWTM44C4KL8hO8WHGZMImxVjDNew-czRUnoOV7U8_Nd-IDINF6wCPn2kyXGC68c5YK15KTzRaSSf9NtqAqGX1tbSN2LWy2TrW2ZK8YCQfV79CDqe09F2cQUwStYo8w/s1600/IMG_1934.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfx1O3HEsUSHE5ACWTM44C4KL8hO8WHGZMImxVjDNew-czRUnoOV7U8_Nd-IDINF6wCPn2kyXGC68c5YK15KTzRaSSf9NtqAqGX1tbSN2LWy2TrW2ZK8YCQfV79CDqe09F2cQUwStYo8w/s320/IMG_1934.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497914734672286530" border="0" /></a><br />The girls were fascinated with the model demonstrating the different flows with lights.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hdS4xyNpRe4-zNLDyT0DeuBnwHkFy8LmX6P611kveMhRVjvUpLJ2iGsZmwKcAz3YnEW3c3DyOt_lTCpoU82izRjZW7FMmdkkoPXRxU48I67F0B7nLY94wir_Yy_k-LBBAnuygzh1M1A/s1600/IMG_1918.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hdS4xyNpRe4-zNLDyT0DeuBnwHkFy8LmX6P611kveMhRVjvUpLJ2iGsZmwKcAz3YnEW3c3DyOt_lTCpoU82izRjZW7FMmdkkoPXRxU48I67F0B7nLY94wir_Yy_k-LBBAnuygzh1M1A/s320/IMG_1918.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497914717596596786" border="0" /></a><br />Then we headed outside and up the walkway for a view.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxkaZw7nxGVUjea53PdHPK-4y7SV6buvUA5GHVSp4BANIl-hls7pudQ-hHvE4NWnVkUVxfuFfhmtIpoX7SDjROZwvX_yQjRhZ0dV6ZqF8k9KFiC7NsmI6KGdgzHZH4W5_MQXwyeam-lU/s1600/IMG_1936.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOxkaZw7nxGVUjea53PdHPK-4y7SV6buvUA5GHVSp4BANIl-hls7pudQ-hHvE4NWnVkUVxfuFfhmtIpoX7SDjROZwvX_yQjRhZ0dV6ZqF8k9KFiC7NsmI6KGdgzHZH4W5_MQXwyeam-lU/s320/IMG_1936.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497914707103167922" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfx1O3HEsUSHE5ACWTM44C4KL8hO8WHGZMImxVjDNew-czRUnoOV7U8_Nd-IDINF6wCPn2kyXGC68c5YK15KTzRaSSf9NtqAqGX1tbSN2LWy2TrW2ZK8YCQfV79CDqe09F2cQUwStYo8w/s1600/IMG_1934.jpg"><br /></a><br />Lastly it was a picnic in the back of the cars, which the girls loved.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFo_y7PCIvXiIhGcGg6vAkH11f2Gs0HXl4hEle9utUsRUqE_cj8lglC4G_Id-pC-9UpxuX4iglw562DQRIQWn5o9AROEmGnkzfM3Kl8seWOAvGoQo6netVPgPF0GtS7X-mbxHVaF6V5I/s1600/IMG_1948.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFo_y7PCIvXiIhGcGg6vAkH11f2Gs0HXl4hEle9utUsRUqE_cj8lglC4G_Id-pC-9UpxuX4iglw562DQRIQWn5o9AROEmGnkzfM3Kl8seWOAvGoQo6netVPgPF0GtS7X-mbxHVaF6V5I/s320/IMG_1948.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497914320867886626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs75yKETWCuStxMvH9csTmxpU4-PRFjxl9RGG6IDRCgF0JgI3-VfZlutDYmb8FaM5hFHzRfIxRiPezASmKEFAcChZYMyIyV9vRYvN3RTUgymVH6IIKFIPYItEy5YV0TU1TIc_pfAVjVAI/s1600/IMG_1953.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs75yKETWCuStxMvH9csTmxpU4-PRFjxl9RGG6IDRCgF0JgI3-VfZlutDYmb8FaM5hFHzRfIxRiPezASmKEFAcChZYMyIyV9vRYvN3RTUgymVH6IIKFIPYItEy5YV0TU1TIc_pfAVjVAI/s320/IMG_1953.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497914314251694978" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-46166490105472926622010-05-09T10:19:00.000-07:002010-05-09T10:36:52.505-07:00Daddy's "100 Miles of No Where" plus 171.5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR11oHTv6UIBjDvOqiEnW7f49Yg0pyhQT22CByj5nr9EenjOPrvz6HzTL9d9poqnqRNLThGD0k2ezHc2miyL_A5lCk6rMC4ZNAC7rOULh4TV66ucKds9zjZV8SrG65fAlvjXk8vYmtvhY/s1600/JanaKara.jpg"><br /></a><br />Daddy did his amazing fundraiser again this year. Last year we thought he was nuts doing 178 miles, but this year he proved to be even more nuts and did 271.5 miles. This year he did it at the Riverfront Park on his bike up on the trainer. So, he literally went no where! :-)<br /><br />However, this setting allowed the girls to have more fun, since he was situated between the carousel and the playground.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR11oHTv6UIBjDvOqiEnW7f49Yg0pyhQT22CByj5nr9EenjOPrvz6HzTL9d9poqnqRNLThGD0k2ezHc2miyL_A5lCk6rMC4ZNAC7rOULh4TV66ucKds9zjZV8SrG65fAlvjXk8vYmtvhY/s1600/JanaKara.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR11oHTv6UIBjDvOqiEnW7f49Yg0pyhQT22CByj5nr9EenjOPrvz6HzTL9d9poqnqRNLThGD0k2ezHc2miyL_A5lCk6rMC4ZNAC7rOULh4TV66ucKds9zjZV8SrG65fAlvjXk8vYmtvhY/s320/JanaKara.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469324567922688466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's Daddy's set up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO0TsQ5UWySmSJ6wQl0vC6TQFIdpfv9XuZnownWjb_jzPf3calHo92ZBPgvtxlIVZ8Lv7e21jnS3410V2X-Y2ECM9e8zLeh9tBfyNoum66gKRWIKQCsIngCU2jR_PEF2izVAp9yk907s/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRO0TsQ5UWySmSJ6wQl0vC6TQFIdpfv9XuZnownWjb_jzPf3calHo92ZBPgvtxlIVZ8Lv7e21jnS3410V2X-Y2ECM9e8zLeh9tBfyNoum66gKRWIKQCsIngCU2jR_PEF2izVAp9yk907s/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469315694301321874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlDCClwVjiuvcsBwDJPV0mZEAivENWeEVCMCBdJbMDYp4R3Oj-0iP94xazK4WVTPpwv726VuO6SLNAtRUZyEIADrV6iiUnXNTXbCcMmTl-sZV8AzlstQVyPVey8lb6H-DhxoM7VbVnbU/s1600/photo+4-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqlDCClwVjiuvcsBwDJPV0mZEAivENWeEVCMCBdJbMDYp4R3Oj-0iP94xazK4WVTPpwv726VuO6SLNAtRUZyEIADrV6iiUnXNTXbCcMmTl-sZV8AzlstQVyPVey8lb6H-DhxoM7VbVnbU/s320/photo+4-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314678857298802" border="0" /></a><br />He was starting to have a little less fun as he hit 100 miles. He even had his own cheering section.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dDWCeqSz3ua_WNCDSCy1Ptxm0duE1oKbuW7iovhdzqZhIFijaQPQHaMKNokFmrDd1jerfsKeceZfI0H0BexH8Z8-N9U3EBsOFLmFWKO5Ki_Qb-BY6S7Z5OVZPpBTQgEiZkzAOyYvnhc/s1600/photo+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1dDWCeqSz3ua_WNCDSCy1Ptxm0duE1oKbuW7iovhdzqZhIFijaQPQHaMKNokFmrDd1jerfsKeceZfI0H0BexH8Z8-N9U3EBsOFLmFWKO5Ki_Qb-BY6S7Z5OVZPpBTQgEiZkzAOyYvnhc/s320/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314363913934866" border="0" /></a><br />We did take a break and play. First we headed to the playground and then to the carousel. Jana wasn't so sure at first, but then warmed up to the horse quickly.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpblmyy6t60GEmKi1ak4XVJMGGn0i9uG5dN8b7OdazrECWpSDC7ke8aU7I1_EPtwJcxs7hpsh7qUQ4ahNalP7v78_KirItPTGUjAw_C29ilhqHGRod-tRR-hKLPnwoVdlCnyBRYt5ymA/s1600/photo+3-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqpblmyy6t60GEmKi1ak4XVJMGGn0i9uG5dN8b7OdazrECWpSDC7ke8aU7I1_EPtwJcxs7hpsh7qUQ4ahNalP7v78_KirItPTGUjAw_C29ilhqHGRod-tRR-hKLPnwoVdlCnyBRYt5ymA/s320/photo+3-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314381007449746" border="0" /></a><br />Kara started out okay at first...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvwsAIWfnkeEkrnnUS53tmGBUOsXnbu1axhjVgE3tXPMUFRVGfJXwKujVTrmY3DQtuwAKsHuqPt-VaqmDf4CKu1loAViK477ZwzQdLptacMaG_CxKCLl0pfsEGmmPmU2QEU9sKZ5WhM4/s1600/photo+5-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBvwsAIWfnkeEkrnnUS53tmGBUOsXnbu1axhjVgE3tXPMUFRVGfJXwKujVTrmY3DQtuwAKsHuqPt-VaqmDf4CKu1loAViK477ZwzQdLptacMaG_CxKCLl0pfsEGmmPmU2QEU9sKZ5WhM4/s320/photo+5-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314694952070210" border="0" /></a><br />And then was so not okay! She insisted on getting off the horse.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwYW3ppcHmJTbI9gi-9b_s3eEokV4uou3A7k8tz_Y6Cu1l-M4oZn9fMV99e07nKlt3BNH_1_Os_hVdo7ZmVDxmCLxAytt-IXhLGrUI1TU8k4na2v3s2WIqgLyw2lbqLnMscVHHd5mofU/s1600/photo+2-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwYW3ppcHmJTbI9gi-9b_s3eEokV4uou3A7k8tz_Y6Cu1l-M4oZn9fMV99e07nKlt3BNH_1_Os_hVdo7ZmVDxmCLxAytt-IXhLGrUI1TU8k4na2v3s2WIqgLyw2lbqLnMscVHHd5mofU/s320/photo+2-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314354051195570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMmpd5g2lRCrW1ZjO-tewy7VrMNrnvL2Jt96g0kOYaN2nN_3uonUxSGXfEEbW-bqPlipA_7t5X0BwjvktmKfj8BSDbhU5o1j0eorR7IeeJ4pp6R2b8ySC_b3Js6E1MmLEoiLvk7m6rQE/s1600/photo-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMmpd5g2lRCrW1ZjO-tewy7VrMNrnvL2Jt96g0kOYaN2nN_3uonUxSGXfEEbW-bqPlipA_7t5X0BwjvktmKfj8BSDbhU5o1j0eorR7IeeJ4pp6R2b8ySC_b3Js6E1MmLEoiLvk7m6rQE/s320/photo-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469315692312340770" border="0" /></a>Jana had a great time and now loves the carousel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwfhqykvoFPucslLfEr18jz5V5_2_pRYF88GmgwM34nfwjOBLHVOUgMg2jje5kA_xnT9-u31HJ1wVohY01qq08KJD289LheKNP3UfM-U7UHzlwJZv1LxLKHbAGvEiIaBDBDo7ikF3vHA/s1600/photo+4-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwfhqykvoFPucslLfEr18jz5V5_2_pRYF88GmgwM34nfwjOBLHVOUgMg2jje5kA_xnT9-u31HJ1wVohY01qq08KJD289LheKNP3UfM-U7UHzlwJZv1LxLKHbAGvEiIaBDBDo7ikF3vHA/s320/photo+4-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314676062770114" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpv3wAgcgRYGxrCsyk3JGemv2BLueC-RwV5QJ2zoG5G2MrkUfABQ1u7Q4IsHpnkwIk3BzCaxMDJNXKQLCHZtqkWYogLump5FI16pdqwvADaDRGOqzbb-5XI2F71kfrGiKeNc2IvlH7C14/s1600/photo+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpv3wAgcgRYGxrCsyk3JGemv2BLueC-RwV5QJ2zoG5G2MrkUfABQ1u7Q4IsHpnkwIk3BzCaxMDJNXKQLCHZtqkWYogLump5FI16pdqwvADaDRGOqzbb-5XI2F71kfrGiKeNc2IvlH7C14/s320/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314664309243650" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh_Pn4tYCA2yKO_vP3Pi_epvToDbcFddvuLqymHaYEO4Y0CrNwtM4b-4Ni6PA14my7-WKB08cibcBdGJEG1x9orW9ROPIPxvqjvKvbHsT4G0utbZLKOxuWHHprGFJVT1-_wDUKsPTXas/s1600/photo+3-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh_Pn4tYCA2yKO_vP3Pi_epvToDbcFddvuLqymHaYEO4Y0CrNwtM4b-4Ni6PA14my7-WKB08cibcBdGJEG1x9orW9ROPIPxvqjvKvbHsT4G0utbZLKOxuWHHprGFJVT1-_wDUKsPTXas/s320/photo+3-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314370319572322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GIfkoJQOs3h23BMNOHj0P5lgxnO_vGs0ZO9RL-XMhCISZQA0y0c6Gmrf2Rd24EJK7X-bUs3ebir_kbOGag_R-H9o2SLWs7K5ekR7wKcnNxc2Zhiik932rDIl3cf4fdcM3MrqrC8zKfQ/s1600/photo+2-2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GIfkoJQOs3h23BMNOHj0P5lgxnO_vGs0ZO9RL-XMhCISZQA0y0c6Gmrf2Rd24EJK7X-bUs3ebir_kbOGag_R-H9o2SLWs7K5ekR7wKcnNxc2Zhiik932rDIl3cf4fdcM3MrqrC8zKfQ/s320/photo+2-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314348657317634" border="0" /></a>Kara was much better once we sat on the bench. She also loves the carousel... as long as she doesn't have to sit on a horse.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlGGdOeT9ruG0wt9ZXXEc5whwOFax0yPRu9La2cN_-NxKEE62USL5ZDNQz75yvmxT7mPX9jrsy_Fxv_1AZv3ColQQspKfVJ1vnNxo78ClBvqob4_dN8o-nptPuzd0-Lm7a0uedqzWh5s/s1600/photo+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlGGdOeT9ruG0wt9ZXXEc5whwOFax0yPRu9La2cN_-NxKEE62USL5ZDNQz75yvmxT7mPX9jrsy_Fxv_1AZv3ColQQspKfVJ1vnNxo78ClBvqob4_dN8o-nptPuzd0-Lm7a0uedqzWh5s/s320/photo+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314685904035922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShXjq84FkWn96Hmr1LowC_AAQZ70ClM5ugU0lN3u6BQc6iuPvSH8pwdZaCGWScQH34YdOZzCt90N7SNHOmb9Pi0ObS-cuPi_F1acBLUQmsVLo_VCQKHog_UJKsQD15LO4K77gQsiH5Dc/s1600/photo2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgShXjq84FkWn96Hmr1LowC_AAQZ70ClM5ugU0lN3u6BQc6iuPvSH8pwdZaCGWScQH34YdOZzCt90N7SNHOmb9Pi0ObS-cuPi_F1acBLUQmsVLo_VCQKHog_UJKsQD15LO4K77gQsiH5Dc/s320/photo2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469315703610409634" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMmpd5g2lRCrW1ZjO-tewy7VrMNrnvL2Jt96g0kOYaN2nN_3uonUxSGXfEEbW-bqPlipA_7t5X0BwjvktmKfj8BSDbhU5o1j0eorR7IeeJ4pp6R2b8ySC_b3Js6E1MmLEoiLvk7m6rQE/s1600/photo-3.jpg"><br /></a>We headed home for naps and then came back to support Daddy as he finished. But of course, we needed to go on the carousel one more time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy15FltkWnqJzwSySAuFp-HusYCeFEWGW3o9xFzGykvlgtAHJvgkwsRGPma23I87yd3Bql3Hwirb7CvjafX0tFohmyThaGILGW2ilOLQMvJTY-oywJmfnYmHhn7B-0ADmGfwLFbRoIfRU/s1600/photo-7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy15FltkWnqJzwSySAuFp-HusYCeFEWGW3o9xFzGykvlgtAHJvgkwsRGPma23I87yd3Bql3Hwirb7CvjafX0tFohmyThaGILGW2ilOLQMvJTY-oywJmfnYmHhn7B-0ADmGfwLFbRoIfRU/s320/photo-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469317558557885378" border="0" /></a>We were fortunate enough to have some friends join us for some playtime.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LPzTo20Nu56fc-n5Vv5hozRZVNzLa7V758WJCPKZiiUgrwJWHQqOPfpkcciAL5N_K6V2pj6Y3qb9KSP1hbKQNMHwohmSeCrEhlcQhPQzq8TjJhts8TVX6FQ2LyRnQ0NbbAqvcf17biE/s1600/photo+3-7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_LPzTo20Nu56fc-n5Vv5hozRZVNzLa7V758WJCPKZiiUgrwJWHQqOPfpkcciAL5N_K6V2pj6Y3qb9KSP1hbKQNMHwohmSeCrEhlcQhPQzq8TjJhts8TVX6FQ2LyRnQ0NbbAqvcf17biE/s320/photo+3-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316980893309810" border="0" /></a>Jana, Tonya, and Emma.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCN4JwXlSfgvF1YsLzEXlg_8sf6LFuKj5gtp62Cew_LlHFADdMoQNjqBsRw2PVCJAF9RFYwHjKR8Ki7pKx-xUU37kjIHa0O44ZVM8zHkJxrR1QBVzkb4pLVER1DuTydXDVu79XT8mw7g/s1600/photo+2-7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDCN4JwXlSfgvF1YsLzEXlg_8sf6LFuKj5gtp62Cew_LlHFADdMoQNjqBsRw2PVCJAF9RFYwHjKR8Ki7pKx-xUU37kjIHa0O44ZVM8zHkJxrR1QBVzkb4pLVER1DuTydXDVu79XT8mw7g/s320/photo+2-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316059715880818" border="0" /></a><br />Daddy was able to finish all 271.5 miles (made it an even 273 miles) and we the girls and Mama had a great day too.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-17178128659054683342010-05-09T10:05:00.000-07:002010-05-09T10:19:51.113-07:00EasterWe had a wonderful Easter weekend. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquHkAnJHVfJtTRmJVIc7jrOvWC1mPzcWWjvwFkBYwZS4zwJx9z8b5zyi-gvlt6_QY2IGaROMOv32xM9ijhSv7N1TGM3pth3zjXAxEQ1A3cILh2qVwLgU5U4YZBXTpZDw8PQpWERrlfH8/s320/IMG_0579.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469309077234979442" border="0" /></a><br />Then the actual Easter Day.<br /><br />Jana, all dressed up, on our way to Grandma and Grandpa's.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gbscx-Q4iRo2AGCqFQxkX2EsywpxGPgAQo0vnczVvfGm2cUm-aP_DMu1V2qK97yOO5af3WzWcqCKi1C0BNSjfqCYvlIclU18_KN8Z6kqMVL8oCbij7mrX_ISJ4H_novSrVbyj3spPNw/s1600/IMG_1320.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gbscx-Q4iRo2AGCqFQxkX2EsywpxGPgAQo0vnczVvfGm2cUm-aP_DMu1V2qK97yOO5af3WzWcqCKi1C0BNSjfqCYvlIclU18_KN8Z6kqMVL8oCbij7mrX_ISJ4H_novSrVbyj3spPNw/s320/IMG_1320.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469313363377402066" border="0" /></a>Kara was ready to go.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQf5e8oekwhPZHxOBWp7qHnuaeIQzW4P1XjINp5IfxqHJws2Dc4PEjwlkkfU2pDznqcpPwh6d2LfbN1Qj2DR2lcWI-z0vIanxa_tesk_LRzkd6z9J-v3QHeZd94Q68SAk7AudVprvPouo/s1600/IMG_1316.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9T201sPMY_TPdSfOEP2zptX4y5CyjK9lHYnHvGEalUUzGFuduJbbxNl3d-Io_sKEOuCR_y4BaLB3PkgqcS-coECxTT3m-1VHod5xuLazIkS-S1i3GZLTnLlfNinL51AGeuLPXfrJHUw/s320/P4040066.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314039471976754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQAGXJquvWO2Lh9zf3atSYJHl3Kv6bw7cbqyO-r4sS3h8NAlJ0mr3mYMk9j1d8k_75vlotyt9oXmn9qARhksA65wFjgUyZ5Sn3MIOYQ3Ef0JRc7vHBySHKAt5ZVRikYr1DP-4HewV8is/s1600/P4020057.jpg"><br /></a>Another attempt at a grandkid pictures.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkj1rftOn349suwZVWprrzj67d9jQst-x8jSCuB7-iNi4bycV8YlyHz0SMTt0MTWt_EQ-woLn9eMf2MXORzznKQT5WpvcalsRTb0e_0Sf_FvnIFwDV2wHCQnZmE7Hbacn0wfTYp9JwShw/s1600/IMG_0735.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkj1rftOn349suwZVWprrzj67d9jQst-x8jSCuB7-iNi4bycV8YlyHz0SMTt0MTWt_EQ-woLn9eMf2MXORzznKQT5WpvcalsRTb0e_0Sf_FvnIFwDV2wHCQnZmE7Hbacn0wfTYp9JwShw/s320/IMG_0735.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469310980439638098" border="0" /></a><br />We had a Rockband-a-thon. The girls asked how they could play too, so we told them we neede back up dancers. :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EylfSR2HdMbb2zgAd4St_nz1_4OVxrDxn4T1TOCFJhFUI82_5sMHUNOl3ovKfF8-2cVdLFlAUyFqSpuGwTTyNL_obes7qyPg0Ppug4DGeaJJ1SywkejcoJRajFJzINFcyfgbGtlofJo/s1600/IMG_0668.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_EylfSR2HdMbb2zgAd4St_nz1_4OVxrDxn4T1TOCFJhFUI82_5sMHUNOl3ovKfF8-2cVdLFlAUyFqSpuGwTTyNL_obes7qyPg0Ppug4DGeaJJ1SywkejcoJRajFJzINFcyfgbGtlofJo/s320/IMG_0668.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469310390636335906" border="0" /></a>Even Quenton got in on it.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHJtXgki-gqo6cS4K2N8I7J8J7Tzgc6sRzeMJFhTEaz1J_iibpKzjP4Jrvc79QRIhqa4q2FKMH3zeODYtFvtfS5T_Wi-KPPhLyIJlhQSMNyU2ySKm-slzCjolc-fSiHzYyTlPbT6bYLw/s1600/IMG_0718.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHJtXgki-gqo6cS4K2N8I7J8J7Tzgc6sRzeMJFhTEaz1J_iibpKzjP4Jrvc79QRIhqa4q2FKMH3zeODYtFvtfS5T_Wi-KPPhLyIJlhQSMNyU2ySKm-slzCjolc-fSiHzYyTlPbT6bYLw/s320/IMG_0718.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469310966171813714" border="0" /></a><br />Kara, showing off her eggs in the hunt.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gV4n8_Sv7V6Nwq8vlzNdzTdBNWgwiLaSX8kNU-eGuCHWKfTMXht37hCBMPsm8F46YSIW4k9fwVPjjTARZNr1xI8g03YQdeXywwpCuZC4xXhZ31fmL4qA9tDyqlk7ePbkOpMS857pkP4/s1600/IMG_0597.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4gV4n8_Sv7V6Nwq8vlzNdzTdBNWgwiLaSX8kNU-eGuCHWKfTMXht37hCBMPsm8F46YSIW4k9fwVPjjTARZNr1xI8g03YQdeXywwpCuZC4xXhZ31fmL4qA9tDyqlk7ePbkOpMS857pkP4/s320/IMG_0597.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469310367192264594" border="0" /></a>More eggs?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiYrcQECewuZiOKNxxx0gkFOZwM_X4v-hQYAsdAr7FHPEOQHjk3T5Pndv6VHIGOa_-WHWCxnsGbVr0bY1P4qzIziSzfZRRc3_F3hrJQgw6CkcWjmWt__9IBciYaK02hZIKAKNVZ8Iu3M/s1600/IMG_0591.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiYrcQECewuZiOKNxxx0gkFOZwM_X4v-hQYAsdAr7FHPEOQHjk3T5Pndv6VHIGOa_-WHWCxnsGbVr0bY1P4qzIziSzfZRRc3_F3hrJQgw6CkcWjmWt__9IBciYaK02hZIKAKNVZ8Iu3M/s320/IMG_0591.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469310356019913410" border="0" /></a>The sweet Arianna.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoUbEX_opW3vaib25guLao-ttaLvVudI1rtAxuss-zYKm5tI4-f2ihmCAJV1Ndzu9vUz_JZ5tPhoRLaR7rTpkZMhlN84Yg1J6AV2uHoRFlX-deoIA0y7pm1NH01K_rpYRcBn8L3oUnZc/s1600/IMG_0589.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnoUbEX_opW3vaib25guLao-ttaLvVudI1rtAxuss-zYKm5tI4-f2ihmCAJV1Ndzu9vUz_JZ5tPhoRLaR7rTpkZMhlN84Yg1J6AV2uHoRFlX-deoIA0y7pm1NH01K_rpYRcBn8L3oUnZc/s320/IMG_0589.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469310344028142642" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-58012425880771698572010-05-09T09:25:00.001-07:002010-05-09T11:15:05.310-07:00Lots of pictures<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23wZDh3WZB4FdRxYK4ap7KGNL29SnPJgwhAc1pRsq-L5oDoHfjSer3CLJ6G56uTbUpN99raStUplE9Zfg5Hq1wbo45FtsV08aTdblkzQPp7pu_oKTlHEAZTnCmoO2SgfD4nCA5cx5Tkg/s1600/photo+5-3.jpg"><br /></a><br />We've had a lot of fun while being so busy.<br /><br />We've had the chance to go to the park more often with the weather getting nicer.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy15FltkWnqJzwSySAuFp-HusYCeFEWGW3o9xFzGykvlgtAHJvgkwsRGPma23I87yd3Bql3Hwirb7CvjafX0tFohmyThaGILGW2ilOLQMvJTY-oywJmfnYmHhn7B-0ADmGfwLFbRoIfRU/s1600/photo-7.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJg8f7rmyNBi9QiX4WwUnW7kzHbgmfoFoEsS3jZzES1JBRRoU-oCkm_VhyCXPsP4_ULVWWfmR1l41_8rzaX3l3D3G7U9xa9-LA9tfbRN_w4cOHoUt8ZUbbEuDHoty6yOK73IQ7JvoKvVg/s1600/IMG_1141.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9m7F57Akr2b0XPGAaeV0yx6S7RndGDkphR5PbfJp2kl_AcOsrC5P1UPxYXmWYZZSSK5PefuUB2-1CcOOSiKatP0Hhb381b-QEMxx49ZdcSAkd7uEEiRMxtQ_yVrTjbdck7Wc_CSHIng/s320/IMG_1187.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469311005745187954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We even took our first trip out for ice cream. Apparently, we've never done ice cream cones before. Oops! :-)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTU_UJqqMwWsXsmjOr95PDFmAQBCsElFCCEj-nTeJyJ8kFh55BIgxLLEJNVmwI_gDxFPRVbW2vE0KaztfeX9L1jOxM2NnRt6NjtG_LHoj1AKS0Uq8ke91w7Req8TS93ZgUs_SU4sFmawg/s1600/IMG_1191.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTU_UJqqMwWsXsmjOr95PDFmAQBCsElFCCEj-nTeJyJ8kFh55BIgxLLEJNVmwI_gDxFPRVbW2vE0KaztfeX9L1jOxM2NnRt6NjtG_LHoj1AKS0Uq8ke91w7Req8TS93ZgUs_SU4sFmawg/s320/IMG_1191.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469311492631520674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc4q9d2vg-l-qN4C8jTqZg1jl2MsKB45L0uPFA-cZMpon_0Dq_PUB6-HSfKBgSXhaiRxz_zoYkqab5UrHFctEoWS_TpgvUceDnY4wHFYbD1Tx3_2ZBDDjLcR8ZUxqUsnQJ4cOI23FtHw/s1600/IMG_1200.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc4q9d2vg-l-qN4C8jTqZg1jl2MsKB45L0uPFA-cZMpon_0Dq_PUB6-HSfKBgSXhaiRxz_zoYkqab5UrHFctEoWS_TpgvUceDnY4wHFYbD1Tx3_2ZBDDjLcR8ZUxqUsnQJ4cOI23FtHw/s320/IMG_1200.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469311502991230402" border="0" /></a><br />Another trip to the park. It's so fun to watch them play together and to see what they are able to do they they couldn't last time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sHZP_Yk4LFWNP2EZNiaKJU6v6pe5Q5_TEolLhwDVAF8rY6KAKV26FnVQCu7BfJd8pb0dJzY4KXQFDmKH_Yl-Ji7QbtUacYRqkgwKkip36Cf-f5-1U8yAfAEso79fN3yDosKYmXGR67o/s1600/IMG_1211.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sHZP_Yk4LFWNP2EZNiaKJU6v6pe5Q5_TEolLhwDVAF8rY6KAKV26FnVQCu7BfJd8pb0dJzY4KXQFDmKH_Yl-Ji7QbtUacYRqkgwKkip36Cf-f5-1U8yAfAEso79fN3yDosKYmXGR67o/s320/IMG_1211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469311510468487778" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9HUfj1eECOI1uwSl6U0Ba2DEox-GARxXnh_dy980IhvOHlbF9sKYesVbh7R8VWmGFrVn87b6TMgJXZb9u37p71ix6uSydN3mCK5FaRz0FJbdLXriqj6yu67e9cK6L2RZOou_Cin_DAI/s1600/IMG_1220.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9HUfj1eECOI1uwSl6U0Ba2DEox-GARxXnh_dy980IhvOHlbF9sKYesVbh7R8VWmGFrVn87b6TMgJXZb9u37p71ix6uSydN3mCK5FaRz0FJbdLXriqj6yu67e9cK6L2RZOou_Cin_DAI/s320/IMG_1220.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469307869189498082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBam81ermONkqi69StpITEqWPerFa4YiwgalUMCUwH3E6-k6KSwHyTcWtydYP4hT7QHnSZaqDLOf_ieqMhf1iz5kzAin1cekRzIOQ9PqJq9KS05WlXWw_fnOA-SAux8z32u1hbriPv6M/s1600/IMG_1233.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjBam81ermONkqi69StpITEqWPerFa4YiwgalUMCUwH3E6-k6KSwHyTcWtydYP4hT7QHnSZaqDLOf_ieqMhf1iz5kzAin1cekRzIOQ9PqJq9KS05WlXWw_fnOA-SAux8z32u1hbriPv6M/s320/IMG_1233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469312503294670194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eei1XRZFlWyxd_huEdq34qF0n8tj73w5oTN7bWf4BnWgCUel9xqWHcPRQXuyFRZywtlLN4BVa4gwoJCu-8xy7TVu6qKr3_LkFjxdiSxfbNKL_cEibWlMvLmicXbLvlPm7a_xoi7k7W8/s1600/IMG_1215.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7eei1XRZFlWyxd_huEdq34qF0n8tj73w5oTN7bWf4BnWgCUel9xqWHcPRQXuyFRZywtlLN4BVa4gwoJCu-8xy7TVu6qKr3_LkFjxdiSxfbNKL_cEibWlMvLmicXbLvlPm7a_xoi7k7W8/s320/IMG_1215.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469311518654483762" border="0" /></a>We were even able to take a trip to our favorite park with Grammy and Papa.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFGLtQb7CT7dhvBfpmHr3sqXZeGV56Wa2cGOTfFIZWgrY0hSDr6J1x1dXtnQ2fNcUrFg5zduRr_kBsLI4DasFlRjZOMaQs-h72cLyZAt84UVf-_94CX85ZWT98ZyOzBB54oNxiATucTk/s1600/P3080030.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFGLtQb7CT7dhvBfpmHr3sqXZeGV56Wa2cGOTfFIZWgrY0hSDr6J1x1dXtnQ2fNcUrFg5zduRr_kBsLI4DasFlRjZOMaQs-h72cLyZAt84UVf-_94CX85ZWT98ZyOzBB54oNxiATucTk/s320/P3080030.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314024881692546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCU3cO5RnfV_ePZ1wDnlQd2Pvmu9AAXZKsAGXEMkrpxgN0BHMttWbdR5AwdzU1uUYFFJDPK9FK0wmmnMwy1N0CQWZsBop6SlkWlVxNiXZ7bGSApHtsE6yFv34Z5pOnLbizVGZG_A9CLM/s1600/P3080022.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCU3cO5RnfV_ePZ1wDnlQd2Pvmu9AAXZKsAGXEMkrpxgN0BHMttWbdR5AwdzU1uUYFFJDPK9FK0wmmnMwy1N0CQWZsBop6SlkWlVxNiXZ7bGSApHtsE6yFv34Z5pOnLbizVGZG_A9CLM/s320/P3080022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469314007139781554" border="0" /></a><br />I think our girls are going on their teenage years earlier and earlier. This was Kara's response to me trying to get her up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHf6db0a1L1yv6VRqLe3rfNrOlnsbl6ABfdyLnK8sqO03j-1OTRu56uXlDwg6bd2o-vsMvJrywza0JFx6jb9A3tRIHBw5OXpk-Jhz8BEzfaUiGEIhB-GXMXVSnUwmZUvxOaUbIKBcNAk/s1600/photo-6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHf6db0a1L1yv6VRqLe3rfNrOlnsbl6ABfdyLnK8sqO03j-1OTRu56uXlDwg6bd2o-vsMvJrywza0JFx6jb9A3tRIHBw5OXpk-Jhz8BEzfaUiGEIhB-GXMXVSnUwmZUvxOaUbIKBcNAk/s320/photo-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469317555982417186" border="0" /></a>Our sweet girls playing in the sand box on a nice Spring day.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfsDHF7DCqWBh0pg4x_KtbyWiasosA3ggd2h_U12aKqUyxvj7OgK0XSWq9mrue-gZVKPKlNO26S9C-cWrx0bHhIk3Ps9GXy3hjNX8JTjDCmkPQQbiV1vd_Fm-NMEKsQlJRGC3fJThK-0/s1600/photo-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfsDHF7DCqWBh0pg4x_KtbyWiasosA3ggd2h_U12aKqUyxvj7OgK0XSWq9mrue-gZVKPKlNO26S9C-cWrx0bHhIk3Ps9GXy3hjNX8JTjDCmkPQQbiV1vd_Fm-NMEKsQlJRGC3fJThK-0/s320/photo-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469317542925689266" border="0" /></a>We took a trip to REI a few weeks ago and the girls had a blast.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPA0_3vAw9QVxrFFiRO3RVJrbl263Q5davGha_xRjB75xxM_C16qhVbcgYnJRzqOL9OPbiiigfld7ySOussQ01zWpvLwUbesiCb4nXejU35GuuldcZzQ-xr2QbI_IEfyrg8IBBxg48JU/s1600/photo-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqPA0_3vAw9QVxrFFiRO3RVJrbl263Q5davGha_xRjB75xxM_C16qhVbcgYnJRzqOL9OPbiiigfld7ySOussQ01zWpvLwUbesiCb4nXejU35GuuldcZzQ-xr2QbI_IEfyrg8IBBxg48JU/s320/photo-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469317278473616498" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitREYi0ru4WMYROiAUvhLPXZup9H-ZUr4O70bNrRKD475ib8EEUnWc6CxkIBq9SNV2EYW36jBTkVoafFacmZtjo1wrLEnmrHmMoS6dbFIw1gt7jS_vt4YoeEz77eQX_0D9dpHmQlUl1Ms/s1600/photo+3-4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitREYi0ru4WMYROiAUvhLPXZup9H-ZUr4O70bNrRKD475ib8EEUnWc6CxkIBq9SNV2EYW36jBTkVoafFacmZtjo1wrLEnmrHmMoS6dbFIw1gt7jS_vt4YoeEz77eQX_0D9dpHmQlUl1Ms/s320/photo+3-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316085483240946" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0YcK16w7JAP-Oa2f8k0529FG1j4HRzYXVNEJ-qimhHUwgApkfwKEq7pSRPKww-ANPZJy3zErlKIlIOtIAqMJl369349UeTZfy2nSSoMHOxK4RVid492H1-qSRnnvLGBqmMz84-bHvvs/s1600/photo+2-4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0YcK16w7JAP-Oa2f8k0529FG1j4HRzYXVNEJ-qimhHUwgApkfwKEq7pSRPKww-ANPZJy3zErlKIlIOtIAqMJl369349UeTZfy2nSSoMHOxK4RVid492H1-qSRnnvLGBqmMz84-bHvvs/s320/photo+2-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469315720485594130" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXelZXOMojfx9_j4bPSDp6BhdlWTGsiwb6S9OoJIHkq_MaPSTujiwGSWKwI9H_gTzyNWsPvmnrECTug7DmFMlzAb1rLcCcbqVtpM_875ejZd3wtJ-4h9WpP6HZlFXsmoQDPMpDrW8Wt6U/s1600/photo+3-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXelZXOMojfx9_j4bPSDp6BhdlWTGsiwb6S9OoJIHkq_MaPSTujiwGSWKwI9H_gTzyNWsPvmnrECTug7DmFMlzAb1rLcCcbqVtpM_875ejZd3wtJ-4h9WpP6HZlFXsmoQDPMpDrW8Wt6U/s320/photo+3-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316076842993570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36E7js7LIqAVpN6yl-BJHDProtqiz2MOFwxt0Yyq5vHmY4do3k6C-ZZDRWEcZ_ybKHr41W0EKe2nMA1ZQTcmq35zB41stK6XbG_ZGmHsFbshVE21Rrfx0wbNxfxioYhu-ZU7OVYGUkpc/s1600/photo+2-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36E7js7LIqAVpN6yl-BJHDProtqiz2MOFwxt0Yyq5vHmY4do3k6C-ZZDRWEcZ_ybKHr41W0EKe2nMA1ZQTcmq35zB41stK6XbG_ZGmHsFbshVE21Rrfx0wbNxfxioYhu-ZU7OVYGUkpc/s320/photo+2-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469315715886749394" border="0" /></a>The girls have been into playing "sleep over". This was Jana's sign "Welcome to Jana's Sleep over". She still hasn't mastered the whole - letter order thing, but cute nonetheless.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfIlmGK_C0IKiJvAXAdnPKNitBDHG69UXtCay27bNoH9MfP3L5E5qRjmXVX4YSf_VzoYbo5jAbPyBOx0dEd9t0NFPITsBEafJJEb-DN6ME6L-66UxY8sKGlZPheOQIFBlmyJpT8BTgIw/s1600/photo+4-6.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi926RXHDWzPOFOGwsVy20R_GBPH35Ygv5fd7ee8yzpNSIK5Ci-yfLvKCXKczbjdQH7-xn7JtmqnwXTVriC1GlhDcPrkXPzuMFwcSvaxnIvPgc-TbnhU7RzX4D5_J_rH5kpvt9CQNdt5VE/s1600/photo+4-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi926RXHDWzPOFOGwsVy20R_GBPH35Ygv5fd7ee8yzpNSIK5Ci-yfLvKCXKczbjdQH7-xn7JtmqnwXTVriC1GlhDcPrkXPzuMFwcSvaxnIvPgc-TbnhU7RzX4D5_J_rH5kpvt9CQNdt5VE/s320/photo+4-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316995322519570" border="0" /></a><br />Daddy's almost done with the playhouse, so we had our first pretend/real picnic out there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIY218ziqh17AbC8jCUUhUz9o2Z1D2mKhib3KjEB_4eolhlP47Lun-br4sYYZN6nkl87510oAaiunxQg192KTvUj5NNtnDfNU7yebgb1Y3xNXlqUZb11YGvVsUVJySeWVeSrzJeDT700/s1600/photo+4-4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZIY218ziqh17AbC8jCUUhUz9o2Z1D2mKhib3KjEB_4eolhlP47Lun-br4sYYZN6nkl87510oAaiunxQg192KTvUj5NNtnDfNU7yebgb1Y3xNXlqUZb11YGvVsUVJySeWVeSrzJeDT700/s320/photo+4-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316989517019826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQFGLtQb7CT7dhvBfpmHr3sqXZeGV56Wa2cGOTfFIZWgrY0hSDr6J1x1dXtnQ2fNcUrFg5zduRr_kBsLI4DasFlRjZOMaQs-h72cLyZAt84UVf-_94CX85ZWT98ZyOzBB54oNxiATucTk/s1600/P3080030.jpg"><br /></a>This was one of those moments when I realized that my baby isn't a baby anymore!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23wZDh3WZB4FdRxYK4ap7KGNL29SnPJgwhAc1pRsq-L5oDoHfjSer3CLJ6G56uTbUpN99raStUplE9Zfg5Hq1wbo45FtsV08aTdblkzQPp7pu_oKTlHEAZTnCmoO2SgfD4nCA5cx5Tkg/s1600/photo+5-3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj23wZDh3WZB4FdRxYK4ap7KGNL29SnPJgwhAc1pRsq-L5oDoHfjSer3CLJ6G56uTbUpN99raStUplE9Zfg5Hq1wbo45FtsV08aTdblkzQPp7pu_oKTlHEAZTnCmoO2SgfD4nCA5cx5Tkg/s320/photo+5-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469335233972583298" border="0" /></a><br />We've discovered that Kara's a lefty. She keeps moving the mouse to her left hand.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0NKz-IuI-Ojkd5ncIeXP3mZ3-UPP5BYm1ESAoaZOEnYqMPjnic7xCYRB7vA5jl07z4_BiWu5FMT2wLkYFLY-EMHu7AZKtlktyINBoIqyItYEc45BkV1pCDXMxnRORXDNCaJ7TVs8Ceo/s1600/IMG_1262.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0NKz-IuI-Ojkd5ncIeXP3mZ3-UPP5BYm1ESAoaZOEnYqMPjnic7xCYRB7vA5jl07z4_BiWu5FMT2wLkYFLY-EMHu7AZKtlktyINBoIqyItYEc45BkV1pCDXMxnRORXDNCaJ7TVs8Ceo/s320/IMG_1262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469312534714463378" border="0" /></a><br />You never know what you're going to find when it gets quiet upstairs. I found Jana in different clothes, with the umbrella, wearing her leprachan hat. hee, hee! Could be worse, right?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsaWpNi3czsaQRYiTtf5ra5UD2uNcCdDtOx3AyLTxNriu43_RjaolAhxQvBAnqUtLW-brkDgoiFofA1aRiVFttVvJ9cu-ccPGV4HTnTgMoctMv9_ZfFQPvxUhZeselIphIzHXjP17aZQ/s1600/IMG_1256.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZsaWpNi3czsaQRYiTtf5ra5UD2uNcCdDtOx3AyLTxNriu43_RjaolAhxQvBAnqUtLW-brkDgoiFofA1aRiVFttVvJ9cu-ccPGV4HTnTgMoctMv9_ZfFQPvxUhZeselIphIzHXjP17aZQ/s320/IMG_1256.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469312524386939826" border="0" /></a>The girls on one of our trips to the top of the hill to ride bikes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLe6KvWOqivCE2MJSsmLSp0Exj_3jMg7WSiPd8szbE0QR80nPrF8brWdO8k8fhPWMaLVuNZQImzlRLtIhkcdyoThfZAaAWoYQ9xSAva1nMvaXaemhdewwwsilDKhekw8Ip-3Obb5CTOQ/s1600/IMG_1254.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLe6KvWOqivCE2MJSsmLSp0Exj_3jMg7WSiPd8szbE0QR80nPrF8brWdO8k8fhPWMaLVuNZQImzlRLtIhkcdyoThfZAaAWoYQ9xSAva1nMvaXaemhdewwwsilDKhekw8Ip-3Obb5CTOQ/s320/IMG_1254.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469312513420144210" border="0" /></a>We even made cupcakes.... or at least I think those are cupcakes under all those sprinkles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJHZra9jylEeuZ11QiTRty0gBjmBEItzFm467mJcCFWTncPyOhFtZihoNGH3kaMbIsD8ryAZmEFs3M6wPsVVjJxN94ZvCmXVH99Yn-z3-SuARWjqQ2v0C_GEAXouaEBVOGdiakXnOSDM/s1600/photo+3-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJHZra9jylEeuZ11QiTRty0gBjmBEItzFm467mJcCFWTncPyOhFtZihoNGH3kaMbIsD8ryAZmEFs3M6wPsVVjJxN94ZvCmXVH99Yn-z3-SuARWjqQ2v0C_GEAXouaEBVOGdiakXnOSDM/s320/photo+3-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316964766307778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKECHtR4SWqxu7RV5CJJRYBadPcoggbMHXK_Luiw8hRx6n70QDnMOBM_6EIw12fkxLvzb2oIjQkfnVLsL4vW_XAJB8YmT5X0pwNwyKhDVEtEJAwi08XWGO7_ZWTWeIlpoed06gFsT-Io/s1600/IMG_1220.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSy1w78Lw8Sw0KuFZMyJmGQ_IQ8cpPZ0c745RKdq1KtRe6pBUWQ4BcK7tOYr4WjkDd2g6mH-LVr4l9vleuU0ezcVmAqe65kAFqfcJkMaKUlwxjS8HuezPX9QVTLiBRo01qAlVHcszNnE/s1600/photo+2-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSy1w78Lw8Sw0KuFZMyJmGQ_IQ8cpPZ0c745RKdq1KtRe6pBUWQ4BcK7tOYr4WjkDd2g6mH-LVr4l9vleuU0ezcVmAqe65kAFqfcJkMaKUlwxjS8HuezPX9QVTLiBRo01qAlVHcszNnE/s320/photo+2-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469330842422554578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTU_UJqqMwWsXsmjOr95PDFmAQBCsElFCCEj-nTeJyJ8kFh55BIgxLLEJNVmwI_gDxFPRVbW2vE0KaztfeX9L1jOxM2NnRt6NjtG_LHoj1AKS0Uq8ke91w7Req8TS93ZgUs_SU4sFmawg/s1600/IMG_1191.jpg"><br /></a>Last weekend we discovered the hard way that the childcare at my work doesn't open until 9:00, when my class starts at 8:30. Ooops! Thankfully one of my coworkers was nice enough to play with the girls. The girls had a blast!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGW2MzVCLeHqbRIZ0JDW3qskK9f2-XzNUsyquzJjPl3kIRFIgVfgl2SCnZMtpbkcPaZIUFRabRY9VDT_hFAQVPjwTOkafLErIJeoPH0F5iXBoW-nOl7FRkpXv80P9hn6AR4UwymGMuq0Q/s1600/IMG_1158.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OFXCd8VmULCSaoHuyjEJBB4xSTyZGuWyJ-fIFCBGV4fCWGAjBPnFgDtCQVRZg2ohDO3obnhnJe0qsVWsso1tFdaaJE7I3cRfN-YswMdf0tzQnjJKiyMxmhZS9v3zYaa_P4kEJk-60-E/s1600/photo+2-6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9OFXCd8VmULCSaoHuyjEJBB4xSTyZGuWyJ-fIFCBGV4fCWGAjBPnFgDtCQVRZg2ohDO3obnhnJe0qsVWsso1tFdaaJE7I3cRfN-YswMdf0tzQnjJKiyMxmhZS9v3zYaa_P4kEJk-60-E/s320/photo+2-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316052384171826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BafyXShKD27IUl-ZJoNRFypHyS6AJejVywUzIdWFTqECDU10updrq09VKcrhvSH1eUkmtQEIWTVdEoj-HKJ-roEAeOu6EPdhmmh1wyKTOJ_jOJb0xACphtgnSUR4N0ozQqHqh8a5iJE/s1600/photo+3-6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BafyXShKD27IUl-ZJoNRFypHyS6AJejVywUzIdWFTqECDU10updrq09VKcrhvSH1eUkmtQEIWTVdEoj-HKJ-roEAeOu6EPdhmmh1wyKTOJ_jOJb0xACphtgnSUR4N0ozQqHqh8a5iJE/s320/photo+3-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316974083347346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfIlmGK_C0IKiJvAXAdnPKNitBDHG69UXtCay27bNoH9MfP3L5E5qRjmXVX4YSf_VzoYbo5jAbPyBOx0dEd9t0NFPITsBEafJJEb-DN6ME6L-66UxY8sKGlZPheOQIFBlmyJpT8BTgIw/s1600/photo+4-6.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitfIlmGK_C0IKiJvAXAdnPKNitBDHG69UXtCay27bNoH9MfP3L5E5qRjmXVX4YSf_VzoYbo5jAbPyBOx0dEd9t0NFPITsBEafJJEb-DN6ME6L-66UxY8sKGlZPheOQIFBlmyJpT8BTgIw/s320/photo+4-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469317244956218066" border="0" /></a><br />We are having more and more moments like this! Peacefully playing side by side. Unfortunately we're also having more moments of them fighting! Ha! I guess that's part of being siblings, right?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlmMfD1BJvRY5nLltaHUgXpyCXeUjTih0kf6tIEOz51Hcsmv0G-m3gjrkrETyalPvMeBj-zpKC0KaJZrZZNx6n2lDY184KDwVfYWngvGglWA5NPKr9JwTFDvXpifIeM8qo69wAHErOMQ/s1600/photo+5-5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlmMfD1BJvRY5nLltaHUgXpyCXeUjTih0kf6tIEOz51Hcsmv0G-m3gjrkrETyalPvMeBj-zpKC0KaJZrZZNx6n2lDY184KDwVfYWngvGglWA5NPKr9JwTFDvXpifIeM8qo69wAHErOMQ/s320/photo+5-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469317268424054162" border="0" /></a>My little princesses on Mother's Day morning.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSYtVru6el8lnSajWMreDiJjQh1-gLfT4YBKfQtPpxD-pN_PejhSO4kMMUF0ZKi_coHIoCS7M1TZWekQtn0TyXcJRa59X5CEbNcSScNa_C6LS7YUSH8kP3tZbKLQ3XLF8EYBapnSXjXA/s1600/IMG_1153.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rUe8G8-eZRoXV9o6LVROpR5J1kIia6Zvg0Uun90hUT_0wIUWRx7YOEhRWbLO5dtmgauGlJRd7IlPwZcOupA2V7S2grpPprnILErqQsZy3VsalAXdZdQukgyyptbkS4fV_NCgVLAfjww/s1600/photo+2-8.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rUe8G8-eZRoXV9o6LVROpR5J1kIia6Zvg0Uun90hUT_0wIUWRx7YOEhRWbLO5dtmgauGlJRd7IlPwZcOupA2V7S2grpPprnILErqQsZy3VsalAXdZdQukgyyptbkS4fV_NCgVLAfjww/s320/photo+2-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469316068705161778" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGLkRJopJA5NvAebt657TXnK_FvQa-Ofvoz7F5NiKKl-m4mAE8kSHCcYo9e2Oa2Kks638xhZZGnVis0ef9yaiycg1dChNx7VSe1wQASqOf-ZMX2dG-AvWU-yzgNmAGfRTnJzNvqCp9IA/s1600/photo+4-7.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNGLkRJopJA5NvAebt657TXnK_FvQa-Ofvoz7F5NiKKl-m4mAE8kSHCcYo9e2Oa2Kks638xhZZGnVis0ef9yaiycg1dChNx7VSe1wQASqOf-ZMX2dG-AvWU-yzgNmAGfRTnJzNvqCp9IA/s320/photo+4-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469317253442812210" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-51882475919672432862010-05-06T19:12:00.000-07:002010-05-06T19:13:47.850-07:00Can you tell I've been working full time?This blog has gone horribly ignored!<br /><br />I have so much to catch up on, but blogspot and I are having a disagreement about how to fix my "no more space for pictures" issue.<br /><br />I'm hoping to be back soon... with lots of pictures, of course!Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-34313430192301693272010-02-21T18:27:00.001-08:002010-02-22T23:15:45.711-08:00A trip to the beach... in February???We decided to pack up and head to the coast for the day with some good friends. We hadn't been to the beach since a few months after Kara was born and I'm not sure we actually made it on to the beach then. Needless to say, it was time to take the girls.<br /><br />First, it was time for a little lunch. Mmmm! String cheese and "bologna" sandwiches (I think she just loves to say the word because every sandwich is bologna to her!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqF3XP3xs2IbfmhT_CCXBXN9GLi4BxXXKWAPZc4_zm-yqTqAIWk3-mM_G40B0Jdx1ER94Nq9n1wRbV827ZyT7QrQW1FzqBgmOqCVP43i-5W0Qeb6NodbidFwC7oD9ROFMr98DP5kvrTQ/s1600-h/P2210154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqF3XP3xs2IbfmhT_CCXBXN9GLi4BxXXKWAPZc4_zm-yqTqAIWk3-mM_G40B0Jdx1ER94Nq9n1wRbV827ZyT7QrQW1FzqBgmOqCVP43i-5W0Qeb6NodbidFwC7oD9ROFMr98DP5kvrTQ/s320/P2210154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440889129780941298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMftV9oYZ36fla5VocFolaLpbAHeYDP1TwADASO1dYkuswdY93a06oPAK8fc_ayTVHnTiRYSvDMVZfq0IFfLOLpE6CcwydAnlC1K36cO7d1kqUyi4x-FY443RjwvXU7G53QPgEWJR5hFo/s1600-h/P2210155.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMftV9oYZ36fla5VocFolaLpbAHeYDP1TwADASO1dYkuswdY93a06oPAK8fc_ayTVHnTiRYSvDMVZfq0IFfLOLpE6CcwydAnlC1K36cO7d1kqUyi4x-FY443RjwvXU7G53QPgEWJR5hFo/s320/P2210155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440889138933259474" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR114Jgo2Q6aI86S8KyuVz3OOGFdgbbaUcJocIGszohmT_xJA-lKSkEUbw6k0LEQFZxFLxFGI9x_gdfAES7y2oCu1da_R_3KlYdKaXVn3M5qiT5LdK50hDNT8X1y5N5eRIM88e8v4Htc/s1600-h/P2210167.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR114Jgo2Q6aI86S8KyuVz3OOGFdgbbaUcJocIGszohmT_xJA-lKSkEUbw6k0LEQFZxFLxFGI9x_gdfAES7y2oCu1da_R_3KlYdKaXVn3M5qiT5LdK50hDNT8X1y5N5eRIM88e8v4Htc/s320/P2210167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440891823137330338" border="0" /></a><br />Next Daddy took Maiya down to the water to run around and play fetch, so all the kids needed to go.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d7a4V_xPXLcJiprup6iN9UzRe0gn7TUacRs5Eg_eUzI_7g6M7GQ8ZK6_ljjAZBIcS7_wPRkO-oqnKDeWrvhW1TL6V4x3ygwDiFUAXrgB-gBFhFVUL-yi2toHykCzPYgccoKbwvokkVY/s1600-h/P2210161.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d7a4V_xPXLcJiprup6iN9UzRe0gn7TUacRs5Eg_eUzI_7g6M7GQ8ZK6_ljjAZBIcS7_wPRkO-oqnKDeWrvhW1TL6V4x3ygwDiFUAXrgB-gBFhFVUL-yi2toHykCzPYgccoKbwvokkVY/s320/P2210161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440889159665875010" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidU30x2XmU7wgXnzVGER00s-_HS2pSB4P37k9rdVTZ9hete0qVSf8wNcFvbixY2lmeX9-lWz6cziQKtno_sWCp2RmZpGKPyKKltTz9RyQZeH4cTQxxq2vT1acWOucid5W1sdZweQ8uyZ8/s1600-h/P2210164.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidU30x2XmU7wgXnzVGER00s-_HS2pSB4P37k9rdVTZ9hete0qVSf8wNcFvbixY2lmeX9-lWz6cziQKtno_sWCp2RmZpGKPyKKltTz9RyQZeH4cTQxxq2vT1acWOucid5W1sdZweQ8uyZ8/s320/P2210164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440889168940049986" border="0" /></a><br />The girls loved the freedom and space to be able to run all over the place.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TdLX15D3Y4ZNNcoR4Ov3RsUmbsSxdIOoIoSEv8BL3QaOTO4aQtOKFe5g9vnop9gZ28ynV_kZOy1f6wx-qIkc-Nv4wNpOmmrl3Seky7dSMi_noQIrWsPwSoKwh0P0YHxqb753UbjLBiI/s1600-h/P2210166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TdLX15D3Y4ZNNcoR4Ov3RsUmbsSxdIOoIoSEv8BL3QaOTO4aQtOKFe5g9vnop9gZ28ynV_kZOy1f6wx-qIkc-Nv4wNpOmmrl3Seky7dSMi_noQIrWsPwSoKwh0P0YHxqb753UbjLBiI/s320/P2210166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440891815634499122" border="0" /></a><br />After running a few laps between the Daddies and Mommies, they settled in for some digging and playing with the sand... or at least getting sand in every imaginable crack and crevice.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mFZ-l2TZl9EgL9PS-Cne6D78MA6GSHukyPC0ngo4_7UIUhppCcebwABYMerMhPk37jTK0igj2HAXvgAf81l4I1FoTAR4mV2esGjP9CP5AWDZMfVvAIJAe3hXuFC7v9_qk35bHCiyh5E/s1600-h/P2210159.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7mFZ-l2TZl9EgL9PS-Cne6D78MA6GSHukyPC0ngo4_7UIUhppCcebwABYMerMhPk37jTK0igj2HAXvgAf81l4I1FoTAR4mV2esGjP9CP5AWDZMfVvAIJAe3hXuFC7v9_qk35bHCiyh5E/s320/P2210159.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440889151780197954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIRn24jph_ZiKWtQVto70orIzntWmQ53r2VYgkSKxrAYf6m7qlZPzrlz6RqSR2y-tuqAildz-uSuRoAlWTO1lO84Wr_yuvG9leHvNX8XmU0H6FwYdc6U8kQ7kT0SnVeWNl7P-qIA9fIw/s1600-h/P2210171.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQIRn24jph_ZiKWtQVto70orIzntWmQ53r2VYgkSKxrAYf6m7qlZPzrlz6RqSR2y-tuqAildz-uSuRoAlWTO1lO84Wr_yuvG9leHvNX8XmU0H6FwYdc6U8kQ7kT0SnVeWNl7P-qIA9fIw/s320/P2210171.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440891841085751394" border="0" /></a>Hmmm. What to do? Finish the cookie or dig in the sand?!?!?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdn08Avr4l0qTd6DLlkqPVuPYoEBE8ODhx88F8t9Ayir-qaJVeRbdR-fmvu_rKJscuEFuSbujH8VBDfr3BynH0ziuEhgubPPDgys6K5chUpjXhR3Nw82R3MmdL7GWwI32YnDG3JIj2Rrw/s1600-h/P2210186.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdn08Avr4l0qTd6DLlkqPVuPYoEBE8ODhx88F8t9Ayir-qaJVeRbdR-fmvu_rKJscuEFuSbujH8VBDfr3BynH0ziuEhgubPPDgys6K5chUpjXhR3Nw82R3MmdL7GWwI32YnDG3JIj2Rrw/s320/P2210186.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440893322032444386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTWe-uhP2v2SOhIyhJ8Fq3io2IT9RaAaqaZ8Rzlf7Kq6um5d72te6ldYlTOEUR4mWYtn5VejbyfdbfebaXz_4z1jiTrX-t2o5ihqJPig8QIyopO60-DlBY1-FzcWrLBcMtiVH0wRrJik/s1600-h/P2210176.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifTWe-uhP2v2SOhIyhJ8Fq3io2IT9RaAaqaZ8Rzlf7Kq6um5d72te6ldYlTOEUR4mWYtn5VejbyfdbfebaXz_4z1jiTrX-t2o5ihqJPig8QIyopO60-DlBY1-FzcWrLBcMtiVH0wRrJik/s320/P2210176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440891856276934050" border="0" /></a>Man that cookie lasted forever.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS36UMg_FglHNMFIcG4LMKz3h5Yl1sNtnNfyrY9FbSlp7rXDsiBVd-ZrXMGANnYnviRbk85w_qkCwVdT8vGUcgAWBW9wtx26shrupP18m-KpPjCzYwEwvBkuxIZA6fKHRP7ZC4YilEYRQ/s1600-h/P2210197.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS36UMg_FglHNMFIcG4LMKz3h5Yl1sNtnNfyrY9FbSlp7rXDsiBVd-ZrXMGANnYnviRbk85w_qkCwVdT8vGUcgAWBW9wtx26shrupP18m-KpPjCzYwEwvBkuxIZA6fKHRP7ZC4YilEYRQ/s320/P2210197.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440893344393198002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VDcVl6MIEDI99x0hK9BqOqF-BFl1yUl4D3_cG4JxxD2p3RYrI1MGGpM_oCnV-WqLdcAwEe1nipJfOIbDaFU9u5K-KfnS3AFhCzbYQb6P1SeKrgmj0JGgEetYlRXwCE-ShkIClz9CL-c/s1600-h/P2210198.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8VDcVl6MIEDI99x0hK9BqOqF-BFl1yUl4D3_cG4JxxD2p3RYrI1MGGpM_oCnV-WqLdcAwEe1nipJfOIbDaFU9u5K-KfnS3AFhCzbYQb6P1SeKrgmj0JGgEetYlRXwCE-ShkIClz9CL-c/s320/P2210198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440893355151214322" border="0" /></a><br />Ah, yes. Three of my faves.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzp48gR3T4JHWlGEi3Po-9nZj9t5ylOKY7JALrtTPEPQnxlDi86gbFr213bYbiJNwMBo44gYcl1Etk4kCdl0YfjAhE3WLn_QMQG9Ycn5Iuw2O2cuFl4Zo2GlQvbY33JqIRJqHSfIG3tf8/s1600-h/P2210202.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzp48gR3T4JHWlGEi3Po-9nZj9t5ylOKY7JALrtTPEPQnxlDi86gbFr213bYbiJNwMBo44gYcl1Etk4kCdl0YfjAhE3WLn_QMQG9Ycn5Iuw2O2cuFl4Zo2GlQvbY33JqIRJqHSfIG3tf8/s320/P2210202.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441330868594858290" border="0" /></a><br />Jana had a wonderful time digging in the sand, "building sand castles", rolling in the sand, and just enjoying every moment out there.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTMOufAbEzeqd0JoE0FeK3oex98BqChiOxUNE_2UgZ001jyOx2rt_sFy7dBtaBb1Ou7-CMDOZEjXZ79Nrn1kJbqmXzU_QEneCI5Ua2LWYqtOlipkJRReL52jVC2XywVy2kATxnjBfPAU/s1600-h/P2210180.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTMOufAbEzeqd0JoE0FeK3oex98BqChiOxUNE_2UgZ001jyOx2rt_sFy7dBtaBb1Ou7-CMDOZEjXZ79Nrn1kJbqmXzU_QEneCI5Ua2LWYqtOlipkJRReL52jVC2XywVy2kATxnjBfPAU/s320/P2210180.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440891872110752002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgah_df-IImtwr35k_yYMgqy9zGy6nyyjNDaAdgRTCiDHqqCs2fWatajozqpcpiXIile_pra6rL6-crboHO2VS3S8EO9Xw9bfoPwv5TNzvWg-w1qiiH9OnobEv4ZyEPDAjMwCD_StnN5FU/s1600-h/P2210182.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgah_df-IImtwr35k_yYMgqy9zGy6nyyjNDaAdgRTCiDHqqCs2fWatajozqpcpiXIile_pra6rL6-crboHO2VS3S8EO9Xw9bfoPwv5TNzvWg-w1qiiH9OnobEv4ZyEPDAjMwCD_StnN5FU/s320/P2210182.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440893306039312514" border="0" /></a><br />Emma and Jana were so funny. They spent most of the day, side by side digging, filling buckets and emptying them. Ah, simple pleasures!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM8d_iDkKF-Mgff5augg5hx3uBEPWnyVOtWRxMKZL1_21QAPRou0KWCT0aFEO_dLitHyYL4kukJCMjgxx1G3Nl3fBZisvGmwkfsMWUck1VoKUHrb2ijvmY1HmVFpHR311q9mspYkmA9s/s1600-h/P2210192.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfM8d_iDkKF-Mgff5augg5hx3uBEPWnyVOtWRxMKZL1_21QAPRou0KWCT0aFEO_dLitHyYL4kukJCMjgxx1G3Nl3fBZisvGmwkfsMWUck1VoKUHrb2ijvmY1HmVFpHR311q9mspYkmA9s/s320/P2210192.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440893332769643762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflrtcm7qZZfEgDLldcIqDgLvZGJG9RMeNUxZUKqxcpvu5UqArY1lk4n4jz0FeIFPRuhyvNShAEk6BlTEQ2qNo3ikIeMnq3WXQI5yQb8GMftfUSJEEUoMHvDBAYyMZrLgeMgKSMQV9iVs/s1600-h/P2210223.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflrtcm7qZZfEgDLldcIqDgLvZGJG9RMeNUxZUKqxcpvu5UqArY1lk4n4jz0FeIFPRuhyvNShAEk6BlTEQ2qNo3ikIeMnq3WXQI5yQb8GMftfUSJEEUoMHvDBAYyMZrLgeMgKSMQV9iVs/s320/P2210223.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441330949911315554" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyj2LsEAkNz7sJQiZWbzNBMPHdTVzAJRJo9X-foo0i-TH0b3T9iugSsM171gP8qNpTEmhYiVHHjEMhNWPM1ofSOXlvb5_hgbEy4IyiLJkfCurxLJOJLQuNTsM_L8kKstn0sAa6J9pu0nE/s1600-h/P2210219.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyj2LsEAkNz7sJQiZWbzNBMPHdTVzAJRJo9X-foo0i-TH0b3T9iugSsM171gP8qNpTEmhYiVHHjEMhNWPM1ofSOXlvb5_hgbEy4IyiLJkfCurxLJOJLQuNTsM_L8kKstn0sAa6J9pu0nE/s320/P2210219.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441330928266284994" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRBFLpUU9sYfBJFiIFQghAdFszvoybq5mkLWTd5XhRNVeqWRv_dkMRvNRF3XG-3k1STMU1RWe_VUYeKJtidQGo0zSJLxA1_Igo_WKp17F3MGrSSupqZ5SgTaWebokNDYTWK-GbUwEXEs/s1600-h/P2210218.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRBFLpUU9sYfBJFiIFQghAdFszvoybq5mkLWTd5XhRNVeqWRv_dkMRvNRF3XG-3k1STMU1RWe_VUYeKJtidQGo0zSJLxA1_Igo_WKp17F3MGrSSupqZ5SgTaWebokNDYTWK-GbUwEXEs/s320/P2210218.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441330913064239538" border="0" /></a><br />Silly self-portrait.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_BBPpLHxGXm9pe18k3b39UyPX65jM_ZyohcTaOBYZ0L7GUQpUbKyhOYTnIEoJ7ikGrEX68fwVl6IOj06YqDyFySPavFC2Xygw_kDf2nseSGXyzrJ_W3ZzyuUkeHZe07Y2BjpERKRZ3E/s1600-h/P2210214.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_BBPpLHxGXm9pe18k3b39UyPX65jM_ZyohcTaOBYZ0L7GUQpUbKyhOYTnIEoJ7ikGrEX68fwVl6IOj06YqDyFySPavFC2Xygw_kDf2nseSGXyzrJ_W3ZzyuUkeHZe07Y2BjpERKRZ3E/s320/P2210214.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441330884866604546" border="0" /></a>Did I mention how Jana loved to dig?!?!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9mx3jeNWNsYNUVAxolfDqoRAktbLpMH2OL8wJCM6zvoEQBJly9qJZNWrOHAlApDS4ClPAxSoQQWF40rn-JXpJim6CIlbb3PKtk9gtExNkeLrqc0Nqln43Qp6OagCZT-UITbIEzZ4IzdE/s1600-h/P2210240.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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I was glad I could talk her into a long-sleeve shirt under the tank top. Emma, however, was bundled up - it is, in fact, still February.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoO7-SuBwbokBdbjrhRgGDnEU5CtLS23kPCkq5MU_onBoSEnul04Ryg3i5wDkKXRKQ0uSBL4UHVNkXhv-h-osvh_tgUEUn1__UexVd8Jn-ZHxfvRcePHIVGmOIbMgICwXUEV8hbPU9a8/s1600-h/P2210242.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdoO7-SuBwbokBdbjrhRgGDnEU5CtLS23kPCkq5MU_onBoSEnul04Ryg3i5wDkKXRKQ0uSBL4UHVNkXhv-h-osvh_tgUEUn1__UexVd8Jn-ZHxfvRcePHIVGmOIbMgICwXUEV8hbPU9a8/s320/P2210242.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441332564093712898" border="0" /></a>A little family pic before heading home with two tired girls...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WuIeeZlOGw_3GnzbCeJ6RcalGjqFjLzC-0yuTJGzyv8bSxiJAzvtepc86o81aCohkQZ6-4MPD_zw5-YftPFTPbinn5UyIeK5fj9uI_UwseATyYbKI7TA6D0qQtFgLL0n3GKyi6-0MOs/s1600-h/P2210247.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8WuIeeZlOGw_3GnzbCeJ6RcalGjqFjLzC-0yuTJGzyv8bSxiJAzvtepc86o81aCohkQZ6-4MPD_zw5-YftPFTPbinn5UyIeK5fj9uI_UwseATyYbKI7TA6D0qQtFgLL0n3GKyi6-0MOs/s320/P2210247.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441332599709902866" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZucZxpap3mZMNn8p46eDwW9Rtz2LdUoQ_UwR0Pj1nka83FyEW_r5_IFaAl2wZIJnZGx97t9ZAmNxLudNKgOcJhsVPuyMo0KzuvJtciipqZwSf4Qb-dufFY70evfqoL-EWbrp_Nwi3tI/s1600-h/P2210246.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ZucZxpap3mZMNn8p46eDwW9Rtz2LdUoQ_UwR0Pj1nka83FyEW_r5_IFaAl2wZIJnZGx97t9ZAmNxLudNKgOcJhsVPuyMo0KzuvJtciipqZwSf4Qb-dufFY70evfqoL-EWbrp_Nwi3tI/s320/P2210246.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441332584284640178" border="0" /></a><br />And one extremely pooped pup (who refused to let go of the Chuck It)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ROK2Oa25ZQrNGNj-OmJvT5CAltoqbFxLUtvGaK0B5_UKed2olNw0ZJ3G29K9h9YtX2VPZwulhBK73YRPg99ugdXOWU2F06p2EcoPsmLDLtHn_8sRKPwfIVzGwGTttXrEBbF5NY9ZOjg/s1600-h/P2210248.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ROK2Oa25ZQrNGNj-OmJvT5CAltoqbFxLUtvGaK0B5_UKed2olNw0ZJ3G29K9h9YtX2VPZwulhBK73YRPg99ugdXOWU2F06p2EcoPsmLDLtHn_8sRKPwfIVzGwGTttXrEBbF5NY9ZOjg/s320/P2210248.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441333009545456386" border="0" /></a><br />Who knew the coast would be this nice in the middle of February! I'm not sure it's this nice most summer days! :-)Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-83761413655694693232010-02-14T21:33:00.000-08:002010-02-14T23:40:04.582-08:00Jana's 4th B-dayWe have had a great day! We had a quiet morning of cleaning and getting ready for the party. Then we headed to the pool for a little swimming with baby Q. Unfortunately we had to wait because the pool was full, so cut it a little close. Gramps and Glenna were in our driveway when we arrived, and the girls were just getting out of the tub when people started to arrive. Oops!<br /><br />Here is Jana seeing her cake for the first time. How great is that face??? Talk about pure joy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCTLM9LqnA7-HRNESJrt9zmrqBTN5xxyeQ0FsAlTnKH5OTpjOEwwfUOCxbHz9NGxchAYig3Lye8O-qmntFRqDJl5SkqzC0zWcEVfBmn9jeAx5iZ6hVU6kMSG47SwtZq2igE6n7GSa24M/s1600-h/IMG_0097.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCTLM9LqnA7-HRNESJrt9zmrqBTN5xxyeQ0FsAlTnKH5OTpjOEwwfUOCxbHz9NGxchAYig3Lye8O-qmntFRqDJl5SkqzC0zWcEVfBmn9jeAx5iZ6hVU6kMSG47SwtZq2igE6n7GSa24M/s320/IMG_0097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438342556464939682" border="0" /></a>Posing with her cake.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0u1sG6afuIuFDZI7yxUHA5Sb3CJPAcg_-f2SUXPZuPMJCtF_cg8BM3K4-V7fb8AClNF8L8FrAJOiWHeyAkxZ5DF9i_ws1i1ADSwYjsjmhJONcO7iZKzEHmGWId60ImvtHcMY7mkEKtw/s1600-h/IMG_0107.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0u1sG6afuIuFDZI7yxUHA5Sb3CJPAcg_-f2SUXPZuPMJCtF_cg8BM3K4-V7fb8AClNF8L8FrAJOiWHeyAkxZ5DF9i_ws1i1ADSwYjsjmhJONcO7iZKzEHmGWId60ImvtHcMY7mkEKtw/s320/IMG_0107.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438343688106890194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdv6y-FOYK8ASQq_nbhvU1dFTvjJNOJWbTjnj_fWcU0P0VExKR5YGPuPg0qlMRJgOazNbODWNhOODW1K4J1_p6DNcXPgGU3NfY3DqJQAvVUQZxntWLJU7JeTS-72Qlo9MZ8cHtqycb2A/s1600-h/IMG_0103.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAdv6y-FOYK8ASQq_nbhvU1dFTvjJNOJWbTjnj_fWcU0P0VExKR5YGPuPg0qlMRJgOazNbODWNhOODW1K4J1_p6DNcXPgGU3NfY3DqJQAvVUQZxntWLJU7JeTS-72Qlo9MZ8cHtqycb2A/s320/IMG_0103.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438343678153799730" border="0" /></a><br />Mama was able to get her baby fix as we had both Quenton and Ethan celebrating with us. They were due on the same day, but Ethan ended up being about three weeks earlier than Quenton, but Quenton definitely has him on size! :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYlq_ja-bxO567snujJ10A0mDOzeRvyx0M7JUiP3dybntg_GKpl6kBCShHTT2LDQCGSX342LXKBHWCA9OFsIf5znNekmskYpbRH8aU3D78Tip93MrrrYvEfK7Cp6JUCumNlUJUJ4TGkTM/s1600-h/IMG_0111.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYlq_ja-bxO567snujJ10A0mDOzeRvyx0M7JUiP3dybntg_GKpl6kBCShHTT2LDQCGSX342LXKBHWCA9OFsIf5znNekmskYpbRH8aU3D78Tip93MrrrYvEfK7Cp6JUCumNlUJUJ4TGkTM/s320/IMG_0111.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438344168516025698" border="0" /></a><br />Ari and Auntie Sarah having a little story time. Ari seems to be a big fan of Mickey as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sS_kK1hbN0PnHkGT61hwuButtb5Hnm2V6I4CjnehuZgr8-1MmXG5iHjkC_1MxwQVGCD-ijEMMn0hY82We7NkgZUf27TrFXDbwJj4qk_4BIEc16YNzXkOXUwSbjNYZwC3dv8e3nwukGY/s1600-h/IMG_0114.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_sS_kK1hbN0PnHkGT61hwuButtb5Hnm2V6I4CjnehuZgr8-1MmXG5iHjkC_1MxwQVGCD-ijEMMn0hY82We7NkgZUf27TrFXDbwJj4qk_4BIEc16YNzXkOXUwSbjNYZwC3dv8e3nwukGY/s320/IMG_0114.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438344187263872946" border="0" /></a><br />Jana decided it was time for a Tinkerbell visit.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJrKlQGppNVj6quVNTgRhye3bgn1xyK0IHEDyH8nWtlnkcljzEPZHlT4UmjNNhv7J5U2mnoEjhhi68-7hBO0T_geWslAxYRpfjnr0kYyNwSFVjKltPGI3qdYFJRylnFNgrisf8HLC8TI/s1600-h/IMG_0121.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJrKlQGppNVj6quVNTgRhye3bgn1xyK0IHEDyH8nWtlnkcljzEPZHlT4UmjNNhv7J5U2mnoEjhhi68-7hBO0T_geWslAxYRpfjnr0kYyNwSFVjKltPGI3qdYFJRylnFNgrisf8HLC8TI/s320/IMG_0121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438344199469197890" border="0" /></a><br />Then the present opening started and she had to wear her Fancy Nancy outfit!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuMvOF5xcjIBlBv_QjOrp1qtu6KWNp7aqawolZFhAe7Ce9D0Q9EZiv7PZSvSDSQI7fCfs6EnG6ET_rNhcUznqCSLBWtToodGiBn6LZVdCX6_DUYfz3JCeUpnSCFKqgnkNRDxwL1nxQpc/s1600-h/IMG_0144.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinuMvOF5xcjIBlBv_QjOrp1qtu6KWNp7aqawolZFhAe7Ce9D0Q9EZiv7PZSvSDSQI7fCfs6EnG6ET_rNhcUznqCSLBWtToodGiBn6LZVdCX6_DUYfz3JCeUpnSCFKqgnkNRDxwL1nxQpc/s320/IMG_0144.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438345276490860626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKsArb_r14O5VcNJU9Wpbk1nPzcXMIc3WsKB1jmx8PloGT47FvPDPfPZSvJeDPjdeyBihfMhsRfG9aTIaEoJno7XfSmu2sTnQsPTAbsVv7Xnge4p52oe0kZwhl4aUIwO_O6yt2bCedbQ/s1600-h/IMG_0147.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLKsArb_r14O5VcNJU9Wpbk1nPzcXMIc3WsKB1jmx8PloGT47FvPDPfPZSvJeDPjdeyBihfMhsRfG9aTIaEoJno7XfSmu2sTnQsPTAbsVv7Xnge4p52oe0kZwhl4aUIwO_O6yt2bCedbQ/s320/IMG_0147.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438345285356025506" border="0" /></a>Kara started to whine because she wanted presents and to dress up. Jana was amazing and told Kara she could wear her Sleeping Beauty costume. Wow! That was a first! It kind of eased the moment.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFXiz7fD2v1AUDpRBYLjHfNIzRBL9gZGDq8vQoADrjOsT1g7IPU66wxALQjgB_KFrVeNrcm4WhLf0jeQqM1_k8CljQPnwDzLk9vtkWZs2pcROg4kVWg-mfdB1Sz0QGM_0aQsu3f5AUHc/s1600-h/IMG_0156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFXiz7fD2v1AUDpRBYLjHfNIzRBL9gZGDq8vQoADrjOsT1g7IPU66wxALQjgB_KFrVeNrcm4WhLf0jeQqM1_k8CljQPnwDzLk9vtkWZs2pcROg4kVWg-mfdB1Sz0QGM_0aQsu3f5AUHc/s320/IMG_0156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438345300978812722" border="0" /></a><br />I'm still wondering how I ended up with such girly girls! Our Divas!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBCAyd72O8by05GZXTc7ZI96r5LrgROEDjAk_RyZKTGosyPfHrKMXH_ZVLYMjKaeoyccRzfvZZlqIG7kogUWgky9Rh061ZapDvsU-v8JNveH2AkZZWhsOrKSTanyUvM-fYz53273ZUZo/s1600-h/IMG_0163.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBCAyd72O8by05GZXTc7ZI96r5LrgROEDjAk_RyZKTGosyPfHrKMXH_ZVLYMjKaeoyccRzfvZZlqIG7kogUWgky9Rh061ZapDvsU-v8JNveH2AkZZWhsOrKSTanyUvM-fYz53273ZUZo/s320/IMG_0163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438346099140542690" border="0" /></a>Okay, so I got fancy too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvApynUe7khok3ZBgEnMIiBGZ3i3XENGhvgZu3Y9CADI8Nc1_3hfpmLS8aMFH9OcLClXUnrYQl_NnA5z1Ys3IcF8MOPDQvF2-vkb22YQmmPrQIYOBrN4E5MMPaJGY2ksH_nRmnk_H7hRU/s1600-h/IMG_0166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvApynUe7khok3ZBgEnMIiBGZ3i3XENGhvgZu3Y9CADI8Nc1_3hfpmLS8aMFH9OcLClXUnrYQl_NnA5z1Ys3IcF8MOPDQvF2-vkb22YQmmPrQIYOBrN4E5MMPaJGY2ksH_nRmnk_H7hRU/s320/IMG_0166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438346110972060002" border="0" /></a><br />Jana got quite a treat and surprise. She's been stealing Kara's quilt, but Grandma made her one for birthday. Even better was that Grandma found Fancy Nancy fabric. Can you find the trend yet?!?!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqa_qAJZProv9Y5M78aZyvceK3DC2evTdIk_Wyztqsld_-fCb817ZDTc6ir24lqa2dwJ7twyfKV25eL-rqH0C_rbSc2kuD-FlKkLQ8ECmVyZZXzhh73WlmCQ-NH_Yc55swtg3Ipy4g9uc/s1600-h/IMG_0174.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqa_qAJZProv9Y5M78aZyvceK3DC2evTdIk_Wyztqsld_-fCb817ZDTc6ir24lqa2dwJ7twyfKV25eL-rqH0C_rbSc2kuD-FlKkLQ8ECmVyZZXzhh73WlmCQ-NH_Yc55swtg3Ipy4g9uc/s320/IMG_0174.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438346126206137522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_N_Vjvmi22kim5HgjE3TJnUoDtlg_jWoLZg5m0BkcmBBGfNto7rb1r-h36jCKnR8848eJxTfa7DhqeR93hZlSlE4vb8HQ2XR9hgVFsjkFGlLI66fLeKJrivpbf05QIJmZPt2Gh9Dnk4/s1600-h/IMG_0177.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_N_Vjvmi22kim5HgjE3TJnUoDtlg_jWoLZg5m0BkcmBBGfNto7rb1r-h36jCKnR8848eJxTfa7DhqeR93hZlSlE4vb8HQ2XR9hgVFsjkFGlLI66fLeKJrivpbf05QIJmZPt2Gh9Dnk4/s320/IMG_0177.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438346647922353362" border="0" /></a><br />Then it was a little snuggle and story time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssLf7sCafQKnzTO7s0wNYDtduzT_4Rm-tpRD8jNzHT6ksfiiW1JqoyUcj0IOTMznCKcejSp5MM5azIaETOtk4TVVom4gVSQc7fhaHGOgs19dxUIER8JKnH5M1FZvwnn33qyY-NQ68gRU/s1600-h/IMG_0176.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjssLf7sCafQKnzTO7s0wNYDtduzT_4Rm-tpRD8jNzHT6ksfiiW1JqoyUcj0IOTMznCKcejSp5MM5azIaETOtk4TVVom4gVSQc7fhaHGOgs19dxUIER8JKnH5M1FZvwnn33qyY-NQ68gRU/s320/IMG_0176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438346639873892146" border="0" /></a><br />This made Mama proud! While she likes being fancy, Kara Mae still loves her trains and cars!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7J-2NuGhjh083Ns4S6w19ZH1kCkgqFHYoccs1N77erc3Qp3gPkJKnpa0CjmuZgK0RUj7i07rODhAtfBDIEqaK3vJlYMJ5nHMRiyPgmXpMv7H6XLEfA8_Hs-U4-3sXTFai-tnwKEKXKNI/s1600-h/IMG_0185.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7J-2NuGhjh083Ns4S6w19ZH1kCkgqFHYoccs1N77erc3Qp3gPkJKnpa0CjmuZgK0RUj7i07rODhAtfBDIEqaK3vJlYMJ5nHMRiyPgmXpMv7H6XLEfA8_Hs-U4-3sXTFai-tnwKEKXKNI/s320/IMG_0185.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438346661209759522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQH8anLmIuErKRZAh2pJH8VQTW9FbjSxiIf4z0m2B_UTwjYWqOqQ65n6Akrlz648RkMmgpm4vOIkHX-UZQPbPCOaOcYYae16h8zzUbBVrkZrtDcJA8_U1BJZOLNch5G9B5kn8HjTZsAU/s1600-h/IMG_0189.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQH8anLmIuErKRZAh2pJH8VQTW9FbjSxiIf4z0m2B_UTwjYWqOqQ65n6Akrlz648RkMmgpm4vOIkHX-UZQPbPCOaOcYYae16h8zzUbBVrkZrtDcJA8_U1BJZOLNch5G9B5kn8HjTZsAU/s320/IMG_0189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438348381741327554" border="0" /></a>Ari was all about the ride on toys tonight!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVrossXWyKUvP7WQpDKmq6-Lj-0ygvfllH1HKCNdYMs6CVb_HxsFcS4yCaQ3n_qRM2hXPNsB9KXz7RLhi5fstehyBmJj1II22tJ7HebuJocOLRzsLQOvR3ymbpHnWRN_DebVMBb1dHYw/s1600-h/IMG_0192.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifVrossXWyKUvP7WQpDKmq6-Lj-0ygvfllH1HKCNdYMs6CVb_HxsFcS4yCaQ3n_qRM2hXPNsB9KXz7RLhi5fstehyBmJj1II22tJ7HebuJocOLRzsLQOvR3ymbpHnWRN_DebVMBb1dHYw/s320/IMG_0192.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438348392279545730" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_LNSSpnmRluRnCA9yLhsIIlPaejTJnVnOE4YJICBegkDwqtvTRVAImUmGdkrGW-FcHrM6JJGXcZ2IO1TV1497iy2AJryK9YUUBb6XfyNsXIm_rHDax1J1p4LtNJl7PnY9OIzdE7wlbU/s1600-h/IMG_0262.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_LNSSpnmRluRnCA9yLhsIIlPaejTJnVnOE4YJICBegkDwqtvTRVAImUmGdkrGW-FcHrM6JJGXcZ2IO1TV1497iy2AJryK9YUUBb6XfyNsXIm_rHDax1J1p4LtNJl7PnY9OIzdE7wlbU/s320/IMG_0262.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438353118369466434" border="0" /></a><br />Then Snow White made an appearance as well! She sure loves her dress up and thanks to Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles, now she has quite a selection!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievuf5o2CcTjEMTk2X_uWqkPKBqlUI3g0yvgf_CXtjAHCEabIIHXvekVzJlRF6powZ05z1KsTdn_GtRKgimAYNKpCRtRSGlzv_ptFpr3j4hkcN1M7VEI0bhnKU6qy31DZZj7YKB_kW3xI/s1600-h/IMG_0197.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievuf5o2CcTjEMTk2X_uWqkPKBqlUI3g0yvgf_CXtjAHCEabIIHXvekVzJlRF6powZ05z1KsTdn_GtRKgimAYNKpCRtRSGlzv_ptFpr3j4hkcN1M7VEI0bhnKU6qy31DZZj7YKB_kW3xI/s320/IMG_0197.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438348779789714274" border="0" /></a>Snow White dancing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHE4OEvEZUt7lBljenXDJMvskOfm_TnxrUgRhTXBE91dDYT2a5x6TnKTfAMmH0LjYdMNSg8uX40p_NFNO1rcfdCrwjhil0gQmUZvMf6G7DDJTuCgbhyphenhyphen6yfJALKqfREY-0OyQ40is4TfI/s1600-h/IMG_0206.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHE4OEvEZUt7lBljenXDJMvskOfm_TnxrUgRhTXBE91dDYT2a5x6TnKTfAMmH0LjYdMNSg8uX40p_NFNO1rcfdCrwjhil0gQmUZvMf6G7DDJTuCgbhyphenhyphen6yfJALKqfREY-0OyQ40is4TfI/s320/IMG_0206.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438348792381317762" border="0" /></a>And then it was cake time!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgli_EVQXnflAGeLuO7EBxaRGsmc2ki9XLhB_abkQXza7gYgX_rlnXPrhUgY3KmHoFE0Ss3hQNUcoGXOY2zastUH0Vv36TJSDkZa0LT6nKOPEfQ3n6R6CQtwtAuOtuzsi2aAdTdfXtkxkY/s1600-h/IMG_0210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgli_EVQXnflAGeLuO7EBxaRGsmc2ki9XLhB_abkQXza7gYgX_rlnXPrhUgY3KmHoFE0Ss3hQNUcoGXOY2zastUH0Vv36TJSDkZa0LT6nKOPEfQ3n6R6CQtwtAuOtuzsi2aAdTdfXtkxkY/s320/IMG_0210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438349114030836514" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiG7VtQxzmp4z6Z0JdT0S0NzwJFM-Ezg3ojCR5oCRaYCzNvZPeADuOEcCp-SSQuRj3yqiHCUjTp9WRtEuoBTzLf7qAMNHBv0MvvMYbrFNr-l6QfZb-Xao36MCUe70DE5J7xqi06EVcxo/s1600-h/IMG_0212.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90XVjFz4FdleA5U_OoM9FjphfPaSrjYnAGgpUdJ8HwfeSj1R0FpS2gIqZSl3K0KsH8LJ6kKhweCqhI2SmL04sGkypQ3xWGlQYIt3Rwc4wcHLK02nnJ4sNkHyt4rX-YYze5m8sYxAFgrk/s320/IMG_0216.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438349447626889554" border="0" /></a>Blowing out the candles.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4QjNpsOraCvqy7F514Cz35vY07HIQPt7K0Aet_LYc4YImgOfMo6-YzFP4RujKBCHQ-1zwIdTz5Uu-zwGwKcCCLFFA4Uwa6GMc5_etyRU9yLpfmzwuvGw0NJCy-ydLXdA6hNg0UPIezI/s1600-h/IMG_0221.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg4QjNpsOraCvqy7F514Cz35vY07HIQPt7K0Aet_LYc4YImgOfMo6-YzFP4RujKBCHQ-1zwIdTz5Uu-zwGwKcCCLFFA4Uwa6GMc5_etyRU9yLpfmzwuvGw0NJCy-ydLXdA6hNg0UPIezI/s320/IMG_0221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438349792689979154" border="0" /></a><br />My sweet girl!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZutwJc9j7Bn6TMabEnAFnCGX2u3P7_f2U6_LN7-uNmKFrMlMa9APYdBJVFPhY4Gznd0B3y0v4CUPLv7Fq7oui4MdElDNPwDcRbf0KG50Shdue18L9RPWW_RNOBbnCOK7kwqZuaNgP6s/s1600-h/IMG_0223.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZutwJc9j7Bn6TMabEnAFnCGX2u3P7_f2U6_LN7-uNmKFrMlMa9APYdBJVFPhY4Gznd0B3y0v4CUPLv7Fq7oui4MdElDNPwDcRbf0KG50Shdue18L9RPWW_RNOBbnCOK7kwqZuaNgP6s/s320/IMG_0223.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438349797378205618" border="0" /></a><br />A little family picture!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFET4Kgx9N4JN5kG6HZEaOWTxJY1ZI7DFh10MEFGBrbwL-tJEMfF49LSac2QbKVN8n0R8xVsdaNd42Ainq7kK9U0nt2A8RWnDDuUoJT3716Iju1qo5gsKYHz10CMsOHHhj2ooYSc6T2y4/s1600-h/IMG_0225.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFET4Kgx9N4JN5kG6HZEaOWTxJY1ZI7DFh10MEFGBrbwL-tJEMfF49LSac2QbKVN8n0R8xVsdaNd42Ainq7kK9U0nt2A8RWnDDuUoJT3716Iju1qo5gsKYHz10CMsOHHhj2ooYSc6T2y4/s320/IMG_0225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438350059301515570" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02pdUp4llVqHWlJwKz_qqPGlw4Xi774hpeR6s_bctJhoqn2HtR8yJJL4VwkW9eCrWHzveS9dFbkUsmlb6fO14Fhyphenhyphen6_zXK1PM_ZauGOJvvcvf6eMfHPMncZS53TpJS1L0nRXO8Meo3Av4/s1600-h/IMG_0227.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02pdUp4llVqHWlJwKz_qqPGlw4Xi774hpeR6s_bctJhoqn2HtR8yJJL4VwkW9eCrWHzveS9dFbkUsmlb6fO14Fhyphenhyphen6_zXK1PM_ZauGOJvvcvf6eMfHPMncZS53TpJS1L0nRXO8Meo3Av4/s320/IMG_0227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438350064891558594" border="0" /></a><br />But was the cake as good as it looked? Please notice the pre-sugar face on Jana. I think she could have gone to sleep right then.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWqHzUGjA7phaErAHRgucYS6R8bMmDsWvUCaipQ1-dgR-AwfyZ2DGD4KGOOQljSxSKcVfXAo5zOVekC7k_NOhbDBmGdD_i55d3Ahr5wgm8CF57F30BMDgTLFuixqamdHJsrt3kA-muZ0/s1600-h/IMG_0241.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBWqHzUGjA7phaErAHRgucYS6R8bMmDsWvUCaipQ1-dgR-AwfyZ2DGD4KGOOQljSxSKcVfXAo5zOVekC7k_NOhbDBmGdD_i55d3Ahr5wgm8CF57F30BMDgTLFuixqamdHJsrt3kA-muZ0/s320/IMG_0241.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438350617426228514" border="0" /></a>Kara wasn't sure about the cake, but ate all her ice cream.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPBBp0P5oGGKhDm6HIM5X9cn4yhEZpSohcNs5VgGsLYaKEayFJcv9FgIm4kLg-Ckap_594xk86KRypmKN___6vz0rPmZKriGQwjCNiJFNqENgj901LmN6C1jY7-zSqe12ww-PIkNivZI/s1600-h/IMG_0242.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPBBp0P5oGGKhDm6HIM5X9cn4yhEZpSohcNs5VgGsLYaKEayFJcv9FgIm4kLg-Ckap_594xk86KRypmKN___6vz0rPmZKriGQwjCNiJFNqENgj901LmN6C1jY7-zSqe12ww-PIkNivZI/s320/IMG_0242.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438350623516460610" border="0" /></a>Jana LOVED the cake and couldn't get enough of the fondant balls.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIRl8D55cyk1tMZEM_cmtkju7o6wDPR8b7bqzX7nwXkRc2LuLMBn8HTybQIdOOnBIPEj0Wpk_1qJX_ESnVOY6tV_1LkIVK-Go7n7s2gGLlBXDUv8DTWVGdcidREDp6GR-KmpOs0HeFwE/s1600-h/IMG_0243.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIRl8D55cyk1tMZEM_cmtkju7o6wDPR8b7bqzX7nwXkRc2LuLMBn8HTybQIdOOnBIPEj0Wpk_1qJX_ESnVOY6tV_1LkIVK-Go7n7s2gGLlBXDUv8DTWVGdcidREDp6GR-KmpOs0HeFwE/s320/IMG_0243.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438351964660163154" border="0" /></a>Emma did her part as well.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoEmHnqulwFIqusfxynua1M6D1ya4O3pj1mQf2Mzzbs4OuWcV0xy9eD8xZ1bWkglgVwKDG0d3pyvsv9DPL7wSkexXEZibVg7V6geijSe1na5W86POTyBB1zYmHh0TXIrlfAY10Cm1LzY/s1600-h/IMG_0246.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoEmHnqulwFIqusfxynua1M6D1ya4O3pj1mQf2Mzzbs4OuWcV0xy9eD8xZ1bWkglgVwKDG0d3pyvsv9DPL7wSkexXEZibVg7V6geijSe1na5W86POTyBB1zYmHh0TXIrlfAY10Cm1LzY/s320/IMG_0246.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438352743905297666" border="0" /></a>Jana and Emma munching away!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUVWlgKp-HoZ86lR88xN5o-QQ7pReLdPmplDciuQLMAWiFSceL-0k35BQbSL9-VkcDVZwndRbUOJ-yh72-78isGlqD-9ek9vq1Lnq9DgRbjEb6zMl8xciuWTPgnfyxV1aJeQXs5ntJHI/s1600-h/IMG_0245.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguUVWlgKp-HoZ86lR88xN5o-QQ7pReLdPmplDciuQLMAWiFSceL-0k35BQbSL9-VkcDVZwndRbUOJ-yh72-78isGlqD-9ek9vq1Lnq9DgRbjEb6zMl8xciuWTPgnfyxV1aJeQXs5ntJHI/s320/IMG_0245.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438351977090228178" border="0" /></a><br />Ari was all for it as well! So yes, it was just as yummy as it looked!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDJXr237M8iKHNoR26neojwwuvf9O-ebCnce7W475f1SnE842jWtRMcRCZHWZtF73VjIomNV4RwMA7xnZeTTI5V2UrouOX64tW0DxzG9KbdxlxhIujQJDLVpKqs-kYF99L8xCucCtRQk/s1600-h/IMG_0252.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDJXr237M8iKHNoR26neojwwuvf9O-ebCnce7W475f1SnE842jWtRMcRCZHWZtF73VjIomNV4RwMA7xnZeTTI5V2UrouOX64tW0DxzG9KbdxlxhIujQJDLVpKqs-kYF99L8xCucCtRQk/s320/IMG_0252.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438352756020591458" border="0" /></a><br />I hope Auntie Meg doesn't hate me for putting up this pic, but I loved it. I think the attempt was to make baby Q laugh, but I think it worked on Uncle D instead! :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qZ8NhM862OfMqxRGMlml9DSEulE4kRSWggVPwnUokkpWjNWFZ4hhzZ0meGzebqa0cYuYivxWrjAtOfeCgxu3FHI516559rGS0uFrw6jF-De2Jif3Y_zKWEp1D2B4yEFHr7L2GZn-4oQ/s1600-h/IMG_0229.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qZ8NhM862OfMqxRGMlml9DSEulE4kRSWggVPwnUokkpWjNWFZ4hhzZ0meGzebqa0cYuYivxWrjAtOfeCgxu3FHI516559rGS0uFrw6jF-De2Jif3Y_zKWEp1D2B4yEFHr7L2GZn-4oQ/s320/IMG_0229.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438350604404645778" border="0" /></a><br />And finally, our imp, Kara Mae.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmDWoUbL-JnUgGjdGN1TgS6l3V6muXZwg0ycIccMiHubnzTFF-yJ50AdTj8Me0wXJ3BfBoKjxb0HSddYAevLK3DNl-nlSTFfP1I4DxFj6lSp_lSXpeC7yi4j_NrVL-pjIxyOgJZMwITQ/s1600-h/IMG_0266.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNmDWoUbL-JnUgGjdGN1TgS6l3V6muXZwg0ycIccMiHubnzTFF-yJ50AdTj8Me0wXJ3BfBoKjxb0HSddYAevLK3DNl-nlSTFfP1I4DxFj6lSp_lSXpeC7yi4j_NrVL-pjIxyOgJZMwITQ/s320/IMG_0266.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438353123444962274" border="0" /></a><br />What a ham!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KRk2bjXn0PXn507ZQojqD-cwgabGxvzAl461T6fL_eXH2fJ-X6QMTrIxsysem8hojAUdh5Ph8IzLyTVFYSpZ3ijKzICqVB3bGUIGvekb-DO7-nIzvog5rtZb0nmuHahbBVOIHlaMX7A/s1600-h/IMG_0267.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KRk2bjXn0PXn507ZQojqD-cwgabGxvzAl461T6fL_eXH2fJ-X6QMTrIxsysem8hojAUdh5Ph8IzLyTVFYSpZ3ijKzICqVB3bGUIGvekb-DO7-nIzvog5rtZb0nmuHahbBVOIHlaMX7A/s320/IMG_0267.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438356230121138978" border="0" /></a><br />And as we winded down toward bed time (and as the sugar highs wore off), the favorite presents were the books. Here's Jana snuggled in with Gramps and Glenna.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiHEGV1jXZaOrj6-UUUpoI4NMZwQ9ek0zicfZVyk_ughhfJ8HH8AZnPYhZ6_o7KuEf3_SHgzBUTUH5XBCJxfgA6UsQonDLJl_KIquXK_y7ZQ0i50iJW3O71D6W_ZlHuFxqfblUcbCUb0/s1600-h/IMG_0269.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSiHEGV1jXZaOrj6-UUUpoI4NMZwQ9ek0zicfZVyk_ughhfJ8HH8AZnPYhZ6_o7KuEf3_SHgzBUTUH5XBCJxfgA6UsQonDLJl_KIquXK_y7ZQ0i50iJW3O71D6W_ZlHuFxqfblUcbCUb0/s320/IMG_0269.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438356242318098690" border="0" /></a>Then it was Grandma and Grandpa's turn.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgMk_3uqLwdkJxYt3yxJNdtxjTVnjbhfRlw7Zg8bsqoJxuFkrcamZVd9wK_C4QcYVQc1KopJqrYrda_kpRODDMbvbN6f9yym4tPoouCWHQ4rwE58B0AwBlh1EzJSoXZDFfI2vGjm8mKk/s1600-h/P2140117.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgMk_3uqLwdkJxYt3yxJNdtxjTVnjbhfRlw7Zg8bsqoJxuFkrcamZVd9wK_C4QcYVQc1KopJqrYrda_kpRODDMbvbN6f9yym4tPoouCWHQ4rwE58B0AwBlh1EzJSoXZDFfI2vGjm8mKk/s320/P2140117.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438356918297034770" border="0" /></a><br />Well, okay. Maybe as Jana slowed down. If we ever wondered who the family clown is, not anymore!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_Fdd2HGhhyphenhyphen3zBsl3HTu1HgOZvwjzakMnqtRjO2JICo_aTewm1khy327suxgkeuATD5l-H33kqXRTgKwhU1Vhn29EBlnBtUhJCZ5aLlOnvfL9Zvs2Oe4oya2_gMtm0JMtGQiV2GItSdk/s1600-h/P2140122.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM_Fdd2HGhhyphenhyphen3zBsl3HTu1HgOZvwjzakMnqtRjO2JICo_aTewm1khy327suxgkeuATD5l-H33kqXRTgKwhU1Vhn29EBlnBtUhJCZ5aLlOnvfL9Zvs2Oe4oya2_gMtm0JMtGQiV2GItSdk/s320/P2140122.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438356924794618610" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-61693403671801467922009-12-31T13:45:00.001-08:002009-12-31T18:42:20.936-08:00Snow?!?!?We got surprised by a bit of snow the other day. As many of you know, we rarely get snow in the Northwest unless you are in the mountains. The weather forecasters were even just predicting rain. It made for quite a mess, but since we had no where we needed to be, we enjoyed it thoroughly!<br /><br />The beginning: big fat flakes that were sticking instantly!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXUH8EMTwRIFSQuwGmXR-MFNxqQUblOmePZ4ME20sO2NJbIYXoBgmmREWu-r_-nMfXIugoO17W2Dg0IHj7KqjCrx4_PyKrLpq_EibfjUj48Tg655eKdS0OUkt3ZKojNAnIn9ZQCzzhic/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPXUH8EMTwRIFSQuwGmXR-MFNxqQUblOmePZ4ME20sO2NJbIYXoBgmmREWu-r_-nMfXIugoO17W2Dg0IHj7KqjCrx4_PyKrLpq_EibfjUj48Tg655eKdS0OUkt3ZKojNAnIn9ZQCzzhic/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421537127161651058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYW8HoA4DiG1Q1BxeAxeGGCZT7LZjIDaWfyCeWXkj8qyCFQxMyAHUXnIB6SD1E8bZRrI2L7fZZu4FZZrb3t2KOMCGPmQLp2Rpsf2ES7B9pJxf_kv5Hdr6ggmiiYW3FSxv8W_DLxTfT_c/s1600-h/photo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrYW8HoA4DiG1Q1BxeAxeGGCZT7LZjIDaWfyCeWXkj8qyCFQxMyAHUXnIB6SD1E8bZRrI2L7fZZu4FZZrb3t2KOMCGPmQLp2Rpsf2ES7B9pJxf_kv5Hdr6ggmiiYW3FSxv8W_DLxTfT_c/s320/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421537039497135122" border="0" /></a><br />Then it turned to rain... then it turned into this.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw1mqBEMRHmATo7UFWUbExdCAIPZDPYUsDslr9oWZji58L_7MYgCxjfvW8Hq29lxxbWHeCzy_6h1uBKRBzxOfezI6F2eRLCY2KmPQ0LEggsM7s5SVCASFbz9MRdljuXtieh01J-YZABM/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw1mqBEMRHmATo7UFWUbExdCAIPZDPYUsDslr9oWZji58L_7MYgCxjfvW8Hq29lxxbWHeCzy_6h1uBKRBzxOfezI6F2eRLCY2KmPQ0LEggsM7s5SVCASFbz9MRdljuXtieh01J-YZABM/s320/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421537049223191986" border="0" /></a>And this.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKuDLjKSfbql4Hon9wFmaF6JTPkeEn8QJJhuSs10Z0HogfY19Q1eNL8q1NwSYA0wkonVvcWN1AyjWAUsb1oTqhH0bPPLpU9KyUVfLiqaVj_yHZwOeKeDnKD5T2Rbh7wKtTWCyZ4Ri_BA/s1600-h/photo+2-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKuDLjKSfbql4Hon9wFmaF6JTPkeEn8QJJhuSs10Z0HogfY19Q1eNL8q1NwSYA0wkonVvcWN1AyjWAUsb1oTqhH0bPPLpU9KyUVfLiqaVj_yHZwOeKeDnKD5T2Rbh7wKtTWCyZ4Ri_BA/s320/photo+2-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421537029632349778" border="0" /></a><br />The girls were napping, so by the time we got a snack, got dressed and headed out, we didn't have a lot of light left.<br /><br />Kara suited up and ready to go play in the snow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEpYNfMh7fZsa22af5gSjKQDj25IEzyD-UPQ_3A3nf33BM5_kV7XquJTsrhB6IUxWdGpEkgMX7sdcdLPKaSvZt-6q0p7DUEapOCNpm_0E487nuOlb-weS1LHRb9T2STzkP2gEqY4feYg/s1600-h/PC290072.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEpYNfMh7fZsa22af5gSjKQDj25IEzyD-UPQ_3A3nf33BM5_kV7XquJTsrhB6IUxWdGpEkgMX7sdcdLPKaSvZt-6q0p7DUEapOCNpm_0E487nuOlb-weS1LHRb9T2STzkP2gEqY4feYg/s320/PC290072.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421536608284430562" border="0" /></a><br />My girls in the snow.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zUaiEKwCIZpHZM3tfflY7nhluabTxXJwfnzSRr11V1GYlmZ0AeC9Rm3Ylg3AH6bZVRlzEGwLmHvNC6cmvVc9jPhNfba1rU8NZGOEn6UH_lHW69MX5CgmY8WS1pmwAWN5zOjUcbvgbSA/s1600-h/PC290074.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zUaiEKwCIZpHZM3tfflY7nhluabTxXJwfnzSRr11V1GYlmZ0AeC9Rm3Ylg3AH6bZVRlzEGwLmHvNC6cmvVc9jPhNfba1rU8NZGOEn6UH_lHW69MX5CgmY8WS1pmwAWN5zOjUcbvgbSA/s320/PC290074.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421536618420284722" border="0" /></a>Snow Angels<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinlP2T1ckhOgBTejLaa00ehyl2IETYh7e1EoTZ2x9kuDSCAZhS1xPAdV0xUu34xjWDo26lHc72ZD3BvIRjh-naJqNLBjwGMKYl60X5ERIZkBiNbRXa2ZlfPFzJCLd7Z9yv6lFKrpfruE/s1600-h/PC290077.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiinlP2T1ckhOgBTejLaa00ehyl2IETYh7e1EoTZ2x9kuDSCAZhS1xPAdV0xUu34xjWDo26lHc72ZD3BvIRjh-naJqNLBjwGMKYl60X5ERIZkBiNbRXa2ZlfPFzJCLd7Z9yv6lFKrpfruE/s320/PC290077.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421536629801693170" border="0" /></a><br />And our snow Kara and snow Jana! (But I have no idea what Jana put on the top of her snowman!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWxolfBnpzYWfe9IGSWEAoxvaG0rLI67twM0cbOIwhUBEFJRiI_yyFJV_QXCW9mixjI6mnroUaPpyQy7CaMbO4hsB46xUaGo4IRpshl5WEEfy9ysJcEvZqMaXU2rQUFkYIf3Sxv5JXV0/s1600-h/PC290086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWxolfBnpzYWfe9IGSWEAoxvaG0rLI67twM0cbOIwhUBEFJRiI_yyFJV_QXCW9mixjI6mnroUaPpyQy7CaMbO4hsB46xUaGo4IRpshl5WEEfy9ysJcEvZqMaXU2rQUFkYIf3Sxv5JXV0/s320/PC290086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421536639788423058" border="0" /></a><br />As the snow turned back into rain, we decided it was time to head back inside. Daddy was so good to us and had some hot chocolate ready for the girls.<br /><br />Here they are posing in front of the tree. (Can I tell you how happy I am that Jana's instantly turns into a goof and looks silly in every picture as soon as the camera comes out?!?!?!)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6frFsOyggKQINpp_ynSV846AedKxneC9ZPq-vIRD_gTiidcizcNgHIs5bqHrDJCqMWacflyX28cYpuLVdSLC-2eiN_d61qKmnBd5qNimwCRE8kloQzSuNGvRVXIWz-Ssb8ZPm4bE_Qo/s1600-h/PC290088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6frFsOyggKQINpp_ynSV846AedKxneC9ZPq-vIRD_gTiidcizcNgHIs5bqHrDJCqMWacflyX28cYpuLVdSLC-2eiN_d61qKmnBd5qNimwCRE8kloQzSuNGvRVXIWz-Ssb8ZPm4bE_Qo/s320/PC290088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421537019206649186" border="0" /></a> Our silly girls!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelk62JHFxlmTtiUtK5OOttvLofq9JUxHCdnNicTVn-xb5OH1j1TXagCfzL32iZ4RftAWgbk_HoRbtIwSRtC3Q18EgFvUpSqgwtoiZ0UgaF3BsH9MHLkJo9fsC97mOhZ2963Y68q88RxY/s1600-h/PC290091.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelk62JHFxlmTtiUtK5OOttvLofq9JUxHCdnNicTVn-xb5OH1j1TXagCfzL32iZ4RftAWgbk_HoRbtIwSRtC3Q18EgFvUpSqgwtoiZ0UgaF3BsH9MHLkJo9fsC97mOhZ2963Y68q88RxY/s320/PC290091.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421537028024736242" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-10901985605682641272009-12-27T20:13:00.000-08:002009-12-31T18:43:09.287-08:00Christmas 2009We had a wonderful Christmas this year. It was a quiet Christmas, but we were able to spend time with both Grandma and Grandpa E as well as Grammy and Papa S.<br /><br />We had Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa E's. We enjoyed a yummy dinner of ham and white bean soup (I need that recipe, Grandma!).<br /><br />After lots of playing by the girls and chatting by the adults, it was time to finish our last family craft project: making a wreath. Daddy, the girls and Mommy picked out decoration for the wreath. It was fun to make with the girls and now we have a wreath we can put up every year. :-) However, it definitely looks like a 2 year old and a 3 year old picked out the decorations for the wreath.<br /><br />Jana loved the bells. Shocker, I know! They are shiny and noisy: two of Jana's favorite characteristics.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEM2j1AgyUmt8RxLOBzb-KyE603t9Y0LzJQ4rqWu3aexVqBcuj2Ni8LfGDdR50ySTS4c-wV78ZWIEwvB9xD7pO2R0W_zqPudedCUg1AbC9FYzcSejbmq4IkIQxGGDqVLD2_M3BkNgybFU/s1600-h/DSCN0119.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEM2j1AgyUmt8RxLOBzb-KyE603t9Y0LzJQ4rqWu3aexVqBcuj2Ni8LfGDdR50ySTS4c-wV78ZWIEwvB9xD7pO2R0W_zqPudedCUg1AbC9FYzcSejbmq4IkIQxGGDqVLD2_M3BkNgybFU/s320/DSCN0119.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420391361992040386" border="0" /></a><br />Kara wasn't terribly involved, but would peek on us to make sure we were doing it right.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFOPyNye9qwzaB7AuXgNc9FryhvZGCIB8D5TVNmGgeN-Jx5XIEYDZ1COS9FnYu_uHn5brB7eOulZTAFBYO7-85sxcxKmCIITc5qyAMDXw8Bpp1RoSrJDuiYjCJw7fBIlCBcC2xL94zBM/s1600-h/DSCN0122.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFOPyNye9qwzaB7AuXgNc9FryhvZGCIB8D5TVNmGgeN-Jx5XIEYDZ1COS9FnYu_uHn5brB7eOulZTAFBYO7-85sxcxKmCIITc5qyAMDXw8Bpp1RoSrJDuiYjCJw7fBIlCBcC2xL94zBM/s320/DSCN0122.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420391373307261090" border="0" /></a>The girls helping show Daddy where things needed to go.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHHOcfRZFYp0sSiaj_CDySqLZqlmuL5riraQU-CCrgzvPUwasiSjaKVTWfZC8OSOumkcBlYcNjvyi0KH49bMZyQPWkmIZoXHCzS5eTjRcmIb0HQJi8tJ9WvW0_W60jTDVd4cDLVTQkGo/s1600-h/DSCN0124.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWHHOcfRZFYp0sSiaj_CDySqLZqlmuL5riraQU-CCrgzvPUwasiSjaKVTWfZC8OSOumkcBlYcNjvyi0KH49bMZyQPWkmIZoXHCzS5eTjRcmIb0HQJi8tJ9WvW0_W60jTDVd4cDLVTQkGo/s320/DSCN0124.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420391381550988258" border="0" /></a><br />Getting closer.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrRAyzmAZFSmuD6AQzUCgXlEi-Mc4hLLS_vgwtr-W4WFTp4od3CFPSQ76RdnwT6Z3NEddPAgsR5I2r5jW70rQznzgZBJdoLgrH3ccOP2vnCeu_Xb3l3TNuyFFxGkYaBLwmnTQINfX5Ds/s1600-h/DSCN0126.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrRAyzmAZFSmuD6AQzUCgXlEi-Mc4hLLS_vgwtr-W4WFTp4od3CFPSQ76RdnwT6Z3NEddPAgsR5I2r5jW70rQznzgZBJdoLgrH3ccOP2vnCeu_Xb3l3TNuyFFxGkYaBLwmnTQINfX5Ds/s320/DSCN0126.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420391559743833234" border="0" /></a>Jana stealing the rest of the bells.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYy2WTMpyzgDd3fkGwQ0HTxxI1TtnLfJhpug3EeqlMAgncfSVneqlVObNypsay6ZOE5o1Vdc_jBU95EHchIJsDG6ZPWWHvjw0RVmS9z9P_6RyD1-_Ov1moeB828ijdavzXMozKkVR5S00/s1600-h/DSCN0127.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYy2WTMpyzgDd3fkGwQ0HTxxI1TtnLfJhpug3EeqlMAgncfSVneqlVObNypsay6ZOE5o1Vdc_jBU95EHchIJsDG6ZPWWHvjw0RVmS9z9P_6RyD1-_Ov1moeB828ijdavzXMozKkVR5S00/s320/DSCN0127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420391722806391282" border="0" /></a><br />Jana and Daddy showing off the final product.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5fcAlPHJQUr6owZm9ndzXoAqHnLBeDIQJmObdXq8rOBHzDFfkwnWHhNSAC4iXtOktmBwXuyQt19oRlWoDJN_iVYDj-HPRclY2uV5x8depNUzrSKwBCcoKpHuyOCXtc7-wqsTVLIIAg4/s1600-h/DSCN0132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5fcAlPHJQUr6owZm9ndzXoAqHnLBeDIQJmObdXq8rOBHzDFfkwnWHhNSAC4iXtOktmBwXuyQt19oRlWoDJN_iVYDj-HPRclY2uV5x8depNUzrSKwBCcoKpHuyOCXtc7-wqsTVLIIAg4/s320/DSCN0132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420392434492232738" border="0" /></a><br />Kara quickly tired of the project and went back to playing with Grandma's "lady dolls" (the dress up dolls she played with when she was a girl). Kara LOVES these. She loves to dress things up and since we've decided to be a Barbie-free household, these are the perfect dolls to dress up and play with.<br /><br />Here is Kara rocking with Grandpa by the fire.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQs7cEo_exZFpwcOOl3c5i3vOCJKi0UJ2IxlIbvd1IwWQiS2Vic8Mw0Pry2zku45m-8_MdKJPT5CmeXlkdUpc_Qe7UWUisrxon-RMfRNvFXzty2rI64fxsoTbNDz1IluquulUQuLnSL50/s1600-h/DSCN0128.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQs7cEo_exZFpwcOOl3c5i3vOCJKi0UJ2IxlIbvd1IwWQiS2Vic8Mw0Pry2zku45m-8_MdKJPT5CmeXlkdUpc_Qe7UWUisrxon-RMfRNvFXzty2rI64fxsoTbNDz1IluquulUQuLnSL50/s320/DSCN0128.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420392425485201586" border="0" /></a><br />On to Christmas morning...<br /><br />Kara has become obsessed with Applebees. I think she's only ever been their a handful of times, but apparently she loves the place. So, when the girls woke us up at 7:30 and peeked downstairs, Kara announced, "Santa came! He brought me an Applebee's card!" Ugh. Sorry kiddo. :-)<br /><br />Here is Jana checking out her stocking.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBx91_5iFhtcVeLZES8bUAyp_GRgPPU2gpt6efEbcYGNCxGXS_3uH9mha8TwjF6dJ9DKv_4Dhz6qe3HlFfoTv7hblU2zXApQcZFkw89BiQ4uhYQDYm2pRr59E832KpP1lFe7F5WfKn194/s1600-h/DSCN0134.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBx91_5iFhtcVeLZES8bUAyp_GRgPPU2gpt6efEbcYGNCxGXS_3uH9mha8TwjF6dJ9DKv_4Dhz6qe3HlFfoTv7hblU2zXApQcZFkw89BiQ4uhYQDYm2pRr59E832KpP1lFe7F5WfKn194/s320/DSCN0134.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420392753143920610" border="0" /></a><br />Maiya always loves the stocking that Santa brings her. So do we; it keeps her busy while we open presents.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcR-A-StqVDO4ZtuVwIatJKxgYfXzuVQFF4Xw5MFSiaEjQWOnC_jCzKL2DRdxo-do5VnWwUFvH_apL5k-OwN7zmeNyDGUjfNq0MzQNdaQqk_Fg2HylG4tel7NM8AxVuUtHT5wyIx0FfU/s1600-h/DSCN0138.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFcR-A-StqVDO4ZtuVwIatJKxgYfXzuVQFF4Xw5MFSiaEjQWOnC_jCzKL2DRdxo-do5VnWwUFvH_apL5k-OwN7zmeNyDGUjfNq0MzQNdaQqk_Fg2HylG4tel7NM8AxVuUtHT5wyIx0FfU/s320/DSCN0138.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420392764349600242" border="0" /></a>Kara asked Santa for a hat and she sure has enjoyed the silly hat he brought her, as well as the toothbrushes and tooth paste that he brings them every year.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe4NOjpvsozwxIH4H-ofK_fPiLb0iLhD2GUoBd9WrDHMpTKnjVhTqpISk1vutyg1Q4OPp7OLOYeWXGIvA4DZj2ifdMPVAmilT244j8vv3X7sKkZMQNiKYfT1-_ahmoDYRs5kygZMdJUY/s1600-h/DSCN0143.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWe4NOjpvsozwxIH4H-ofK_fPiLb0iLhD2GUoBd9WrDHMpTKnjVhTqpISk1vutyg1Q4OPp7OLOYeWXGIvA4DZj2ifdMPVAmilT244j8vv3X7sKkZMQNiKYfT1-_ahmoDYRs5kygZMdJUY/s320/DSCN0143.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420393110113469330" border="0" /></a>Cereal bar in one hand, candy cane in the other.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxQTDcHeunHFTK0gAeS0OVbUSYN78X5cq3MtgOrqG_-9VJP-mEudBamRqqYNHLzy9Tfp1o_VRxvhcLQAxPIgNGDAQCJyJow9quruUUFyQ8N5Ka9eu-6OF-ttGpgxYH6M4xMU_Vo-Zd3M/s1600-h/DSCN0146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnxQTDcHeunHFTK0gAeS0OVbUSYN78X5cq3MtgOrqG_-9VJP-mEudBamRqqYNHLzy9Tfp1o_VRxvhcLQAxPIgNGDAQCJyJow9quruUUFyQ8N5Ka9eu-6OF-ttGpgxYH6M4xMU_Vo-Zd3M/s320/DSCN0146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420393120961090066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorNmCP7AlTO45nZ5mj5NrYxZ5ZTGjfKIhwFDhdViCg_KgSZCXdvNRz_Gn_qHkq2wjxVgovQTSR9f9h1Rd-sRmQkLXw9VtnRDbKNMEEt2TQd3JdjN9zIEikTd5Gj4K3-wV2VoXcz0E8HI/s1600-h/DSCN0149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiorNmCP7AlTO45nZ5mj5NrYxZ5ZTGjfKIhwFDhdViCg_KgSZCXdvNRz_Gn_qHkq2wjxVgovQTSR9f9h1Rd-sRmQkLXw9VtnRDbKNMEEt2TQd3JdjN9zIEikTd5Gj4K3-wV2VoXcz0E8HI/s320/DSCN0149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420393132396742034" border="0" /></a>The girls started with the Santa presents. Jana got her "friends in a suitcase" that she's been asking for for months (beanie baby size stuffed animals in house-shaped carrying cases).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aQ2h-ZHklHXYELfSFuDSzXYjsDyRPMYF96PNFIREvJxGvdFA555EnoC20OPBxtCfHHdQNLXp7wxg5RjMmcZ2FHleaH_JwB3JdhVEgYf7UH2fDvWupu2MhClbuG3g_djiBCHDZEXkF6M/s1600-h/DSCN0162.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7aQ2h-ZHklHXYELfSFuDSzXYjsDyRPMYF96PNFIREvJxGvdFA555EnoC20OPBxtCfHHdQNLXp7wxg5RjMmcZ2FHleaH_JwB3JdhVEgYf7UH2fDvWupu2MhClbuG3g_djiBCHDZEXkF6M/s320/DSCN0162.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420395103517048610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDXiPQ81NymNUAPQFePENHxqLob2uThY1jWOE1DCZS_HQo6EMNP8rEGjRYG3hOxh22CM5UGmjf5gxbK4JGjnCdE0qlrHCFMuVVmAUeDZ_yk5c1ej58hFeWnCmHYWZnKaMzkF3LWOWxn4/s1600-h/DSCN0163.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDXiPQ81NymNUAPQFePENHxqLob2uThY1jWOE1DCZS_HQo6EMNP8rEGjRYG3hOxh22CM5UGmjf5gxbK4JGjnCdE0qlrHCFMuVVmAUeDZ_yk5c1ej58hFeWnCmHYWZnKaMzkF3LWOWxn4/s320/DSCN0163.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420395112591014610" border="0" /></a><br />Santa surprised Kara with two Mickey Mouse MegaBloks sets. They have been a hit! She didn't want to open any more presents because she was too busy playing with these. :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDDyOOZ3STvvOhduL3i57o7siU97gTNPEnETa9TVN94jiOLkjJTToREua177IsSVeC0YaoBwVHarpBRrUFrufUjA4YTilB_2VWncjlmskH6baaWzGWTdn0JPObe-p7-7lRG2RIUGGjsw/s1600-h/DSCN0165.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguDDyOOZ3STvvOhduL3i57o7siU97gTNPEnETa9TVN94jiOLkjJTToREua177IsSVeC0YaoBwVHarpBRrUFrufUjA4YTilB_2VWncjlmskH6baaWzGWTdn0JPObe-p7-7lRG2RIUGGjsw/s320/DSCN0165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420728631820123986" border="0" /></a><br />Jana helping Kara open the present that Jana had picked out for her.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrRbUijv1EZ9Nu2Kkf3tjUmRrgCtlYZct2Zakkc_TIyt0ND7n9iDrbAA1izLES8Qpg6fgZmkErqwNJ0GxQ8rwzGtnHEqFtWyqXyWZL0t1RTgPGDKi5Hsc4DqUDOrRZGAemTBAnfmD6dA/s1600-h/DSCN0176.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrRbUijv1EZ9Nu2Kkf3tjUmRrgCtlYZct2Zakkc_TIyt0ND7n9iDrbAA1izLES8Qpg6fgZmkErqwNJ0GxQ8rwzGtnHEqFtWyqXyWZL0t1RTgPGDKi5Hsc4DqUDOrRZGAemTBAnfmD6dA/s320/DSCN0176.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420731052266925170" border="0" /></a>Jana loves her new Princess towel, especially since it has a crown.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjack6QdZ4JUHBpnmLdmqhueghLqpI5xDblmLi_uZ76AmYsdOJWfpYPszKl9ureMdPiKyvkWaquwrSCKEIR3JiBMLRcGL3UvFpv7Oekx7O-NdeOxrHoNtY97kxO1AKK7WUZYMZK1NVKQ7o/s1600-h/DSCN0179.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjack6QdZ4JUHBpnmLdmqhueghLqpI5xDblmLi_uZ76AmYsdOJWfpYPszKl9ureMdPiKyvkWaquwrSCKEIR3JiBMLRcGL3UvFpv7Oekx7O-NdeOxrHoNtY97kxO1AKK7WUZYMZK1NVKQ7o/s320/DSCN0179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420731059384196978" border="0" /></a><br />Finally we moved on to Grandma and Grandpa's presents to the girls. Jana has loved her Fancy Nancy doll. She's been obsessed with Fancy Nancy for quite a while, but she certainly loves this.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dGNjWmMmrHyli_EJiUwy1Xe0nERdph1pWVFGBb-bKE1XZDPlUK8BGIQ1YANV8-eDbeAhQZ-nQVdWVoKheqUymQXIku9EFW8BilZomBiUb3LIcgIPCV9t4H4nx7Q3NsTXcQIPYHWnDgA/s1600-h/DSCN0183.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8dGNjWmMmrHyli_EJiUwy1Xe0nERdph1pWVFGBb-bKE1XZDPlUK8BGIQ1YANV8-eDbeAhQZ-nQVdWVoKheqUymQXIku9EFW8BilZomBiUb3LIcgIPCV9t4H4nx7Q3NsTXcQIPYHWnDgA/s320/DSCN0183.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420731066203127330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB253nWxgs8VQxlwyhKcc9MMLrewMtmsj7n9qTbrDK2m-F_VK3Dbpk5SXAD7HMragc30ky5zf4QGPowqr4LV9yfxydq1EIBL_-r7V0_b-Ufh9hmnZPuUnt5MYhJSg9ryYyNdBTpuqJctI/s1600-h/DSCN0184.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB253nWxgs8VQxlwyhKcc9MMLrewMtmsj7n9qTbrDK2m-F_VK3Dbpk5SXAD7HMragc30ky5zf4QGPowqr4LV9yfxydq1EIBL_-r7V0_b-Ufh9hmnZPuUnt5MYhJSg9ryYyNdBTpuqJctI/s320/DSCN0184.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420768310042560530" border="0" /></a><br />Kara needed to take a toast break.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtQRXd4z0NupqnV1jxsp8N_gCC8P8fiYVSW72vFFV69XRsZB5NPWhMUGS7K9Yfbn-FNAl27DcIWnOULQndocaTkGcSRf7aq_glU6eEVq-22xsMu4fvRwuRVKSx5eiQNq3j0vBBA07vLg/s1600-h/DSCN0192.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqtQRXd4z0NupqnV1jxsp8N_gCC8P8fiYVSW72vFFV69XRsZB5NPWhMUGS7K9Yfbn-FNAl27DcIWnOULQndocaTkGcSRf7aq_glU6eEVq-22xsMu4fvRwuRVKSx5eiQNq3j0vBBA07vLg/s320/DSCN0192.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420768322866562098" border="0" /></a>Jana ripping into more presents while Kara ate her toast.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfD-7DMtxGTxtRfQf7abOJoeegm9yV1uPAFcTFkmFcQ4s8-GyrbZ3RNUQ4kAWNy03_SRnF2dtabGISRqyPyVcdcnX9z8rw4EDvN8WioVs6rPGFxAfQWFhzruwDF9ruBfF-yzjFU5eyaA/s1600-h/DSCN0201.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfD-7DMtxGTxtRfQf7abOJoeegm9yV1uPAFcTFkmFcQ4s8-GyrbZ3RNUQ4kAWNy03_SRnF2dtabGISRqyPyVcdcnX9z8rw4EDvN8WioVs6rPGFxAfQWFhzruwDF9ruBfF-yzjFU5eyaA/s320/DSCN0201.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420768331188780866" border="0" /></a><br />Kara immediately needed to put on her new jacket from Auntie Sarah, Uncle Patrick, and Ari while reading her new books from Auntie Kaley.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSG9eiG-32HrUVPMIHSZapMOd-rEd_BVzFs90So3K1JPkpUQCYAAqjxfaCnf1rDwh5bwZ3TDjsxVKeWyEFbbdBhXeG7srtLiinJD6Nie8uZRDh51dUFPZdfmPEUEyFHVlsZRwir9AgEQ/s1600-h/DSCN0207.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSG9eiG-32HrUVPMIHSZapMOd-rEd_BVzFs90So3K1JPkpUQCYAAqjxfaCnf1rDwh5bwZ3TDjsxVKeWyEFbbdBhXeG7srtLiinJD6Nie8uZRDh51dUFPZdfmPEUEyFHVlsZRwir9AgEQ/s320/DSCN0207.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421447016869700530" border="0" /></a>Ooooo! Dora!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5SIqgNPwyfhRGy-3_95VJ7V5G9N_KtG0s6og2pyHAasFE6RtTxdXxrgBu6nFJjPztHgTx_Gkzn3-J5jWQjRvFMXeIiBaLIHEE1h0r37Zqzrb1_JozizKWvrFOjjDL9BB3foYmuTlLlg/s1600-h/DSCN0208.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5SIqgNPwyfhRGy-3_95VJ7V5G9N_KtG0s6og2pyHAasFE6RtTxdXxrgBu6nFJjPztHgTx_Gkzn3-J5jWQjRvFMXeIiBaLIHEE1h0r37Zqzrb1_JozizKWvrFOjjDL9BB3foYmuTlLlg/s320/DSCN0208.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421447024851339954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jana didn't appreciate Kara's method of opening presents: slow! So she kept volunteering to help her open her presents.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJstE37eY-ZXpBp6pJqzgb5Tvdy5kThoZOu3BdX_mRnib9Wjndv7urFXZnP0ZpPT3Zc8kpGKqoa27eey0xhENPxakFshl-Un7C-a9y4kOk457uZuqa-k-MYj-BLPVoV0xoDSUHrwYWUlg/s1600-h/DSCN0156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJstE37eY-ZXpBp6pJqzgb5Tvdy5kThoZOu3BdX_mRnib9Wjndv7urFXZnP0ZpPT3Zc8kpGKqoa27eey0xhENPxakFshl-Un7C-a9y4kOk457uZuqa-k-MYj-BLPVoV0xoDSUHrwYWUlg/s320/DSCN0156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420395087423972722" border="0" /></a><br />This would be the "No I don't want help, Jana!" look.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WXSH6ME7WWSv-zJ6_cfQ_oOT181nPHUhC1LRZjFpBcgqBUPppa5g-wllh5k92buHSeQEDFqdBZ-WsZZ9Az3Pa9xEHQGCJDVcD_YWv8DR0qghwVSS9QDR0nEYlQitp77vhDK3RNg5ipY/s1600-h/DSCN0167.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WXSH6ME7WWSv-zJ6_cfQ_oOT181nPHUhC1LRZjFpBcgqBUPppa5g-wllh5k92buHSeQEDFqdBZ-WsZZ9Az3Pa9xEHQGCJDVcD_YWv8DR0qghwVSS9QDR0nEYlQitp77vhDK3RNg5ipY/s320/DSCN0167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420728645853515826" border="0" /></a><br />So, Jana got to help Daddy instead.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpEf8iaOTe4fSGRyMwlyKpkvUAnlGiyriR80JuINS-mcNXQDrkYfuZPZ-ccsvXtREBt_SUmG68fnsq5foehB-NUqnntKpmzeqAWweSQr8S_sivcYX6cu0FoJ07nRvLd-qPm1dzqIh2hU/s1600-h/DSCN0169.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpEf8iaOTe4fSGRyMwlyKpkvUAnlGiyriR80JuINS-mcNXQDrkYfuZPZ-ccsvXtREBt_SUmG68fnsq5foehB-NUqnntKpmzeqAWweSQr8S_sivcYX6cu0FoJ07nRvLd-qPm1dzqIh2hU/s320/DSCN0169.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420729381768181234" border="0" /></a>Kara, still playing with the Mickey set. Please notice that there are very few presents left to be unwrapped because the only ones left were Kara's. Jana managed to unwrap hers and ours.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNGkDbSHZzOP_k49pbA3ioxjHu-aDbwjCNVgxHp2rXKY6M7YagtkcX8S9fma7XMmYwyF-eH2yhLWKDClUiEqkgAMF_oRvUdMsJ3XRf-v9wB22CNUCX4aotGtUCL8gLX1ZgknR-98jDaU/s1600-h/DSCN0170.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNGkDbSHZzOP_k49pbA3ioxjHu-aDbwjCNVgxHp2rXKY6M7YagtkcX8S9fma7XMmYwyF-eH2yhLWKDClUiEqkgAMF_oRvUdMsJ3XRf-v9wB22CNUCX4aotGtUCL8gLX1ZgknR-98jDaU/s320/DSCN0170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420729390828491490" border="0" /></a><br />Finally Kara moved on to her next present: a camera just for her.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOxG35A4A4rvITGsefbKjm5GvsXRd30d2-q8fkndlIw0Q8FJeMkaNO6q07jYutPRY-G71AzIKW-WMBGLAFCCi6d8ISqeicRyK_nqxeRrnus415K2bPkddzwt6EgVqjWI36U_jv9gbZ_g/s1600-h/DSCN0173.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGOxG35A4A4rvITGsefbKjm5GvsXRd30d2-q8fkndlIw0Q8FJeMkaNO6q07jYutPRY-G71AzIKW-WMBGLAFCCi6d8ISqeicRyK_nqxeRrnus415K2bPkddzwt6EgVqjWI36U_jv9gbZ_g/s320/DSCN0173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420729893913048050" border="0" /></a>Jana begging to help again. She couldn't figure out why Kara still had more presents and she didn't... she didn't quite understand that she had opened all of hers while Kara hadn't opened very many.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh87wu982JH7P62YbBv0QhQbAD_jsGLdWUzBKOIhLdz5ns9TgjBv2AedAsplSU0FVP2lJb4Bf-PCWQ_txfRRMdYiQCKCtyF7J1xnZ4f9MG-MOtrgQVuk1X4Eb6CX_PIFY36kJ7QBeZ4Ag/s1600-h/DSCN0175.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh87wu982JH7P62YbBv0QhQbAD_jsGLdWUzBKOIhLdz5ns9TgjBv2AedAsplSU0FVP2lJb4Bf-PCWQ_txfRRMdYiQCKCtyF7J1xnZ4f9MG-MOtrgQVuk1X4Eb6CX_PIFY36kJ7QBeZ4Ag/s320/DSCN0175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420729906648774434" border="0" /></a><br />Jana was so confused by the presents labeled "Open last." It was quite a mystery... for a little while.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MK-TZb0KfRS65KVFAr44Tk57PbOtJNeNsJzOxi-GPOKMMDFN5P4vHHTZzOXIS-2m9jm4fT4JweGmUv1c9o9wtgalOilq59jrd5-He3E1zQCoViunsHxWG9ac8FJP1QHRftyuQaQbZjw/s1600-h/DSCN0210.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MK-TZb0KfRS65KVFAr44Tk57PbOtJNeNsJzOxi-GPOKMMDFN5P4vHHTZzOXIS-2m9jm4fT4JweGmUv1c9o9wtgalOilq59jrd5-He3E1zQCoViunsHxWG9ac8FJP1QHRftyuQaQbZjw/s320/DSCN0210.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421447035916215074" border="0" /></a>Breakfast break. We loved having Grandma and Grandpa E join us for present opening and brunch.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWlsg3GPylg1J7KzPfha2Eocdb4c9-SNUIE-Fn8p5fJqOxl845F26_4EDQhddX8X7frVBOLK-uuvIrJ-ZIK73LncnCo1ZDlF81Gg8O3J2VT8mgj1NmUrYVLu_jPeBvTwUjC19_smkIrw/s1600-h/DSCN0213.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicWlsg3GPylg1J7KzPfha2Eocdb4c9-SNUIE-Fn8p5fJqOxl845F26_4EDQhddX8X7frVBOLK-uuvIrJ-ZIK73LncnCo1ZDlF81Gg8O3J2VT8mgj1NmUrYVLu_jPeBvTwUjC19_smkIrw/s320/DSCN0213.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421448164537782466" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jc3_gFQyJMgIQoOBfKSvpuTDpWiCcR4SBt8XAJuOw4r1ca5BbrP4Rx951f6ebJoWk_SX6_H_xTKGJOKScZuWXivbAjIxIGpMg4_IBux1KJ0uGRgO0qXy7LVk2kvmsLIIS466-E6QgvM/s1600-h/DSCN0216.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jc3_gFQyJMgIQoOBfKSvpuTDpWiCcR4SBt8XAJuOw4r1ca5BbrP4Rx951f6ebJoWk_SX6_H_xTKGJOKScZuWXivbAjIxIGpMg4_IBux1KJ0uGRgO0qXy7LVk2kvmsLIIS466-E6QgvM/s320/DSCN0216.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421448172713320034" border="0" /></a><br />Another big hit were the magnetic dress up dolls. The girls managed to end up with three sets and they LOVE them.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_Mcz0CeWj3bq-yJftjnvyn5h7m9a3dYb2XzXTPlzrq8AMR2-u8wXAxnmWgRDE29gYteXsmAyKRNboMBMVOX5EIC3cirTq_msujlQo5gYa1NPcflGX9Ay8lG9gvfXhfvMFmVJAYS-Sts/s1600-h/DSCN0218.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv_Mcz0CeWj3bq-yJftjnvyn5h7m9a3dYb2XzXTPlzrq8AMR2-u8wXAxnmWgRDE29gYteXsmAyKRNboMBMVOX5EIC3cirTq_msujlQo5gYa1NPcflGX9Ay8lG9gvfXhfvMFmVJAYS-Sts/s320/DSCN0218.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421448683110240834" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ7BwpdxOznQLGbfSdbe_4_8gF8vw4QJZo7I2n70TSF0r5gksGwfjGU63_dYtVgQCz6xqBbGj5xLCH8WgQONSpgWl0KcJJMIN810ib-5xo6QYb-OK0Z7tnkilJl_BLkcqp0Xcz_yApLA/s1600-h/DSCN0221.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQ7BwpdxOznQLGbfSdbe_4_8gF8vw4QJZo7I2n70TSF0r5gksGwfjGU63_dYtVgQCz6xqBbGj5xLCH8WgQONSpgWl0KcJJMIN810ib-5xo6QYb-OK0Z7tnkilJl_BLkcqp0Xcz_yApLA/s320/DSCN0221.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421448695290583858" border="0" /></a>A little craft time. Auntie Meg and Uncle Sean gave the girls some craft books that they have enjoyed immensely.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-AiccXdforpWTnGN8vnXESozr6BtOOB8MWrroJH95wql3jW-vrlIhstUkY7sBA2Uv_IzU9ECMIDPBOkYWvSUfanFevDhq2JkU6djvUKffGGS6SwFWDir3Kr3xSyKLfDZpFVUpNjZXgA/s1600-h/DSCN0224.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-AiccXdforpWTnGN8vnXESozr6BtOOB8MWrroJH95wql3jW-vrlIhstUkY7sBA2Uv_IzU9ECMIDPBOkYWvSUfanFevDhq2JkU6djvUKffGGS6SwFWDir3Kr3xSyKLfDZpFVUpNjZXgA/s320/DSCN0224.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421450950525780562" border="0" /></a><br />Jana decided that the stairs was the best place to store all her new treasures.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQDtRKVpGzl3NV_kpJlTurKGYIE_3lLoKNg8kyjqMt3dr0YzCv7tzL9H7n5-CDFsY9RU-rQN7H_ukSybpKoB3GId-8t7kT3LnxagC_kEyAVqJtD63L0WOyvlBYO_4T9o16pczNnvwjQY/s1600-h/DSCN0225.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQDtRKVpGzl3NV_kpJlTurKGYIE_3lLoKNg8kyjqMt3dr0YzCv7tzL9H7n5-CDFsY9RU-rQN7H_ukSybpKoB3GId-8t7kT3LnxagC_kEyAVqJtD63L0WOyvlBYO_4T9o16pczNnvwjQY/s320/DSCN0225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421450965875835922" border="0" /></a>And then Grammy and Papa arrived and the present opening started all over. While the girls received many wonderful presents, this has been one of the favorites by far. This is a copy of "The Night Before Christmas" that was recorded by Grammy and Papa. The girls have listened to it many, many times since opening it and LOVE the fact that they can hear Grammy and Papa's voices whenever they want.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-9TDYRUB3avHoM5TrgO_-EmprVlSH2HsZtbIyN03Sb4gia_G8sX6PZA4N7AZEUbx7ZbM0ao2J8_Yqs7f25M3Lh1keEDW3YvDkD0g2rom1e1sgYDnUC2fRiX353ETK9lwoyx1-ZC480M/s1600-h/DSCN0232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8-9TDYRUB3avHoM5TrgO_-EmprVlSH2HsZtbIyN03Sb4gia_G8sX6PZA4N7AZEUbx7ZbM0ao2J8_Yqs7f25M3Lh1keEDW3YvDkD0g2rom1e1sgYDnUC2fRiX353ETK9lwoyx1-ZC480M/s320/DSCN0232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421451347336145154" border="0" /></a><br />Jana opening her Princess Walkie Talkies.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfisPzu346MeDn8oZX8UOAAl8UMuIK815b6bt-iNnpLG4huZiJSTPIvQ8KZFyLRI4SJQJBAEZPPhHkUygbeSyRnZjCK2wSIPatW7jUOU63h7UowLtljdixbWAFdbrYGEvlZoZi1nwf1Q/s1600-h/DSCN0238.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQfisPzu346MeDn8oZX8UOAAl8UMuIK815b6bt-iNnpLG4huZiJSTPIvQ8KZFyLRI4SJQJBAEZPPhHkUygbeSyRnZjCK2wSIPatW7jUOU63h7UowLtljdixbWAFdbrYGEvlZoZi1nwf1Q/s320/DSCN0238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421451362754365618" border="0" /></a><br />Kara bringing Mommy her new clothes.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CAdMtCApZQtxtyC2s_C9pRwZXAdMJ-zl3LmDecBld6-G26p9_Xb_RUCs09OHA7AD3k_9V1VnMR9FdsSmpDLk0NaHS83NQ6i7GlafDNoMGFEe4lsrevy48jJJQBgqjd-5OnmbD8IzC-k/s1600-h/DSCN0236.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CAdMtCApZQtxtyC2s_C9pRwZXAdMJ-zl3LmDecBld6-G26p9_Xb_RUCs09OHA7AD3k_9V1VnMR9FdsSmpDLk0NaHS83NQ6i7GlafDNoMGFEe4lsrevy48jJJQBgqjd-5OnmbD8IzC-k/s320/DSCN0236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421451621079793266" border="0" /></a><br />Grammy helping Kara opening her train set. This has been out daily as well! She's definitely into the building phase and loves to play with this!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EVJAX80TbbXTBSfWxlv4TfCIAhQXPrlKs3ztZMgeKlMwqcfHonRPgtcfCPxSaL0HDQKcrzULG1ChlQJPKmwAAWlIotJ4ov20J18E5TcxcLry5HvzU9HYQQKRj27n2G7k9zgCqCWZ9vk/s1600-h/DSCN0240.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EVJAX80TbbXTBSfWxlv4TfCIAhQXPrlKs3ztZMgeKlMwqcfHonRPgtcfCPxSaL0HDQKcrzULG1ChlQJPKmwAAWlIotJ4ov20J18E5TcxcLry5HvzU9HYQQKRj27n2G7k9zgCqCWZ9vk/s320/DSCN0240.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421452089537527202" border="0" /></a>But the mysterious "Open Last" presents made sense when the girls opened this for Mommy and Daddy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRRzJa6cyrMPZqdm-LvmSq9IA-HTvulxzJ1JyfKAar-3hKWmjl1Ao0bu8LUIbSAYIRjwVmoQ11bzD7RI7xFXbkKeaJwkF2Z4BDwof_fXDEy-jNVdgQVpTBMPpuTmUcuNeF04gCzMr9ps/s1600-h/DSCN0243.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRRzJa6cyrMPZqdm-LvmSq9IA-HTvulxzJ1JyfKAar-3hKWmjl1Ao0bu8LUIbSAYIRjwVmoQ11bzD7RI7xFXbkKeaJwkF2Z4BDwof_fXDEy-jNVdgQVpTBMPpuTmUcuNeF04gCzMr9ps/s320/DSCN0243.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421452474832109858" border="0" /></a>Back to some more craft time, but Jana missed the concept of putting the jewel stickers on the pages, not on her face!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju49SgO-_3tzP2N40RQ9dnUuXvOZDJ-RFUVq4j7ocMLPh4w6MXI6C_dfvwnWwk0lmVFG1mVExY8GeSVl6QhFWD2aZ_aS4IaKM5-XF9rbGc__LQwxHANEihxO7oag_s0zECZQGa6x6Kld0/s1600-h/DSCN0246.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju49SgO-_3tzP2N40RQ9dnUuXvOZDJ-RFUVq4j7ocMLPh4w6MXI6C_dfvwnWwk0lmVFG1mVExY8GeSVl6QhFWD2aZ_aS4IaKM5-XF9rbGc__LQwxHANEihxO7oag_s0zECZQGa6x6Kld0/s320/DSCN0246.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421452484505193362" border="0" /></a><br />GG's present to the girls was also a big hit. Both girls have enjoyed playing on this. This is the FP Fit Park system. It's nothing complex, but a mat that the girls can run and jump on. It's great for the girls since they aren't quite up to the wii yet.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZL6ly17Dmw6xYSpJVTmRd2-3Hdza1PNjYkFzy7Bd4-avsGhhjPN7xDIAJsl7stPdzRH0D3KDhgYhCDJYBb2kgT2nxG_m1UrXQlwOg5YDwj30IqI_-390DUVIPXNtrM0KmvfHgPswX7w/s1600-h/DSCN0248.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZZL6ly17Dmw6xYSpJVTmRd2-3Hdza1PNjYkFzy7Bd4-avsGhhjPN7xDIAJsl7stPdzRH0D3KDhgYhCDJYBb2kgT2nxG_m1UrXQlwOg5YDwj30IqI_-390DUVIPXNtrM0KmvfHgPswX7w/s320/DSCN0248.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421452968545846770" border="0" /></a>Here's Jana making her character run a race, in record time.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUUxB-yViNVXayPkB11mSTPj5XxJmn1PNsSP-MZrvBRXTtI0uk3B93FUrWjYF41TZ5bYdkjlEipIQFw9W2nOjxoKnW8mR7QRBly_7dbyjAlRAcS4PAl3Y4SfjmgSoovcHj07GJ0sAD0Y/s1600-h/DSCN0249.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUUxB-yViNVXayPkB11mSTPj5XxJmn1PNsSP-MZrvBRXTtI0uk3B93FUrWjYF41TZ5bYdkjlEipIQFw9W2nOjxoKnW8mR7QRBly_7dbyjAlRAcS4PAl3Y4SfjmgSoovcHj07GJ0sAD0Y/s320/DSCN0249.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421452978004427330" border="0" /></a>Here she's playing one of the games that has her sitting/lying to match the colors.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YiQctEjH5gBwbH0J7ueaINGcHNnlEob4yZBfVkdPkzlbPFmGBjyyxxapWjgFXM6GHQkv4qnkkrvzQUgPsNAeEHK7GgqKqKBJJXayrzjoKLyt6W5u8GPh3d_JLAM6nCkelMGiO1QtE44/s1600-h/DSCN0250.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7YiQctEjH5gBwbH0J7ueaINGcHNnlEob4yZBfVkdPkzlbPFmGBjyyxxapWjgFXM6GHQkv4qnkkrvzQUgPsNAeEHK7GgqKqKBJJXayrzjoKLyt6W5u8GPh3d_JLAM6nCkelMGiO1QtE44/s320/DSCN0250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421460875115204018" border="0" /></a><br />She did try the slalom skiing on the wii fit. It told her that she is "unbalanced"... as if we didn't know. Ha, ha, ha!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGggu4ibaiJBSib14pj3HCXXiZq2lPTNCRK3-soU-GMo9eudBtmDvSFQchNlqXORl_NgCJMOzjaDpJORmpAsMdQv3hItxvuB4DNmNayHRIUlGjG3OPMF4BT_nW9EnqCB2AUso7nen4kU/s1600-h/DSCN0253.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcGggu4ibaiJBSib14pj3HCXXiZq2lPTNCRK3-soU-GMo9eudBtmDvSFQchNlqXORl_NgCJMOzjaDpJORmpAsMdQv3hItxvuB4DNmNayHRIUlGjG3OPMF4BT_nW9EnqCB2AUso7nen4kU/s320/DSCN0253.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421454956598691666" border="0" /></a>It was very humorous to watch, though.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAq0TtD9IJ2QyKUL3W0xkacnx-8f1zbAnkwvy45MgUk79jB9NElaqrQwFbp3woKOn55YdMvb1SJK8dyeFZBRtjSXDLOqdehetYqVR0hmnSXLksCfkrYtqYAVbQg2Tm2yX7a3qyEpcXPM/s1600-h/DSCN0255.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhAq0TtD9IJ2QyKUL3W0xkacnx-8f1zbAnkwvy45MgUk79jB9NElaqrQwFbp3woKOn55YdMvb1SJK8dyeFZBRtjSXDLOqdehetYqVR0hmnSXLksCfkrYtqYAVbQg2Tm2yX7a3qyEpcXPM/s320/DSCN0255.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421455674629300114" border="0" /></a><br />We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas dinner with Grammy and Papa S.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRt5Z23RdHEYluKwjePXhyCZHCpH5q5uNXsotqIGfGZx5SQjsK80DxFmg103gg4hLIeY8bfwR8uy3y2fXJ3bB8ERvt5pn2d0VFNG8d4GCoUUUQfJBc3KXdochqiXNd-HMpZ88_kDMTcg/s1600-h/DSCN0260.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRt5Z23RdHEYluKwjePXhyCZHCpH5q5uNXsotqIGfGZx5SQjsK80DxFmg103gg4hLIeY8bfwR8uy3y2fXJ3bB8ERvt5pn2d0VFNG8d4GCoUUUQfJBc3KXdochqiXNd-HMpZ88_kDMTcg/s320/DSCN0260.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421461169913974978" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-35032060888882315542009-12-20T12:09:00.000-08:002009-12-20T13:15:46.436-08:00Getting Caught Up!It's been way too long since I've been able to do an update. The girls are growing amazingly fast.<br /><br />One of the ladies in the childcare at the gym summed it up best when she said, "I can't believe how much Kara is talking now and Jana's just a little girl now!" after not seeing them for a while.<br /><br />Jana is full of imagination these days. She is constantly pretending things. She pretends with toys, takes care of her "friends" and babies, and loves to pretend that she's playing with Fancy Nancy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzAdhbYmgMI9MYgUTVUQbxKcJGvkAvEPEu0P5wP-KrDdZNO6j96ISn6WTHWwMFkXZvYGCoNJtAesH08lR7crEIkP_pxFW1g53IPsYOVV9uYDGr2ujEDUwYzHFMJR-VMCHtgj3I42wTMY/s1600-h/IMG_0650.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzAdhbYmgMI9MYgUTVUQbxKcJGvkAvEPEu0P5wP-KrDdZNO6j96ISn6WTHWwMFkXZvYGCoNJtAesH08lR7crEIkP_pxFW1g53IPsYOVV9uYDGr2ujEDUwYzHFMJR-VMCHtgj3I42wTMY/s320/IMG_0650.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417412874676064098" border="0" /></a>We had our first round of whole-family dentist appointments. Phew! All 4 of us in for appointments was entertaining, to say the least.<br /><br />Here are the girls playing while we waited for Daddy to finish. They love to climb on anything they can find!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZVWA_iu85CSCSCSGwOuVYlXCra6HhzGklyBE6SlgviThIowrtYqM2QY7bP0IGCD3ciR_A_d1lGKZEsm85O_E1uWR63OFwvpK3kyrTrFBJbti2aXocLTppu7HGzOfvbYOgjJ2lYwOh0g/s1600-h/IMG_0570.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZVWA_iu85CSCSCSGwOuVYlXCra6HhzGklyBE6SlgviThIowrtYqM2QY7bP0IGCD3ciR_A_d1lGKZEsm85O_E1uWR63OFwvpK3kyrTrFBJbti2aXocLTppu7HGzOfvbYOgjJ2lYwOh0g/s320/IMG_0570.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417412862609059250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnZAEMNz-q6YSH7qbLDkDpUJZxoSPrEQeEEBTiGtMm-hqsyN9iZ9TwpLdK9A29x4y9p6iCGCW9GfFHPBOFtXI1WvPN3Au3uYUAQ3WD2c-cch5Utw7dCfqNKB5c0WjAszvTl-z-LF1SQ0/s1600-h/IMG_0568.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnZAEMNz-q6YSH7qbLDkDpUJZxoSPrEQeEEBTiGtMm-hqsyN9iZ9TwpLdK9A29x4y9p6iCGCW9GfFHPBOFtXI1WvPN3Au3uYUAQ3WD2c-cch5Utw7dCfqNKB5c0WjAszvTl-z-LF1SQ0/s320/IMG_0568.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417412855295679202" border="0" /></a><br />The girls are VERY into Christmas. They decided they needed to wear their Mickey Santa hats one day on our way to school.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbdXEbBvRgAqmSuZMY-9tFOyjIBK_bkeUMmgHq_ZqrC1cRDYSTVr7CSWkWBPquDTvg4eiezkASq7CHn8woiOCtNxFvVLLLBIKswCOOEGSlIiVAT-JWBzg8POz5TYIdg26tAwyTWNiVgY/s1600-h/IMG_0629.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvbdXEbBvRgAqmSuZMY-9tFOyjIBK_bkeUMmgHq_ZqrC1cRDYSTVr7CSWkWBPquDTvg4eiezkASq7CHn8woiOCtNxFvVLLLBIKswCOOEGSlIiVAT-JWBzg8POz5TYIdg26tAwyTWNiVgY/s320/IMG_0629.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417412870277852578" border="0" /></a><br />We headed up to Grammy and Papa's for the annual Santa Breakfast with our nephews. The girls had such a great time with the boys. More pictures are to come as soon as we get our camera back, which we left at Grammy and Papa's.<br /><br />We had quite a time getting the kids to all look at the camera at the same time this year. Also, Kara wanted nothing to do with the picture, which made it a challenge. In the end, we had to crop a good picture of Kara and add it to a good picture of everyone else. Oh well!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIjzm0zxpB_PbyGUQzd085tJ3z0HyIUW8ftlJxyUhaHhG_mi7Tt1zEKwAe9-BAAcKKbza0_9LBTaID5CtJvAGiuhrv8SqccK9S4Bn3kJEuuSVgp8PFMtZhYpzcvUJdpocRIkUadQXKsw/s1600-h/IMG_1269.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIjzm0zxpB_PbyGUQzd085tJ3z0HyIUW8ftlJxyUhaHhG_mi7Tt1zEKwAe9-BAAcKKbza0_9LBTaID5CtJvAGiuhrv8SqccK9S4Bn3kJEuuSVgp8PFMtZhYpzcvUJdpocRIkUadQXKsw/s320/IMG_1269.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417418797017115794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWPSFsj5rsscsuRwOHzNy2sjAGCGfeo5NS9iFTuUdby4G38_X0fx-nBbWSWiHa3ry2dCmvHHpy7sKN4tlqSnMKbTMFy4IWOpF-gc2RDDZwWh5vlHWSUkB221-4VtoyfG1PVWKehp0Zik/s1600-h/IMG_1266.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhWPSFsj5rsscsuRwOHzNy2sjAGCGfeo5NS9iFTuUdby4G38_X0fx-nBbWSWiHa3ry2dCmvHHpy7sKN4tlqSnMKbTMFy4IWOpF-gc2RDDZwWh5vlHWSUkB221-4VtoyfG1PVWKehp0Zik/s320/IMG_1266.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417418795004458674" border="0" /></a>First attempt at cropping/pasting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzNatY0V4tzcLsgV3OeRcnmHvt_1AVFOGyzCllS4G7UGqfxvED6CNae_9oRbZ9KhjJA3_RhJNBUtecHkLBMsFsXBvWyeotWC1DtvYs1zwEm98oP8hfEiwdBmQ029zy518AxhG-sYlsDk/s1600-h/IMG_1269edited.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpzNatY0V4tzcLsgV3OeRcnmHvt_1AVFOGyzCllS4G7UGqfxvED6CNae_9oRbZ9KhjJA3_RhJNBUtecHkLBMsFsXBvWyeotWC1DtvYs1zwEm98oP8hfEiwdBmQ029zy518AxhG-sYlsDk/s320/IMG_1269edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417425632841030098" border="0" /></a>Final version for Grammy and Papa's Christmas card.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-xgs-fjL2XzQOaa7QDFBFoG5KwbUY3NsMLio6HGkuPgJ5Fd6taMtj5U_C2aY5X7lgZqA43Ri1gtgtwDce3WCme_bNyi9M-jultZW_M9nrB-I9G_AbnL0Ws1HrvVcx8a8ewqMKu4apa8/s1600-h/IMG_1269edited2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7-xgs-fjL2XzQOaa7QDFBFoG5KwbUY3NsMLio6HGkuPgJ5Fd6taMtj5U_C2aY5X7lgZqA43Ri1gtgtwDce3WCme_bNyi9M-jultZW_M9nrB-I9G_AbnL0Ws1HrvVcx8a8ewqMKu4apa8/s320/IMG_1269edited2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417425644875035570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />"Auntie 'Nada" came over to play last night. We made pizza, decorated cookies, and made Gingerbread men pops. I had no idea that an extra set of hands made the whole cookie decorating experience so much fun.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15qWmYp4es8INfoAJI3dFGfXE8vX3xPiLIpe4mmiEH_WXc3yEsvdDRXEdBE1bNS_avGJXnoLsbl0yRW5V3DjYy7CMhAyGEz9-lWWri-wamLjPAya1zKRjYb93X8I1U2wAX9fw8oLpL6Y/s1600-h/photo-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh15qWmYp4es8INfoAJI3dFGfXE8vX3xPiLIpe4mmiEH_WXc3yEsvdDRXEdBE1bNS_avGJXnoLsbl0yRW5V3DjYy7CMhAyGEz9-lWWri-wamLjPAya1zKRjYb93X8I1U2wAX9fw8oLpL6Y/s320/photo-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420490998651314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOTBw7xEf69D7CtD75b10GRJr1_UIdkqBJUXQsKnpvxPgO2MJ6m9sV-Y_zKsT5yDhz3EsbeQWPVGcHW1FyCdLxhSZEJbtV5GuPSJVuM5sBudit2ZXgAitrz8pFrQ0iD8Gdc3Sbho4k4Y/s1600-h/photo+3-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOTBw7xEf69D7CtD75b10GRJr1_UIdkqBJUXQsKnpvxPgO2MJ6m9sV-Y_zKsT5yDhz3EsbeQWPVGcHW1FyCdLxhSZEJbtV5GuPSJVuM5sBudit2ZXgAitrz8pFrQ0iD8Gdc3Sbho4k4Y/s320/photo+3-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419279599081554" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrGe47YinEWbLTLz4YfYwhGBPmrjDU5MaBPfCEJAl-9Lray_n-fdOq_a9PUObiY8vcacf4w-HqUGAigm2jxb9so_Wl0VWy1PnWqAF3FBefZRUwIcOBPdE-6c1cGL4yCyVNhvXqhskw0A/s1600-h/photo-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQrGe47YinEWbLTLz4YfYwhGBPmrjDU5MaBPfCEJAl-9Lray_n-fdOq_a9PUObiY8vcacf4w-HqUGAigm2jxb9so_Wl0VWy1PnWqAF3FBefZRUwIcOBPdE-6c1cGL4yCyVNhvXqhskw0A/s320/photo-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420493450302146" border="0" /></a><br />Last night, when I went to check on the girls before I went to bed, this is what I discovered.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj077c6Co4yhD8ExQmAHmBn4sksRB60ClO-PmHSN1m8apaI9piNVxc7iO9WekOPs3KpHdfx1FuEmcl-chECf2DYNYksgOXIFNUysFiBq2RYxyBNFtxIkVbR3igZtINw_zFYVEi-qsJPQNk/s1600-h/photo+5-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj077c6Co4yhD8ExQmAHmBn4sksRB60ClO-PmHSN1m8apaI9piNVxc7iO9WekOPs3KpHdfx1FuEmcl-chECf2DYNYksgOXIFNUysFiBq2RYxyBNFtxIkVbR3igZtINw_zFYVEi-qsJPQNk/s320/photo+5-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420238591616322" border="0" /></a>Not only do the girls LOVE everything about Christmas (like their Daddy), Kara loves wearing her Seahawk Santa hat - especially when she can match Daddy in his.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzobkN3okGaQ72L7ge37z2rdpZIUyrO5ciwhPEbwF-4rCDK6Clr4K1Vb-enlNR5boj-xwhFxbSFGXR0iX90SBKQiFQuVPP2b3K6ldYbwt3ks3kemvtqjbMmVXsI2wz9gFXl91j835V4w/s1600-h/photo+4-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzobkN3okGaQ72L7ge37z2rdpZIUyrO5ciwhPEbwF-4rCDK6Clr4K1Vb-enlNR5boj-xwhFxbSFGXR0iX90SBKQiFQuVPP2b3K6ldYbwt3ks3kemvtqjbMmVXsI2wz9gFXl91j835V4w/s320/photo+4-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419666525880818" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Look at all those curls now that her hair is shorter!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SFZaCXN9Kdjq1CPEa1rusmUmIiFd_8rPSJq2nZl3RW41o2TR2zn4Nh00Y45G-DvkWttSgX1nyzR5N7nBKoWA3bSAArwcNzWvhzB8d_p5AqQfF7d6PqKXNxGGWPHw_bhR8jBz0iQAIvc/s1600-h/photo+5-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SFZaCXN9Kdjq1CPEa1rusmUmIiFd_8rPSJq2nZl3RW41o2TR2zn4Nh00Y45G-DvkWttSgX1nyzR5N7nBKoWA3bSAArwcNzWvhzB8d_p5AqQfF7d6PqKXNxGGWPHw_bhR8jBz0iQAIvc/s320/photo+5-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420245437311218" border="0" /></a><br />Those crazy curls... (and the crazy table. We had a hard time just eating breakfast this morning. We needed all of our toys too.)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGFl8wuONRcLEEpJzeKpjJjwryH0zqqqLwBrUEeBsbUzeEVQUKwYCF1286jj35VUGMgNFzJk4RS88b7OkEVe38tJ94YBy8QTsMVKthOEA0cknMFYWPijrHEU99dCIOZuNRIOHLZFZv3Y/s1600-h/photo+2-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGFl8wuONRcLEEpJzeKpjJjwryH0zqqqLwBrUEeBsbUzeEVQUKwYCF1286jj35VUGMgNFzJk4RS88b7OkEVe38tJ94YBy8QTsMVKthOEA0cknMFYWPijrHEU99dCIOZuNRIOHLZFZv3Y/s320/photo+2-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419000026333986" border="0" /></a><br />The girls have been very cute playing together this morning. Both wanted to wear "Princess Dresses", but since Mommy's a little behind on laundry, we had to compromise. Kara picked out this skirt first and Jana decided she had to match.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwi1DM0PjbfJRC_M6RgdAdXfIfn_qCreX7485eNsT68oGVJkK6n6nqX3AHdKejz6I-RHa9DAAHEL_Qup3vI64_M4EsSxJbbzBS80sIu1YfypkM-37uZFimIJ54ZA2f-eMXE59Q6G2TkY/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcwi1DM0PjbfJRC_M6RgdAdXfIfn_qCreX7485eNsT68oGVJkK6n6nqX3AHdKejz6I-RHa9DAAHEL_Qup3vI64_M4EsSxJbbzBS80sIu1YfypkM-37uZFimIJ54ZA2f-eMXE59Q6G2TkY/s320/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419651825928354" border="0" /></a><br />A sweet sisterly hug this morning!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYctnk_t0VhyphenhyphenEyx4QO0HhQw1yUtU-n4q5zF03bG5P6xR8_HaBDzrOcoKoPMt5DfkRJJAb5PtmNzrdmiMjQyU6658AcR9VqN-i9Lw7GBQrOzMTIaBqaCa7dJ27nMJ0XvUDO8-Zz63Y-vn4/s1600-h/photo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYctnk_t0VhyphenhyphenEyx4QO0HhQw1yUtU-n4q5zF03bG5P6xR8_HaBDzrOcoKoPMt5DfkRJJAb5PtmNzrdmiMjQyU6658AcR9VqN-i9Lw7GBQrOzMTIaBqaCa7dJ27nMJ0XvUDO8-Zz63Y-vn4/s320/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419258544953026" border="0" /></a><br />And finally here is our picture with Santa this year. We managed to go when there was not another soul there! It was fantastic. This is the same Santa we've been going to since Jana was a baby - which I think is very cool.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwEpON42A7XwR9pWCpN3I-GU3rqn5CA8mEJrSX06JLKpYviz3GI9AZ1IEXVRX0sJy5gKN005cWV2-t_eF7ZtoqcVKwzsxmPrNvgkz9vn4v-nVDPROcsBtHiO8A71T_PAhD4KOxMPjCXw/s1600-h/photo+2-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzwEpON42A7XwR9pWCpN3I-GU3rqn5CA8mEJrSX06JLKpYviz3GI9AZ1IEXVRX0sJy5gKN005cWV2-t_eF7ZtoqcVKwzsxmPrNvgkz9vn4v-nVDPROcsBtHiO8A71T_PAhD4KOxMPjCXw/s320/photo+2-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417418980024086770" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-56892452735789511382009-12-20T12:07:00.001-08:002009-12-20T13:35:25.915-08:00Jana's WritingIn the last month, Jana has impressed us all very much with her reading and writing.<br /><br />Twice now, Jana has read most of a book to me: some parts memorized, some parts sounded out.<br /><br />It's so neat to be at the phase with her... especially since she's not even 4 yet. (Phew, and to think we still have a year and a half until Kindergarten.)<br /><br />Here are some of her masterpieces from the last few months.<br /><br />It all started with her writing her name one day at school. Then she decided to write her name in her tracing book. The funniest part of Jana writing her name is she makes two parallel lines that connects the top to make it an A instead of an H.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4cCwbUxRCklwmlIrP65EHbcYjK-O1lTcZVuaFhyKdmDmM9FldqJeMxxihXjkjRtvsKSJCRboULc1PxWeVjeVHBAwILSG6KWiEQ-nT8PJjUCAS1XMAExr2DCt8xdx1tMI3w3RsUk5QhQ/s1600-h/IMG_0497.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4cCwbUxRCklwmlIrP65EHbcYjK-O1lTcZVuaFhyKdmDmM9FldqJeMxxihXjkjRtvsKSJCRboULc1PxWeVjeVHBAwILSG6KWiEQ-nT8PJjUCAS1XMAExr2DCt8xdx1tMI3w3RsUk5QhQ/s320/IMG_0497.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417432479620226498" border="0" /></a><br />She was so proud of her smiley face too.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jCRRHIJmU9ciiJZxi05DiFydlNXXRsBAo0pFkkqP7xwinzM55hJfR5tMOBXi9kxcNHD42NyBDkvxyjGQ5I7itCrn5cS2Xo6iFcLWaw6qviV7DaVE9ogg9hdchUbSVQJUAj45gFrd2pY/s1600-h/IMG_0500.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jCRRHIJmU9ciiJZxi05DiFydlNXXRsBAo0pFkkqP7xwinzM55hJfR5tMOBXi9kxcNHD42NyBDkvxyjGQ5I7itCrn5cS2Xo6iFcLWaw6qviV7DaVE9ogg9hdchUbSVQJUAj45gFrd2pY/s320/IMG_0500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417432487769607442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This one was a surprise to me. She found something she wanted in a catalog and needed to write Santa a note to tell him that she wanted this. I got her paper and crayons, but she insisted "No, I do it!" And this was what she came up with on her own. She was trying to write "Friends Suitcase", but ended up with "Frends Sootca..(and I had to help her with the 'se', which resulted in much frustration).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBfH73SWHtSFjOm0zbAugqjR-bY12hgwAJ0plfBV0nJ0XbkxREkgHtSvlnkNVj4lLqY-OpG_hdQLY1BiYmvZ5OxRiuzogjHVHSqP1bv5lr_9O3kvR7Wa3v1TEEM2ZrWr4xn40B-pSDQE/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWBfH73SWHtSFjOm0zbAugqjR-bY12hgwAJ0plfBV0nJ0XbkxREkgHtSvlnkNVj4lLqY-OpG_hdQLY1BiYmvZ5OxRiuzogjHVHSqP1bv5lr_9O3kvR7Wa3v1TEEM2ZrWr4xn40B-pSDQE/s320/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417433234877511202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmeXDkYbH9Ig2q0x4EcoEkyIBMplvKvjSGLUUzpe4ukExaiyDsCMZRzFPc1ioErfjy5j-HUbLrprr7u4qP3TrafXAz3bPXD8qqX6Fs8rfhil8bF-FLbKQka6BjAcqOMJpee-esp00sHHI/s1600-h/photo+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmeXDkYbH9Ig2q0x4EcoEkyIBMplvKvjSGLUUzpe4ukExaiyDsCMZRzFPc1ioErfjy5j-HUbLrprr7u4qP3TrafXAz3bPXD8qqX6Fs8rfhil8bF-FLbKQka6BjAcqOMJpee-esp00sHHI/s320/photo+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417433400682365362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Next came Grandpa's Birthday card. She got most of it by herself, but struggled with the "th".<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mdJ_FXjCBXBdUmirQUE11r15CCQqUk1ciX-BgZjD8ronI2G_7Jf4ggN3NDGU7S35TK3IYXiBul2VTEFgbD-XvoqSDEW8Su96fl4gFUBsjIOg0K0LKKao38UIU5oEXf0n1Zd92Ir2LVQ/s1600-h/photo+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mdJ_FXjCBXBdUmirQUE11r15CCQqUk1ciX-BgZjD8ronI2G_7Jf4ggN3NDGU7S35TK3IYXiBul2VTEFgbD-XvoqSDEW8Su96fl4gFUBsjIOg0K0LKKao38UIU5oEXf0n1Zd92Ir2LVQ/s320/photo+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417433404891203122" border="0" /></a><br />"Happy Birt"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3k0HX1UGYmpFUW28B547CPQ0MAIxtFsUcBxyCoHUnzlXUC4fLmp3Q-FiNALjAqLrVeMxCi33hkuSBw3CE53ClopmlUYlPLrv4TOcGEYqRDC5bfA3aCuYNPHo4swMaisB18g5Sn3BNIck/s1600-h/photo+4-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3k0HX1UGYmpFUW28B547CPQ0MAIxtFsUcBxyCoHUnzlXUC4fLmp3Q-FiNALjAqLrVeMxCi33hkuSBw3CE53ClopmlUYlPLrv4TOcGEYqRDC5bfA3aCuYNPHo4swMaisB18g5Sn3BNIck/s320/photo+4-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417433242860619026" border="0" /></a><br />"hday"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaU6Uhf3bEZaGBsYaKThbStSZXVD6uvzc13mD0dbXEf_w0QoXsL7KOOaPCGU7S5zj1gA5F815I-tSgxYOMoJgpa8ZGB9NW9VKSpUN0brjrXQgfpdNsexWPIYUxj3nCItQA3F29shKjSTQ/s1600-h/photo+3-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaU6Uhf3bEZaGBsYaKThbStSZXVD6uvzc13mD0dbXEf_w0QoXsL7KOOaPCGU7S5zj1gA5F815I-tSgxYOMoJgpa8ZGB9NW9VKSpUN0brjrXQgfpdNsexWPIYUxj3nCItQA3F29shKjSTQ/s320/photo+3-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417432505382988578" border="0" /></a><br />She has insisted that "To" is actually spelled "Too" because it has the oo sound that two O's make.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEgU22om_w9Uo54VoWdvQPL2hXYPApM4j_Nw5NpglAnG1yt_tC-E5FrEMeiKtXNQAslFmODKLYk_tOE8dKGH-2L5YZ9lKGcauAAvJ58uTOAtgNWpUorCIIbgG9JLWwr2zWwowLcSSxCc/s1600-h/photo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEgU22om_w9Uo54VoWdvQPL2hXYPApM4j_Nw5NpglAnG1yt_tC-E5FrEMeiKtXNQAslFmODKLYk_tOE8dKGH-2L5YZ9lKGcauAAvJ58uTOAtgNWpUorCIIbgG9JLWwr2zWwowLcSSxCc/s320/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417432501871241106" border="0" /></a><br />Next came Daddy's Birthday card, which she did most of it by herself, much to Mommy's amazement. She got a little excited and didn't finish happy before starting Birthday, but she managed to fix it by herself.<br /><br />"Happy Birthday"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LeXaSyU3kYrR2hzoy2ZOG-kRCg9h1Ph0TsEcdiCT6Rqz5R1oAm49A-ItsbZLV2rd_Y81SrD9KkLO5uRjtc9_7zv_p2ciJyN6eKJ-QNF2jh4py2AbhzUzhMPi9ovLVU-rlcob6HXI1-4/s1600-h/photo+3-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LeXaSyU3kYrR2hzoy2ZOG-kRCg9h1Ph0TsEcdiCT6Rqz5R1oAm49A-ItsbZLV2rd_Y81SrD9KkLO5uRjtc9_7zv_p2ciJyN6eKJ-QNF2jh4py2AbhzUzhMPi9ovLVU-rlcob6HXI1-4/s320/photo+3-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417433229956798034" border="0" /></a>"I love you Daddy."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDCekoI8RWyUb2OJKXr4oImVNfekcBEWDyqdN6CskxJLSiFkCGtbP_ZrVqVV-w6g-Yg2qG-YZQB9ucD_USsJNda14IAiqrtRXaU5UbOZ_xjXadHIewZ4PD4oXUPg7pGeL6h-41TmeoVQ/s1600-h/photo+2-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDCekoI8RWyUb2OJKXr4oImVNfekcBEWDyqdN6CskxJLSiFkCGtbP_ZrVqVV-w6g-Yg2qG-YZQB9ucD_USsJNda14IAiqrtRXaU5UbOZ_xjXadHIewZ4PD4oXUPg7pGeL6h-41TmeoVQ/s320/photo+2-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417432494270985650" border="0" /></a><br />[From] "Jana" with ballons<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFv6OSI3M3t6umTJP1Eugwsr6YD_ZlD2nCsDlTCRhADRAjHPExqo7L-LzktJJBKpHKjYXwrvxLJLD6y-9kfFMF02UGjUHpa3JqlliVUhRw8hqdDDVqCz8ZQF69gpQ95TzBfwOZgmGfcSc/s1600-h/photo+4-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFv6OSI3M3t6umTJP1Eugwsr6YD_ZlD2nCsDlTCRhADRAjHPExqo7L-LzktJJBKpHKjYXwrvxLJLD6y-9kfFMF02UGjUHpa3JqlliVUhRw8hqdDDVqCz8ZQF69gpQ95TzBfwOZgmGfcSc/s320/photo+4-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417433244420493394" border="0" /></a><br />She also decided to color Santa a picture and write him a letter on the back.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8yoHKMjj8hg4Y5IlzUyPbiaqH3V-vUQmt7IUPselx4Kk2tQshKj4ecGlvkYKu7-4r_EGJSFDJ9foCBwONmL1smH24DRkZS5gcAGCAfGU3DhXJGGWDTskpBbyhVZYv7naXlxA1iLzMG8/s1600-h/photo+4-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8yoHKMjj8hg4Y5IlzUyPbiaqH3V-vUQmt7IUPselx4Kk2tQshKj4ecGlvkYKu7-4r_EGJSFDJ9foCBwONmL1smH24DRkZS5gcAGCAfGU3DhXJGGWDTskpBbyhVZYv7naXlxA1iLzMG8/s320/photo+4-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417433397611591330" border="0" /></a><br />"Too Santa. I am a good girl. Thank U. [heart] Jana"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZuuieWEVEBIXrTNjjJSEvVl09EyT7OqZoWf6EPLC8ka0xr8v9Po-UnJpL_eabtAMnJHiE_PxYPZhijjBXt3rUZZiQYfqDgyhye6BRlu0nMlYSgZhH5MA4nd0mRqDhjAm8eBVlKoWNUM/s1600-h/photo+3-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvZuuieWEVEBIXrTNjjJSEvVl09EyT7OqZoWf6EPLC8ka0xr8v9Po-UnJpL_eabtAMnJHiE_PxYPZhijjBXt3rUZZiQYfqDgyhye6BRlu0nMlYSgZhH5MA4nd0mRqDhjAm8eBVlKoWNUM/s320/photo+3-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417433229681024354" border="0" /></a><br />She's such an amazing little girl. This is a really fun development for her because she never used to enjoy coloring (I think because she didn't think she was good at it).Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-26115935283513185712009-12-20T12:07:00.000-08:002009-12-20T13:16:29.135-08:00Kara's First HaircutKara got her first haircut this week. She did such a good job. Jim (who has cut Grandpa's hair and Daddy's hair for his entire life) did an amazing job and Kara said she was a pretty princess for the rest of the night. I'll have to add pictures of the actual haircut once I get them from Grandma and Grandpa, because Mommy and Daddy managed to leave the camera at Grammy and Papa's house. Oops! Thank goodness for cameras in cell phones.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbnVOdccU9OWDK77P7sZbC77s5C_JaU0nM7o_tFvSmUfkC_2e3u0OkvOvYf0rWxCl2Gdy4Cfi8SoAhnL2EXfBoY36_Hyo4YF9PN96gngkPddxISceZMV4NvbnGUJIp-uBgaLvJ3oa1bU/s1600-h/photo-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnbnVOdccU9OWDK77P7sZbC77s5C_JaU0nM7o_tFvSmUfkC_2e3u0OkvOvYf0rWxCl2Gdy4Cfi8SoAhnL2EXfBoY36_Hyo4YF9PN96gngkPddxISceZMV4NvbnGUJIp-uBgaLvJ3oa1bU/s320/photo-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420476899698562" border="0" /></a><br />We trimmed some off the back and angled it back from the front. She still very much as the baby hair, but she had some very long pieces in the back, so we evened it out.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnF-JCUdfRU-QR_OkkWuSddd5YXBcs8ssWoNw6rkOTXYpKKN8HfLO1loLzS_SW36jaUUYCMSR2L2gr7IHWL8MiLh_N7AkzVrZiC-LpMURppcCedGt5OeStlc2uBQZv67loiQDYDUjSso/s1600-h/photo-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirnF-JCUdfRU-QR_OkkWuSddd5YXBcs8ssWoNw6rkOTXYpKKN8HfLO1loLzS_SW36jaUUYCMSR2L2gr7IHWL8MiLh_N7AkzVrZiC-LpMURppcCedGt5OeStlc2uBQZv67loiQDYDUjSso/s320/photo-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420486390436050" border="0" /></a>Here's the finished product.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOGphwspGqTiMh9K87isov_m8QSkBLWYowETjM5ZtizD7GBVS3uxeLzQxVIAmTYGqlhQIYXluhgivE-xVkSez1uNtUIK-3CKZSqt7_QGJBypL21WF9tIEGZXlGY_9FilthhMjRxZ2DYI/s1600-h/photo+5-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOGphwspGqTiMh9K87isov_m8QSkBLWYowETjM5ZtizD7GBVS3uxeLzQxVIAmTYGqlhQIYXluhgivE-xVkSez1uNtUIK-3CKZSqt7_QGJBypL21WF9tIEGZXlGY_9FilthhMjRxZ2DYI/s320/photo+5-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420236003182018" border="0" /></a><br />Trimming it up has really brought out the curls.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju76vULxwqrTmdfbprPF_RQPw-vDixQl21xXLuuwlqdLY7gU57_DgW22gVfcZar1BtLE4L3GRcOu1yCrVJbmYUeu-WJAZFPSvWJsaxTpXqMW9Ae0WZAEsmD5-eqG-OkDrseudReVfRbP4/s1600-h/photo+3-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju76vULxwqrTmdfbprPF_RQPw-vDixQl21xXLuuwlqdLY7gU57_DgW22gVfcZar1BtLE4L3GRcOu1yCrVJbmYUeu-WJAZFPSvWJsaxTpXqMW9Ae0WZAEsmD5-eqG-OkDrseudReVfRbP4/s320/photo+3-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420225413296562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvkrximq2ZvgBTtNOoVRe6bJP4nZl9Cz3qa80BwRIDi9h0EYUp7gF5NBDjq-hPCBk2wtsI5V9Ka2PkX3_Beo-M8yhkOnpi3GxA9M8_QckhLOXSSwo2Myp8Nk5QgoW-DpviX9CDBNWZKg/s1600-h/photo+4-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvkrximq2ZvgBTtNOoVRe6bJP4nZl9Cz3qa80BwRIDi9h0EYUp7gF5NBDjq-hPCBk2wtsI5V9Ka2PkX3_Beo-M8yhkOnpi3GxA9M8_QckhLOXSSwo2Myp8Nk5QgoW-DpviX9CDBNWZKg/s320/photo+4-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419659236635154" border="0" /></a><br />But the highlight for sure was getting the lollipop when she was done.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SMnicBQSD6w-oIeNU0hLF1AG8GSyQVvA7qHNeWeyK9Dx3uOOTBe6q-fwnmIjQEe_JsGUZlnqTefDZ24XmgGPw3ZoOP6fpoShLyzn_PmMsbCw71xltkJ8QTdxa_h6TxUupkNLHL3ItnE/s1600-h/photo+2-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SMnicBQSD6w-oIeNU0hLF1AG8GSyQVvA7qHNeWeyK9Dx3uOOTBe6q-fwnmIjQEe_JsGUZlnqTefDZ24XmgGPw3ZoOP6fpoShLyzn_PmMsbCw71xltkJ8QTdxa_h6TxUupkNLHL3ItnE/s320/photo+2-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417418993061266866" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-33441317526198953072009-12-20T12:06:00.000-08:002009-12-20T14:43:38.345-08:00Christmas Tree 2009Living in the Northwest has its wonderful benefits - lots of fresh, beautiful Christmas trees to pick from.<br /><br />The girls were being awfully cute in the car on the way up to our favorite Christmas Tree Farm: Reinhart's.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI-YMPTeh-Tj04eTLqhjI9QZw89EYqe1kSsh48tgD70VrAtD1qlaSrD4b8U69tsGyX5KzuBbmD8WTazGo_Yj7yW4TnviXj7w9aNOr2Uufi4Wt9eC4gEHuMepB_swQfKaZRajQCCUku5c/s1600-h/IMG_0653.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI-YMPTeh-Tj04eTLqhjI9QZw89EYqe1kSsh48tgD70VrAtD1qlaSrD4b8U69tsGyX5KzuBbmD8WTazGo_Yj7yW4TnviXj7w9aNOr2Uufi4Wt9eC4gEHuMepB_swQfKaZRajQCCUku5c/s320/IMG_0653.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417413198596514546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uy22fH8C7GycD6G6naJSi-9iDOm-RC64K6W9afUnfAW9VpGVEWspUWzV-tsCXV_-ml1AA8GzIOmXk7b2lC7pYbwrlVuIlnhEb05bhmunsinE9lzf9Owc3ZNBhZ9eE8djnsLcLvqyIVI/s1600-h/IMG_0652.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3uy22fH8C7GycD6G6naJSi-9iDOm-RC64K6W9afUnfAW9VpGVEWspUWzV-tsCXV_-ml1AA8GzIOmXk7b2lC7pYbwrlVuIlnhEb05bhmunsinE9lzf9Owc3ZNBhZ9eE8djnsLcLvqyIVI/s320/IMG_0652.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417412881512254578" border="0" /></a><br />Usually it's not too cold and quite pleasant, but with the unusually cold weather this year, we had to bundle up. Here's Daddy and his girls.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp72BHsC0SasJ518VKqKMho4ufE493HTq5sr7XO2oAtDPVr-PGuZkIoAYUwTq5l7QQZtxCoC7AAzVmZ2DWx9iL8uhHbihTVgtHVdGxR4161a3Mvgua1Xf5rHMrjkxRM-h7ND4yXVoVZag/s1600-h/IMG_0654.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp72BHsC0SasJ518VKqKMho4ufE493HTq5sr7XO2oAtDPVr-PGuZkIoAYUwTq5l7QQZtxCoC7AAzVmZ2DWx9iL8uhHbihTVgtHVdGxR4161a3Mvgua1Xf5rHMrjkxRM-h7ND4yXVoVZag/s320/IMG_0654.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417413199618209282" border="0" /></a><br />It didn't take too long to find our perfect tree (all the trees are gorgeous there!).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgoG3h4WIv3URSwQZ-gv54TsVhgL6cRp5Ue3k04VvCct3NptwjcXOh7_HZCXM_8mlBaoAKqq943nFeDTnvDAxsWPEdSJhB_AtPKmypCEMS_DM08rFSNwBj_Nwb-OVdKKU8bpnQE_5V4w/s1600-h/IMG_0655.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgoG3h4WIv3URSwQZ-gv54TsVhgL6cRp5Ue3k04VvCct3NptwjcXOh7_HZCXM_8mlBaoAKqq943nFeDTnvDAxsWPEdSJhB_AtPKmypCEMS_DM08rFSNwBj_Nwb-OVdKKU8bpnQE_5V4w/s320/IMG_0655.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417413208593743682" border="0" /></a><br />Stay-Puft Marshmallow Mama and the girls posing before the ceremonial tree-cutting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcwImnKXkjXd8r6fqfo3XgQwkWshhoLGMKCU_0mmgWqlr5YNbt4dPS3ryqBrVR_y4CCfJWB8b_dKX2PeKw4IGylnlgFXybNbWjFXHpkMIfmFhghB3boVeZjNf7GhU7x6JYQCrmZkhDqQ/s1600-h/IMG_0657.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtcwImnKXkjXd8r6fqfo3XgQwkWshhoLGMKCU_0mmgWqlr5YNbt4dPS3ryqBrVR_y4CCfJWB8b_dKX2PeKw4IGylnlgFXybNbWjFXHpkMIfmFhghB3boVeZjNf7GhU7x6JYQCrmZkhDqQ/s320/IMG_0657.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417413217885763250" border="0" /></a><br />Daddy was not short on helpers, that's for sure.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioTuCOxvKaBPrjtmLagQqJtTKQL9DIyWUWnYQuDrQpRiSw7ha7Y1IQ2EX6bUsHrxbVNd14QlJk1kSE81Y72sG3ShJ0uSki9hGNqNxteH8bo-vMhvkQ9tVlar9Q4VTpstpyI91zAuwpgY/s1600-h/IMG_0662.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjioTuCOxvKaBPrjtmLagQqJtTKQL9DIyWUWnYQuDrQpRiSw7ha7Y1IQ2EX6bUsHrxbVNd14QlJk1kSE81Y72sG3ShJ0uSki9hGNqNxteH8bo-vMhvkQ9tVlar9Q4VTpstpyI91zAuwpgY/s320/IMG_0662.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417413220301578050" border="0" /></a><br />"Timber" (and Kara still says it when she looks at the tree).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1CGyys4bEDOEFd0fhxy3iDOLqtMRuLQeZP9uohrMt18U1qcJcFVbiyHXPPv4pjlMkQ2emmBv5yO3cNApXI7iXK5TCwbtU8sZbSkNSTaDOnReWy2d-T-IFDqW0OaBCY7C8f71tURyFrk/s1600-h/IMG_0663.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje1CGyys4bEDOEFd0fhxy3iDOLqtMRuLQeZP9uohrMt18U1qcJcFVbiyHXPPv4pjlMkQ2emmBv5yO3cNApXI7iXK5TCwbtU8sZbSkNSTaDOnReWy2d-T-IFDqW0OaBCY7C8f71tURyFrk/s320/IMG_0663.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417418509374142338" border="0" /></a><br />So home we went to decorate. Daddy put up the lights while the girls napped.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdk3SGDKJC7wnyUcihpjNK6eXTnEwy3EEiItqb525hdYf16hfZzmwgefI4JkiAyHj3wf4UOgajKyktRB729PETy79qf1BjFbjouLWAAyF_tsUQ0Tc0KNBpPdi7oAweIXVzdNFckyiXEqg/s1600-h/photo+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdk3SGDKJC7wnyUcihpjNK6eXTnEwy3EEiItqb525hdYf16hfZzmwgefI4JkiAyHj3wf4UOgajKyktRB729PETy79qf1BjFbjouLWAAyF_tsUQ0Tc0KNBpPdi7oAweIXVzdNFckyiXEqg/s320/photo+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419669861089938" border="0" /></a><br />And as soon as they got up, it was time to put the ornaments on.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIOJrS848-ufq_vA6Qask5OqjC-CqKDPWOZx55gPWSrJP5-IlXJFlz1OgyGF1xiHa3Si-SnrVSEK31V-dEQS_U89uptftGouzgst3Hr68ob_XEU088P-BsMg0HYI4M6qyuymkPAXiS1U/s1600-h/photo+4-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIOJrS848-ufq_vA6Qask5OqjC-CqKDPWOZx55gPWSrJP5-IlXJFlz1OgyGF1xiHa3Si-SnrVSEK31V-dEQS_U89uptftGouzgst3Hr68ob_XEU088P-BsMg0HYI4M6qyuymkPAXiS1U/s320/photo+4-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419657411507538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE848kwfwwAj003uoAMkYSsxFovEGlNqgpNDsDEKCasq5BU42okNV_HVgfIvvHnfxvNmNzIetL0_L1BTXdWX6W2XPIopposFki8rkeUm9D_WXGqL_44oLYvjmPlh_8AvPBInYx-wYocI/s1600-h/photo+3-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE848kwfwwAj003uoAMkYSsxFovEGlNqgpNDsDEKCasq5BU42okNV_HVgfIvvHnfxvNmNzIetL0_L1BTXdWX6W2XPIopposFki8rkeUm9D_WXGqL_44oLYvjmPlh_8AvPBInYx-wYocI/s320/photo+3-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419267446812130" border="0" /></a><br />Kara helped while Mommy vacuumed up the extra needles.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrRH3eVUdQHyQh20PLoaG0elQt3XBn2S6jc8CzaRGKHwg1wy5o1kCL79Ga1iToAVCq_j-PESVYSVa72mwd2bBP2kKYnk5Q2l0mJmsppm4gbpE9xcIzQHoMB7v-teqLKVeqyjSqfWo7J4/s1600-h/photo+2-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXrRH3eVUdQHyQh20PLoaG0elQt3XBn2S6jc8CzaRGKHwg1wy5o1kCL79Ga1iToAVCq_j-PESVYSVa72mwd2bBP2kKYnk5Q2l0mJmsppm4gbpE9xcIzQHoMB7v-teqLKVeqyjSqfWo7J4/s320/photo+2-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417418985425559986" border="0" /></a><br />We had to pose by the tree for a few pictures, of course!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeR5aQdXyyG_UFZQZ4oj5viaClW-BE0ethDMxnsfNrO6IArMtHCefouJMjRUnBfllnzZN1Wb3wCdUyYfqlWjZqXj0Gnx65w26DoFOzhkjUuyXL5qa46OQG_5Ws-y6qKfrllHoSgELKNg/s1600-h/photo+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeR5aQdXyyG_UFZQZ4oj5viaClW-BE0ethDMxnsfNrO6IArMtHCefouJMjRUnBfllnzZN1Wb3wCdUyYfqlWjZqXj0Gnx65w26DoFOzhkjUuyXL5qa46OQG_5Ws-y6qKfrllHoSgELKNg/s320/photo+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420248534814850" border="0" /></a>Or at least attempt to take pictures.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueMeg6KcOXFuxNazEYa-GTeOUXY6RVs-5SSb36ecX7Qrx3v-iU-y_dQC3wUd9sgSzthaiSvZKMmgg_Ue8b_bIx7kreUp_yQiIpAzpqy7xypsEEdUsJDCQuMwAUslbHiKLeOIZaTZMHjA/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueMeg6KcOXFuxNazEYa-GTeOUXY6RVs-5SSb36ecX7Qrx3v-iU-y_dQC3wUd9sgSzthaiSvZKMmgg_Ue8b_bIx7kreUp_yQiIpAzpqy7xypsEEdUsJDCQuMwAUslbHiKLeOIZaTZMHjA/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417420503346064018" border="0" /></a><br />But no tree is complete without the star on top.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqfgOoCrjGWNEQ8r7ulpXTfobFSlr7PHJ7Fs6BGDITPqLA_KH4RPLREPwo55U3jnGW5ocVPUIRCrPn_UbTwYLFEgvq65DB-u15CmrvYaPqYE3nKkm5kf7JuT2zhLrYeWwoPC7VmYzK_Y/s1600-h/photo+3-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCqfgOoCrjGWNEQ8r7ulpXTfobFSlr7PHJ7Fs6BGDITPqLA_KH4RPLREPwo55U3jnGW5ocVPUIRCrPn_UbTwYLFEgvq65DB-u15CmrvYaPqYE3nKkm5kf7JuT2zhLrYeWwoPC7VmYzK_Y/s320/photo+3-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417419271082573794" border="0" /></a><br />Here's our beautiful Christmas tree this year all decorated!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJme6Tf2WQvPonjlW6ZxOn0FCiTHw24eR3acMMAw-a0Lob686zFBf_I8jTnMFVrihtBWzl3sczD9h2vHHXL4YXU42EBgHfAOrRfdgSRzIq1IfMwXsEcTn9Ych44qasuNbroo34BnkprJ8/s1600-h/photo+2-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJme6Tf2WQvPonjlW6ZxOn0FCiTHw24eR3acMMAw-a0Lob686zFBf_I8jTnMFVrihtBWzl3sczD9h2vHHXL4YXU42EBgHfAOrRfdgSRzIq1IfMwXsEcTn9Ych44qasuNbroo34BnkprJ8/s320/photo+2-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417418990908350866" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-17030955706989319582009-11-28T17:42:00.000-08:002009-11-28T17:55:19.872-08:00Megan's PictsWe once again had the pleasure of having Megan take pictures of us again.<br /><br />Here are just a few of the ones she posted for us - I can't wait to see the rest, but I wanted to share.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNAVa2Kk5Mc2Cw8KZo6rPz-fK63tCBH6LwRqEucZg4jtMvDy2o4AR4ImuGwzdWhIKUtiJCinG_JPXeeD0oh62QQj_cozaj5jwGOqFF3tLW35f25XcP2iuUIXpeCOsP9luhNzZWtowgjlI/s1600/img16.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZc_QP6m6pE8DW_hdg-eZtim0AXgMJHYcHiZE6UFWewtAGEh9ymplIHx3EyYR4JlnuA6EJn5bo0yJcvcVQkill8C-nyfh-uLZd1bRSt9Yfzam6CaCJjtRYti4CZ4s18SQo-g4k-VUbFg/s320/img19.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409336600706461506" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-9088024474311671772009-11-27T20:58:00.000-08:002009-12-13T21:34:47.367-08:00ThanksgivingWe were able to spend Thanksgiving weekend with all of Daddy's siblings, their families as well as Aunt Boo, Uncle Brian, and Great Grandpa Ray.<br /><br />We had such a great time hanging out with Baby Q. Isn't he the cutest? <br /><br />Grandma and Grandpa are definitely enjoying another baby in the family.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRFP5Edh62SZxoFVnj510l5B37SdvU-Z897DnoqcOQ4ZzpOc9E3fgPKAQjw5mEZElkD2mwLnCagq_b7y6_0AHMGAhX9UTXerPhdtUeidIugdWJwnaJhOP8hyphenhypheno5MeqLMSKzOVvPW-QFLX8/s1600/IMG_1557.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRFP5Edh62SZxoFVnj510l5B37SdvU-Z897DnoqcOQ4ZzpOc9E3fgPKAQjw5mEZElkD2mwLnCagq_b7y6_0AHMGAhX9UTXerPhdtUeidIugdWJwnaJhOP8hyphenhypheno5MeqLMSKzOVvPW-QFLX8/s320/IMG_1557.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409023337178766466" border="0" /></a><br />And Grandpa sure seems to enjoy having a grandson! :-)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnt3DizaoPAKGTIad9-I80csH7bHOKHXFwOKg_wxy6h_uq1u8Z6JWwgUQgvsElvFwrMAB6_1q1xBM7vpWwG9kUSHCM2FIQN0dnFu-1v8KwhDnrzV1lZB7OwCK_nJQgL9ypFfLk8eLA9fk/s1600/IMG_1576.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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Yikes!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pCnLLUeI0of9zjhawQOtJQHYVHNpx8nX_KJqZ_Qb-gHXRmTTe1e9ZREEZO5RHjcadDlw8_Xx_HuSB-Ya5qJhiPYAQ-c9o8GlRH57xCeuW17yiRsVwdqNbPYm4oU8rL7e2w03M89bc7o/s1600/IMG_1634.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pCnLLUeI0of9zjhawQOtJQHYVHNpx8nX_KJqZ_Qb-gHXRmTTe1e9ZREEZO5RHjcadDlw8_Xx_HuSB-Ya5qJhiPYAQ-c9o8GlRH57xCeuW17yiRsVwdqNbPYm4oU8rL7e2w03M89bc7o/s320/IMG_1634.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409025596033776098" border="0" /></a>Our silly girls enjoying themselves.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQZjayUipfD3CRPJtAQ0_cv51-cUIfFII7SbzKkgVK3mQVfaiAqLxbFC6OKYIZDxve2kpwQIxMTi9ejkoJtx0_TblYlFfHz8w9biaxVmX7YxJOiXOanS8w21ZjceA3RDBIukNeMeTXng/s1600/IMG_1639.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQZjayUipfD3CRPJtAQ0_cv51-cUIfFII7SbzKkgVK3mQVfaiAqLxbFC6OKYIZDxve2kpwQIxMTi9ejkoJtx0_TblYlFfHz8w9biaxVmX7YxJOiXOanS8w21ZjceA3RDBIukNeMeTXng/s320/IMG_1639.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409025607005146834" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Grandma and Grandpa decided they wanted to try to get a picture of all the grandkids.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfxNTiKWDsl41ehlKlMQ58x0ssLAbx5-j_0assC6g4smFhiuYCdGzgr4g_SYV_aEBWMOOIN15u6oS98AzjDWj9FUOLSTVehSGirjcoEEuwHL7p3RZ3AQo5ZMeuxurHk-1eRXAql5-2qM/s1600/IMG_5027.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZfxNTiKWDsl41ehlKlMQ58x0ssLAbx5-j_0assC6g4smFhiuYCdGzgr4g_SYV_aEBWMOOIN15u6oS98AzjDWj9FUOLSTVehSGirjcoEEuwHL7p3RZ3AQo5ZMeuxurHk-1eRXAql5-2qM/s320/IMG_5027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409027089323500706" border="0" /></a>These two are hilarious together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKz7F3wFDmiHJyaNm1T1SvRflxs8WvcM5h09mdpzK8YcZwO1a3MQX5My6TLzeZoxoTqIFgk1VFmZi32j2MrQzAqydmgc3A013IDUmfP4xhn-AVw93cKCWkWZ-4YkAlrrw5DlYDhRceKbs/s1600/IMG_5024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwUkQPl6nUefXb7XxOt0F47bAkMhd9afweqgx-61XMhsFBnL036DBqumcEVCcrvHyNrS4kyPRo7qqFfNjA8egQ36uZaa3iuXLWHkMQMSDm1YkmFhIGVuie8BWdhLVrKGri-r3odxrhMxo/s320/IMG_5018_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409026775704427170" border="0" /></a>How cute are these two girls!?!?!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Vnu65ORlrJ-jpbh7yj7vVmnVhkDXaD-xeGzrF4_JFyqSePhyAzpiRKXf0o9H7dKBqBn-b0fUVUIrOzmWonX96MYpwy0jFEwVgWeKdWRn73HJsbBOr_jjZoWv1n2OB4PNoWitWmChf3k/s1600/IMG_5007_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Vnu65ORlrJ-jpbh7yj7vVmnVhkDXaD-xeGzrF4_JFyqSePhyAzpiRKXf0o9H7dKBqBn-b0fUVUIrOzmWonX96MYpwy0jFEwVgWeKdWRn73HJsbBOr_jjZoWv1n2OB4PNoWitWmChf3k/s320/IMG_5007_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409026765777080802" border="0" /></a>These two are so funny. They love being together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjtQSl2u5NBo-TaKW_zu0JArRBnjr9mC9-hQh9VcfgZm1sqLrExELUHarq0CqOPe-4ZyWxHkj2mpIy8JS8wR1P8thMwjICzYBBoN5exMuSRWB5-a-xFkhSyzgcqR3y2NkUmF2GIArAKE/s1600/IMG_5005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjtQSl2u5NBo-TaKW_zu0JArRBnjr9mC9-hQh9VcfgZm1sqLrExELUHarq0CqOPe-4ZyWxHkj2mpIy8JS8wR1P8thMwjICzYBBoN5exMuSRWB5-a-xFkhSyzgcqR3y2NkUmF2GIArAKE/s320/IMG_5005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409026756395132226" border="0" /></a>Our adorable big girl!<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqqeg5vgaw5wULYtfzl_OxmMCQnFbs31IV5kkpQ2yF-LWNTPEzqCzJdV2IOS_u3iu1z80ZB6wRD-TmHe9bzlyb9XRmGv8PVbpxrH8eaJkGwwySA6IrtlJPQMg2vFUiwp3cy4S6hhnMi4/s1600/IMG_1661.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdqqeg5vgaw5wULYtfzl_OxmMCQnFbs31IV5kkpQ2yF-LWNTPEzqCzJdV2IOS_u3iu1z80ZB6wRD-TmHe9bzlyb9XRmGv8PVbpxrH8eaJkGwwySA6IrtlJPQMg2vFUiwp3cy4S6hhnMi4/s320/IMG_1661.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409025620134853458" border="0" /></a>Grandpa and his little man!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvXYiiOawvjS54H7EDIRNpPTeBSbdsX6XuD46J7dL5ZEXHW81G_Y5VAxT9xG53dz0aVeU05Jglv_tQ_hEeLEWQSeiviVLvmYFOi5Xa-8-5LlXSD7dt6DvufTBuJK_GCr0kfrRYC_gwak/s1600/IMG_1659.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvXYiiOawvjS54H7EDIRNpPTeBSbdsX6XuD46J7dL5ZEXHW81G_Y5VAxT9xG53dz0aVeU05Jglv_tQ_hEeLEWQSeiviVLvmYFOi5Xa-8-5LlXSD7dt6DvufTBuJK_GCr0kfrRYC_gwak/s320/IMG_1659.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409025611814077346" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-3425554490352214012009-11-27T19:37:00.001-08:002009-12-13T20:58:10.136-08:00Faux-ThanksgivingWe were able to have a faux-Thanksgiving this year with Grammy, Papa and Auntie Kaley.<br /><br />Here's Jana hanging out with Auntie Kaley snacking on some veggies.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCs2mO4eV-P4f0ICwLgQgi_J9OzhqE_UDA0rAaM6DLPg9te0FSzbYlBRiMYbOQgvw2C4-BInFNnZKypIwXk5sx9l37tbtKNghgGwoLXaUfBkCSnRpnCqIEzOB2dRizwnakpkdkUqlydKY/s1600/PB220024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCs2mO4eV-P4f0ICwLgQgi_J9OzhqE_UDA0rAaM6DLPg9te0FSzbYlBRiMYbOQgvw2C4-BInFNnZKypIwXk5sx9l37tbtKNghgGwoLXaUfBkCSnRpnCqIEzOB2dRizwnakpkdkUqlydKY/s320/PB220024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408995238207474850" border="0" /></a><br />Jana having way too much fun with Auntie Kaley.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiSsiHjreGqPCiy1T1AThWOTrPdKELZ_kK7409BrgqTqsKiDtoZgin4uaVWdBKvZ1bh2ruaZ10XkYCvXZNFoV6sUKB9d0kEe8D0OZtZX_E_N-iMxih_tNpGQ7jKxQsqDe77qiT01FWzA/s1600/IMG_2132.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiSsiHjreGqPCiy1T1AThWOTrPdKELZ_kK7409BrgqTqsKiDtoZgin4uaVWdBKvZ1bh2ruaZ10XkYCvXZNFoV6sUKB9d0kEe8D0OZtZX_E_N-iMxih_tNpGQ7jKxQsqDe77qiT01FWzA/s320/IMG_2132.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409023331604631330" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKe4r4xmWW_iI-JDjER8QATEVbrQGIMWV9PJHlH8QJlKAIG7pl0vmgGR-izmpZNebj7jrnFcUYfMn7tPHMzm6licfRAVr_0XPYwcGZu-eA315JPUD1lhe0BAWa9m66aPmbkLUHrssufS8/s1600/IMG_2136.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKe4r4xmWW_iI-JDjER8QATEVbrQGIMWV9PJHlH8QJlKAIG7pl0vmgGR-izmpZNebj7jrnFcUYfMn7tPHMzm6licfRAVr_0XPYwcGZu-eA315JPUD1lhe0BAWa9m66aPmbkLUHrssufS8/s320/IMG_2136.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409022547109948946" border="0" /></a>My sweet girl concentrating on her coloring.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_Si4bp49tRQUEsLQkaq34K5yKhwr2n1Y5P9sdutTcW8RzDsOiLC5vbD21uTWfxQt5fvzix0NnlqkDiYXOutifySWE5ZeRnqZs99MFSoSzX-gBQrMNlK0Jbj0Q0LWBdKhB46Z_orzVCk/s1600/IMG_2135.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_Si4bp49tRQUEsLQkaq34K5yKhwr2n1Y5P9sdutTcW8RzDsOiLC5vbD21uTWfxQt5fvzix0NnlqkDiYXOutifySWE5ZeRnqZs99MFSoSzX-gBQrMNlK0Jbj0Q0LWBdKhB46Z_orzVCk/s320/IMG_2135.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409023319780681314" border="0" /></a>Kaley brought Mommy a scarf, which Jana promptly co-opted. She asked if should could make it into a bow like Daisy (duck).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3AsRwW21-CuXZAOqnoJDenpmQBXZp0cUPW-9VbzAjaEc0OYPnpCi1repsnMrUW5BGdoYKzEeniZsTFcBur1Rj-HbL286O_V9wFQT9l3si5wM3pu31cs3Um86DQma4cnbhR87UvVYGwo/s1600/IMG_2138.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3AsRwW21-CuXZAOqnoJDenpmQBXZp0cUPW-9VbzAjaEc0OYPnpCi1repsnMrUW5BGdoYKzEeniZsTFcBur1Rj-HbL286O_V9wFQT9l3si5wM3pu31cs3Um86DQma4cnbhR87UvVYGwo/s320/IMG_2138.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409022536488705378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8VCsWGuBVRu4St6SlhuVDW0qtaQOVXMuZykU5Mb6HlbVk7zqBGye5pBMK-0aRrjdFUrIRVzEqDhe_ybaNJ0u-bsDPPTRpqqj5db1Q-_HhYJhf_Pbkgh5Y720SrvjdwVVHIe_91mI8Jw/s1600/IMG_2147.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig8VCsWGuBVRu4St6SlhuVDW0qtaQOVXMuZykU5Mb6HlbVk7zqBGye5pBMK-0aRrjdFUrIRVzEqDhe_ybaNJ0u-bsDPPTRpqqj5db1Q-_HhYJhf_Pbkgh5Y720SrvjdwVVHIe_91mI8Jw/s320/IMG_2147.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409022527886106386" border="0" /></a>Here's my darling Kara Mae playing legos with Grammy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2QeBSgyoOwOlWQ31E_XPlzksb6vtNWB5YDxIMpgMpQ_v6VonqGoihMNff44rPnxxLDyYoONNNFxIYcvbfdSj8h78d7OcbtOC1-bneC-3agwwdVddafW574BRKVjLgLY1e9QeBKZIJ1A/s1600/IMG_2149.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig2QeBSgyoOwOlWQ31E_XPlzksb6vtNWB5YDxIMpgMpQ_v6VonqGoihMNff44rPnxxLDyYoONNNFxIYcvbfdSj8h78d7OcbtOC1-bneC-3agwwdVddafW574BRKVjLgLY1e9QeBKZIJ1A/s320/IMG_2149.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409022518011975250" border="0" /></a>We had a lovely dinner at our house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSMsKZLiclaYhuyPj8ZyzHWGEUyGpAzH6VgkUZoHZyMRwKrOW5jXpXpI6M592pL0m8MsPFczgu7Hxkb_UUurZ0mKhyD-cwpbAu5nAeGFHuLPMUvjRGG5m-9RpI88YXkvXUdy-nzd-fys/s1600-h/PB220033.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSMsKZLiclaYhuyPj8ZyzHWGEUyGpAzH6VgkUZoHZyMRwKrOW5jXpXpI6M592pL0m8MsPFczgu7Hxkb_UUurZ0mKhyD-cwpbAu5nAeGFHuLPMUvjRGG5m-9RpI88YXkvXUdy-nzd-fys/s320/PB220033.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414950552859991058" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Following dinner, the girls entertained us with a few songs and dances.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbPio09sLwVRrNczAT-ZV50yR1_J6KjaFr9BQWk9VGyc0FxDEXZ_FJC908Re31vDSXO10OE6uG4znFJk51I6OEO51CuAW6SlTYnzI9XfkuipBtqEWKyKV7y9gBkGJOd3vzejr-IWecno/s1600/PB220036.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKbPio09sLwVRrNczAT-ZV50yR1_J6KjaFr9BQWk9VGyc0FxDEXZ_FJC908Re31vDSXO10OE6uG4znFJk51I6OEO51CuAW6SlTYnzI9XfkuipBtqEWKyKV7y9gBkGJOd3vzejr-IWecno/s320/PB220036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408995219062009858" border="0" /></a><br />Kara singing "Slippery Fish."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7IOx5ePBpJFZs8S0jwdZaUyDh7Fx52RwyJLo3yZf4m9lezeyvU6LFGho6sgzeYv90PWztZJ4AFeYcUe3MH0RFd8LePeMafSZB-Vty34RkPx58YMEnz6Ig46Z2cpZaJKyWNFppiKvzcM/s1600-h/PB220037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS7IOx5ePBpJFZs8S0jwdZaUyDh7Fx52RwyJLo3yZf4m9lezeyvU6LFGho6sgzeYv90PWztZJ4AFeYcUe3MH0RFd8LePeMafSZB-Vty34RkPx58YMEnz6Ig46Z2cpZaJKyWNFppiKvzcM/s320/PB220037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414950565364361762" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-55050523862936755012009-11-14T22:33:00.000-08:002009-11-14T23:13:25.840-08:00Catching up!The last few months have been crazy busy! Dadda and I feel like we're ships passing in the night as he works all day and then I work long days on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then work evenings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and Saturday mornings. Phew! It's crazy, but I have to admit that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my time home with the girls.<br /><br />I always love the girls, but there are times where I feel like I am deeply infatuated with them, if that makes any sense. I have to say that I am in one of those phases right now and I think everything - okay, almost everything is unbelievably adorable!<br /><br />So here's a brief synopsis of what's been going on in our lives.<br /><br />The girls headed to grandma and grandpa's for a special night with them. They were treated to dinner at Applebee's, watched "The Great Pumpkin" and just had a wonderful time playing. The girls played their newest favorite game: Sleep over. Here they are playing it on Grandma and Grandpa's bed... with the whole bagful of friends Jana insisted on dragging over to their house (our little baglady!).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiu7OWul9ss_mThlihw7vozEycgixXeRexbNXq3nnLdlpoX_bw6vNphXU7B79Bv0GlXJpb4Darl78whzfGGNwNSH_R4TQURMtEWT3XnzKMcmX14B9008jBfL17SVVYO7I0bNrmr3UAaw/s1600-h/IMG_1501.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFiu7OWul9ss_mThlihw7vozEycgixXeRexbNXq3nnLdlpoX_bw6vNphXU7B79Bv0GlXJpb4Darl78whzfGGNwNSH_R4TQURMtEWT3XnzKMcmX14B9008jBfL17SVVYO7I0bNrmr3UAaw/s320/IMG_1501.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215318781463650" border="0" /></a> Being silly - Monkey see, monkey do!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4ro2h4z387faNiQkMDKX3PdIdGzkum14V25obpTSEuim6s9DGsXfvlulTsl2ePD2UNJclFpOfu2kSQ9EnbOtugwZcq-rA4IX8Q1Qtcc7lcvrBADScjW7hM7qQpdHZfPWowbHW63_sC0/s1600-h/IMG_1505.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4ro2h4z387faNiQkMDKX3PdIdGzkum14V25obpTSEuim6s9DGsXfvlulTsl2ePD2UNJclFpOfu2kSQ9EnbOtugwZcq-rA4IX8Q1Qtcc7lcvrBADScjW7hM7qQpdHZfPWowbHW63_sC0/s320/IMG_1505.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215330292692786" border="0" /></a><br />The girls love their winter hats and mittens and insist on wearing them... even if we're inside and they are sweating in them.<br /><br />Here's Jana posing for the camera.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLX5E5TyfQuBEnJ2-9gY4FRZxqJH3nJFnxgNnunrLAZqDCmvTaRlO5RPf9HWlSRYbRF3WsPFEwVLG1WGq7k7jMsysPxrIHJz6FgPZqGJlJuBREw_BrPRMDAIarX3TfHhFY60970zs9-M/s1600-h/photo+2-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZLX5E5TyfQuBEnJ2-9gY4FRZxqJH3nJFnxgNnunrLAZqDCmvTaRlO5RPf9HWlSRYbRF3WsPFEwVLG1WGq7k7jMsysPxrIHJz6FgPZqGJlJuBREw_BrPRMDAIarX3TfHhFY60970zs9-M/s320/photo+2-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216153162329586" border="0" /></a><br />And here's Kara in hers, trying to pretend that she's upset with me for taking pictures. She's so good at that pout!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR89WfroLNGqucSJM48mwbk_ublPDMoaTWSCQaUeQBPjD7Cvo73UV3xC6-9s7coLQIlIRFZVHoffJjvzU6lX7Ouel8nBp_RXn0SmuahmcNv9T6r75U_3gv0BiIX0MbZUcputYyaQehRDY/s1600-h/photo-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR89WfroLNGqucSJM48mwbk_ublPDMoaTWSCQaUeQBPjD7Cvo73UV3xC6-9s7coLQIlIRFZVHoffJjvzU6lX7Ouel8nBp_RXn0SmuahmcNv9T6r75U_3gv0BiIX0MbZUcputYyaQehRDY/s320/photo-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216584933005042" border="0" /></a><br />And the pout continues!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_kmSgs4-djp6xuUHmpRcnGvEzBN6U6jhXkc4JoLtzhE42ZJsuiPwZlq1Jv3tmagEwop2bt9fnVqr7fCnu9ZuAfUsSCQPeGbanCK8LVY5FuWgBwiFNb6GhzQ5LI4JzraGdfOAC4EqqR8/s1600-h/photo+3-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_kmSgs4-djp6xuUHmpRcnGvEzBN6U6jhXkc4JoLtzhE42ZJsuiPwZlq1Jv3tmagEwop2bt9fnVqr7fCnu9ZuAfUsSCQPeGbanCK8LVY5FuWgBwiFNb6GhzQ5LI4JzraGdfOAC4EqqR8/s320/photo+3-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216354038442722" border="0" /></a><br /><br />One day Mama managed to be so tired that I fell asleep on the couch after I got up with Jana. I was apparently so out that I didn't hear Kara get up, come downstairs, or raid my bag for the pens I use to grade papers. Here is her lovely art work.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwYi8retvNIhA8gdO7K2b9koo1ajNwS4ABPFdDuv0TTLkwryLI5lFcQtSlLGgjw7mAseCpINfu9S0jwDD5GPweVMDMgGsyBrZBV8f1wZCu5SIFfyJiG9Ec4jH__iLuw4qL9O2NQUNtU4/s1600-h/photo+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwYi8retvNIhA8gdO7K2b9koo1ajNwS4ABPFdDuv0TTLkwryLI5lFcQtSlLGgjw7mAseCpINfu9S0jwDD5GPweVMDMgGsyBrZBV8f1wZCu5SIFfyJiG9Ec4jH__iLuw4qL9O2NQUNtU4/s320/photo+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216568958332546" border="0" /></a> When asked what she had done, "I wote my name, Mama!"<br /><br />She's now trying to write her name after Jana has taken such an interest in writing.<br /><br />One day Jana spotted a toy she wanted in a catalog. I told her that she could put it on a list and send Santa a letter for Christmas. She thought that was a great idea and proceeded to grab the paper and crayon out of my hands, with an "No Mommy, I do it!" And she did.<br /><br />What she wanted were stuffed animals that came in their own soft-sided carrying cases. She calls all stuffed animals "friends" and decided to describe the cases and "suitcases". So here is her letter to Santa. (Yes, I realize she hasn't grasped the concept of spacing yet, but heck, she's only 3!)<br /><br />"Friends" (or frends, since she sounded it out herself, but made a mistake on her n, so had to do another one)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGz0MrrsBpU8TJdIO-umxPGGSO_AWTOzG_gzolmt1wYczpKJ4Kg9exaO6K7oLL3lCflCga6IexaextygHRMVZEj981x1tGpMlyQRv_7iL-7xWFU-zVkokUnLhEeZ9xlSxaPpQq3pi_2g/s1600-h/photo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSGz0MrrsBpU8TJdIO-umxPGGSO_AWTOzG_gzolmt1wYczpKJ4Kg9exaO6K7oLL3lCflCga6IexaextygHRMVZEj981x1tGpMlyQRv_7iL-7xWFU-zVkokUnLhEeZ9xlSxaPpQq3pi_2g/s320/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216158112864338" border="0" /></a><br />"Suitcase" (or sootcase as she spelled it and the s and e got a little scribbled since she started to get frustrated).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UgjwlgWoFoMFD_h5tQF9IacdkfIBQR-YvN4BN1FYI8Yu4tKJRxXf49gp1XhvD8cFfz8VpgOpxCRcVMn5-rbDn7vyTe886-94Y3vep8l-0HPngqZx-TBUim3hpTHNHIBQiZev3ET6lHU/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0UgjwlgWoFoMFD_h5tQF9IacdkfIBQR-YvN4BN1FYI8Yu4tKJRxXf49gp1XhvD8cFfz8VpgOpxCRcVMn5-rbDn7vyTe886-94Y3vep8l-0HPngqZx-TBUim3hpTHNHIBQiZev3ET6lHU/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216673849173842" border="0" /></a><br />Then she made Grandpa a birthday card... pretty much on her own. She managed to sound out Happy, but I had to point out that there were two p-s. Birthday was a bit harder, but once she got the t and h, she was good to go!<br /><br />"Happy Birt"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ugR7Qg9WBoGkhwLosrGNYhoYpiigWaIZP8X05LTSRxcyWj0hoRMRHnLtfgifsNW63xS9mF9vNB9p7jJThNOJqa-R_aBcaPkwPDEYU0rchyphenhypheneVfOXNa2sHDHtbEL-MLUxMt_lqwfjJIng/s1600-h/photo+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ugR7Qg9WBoGkhwLosrGNYhoYpiigWaIZP8X05LTSRxcyWj0hoRMRHnLtfgifsNW63xS9mF9vNB9p7jJThNOJqa-R_aBcaPkwPDEYU0rchyphenhypheneVfOXNa2sHDHtbEL-MLUxMt_lqwfjJIng/s320/photo+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216370499999730" border="0" /></a><br />"hday" (ran out of room)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfYorZj8zVzoOwEe8p1_i83V8DaICe5eVjvkI_Wf3_mVlw0MWTrbL9ai1QLieW2frcbOwNNTpoOa7l80pcr0TdjcTO5Oid-rKwrtV0aJ3b7nIDbFlfmL0Oc6eZ7f25mzTk4D_lJrOXv8/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFfYorZj8zVzoOwEe8p1_i83V8DaICe5eVjvkI_Wf3_mVlw0MWTrbL9ai1QLieW2frcbOwNNTpoOa7l80pcr0TdjcTO5Oid-rKwrtV0aJ3b7nIDbFlfmL0Oc6eZ7f25mzTk4D_lJrOXv8/s320/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216361197565906" border="0" /></a><br />Then we made an envelope and before I knew it she was writing "To Grandpa", but got stuck on the "ndpa" vs "mpa" part, so I helped her out. <br /><br />"Too Grandpa" (She insisted it was too because oo says the correct sound, not o)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRLcMnous7maHBRpndLLL2T2-n-G_9qrWz3zZqE0GwzH9IwfVmre6sPTdchVJ8Vt_XuoWXyz2CChqRftV8KRtA1FLzQPiqTGOnEmc1uVUZyuFTF9HadaPhdNE6QYZWrfqWi-Jnevsx2o/s1600-h/photo+2-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVRLcMnous7maHBRpndLLL2T2-n-G_9qrWz3zZqE0GwzH9IwfVmre6sPTdchVJ8Vt_XuoWXyz2CChqRftV8KRtA1FLzQPiqTGOnEmc1uVUZyuFTF9HadaPhdNE6QYZWrfqWi-Jnevsx2o/s320/photo+2-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216150049947666" border="0" /></a><br />She's so proud of herself!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLzIyLWGDdD-FSXNw2lObRyTltlmwzLlpLsOvcuSEjUHA07ORvzuGWjoRZDlUF6-Q5S1WXby1YJ7c4Gw__0AzAfa7s1PQ3z3Lg35ZBMqpLRSq92XzCVL_UM1Sr4o0HTiXEChbARHyrpw/s1600-h/photo+5-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLzIyLWGDdD-FSXNw2lObRyTltlmwzLlpLsOvcuSEjUHA07ORvzuGWjoRZDlUF6-Q5S1WXby1YJ7c4Gw__0AzAfa7s1PQ3z3Lg35ZBMqpLRSq92XzCVL_UM1Sr4o0HTiXEChbARHyrpw/s320/photo+5-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216564731827698" border="0" /></a><br />Then it was time to make Daddy's birthday card.<br /><br />"Happy Birthday" She got a little ahead of herself and forgot to finish the happy before starting the B in birthday.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF19AWb3n_Fd98VU_ZzDNA7k_xhldtWz-3hw3i9MLmarz4SHFfWaO-5Smps43ThiLNAngDYrSnzKVsSttfi5F6UqUCMl75qsZO8spAMh5VdnWoPPgLRbM0gSRnGtSEkAh_-11hiG_KClI/s1600-h/photo+3-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF19AWb3n_Fd98VU_ZzDNA7k_xhldtWz-3hw3i9MLmarz4SHFfWaO-5Smps43ThiLNAngDYrSnzKVsSttfi5F6UqUCMl75qsZO8spAMh5VdnWoPPgLRbM0gSRnGtSEkAh_-11hiG_KClI/s320/photo+3-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216164010969042" border="0" /></a><br />Then on to the inside: "I love you Daddy!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIJBGWp87Cv2gLHG58kFpPGrK_4KWujRrqQ_vqCdvqAh3IQMmpQEi7MWDM9_Btt6_m8cHnCP6_QqTCYwt-HHZ6nE-NuKoI65hqHzsf-Y0q3h6zpLPEKir3_yOhwYrqXuWgJcnslBDkAY/s1600-h/photo-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIJBGWp87Cv2gLHG58kFpPGrK_4KWujRrqQ_vqCdvqAh3IQMmpQEi7MWDM9_Btt6_m8cHnCP6_QqTCYwt-HHZ6nE-NuKoI65hqHzsf-Y0q3h6zpLPEKir3_yOhwYrqXuWgJcnslBDkAY/s320/photo-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216579666910066" border="0" /></a><br />And then she had to sign it and make balloons.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoO1Dv1Z736WxnoysheNv52dNXL3b3loRJY8tHwk_Hw0TOe-fpofwevH6TXdYY5a4YHJljQ_CvhqBc64CwtRGPYgX_vwWF2-IMevyrjPhUMVUpdf7I7qsa8irRJg-yLJbAzm8doDk9HI/s1600-h/photo+4-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoO1Dv1Z736WxnoysheNv52dNXL3b3loRJY8tHwk_Hw0TOe-fpofwevH6TXdYY5a4YHJljQ_CvhqBc64CwtRGPYgX_vwWF2-IMevyrjPhUMVUpdf7I7qsa8irRJg-yLJbAzm8doDk9HI/s320/photo+4-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216365063068754" border="0" /></a><br /><br />(Pretty cool for a 3 year old, huh!?!!?!)<br /><br />Jana also managed to give herself a bit of a shiner, too. She was being silly while getting her jammies on and managed to hit her eyelid and forehead on the way up and under eye on the way down, on an open dresser drawer.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz9R248CfIVPX_s1bGuT2G4fFU42Tls4qXRGnKPK1uDBu59yO3va2nSOvDlzjlIl-qQTkmzsUpvy6gwtjqXVrK0uvKhy41M2aVFD9sBTvFOBZIH_xJRTw9pKRSTMB9d904U9sPIHZBQ4/s1600-h/photo+2-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMz9R248CfIVPX_s1bGuT2G4fFU42Tls4qXRGnKPK1uDBu59yO3va2nSOvDlzjlIl-qQTkmzsUpvy6gwtjqXVrK0uvKhy41M2aVFD9sBTvFOBZIH_xJRTw9pKRSTMB9d904U9sPIHZBQ4/s320/photo+2-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216146652087282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEide6i8Yre05qxSALJlQ3zOnw_St134TQgGWTnOHqDrHkLebx7Hnj2J6Q7PrnIwC3czlQA3WdEqrzU4bHoUTr55p4ZIX02qkeHpSfRo25BoX-7wMe7EBksCJ571SjJzmYY_fztNP1ERFEg/s1600-h/photo-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEide6i8Yre05qxSALJlQ3zOnw_St134TQgGWTnOHqDrHkLebx7Hnj2J6Q7PrnIwC3czlQA3WdEqrzU4bHoUTr55p4ZIX02qkeHpSfRo25BoX-7wMe7EBksCJ571SjJzmYY_fztNP1ERFEg/s320/photo-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216573950266690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirneWXgz-uKEEJ5M6BnVgBtyagwGNfTyt-7ZXPy89LatJkw21QOeu1mSzaLXDpuRq6pUFpVp_QkouGLapiC00YRYU6viMw40WtHHHuPNGNH5SUxpPBlXMfyX_vR38YexzKy92CS865-t4/s1600-h/photo+5-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirneWXgz-uKEEJ5M6BnVgBtyagwGNfTyt-7ZXPy89LatJkw21QOeu1mSzaLXDpuRq6pUFpVp_QkouGLapiC00YRYU6viMw40WtHHHuPNGNH5SUxpPBlXMfyX_vR38YexzKy92CS865-t4/s320/photo+5-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404216372454574034" border="0" /></a><br />We were fortunate enough to celebrate Daddy's and Grandpa's birthdays together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDRqDI83SpeOLRjqfBrVJMnxxXDhPwfPef5jYxm_G0rKIHe1sONaQEprBIoAgYcuQpuUTkpYnlP2j7jiOz7PkK4iEqIXGYi6ORIl-NR8bdD0KIvRnZGijHpRu9FRvcoVosBbXPMaNKaE/s1600-h/PB140001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDRqDI83SpeOLRjqfBrVJMnxxXDhPwfPef5jYxm_G0rKIHe1sONaQEprBIoAgYcuQpuUTkpYnlP2j7jiOz7PkK4iEqIXGYi6ORIl-NR8bdD0KIvRnZGijHpRu9FRvcoVosBbXPMaNKaE/s320/PB140001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215337606315106" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEw2SVU0Q8m9kebRvGpAeuY76Gn4jfLlCEUrJ9fL01dDP8KEiBJiuOsqk5znA2coIKOBunV8KO0JBdw1b3Db4HSCfbwPBO8vFYdVD_OEzbb3vvr-iMyHXzMepbzr_EtOd56PvutlYADQ/s1600-h/PB140002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAEw2SVU0Q8m9kebRvGpAeuY76Gn4jfLlCEUrJ9fL01dDP8KEiBJiuOsqk5znA2coIKOBunV8KO0JBdw1b3Db4HSCfbwPBO8vFYdVD_OEzbb3vvr-iMyHXzMepbzr_EtOd56PvutlYADQ/s320/PB140002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215344629859906" border="0" /></a><br />But we can't go without commenting on Kara's sense of humor these days.<br /><br />Awaiting her slice of cake. "Smile Kara"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8nRrI_yXOT5lWfDbm367snD1VIo4WXCD2pdOZKq7y-BBlk_clqIKHiD-MAKZpP7dVfdywK_MramEqgEen5szWCoewG63nWlI1MygrCAgzZmZH_clsiYtB6OaNHOKSE4QZBocLVwaTdU/s1600-h/PB140004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8nRrI_yXOT5lWfDbm367snD1VIo4WXCD2pdOZKq7y-BBlk_clqIKHiD-MAKZpP7dVfdywK_MramEqgEen5szWCoewG63nWlI1MygrCAgzZmZH_clsiYtB6OaNHOKSE4QZBocLVwaTdU/s320/PB140004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215351367357890" border="0" /></a>Say cheese! Maybe I should have just said, be cheesy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC4FeI29cjMDWukAQ6M1xszkqM0wb_j0HKV5eifSi_Sc9oLLk9pT5RQohpm-6-9uyb3tCFd1RypwgQooowjduve7Z4vvSvcEJzu6zTff305iABInMDV2lSf9ULMbzMKq0vTNxvK5H53I/s1600-h/PB140005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC4FeI29cjMDWukAQ6M1xszkqM0wb_j0HKV5eifSi_Sc9oLLk9pT5RQohpm-6-9uyb3tCFd1RypwgQooowjduve7Z4vvSvcEJzu6zTff305iABInMDV2lSf9ULMbzMKq0vTNxvK5H53I/s320/PB140005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215948185129794" border="0" /></a><br />An attempt at a less cheesy smile. No such luck!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUm0W0L_RJRx6796kxyWEO-ou-1eUECtpVm9kpDy9xZXU1HCJlRYFbtlaHkhpIalcxmS1l4MjbUxpeRKHnB6u4fec-W__nYde1CePHY3PXHzPzl2_XAUobs1t8D17-FVNDl7pgMPFK1V4/s1600-h/PB140006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUm0W0L_RJRx6796kxyWEO-ou-1eUECtpVm9kpDy9xZXU1HCJlRYFbtlaHkhpIalcxmS1l4MjbUxpeRKHnB6u4fec-W__nYde1CePHY3PXHzPzl2_XAUobs1t8D17-FVNDl7pgMPFK1V4/s320/PB140006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215955688485618" border="0" /></a><br />Cake please!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVy407i-cfQC9Y9Me8u9manEe8DhqeAYn2iNd-ts3CIN1o6QHRJjdWbJjtnhzAaqZKR2haG2cth9wVGQ6zPVY1hnOeuhLKNzWoxaeIwiMGXi2AvMCu7_VX0Dq_7J1dYcfh_G7VjY2JRsQ/s1600-h/PB140250.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVy407i-cfQC9Y9Me8u9manEe8DhqeAYn2iNd-ts3CIN1o6QHRJjdWbJjtnhzAaqZKR2haG2cth9wVGQ6zPVY1hnOeuhLKNzWoxaeIwiMGXi2AvMCu7_VX0Dq_7J1dYcfh_G7VjY2JRsQ/s320/PB140250.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215982769694370" border="0" /></a><br />Yummy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggKbjmkv-b76t7yOVwLSnwCIHvJcXfN64KPxae4cxhfpCQOpkIqFl1BvWCANFcxWeG_V87yr1u-ehWpSog9SI4jtohSIhRPsin9b2cXxlBiwLUpl5WoeCTAQCjNj0Pz3T81M4Ud8uS0A/s1600-h/PB140008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhggKbjmkv-b76t7yOVwLSnwCIHvJcXfN64KPxae4cxhfpCQOpkIqFl1BvWCANFcxWeG_V87yr1u-ehWpSog9SI4jtohSIhRPsin9b2cXxlBiwLUpl5WoeCTAQCjNj0Pz3T81M4Ud8uS0A/s320/PB140008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215963379806626" border="0" /></a>"Hhhmmmffff?" (Translated: What do you mean I shouldn't shove it all in my mouth at once?")<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Cl6fr3yBeTw-KjtEXh9UpCQV9yrW5NhslgwGkcTdhAZnASinC6IvP618ulH0UeeaiwPmlzktIYmCZKEqLHDynBSbuEDuOmT56ykxrS1kPKABVYgv9HKdqRm7Ow17XfPgYE7Cj1cyErs/s1600-h/PB140010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Cl6fr3yBeTw-KjtEXh9UpCQV9yrW5NhslgwGkcTdhAZnASinC6IvP618ulH0UeeaiwPmlzktIYmCZKEqLHDynBSbuEDuOmT56ykxrS1kPKABVYgv9HKdqRm7Ow17XfPgYE7Cj1cyErs/s320/PB140010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404215968836040338" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-1976563437312366222009-11-02T23:24:00.000-08:002009-11-14T23:41:52.398-08:00Kara's update!It's been way too long since I've updated on Kara. This kid is such a ham!!!<br /><br />She still says "I want a ca-wee you!" when she wants us to carry her. <br /><br />The other day we were at the pool and I said, "You crack me up." Her response was: "No Mama. You crack you up!" Ha!<br /><br />She likes to say, "you make me laugh." (I apparently say that way too much.)<br /><br />Here we are enjoying one of our Mama-Kara playdates on a Wednesday that Jana was at school.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Vr6VZcRyCQ50fFTzBYxmhAS6jUKu-8rQRPW9iksqUlW-tyI2LvG1kBGG4US3TIph7S8xjMf2i49FFtEpj5j82MzZjiwn7XgWVWIAG2HT07gSuLIB3YArh8IG8YEO-jVT5icnPVACkM/s1600-h/IMG_0469.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1Vr6VZcRyCQ50fFTzBYxmhAS6jUKu-8rQRPW9iksqUlW-tyI2LvG1kBGG4US3TIph7S8xjMf2i49FFtEpj5j82MzZjiwn7XgWVWIAG2HT07gSuLIB3YArh8IG8YEO-jVT5icnPVACkM/s320/IMG_0469.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229054753799554" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkI-7PhYOyc71fCThw01bZwu_cZweTGqsf2W5fGz53zCo27AnNv1s3mVqLJBj8QxEn2lL0klqQUV6C2u7Bx9gGpXSrsV-M-Z3anpt80q6GNPZ_r8LB1pbNvBAhe3xcL4Oj4PPs_Bc2vs/s1600-h/IMG_0480.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdkI-7PhYOyc71fCThw01bZwu_cZweTGqsf2W5fGz53zCo27AnNv1s3mVqLJBj8QxEn2lL0klqQUV6C2u7Bx9gGpXSrsV-M-Z3anpt80q6GNPZ_r8LB1pbNvBAhe3xcL4Oj4PPs_Bc2vs/s320/IMG_0480.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229068559412946" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jana, Kara and I went on a bike ride/walk on a gorgeous fall morning. This is one of the adorable pictures, but Kara will hate me for dressing her in this later in life. Okay, okay. I didn't think about the fact that the jacket is exactly the same print as the stretch pants she had already been wearing, but at least she was warm!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jUVWEhMpRqX63l7CXIG1kHEfCCZ_OPt04XFtWAo3e7TEFW5oAF7HWOKSV_A45eROHqPeDorNQGPHY6rg9FHhd9nh89mXFB8a8EF2VQtDtsy9_0N2pApjLJO7pVOhuSDGwLlqxnoYOU8/s1600-h/IMG_0489.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0jUVWEhMpRqX63l7CXIG1kHEfCCZ_OPt04XFtWAo3e7TEFW5oAF7HWOKSV_A45eROHqPeDorNQGPHY6rg9FHhd9nh89mXFB8a8EF2VQtDtsy9_0N2pApjLJO7pVOhuSDGwLlqxnoYOU8/s320/IMG_0489.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229071269054306" border="0" /></a><br />She wasn't so sure about the blue mouth that lingered after finishing her lollipop!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NkP_vEQ2XtNMPpEvvs0aIIctpPRO3x5RO-1DCfJL7dws8pIx17O5Um04ATqCMAAk170MF5PY2SiUekSm-JF0a6cJstCW4yIRltc5pk2jKu0sMWoELuEoDnrR1f0V1CwkJ2eHi-aps7I/s1600-h/PA150142.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NkP_vEQ2XtNMPpEvvs0aIIctpPRO3x5RO-1DCfJL7dws8pIx17O5Um04ATqCMAAk170MF5PY2SiUekSm-JF0a6cJstCW4yIRltc5pk2jKu0sMWoELuEoDnrR1f0V1CwkJ2eHi-aps7I/s320/PA150142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229081998229730" border="0" /></a><br />Here's our little butterfly playing a game before we headed out trick or treating. She asks to put this on, just about every day! She's so funny! She says, "I be a butterfly with shiny wings on my back!"<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzzTnLJFgPYUICFrvJP6hEJRb_OgVCwT1cUyzhYzU-dgyK1QRyTfeZsG5t9avTzc_synmHZk2MPqC08hpb2pbCuXX0tukc6b81QblDj0izBpv1fKA50Uy80o1Mgg-V2bIsVwdKy-R9vk/s1600-h/PA310164.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgzzTnLJFgPYUICFrvJP6hEJRb_OgVCwT1cUyzhYzU-dgyK1QRyTfeZsG5t9avTzc_synmHZk2MPqC08hpb2pbCuXX0tukc6b81QblDj0izBpv1fKA50Uy80o1Mgg-V2bIsVwdKy-R9vk/s320/PA310164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229522318251986" border="0" /></a><br />The silly girl LOVES wearing this thing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL9RZh9zVKFwf_bQFywOjV5FYDrNSuzuS5GI9O6w5IQvfyM4VOPzrXF59QsFjPEHupKhPJ06yoL5QKSWmzGQs_kaan2ttILq_8VLkP5hyLxK8Pty7cbtb00gjKnUbyQWUnTZUQEOJBbU/s1600-h/PA310172.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL9RZh9zVKFwf_bQFywOjV5FYDrNSuzuS5GI9O6w5IQvfyM4VOPzrXF59QsFjPEHupKhPJ06yoL5QKSWmzGQs_kaan2ttILq_8VLkP5hyLxK8Pty7cbtb00gjKnUbyQWUnTZUQEOJBbU/s320/PA310172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229534023435714" border="0" /></a><br />She still asks for her "Juicy moke" (Juice and milk) whenever she wakes up and when she wants something to drink. She must have both! And she has a thing right now for glasses. She apparently got a hold of Daddy's glasses.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZ2RdRaVY635np3ZdY5sDHzFjtbAqqtzD3lOczTOmnbT3svdVTRytEGZEU5cP3kCi-WBg6z100X78-p570aXeRExFfYvk3I9Av_ejhfvg2SiG68t7bxmnc_6TYQKnel5P5Lwsf7qDLqU/s1600-h/PB010232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZ2RdRaVY635np3ZdY5sDHzFjtbAqqtzD3lOczTOmnbT3svdVTRytEGZEU5cP3kCi-WBg6z100X78-p570aXeRExFfYvk3I9Av_ejhfvg2SiG68t7bxmnc_6TYQKnel5P5Lwsf7qDLqU/s320/PB010232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229541745343122" border="0" /></a><br />This is one of those moments that I'm mad at myself for letting so much time go by. There was a great story to go along with this picture, but I can't remember it. I know this made us laugh for quite some time, but I can't remember at all why. But here's Kara Mae - what a goof!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_2el1PKxSNFqob2yDJ05kzo9Y0yV5YABmZOUFCImS8Vv6YOMmuXPvY4TzqpRpJVzdWxz5aiAcX29Op9XZ2PXhCOpU691S9YvBUnGtm6UKKfJXF00ZzJPDZyn2lt3FrydM-IyKN3B-gA/s1600-h/PB090244.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1_2el1PKxSNFqob2yDJ05kzo9Y0yV5YABmZOUFCImS8Vv6YOMmuXPvY4TzqpRpJVzdWxz5aiAcX29Op9XZ2PXhCOpU691S9YvBUnGtm6UKKfJXF00ZzJPDZyn2lt3FrydM-IyKN3B-gA/s320/PB090244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404229551069823218" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-8028345243836271692009-10-31T23:17:00.001-07:002009-11-01T10:10:01.012-08:00Halloween 2009Jana decided months ago that she wanted to be a dalmation. Then, after we purchased the costume, she changed her mind and wanted to be Tinkerbell. Thankfully she went back to the dalmation idea. Kara wasn't too sure of what she wanted to be, but was happy to go with the idea of being a lion - a hand-me-down from Jana. Sadly, I didn't try it on her until this afternoon and it was WAY too small. Oops! She was quite content to be a butterfly instead (yet another hand-me-down). All night she kept telling everyone that she had shiny wings. :-) Silly kid.<br /><br />Here they are all ready to go.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPgp1k8RmElU6bHxR32oSNurY3rF6durl6lk9NKdhPW5Ep0vcOACd-XdwO95ACXL0hDKY4YDpJRkaQ00povu7Lmi7SFDPsDfk_l_z0cefXdW-AxEgOb4rZEi-y_wGQAyKqVM93k3EbYg/s1600-h/PA310166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPgp1k8RmElU6bHxR32oSNurY3rF6durl6lk9NKdhPW5Ep0vcOACd-XdwO95ACXL0hDKY4YDpJRkaQ00povu7Lmi7SFDPsDfk_l_z0cefXdW-AxEgOb4rZEi-y_wGQAyKqVM93k3EbYg/s320/PA310166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399019621287209122" border="0" /></a><br />We first headed to a local high school that does a "Safe Halloween" where kids can trick or treat through the hallways. It was VERY well done and the high schoolers did a great job decorating and dressing up. They had themes and had Alice in Wonderland, Where the Wild Things Are, House of Mouse, Good Night Moon... It was very cute and very well done and it was about as much trick or treating as the girls could handle.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGTkTJuRRMVs0y_eUvgdYoLos_FAAVLaaeOScQhMWAZdAqxgSVRuJcbZQa6VpqCwCqdvpcu0d63o6MYPH0lmmTKBgWv2ufHann93w5JX3DeD0UyJPzXT0mR8Xju2kWHX_xl2LkuAvTQM/s1600-h/PA310175.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGTkTJuRRMVs0y_eUvgdYoLos_FAAVLaaeOScQhMWAZdAqxgSVRuJcbZQa6VpqCwCqdvpcu0d63o6MYPH0lmmTKBgWv2ufHann93w5JX3DeD0UyJPzXT0mR8Xju2kWHX_xl2LkuAvTQM/s320/PA310175.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399019628568649602" border="0" /></a><br />Then we headed to Grandma and Grandpa's for some pizza and handing out candy.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR-gkuT3doSyTwLGNztNUir1aIBKCS_dfZSncffzu1a9j3oZD8QJ8B7gJ6WYM2S1-JRpyGf7Uezdx-B-j2UdPqTwmMC9D_UrfE7G1qiqBR-yGJSInpcPVaGztZ_2SQCeErW66AOrqn90w/s1600-h/IMG_1508.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKreVv2piqsXFRrXnFszaQdbfT-Ca_30bIoIsUk4gjgti2NDYyA1n7jX_BpWq3QB5x6LTYvlzcM7gwKo7mCgyVYefbOB9GDl_ljdTN-1nnMc4tbSKxYfB3GxXL7ICuDKhWzQou-DumzUU/s320/PA310189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399188594073656082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfpVTozNmko5KPn4rrD_JRibuoFkL4Iwkls2KVtk4hvoW8XKothqtNIounQzFc4cjnCv4A87zcS8xgA0Qd2o3zKhzsrvtpa3q0cK_DsHGhwltIx9pUfH-VsTj9PmqZc8drw1acPCvFiA/s1600-h/IMG_1530.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfpVTozNmko5KPn4rrD_JRibuoFkL4Iwkls2KVtk4hvoW8XKothqtNIounQzFc4cjnCv4A87zcS8xgA0Qd2o3zKhzsrvtpa3q0cK_DsHGhwltIx9pUfH-VsTj9PmqZc8drw1acPCvFiA/s320/IMG_1530.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399018092537165266" border="0" /></a><br />Can you tell they were tired of taking pictures?!?!?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdbKlRCApJj6QnsYQRIObnMeS1ANnHO7fFKnQMNP2jES1PC59nBkh2s-fc_h23l1_ho0nh7qsi3o_doF44rNf613ynFJxplw2v5bLGFOSd8xQyhOZA-SHqMRPw5JWezlAILsIB0TAt_k/s1600-h/IMG_1526.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdbKlRCApJj6QnsYQRIObnMeS1ANnHO7fFKnQMNP2jES1PC59nBkh2s-fc_h23l1_ho0nh7qsi3o_doF44rNf613ynFJxplw2v5bLGFOSd8xQyhOZA-SHqMRPw5JWezlAILsIB0TAt_k/s320/IMG_1526.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399016342263429282" border="0" /></a><br />We even headed to a friend of Mommy's house to trick or treat and the girls were hilarious with their decorations. Kara kept wanting to climb on this stuffed giraffe.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwmf-D6cM03f9lF5uM-ek2PcCKwVUo4Vy1EnOLAIql4jNzB2QV87X0Qb_oQXUb7RuUWLzzL5wYAg7q0FXOIlKnc_RrpJwa0ylSPj6Afu_B5C6uDAAml29Hd-bSlIBJZWiltS9G9LZA6o/s1600-h/photo-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNwmf-D6cM03f9lF5uM-ek2PcCKwVUo4Vy1EnOLAIql4jNzB2QV87X0Qb_oQXUb7RuUWLzzL5wYAg7q0FXOIlKnc_RrpJwa0ylSPj6Afu_B5C6uDAAml29Hd-bSlIBJZWiltS9G9LZA6o/s320/photo-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399188630144858194" border="0" /></a><br />Daddy and Mommy had way too much fun with the pumpkins this year. The girls picked out what they wanted and helped me design the silly pumpkin face, and Jana did the Mr. Pumpkin (Potato)head, but other than that, it was up to Daddy and Mommy to finish the pumpkins.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybVcf7ejF6RENj84qW5-XBxsvhyphenhyphen_pya6H8c1f4nKVSiNKpZlaujgrhfqnwi8ToBux9wnv-466MlsbE_XBvrUshJwh0DY1kh1BckYaZbI8L1hFTgeM76XwI5s4RMY3LxwuywgBHAStEco/s1600-h/photo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybVcf7ejF6RENj84qW5-XBxsvhyphenhyphen_pya6H8c1f4nKVSiNKpZlaujgrhfqnwi8ToBux9wnv-466MlsbE_XBvrUshJwh0DY1kh1BckYaZbI8L1hFTgeM76XwI5s4RMY3LxwuywgBHAStEco/s320/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399188615534022578" border="0" /></a>Mommy's masterpiece<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJX3_zQOqJrPOrE-yGyuCnBRWcubt2sA14AsP2mSPqzEtLctdH7EWaeCYHwAj6hY8y4QA4HX97NdkQggPVCPJZJaXcjGZVepCJPR00EBD5QOaWtMY84dX0aYbUkpYJ0LaMmDWxQthYZNk/s1600-h/PA310161.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJX3_zQOqJrPOrE-yGyuCnBRWcubt2sA14AsP2mSPqzEtLctdH7EWaeCYHwAj6hY8y4QA4HX97NdkQggPVCPJZJaXcjGZVepCJPR00EBD5QOaWtMY84dX0aYbUkpYJ0LaMmDWxQthYZNk/s320/PA310161.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399018102883430562" border="0" /></a><br />Daddy's amazing Snoopy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOks38DfF8Wo76NcXWppB9-3jZtGXVyIYp-1h052ZTfZC0v5qDJjG5DWz6B-XnOrmXchsTr0QL9i5T5MlcwLZ7de9Zfx938lGNe8nufmbb-nInza9gM-Q4VX6i_DQLrSu4Wo_KYGWwnM/s1600-h/PA310162.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTOks38DfF8Wo76NcXWppB9-3jZtGXVyIYp-1h052ZTfZC0v5qDJjG5DWz6B-XnOrmXchsTr0QL9i5T5MlcwLZ7de9Zfx938lGNe8nufmbb-nInza9gM-Q4VX6i_DQLrSu4Wo_KYGWwnM/s320/PA310162.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399019614455850946" border="0" /></a>Snoopy all lit up.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSUeb2fx0TSnMWP2xIR0517oCAgHxcFjQPRdlh9A9u5AWXBDrNovLRRqIyWR2H2swu2dxKU9a94bbwExs1luPBfUrfM4YFBiyySYlaDIfEggkmZX2IedEu_xnMzMZU6HXeKfGohB7GLs/s1600-h/PA310203.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSUeb2fx0TSnMWP2xIR0517oCAgHxcFjQPRdlh9A9u5AWXBDrNovLRRqIyWR2H2swu2dxKU9a94bbwExs1luPBfUrfM4YFBiyySYlaDIfEggkmZX2IedEu_xnMzMZU6HXeKfGohB7GLs/s320/PA310203.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399188607986386306" border="0" /></a>Kara wanted Pooh.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IvHxhKcCooDgdwoPpCxBpKXAstSo4AI4HIwdHPMM7DUEjWgE8xSv8E3gRYyHX6IjvgZ-tWZo_iEfc1CoMHO3N0ch_e7hslpOrLfZllsuza20bSLswICBrPXq6hTu1i7XxS1OSIo7Lu4/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3IvHxhKcCooDgdwoPpCxBpKXAstSo4AI4HIwdHPMM7DUEjWgE8xSv8E3gRYyHX6IjvgZ-tWZo_iEfc1CoMHO3N0ch_e7hslpOrLfZllsuza20bSLswICBrPXq6hTu1i7XxS1OSIo7Lu4/s320/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399188624639874930" border="0" /></a><br />And Jana wanted the Word World characters. Here's sheep. Apparently I didn't get a picture of the rest of them. I'll have to go back and do that.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskHa-YId03VXDxnDXRwwJaffjLNy-jghJGxk-ZOxKVzfWGEvIZwGxnmByQHZ1dKKNBwWv1EPWDC_cXmohMrWUNU_DR0XgJvxpx_T8FIDg2nkmOMB07Gz7PZyTHlawibD7fuQJUMytmRI/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskHa-YId03VXDxnDXRwwJaffjLNy-jghJGxk-ZOxKVzfWGEvIZwGxnmByQHZ1dKKNBwWv1EPWDC_cXmohMrWUNU_DR0XgJvxpx_T8FIDg2nkmOMB07Gz7PZyTHlawibD7fuQJUMytmRI/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399191147031063970" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-26680209548222571232009-10-27T18:04:00.001-07:002009-11-14T22:33:06.805-08:00Jana: 2 years, 8 months<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKG7_QubkRvEKM2G6m_L6i8xVUzi1WjwdCs2qCKqK3PEBHenpZIh0N9i9mHKwEVVLqZNbg52KMjR7qlj4c_rQGNQk6DiD7VcVlYCl5dBt8S2EcCSwLqddLxR1_faU2CD9w5gdU5kx9HQ4/s1600-h/IMG_0488.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKG7_QubkRvEKM2G6m_L6i8xVUzi1WjwdCs2qCKqK3PEBHenpZIh0N9i9mHKwEVVLqZNbg52KMjR7qlj4c_rQGNQk6DiD7VcVlYCl5dBt8S2EcCSwLqddLxR1_faU2CD9w5gdU5kx9HQ4/s320/IMG_0488.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401940633920345634" border="0" /></a><br />Jana's greatest "plaything" these days is Kara. They love to play together. They are so funny about playing together and Jana insists on giving Kara hugs all the time. She gets quite insistent and gets quite upset if Kara doesn't reciprocate the hugs.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWrM7P6mSc7MEmDF0dA8pzswvq__0y_atkpzy5-mM3Pjlnvp0F2oJ6eslFhPxC2qkVjE5nWKPRAmDwvG8KnivavUZTRnans346PEW4d4zGLDEzJE6QlG0D2bLIzBSjWvxIGHE0EQU2ZE/s1600-h/IMG_0486.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWrM7P6mSc7MEmDF0dA8pzswvq__0y_atkpzy5-mM3Pjlnvp0F2oJ6eslFhPxC2qkVjE5nWKPRAmDwvG8KnivavUZTRnans346PEW4d4zGLDEzJE6QlG0D2bLIzBSjWvxIGHE0EQU2ZE/s320/IMG_0486.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401940628277427266" border="0" /></a>We went on a walk/bike ride and they started posing on top of the rock pile.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8YEYu6n7MxLdhexIhq0i98BMmd5vWak_b0Jurc0YIjJ6-3e6mH23PMgK-UatnxDgG78PUhJkR5EeOgS459wE2gDvMMjSWThjaUao2j26_NVevwbWjnIzIyHwCYMRdgP56oPOAzXC6kw/s1600-h/IMG_0485.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8YEYu6n7MxLdhexIhq0i98BMmd5vWak_b0Jurc0YIjJ6-3e6mH23PMgK-UatnxDgG78PUhJkR5EeOgS459wE2gDvMMjSWThjaUao2j26_NVevwbWjnIzIyHwCYMRdgP56oPOAzXC6kw/s320/IMG_0485.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401940623161905474" border="0" /></a>Jana's looking more and more like such a big girl. She did get her hair cut short and that has made a big difference in how old she looks.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsAhoZFqWkkIQ4TD3X3npeUNJ1vGejBuQBSraaJoWOjslgr2bi6ZrJHcHfurVGHZYiNwxmx2tEg9BZzkt47pT8XxGWPkYcQOSoCDdeJmrxBRgJCKvgTgjT72dnf0R79HPvl86-nTR2F8/s1600-h/PA100123.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsAhoZFqWkkIQ4TD3X3npeUNJ1vGejBuQBSraaJoWOjslgr2bi6ZrJHcHfurVGHZYiNwxmx2tEg9BZzkt47pT8XxGWPkYcQOSoCDdeJmrxBRgJCKvgTgjT72dnf0R79HPvl86-nTR2F8/s320/PA100123.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401940613622438338" border="0" /></a><br />She also seems to have Mommy's grace too!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LyQoMn3eVHk4TuZmiU_izui8cECjCxFSB8Q79wUs0CaJSgY8gBUuxZ4hvDrPdb6ECIEaTWdZK4uYxxD0W7taYFUxvZX8Rw_V0TUQewXd9K2_71RubL-8FyeYjm5LB_3-ibwijoym9LY/s1600-h/PA100127.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LyQoMn3eVHk4TuZmiU_izui8cECjCxFSB8Q79wUs0CaJSgY8gBUuxZ4hvDrPdb6ECIEaTWdZK4uYxxD0W7taYFUxvZX8Rw_V0TUQewXd9K2_71RubL-8FyeYjm5LB_3-ibwijoym9LY/s320/PA100127.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404213151727669522" border="0" /></a>Jana also started writing her name this month. She hasn't been too keen on writing because she hasn't wanted to do it well, but here it is for the first time for us!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_X-9gF9FJu2LAnjGrM4xa5RR57DHV0bjakBV8-ANeWXDruQIVc5tZc6E7N5gx2Vw5qZz5isP8ArI8GJ2VF7gk3hrVJRE_oat9rLHMfCObidn_-K7bS9mvKyGCin9bV85Skfg1NMVPSY/s1600-h/IMG_0497.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_X-9gF9FJu2LAnjGrM4xa5RR57DHV0bjakBV8-ANeWXDruQIVc5tZc6E7N5gx2Vw5qZz5isP8ArI8GJ2VF7gk3hrVJRE_oat9rLHMfCObidn_-K7bS9mvKyGCin9bV85Skfg1NMVPSY/s320/IMG_0497.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404214529500274258" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-42087941827755656412009-10-19T09:28:00.001-07:002009-10-20T20:27:19.528-07:00Pumpkin Patch 2009This last weekend we headed to our favorite farm to get some pumpkins, apple cider, apples, and a treat of apple cider doughnuts. Mmmmmm!<br /><br />We met the whole gang up there and the kids had a blast.<br /><br />First, of course, was a stop at the playground and the swings.<br /><br />Here's Ari being silly in the swings.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36kVJRYGON4IgaZCyMaZvnRPz-7FnUBfQ7degkiFh1aENH0EMLWjBTvC9H3DUvssrA4zFpZ7TrftEbPok7sxm-CPefkuCneQ6z5d2Go6kjG_B4SRutQJPwI_MaPqxJGymH8PKghU2Qq0/s1600-h/IMG_4657_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh36kVJRYGON4IgaZCyMaZvnRPz-7FnUBfQ7degkiFh1aENH0EMLWjBTvC9H3DUvssrA4zFpZ7TrftEbPok7sxm-CPefkuCneQ6z5d2Go6kjG_B4SRutQJPwI_MaPqxJGymH8PKghU2Qq0/s320/IMG_4657_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394349355153141490" border="0" /></a><br />Jana loved the horse-shaped tire swing.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiowz4_A7dJENUQjFkil2vsBV4aJRsYpWsMIk-x1JMT-uI4VtfkmFrJOu61YA3C7Ty1svARD1UZh9GNVD-fU262z6HRTlQh32V3Fl7eTX-JhIq9WXqV0gtNvOXHFAwIgdWq4nDL5SVSw/s1600-h/IMG_4663_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCiowz4_A7dJENUQjFkil2vsBV4aJRsYpWsMIk-x1JMT-uI4VtfkmFrJOu61YA3C7Ty1svARD1UZh9GNVD-fU262z6HRTlQh32V3Fl7eTX-JhIq9WXqV0gtNvOXHFAwIgdWq4nDL5SVSw/s320/IMG_4663_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394349364527832786" border="0" /></a><br />And of course Kara Mae loved the swings as well.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3p8lwmVXC_akz6yO0qREI3hpJff6Nu7sRRw0De2zgu9jNRWtmdO9vP-7vvXa1RoTvnoEBop7mtZySVvXdx9UfNSBkKzdazQ0mEBk4WrIunbfIWzHKUp77kUVR3b1impqM-HzeUdrTNVw/s1600-h/IMG_4667_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3p8lwmVXC_akz6yO0qREI3hpJff6Nu7sRRw0De2zgu9jNRWtmdO9vP-7vvXa1RoTvnoEBop7mtZySVvXdx9UfNSBkKzdazQ0mEBk4WrIunbfIWzHKUp77kUVR3b1impqM-HzeUdrTNVw/s320/IMG_4667_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350014551305026" border="0" /></a><br />Jana managed to swing right out of her boots. Hee, hee.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYmLBGea_9X1sllWWhAw7FY0EKfyeJK-6g9R4cSN-fVNMmT1dCIBqvNsBTfYBxS0W4VsCP-RK5muq8kZX11nXYNz91lAEC76tHlY9ibu7TEKFUW3m_qeCd7ndh4g1-2pEHiXbdwlXwXU/s1600-h/IMG_4665_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYmLBGea_9X1sllWWhAw7FY0EKfyeJK-6g9R4cSN-fVNMmT1dCIBqvNsBTfYBxS0W4VsCP-RK5muq8kZX11nXYNz91lAEC76tHlY9ibu7TEKFUW3m_qeCd7ndh4g1-2pEHiXbdwlXwXU/s320/IMG_4665_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350002156052242" border="0" /></a>The girls swinging away.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmePqQWGV-tr-6KgZ2byzl5KCBF5GYFmTL7onbx7BbD4g_po1qmKRV3C-ScokbTQZ6NniWMBggKa6oim_sLLgOoGZWRruUw1hFycaCfNtUfqgfM2M3bXSsjGY4hfn58I7KsoutdZjEdg/s1600-h/IMG_4669_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmePqQWGV-tr-6KgZ2byzl5KCBF5GYFmTL7onbx7BbD4g_po1qmKRV3C-ScokbTQZ6NniWMBggKa6oim_sLLgOoGZWRruUw1hFycaCfNtUfqgfM2M3bXSsjGY4hfn58I7KsoutdZjEdg/s320/IMG_4669_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350020048199506" border="0" /></a><br />Quenton got lots of snuggle time as we all took turns carrying him. Here's Grandpa and his boy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x-mjgLEBPNsWxtA0OiYsBNb3R3sTqt0FZxUthM4vC7xa-aEYMR441As_O0CXRWzuSB0oZiyllikeTPeFzWqyIYJKzXwde6DAM8wvG74FR50lSDwgNiTiFpwqweXCzLqKO2qqGXQczBE/s1600-h/IMG_4628-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5x-mjgLEBPNsWxtA0OiYsBNb3R3sTqt0FZxUthM4vC7xa-aEYMR441As_O0CXRWzuSB0oZiyllikeTPeFzWqyIYJKzXwde6DAM8wvG74FR50lSDwgNiTiFpwqweXCzLqKO2qqGXQczBE/s320/IMG_4628-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394349324831711522" border="0" /></a><br />There was much to look at and Ari took it all in.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6ONFdFH_L2XgNPviuaOfbTQ0jpFAiW49pYgSd4ktSer5_4jGAr3PFIweR4A6Aal3bBWU21anWerxhbJ09j5YIM4R3pfgh5RUISbELAlGJ0n_ptLLFl9AtuW_veAtZ7I4XvqxyP7dmZM/s1600-h/IMG_4648.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6ONFdFH_L2XgNPviuaOfbTQ0jpFAiW49pYgSd4ktSer5_4jGAr3PFIweR4A6Aal3bBWU21anWerxhbJ09j5YIM4R3pfgh5RUISbELAlGJ0n_ptLLFl9AtuW_veAtZ7I4XvqxyP7dmZM/s320/IMG_4648.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394349345541991346" border="0" /></a><br />Baby Q didn't seem too sure of the animals, but enjoyed the sights.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxEKWWC343fdLjVHubRNOuus1VM2CJqRNem0iAKIQ_BPYlvYt9ZePKbos0I4nWK3xc9RFtev38xQoVjWvF3-fXFueX5edGCMdFA514MWbHUoeXliNTkc-6ElpXZzaiiqYJVYZsL2C870/s1600-h/IMG_4684.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxEKWWC343fdLjVHubRNOuus1VM2CJqRNem0iAKIQ_BPYlvYt9ZePKbos0I4nWK3xc9RFtev38xQoVjWvF3-fXFueX5edGCMdFA514MWbHUoeXliNTkc-6ElpXZzaiiqYJVYZsL2C870/s320/IMG_4684.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350453713119906" border="0" /></a>The little girls loved the baby goats. "They're sooo cute!" Kara kept exclaiming.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhbyAW8U4DLmU9H7dyrkNW_jB5fgsmfy2hr4rbUi1OQBdCcUJTZXW1Bf89t2ntTC5_7sXHnayRvbEGsEeGtJ-B8KBJZjMSSrQtamyaIMdvFg92PRMYoju4aX5LUOxPa6iAaIGpC6UKas/s1600-h/IMG_4685.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvhbyAW8U4DLmU9H7dyrkNW_jB5fgsmfy2hr4rbUi1OQBdCcUJTZXW1Bf89t2ntTC5_7sXHnayRvbEGsEeGtJ-B8KBJZjMSSrQtamyaIMdvFg92PRMYoju4aX5LUOxPa6iAaIGpC6UKas/s320/IMG_4685.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350469977429362" border="0" /></a><br />Kara didn't think the pigs were as cute as she kept calling them "dirty" and "stinky ".<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8LhiXu8xGU2RNQTNWAhluwKftxFcO_jJ1wWhp1aKPNxQJDWnXygYkyg0gqlSN1C_qZnbYMeUdWU37aFlBfG8mD3Zd4Se6CVvtn0ZMojE0SdDxCkkgz-68lcPL1SbMHJJox13ARsMmoY/s1600-h/PA180146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk8LhiXu8xGU2RNQTNWAhluwKftxFcO_jJ1wWhp1aKPNxQJDWnXygYkyg0gqlSN1C_qZnbYMeUdWU37aFlBfG8mD3Zd4Se6CVvtn0ZMojE0SdDxCkkgz-68lcPL1SbMHJJox13ARsMmoY/s320/PA180146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394424159070892978" border="0" /></a><br />And what trip to Baumann's would be complete without some pictures in the cutouts!<br /><br />Here's the too-sweet-for-words Baby Q!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjnEX3_eUC5NURXT8kuwABKZZiCBsxaKPA6KrxtwUmkq1znr_AqckoZyRIvn6bYYVDrB2BSuV5YdHOnayVBV9KLddnbNl9Pu-tZr-8bvYXY8-a5cIcc_slZrPYOPCVVVl_dZOxdUCG3E/s1600-h/IMG_4640.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVjnEX3_eUC5NURXT8kuwABKZZiCBsxaKPA6KrxtwUmkq1znr_AqckoZyRIvn6bYYVDrB2BSuV5YdHOnayVBV9KLddnbNl9Pu-tZr-8bvYXY8-a5cIcc_slZrPYOPCVVVl_dZOxdUCG3E/s320/IMG_4640.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394349335615195762" border="0" /></a>And Kara Mae.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I4CHwdtBo5xyGhZLqo2cW3Dc4fdM4rTk9F4rjWnzhX2Oj_IjnB1FlE6QoRWCodqIu4HQfqJJCF0dWPmTpeyVbjHYH9VUa0EH11ihRX2UFlzlb5XY5SvwQn5beXQOMqoLJ01NauMS0uc/s1600-h/IMG_4672_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9I4CHwdtBo5xyGhZLqo2cW3Dc4fdM4rTk9F4rjWnzhX2Oj_IjnB1FlE6QoRWCodqIu4HQfqJJCF0dWPmTpeyVbjHYH9VUa0EH11ihRX2UFlzlb5XY5SvwQn5beXQOMqoLJ01NauMS0uc/s320/IMG_4672_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350029336775698" border="0" /></a><br />Jana and Kara together<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghh-uMz49lqlVdIBTHoUKMfLuGEtuhXdcZ-jvA-LpD4RA6-WpyHMpO0jWGjqUUl6i9nt4ZGpeT3FGbxM946xbPDlj0iE4edDZfMYwWYpuAtN_aXZ4PccmpuaREFs-cCtj6DaUpk88qP5g/s1600-h/IMG_4677.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghh-uMz49lqlVdIBTHoUKMfLuGEtuhXdcZ-jvA-LpD4RA6-WpyHMpO0jWGjqUUl6i9nt4ZGpeT3FGbxM946xbPDlj0iE4edDZfMYwWYpuAtN_aXZ4PccmpuaREFs-cCtj6DaUpk88qP5g/s320/IMG_4677.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350037811404946" border="0" /></a><br />And all the grandkids together!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41qwwSt7uHOcjDciLnCM6EgT4-ErZpEeiI26Skhrj-pd-UFs3XCjfCFiZBt0BM6xtwFgawVPB_AWg7cM3VMzoh_2A54YFc-ygNQgQlCCdxcGXxdfkEkrVXi5F2QxnK-KUPXd1OpJfhCw/s1600-h/IMG_4682.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg41qwwSt7uHOcjDciLnCM6EgT4-ErZpEeiI26Skhrj-pd-UFs3XCjfCFiZBt0BM6xtwFgawVPB_AWg7cM3VMzoh_2A54YFc-ygNQgQlCCdxcGXxdfkEkrVXi5F2QxnK-KUPXd1OpJfhCw/s320/IMG_4682.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350448205110178" border="0" /></a><br />Then it was off to find the perfect pumpkins. We unfortunately started with the really big ones. Kara got inspired to give Ari a big hug and a "squeeeeeeze."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFzHZSgnZVuHrXM5knN_MXEcToZdAa0385rlycxFyWS8md1LjPNOHdW4Crwfdj9aPawX1SljVHR1CIQE7iWLWpKAq6cEwqj6hA76jfIuYA-6iI8s7BOe_SOOd0pVce57NUPL_w8DWVhs/s1600-h/IMG_4694.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifFzHZSgnZVuHrXM5knN_MXEcToZdAa0385rlycxFyWS8md1LjPNOHdW4Crwfdj9aPawX1SljVHR1CIQE7iWLWpKAq6cEwqj6hA76jfIuYA-6iI8s7BOe_SOOd0pVce57NUPL_w8DWVhs/s320/IMG_4694.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394350486421621826" border="0" /></a>And then Jana had to join in, of course.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmE0dPgpzaGHitnZkSyoSnEYG-EEghomIAKlOOWV4GBf_W6ZsYRYSio0iWF5wlir1wafLzuNrlTKGRD3oEJtLpoE0ph078-qNCTzJSEPMEN7WNOWNpdT2_pvkfuopjxU6taRXsQ-xQ2c/s1600-h/IMG_4696_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxmE0dPgpzaGHitnZkSyoSnEYG-EEghomIAKlOOWV4GBf_W6ZsYRYSio0iWF5wlir1wafLzuNrlTKGRD3oEJtLpoE0ph078-qNCTzJSEPMEN7WNOWNpdT2_pvkfuopjxU6taRXsQ-xQ2c/s320/IMG_4696_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394360894092698242" border="0" /></a>Then Jana was off to climb the hay bales.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmMhBxB4qXnC9s-zWu_loIkqyEOMTj7SU6kvk2SG9_ptYLxS6TnAHWYUf1anYGEfkCC8Ymm4iA2qXt8QB5K0MU6emnGAJVm06Wb0Q69u7Zb1D5gh9SBA_BpSZNeNcMpAu82hzfRZFwQI/s1600-h/IMG_4705.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlmMhBxB4qXnC9s-zWu_loIkqyEOMTj7SU6kvk2SG9_ptYLxS6TnAHWYUf1anYGEfkCC8Ymm4iA2qXt8QB5K0MU6emnGAJVm06Wb0Q69u7Zb1D5gh9SBA_BpSZNeNcMpAu82hzfRZFwQI/s320/IMG_4705.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394360908321852162" border="0" /></a><br />And Ari and Kara posed by the REALLY big pumpkins! Such cheese-balls!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfjFCD97r9tOta70OLoUh8pQy7b2R-vgikO3N02QZz_7IUZ7LGm97OGVASJkksvfB_BF6IncftvSBLivG2R6H7ldPuQjnXZOqHsv9u_3RaOJ_fO-ETPuPRYgPdHFFP4cO0cJPAv_tw-g/s1600-h/IMG_4720.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfjFCD97r9tOta70OLoUh8pQy7b2R-vgikO3N02QZz_7IUZ7LGm97OGVASJkksvfB_BF6IncftvSBLivG2R6H7ldPuQjnXZOqHsv9u_3RaOJ_fO-ETPuPRYgPdHFFP4cO0cJPAv_tw-g/s320/IMG_4720.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394360921791650418" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-16322615303684496372009-10-05T15:46:00.000-07:002009-10-05T15:58:57.987-07:00Proud ParentsOh my goodness!!! Jana amazes us.<br /><br />Today she requested to play her letter bingo game after Kara went down for her nap. So, we started playing, but she quickly lost interest. She requested to read the little books that came with it. They work on the short vowel sounds. We read the "Pets bed" book first and practiced sounding out many of the words, then practiced pointing out the same words over and over again (bed and red). Then she wanted to read the "Pig Sits" book. She opened the first page and sounded out the words. She read the first three pages to me without any help.<br /><br />Holy moly!!!<br /><br />I'm in awe. I know kids get bitten by the reading bug at different times, but I didn't know it could happen at 3 and 1/2.<br /><br />We aren't totally surprised that she did it today because she's been practicing sounding things out and spelling things, but it's still amazing. This morning she heard me say the word "seven" and she sounded it out and then spelled it back to me. Yikes!<br /><br />I'm so proud of her and so astonished!! Phew we're going to have our hands full at this rate. She still has two years before she's in Kindergarten. Yikes!Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-75152000632571273792009-10-02T19:51:00.000-07:002009-10-02T20:23:04.086-07:00Kara: 2 years, 4th monthShe is such a different kid these days! While we still have temper tantrums, usually as a result of Maiya going after her food or Jana taking a toy, they are far fewer. Her speech has taken off. We got a note the other day from her school saying that she does a wonderful job of using her words to communicate what she needs. :-) She also has started saying, "Oh (daddy or mommy)! I'm so happy to see you!" Talk about making a person feel good.<br /><br />Her hair is finally growing. It's getting longer in the back, but the front is still shorter. However, oh my do we get some spectacular morning/nap hair!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxs_rJaqwKrcAo7IO5njagXKFh6y0yCWvGhsDIhoYSrEho3ACs-EXYx8P1fWfwzJh-Mh0ixis6iQ6zrVOK48Tc9GXAkER55GbV8AtTdx53fCAzcGxjAggQA1LUYLdcnU_eq14-VTvDFQ/s1600-h/IMG_0396.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxs_rJaqwKrcAo7IO5njagXKFh6y0yCWvGhsDIhoYSrEho3ACs-EXYx8P1fWfwzJh-Mh0ixis6iQ6zrVOK48Tc9GXAkER55GbV8AtTdx53fCAzcGxjAggQA1LUYLdcnU_eq14-VTvDFQ/s320/IMG_0396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388201535170426034" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8kI__y0fAmKqth-YAiidd4lXyRCEcmmIWVsNPskINNmfNBYsag0yCFbnbX7-IoAoqcePLBkQuai2mJwlbVtR622ST047EqkfUV0SrdfoBrQYzjA9dLSjVk3PL6oqjfucyDjfPoZkxzM/s1600-h/IMG_0397.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH8kI__y0fAmKqth-YAiidd4lXyRCEcmmIWVsNPskINNmfNBYsag0yCFbnbX7-IoAoqcePLBkQuai2mJwlbVtR622ST047EqkfUV0SrdfoBrQYzjA9dLSjVk3PL6oqjfucyDjfPoZkxzM/s320/IMG_0397.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388201540660922194" border="0" /></a><br /><br />She's such a happy and sweet kid!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgjgYCmDordUSgG9eI6VvQ8vTkiJixutc5TDq0pT_PXcATmFDZjKaun2AkjxB42cYN0bZc5OKiwtcszJMSEnuhn1k7XX0orom10mi4Y0wzVicyo3rZN6dGHS230yWb67olBpOI0UZiVo/s1600-h/IMG_0421.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgjgYCmDordUSgG9eI6VvQ8vTkiJixutc5TDq0pT_PXcATmFDZjKaun2AkjxB42cYN0bZc5OKiwtcszJMSEnuhn1k7XX0orom10mi4Y0wzVicyo3rZN6dGHS230yWb67olBpOI0UZiVo/s320/IMG_0421.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388201546049208194" border="0" /></a><br />She loves people watching. I think she was watching our friend Noah from across the room.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3sW0n1i8kqX2pPL_8uc5JJDrOZPGuerK3VW5zZTceYQk3Ghkko8hpZpadQCjlJcyzEF529EXrT2aBCBnnAXaqH8PAKKY1_ibvqn2DOhiynTfxPue7EwDF46hIAat_XK-2tVSyhshAL4/s1600-h/IMG_0425.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3sW0n1i8kqX2pPL_8uc5JJDrOZPGuerK3VW5zZTceYQk3Ghkko8hpZpadQCjlJcyzEF529EXrT2aBCBnnAXaqH8PAKKY1_ibvqn2DOhiynTfxPue7EwDF46hIAat_XK-2tVSyhshAL4/s320/IMG_0425.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388201554334824786" border="0" /></a><br />She's becoming so big. She's made the transition to the toddler bed. No more cribs in this house. Sniffle, sniffle!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxggtLFGEjLvlCKNLVHyQuZPe9-lLWjytRgnxxaIgDOpwVy2Ly1VxXqG5JjYRLjbWqe4CI3bTsmRqq-a3aKCHWrmhvHoEMXNgdjexFdPIrYGqJpIgiAMTCIpagPdbKZD5pajfvW8Yggw/s1600-h/P9020204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDxggtLFGEjLvlCKNLVHyQuZPe9-lLWjytRgnxxaIgDOpwVy2Ly1VxXqG5JjYRLjbWqe4CI3bTsmRqq-a3aKCHWrmhvHoEMXNgdjexFdPIrYGqJpIgiAMTCIpagPdbKZD5pajfvW8Yggw/s320/P9020204.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388201572564991138" border="0" /></a><br />We've had some big battles lately over the sandbo. Kara likes to throw sand and eat it. Ewwww! So we often have to close up the sandbox or sit with them to prevent sand from getting into every crack and crevice.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMfNKJSsP7yM5VA2vTZghOdqmbIvuu2KVKVKl5lXuatcqz26M4TvkjfK2uaxuUzNGtp5d3PluDwRtu3H8mz7WWEbyawuhNakp5ThmQbaEGkiQm9TzwG33FZq7U8Q1CKtjChyphenhyphenlkKvstCE0/s1600-h/P9110217.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMfNKJSsP7yM5VA2vTZghOdqmbIvuu2KVKVKl5lXuatcqz26M4TvkjfK2uaxuUzNGtp5d3PluDwRtu3H8mz7WWEbyawuhNakp5ThmQbaEGkiQm9TzwG33FZq7U8Q1CKtjChyphenhyphenlkKvstCE0/s320/P9110217.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388202041152537010" border="0" /></a><br />We had the pleasure of spending some time with Lexi while they were moving out of their house. The girls had a blast!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0ZHl8MhRZXqEGrZ5lVvkbcFXxo0zdlW46kxYN7D7JU8vix1NxXVStumHKjeyOnNFQzi1Lv70w7PvVK8QsBCCPWa8JpJ3Dmhx5T1oYBu1D88Vn23-xJEQNJvx3mkvBTmIDp4GF0KJalM/s1600-h/P9170225.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0ZHl8MhRZXqEGrZ5lVvkbcFXxo0zdlW46kxYN7D7JU8vix1NxXVStumHKjeyOnNFQzi1Lv70w7PvVK8QsBCCPWa8JpJ3Dmhx5T1oYBu1D88Vn23-xJEQNJvx3mkvBTmIDp4GF0KJalM/s320/P9170225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388202051851224866" border="0" /></a><br />Kara's a total ham these days. We were able to see some of Mommy's old teaching friends and boy, did she turn on the charm. Here she is hamming it up for everyone!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnQ06MWGXZl8GfiPwsFbRKqwGp7CNVBhT4tev462Wua7XaarUPk2-sOE71EKx-m0ApBbfXTkEvdHZHG05svDcAJ-5_pdsIEBkjq7AhA5xseK02_sVGHoeU-wdsej2fvuDciOKvTJR4E4/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnQ06MWGXZl8GfiPwsFbRKqwGp7CNVBhT4tev462Wua7XaarUPk2-sOE71EKx-m0ApBbfXTkEvdHZHG05svDcAJ-5_pdsIEBkjq7AhA5xseK02_sVGHoeU-wdsej2fvuDciOKvTJR4E4/s320/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388202065254965650" border="0" /></a><br />And here are the girls on Kara's first day of school - the first day that both girls were there.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI4PNNWpbmH7ociEI84Yrgj9b1wfchSo9gH5sDUxxow90IBLv5CIpLHPbvZkTMhrVUkkcB67KGCs7UGB27k8VqbpjybcpphrmwljStBFixjHBmdD5LZIiJVZtraS8gU3v25TPRMx6W5s/s1600-h/P9220097_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKI4PNNWpbmH7ociEI84Yrgj9b1wfchSo9gH5sDUxxow90IBLv5CIpLHPbvZkTMhrVUkkcB67KGCs7UGB27k8VqbpjybcpphrmwljStBFixjHBmdD5LZIiJVZtraS8gU3v25TPRMx6W5s/s320/P9220097_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388202073127451746" border="0" /></a><br />She did great. As you can see, she was off and playing as soon as we got in the room. She only had one minor meltdown - when she saw Jana on the playground. After a few days of crying every time she saw Jana outside, they adjusted the schedule so they aren't out at the same time. :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxNridOypJNzb1LgVtVk-nXnJpdBICmFOoTf_97gwhg5dvNqTx2JGG2gNFECXtEQirwCB8FCkdu5NcBEt97J2LiCNANvlMsRIreHqUoMujGmXhXZwv-3XoSYKZnrUdZ8nzLjH9JnHEAA/s1600-h/photo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCxNridOypJNzb1LgVtVk-nXnJpdBICmFOoTf_97gwhg5dvNqTx2JGG2gNFECXtEQirwCB8FCkdu5NcBEt97J2LiCNANvlMsRIreHqUoMujGmXhXZwv-3XoSYKZnrUdZ8nzLjH9JnHEAA/s320/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388202058749503298" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-62467709994236876202009-09-26T10:28:00.001-07:002009-10-02T19:50:51.953-07:00Jana: 2 years, 7th MonthJana is such a little girl now - sweet, opinionated, sensitive, and full of drama! Hee, hee. She's starting to figure out that her words have power, which can be used for good or evil. We get things like, "Mommy, I just love you so much." Or "Mommy, you are frustrating me today." Or "Kara, I just don't want to play with you ever again." Ugh!<br /><br />Jana is so funny about family. She asks every day if we get to go to Grandma or Grandpa's or if we can go to Grammy and Papa's. She has been known to collapse into a pile of tears: "I just miss my family." I guess that's the good and bad about getting to spend so much time with our extended family this summer.<br /><br />Can you tell that they have Grandpa wrapped around their little fingers? But really, what else are Grandpas for, other than spoiling? :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-UP6ZQ6kSpZzq8wqu11tQsaL-gt-GLVryj0nA-L7YR12xSTnqBPy-Uqxo4YEhUuRWqsrTEY8Vw-SG-MUtpUxSdZFPVBon3uSEc3CYelGgMFtYsYU1elW5vIj21wmFjgzx-44T7gMEmw/s1600-h/P8220196.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic-UP6ZQ6kSpZzq8wqu11tQsaL-gt-GLVryj0nA-L7YR12xSTnqBPy-Uqxo4YEhUuRWqsrTEY8Vw-SG-MUtpUxSdZFPVBon3uSEc3CYelGgMFtYsYU1elW5vIj21wmFjgzx-44T7gMEmw/s320/P8220196.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830853527588850" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is hanging on the back of Papa's golf cart on a trip up to their house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4pP4fyQPlS5skb_E_XnLXAKUXN7iRExZJ0YBzvh0mGuHbIqhmlDe1YUYlMeYFeTldS05lsmgSAkLypS_XjWEtEbQZWhZLhOb4xkShWp3RANfQYaKjnHD40VkQkvKhaVLs-fMs-lwvWg/s1600-h/IMG_0362.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4pP4fyQPlS5skb_E_XnLXAKUXN7iRExZJ0YBzvh0mGuHbIqhmlDe1YUYlMeYFeTldS05lsmgSAkLypS_XjWEtEbQZWhZLhOb4xkShWp3RANfQYaKjnHD40VkQkvKhaVLs-fMs-lwvWg/s320/IMG_0362.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385829654155472818" border="0" /></a><br />She also adores our nephews, Tyler and Justin. A trip to Grammy and Papa's just isn't complete without some cousin time. One of their favorite things to do is to have us cool off the hot tub so they can go swimming.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVBWhQB-jas8IH7x8rKy0XUDsF2ErOjrQLE4CN7zTx7fdySlUQgz_54csEqUak_s_mTA2IdqpekKNTBNUIIvrZZBHJ06C2-cGVCxGwU34oDOiHSAGjLZTRc0kQszEICJh5mVc-IAxMRY/s1600-h/P8200156.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVBWhQB-jas8IH7x8rKy0XUDsF2ErOjrQLE4CN7zTx7fdySlUQgz_54csEqUak_s_mTA2IdqpekKNTBNUIIvrZZBHJ06C2-cGVCxGwU34oDOiHSAGjLZTRc0kQszEICJh5mVc-IAxMRY/s320/P8200156.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830033616043410" border="0" /></a><br />Sadly though, this was when she was happiest in the hot tub - just her and all the toys.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFC1f3bGXv0Vl6d2YcHsM3YiMd4mWQUhn-jootkMOXEPe6j12adIyMjrQvHINFMeYrPSgnuHsG9zSKkSeH6_vr2lK4_0JkHFa5f-ZPwdCawm9plKCCuQ9SXSsFuSQmk8io2_ESZA4UGA/s1600-h/photo+3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaFC1f3bGXv0Vl6d2YcHsM3YiMd4mWQUhn-jootkMOXEPe6j12adIyMjrQvHINFMeYrPSgnuHsG9zSKkSeH6_vr2lK4_0JkHFa5f-ZPwdCawm9plKCCuQ9SXSsFuSQmk8io2_ESZA4UGA/s320/photo+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831355016513986" border="0" /></a><br />She absolutely loves to swim and is pretty proud of her ability to swim. Now we just need to learn how to tread water and then I'll feel a little better.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3jTOwgna04JIIyWLgcAZZB4BZPX1O9-ulYaX2WnGuh_phV7TClm9ip010T-2NFJMrTZqfjcwF-D8HYfEQzu8VSjYpb-lagJFUG8SjSqQKJ4T5LtAjiYdj01fjqVDWaUdVXXZH034Xs0/s1600-h/P8220165.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3jTOwgna04JIIyWLgcAZZB4BZPX1O9-ulYaX2WnGuh_phV7TClm9ip010T-2NFJMrTZqfjcwF-D8HYfEQzu8VSjYpb-lagJFUG8SjSqQKJ4T5LtAjiYdj01fjqVDWaUdVXXZH034Xs0/s320/P8220165.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830839980895602" border="0" /></a><br />Our little water bug has become pretty brave. During a trip to Spokane, we went to Auntie Sarah's aunt's house and did some swimming. Oh, how she loved the diving board! Over and over and over again!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3t9ypd6sjAC8lZsWHCrSV3-VYETdm31XS4PuQN6tFY30_0O1bXh8gNBsJ2SrcUOy6zYP72YEOdzzIGbt1b6TpwY714QlxYXdL9c7hmOLLy2q8mgH2JfRHyK-4KeTqsf4S9bvawUhJEoc/s1600-h/IMG_0391.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3t9ypd6sjAC8lZsWHCrSV3-VYETdm31XS4PuQN6tFY30_0O1bXh8gNBsJ2SrcUOy6zYP72YEOdzzIGbt1b6TpwY714QlxYXdL9c7hmOLLy2q8mgH2JfRHyK-4KeTqsf4S9bvawUhJEoc/s320/IMG_0391.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385829665597378050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkqQ0jrUV43aI4aq7Nwf32UR0GcBAxFoYX4KW_hy0vHGE6PKbyleqGUQAuJegRw_-BYAeCQRXIk_b1HLIEWXM5A-EIUoYnFy_ndg5iJojIESA9it40CLjVb9_yoOlp6s0nZJIrXl6mTw/s1600-h/photo+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkqQ0jrUV43aI4aq7Nwf32UR0GcBAxFoYX4KW_hy0vHGE6PKbyleqGUQAuJegRw_-BYAeCQRXIk_b1HLIEWXM5A-EIUoYnFy_ndg5iJojIESA9it40CLjVb9_yoOlp6s0nZJIrXl6mTw/s320/photo+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831602884153842" border="0" /></a><br />Jana is hilarious about getting dressed these days. Some mornings are better than others for the battles over what to wear. She would wear nothing but dresses if she had her choice. She would mostly wear pink if allowed too, but as long as it has some kind of pink in it, she can be convinced to wear it. Despite it being about 90 degrees, she insisted on wearing the new jumper she got.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMoyZtd8yVgHHgAb5GCG_W0fxSfoVcotJzDdocX-88l3okDr0PPSqtUAowR9PRaH_0uIUy8qw5s5jncGKI3lNToFQhRmqTnD4JkjjZ-AZYJS45EVewh5ar50pnjWBEwNUR0KWp4BhyphenhyphenxU/s1600-h/IMG_0401.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMoyZtd8yVgHHgAb5GCG_W0fxSfoVcotJzDdocX-88l3okDr0PPSqtUAowR9PRaH_0uIUy8qw5s5jncGKI3lNToFQhRmqTnD4JkjjZ-AZYJS45EVewh5ar50pnjWBEwNUR0KWp4BhyphenhyphenxU/s320/IMG_0401.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385829668736009026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIGxDXVHiy6Sbd-x4wWU2TsIbR0CoYQOP5I7dMmW02XbbGdUzwcLPxNxtXM0LMHK-kThbhm4kx75cROQYYTvGb1N-FT_eM__HGeh7sgMO2ck6eTFNvh_k0DMtHNEoAy-QC_ryyyl_jxU/s1600-h/IMG_0402.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWIGxDXVHiy6Sbd-x4wWU2TsIbR0CoYQOP5I7dMmW02XbbGdUzwcLPxNxtXM0LMHK-kThbhm4kx75cROQYYTvGb1N-FT_eM__HGeh7sgMO2ck6eTFNvh_k0DMtHNEoAy-QC_ryyyl_jxU/s320/IMG_0402.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385829679628062850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0k6e-HeovXTUtiwEaa2xzGn_n1bfi8PsTL_-XgsnuQ5OBQV1OEyeONs7kxq_nRjuw1uX_ahEVkHKlATB51YpiARblYyoB9oIajXSuN4CtRTcDGOyc-RTTfUnURMpWw1d8h_SJdLDmiNE/s1600-h/IMG_0404.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0k6e-HeovXTUtiwEaa2xzGn_n1bfi8PsTL_-XgsnuQ5OBQV1OEyeONs7kxq_nRjuw1uX_ahEVkHKlATB51YpiARblYyoB9oIajXSuN4CtRTcDGOyc-RTTfUnURMpWw1d8h_SJdLDmiNE/s320/IMG_0404.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830010442111506" border="0" /></a>Oy vay! It's really too bad this kid doesn't think she cute. Ha! Also, please notice that she's sitting in the push car. She still loves this thing despite being WAY too big for it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6bk94T3y68d-CVisThdqYvmUPI2AKITxvJyOKSU07iHlI6B1OEdrSmZDvoiK_L6XxaoC7WT2m66g-r7w8mBTjLvABe4acX1c73RCZXwtTvavtqWAX8g6KNleOSZnLz8PPDRDSOW-Aco/s1600-h/photo+3-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi6bk94T3y68d-CVisThdqYvmUPI2AKITxvJyOKSU07iHlI6B1OEdrSmZDvoiK_L6XxaoC7WT2m66g-r7w8mBTjLvABe4acX1c73RCZXwtTvavtqWAX8g6KNleOSZnLz8PPDRDSOW-Aco/s320/photo+3-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831344927091458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here's Jana at her new school on her first day of school. She goes to school two full days a week and then one half day. She seems to be really enjoying it, except that she doesn't always want to go on Wednesday mornings because she knows Kara is staying with me. She really enjoys her new friends and likes having Kara there too.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JYwAaSlSZGBZ6ouHwnZhBXoAdqevEsX4QI0duYoDD1asdsi1Sv-kiFAU_50zGUeabTm-GH2tmKCu5ymMl8NYeH3K2v308a2Iq-gpMnr43T920QZkZ4EmDLsm9Y8Q-CixafPIJDuoxTc/s1600-h/IMG_0430.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1JYwAaSlSZGBZ6ouHwnZhBXoAdqevEsX4QI0duYoDD1asdsi1Sv-kiFAU_50zGUeabTm-GH2tmKCu5ymMl8NYeH3K2v308a2Iq-gpMnr43T920QZkZ4EmDLsm9Y8Q-CixafPIJDuoxTc/s320/IMG_0430.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830014409338994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Here she is on her second day of school. I had to take this picture because she was so proud of herself for picking out her outfit. :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHxz-x2e1u9vU8HTh748m29lzx00n66zSkXvZ5OoJbQQH2KnVb5dSe_ryXxc6FqaHwYpM6xV-uCBNe8ia6gYMMFyAF42LznuyWB-usKhLNu-NLi7_kXzfZ4YrBGgYNBbNj_nmzniOmzY/s1600-h/IMG_0431.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxHxz-x2e1u9vU8HTh748m29lzx00n66zSkXvZ5OoJbQQH2KnVb5dSe_ryXxc6FqaHwYpM6xV-uCBNe8ia6gYMMFyAF42LznuyWB-usKhLNu-NLi7_kXzfZ4YrBGgYNBbNj_nmzniOmzY/s320/IMG_0431.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830018500501394" border="0" /></a><br />These two are a crack up these days. Jana decided that they need popsicles in the bath tub, so she brought one for herself and one for Kara. I guess there are worse things, right? :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV82V3bOYSsZe3zUUPi3rMohPCtfHmGCiqg0lQS6kbK6ZYggKHG_cPnPQ58OogMvQ8SxElU4GKOF5jgQga50B0EHcH3HGpcsTEp9BOpqpzkti0_YUdnN4qPS_r98p_ypyfvb9thgROe7U/s1600-h/IMG_0433.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV82V3bOYSsZe3zUUPi3rMohPCtfHmGCiqg0lQS6kbK6ZYggKHG_cPnPQ58OogMvQ8SxElU4GKOF5jgQga50B0EHcH3HGpcsTEp9BOpqpzkti0_YUdnN4qPS_r98p_ypyfvb9thgROe7U/s320/IMG_0433.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830026412869810" border="0" /></a><br />Have I mentioned that these two are inseparable?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_wjR2DFqoV96Iweyaq7nkad_eWrZVs4K48gg4RWeYSZnlZYi7h-kepi8U0RVoR64ECqPlaATyzE-G2tQq8gsI65LXFqGniWMf2JtAVvHZz8yh4W3hyYW9jL9Qe1g1wcRxop3nE-rNmY/s1600-h/photo-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_wjR2DFqoV96Iweyaq7nkad_eWrZVs4K48gg4RWeYSZnlZYi7h-kepi8U0RVoR64ECqPlaATyzE-G2tQq8gsI65LXFqGniWMf2JtAVvHZz8yh4W3hyYW9jL9Qe1g1wcRxop3nE-rNmY/s320/photo-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831605234435922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KTMFPD1MVI6B1ICp5GhzhNWk-tSdL96h8uIQVcr9jC1UK6gYQvY3aGiiZ6Zn145xj17b3Zyzocv8UarzkTeN0Kf3_0Ru9l-6gJ2zGoZtvcOKNRtnsB0ZvpH63xIQj7s8JPNadROc_mY/s1600-h/photo+5-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KTMFPD1MVI6B1ICp5GhzhNWk-tSdL96h8uIQVcr9jC1UK6gYQvY3aGiiZ6Zn145xj17b3Zyzocv8UarzkTeN0Kf3_0Ru9l-6gJ2zGoZtvcOKNRtnsB0ZvpH63xIQj7s8JPNadROc_mY/s320/photo+5-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831367380144898" border="0" /></a><br />Here they are all decked out in Daddy's riding gear.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9qG8ifEmYItg_wgG0Ww73LHNGjQYNSLEfthMF9_1gbwDcEKe9qp7-a-QmXIuDJycmQgKJy9ww3rjfGeqnemmpNy29-wZollj3r9asrSuptT-S93RjAiQOpR4tc0m1mmdr5S_CHBol3k/s1600-h/P9010202.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9qG8ifEmYItg_wgG0Ww73LHNGjQYNSLEfthMF9_1gbwDcEKe9qp7-a-QmXIuDJycmQgKJy9ww3rjfGeqnemmpNy29-wZollj3r9asrSuptT-S93RjAiQOpR4tc0m1mmdr5S_CHBol3k/s320/P9010202.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830861100102690" border="0" /></a>Sharing the chair and reading stories to each other.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m-idXXwaW2gmZZOuZQHIZiLPY8YUQ_EY3u4DiT8M0GVMStyiPIbbTtzQyNTHpt1dheDFN_JR3GvK9W30pIdLbMoucjUxWnBSa3Ezp5xno4afEx4MdZAsznhBWWUYHcyKG8XtoYhZpJQ/s1600-h/P9100207.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9m-idXXwaW2gmZZOuZQHIZiLPY8YUQ_EY3u4DiT8M0GVMStyiPIbbTtzQyNTHpt1dheDFN_JR3GvK9W30pIdLbMoucjUxWnBSa3Ezp5xno4afEx4MdZAsznhBWWUYHcyKG8XtoYhZpJQ/s320/P9100207.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385830868547491986" border="0" /></a><br />Having lunch on their little table.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitfxCnV5brFSxatELY87X4D8tybtHJUgoVfREJgbd6gF4o4ca8Kpb5HIeleiAMZ_NBGCpWNCtiUn3nn6TG6dNRdvyUZNXUN_XIOY702qnC2RIPIHlEnJ81S0V5iaYI8NW8g2bcfqUVoc/s1600-h/P9110222.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitfxCnV5brFSxatELY87X4D8tybtHJUgoVfREJgbd6gF4o4ca8Kpb5HIeleiAMZ_NBGCpWNCtiUn3nn6TG6dNRdvyUZNXUN_XIOY702qnC2RIPIHlEnJ81S0V5iaYI8NW8g2bcfqUVoc/s320/P9110222.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831141850883362" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is after her haircut. She was constantly getting food, paint, anything possible in her hair and fighting me to brush it, so we cut it... okay, mama was a little sad with how short it was and how big she looks, but it's still cute.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-c7QOXGBUymDOTMqo0t0tozaAKQFuC5wZ90zVeutf0Mvu210-uKfDYsHx5MHpegd1GiM3_smkVsVe_13zkiCeHLw6ElrX7eC2YltGLTibOA82PLiJ5-O8LC-nHz_Bqoj4F2CfDqGy8w/s1600-h/photo+3-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-c7QOXGBUymDOTMqo0t0tozaAKQFuC5wZ90zVeutf0Mvu210-uKfDYsHx5MHpegd1GiM3_smkVsVe_13zkiCeHLw6ElrX7eC2YltGLTibOA82PLiJ5-O8LC-nHz_Bqoj4F2CfDqGy8w/s320/photo+3-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831347974451762" border="0" /></a><br />Here are our silly girls on Kara's first day of school.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qc-Z4cDnqnymuWzMa8_8kf9JR941j8aVVDwszl0D51vsfuijzQc87x3_qsnRt4g3wrETMB-YArrDlO9U-2upmd8D0nfYhbszYQNemrBkpnC-oU2X3tK3JYmDpjyoJBO552soL35BJXU/s1600-h/P9220099.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qc-Z4cDnqnymuWzMa8_8kf9JR941j8aVVDwszl0D51vsfuijzQc87x3_qsnRt4g3wrETMB-YArrDlO9U-2upmd8D0nfYhbszYQNemrBkpnC-oU2X3tK3JYmDpjyoJBO552soL35BJXU/s320/P9220099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831157759379682" border="0" /></a><br />Here she is with her favorite bear - still. This is the bear that Great Grandma Mary Jean gave her when she was about 13 or 14 months old. She LOVES "pink bear."<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wLxZZxLZKSh7HfRSQKx3nrMl__EZYdJc9nrLODPvv6rWDj_Iw3PHOe5UgZWl2qf0E7EARjB1cxLGOqsKw5t_oQVuTCXRFH3E3N5okjtPlGBrihowSuAJn3dRzDgMbXZRsKWgGqo0cEI/s1600-h/P9220097.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wLxZZxLZKSh7HfRSQKx3nrMl__EZYdJc9nrLODPvv6rWDj_Iw3PHOe5UgZWl2qf0E7EARjB1cxLGOqsKw5t_oQVuTCXRFH3E3N5okjtPlGBrihowSuAJn3dRzDgMbXZRsKWgGqo0cEI/s320/P9220097.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831146622159026" border="0" /></a><br />Snacktime when Lexi came to visit.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSAxJ_pn59wBLUvrMNHguUqU9BkhMpd5Qw76_BsQM-iIlBL8JI22bgbiogSBzUUgoSm3bdF-iCekbj-2_HAAOypH1h7j4IMi3VOvim113FO8OcrVkJZIhjETBhArUrkR2JLhX8Gv5xBQ/s1600-h/photo+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFSAxJ_pn59wBLUvrMNHguUqU9BkhMpd5Qw76_BsQM-iIlBL8JI22bgbiogSBzUUgoSm3bdF-iCekbj-2_HAAOypH1h7j4IMi3VOvim113FO8OcrVkJZIhjETBhArUrkR2JLhX8Gv5xBQ/s320/photo+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831168100994450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Jana has been talking for months about how she wants to be a dalmation for Halloween. Lucky for us, we got the last one at Old N*avy. Of course, she now says that she wants to be tinker*bell or a princess, but oh well.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtHIw2W1ckIGvhepItsH8QQ9iklnOycN2GZmzOjkFuzw9wYoVhAB2kcMuN-wTphvk0z62OsZdQlerSLOHZcPz1J1Xbk77txSX37wUo09gP3k2JWZRGHnP2Qpf7bZo8XgAksuXeMYZy98/s1600-h/photo+4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtHIw2W1ckIGvhepItsH8QQ9iklnOycN2GZmzOjkFuzw9wYoVhAB2kcMuN-wTphvk0z62OsZdQlerSLOHZcPz1J1Xbk77txSX37wUo09gP3k2JWZRGHnP2Qpf7bZo8XgAksuXeMYZy98/s320/photo+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831356807738306" border="0" /></a><br />Also while at Old Na*vy we picked up new hats and mittens for winter and Jana got new slippers. Here is Jana in one of her spectacular outfits. I don't know if you can actually tell, but she's also wearing my headlamp on her forehead. Wow, is all I have to say.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBClX-eT8lMsUhhRLxLZksW8_Dj4QFXkboVGpaCp3dsUHaUEiY4m652imFs6RUwGSJ8XjYjlZ1QA7uCfHGPI7kaw_jdBqE6LMP6O_JlRVeEpoy4nMdEu10u9NxGltuFUu2ZgH1e_0FJk/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBClX-eT8lMsUhhRLxLZksW8_Dj4QFXkboVGpaCp3dsUHaUEiY4m652imFs6RUwGSJ8XjYjlZ1QA7uCfHGPI7kaw_jdBqE6LMP6O_JlRVeEpoy4nMdEu10u9NxGltuFUu2ZgH1e_0FJk/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385831609805204354" border="0" /></a><br />Jana is continuing to amaze us. She has been bitten by the reading bug and has decided that she wants to learn how to read. She knows how to sound out simple words and can spell simple words she hears if she can sound out. It's so neat. We are doing our best to keep it fun so she enjoys it, but it's so exciting to watch her learn.Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-740094710921481326.post-8128580110725723602009-09-01T22:54:00.001-07:002009-09-09T18:41:06.344-07:00Kara: 2 years, 3 monthsOkay. I'm way behind, so this will be just a lot of pictures until I can get back here to update the text.<br /><br />Kara, on the way back from Yellowstone<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Q8-QVJ-Zpxf9t0-YqXsI1DJK4_OdAHr8Kxm3cQ0qciyW6EIIl9v2GfOuYarp1Rq1nRwpGZdcdkSEpg9jxiaJQXjgsaSjiQHzkUc0GGQqRAbMB8puEvKISOP_ZCEm6cHVyTMLV_MBEEM/s1600-h/P7240011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Q8-QVJ-Zpxf9t0-YqXsI1DJK4_OdAHr8Kxm3cQ0qciyW6EIIl9v2GfOuYarp1Rq1nRwpGZdcdkSEpg9jxiaJQXjgsaSjiQHzkUc0GGQqRAbMB8puEvKISOP_ZCEm6cHVyTMLV_MBEEM/s320/P7240011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317240809001618" border="0" /></a><br />Kara and her buddy Noly during our last swim playdate before they moved.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVB4xu8J2yUNIrOca38gJJtZPT4IxauocDISlfZ2y1Af0N0_E6TbZoCC8s7n2yvQtjQZynNodZWUF-BI7mKZNQuAZy2fdMNH63py-pvRi4A2ctPVmGeuFzAphEQxabzNlm0RNTn-G8Pw/s1600-h/P8130032.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDVB4xu8J2yUNIrOca38gJJtZPT4IxauocDISlfZ2y1Af0N0_E6TbZoCC8s7n2yvQtjQZynNodZWUF-BI7mKZNQuAZy2fdMNH63py-pvRi4A2ctPVmGeuFzAphEQxabzNlm0RNTn-G8Pw/s320/P8130032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317251116822386" border="0" /></a><br />Silly Kara at swim lessons.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUggkp4FuhvqkS3oSHR-KW7IuljedJw0rGaYNwHWJrdHesXXXER2HLJstsRQsFgq5E3IbJgBZU3RhQs7IgcaOc3kBBxswGrj96la3ZODpUzR34e-TV8reCF3UDMmOc11E2bPKApTFC3g/s1600-h/P8140037.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgUggkp4FuhvqkS3oSHR-KW7IuljedJw0rGaYNwHWJrdHesXXXER2HLJstsRQsFgq5E3IbJgBZU3RhQs7IgcaOc3kBBxswGrj96la3ZODpUzR34e-TV8reCF3UDMmOc11E2bPKApTFC3g/s320/P8140037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317262010567522" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumgQvit8CaoExIcT7TiQ3IlBznHRQDcHuELwSRDMblD79KngY91OIsAxWrploe6IxFXRRobfJ1k0T9wJ_Bd6PrHxeSptBLOW6LzjoRdAfpkKnnxw-EoN7XotErGXcZ8tmZUHW3xoUEhk/s1600-h/P8140053.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjumgQvit8CaoExIcT7TiQ3IlBznHRQDcHuELwSRDMblD79KngY91OIsAxWrploe6IxFXRRobfJ1k0T9wJ_Bd6PrHxeSptBLOW6LzjoRdAfpkKnnxw-EoN7XotErGXcZ8tmZUHW3xoUEhk/s320/P8140053.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317272158873954" border="0" /></a><br />Kara started riding a two wheeler with training wheels - kind of.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUSD9qim1il7zl2uU8Npe67e8mg4eiNQx1UfE7WPjc1UZVFO_WOwJXx7Hp5CkQGDu6qrdNeW1ecQQ5uBntXb_s29Or6ekKLFcHBjOb0f7Zbd8W9e3q4fUKFbYwLfyy-WXkk4ImHDZkO0/s1600-h/P8150067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUSD9qim1il7zl2uU8Npe67e8mg4eiNQx1UfE7WPjc1UZVFO_WOwJXx7Hp5CkQGDu6qrdNeW1ecQQ5uBntXb_s29Or6ekKLFcHBjOb0f7Zbd8W9e3q4fUKFbYwLfyy-WXkk4ImHDZkO0/s320/P8150067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317278526714274" border="0" /></a><br />Kara LOVES swings and slides, but mostly swings.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUQpFxvjUsS5H-v-ian3bs5WjMRfnN0KEAxjpdEvFwvUfYGaO_gkSksi8a-gS3Sl7Zy2Ac8L2F08v0-LOej5CmUXdx8NJs4uFJw3j7gvlVlUQSYp_1Op219FvoIXhS1aa7VS0vOeWhCA/s1600-h/P8160076.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUQpFxvjUsS5H-v-ian3bs5WjMRfnN0KEAxjpdEvFwvUfYGaO_gkSksi8a-gS3Sl7Zy2Ac8L2F08v0-LOej5CmUXdx8NJs4uFJw3j7gvlVlUQSYp_1Op219FvoIXhS1aa7VS0vOeWhCA/s320/P8160076.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317651692631298" border="0" /></a>Kara playing on the rocking "ca-co-dile".<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7lc4zYAiFS1pt81rkwOcc7bE7-gvXpQyTWfOa3wv5HcgWKrDJ8G9ALswr0B6yR2qxdKS546BWkk5xVmedFM5F6pLVs3GLENZTFyTZxfQc7RPyo6bJdEcgi9gC6kkVEgbe0jb7Vcw8d8/s1600-h/P8160088.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7lc4zYAiFS1pt81rkwOcc7bE7-gvXpQyTWfOa3wv5HcgWKrDJ8G9ALswr0B6yR2qxdKS546BWkk5xVmedFM5F6pLVs3GLENZTFyTZxfQc7RPyo6bJdEcgi9gC6kkVEgbe0jb7Vcw8d8/s320/P8160088.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317662133953586" border="0" /></a><br />She doesn't like her hands or feet to be dirty.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJs9e6hmu6N7pOdM5_Wf6pm955xjqI6jYqv7BGdhAZydkYJWU3g8DUZehWUAUTYfIdkC63yZhnIV_k19TNLO-opXU6gFcCrBWYsGOGwPXy3oLx96P6Vf-odpe6WOY7U6WW1IYvA5tDBX0/s1600-h/P8160095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJs9e6hmu6N7pOdM5_Wf6pm955xjqI6jYqv7BGdhAZydkYJWU3g8DUZehWUAUTYfIdkC63yZhnIV_k19TNLO-opXU6gFcCrBWYsGOGwPXy3oLx96P6Vf-odpe6WOY7U6WW1IYvA5tDBX0/s320/P8160095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317672731507714" border="0" /></a>Ah sweet girl!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nO2X4Sydq-eY0Pn6aR1pWulyCmreMGwdByWaN4XatB99luwgYSiITzP0j1eNJu819zuKm5ACMP30jDGoBetCItWJ-TPqQGmmPMdvIGPP-q-KWIUUb3xsausptpV6UOPlWrcDXF-RzUA/s1600-h/P8160116.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nO2X4Sydq-eY0Pn6aR1pWulyCmreMGwdByWaN4XatB99luwgYSiITzP0j1eNJu819zuKm5ACMP30jDGoBetCItWJ-TPqQGmmPMdvIGPP-q-KWIUUb3xsausptpV6UOPlWrcDXF-RzUA/s320/P8160116.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317677504033234" border="0" /></a><br />She's such a monkey and climbs on everything!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybwJeDatW7VsxS7xAhoU0c3AijyTduWPqnFH49OSwN5PwHAI6Mu0lFz4BzFITTJrklnNBnZ_w9XDJZLstnl2swcRbNBUWvo_ef7I1kOwULMxpgqXbjRKPV946HeZOAFmin6wzOPOIQ8s/s1600-h/P8160125.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgybwJeDatW7VsxS7xAhoU0c3AijyTduWPqnFH49OSwN5PwHAI6Mu0lFz4BzFITTJrklnNBnZ_w9XDJZLstnl2swcRbNBUWvo_ef7I1kOwULMxpgqXbjRKPV946HeZOAFmin6wzOPOIQ8s/s320/P8160125.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379317690178615826" border="0" /></a><br />Daddy found this hat at our favorite store (shhhh- mommy has a Gymboree addiction) that matches the set we have. Kara loves it and says it's her Daisy bo peep hat (from an episode of Mickey).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiU1zacxsAq-gTuJWZD4vqSp6uyv__oay0KMmpk6dxDSBKF_drntzxeoqp-y_nBkJJKb5hDleaaKJ1lTpAOztPiuv18b71tz0ZEkUqEx4kqq4r5P7ZNnm9b_qqpbETJtD2SIoqIW1zbmU/s1600-h/P8190133.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiU1zacxsAq-gTuJWZD4vqSp6uyv__oay0KMmpk6dxDSBKF_drntzxeoqp-y_nBkJJKb5hDleaaKJ1lTpAOztPiuv18b71tz0ZEkUqEx4kqq4r5P7ZNnm9b_qqpbETJtD2SIoqIW1zbmU/s320/P8190133.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379322585313498626" border="0" /></a>Isn't she cute?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDD-YrSleRYQXNxf6HXFy4_5Sl37rorofIwN3c9QmA46NFLIuD63d81RenxPNjhDJ8A01OnFbnaEiSntAPniHmPUKE-3x2AIkZed5GyXOgPRoEfkwv9W6H76fRx-XGZ7vY4pHzugnah8/s1600-h/P8190142.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzDD-YrSleRYQXNxf6HXFy4_5Sl37rorofIwN3c9QmA46NFLIuD63d81RenxPNjhDJ8A01OnFbnaEiSntAPniHmPUKE-3x2AIkZed5GyXOgPRoEfkwv9W6H76fRx-XGZ7vY4pHzugnah8/s320/P8190142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379322596335713874" border="0" /></a><br />On the rocking frog at the playground by Grammy and Papa's.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9F5NJjfjlPDTHKOau3ybHOYmP7cLITcj-Vpz44B_2nLt0zqhdiqYLW87y6PEMdh17hR4SLAdqCcO1pS_AItsvUR8oFF5tSn3ydtOOaB7hXCZRU5mnpGa1SAaQxLu0oyMCt2Z9QyG228/s1600-h/P8200146.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9F5NJjfjlPDTHKOau3ybHOYmP7cLITcj-Vpz44B_2nLt0zqhdiqYLW87y6PEMdh17hR4SLAdqCcO1pS_AItsvUR8oFF5tSn3ydtOOaB7hXCZRU5mnpGa1SAaQxLu0oyMCt2Z9QyG228/s320/P8200146.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379322606373736178" border="0" /></a>That Grammy is a brave woman!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4UWVBBZpVrSxkbBd0fEeDylSRUqO6SSU1UorbgI19-J3tXnTb82seRjA51ceZ9tlU3QIFS8W_5OGwMoFjYQYoaSOxi7ve0SUUOdicQknQj0PE0l-lZIvjgH4fMjkXK5FQhk6uFexE_Q/s1600-h/P8200148.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY4UWVBBZpVrSxkbBd0fEeDylSRUqO6SSU1UorbgI19-J3tXnTb82seRjA51ceZ9tlU3QIFS8W_5OGwMoFjYQYoaSOxi7ve0SUUOdicQknQj0PE0l-lZIvjgH4fMjkXK5FQhk6uFexE_Q/s320/P8200148.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379322617852342466" border="0" /></a>Kara just adores her cousins. Here she is with Justin.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CqldOO4MBR9XqkKUOHLlSlWeGJCZi_mTiw0e4mzJBWCdcr5sIoH_-D7O5PIqYO0IS2kziK0Cuce5FU5EdnfcAiaiyemMjKX7XgS1danhw4541VVl4MER67sWUDH4Vz_rYTQQQoj2XlI/s1600-h/photo+5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CqldOO4MBR9XqkKUOHLlSlWeGJCZi_mTiw0e4mzJBWCdcr5sIoH_-D7O5PIqYO0IS2kziK0Cuce5FU5EdnfcAiaiyemMjKX7XgS1danhw4541VVl4MER67sWUDH4Vz_rYTQQQoj2XlI/s320/photo+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379324041523361154" border="0" /></a>Silly girl playing in Papa's golf cart.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ROp5ptzqRPOvAs6CUVyzTd988z8m9lW4oCi0rQpGJH2vOvhVMYWz0b_dkJVGsxEpfhiB428-MNRp_whesZjTu0Bx7qTpiTRnEfx7iK77aKlmm6JZC8PMtn-p1S9rqt9km3Kh5BCs8rk/s1600-h/photo-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ROp5ptzqRPOvAs6CUVyzTd988z8m9lW4oCi0rQpGJH2vOvhVMYWz0b_dkJVGsxEpfhiB428-MNRp_whesZjTu0Bx7qTpiTRnEfx7iK77aKlmm6JZC8PMtn-p1S9rqt9km3Kh5BCs8rk/s320/photo-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379324048725907938" border="0" /></a><br />We had the chance to enjoy the pool while visiting Baby Cousin Ari. Here's my little fishy!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeD778ZpcnfQDuJLV-_z6rVL4TEbyM-dHTxSijYIw43m-CYKZ_cQe-1myf61cx1P_Dz4jDRgcbL3oyUeAd1xnsUwqFsxvdb0uWE5QCZXNNymHKymXEHFkIa4Mb0MmNsbKiGqF5KqFsguQ/s1600-h/P8220179.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeD778ZpcnfQDuJLV-_z6rVL4TEbyM-dHTxSijYIw43m-CYKZ_cQe-1myf61cx1P_Dz4jDRgcbL3oyUeAd1xnsUwqFsxvdb0uWE5QCZXNNymHKymXEHFkIa4Mb0MmNsbKiGqF5KqFsguQ/s320/P8220179.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379324031408088562" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE3BeFZb9gAsn_6rBKpUxykAcV8oaQ5dRq8YSld93C51CNtXt-_1LdGtkrS6OYcXKeSDGoHuSkiX1mVPE1tviYXlafF8rz3jgwBYJAOE03k2QLEcmyPJOI7c6PEcCQ8lMTwMsHuQqp90/s1600-h/P8220178.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE3BeFZb9gAsn_6rBKpUxykAcV8oaQ5dRq8YSld93C51CNtXt-_1LdGtkrS6OYcXKeSDGoHuSkiX1mVPE1tviYXlafF8rz3jgwBYJAOE03k2QLEcmyPJOI7c6PEcCQ8lMTwMsHuQqp90/s320/P8220178.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379324022430059474" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDKqfte0GgtDYPveVLW3QYOj86VyOCjYbkVTSaMoexXWdJzTdMuobb6vyi663kJj38GyxKuMFjPXzjGC0viCUXubQUiSeQaZi4m9HUNffjk3_r9NC2x8fMhUoARFv49xIUKuENUL1-qs/s1600-h/P8220166.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuDKqfte0GgtDYPveVLW3QYOj86VyOCjYbkVTSaMoexXWdJzTdMuobb6vyi663kJj38GyxKuMFjPXzjGC0viCUXubQUiSeQaZi4m9HUNffjk3_r9NC2x8fMhUoARFv49xIUKuENUL1-qs/s320/P8220166.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379322627260346738" border="0" /></a>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10815083237635807313noreply@blogger.com1